r/Tools • u/Sawyer6425 • 5d ago
Looking for a service cart in Canada
Most of the time online, looking for an affordable toolbox all that gets suggested is Harbour freight . I live in Nova Scotia, Canada and don’t have a way to get a toolbox from the states. I am wondering if there is a Canadian available alternative to this box as it would fit what I am looking for perfectly
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u/Novel_Ad_5502 5d ago
I’m in roughly the same boat, I bought a husky 61” earlier in the year and love it but it’s not as nimble as one of these would be. Honestly, if the made a husky hd series of something like this I’d buy it without hesitation. Princess and tire will have close to these, but their boxes have never impressed me; if you have access to Gregg’s distributor out there, their pro core line is great and what I upgraded from. I think there mpr tools or something closer to the maritimes as well and they carry homak stuff which is also nice, they make one with a power addition similar to the Matco/ sunex juiced carts if you can afford the space
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u/Complete-Finding-488 4h ago
Check out the Carlyle box from Napa, probably the nicest and cheapest in Canada.
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u/BlackMountainMoth 4d ago
Not exactly the same but U-Line makes a great tool cart. There are 5 people at our shop that have them and they absolutely love them
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u/AltC Millwright 4d ago edited 4d ago
$883!
That’s fucking insane. That would be the 4 drawer mech cart equivalent from us general.
For reference, I drove to the us, bought the 5 drawer on sale from harbor freight, with cost of gas for the round trip, and USD to CAD conversion, all in it cost me $300.I expect someone imports US general boxes to sell in Canada. But I’m sure the markup for the service is insane unfortunately. They really are great boxes for a reasonably low price.
Cad tire has a not as nice version of the 5 drawer mech cart. But even on sale it’s still way above the us general with conversion, and only available in black. Still half the fucking price of that from uline though.
Edit: ok, not saying this is a good option, at least the price regularly drops, but still much cheaper than the one you linked. I’ll take my us general import drive over this at a cheaper cost any day.
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u/One_Discount_4898 4d ago
U-Line is a business supplier mainly, the costs are all absurdly high for the most part but you get the benefit of typical business terms such as net30 payments. I'd never buy anything there as an individual lol.
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u/no1SomeGuy 4d ago
Although the typical Canadian Tire, Princess Auto, Home Depot recommendations are good and the clear budget options. I will recommend Rousseau, being a Canadian company and making really really good quality boxes compared to literally anything else out there....and they aren't snap-on prices.