Harbor Freight tool cart modifications and accessories
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- In this video, Evan the Cameraman and I go over some of the modifications and accessories we’ve added to our tool cart over the course of the past two years. All of the upgrades that we did were easy to do, and cost-effective. I hope you enjoy!
I just gotta say seeing the father-son dynamic is amazing and heartwarming. Your son will remember those times fondly and anytime he picks up a tool in the future he will always think of those days spent wrenching with the ol'man. Keep at it!
Thank for the kind words Julian!!!
That is a very sharp young man you have there. Every minute of your life spent with your son is worth more than any tool or bank account. Being a dad is crazy?
You start by getting up 3 or 4 times a night for bottles and changing diapers, move on to things like getting up at 5 AM for a few minutes of peace and a quiet cup of coffee before shifting into drill Sargent mode at 6 to keep everyone on time for the bus.
Next is helping with homework at night, driving as a taxi service, attending their games and events, last minute trips to the store at 8PM when you hear the words "Dad, I need that for a project due tomorrow or I will get a bad grade.....?
You also become a driving instructor, loan officer/shark, psychiatrist and feel like a serf when the first home equity loan payment is due and you spent the last couple of days packing and moving your new student into a dorm (following everyone's instructions and orders rather than giving them).
The entire time this 18 year period is transpiring you keep thinking "I can hardly wait until this slows down or is over" or "Man it would be GREAT to sleep in on just ONE Saturday AM!"
Don't worry, you will get your wishes and then some. It hit me like a brick wall doing 100MPH on a skateboard (Yes, the same one you would fall over and complain about in the garage 10 years ago) After dropping off my new investment I had the longest solo 90 minute ride of my life.
I pulled into a rest area and started to cry. The time slot I was given was over? No rewind button to hit or go back and start over again. The strangest things will cause a relapse and the thought(s) to start running through your mind?
It is both a happy and depressing process at the same time. Being a dad is great and all you can do is try your best to be a good one. Parenting is 50% science and 50% dark magic and knowing which one is happening at any given moment is next to impossible.
For what it's worth, I think you are doing a great job? Just remember, when you blink once he'll be asking for the keys to borrow your Mustang. Blink again and it is graduation day, then wedding day and if you are really lucky? you'll blink and have a lot of wrinkles with this little guy sitting on your lap that looks an awfull lot like you and your son?
Then you can do all the things that you missed the first time around? Better yet, try and fill in any blanks your son may miss?That is what my grandpa did and hopefully, you can do? Just be really careful what you wish for?
P.S-I have 3 children with only 1 to 1 1/2 year separation between them and the last one flew the coop 12 years ago. Same process with each one. Good luck!
Great video. I really like the way you included your son. My dad died when I was 12 and although it was a short time we had together I can still remember the things he taught me and it still puts a smile on my face.
Thank you Bob. I still remember my dad yelling “Hold the damn light”! Like it was yesterday. 😂
dont make up lies bob~!
Lost mine at 15. Grateful for every year I had with him. Wish I could go back to these days so badly, and I’m only 20.
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I enjoy the respect you show your son. Keep up the good work, both of you!
Thank you Mike, I appreciate the kind words 😊
Cool review ,also like how your son is included and he seems to like tools,I hope my son likes tools as he grows up👍
Thank you 😊
Enjoy the off-camera assistance. I always appreciate a team effort!
Edit: Looks like I'm not the only one. Sweet.
Thank you for the compliment 🥰
A great dad and son combo. Love it.
Thank you Steve 😊
love the video guys. i miss my kiddos being that age, sometimes. anyway, it warms this old dads heart.
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I enjoy your videos especially since you include your son. My father included me while he worked on projects as well. Thank you two for taking the time to share your videos. Stay Safe!
Thank you Scott! That was a very nice comment. Stay happy and healthy my friend 😀
Good point Scott I agree with you 100% the father is encouraging to his son and the son shows respect to his father. He is not scared to
To include
His opinion. Good to see!
Bought the green 5 drawer and its a great cart for the money. I've filled it with tools and may have to buy a bigger one in the near future. Like those $1 dividers from Target. Getting those and possibly tool holder is a nice addition too. Thanks for the ideas 💡 😊
No problem!!! Keep us posted 😊👍🏻
Target plastic bins for $1 was a solid mod thanks!
Awesome! Glad you liked it 😃👍🏻
This video was very helpful to me! Evan has a bunch of personality, charismatic and confident!
Thank you! We are glad you enjoyed the video 😃
Wish I would have had a dad like you when I was young. Enjoyed the video
Thank you Maddy 😊
I’m a tool guy but I subscribed because of your camera man:) love the father son relationship you two have !
That is awesome Daniel! Thank you so much for the kind comment. Happy Holidays!
@@lakes2land780 no worries, thanks for the interesting video and a very happy holiday to you and your family as well!
That’s what it’s all about right there! Pass all you know down to your right hand man/boy/son every day! (Daughters too) Keep’em involved, it’s the gift that keeps on giving...
👍🏼👍🏼 from this guy!
Absolutely! And thank you for the kind comments 😊
Great video, very informative. Also never hurts to see a father and son sharing good times.
Thank you! Couldn’t ask for a better way to spend my time 😊
All I care about is the background voice.Awesome Evan! Makes me smile.
Thank you 😊
Evan is like the perfect son. Nice one young man! Knows his stuff.
Thank you Adam for the kind words 😊
I enjoy watching father and son/ daughter videos passing the knowledge. Really liked the power tool and charger mod... 🧑🔧 👍
Thank you very much! Hopefully we will have many more to come 😃👍🏻
love that you are getting your son involved.
Thank you Josh!
your son is quick witted. he is going to succeed for sure. thanks for the vid
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
I picked up those Target bins, and they are fantastic! Thank you for sharing! Helps organize my shallow drawers!!
Awesome J M! Every time I’m in Target, I look for a few more. Mine are still holding up strong. Highly recommend them😊👍🏻
Awesome Ideas, thank you. I bought the blue one yesterday.
Awesome Timothy! We are glad you enjoyed the video and got your hands on one for yourself. We will actually be doing an updated video soon, more like a four year review and some more upgrades. Keep us posted on yours as well, please!😊
Good job even on the honorable mentions 👍🏻
another great video... thanks for sharing with the rest of us!
Nice and easy mod for anybody’s cart, good job!
Nice set up, everything ready to get working
Evan got your back 😂 "LINE??""
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Great video really like how your boy is involved, my son always finds his way into the garage when he hears me and my brother messing with stuff in there.
Thank you. That is the best compliment you can ever get from you child. He wants to be just like you! Stay healthy😀🙏
Great father and son teamwork. You guys are awesome 😎😎
Thank you Robert!! 😊
What makes your tool box tour different from the others is your tools look like they get used!
They do, thank you Wayne!. Between me and my boys, they sure do see some action, lol. Merry Christmas 🎄!
Yeah nothings worse than guys who have $60,000 worth of snap on tools when the only thing they can fix is a ham sandwich.
Your son is awesome, so cool hes into these things.
I am blessed Anthony! Thank you 😊
this is definitely gonna help when i buy my cart!
Glad to hear it! Keep us up to date 😀👍🏻
I really enjoyed this useful instructional video and with my new box will put most into use, love that helpful input from Ev..❤
Awesome Brian, thank you for the wonderful words. We are going to be doing another update video soon! We added a couple things here and there to our tool cart, and the four years since we have owned it.
Love the father and son team project! 👍 And thanks for the cheap 99¢ Target bathroom storage bins. I will definitely go get me several of them for my toolbox and tool cart. Where did you get the green “S” hooks hanging on the push handle?
Harbor freight i think
I'm going to subscribe because this video was extremely helpful
Thank you Ryjah! Glad it helped 😊
Working mans tool box great job.
Lonnie Harris thank you sir 😀👍🏻
Great side kick!
Thank you! I’m blessed 😇
Evan is the homie! I like his comments! Awesome video!
Thank you 😊
Someday your son will look back on these times and remember the good old days.
I hope so 😊
Man, great video and lucky kid to have such an involved father. Wish my dad was like you!
Great video guys . The cart looks awesome
Mark Pecoraro that’s a million Mark! Hope you are doing well 😀
Lol added horsepower. Great video. Wouldn't mind seeing a video on those painless swivel impacts. You guys pioneered the Husky tool hanger mod. One of my favorite mods.
ECM. Use YT Studio to add "cards" to your videos were you reference any previous videos. It's easy and gives your viewers any easy way to go to the video that you just talked about.
Your jacket and hat made me giggle. 100 degrees in Phoenix.
Dale Lucid it’s freezing here bud! We had snow come down on Thursday. Thank you for the tip, we will explore the YT studio idea too. Stay cool out there!
Great setup. Gave me some ideas for mine.
Nicely done. LOVE the interaction with your son.
Thank you Poly! It means the world to me to be able to spend this time with him and introduce him to working with his hands with the right tools. Thanks again for the kind words 😊
Came here for the tool cart vid and love the Foxbody! I have one also.
Haha! Thank you! I’ve been trying to find the. time to get this thing up and running for quite a while now. Soon!! 😂😂😂
Well done, great teamwork. I’m now waiting for. HF sale to buy the toolbox and those accessories.
Thank you 😊
Great video, probably one if the best, camera work was superb, you video gave the most useful information, thanks
Thank you Charles! We greatly appreciate the the compliment 😃
Nice set up. Good to see the family involved with it as well
Thanks for the tour, good job you guys :)
Wmc Wmc thank you 😊
Really liked your video. I've watched so many videos on the HF cart (I have one) for ideas. By far, this is my favorite video. You and Evan did a great job on the cart and the video was really fun to watch.
Thank you for the kind words Wade 😃😃👍🏻👍🏻
Very nice setup and video! I feel that this cart is sometimes even better than the larger more expensive ones they have. The top being open is great for heavy items and sockets. Sliding ball bearings can only hold so much weight! And this car pratically had 3 double slots to hold larger items.
Thank you Kevin! I completely agree. General hit it out of the park with the service cart. Affordable, we’ll built and easy to modify. Thank you for watching, I hope to put up some more videos soon 😀
When I was young I use to hangout with my dad when he wasn't working. Now we live together in my house an i have a big garage in the backyard. I became paralyzed from my waist down from a rare cancer 27 years ago .I been in remission for all thos time. Anyway I have top an middle craftsman boxes filled with craftsman tools an another craftsman box set an a snapon box that is on top of my bench.
My dad has alot of tools also he is retired from the shipyard he was an outside machinist.
Last year we both got the 5 drawer tool cart from harbor freight tools and I got the Pittsburgh sockets in 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 inch sockets shallow and deep metric an sae an the ratchets and extensions an wrenches in metric an sae an stubby wrenches and some ratchet wrenches all in Pittsburgh. I got the socket trays too. I been buying tools for my cart since last year an hopefully by this summer it will be full. I brought other tools I haven't said. It's like an addiction when I see tools. Lol
It gets expensive, even with cheaper tools lol!!
I know
Nice video thanks for sharing you’ve given me some good Ideas. Have fun working on that trailer together.
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I joined because your partner has some good tips. Thank You
Thank you !!!
Cool video this makes me want to work on my snap on 3 drawer i was think of selling off the wheel are shot and its not sqaured any more but i see it can be brought back to life with your Ideas and put back into service instead of collecting dust
Get to it! Nothing like having tools organized. That is until you realize your missing something 😂. Thank you for the kind comment!
Great video, nice audio and commentary! Your belt hooks on your Milwaukee drill/drivers are on upside down fyi. If you work in work pants with belts they come in handy,
Thank you John! I never really noticed the hooks…I appreciate the advice 😊
Great video and nice review of your box!!
Thank you Peter, glad you enjoyed it!
Very good video and a REALLY well set up tool cart. Excellent job on passing down the skill of working on things work your hands to your boy too! WAY too many people now days that can't even change a tire or check their oil let alone fix anything!
Thank you for the kind words!
Good video nice job! The camera man is right on!
Thank you Bear of the North! 😀
You're the only other person I've seen that uses the deeper drawer for pliers. I couldn't imagine putting them in any other drawer as efficiently.
Brilliant minds think alike Pat 😉😊
Great video. Some cool ideas, probably gonna steal a few for mine, once I get one. Soon, real soon.
Feel free to do so Clayton! Post up a video when you get yours 😀👍🏻
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It's up! Just go to my channel and check out the latest tool haul and latest post.
Great video man, love the setup!
Thank you for the kind compliment 😊
Great video! Cadillac idea on the trays from Target. I have some Ernst trays in my main box. Oh have a side box I am going to add to mine. One thing on that, HF says the 5 drawer tool cart is 22” deep, it’s not. I will mount mine flush to the front of the cart and maybe add some homemade shelves or better yet some pegboard to fill in the overhang on the backside of the cart. You guys make a great team. Keep on shining.
Thank you Jim for the kind words 😊
I think Eve gets the real work done around here 😄.
Just don’t tell him that 😂😂😂
Wish we had Harbour Freight here in the UK.
You guys are definitely missing out. They have some very good, affordable options for guys just like us. 😊
@@lakes2land780 we have some budget tool places but we don't have stuff like you guys..I guess we save money by not needing imperial tools. But still.
Thanks for the videos. It's given me ideas for modding my own service tool box :)
The mods are great keep up the good work.
Thank you John😀
Great video - thank you for sharing. BTW - the star of the show is your son!
Babak Pasdar he sure is Babel, thank you for the compliment 😊
Cool video have the same cart, they are fun to mess with, good value
Absolutely! I don’t think you can find a better bang for the buck. Glad you enjoyed the video 😀👍🏻
Great video. Just subbed!
Thank You Michael 😀
You and Evan were great! Thanks :)
I bought this cart on Friday and I'm stoked about the possibilities. My direction is going toward using the area under the lid for workbench. The lid of course like yours with tools kinda like a peg board. Thanks!
Awesome! You won’t be disappointed with the cart, keep us updated please 😊👍🏻
When the side table is down it also helps keep the cans in place so not bad at all
Absolutely! And it hides the brake cleaner from my oldest son 🤣
Looks good man
Thank you 😊
Good job. The fold down tray can be seen as a protector for the can tray items.
Yes sir! Now if they would only protect my brake clean from disappearing...it would be great!! 😂😂😂😂
Damn 189 hurts when I paid almost $700 in 2007 for a blue point service cart on the snapon truck. Back then harbor freight didn't have these carts.
Evan sounds like a sweet kid!
Thank you William! He’s a great kid who loves to learn and not afraid of getting his hands dirty 😊
For what it’s worth, Dollar tree also occasionally has some really cool organizer tray options that fit well in these drawers in multiple shapes and sizes. They are white and a Little more rigid but the white makes it easier to find small things inside
Thanks for the tip! I will have to keep my eyes out 😊
@@lakes2land780 best wishes
I have to add the power tool holder!
It’s a quick and easy mod Wayne 😀
i like your video
Thank you Charles 😊
If that is a snap-on jump box, that is the best jump box on the market I can Jumpstart a completely dead semi with bad batteries in like 30 seconds of it being on. I love mine!!
Yes sir, it is. I bought it years ago at a garage sale for $50 bucks. Love it!
Nice 👍
Thank you 😊
Nice video. Just a heads up. You can buy wheels that both swivel and lock. So you would unlock it when you need the 360 capabilities and when you need it to go straight you simply lock it. Buy 2 swivel ones with the lock and 2 swivel without the lock. In your case You would only have to buy 2 with the lock. This is what I did.
$189.. on sale.. three years ago lol I’m looking to get one, but as a parts changer that’s into cars but isn’t a career mechanic, I still find it hard to justify the $250+ price tag these have today
I have seen them on sale sub $200, you have to keep your eye out. I still think that at $250 they are worth every penny. Maybe a used one on Market Place or Craigslist?
Great video! Found a 6pc SAE & Metric socket try set holder (vertical post style) on EBay for $24 shipped! Way cheaper then Harbor freight that sells the better vertical post socket for $20 each SAE or Metric
XY Zebruh nice! Do they come in colors? I would like to maybe do red and blue. One for metric and one color for SAE 😀
very nice.
Thank you 😊
Nice
Bolt two of those magnets together and there is no need to drill holes in the top.
You guys are definitely from New England or New York... RI??
Yes sir, New York!
Nice walkthrough. Where did you source the mat on the folding tray?
Thank you ! It’s a floor mat that I cut to sized from Home Depot 😀👍🏻
Nice mustang
It will be running again...one day 😂
Thanks
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I’m not a expert but I’d say it’s overloaded better stay away from weight station 😂 great job on box I’ve always been told you can’t put 10 gallons of stuff in a 5 gallon bucket but you done it 😂 😂 😂
Thank you John 😂😂
Links to some of your accessory choices would be a nice touch!
I am a diagnostician so, I have a lot of testing equipment and tools are in the small drawers.
I wish they would add a few more small drawers in the future. Maybe a 7 drawer tool cart in the future? 😀
@@lakes2land780 it think it would be more useful tha having the large space at the bottom. I currently use them for my socket kits.
I just got this but I am already gonna have to return it because the stupid lock mechanism on the left side of the box won’t go up 😒
Sorry to hear that. I don’t think you will be disappointed with the box or it’s replacement once it gets sorted out. This was definitely one of my best tool investments yet.
@@lakes2land780 I don’t know if I should go through all the effort to get it replaced because I’m afraid the screw holes won’t line up. Especially since everyone is telling me quality has gone down a ton
@@snorky4708 I did not know that about that quality. Mine is a couple years old, so perhaps manufacturing has suffered? But for that kind of price I say you have nothing to lose.
What's the rubber mat you have on your tray ?
It’s literally a piece of floor mat that I cut to size. I think I got it at Home Depot if I’m not mistaken.
Hi, I'm trying to locate that Husky cordless power tool side storage rack. Can you please assist me with model number or link.
Sure! Here is the video of the boxed item with make and model number. Hope it helps 😊👍🏻
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Have you guys checked out my cart mod?The oil holder thing I’m interested to hear what name you guys come up with.
J - Who? I like that, very clever idea! Nice to have that shut off valve to help prevent the next Exxon Valdez 😂👍🏻
@@lakes2land780 any name ideas?
where did you get the mat for the side tray?
@@masonk1l023 Home Depot. It’s a door mat 🤩
@@lakes2land780do you have a link?
Is there a way to disable to drawer locks or does the lid need to be open every time you want to open the drawer?
Where did you get that power tool holder?
Home Depot, it’s made by Husky. Here’s a video of the mod and more information for you 😉
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Harbor Freight generally has them too, US General after all. I saw them today on Black Friday sale for I think $19. Comes in all the colors too.