Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:39:55 -0800
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Santa Got Me A New Vanagon Tool Chest! Masterforce (Menards)
Review.....
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dear looking in the stocking and under the tree
santa got me a gift cert from gowesty
household legend has it the gift cert arrived in the mail the same day our
westy left the road
i guess there is another one in the future :)
also a Stanley open top tool carrier
yours
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:
> If you live in the upper Midwest, you likely are familiar with the
> Menards chain of Home improvement super stores. I've been looking at
> tool box/tool chest combos for some time and not finding what I
> wanted at a price Santa could afford. To get a quality Craftsman set
> you were looking at well over $800,same with Waterloo, Kobalt,
> Clarke,and the Tractor Supply store had little to get excited
> about. Snap On and Mac were way out there in Lotto Winner land, so I
> kept returning to Menards to look at their MasterForce line of tool
> storage devices. The factory rep. happened to be there working with
> the department manager and once they were through, I asked him, "Are
> these made in China?" He was honest and confirmed that suspicion,
> but proceeded to defend the line quite successfully. The strange
> green color will have to grow on me, but this is definitely the best
> built Chinese tool storage I've found yet. The 26" wide set was what
> I was looking for, but Menards had a sale going on for all three
> sizes and the 36" set was under $500, just over $50 more than the
> sale price of the 26" set. The biggest set was too big for my needs
> despite also being a good deal. The top weighs a whopping 123# and
> the bottom 190#..
>
> The drawers will handle 100# each which is more than any of the Sears
> stuff. The ball drawer tracks are replaceable as opposed to being
> spot welded or riveted in, it has a limited lifetime warranty, the
> finish is powder-coated, and the 5"x2" casters will handle 1200#
> total. The rubber mats to pad the drawers are pre cut, fit
> perfectly, and of high quality 1/8" neoprene, not the cheesy padding
> Sears offers. I wanted to buy American made stuff, but this time I
> backslid and got Chinese instead. We'll see how all the American and
> German made tools coexist with the Chinese storage as the years go
> on. I didn't have the need for all that storage space, but the price
> was too inviting to just buy the top chest alone..
>
> To quote Mr. Briggs," Joe Bob says check it out".
>
--
roger w
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