10 Assembly Tips for the US General 5 Drawer Mechanics Tool Cart by Harbor Freight 2022 

Great Video! One thing that helped me immensely in getting the side trays on (and yes, that fold out tray is GREAT!) was I used a tapered punch as an alignment tool to get everything oriented to get the bolts through. The other thing was before I tightened everything up was to give it a good shake/twist of the entire cart to take any stresses out before cinching it up. That really helped and didn't have any problems getting the drawers back in or anything else.

Just got mine today during the weekend garage sale for $229 good thing I stayed til the end so I know to give it 2 Ugga Duggas

I changed all my bolts and flange nuts to nyloc nuts. I also used a square to make sure everything was 90 degrees in the corners and then tightened them up. Also when you pull the drawers - great time to rivet the slide to the box and also lube the slides. Bought outdoor carpet from Walmart and cut it to line the drawers.

Excellent video I'm by myself with a bad back and the tip to take the drawers out was a great help to lift it alone. Thanks!

Love your tool box tips

Great video Dale and just in time for people to pick up their cart from the parking lot sale this weekend!!!

Fantastic video, I sure wish I would’ve watched this before I struggled putting mine together yesterday!

What a way to end the week with a new vid from Dale Lucid!!!

Great video! I just put mine together with you playing in the background..lol. awesome tips,helped me alot! Thanks!

Very helpful,thanks👍🏻

Great video dude!!!

Ur awesome!! Thanks for the info

This is a great cart! Thinking of buying this. Just starting as a new mechanic.

I sure do wish Harbor Freight offered their larger USG rolling tool chests in this color. I haven't seen your channel in my feed for a long time Dale, I'm glad you popped in today!!!! GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!

Great video dale. I literally had to take the casters and post off because instructions didnt label nuts and bolts by number and also watching other videos where they used the short bolts for the castors. Thanks for the info and help. God bless

So glad to have found these tips, you are a true gentleman. I’m hoping to get this color on Monday when the Black Friday deal starts. I’ve outgrown my craftsman 5 drawer roll chest and 4 drawer top box. Can’t wait to spread out into the cart. 😊

Dale is back!!!

Nice job Dale

Thank for this, very helpful. I was watching a different video on the assembly. He did the posts upside down. Instead of editing the mistake, he only mentioned it after the fact. As I followed along I also put them in upside down. So thank for the forewarning.

Wow these were some handy tips! i just got one of these during a sale, and I'am so glad that I watched this before I built it. The tip about making sure the bolts fit into place when installing the casters was a huge help! Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

Hello Dale. Love your video your attention to detail is fantastic and I appreciate it. I will be purchasing this shortly but I have a silly question. is it possible to be able to open the drawers with the top lid closed? if I can find a way to do that it would help with our setup for an art studio. right now as I see it once the lid is closed you can't open the drawers if I am wrong please let me know if possible. Thank you for your detailed how to videos and harbor freight should compensate you for the extensive detailed work you have done in building the product for the public. Gary.

Gunmetal grey. I like that color

Putting mine together, right now. Can’t wait to organize my tools, currently sitting in duffle bags? Can’t ever find anything!👍

Should have watched this first. Just put mine together after the sale last week and my top lid doesn’t open very smoothly and had a hell of a time lifting the top in! Looks like I get to go back and loosen everything up let it settle and tighten it back up!

Nicely done!! Thank you!!

Great video but would a rubber mallet work to help sink the bolts so u dont mess to paint on the bolts up just a idea

Wish I had seen this one before starting this morning. Ran out of time before work because of those carriage bolts that won’t fit through painted holes on the bottom of my orange 2019 version 64722. There was no way mine were fitting with a “little” tap! I needed to use a ratchet cocked sideways so that the bolt threads would catch enough to keep it from spinning while I ran the Nyloc nuts down (tough with nothing to hold the bolts). It doesn’t help that the nuts weren’t distinguished in the parts list at all. They both just say “nut” without mentioning a serrated flange or nylon insert. The hardware counts in the instructions didn’t help… and not just because I misplaced one whole bag before I resorted to counting. BTW, mine had three bags, not two, silver hardware, not black, and only used the long bolts for the castors. Copyright date on the manual is 2019. Kinda silly that the manual tells you to finger-tighten everything right before telling you to use the Nyloc nuts which can’t really be finger-tightened. They were the very first! My orange box is definitely older even though it wasn’t at my Harbor Freight a few weeks ago. Being older stock might explain the rust I found under some of the powder coat. I found it easier to distinguish which way was up for the vertical posts by looking at how far the holes were from the edge. One side is an inch and the other is an inch and a half. My manual was very unclear regarding the cross supports. I had to wonder which way was up for the from/back supports since they didn’t even draw the tangs. I also concluded that it made more sense to support the front and back by installing the side supports below, contrary to what the manual shows. My “scratch and dent” unit was so damaged I could only unlock the top two drawers on the left without drilling out the rivets to expose the mechanism and pulling up on the spring-loaded metal piece. I was able to cut off the mangled parts and reinstall them to retain full functionality but I ended up removing them anyway to fit more magnetic socket trays in the top. I’ll hang on to the hardware in case I’m ever in a work environment where I might need to lock it! I’ll probably attach a wooden work surface to the lid to cover the corner I had to chop off but it only allows access to a couple screwdrivers anyway. Honestly, I’m considering adding an electrical outlet there too. The 2019 copyright manual also covers 56429, 64720, 64721, 64030, 64031, and 64061 though some of those have notable differences in newer 2021 and 2022 manuals that I see online (different hardware counts, names, etc). Guess they don’t always change the number when they update them.

Dale hopefully you can help!! I have this cabinet and with the top open or closed, I can’t open the drawers???? Tc from Nevada

Most of it was straight forward, however, tip #7 was good. thanks.

Glad I found this video, just wish I hadn’t paused it right before the tip where you warned not to tighten everything >__

What size flex head ratchet wrench did you use? Thanks!

Hey Dale.... I certainly hope they incorporate some of the accessories in this new color; otherwise I'll probably go with black-- Are there any spray can colors that closely match this color? Thanks so much for your videos..

it's easier and faster to remove the mounting bolts from the struts entirely when you install them

Where are your lift assistance devices? Keep having fun.

I would like to get the one like that but the drawers all the way down

My dan drawers wont come out the oeft side of the lil tab is stuck

Love your videos Dale, got a question for ya, any idea if there will be a Hercules jigsaw or rotary tool in the near future?

Can you install the side tray on the opposite side ?

Is the tray included with the box ?

Sunday cupon 199.99

Where was this video 6mouths ago

Dude I’m so tired every install video of this tool box doesn’t show how to tighten the bolts when there’s nothing to hold them in place while tightening the nuts

Forgot to mention about the slide locks under the drawer handles to open the drawers and the drawer release on left needs pushed upward not down like the right side of the drawer

I just watched this and built mine and idfk if I did right 💀