mirrocraft16
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I wouldn't doubt it.
The one dealer here told everyone that they needed to buy blue, MAC Maximizer tool boxes, either two or three bank units and they had 6 months to make the change. It was all after they had a bunch of smaller 26" wide tool boxes stolen.
The thought was that bigger boxes can't just be carried away, and they were going to put iron anchors in the floor with huge chains to lock the boxes to the floor.
The demand just made a bunch of the older guys quit and go work across the street at the Chevy dealer instead. I left soon after. My box was nearly new, and Snap On red, and I had no intention of buying a new one. I had bought it used for $5k, (it would have been $11k new).
One guy bought one of the new boxes they wanted everyone to buy, then couple of months later they went bankrupt. The next place he went insisted on only red tool boxes. He paid $9,100 for the blue box, he got $2,100 in trade 8 months later buying a red Snap On box half its size.
Some shops limited the width or value of a box too for insurance and space constraints. Since i worked in the truck shop, they didn't bother us about the size of the box, and most of us had three or four huge boxes.
Now that I'm retired, I have a massive 108" wide 30" deep four bank box with a top cabinet that I don't need but it cost just over $23k new. Its been stored in the garage since it was a year old, still like new.
I'd let it go for $8k, but any less and I think I'll just let it sit or use it as a coffin when I die.
I'd rather have an expensive tool box than a huge loss anyway.
I had a few offers of a few trades for some cars and trucks but no cash.
The average tech working in a dealer these days is broke from all the tools they have to buy as it is, I think even back then I was the only one who bought and paid cash off the tool trucks, it saved me a ton of cash because if they know your not going to drag it out for 20 years, they're willing to lower the price a bit., sometimes a lot.
At my age, I have zero interest in working on trucks or cars, those days were over way back before my hair turned gray.
The one dealer here told everyone that they needed to buy blue, MAC Maximizer tool boxes, either two or three bank units and they had 6 months to make the change. It was all after they had a bunch of smaller 26" wide tool boxes stolen.
The thought was that bigger boxes can't just be carried away, and they were going to put iron anchors in the floor with huge chains to lock the boxes to the floor.
The demand just made a bunch of the older guys quit and go work across the street at the Chevy dealer instead. I left soon after. My box was nearly new, and Snap On red, and I had no intention of buying a new one. I had bought it used for $5k, (it would have been $11k new).
One guy bought one of the new boxes they wanted everyone to buy, then couple of months later they went bankrupt. The next place he went insisted on only red tool boxes. He paid $9,100 for the blue box, he got $2,100 in trade 8 months later buying a red Snap On box half its size.
Some shops limited the width or value of a box too for insurance and space constraints. Since i worked in the truck shop, they didn't bother us about the size of the box, and most of us had three or four huge boxes.
Now that I'm retired, I have a massive 108" wide 30" deep four bank box with a top cabinet that I don't need but it cost just over $23k new. Its been stored in the garage since it was a year old, still like new.
I'd let it go for $8k, but any less and I think I'll just let it sit or use it as a coffin when I die.
I'd rather have an expensive tool box than a huge loss anyway.
I had a few offers of a few trades for some cars and trucks but no cash.
The average tech working in a dealer these days is broke from all the tools they have to buy as it is, I think even back then I was the only one who bought and paid cash off the tool trucks, it saved me a ton of cash because if they know your not going to drag it out for 20 years, they're willing to lower the price a bit., sometimes a lot.
At my age, I have zero interest in working on trucks or cars, those days were over way back before my hair turned gray.