They had a couple of other colors in stock, but I really wanted it in yellow. They had one in stock, but it’s a “presale” item, meaning it was sold and waiting for its new owner to pick it up. I drove to my closest Harbor Freight store, checked out the US General floor sample, figuring the larger roller cabinet would indicate the quality level for the entire product line, and grabbed the purchase ticket from the display. If it works out, I could always buy another. I figured I would check out the floor sample and maybe buy one. Consumer-strength single bay tool boxes around 26″ to 30″ wide are at the limit of what I can safely get up or down the stairs. I’m shopping for my basement, not my garage. While not perfect, that might do the trick for secondary tool and part storage!
There are 3 shallow drawers, 3 medium drawers, and 2 deep drawers. The US General single bay tool cabinets have 8 drawers, are 26″ wide, 22″ deep, 40.5″ tall, and weigh 175 pounds. I have a Craftsman orange top chest – Sunburst Orange, if I recall correctly. I have always wanted a yellow tool box, ever since I saw Craftsman Griplatch cabinets in a Sears catalog maybe 15 years ago. I searched for woodworking tool cabinets, and voila, a Harbor Freight advertisement popped up, showing their yellow cabinet on sale for 10% off.Įverything over $50 was 10% off this weekend. On Saturday, I searched for some inspiration online. Given the cost of materials and hardware today, store-bought solutions can be more economical, if I can find the right setup. Drawers could work, and I started planning out a long-term DIY project involving drawers on the bottom with shelves or cubbies on top. I have industrial tote boxes on 12″ deep wire shelving racks, and also hinged-lid containers on dollies, These are no longer efficient for smaller tools, parts, and doodads, even if I only need them on occasion.Ĭontainers now have mixed contents, things have been moved around… it’s an inefficient mess.
#Us general tool box plus
New Age Pro’s 5-drawer unit – two of which I currently have in-use, are now $550 to $649 each, plus shipping. I looked at garage storage products, but their pricing is quite steep too. That might be worth it for a primary tool box I’m in and out of multiple times a day, but not for secondary tool and part storage and organization Plus, even if they were easy to buy right now, the pricing is a bit high – more than $700 each. One of Beta’s few dealers have the older model I would buy, but their pre-sale customer service experience has been terrible.
The new cabinets are supposedly launching next summer. New Beta cabinets came out in Europe in 2021, and their USA launch has been delayed.
Aside from a broken key I have yet to replace, it has been great for more than 12 years now.īeta’s current line roller cabinets are end-of-life. Here’s an older photo of my Beta roller cabinet, in orange. The Proto 540 isn’t available anymore, and I’m not yet ready to buy its larger and pricier replacement. My tall Proto 540 has grown on me, and I am quite attached to my Beta rolling cabinet. I need more storage for tools, parts, supplies, and misc. I have been organizing my workspace and storage spaces, and have been deliberating about what to buy.
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