When is too big too much ( Tool Box)
 

One of the mechanic's where I work bought this Snap-on moving skyscraper. Over 7 feet tall. Over $12,000 just for the box. Too much?

I guess my work area isn't too much better.

empty $12000? thats nuts for that kind of money i could buy fifty craftsman ones you cant tell me that theres that much technology in a roll away tool box

oldiron- you left out a zero. :D One of my mechanics has an $18,000 tool box from snap on with a built-in coffee maker and polished aluminum wheels. :D

Can't imiagine really wanting a tool box I have to use a step ladder to see what kind of junk I was keeping in the top. The top of my box is a catch-all for just about everything.:o

for 18 grand it better have leather seats and an LT1 motor in it too!!

But to hold the amount of tools need for the job you need a large storage space.
Our shop:

I want one:whine:

Repairing the gear train on a Series 40 International Engine. Tight working quarters.

Lmao, I have to agree, what exactly is too much, or is it just having to impress people? It sure can't make you a better mechanic.

Randy, please post a pic of that box ;)

I'll try to remember to take the camera to the shop tommorrow. If you ever go to a Snap-on show, $18,000 tool boxes aren't uncommon.

That has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. How exactly is it a "better" tool box? What does it "do" that is worth $12,000? I will never understand why tool boxes are so expensive. Even Sears boxes are far far over priced. From the picture, it doesn't look like it's worth any more than $500---but I must be wrong.

having a big tool box like that, allows you to lock everything up though, nothing worse then people "borrowing" you tools

I think he has a bed in the center section. It is 3 feet wide and 10 feet long. LOL!!
Most of the mechanic here have just the bottom section that way they have a work bench.

A good tool box is a must. When i worked at Cali Concept I had a little 150 buck tool boxs. It was real small and just used drawer glide things. After a month it was getting stuck, my tool didn't have enough room to be organized. it sucked my tools were on top of each other. Now the guys with the big snap-on , matco tool boxes had plenty of room and tools. Man it pays to a mechanic to have a nice tool box with everything organized. I'm starting my collection of snap on tools but doudt I'll get a snap-on box unless i find a killer deal on one. Maybe sometime down the line.

Oldiron,
I recognize the boxes in the second picture though! Stanley Vidmars. My office is full of them. I must have 40 or 50 of them for tools and parts. Those are a good tool box too. I converted a couple of shorter ones into mechanic boxes for two guys out on the floor. They like them.

MJ

Oh yeah, about the Snap-On tool box for 12k. That is too rich for my blood but I cannot condemn him. It is his money and if that is what turns his crank, not a problem. Of course, this is coming from a guy that spent over $2000 on a mountain bike last summer and then road it home from the store I bought it from (80 miles). Some people said I was crazy spending that kind of money on a bike. We are talking a pedal bike guys. Not a motor bike.
MJ

oldiron, that's nothing compared to one that a guy in our shop has. that thing has to be 16' long. i know where you're coming from about having to have a lot of space. i started a job as an RV service tech last monday. i went out monday night and bought what i thought was a decent sized box. A) it would almost fit inside most of the other guys boxes, and B) its pretty much full. my dad works in the same complex, but in the paint shop rather than service. he's getting ready to step up to a new box, so i'll inherit his Matco :D

1TonCrewCab, we use those boxes for parts storage. We have 40 of them and can stock over 3000 parts in them. They are a not as durable as a Snap-on or a Mac but do serve their perpose. For the big stuff we use shelving.

And also open racks for our brake drums.

I bought a matco box that is worth $12000. I found it in the bargin trader and payed $6100 for it and it was only 8 months old and looked like new. Its 7ft long and 30 inches wide and came with a hutch on top. I just ordered the door for the hutch today and the door is going to cost me $1000 bucks. But I will have more room to lock up my tools.

I have tool box envy mine is only 2 1/2 feet long and 4 feet tall :( but it was free.

I know a mechanic who wasted proably 10-20 thousand dollars on snap-on tools he never uses....he has one Snap-On box, some kind of a Dale Earndhart special-edition that sits in the corner with a blanket over it....and another anniversery edition or something like that Snap On box sitting next to it that also has a blanket laying over it....both are never even used for work! He has a crappy little cart that the working tools go in.

Inside the boxes i once caught a glimpse of some black chrome Snap On tools........why someone would spend that kind of money on a tool that isn't even used is beyond me.....but hey, it ain't my money :bowtie:

for 12k it better wipe your a$$ and $uck your dicker, why people spent that much is beyond me but it is thier money

A friend of mine works at a F@rd dealership, and he said that another mechanic at the shop has a huge tool box with a microwave, TV, radio, and coffeemaker in it! I guess he doesn't want to go to far for a snack and a cup o' joe.