Assembly is now complete (and pretty easy). I would much rather have them a little too big than too small. I had a trim a few of them (about 1/8”) so they would lay flat. The included drawer liners are of good quality and fit very well. There are then two small brackets to connect the two pieces. With the lift table all the way up and an extra 8” of wood blocks I was able to get the top box high enough to slide it on the bottom box. I put the casters on the bottom box with it partly hanging off the lift table and then lowered it to the ground. The only reason I was able to do it was because I have a motorcycle lift table that I could slide them out of my truck onto. The boxes came well packaged and it was a challenge unboxing and assembling them by myself considering the two pieces have a combined weight of 550 pounds. I have used the Harbor Freight boxes a little as one of my good friends owns a few, so this is my best reference of comparison at this point. Up until now, ball bearing drawer slides on a tool box is something I have only experienced from a distance, but never owned. I have mostly owned and used inexpensive craftsman boxes for the last 20 years. I own an old Snap-On box that is a far cry from the current boxes. To give some context to my review my experience with expensive truck boxes is limited. I have been watching the “Hot Deals” section more regularly of late which will only result in increased tool volume . My old smaller boxes were full so I needed to get something that would accommodate my current tool inventory with room to grow. While I do not have enough tools to fill it, I am already using every drawer. The additional eight drawers was very appealing and I plan to keep this for a very long time and anticipate needing the additional drawers. I purchased the 56” version rather than the more affordable 52” version mostly because the quantity of drawers, 23 vs. Home Depot does have the 52” version in stores, but there are some differences besides just size (e.g. It would be nice if these were stocked in the store. I bought mine without seeing one in person before which can be a little scary. One of the Home Depot employees told me that some stores had them for Christmas and if any stores still have them it is a result of Christmas leftovers. If you are looking to purchase one, you will most likely have to buy it online as these are not normally stocked in stores. They seemed to have stepped up their game as the quality seems much better than previous Husky boxes. This is a fairly new box to Husky’s line up which I believe was released last fall. At the request of others, I agreed to share my thoughts and experience with the Husky 56” tool box.
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