Ultimate Improvements to Harbor Freight 5 Drawer Tool Cart
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2018
- A few mods to the harbor freight 5 drawer tool cart that improve cosmetics and functionality.
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Pimp my cart
Lol that's a good one
Nice work...I can appreciate enhancing what you have versus just buying a new product. Especially if there are suttle differences. Cheers
Guy at my shop has the G1 and I just got the G2. As others have said the only real difference, other than colors, is really only that they fixed that issue with the top being at the angle. Guy at my shop just took the shocks off and lets the lid just hang off the back when he's using it.
I like what you did.
Honestly it's really what I like about these HF carts anyways. Even if there is a problem or three, it's cheaper just to upgrade them, customize, or modify them to what you need and what you like than it would be to go Snap On or even many of these other big name brands.
Nice improvements. Will take in all suggestions into consideration when mine comes in. Thanks . 👍🇨🇦
Great job I actually love it!
thanks for the extra swivel wheels idea iam going to do that to mine!
No problem brother thanks for watching
Awesome cart mods
Nice video and great modifications
looks good man
Looks good man!!! The wrap was a good idea to put on it, I’m using that idea when I get a chance.
Thanks a lot brother
That carbon fiber looks pretty good. Nice touch.
Good job looks good , working on upgrading some stuff too
Thanks brother. I hope your project turns out good too.
Looks good my brother..
I appreciate it brother
good video. thanks for sharing.
Thank you brother
Nice job man
Thank you brother
Carbon fiber is very cool. I attached my magnets with magnets, I use the lid as a work surface so I didn't want to use bolts. Think I'll do the casters, should help in my small workshop.
24 inch magnet bar from northern tool you'll love it over those its stronger than all 4 of those especially rolling it around
I went to hf the other day and they had all the new colors. The green was really good looking but my old ass $20 series 1 is still holding up
I went today and seen all the colors and the green one is nice!
3m double sided tape works real good to hold the magnetic tool rails up to the lid.
Great idea man! Thanks.
u r the man.
Thank you brother!
The slot for the top shocks should start up high and slope on an angle downwards.
Cool vid, what type of socket holders?
the back hole is cause piece is cut and drilled to work on either side that wat in manufacturing they grab 2 pieces from 1 bin to weld and dont have to worry about getting from 2 bins and having them oriented right. this is done a lot in manufacuring. Plus both pieces ar made on same machine instead 2 different machines. drilling 2 holes saves money and makes constructing easier.
I had a series one just like this at one point. They are a fantastic cart at any price point.. I sold it and upgraded and grew into a Snap On service cart at work and bought a Husky cart for my garage.
The new styles are really nice and the colors are really close to Snap On colors. I was in HF last week and looked at them. The blue one is just a little lighter than my royal blue Snap On split top cart.
I haven't seen any husky carts yet but the new colors are actually really nice. The next time I buy a service cart I want to get a snap on cart but i have to justify the cost first. I appreciate your comment brother.
@@RedemptionGarage the Husky cart is a lot like your HF cart. It's about the same thing, I got it on sale for $200 in black. It's a nice cart.
I only got a Snap On because we all have them in the shop. I needed to have a bigger box than the HF cart so I had to spend money on Snap On. Great video and I'm a new subscriber! Have a great night brother!
I work in the industrial sector rebuilding and repairing machines for steel mills so we use tools and have boxes at work but there aren't any trucks that comes to us which is good and bad lol. Thanks brother and I hope you have a good night as well.
Wonder if you could get a piece of metal pegboard for the ends.
The new ones open all the way up so they fixed it I have the green one and it sits flat all the way back
Hi what's the item number to those swivel caster wheels. Thanks
Wrap the top of the drawer handles too.
U did a good job of personalizing your cart bud!! I suggest a rubber mat top 4 your side tray or carbon. Peace!!
I actually did put a piece of rubber on it later and it looked good. Thanks for the recommendation and thanks for watching!
Even though U didn't mention it, I strongly thought U would do that bud, your Awesome & down 2 earth cool dude, since I've had a local Harbor Fr8 move in, I've got more toolz than I can shake a stick @ all day. Peace!!
My roll away has two 3/4” sheets of plywood on the bottom that is over sized so it has a 2 ” wider base all around. The my casters are set on the corners of the ply wood only one bolt goes through the bottom of the cart in each corner. Also backing up the car t shelves with wood will quit the metal panels when rolling it.
Interesting idea! Thanks for the comment brother
I have two roll sways set up this way one was done by my step dad it was done to prevent tip overs at work. But the ply wood keeps the noise down the other one I did cause the casters were shot. Both boxes glide smoothly when rolled.
Series 1&2 are basically the same cart. Only difference is color choices and lid opens to straight up and down
Very true
I got a green gen 2 , 5 drawer cart on sale today for 180 at hf. I like it alot. I just wish they made green folding side tables for it.
They are nice brother. Thanks for watching!
They do make the green side folding table - SKU 64725
@@james94582 wuuuuuuuuuut I'm going to go get one right now! I live 2miles from hf lol, the only one I seen was red n black. Thanks
@@imbrandon16 now whether they have em in stock at yours or. It is a different story.... I was looking at the Gen 2 cart to have for work, so I took a picture of all the SKU's... Look forward to seeing folks reviews on the Gen 2's
@@james94582 they had 5 in stock all of them in back, I had to ask for one, but I got it on tonight. Its awesome.
Lowe’s have magnet strips with magnets on both sides no drilling to install them
how about double sided magnet bar, no drill holes.
Hammerite Metal Paint comes in two blues and two finishes (Hammered and Smooth). Any paint shop can custom tint white Rustoleum in the liquid cans to any exact color you wish. A thin 1/4" piece of plywood would both strengthen the bottoms and prevent scratching. A thin spray coating of truck bed coating underneath will deaden the rattling and b 'invisible'. Finally heavy weight (2 different gauges) perforated galvanized angle iron is available from the Home Depot electrical dept. for just a few dollars and will strengthen the cart's angle sheet metal sides. The hardware department has standard (solid) angle iron in various sizes. A spray adhesive will help affix the 'rubber' drawer liners.I have that same box, in black, that I got for $40 because it was missing parts and damaged (easily repaired). Most of the items listed above came from Home Depot, Harbor Freight, the Metal Supermarket (mine was missing the sheet metal bottom shelf and I made side shelves and drawer dividers as well), and my 'garage stock' from previous projects. I could have used sheet metal from Home Depot as well but I chose to make the bottom shelf into a pull out drawer. I could have just made a simple slide out drawer with plywood and screws. I used a small MIG for flux core 'tack and stitch welds' but I could have easily just used nuts/bolts/washers...
The only difference to the new one is the top lid going straight up, that's pretty much it. I have the new one in red. it's the same cart. Here's a mod I have that you might like, they make an outlet strip that is the same red and is magnetic. You can stick it to the side of the cart and plug in and then have mulitple outlets on the cart including USBs.
Nice customization ! For my toolbox, I'm gonna look for FAT tires. Unless your floor is IMMACULATE, you're gonna push and roll over crap constantly and those fat/wide tires can be used slightly soft to roll quieter/better.
Thanks brother and that's a good idea!
put spacers bolts for the balls for this to work. 1/8 inch thick 1/4 inner diameter polyurethane bushings should work. then just make sure your holes and slots allow for that much clearance. otherwise, swap out and drill new holes for the locking hinges like are on the black 4 drawer carts, or measure the distance between the old holes and where the brackets land on the lid at vertical, and go to the parts house and have them order hood struts based on length. you're going to want to upgrade them anyway after you add the magnets and start putting weight up there. i didn't mind the angle of the lid, but i still upgraded to 65 lb each hood struts from the back of a jeep grand cherokee after i added my magnets and put my pliers on the lid. been better than 5 years now and i haven't had had to change em out yet. i did have to drill holes more forward in the box to get them to close, but that wasn't that big a deal.
Thanks for the good advice that sounds like it will work.
I enjoy the videos I’m halfway new to the Channel but I just just noticed that you are wearing WC pants, are you a Wilmington Alum? I go to college there!
Ask the manager if there are any open boxed ones. I picked mine up for $100.
Thanks for the advice man
TAC Systems series 2 ?
Dang it I can't decide which color of cart to buy, nice kart build up
Thanks a lot. I know it is hard lol.
The green is badass
Wouldn’t the shocks need to be longer to get your lid to 90°?
I bought the same cart almost 5 years ago. My cart came with 4 swivel casters. Maybe someone messed up at the factory..
I bought the same cart, and it got shipped 5 times before a box that wasn't absolutely destroyed in shipping and missing parts showed up.
The blue wheels killed your theme great vid still
I think the two holes are to make the manufacturing process cheaper as both of those pieces are identical size and shape but facing opposite ways. Anyhow I took my shocks off and just let the lid hang on the back
I think you're right
You could also replace the shocks with light chain to keep the top from falling all the way back. Shocks are definitely nicer, but chain is cheap and easy.
Just get shorter lid shocks and put them in the holes toward the back, it'll keep from drilling and slotting.
how short? you have to be able to know the travel of the shock or otherwise you may end up too far back or too close forward it would have to be perfect in order for it to stand straight up and down because that is what is holding the lid up? So you see its not as easy as just picking up a shorter shock I'm sure you could figure the math out but then you have to find the shock it took me 5 minutes to slot it out so to me it is easier to do what I did. Thanks for watching and commenting brother.
I got one of those 10 years ago and the struts never made it on the lid, I just hang it down the back.
It's weird. The struts on my first one still work. I bought a second one recently and one strut gave out after about 6 months, the second strut is just barely hanging on at the end of a year. Not any good identifiers (numbers don't come back with a search result for length / force) to try and source replacements.
Put the black on the side table for more traction.
I actually just got some black rubber to put on the side tray lol. Thank you for watching and the good suggestion!
The rubber slides off when the side table is down, I used spray adhesive to hold it in place, works like a charm
The best thing to do with the lid struts is to buy new ones that are on the series 2. Then you dont butcher your cart.
wow, you are so right! dam! if ain't broke don't fix it!! buy shorter struts!
I just picked this tool cart up in slate grey. When are you going to start posting content again?
You can swap out the black wheels into the rotating casters.
I thought about it but ultimately decided to keep them together the new ones seemed a little more stout... thanks for the suggestion brother
part number
Although you can’t buy parts in the store, I’m pretty sure, if you call their customer service department, you can buy the lid supports for the newer cart.
Only problem is the brackets to mount the new ones are located in the back so you would have to cut off or make new brackets and weld them in the back.
Ahhh. Well, I guess everything hinges on how bad you’re bothered by the lid. At least you have several choices.
I’ve got the 4 drawer cart and it has folding lid supports. That might be another option for you to look at. I really need to upgrade my casters. Mine have kinda soft wheels and the cart is grossly overloaded, so it pretty hard to move. I need some of those blue ones, I think.
You can remove the magnets of the rail so you don't have to drill holes in the lid
I also added rubber stick on mats to the side tray to keep it from scratching up, about 4pcs will do purchased at HF for $13
Good idea man thanks for watching
Unless you just don't have the space at all I'd keep that one and buy a new one you can always put a tool cart to good use
I've definitely considered that lol... thanks for the comment brother
Nice mods! One thing, you need better lighting for videos.
Theres nothing wrong with red. Plus it matches your big box. Its the original color of toolboxes i believe. I think at one time it was the only color available. I wonder why that was?
You be better off just keeping yours and getting another one. Then have one for sae and one for metric 👍👍 That being said i love the lime green...
Or you could get black and mix parts...like swap the drawers between the boxes
You're right it does match but have some different plans for the big one. I like your thinking for standard and metric lol. I actually did just get a different cart and have plans for it which I'm doing a video on but am uploading the new cart right now and should be up within the hour you should check it out. Thanks for the comment brother.
Old toolboxes are red so the stupid trucker doesn't back into them- old guy I used to work with at the truck shop
Cover up all the red on the drawers
Why not just try a new longer shock in the same holes....still Kool idea thou...👍👍👍
I did think about it but wasnt sure what shock. Nice thinking though brother thank you!
I know this is a yr old but I added longer shocks and drilled new holes. The shocks weren’t cheap but it opens straight up. Cheaper than getting a new cart
Thanks for the vid! Are those WC Ohio sweats?
No problem, thanks for the comment. Yes they are lol.
Lol I’m aluminum just surprised to see that. Keep up the good videos
Sick ass cart. I put polyurethane casters on my tool chest. They are non marking and will never flatten from sitting in one place. I build commercial kitchens and used to swap out the rubber caster with them on all the equipment for that reason.
Thanks man! That sounds slick!
If you don’t like it then why did you buy it?
Never said i didnt like it lol just like the blue one better which they didnt have when i bought it. Thanks for commenting tho
Bro are you from ky?
No why do I sound like it? Lol
@@RedemptionGarage Yeah, sorry since your not, we typically carry a slightly skewed stigma for fu*$ing our cousins n such but closest I've seen is my brother is legit married to his stepsister. No blood just weird as hell. Anyways I also felt like I may have met you before, goes to show how personable you can be, right? Lol
I would put a snap on sticker
Do it on the big one, since the snappy logo has 2 pins you would have to drill holes, or get the stick on ones, no one would know the difference between a $500 box and a $5000 box, unless they was nosey and looked in the back for the sticker....also the snap-on drawer rails fit on the HF boxes
@@mdot98045 once the dealer sees the cart he'll warranty any tool.
I made the mistake of dropping 15k on a Matco box shortly after auto/diesel school and then filled it with snap-on, Mac and Matco....when I got brain cancer in 2013 and had to stop working for a while I brought my box home and put it in storage in my shed....my wife (now ex) gave it away, didnt sell it but gave everything away piece by piece when I was in the hospital going through chemo
Why not just get the new shocks for the new box from Harbor Freight and put it on your old box?
Because they are set up different and wont work. The placement is different
Redemption Garage ur gonna drill anyway! At least the shock will be long enough.
Idk it might b easier than a slot, and not sure if the ball headed screw/nut pivot point of the shock to miraculously slide between your scratched out slot...
4 drawer, 62554992, $139.99.... 5 drawer, 15382111, $169.99... Side tray, 52634426, $22.99
The shock idea of making a slotted hole wont work. Just reposition the whole shock like the new ones. And HF sells a riveter for 4 or 5 bucks and it comes with rivets
To reposition the shocks you have to reposition the brackets on the lid so u would have to drill out the spot welds then make new brackets and weld them on. Thanks for the suggestion i appreciate it. The slot idea actually does work if you loosen the bolts up some you can slide the shocks
Put new wheels on it.
Just put a meror on the back.
Hi there from Sweden, I got exactly the same roll around tool cart as you have. How's it going with the gas struts (shocks), figure it out yet? Check out what I did with mine regarding the gas struts here: ua-cam.com/video/0c7aoOZ3Osc/v-deo.html I couldn't find any weaker then 225N so I just mounted one of them.
Thanks brother!
I have this cart - a series-1 - and 7 other boxes. For the life of me I cannot understand how the lid not sitting at 90* is a problem. So what if it's slightly tilted; what does it matter? The series-2 mostly differs in its color selection and a few minor tweaks, like the lid. Not a big difference at all. Selling a cart that's almost new to buy essentially the same thing makes zero sense. Good luck.
For one you cant remove anything from the back pry bar slots for 2 if you hang anything from the lid it prematurely wears the shocks for 3 its his box his money and his time... just because you have pictures of 7 boxes doesnt mean you own them and by your comment you can tell you are a f**cking moron who has no experience and absolutely no idea what you're talking about probably sitting in mommy's basement go somewhere you dumb ass troll and get a life 😂
You three aren't exactly helping this guy. He's trying to start a channel and you're telling the world that its subscriber base is unusually dim and aggressive. Even for UA-cam. This being said, as he 'loved' your posts, obviously water seeks its own level.
Don’t sell your 1 year old cart.
Just take the U.S. General tag off and put a Snap On decal on it.
You can get the decals on Amazon.
Then you’ll have a 1 year old
Snap On tool cart. Fool all your friends! They’ll be impressed first and jealous later! 😂🤣😅
dont show; do
Don't Do it Bro.
Four swivel casters on a cart are a pain in the neck. I see no functional improvements here. 8:50 “it’s not perfect”
What?! Lol mobilty, functionality, and efficiency aren't important? Thanks for watching and for your input but I can't possibly see the downside to having 4 swivel casters just so long as a couple are locking
When I added 4 swivel casters I moved the original, locking ones to the front, drawer face of the cart. That way you move it where you want and the locks are at your feet in front of you
You just JDM’ed your cart with those stickers.. why use different casters if It looks like you don’t even wrench bru!
Honestly man get the point it’s kind of annoying that you aren’t really sure exactly what you’re gonna do
What exactly am i not sure about? Thanks for the feedback though brother I'm just not exactly sure what you mean.
What a moron lol