Phil Ethier wrote:
>
> >Guy that works to the left of me has a $5600
> >Snap-on box -as big as my car- that he won't have paid off til he's
> eligible
> >for social security.
>
> Guy I know got a similar-size Mac (I think) box new from the dealer. He
> traded his Super Vee for it.
I think I've mentioned this before, but I am privy to some information
from the municipal garages of some of the major public transportation
agencies around the country. In one particular agency which shall remain
nameless (except to say that it's in that largish city in Michigan known
for auto production), all the bus mechanics have three very large
toolboxes. One contains tools. One contains the sound system. One
contains the kitchen.
I suppose the question of toolboxes depends upon what use one intends to
put them. <smile>
For myself, when I was working for a living in garages in the past, I
never bought new boxes (never could afford them where I worked!). But, I
was able, often, to trade used boxes for better used boxes, as I needed
them. That is an option if you deal with a tool salesman who's a
wheeler-dealer. That means, if you have no boxes now, it doesn't hurt to
ask the local tool dealers if they have used boxes, or if they know of
any, to ask for prices. The three I have now go back to the early `80s,
but the cost of the ones I traded were about $60, and I paid about $200
for the used ones (well, I did buy a small Snap-On side box for $30 in
the deal to make the tool dealer happy), but that's about 5 feet of tool
box for $260.
Nevertheless, the two things always to look for are drawer slides which
work well and have positive locks on extension (nothing more
exasperating than to have just poked yourself in the eye, and
frustrated, reach for the drawer with the right tool--or the gauze--and
pull the whole drawer out on your feet) and good casters. Some casters
are so bad that you'll wear yourself out trying to move the box and have
no energy left to work on the car. <smile>
Cheers, all.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
[mailto: mporter@zianet.com]
`70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly)
`71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
`72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver)
`64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care)
`80 TR7 (3.8 liter Buick-powered)
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