| My first score was a KRA2312 with a HF or similar side box and vice. I also got a transmission jack, 4 jack stands and a beat up 3 shelf HF cart. All for the low low price of 500 bucks. I got a ton of great tools for dirt cheap from this same guy as well but I'll keep this about the tool boxes. 
It was a good box but it was just too small. 18" deep drawers suck! So when a local guy offered me 1340 cash for it I let it go. This left me working out of my old school POS Craftsman box that is normally reserved for nuts and bolts. It didn't even come close to holding all my tools and it was a mess from being used as a glorified coffee can. I had 840 profit to play with from the last box and needed to find a box sooner rather than later. Luckily I found this KR550 and KR555 stack for 460 bucks. These are now for sale and I'd be happy to make someone who needs a decent box a really good deal. The boxes are old and well used but for the cost they are well worth it. They held all my tools which was the main goal. However I really missed having a work surface and bb slides, so the hunt was on for the next deal. 
This deal is by far the best but I had to work for this one. I drove 12 hours round trip but got this KRL7002 for 1100 bucks, closer to 1300 with gas but still a good buy on a box I don't ever intend to sell. It needs a new lock, liners and work top but is otherwise good to go. So at this point I'm only about 1,000 into both the KRL7002 and KR550+KR555 including gas and other expenditures to pick them up and prepare them for sale, gotta love craigslist :) Any suggestions on where to buy drawer liner material? I purchased some really nice stuff on Ebay from Mtryan but it only comes in 24" width rolls. http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOOL-BOX-DRAWER-LINERS-Non-Slip-Tool-Box-Liners-BLACK-/330876215800 Those are awesome liners and I can't say enough good things about them. I just wish I could find them in 30" widths.The 30" rolls he sells are mesh and I hate mesh linings. 
No, none of the boxes were stolen, I made sure. Especially this last one with the lock missing. All of the boxes I bought were sold to me by the father of the son who actually owned it. Most cared more about freeing up garage space than the cash they got from it. The deals are out there if you are patient and in some cases willing to make a road trip.
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My journey up the Craigslist tool box ladder. - 
