Harbor Freight 5 Drawer Tool Cart - Setup and Organization

Toolbox organization and setup with the Harbor Freight 5 Drawer Tool Cart!

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[CyphDragon]

One of my good friends (and a professional wrench on bucket trucks) told me a long time ago - when you go to buy a tool, buy the cheapest decent quality you can find (eg, Harbor Freight). If you manage to break or wear out the tool, then you use it enough to justify the cost on the highest-end tool that you can find. It's saved me literally thousands over the years listening to that advice. I have a few tools that I've had to replace under the broken/worn out clause, but for a home gamer like me the less expensive stuff (Home Depot and Harbor Freight mainly) is usually perfectly adequate for the work I'm doing. In the end, it's not the price tag that matters - it's if you can get the work done.
(note: since I saw a comment below about cut-off wheels...this only applies to the tools, not consumables like cut off wheels, grease, anything that you *will* have to replace with time. In that case, the couple extra bucks from a known-good brand can save you from an expensive/life-altering mistake)

[mikaldene]

I was a machinist for 40 years. I had a cheap box and tools for the first year but eventually I bought better tooling and a better box. I still have all of it even after I retired. Investing in good tools will make your life easier in the long run...

[vgullotta]

I have had that US General tool cart for like a decade now. I heavily overload it all the time and it is stuffed with all of my tools. Drawers still work flawlessly, I have even left the big drawer fully loaded with screws at full extension for several weeks because I forgot to push it in and didn't notice. Absolutely no problem lol. The thing is a beast and is like the best deal in all of tools on the planet

[jeremyalbert]

I have had a harbor freight 5 drawer cart for over 12 years and it keeps on going strong i use it every day, and just bought a 4 drawer cart, they are great quality for the money . Well worth it .

[lazerbeam]

Here are a few tips regarding your tool cart & tools that could have saved you a couple of bucks and some time. 1. HF sells swivel casters that are an exact match with the ones that come with the tool cart. You could have bought only two (using the already included swivel ones) and no drilling required. 2. HF sells magnet packs (2 pack for $.99) that are the same width as the magnetic strips. Put 2 or 3 on the back of the strip magnet and just place the strip where you want them on the lid. No drilling required. 3. If the HF socket organizer is steel use the same magnets in #2 tip to attach it to cart. Should eliminate the difficulty removing the sockets as these magnets are really strong. 4. Not a money saving tip but, I would have looked a buying HF's Quinn line of tools. They cost slightly more than Pittsburg, have the same lifetime warranty but are better quality (much closer to Lowes Kobalt line in quality as a comparison). The Quinn screwdriver and plier sets are significantly better than the Pittsburg line. As a side note I was wondering how you could see any tools on the underside of the cart's lid with all those distracting stickers? 😉

[terrydavis]

getting it all organized is the hardest part, but once you do get it where you wan it, makes life so much easier. it almost becomes muscle memory where tools are at, and it also helps you see when something is missing.

[mralexc]

I'm a master auto technician been in this business over 20 years I've had my harborfreight box same as yours for over 10 years and I've dropped it a car has hit it, it's always overloaded the only things that are wrong after a decade of abuse there is no rubber left on the wheels from rolling in chemicals and greases. And the lift supports I replaced with a bar when they gave out and the lock froze up and I had to replace. As for I tell this to all the new GST that come in, buy cheap replace with quality as they break. I have tens of thousands in snapon, matco, and Mac but in my main box I also have backups of every socket and wrench and ratchet in husky, craftsman, Cresent, vicegrip, duralast, etc ... even the most expensive best quality tool wears out and brakes and the tool truck only comes once per week.

[trevormorgan]

I use one of those 5 drawers at work. You really need a cab or another box for storage so you can keep all your commonly used tools in your service cart, and anything you don't regularly used stashed away in the big box. Helps out a ton. Because you will still have your less commonly used tools, but you will have everything you need commonly in arms reach and well organized. Like I work with metric mostly... So i keep all my standards in the bigger box so I don't mix them up as I am grabbing and setting down tools. The key is to have space to throw your shit around and not make a disorganized mess because if you don't have a lot of space on the top you will mix them in and lose shit slowing you down.

[luish]

Man, Chris seems like a riot. Congrats again on the shop progress Block.

[mattwilliams]

For the inside of the lid, I painted the magnetic holders a neon color for contast from my stickers. It worked like a charm.

[garrettborden]

I use and would recommend tekton organizers for all of my sockets and they work great

[chrisp]

Most guys in my shop own Snapon toolboxes. A few guys bought Harbor Freight carts. After several years they still hold up good. The guys like them because they dont feel guilty about beating the tar out of them. More expensive carts that cost thousands will cause someone to baby it more.

[aeroekins]

Awesome video love your inputs on the negatives!!! Give some nice tips for when I go to buy/organize mine!

[AKTF]

Toolgrid for organization of everything. I haven't done my whole box yet, but I have my entire socket drawer in my 84in Epiq setup, moving to wrenches soon

[CBARGHHH_RR]

I will say snap on, Matco, Mac tools all make twist lock socket organizers and they are relatively inexpensive and they are amazing and come in a variety of colors. I have blue for metric and red for standard and orange for torx/triple square.

[m.t.v.]

I find myself in the garage most nights after work messing with my tool cart and moving shit around and trying to make it look better. LOL I have many different socket trays, rails and such that I move my sockets around all the time. Who ever made that comment on the last video was 100% right. You will be moving and changing the cart all the time. LOL

[dadandmad]

That top drawer looks awful satisfying!
So cool to see one of our stickers up on there too! Mad was very pleased 👧🏻👊

[morten]

Put on a powerstrip. Its nice to have power on the cart for charging work lights, power tool batteries and such. Pretty handy to have more than one power option at the time

[ericscorpyo]

I've ways organized my sockets and wrenches in order of size not metric or SAE. Just makes sense to me. Also when you have the bolt in your hand looking for the size is so much faster. Inefficiency?

[wheelinheathen]

I like the ernst socket boss socket organizers. Also the Hanson peg style trays. It is a never ending job, organization always changes, because we just keep buying tools. Lol