Gear

Heavy duty shop cart

Maintenance & Performance | Tools | December 06, 2012

Snap-on’s Heavy Duty Shop Cart features a flip lid and a deep top compartment to secure more tools and equipment safely. The mobile tool storage unit also features a 24-inch deep unit, a top section to vertically store pry bars and extensions up to 36 inches, a welded cart body, the choice of two flip lid materials (stainless steel or truck bed liner), six drawers – two 2-inches deep, two 4-inches deep and two 6-inches deep – and four monoprene casters.

For more information, visit www.snapon.com/toolstorage.

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