Harbor Freight tools that DON'T suck

[Jim]

tada

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yea i'm pissed. i could have used it for the powerwasher i just bought too.


now the question is, do i pull the trigger on this 2nd gen box, or wait for the new ones to arrive

[Jim]

just left the store. ordered the 72" US General box for $1275.

[PurplePackage]

thats about what I paid for mine 10 years ago

[Jim]

thats about what I paid for mine 10 years ago

New 3rd gen is on the website today for $1799.
With the 15% coupon, it would still be $250 more than the 2nd gen I ordered yesterday.

I wanted the full length drawer latch, but didn’t care about the power drawer.
Other than that, I don’t see another benefit to paying the extra money for the 3rd gen over the 2nd gen.


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[Jim]

Looks like they pulled the 3rd gen off the website. Someone probably made a mistake since that 15% coupon could be used and they wouldn’t want new inventory getting discounted


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[RandyO]

just ordered a farm jack, been looking at em a few weeks, and a coupon popped up on an ad https://www.harborfreight.com/60-in-...SABEgI8wvD_BwE

something that will come in handy with my Alaskan chain saw mill, getting logs up off the ground at a better work height

[Point37]

just ordered a farm jack, been looking at em a few weeks, and a coupon popped up on an ad https://www.harborfreight.com/60-in-...SABEgI8wvD_BwE

something that will come in handy with my Alaskan chain saw mill, getting logs up off the ground at a better work height

just used a farm jack to roll an uprooted stump back into my neighbors yard...very helpful tool...

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...ml#post1639362

[RandyO]

just used a farm jack to roll an uprooted stump back into my neighbors yard...very helpful tool...

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...ml#post1639362

I never considered a farm jack before, till I watched a couple of youtube Alaskan chainsaw mill videos, certainly beats trying to use a floor jack in the woods

quick notch in the end of the log ya wanna lift, jack the log up, throw a block under the log, go to the other end of the log, repeat, now the log is off the ground at a good working height

[black]

I just picked up that Wall cabinet from HF yesterday, Bit of a puzzle to put together but... better than the shelves i threw on a years back
95$ good enought for spray paint can soem tools and various cans of stuff.
https://www.harborfreight.com/hangin...gaAoV0EALw_wcB

[boosten lebaron]

I've been thinking about buying one of those cabinets but I've never seen a display one. Is it worth it?

[black]

I've been thinking about buying one of those cabinets but I've never seen a display one. Is it worth it?

I think so... Thin metal but decent. Lots of holes in pegs to use pegs etc so long as you use a 1x4 or such to hang and give some space between wall and cabinet.

Iits not as good as say a craftsman wall cabinet. But good enough.

[02redhawk]

That could work nicely to get all the shit off my bench.

[obsolete]

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/reca...ts-041323.html check what you got

[OreoGaborio]

Just googled the part number... that's a weird one.

[boosten lebaron]

My milk crate motorcycle table is looking better and better every day lol

[RandyO]

https://www.harborfreight.com/38-in-...SAEEgIyOPD_BwE

[stoinkythepig]

I had to torque a bolt to 640 lb-ft and HF was the only store around that had something in stock that would measure that high. Ended up getting a Quinn 3/4" torque adapter and a 3 foot 3/4" breaker bar. Worked great and was not terribly expensive. Claims to be plus or minus 2% accurate and this video seems to confirm that it's really that good: https://youtu.be/bCb2a4BJAv4

[SRTie4k]

Anyone know if this lift ever goes on sale? Need a new method to lift my new bike and I've heard this is a good one for that.

[boosten lebaron]

It does but only by about 20 bucks or so. This weekend is the memorial day sale which generally has the cheapest prices of the year on stuff so if it's on sale now its probably as low as it will go. Coupons usually exclude jacks so a sale is the best time to buy.

I myself will be buying several thunderbolt 100 watt solar panels and a few small 3 gallon air compressors this weekend for a couple tiny home projects I'm working on. For sure they are all the cheapest I've seen them in recent memory.

[Jim]

used a 25% coupon this weekend to get two shop lights to hang under my canopies in the pits at race weekends. i dont know why i was messing with rope lights for so many years. this is a way better setup

[FriskyDingo]

The Braun LED shop lights?? Was just looking at those, need new bulbs for the basement shop lights, figure just upgrade to the LEDs units.


The HF disc brake compression tool seems to be a bit more heavy duty than the auto shop models with the plastic X handle, plate seems a bit thicker and the metal handle lets you put a wrench over the end to get extra leverage.

[Jim]

The Braun LED shop lights?? Was just looking at those, need new bulbs for the basement shop lights, figure just upgrade to the LEDs units.

correct. 5500. was about $17 each. bought one for each canopy (i use two 10x10's in the pits). they can get plugged into each other to make it one power connection too.

[PurplePackage]

So, what do you use now instead? Has it ever worn out in the last 40 years of use? Was it resolved to your satisfaction?

It now doesn't matter, he won the war. Sears and Kmart only have half a dozen stores in the US. That ratchet from 1983 was the tipping point.

https://www.nj.com/business/2023/05/...ting-down.html

[FriskyDingo]

NOT HF, but if anyone needs an electric impact (corded) it's even cheaper than HF, and probably the same unit inside....

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-1-...ct-wrench.html
Eastwood 1/2 Inch Drive Electric Impact Wrench $28.98

[RandyO]

a while back, I bought this Farm Jack https://www.harborfreight.com/60-in-...ack-58448.html
to help with my Alaskan chainsaw milling projects, I didn't realize how heavy duty the jack would be, takes a few minutes, but I can lift a 20ft x 32" dia. pine log up on to cants for milling