Harbor Freight Tools that DO SUCK II

[stuckmotor]

5030,
When have you ever seen me post about politics?

 

[5030]

Never and that was a general statement and not directed toward anyone in particular.

 

[rbstern]

Not sure why the HF Predator auger doesn't get more love. I've drilled scores of fence post and planter holes with that thing. Use it with ethanol free gas and SuperTech synthetic 2 stroke oil (25-1 during break in with the HF supplied oil, now 40-1 with the Walmart branded oil). After sitting for a couple of months, it typically starts in four or five pulls. Less, if I remember to flip the ignition switch. And nearly always one pull when warmed up. Yes, it will smack you around if it grabs a root or a rock. You learn quickly to hang on tight and ease into the throttle. I sometimes brace it against my thigh in tough holes with a lot of roots.

Very happy to have that thing hanging in my shed.

 

[rgr33]

Another vote here for the HF auger. The first thing I demand from a gas powered tool is that it has to start right up, with no monkeying around to find the sweet spot it takes to get going.

I have a vineyard, and there are at least a couple thousand posts in it supporting the vines. Each spring I have to replace about a dozen or more rotten posts. I don’t think I could do it by myself without the gas powered auger. No rocks here, but plenty of roots to cut through.

I’ve had it about 6 or 7 years, still working well. I do drain gas and run it dry after using it.

 

[rangerfredbob]

I'd heard bad things about the cheap tap kits but had had the older ones with decent luck. Picked up a set of metric and standard and was severely disappointed with at least the 8-32 tap, it would barely tap aluminum...

 

[California]

Not a specific Do Suck tool, but rather another step toward everything more expensive:

Take a look at the HF home page. The Clearance section has a lot of the common inexpensive items that most of us have bought, for example the smaller and larger wood-frame furniture dollies. Half inch impact sockets. Moving blanket-(SUV floor protector). Several hand trucks. $19 swing-down trailer jack closed out at $29!

Surely everything on clearance will be replaced by more something more expensive that does the same job.

 

[5030]

Their impact sockets (the black oxide ones) are wicked strong. I've beat on them with no let up and never broke one yet.

 

[the old grind]

None of HFTs 'impact guns' will produce max torque running on 3/8" air lines and QAs with 3/16" ID male fittings, and none clarify that limitation.

 

[bmaverick]

Their impact sockets (the black oxide ones) are wicked strong. I've beat on them with no let up and never broke one yet.

Same here. Got an impact Rigid that would bust brand name impact sockets. Still beating on the H-F ones for over 4 years and not one fracture yet.

Now, to keep in tune with the SUX thread ....

Their ZIP-TIES do not last a whole summer like the Menards ones do. Bet the summer heat has something to do with it or the ZIP-TIE is just a tad thinner that they break.

They do have those CHEAP yellow/black AAA and AA batteries that are basically a one time use. Can't recharge them either.

 

[California]

They do have those CHEAP yellow/black AAA and AA batteries that are basically a one time use. Can't recharge them either.

I finally found an application those batteries can do, and I'm still using up the freebies from a couple of years ago.

In my cordless computer mouse.

They aren't much use for anything that draws measurable current.