Harbor Freight Rant

dennis103 · Sep 2, 2019

I have a John Deere X320 that is 12 years old. Needed a carburetor this year. Carb was $500 by the time the dealer installed it the total was around $700. Its been a good tractor over all and I wasn't going to throw it away for $700. But wow. Thanks,I've need a place to vent that gripe.

fried1765 · Sep 3, 2019

dennis103 said:
I have a John Deere X320 that is 12 years old. Needed a carburetor this year. Carb was $500 by the time the dealer installed it the total was around $700. Its been a good tractor over all and I wasn't going to throw it away for $700. But wow. Thanks,I've need a place to vent that gripe.

Couldn't source a carburetor rebuild kit, or replacement carburetor, elsewhere?
Certainly, JD does NOT build their own carburetors!

RandyT · Sep 3, 2019

fried1765 said:
Couldn't source a carburetor rebuild kit, or replacement carburetor, elsewhere?
Certainly, JD does NOT build their own carburetors!

Engine is Kawasaki. It would be possible to get the parts through Kawasaki, but Kawasaki dealers don't have access to the spec numbers used on JD equipment. Those are JD exclusive parts diagram. So you have to guess that is is the same part used on JD. Also Kawasaki used on JD have parts that are not used on standard Kawasaki engines.

Streetcar · Sep 3, 2019

About 30 years ago a friend had seats stolen out of a new car. Replacement was individual parts.cost was$2500

MoArk Willy · Sep 9, 2019

Oldoak said:
Another fan of Brother laser printers here. :thumbsup:

Add me to that list.
And if you do not need color, laser is the ONLY way to go.

5030 · Sep 9, 2019

GLyford said:
I got a brother laser new, cheap. I used to run an old laserjet until the rollers got too degraded to grab the paper anymore. I like the brother better, it prints double sided.

So does mine. My only issue (if it's really an issue) is the paper tray is too small, don't hold enough sheets. I had a Cannon Pixma and they are good until the inkjet cleaning blotter gets full and then they are done and won't print anymore. Brother's have gotten around that somehow (don't know how) but mine is going on 5 years of hard running with no issue. I actually bought 2 figuring as cheap as they were, it would poop out. The other one is in the box in the spare room, unopened. Great printers and the cartridges are cheap too.

Wife has a Brother sewing machine and it's as good as their printers.

4get gto · Sep 10, 2019

Streetcar said:
About 30 years ago a friend had seats stolen out of a new car. Replacement was individual parts.cost was$2500

And if the car was worth only 3k the insurance company would have totalled it...

My biggest rant with HF is going to the store for a sale item that was advertised the day before and being sold out. Happens more times than not at the store I visit... Sure I could call ahead,have it shipped, bla bla bla but that's not the point.

fidowanttobe · Sep 10, 2019

My biggest rant with HF is going to the store for a sale item that was advertised the day before and being sold out. Happens more times than not at the store I visit... Sure I could call ahead,have it shipped, bla bla bla but that's not the point.[/QUOTE]

Menards does this all the time!!

thepumpguysc · Sep 11, 2019

I called HF for 2 weeks straight to find a parts washer..IN STOCK..
I finally gave up & found 1 on ebay close to my house..

I did the same for the small desk top sand blaster.. CALLED for 2 weeks straight & was told it would be on the next truck{2 days}..
I called to check on it & yup, it showed up but someone bought it already.. {the day it was delivered}
Well how about "saving it" for me.?? NOPE, cant do THAT.. Well how about selling me the "floor mdl".?? NOPE, cant do that..
How about taking a CC over the phone.?? NOPE, cant do that..
I ended up buying it on-line & paying for freight..

Tractor Seabee · Sep 11, 2019

thepumpguysc said:
I called HF for 2 weeks straight to find a parts washer..IN STOCK..
I finally gave up & found 1 on ebay close to my house..

I did the same for the small desk top sand blaster.. CALLED for 2 weeks straight & was told it would be on the next truck{2 days}..
I called to check on it & yup, it showed up but someone bought it already.. {the day it was delivered}
Well how about "saving it" for me.?? NOPE, cant do THAT.. Well how about selling me the "floor mdl".?? NOPE, cant do that..
How about taking a CC over the phone.?? NOPE, cant do that..
I ended up buying it on-line & paying for freight..