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I've been wanting one for a while. I'm going to get rid of two of my 3 stacked boxes.

Tools I use on the regular. Over flow stays in the big top box.

I found about 5 10mm sockets that I "lost"

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Threw a couple stickers under the lid after taking the pic.

The only thing I don't like is the fixed castors on one side. I may replace those.
 
Sp00ks said:
Threw a couple stickers under the lid after taking the pic.

The only thing I don't like is the fixed castors on one side. I may replace those.
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What’s the diameter of the wheels & the height from the bottom of the box and the floor.
 
@Get Off My Lawn
Diameter is 5", 6.5" off the floor.

I have some 3"-4" very nice castors but they are red and it would drop the box 2"??

I'm not sure if I care or not.

Just measured, the red castors will drop the box 1.5"
 
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This thing helped pay the bills for almost my entire upbringing. Definitely older then I am. It's had MANY engines and transmissions set ontop of it. I think the biggest thing that I personally set on the cart was a complete front cradle from my ws6 firebird. Lt1-t56 and all. That may have contributed to its current condition lol.

My dad would say "it's still got some life left in it" and I guess he wouldn't be wrong. Someone used it to work on a Jetta earlier today.

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C-doodle said:
This thing helped pay the bills for almost my entire upbringing. Definitely older then I am. It's had MANY engines and transmissions set ontop of it. I think the biggest thing that I personally set on the cart was a complete front cradle from my ws6 firebird. Lt1-t56 and all. That may have contributed to its current condition lol.

My dad would say "it's still got some life left in it" and I guess he wouldn't be wrong. Someone used it to work on a Jetta earlier today.

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That is a real mechanics cart.
 
Before my dad retires from automotive it looked a lot different. It was atleast organized and had all of the tools he used most. Now it's more of a mobil mess/bench. Still gets used all the time though.
 
Sp00ks said:
I've been wanting one for a while. I'm going to get rid of two of my 3 stacked boxes.

Tools I use on the regular. Over flow stays in the big top box.

I found about 5 10mm sockets that I "lost"

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I have that one in orange because they didn't have the grey in stock. It served ok for a couple years. 2-4 inches of width would be nice. Casters were annoying. Recommend the side shelf. I still need to figure out what to do with mine since I moved off the shop floor completely.
 
Beef15 said:
I have that one in orange because they didn't have the grey in stock. It served ok for a couple years. 2-4 inches of width would be nice. Casters were annoying. Recommend the side shelf. I still need to figure out what to do with mine since I moved off the shop floor completely.
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I noticed the castors making some noise so I will likely replace them. For me, the size it near perfect. My garage is packed, 3 motorcycles, table saw, wood working equipment. My son is sharing the space, wood storage, a disassembled truck.....
 
I got one of those when they only had red.. then got a 72” box thats blue… and now my tool cart don’t match. I’m going to have to be fixing that at some point. First world problems, I know.

I do really like the us general carts though. We even have a white one in the kitchen… along with a white husky box with butcher block top as an island. 😂
 
hp468 said:
I got one of those when they only had red.. then got a 72” box thats blue… and now my tool cart don’t match. I’m going to have to be fixing that at some point. First world problems, I know.

I do really like the us general carts though. We even have a white one in the kitchen… along with a white husky box with butcher block top as an island. 😂
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Our kitchen is a black and white motif and we have a bakers stone that is a marble slab that probably weighs 400 lbs. My "friends" refuse to help me move it again..... we put it on one of those black husky boxes as an island. My wife loves it and wants another for our back mudroom. They are out of stock, maybe we can get another around Christmas time....

That is kind of how I found the wmechanics cart. Searching for alternatives.
 
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Sp00ks said:
Our kitchen is a black and white motif and we have a bakers stone that is a marble slab that probably weighs 400 lbs. My "friends" refuse to help me move it again..... we put it on one of those black husky boxes as an island. My wife loves it and wants another for our back mudroom. They are out of stock, maybe we can get another around Christmas time....

That is kind of how I found the wmechanics cart. Searching for alternatives.
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Yep, my wife loves that husky box as well. You’d think it would stick out but it looks like it was made to be there, tons of storage.
 
hp468 said:
I got one of those when they only had red.. then got a 72” box thats blue… and now my tool cart don’t match. I’m going to have to be fixing that at some point. First world problems, I know.

I do really like the us general carts though. We even have a white one in the kitchen… along with a white husky box with butcher block top as an island. 😂
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Dad uses a husky one for a cooking cart for the grille, blackstone (or whatever it's called) etc.


@Sp00ks looking good. Only thing Id be 'against' are the magnetic holders, too many of mine have had the magnet separate from the tray ha
 
Time will tell....those items don't need to be there anyway, just covienant
 
Sp00ks said:
The only thing I don't like is the fixed castors on one side. I may replace those.
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Measure the hole spacing before you go. It would be good to get a tracing on paper. The casters on the carts have a bit different spacing than the loose ones sold on the shelves I found out. I've bought 3 HF Service carts and replaced the fixed 2 on them all. I'd expect the tool carts to be similar. Swapping out the 2 fixed casters makes them much more useful.
 
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