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Got any cool tools lately?

I did a thing. HF had the 5 drawer tool cart on sale, I tried to resist.
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The drawer slides are all shot, not ball bearing. The cart is heavy gauge steel, needs new wheels.
When I retired I moved it pretty much straight to lake Havasu.
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One yard I work at from 96 to 2006, was a temporary repair facility. My tools were stored in a single wide construction trailer, with a steep ass wooden ramp.
I couldn't not roll my box out 250 feet to concrete pad under a high car port. So this cart was the solution. Got all the tools I would use regularly, and then some.
Since retiring the sockets extension and ratchets that lived on top have been moved back to the roll away.
I was thinking I could be better organized with this General 5 drawer. Also thought the draws were deeper, turn out only 1/2".
Still made a difference.
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I have all drawers empty on the old cart. One empty drawer a most of the top section on the new cart.
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I am impressed, it is heavy, I needed a second person to help lift the top into frame work. The ball bearing slides are nice, casters are robust, locks work well, and the 2 swivel have grease zerks.
Hardware supplied was better than your average Chinesium, with nyloc nuts for casters, washered nuts for the rest.
If you get this on sale it well worth it. I popped for matching folding shelf and power strip, going put my electric charger on bottom ? Maybe.
Going to semi retire the old cart, either to differential or ac tools. I have a lot of both, and need to get consolidated. After it gets new wheels, and possibly drawer slides.
I have that same cart after I saw it hold up to professional use for years. Should last me a lifetime.

I have the first generation in red. don't really need another but I have been jonesing for the green one.

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Nice improvement! Damn, your old craftsman cart look like a homeless camp :haha:
Yeah when I get to the bottom tray I 'm sure there will be treasures I put there years and years ago, and never touched again. My glad hand trailer air tools were/are still on top. I haven't done a big rig trailer inspection in 8ish years :doah:I think there is a an antique Civil Defense geiger counter on the bottom self I found in some salvage pile years ago. A box full of spark plug wires no complete sets. Some hoses that were used for draining coolant, hyd oil, or testing fuel pressure. The top work area I had clean in March 21, doesn't take long to start collecting stuff that doesn't have a proper place. To be fair I have been using it to do the front axle work and all the tools on top were used the day before, and will mostly be used today.
 
Anyone reading this ever try or know someone who has one of those topside engine creepers? I just spent 2 days leaning over my buddies ford 6.7 doing a cp4 disaster prevention kit and weight loss products. My back and knees are not happy about it. Going to be doing a cp3 swap on my LML in the near future and and looking at a topside very seriously.
 
I used them at work they are ok, but sometimes interfere with you using your arms as you like. Plus they can be in the way, you have to get off to reposition. I was able to move the a small amount while on top.
These days I have a 2x3 knelling pad I lay on the engine bay and lay on that. Doesn't help with getting down to reposition, but I find it doesn't bother arms getting at stuff
 
Well ebay is my new snap on dealer, with out the assume the position for the discount.
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Short arms wouldn't bit had to switch to long arms.
Only little more than 2x what I spent on Taiwan crap, but less than 1/2 of new on Snap-on truck. This tool is 50 years old by date code I expect my kid will be using it long after I'm gone
 
Well ebay is my new snap on dealer, with out the assume the position for the discount.
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Short arms wouldn't bit had to switch to long arms.
Only little more than 2x what I spent on Taiwan crap, but less than 1/2 of new on Snap-on truck. This tool is 50 years old by date code I expect my kid will be using it long after I'm gone
Thanks now I know what the tool I was looking at earlier tonight is for! Had one for a while that was given to me but didn't know what it was.
 
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