craftsman toolboxes -- do not buy

[Derek White]

Conveniently, I have worked in the Sears Hardware (Tools) department. The Craftsman lifetime warranty does only apply to hand tools. Which for that purpose is great, very few products will last forever so paying the little extra for a craftsman hand tool is definitely worth it, I had a guy once get an exchange on over $300 in hand tools...

However, the rest of the Craftsman stuff is usually just middle of the road as far as quality. My Dad has a craftsman tool box he has had for over 30 years, still bulletproof. Yet the stuff they are producing now is simply not as good, thinner material. There are several levels of boxes, but the only ones worth traveling with are the professional models which in most stores have to be ordered. Long story short, after 90 days (the return period) it yours to break as you please, the store wont touch it.

-Derek

[Erik Maxfield]

My gray drawer slider craftsman top box is ~6 years old and I regularly heft it between my truck and as 1 of 2 top boxes for my lower unit. (lower unit is a wide professional......)

No issues as of yet....but picking it up SUCKS (I need a trailer)

I did lose a 5 MM craftsman T handle allen this weekend. Good luck in buying one of those loose.
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[George Clausen]

Trailers are hard on toolboxes, big boxes are worse than multiple smaller ones and multiple ones are easier to keep organized.
Want to see really dissapointed people? check on the guys that have installed fancy kitchen cabinets in their trailers. They are for sure not up to the swaying and rocking with a lot of laden weight in them
George

[Al Barnes]

To be honest, most large tool boxes aren’t designed to be stuffed full of tools & bounced around the country in a trailer. I like the smaller 3 drawer Craftsman tool box, (Sears Item# 00965337000 Model# 65337).
True story. I was a young lad at a farm auction, they were selling box lots of tools. A box of broken tools came up for sale, (I have no idea why someone would have a box of broken tools, but stick with me). I bought it for $2, some loudazz in the back said something like ‘you just blew 2 bucks on a box of broken tools kid!’ and most everyone laughed in amusement, but some seemed to feel sorry for the dumb kids predicament. I yanked a broken ½ “ ratchet out of the box and hollered back at him ‘but sir, most of these tools were made by Craftsmen, all I have to do is take them to Sears and exchange them for new ones!’

[kurt zimmerman]

unreal, i have 2 large roll-a-ways amongst a buttload of other topchests. 1 craftsman has slider drawers, 1 snap-on with ball brgs. all of them have broken drawer sliders and they have not been in a trailer. Thank you Dennis for the link to snap on. i have tried it before and no reply. this time i got a email from, i think his name is dave wanting to know the model number of the snap on. i sent it to him. I Just Got Off The Phone With Him, He Called Me. wanting to know how many broken runners there are. he said he will warranty them n/c. we will see how this comes out. snap on wont go to a house as far as I know. I will be doing bussiness with this dude from now on if he comes thru......
kurt.......

[scott recker]

[kurt zimmerman]

I got the drawer sliders from snap-on today, both boxes undamaged via UPS, imagine that... they changed the design of the relase mechanisim over what was on the box, looks way easier to pull the drawers out now. they sent them, enough for 4 drawers, (8 sliders complet) no charge and no shipping charge. lets see sears do that!

[Chad Stapleton]