Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[TomSeller]

I've always used a Hi-Lift jack and I have all my teeth. It's just too danged handy not to use. Just use common sense

 

[IslandTractor]

I've always used a Hi-Lift jack and I have all my teeth. It's just too danged handy not to use. Just use common sense

And don't let go of the handle!

 

[Oaktree]

Go to an auto wrecking yard. Many older autos came with a "Bumper Jack". Does about the same job, almost always leans to 1 side. Should be very cheap.

Maybe in Ariz. where there is no rust, but not really an option for most of us. Cars haven't come with bumper jacks in 40 years.

 

[Mendonsy]

Maybe in Ariz. where there is no rust, but not really an option for most of us. Cars haven't come with bumper jacks in 40 years.

Plastic bumpers probably have a lot to do with that!

 

[LD48750]

Maybe in Ariz. where there is no rust, but not really an option for most of us. Cars haven't come with bumper jacks in 40 years.

Really?

Has it been that long?
Seems like just a few years ago.

I still have a couple down in the barn.

 

[62willy]

Maybe in Ariz. where there is no rust, but not really an option for most of us. Cars haven't come with bumper jacks in 40 years.

Hey, my willys has some rust on it. It's been sitting out in the weather unpainted for at least 10 years now and there's a little surface rust. I'll have to spend minutes on it with a 1200 grit sandpaper block before I can put paint down.

Bill

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My dad still has a bumper jack and uses it.

 

[stuckmotor]

The little black flashlights that came free with a coupon and a purchase a while back were satisfactory in my book. I've had one sitting outside on a concrete block for so long that the black paint has changed colors and the light is still bright. The ones that I've gotten more recently have been a different story.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I've always used a Hi-Lift jack and I have all my teeth. It's just too danged handy not to use. Just use common sense

Yep.

But use a REAL Hi-Lift, not that cheap piece of junk that HF sells. If you don't know what the difference is, look carefully at how the handle is joined. You don't have to do a metallurgy analysis to see the problem there.

 

[TomSeller]

Yep.

But use a REAL Hi-Lift, not that cheap piece of junk that HF sells. If you don't know what the difference is, look carefully at how the handle is joined. You don't have to do a metallurgy analysis to see the problem there.

Agree, HF has its place but I would never buy something like a Hi-Lift jack there. I did not know about the extreme model Hi-Lift makes when I bought mine or I would have bought that (if they made it then).