Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[5030]

You mean SUDT I believe.

 

[2manyrocks]

My trailer wiring seems to be shot so I bought this entire LED lighting kit today at the $30 sale price and bought a spare for which ever trailer needs it next. HF threw in one of their buckets, too. https://www.harborfreight.com/12V-LED-Trailer-Light-Kit-64275.html?event_id=183222

 

[5030]

My issue is, every time I go to HF, I wind up spending more than I wanted to. My big hit was last year when I blew 4 grand in one shot. I try to keep it under control but I will say overspending is easy with the HF plastic and their deferred payment plan. I don't buy the cheapo stuff either, almost always, Bauer, Icon or Herc.

I've had tremendous good luck with Bauer 20 volt cordless tools and I have about every tool Bauer makes.

Not for everyday, 8 hours a day use but for me, they work fantastic.

One of my favorite Bauer tools is the cordless 20 volt shop blower. I actually have 2 of them simply because, as much as I use it, I fully expect to wear the first one out soon.

It blows the chaff out of my tractor radiators, sweeps the shop floor, sweeps off the decks and provides concentrated combustion air for starting my ever present burn pile plus it will inflate blow up toys and wading pools real quick.

Last fall I got it caught in the tailgate of the round baler (don't ask how) and after some super glue and wood screws it's still tooling along, just fine.

Best part is it fits behind the seat of the Kubota, ready for instant use and a 5AH battery lasts a good long time too.

HF says a 200 mph blast and I can buy that.

 

[JeepHead]

I am wanting the 27" top chest in Kubota orange. I have the 5 drawer tool box which has been excellent.

This is today's sale item which is a good deal.

 

[5030]

That box is a might large for me. I actually sequester my hand tools in 2 completely separate tool boxes, one is all SAE and the other is metric. Neither are HF boxes presently but will be in the near future and in Kubota Orange as well. All my precision tools for the machine shop are in a pair of Gerstner wood tool chests. One is Oak and one is a Mahogany LS Starrett signature chest that my late father bought for me when I was taking my T&D apprenticeship at Standard Tool in Cleveland, Ohio many decades ago. According to Gerstner, I have one of the very rare and sought after LS Starrett chests in existence. Both chests are lined with red velvet and built entirely with tongue and groove construction, polished and hand rubbed to a mirror finish.

 

[Oaktree]

My trailer wiring seems to be shot so I bought this entire LED lighting kit today at the $30 sale price and bought a spare for which ever trailer needs it next.

I don't know if they've improved, but the last time I bought a trailer light kit from HF it was crap. The lights themselves were OK, but the *&(§¶# chineseium wiring disintegrated after a couple years.

 

[John_Mc]

I don't know if they've improved, but the last time I bought a trailer light kit from HF it was crap. The lights themselves were OK, but the *&(§¶# chineseium wiring disintegrated after a couple years.

Yep - and since the lights these days are low-current LEDs, they have dropped the wire gauge to a bare minimum.

 

[Topzide]

I use the lights and toss the wire!

 

[Cycledude]

Got the free pail from Harbor Freight yesterday, also bought the 8 inch fast adjust water pump pliers, I do wonder how it got the name “water pump pliers” ?

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-in-fast-adjust-water-pump-pliers-56747.html

 

[Oaktree]

Yep - and since the lights these days are low-current LEDs, they have dropped the wire gauge to a bare minimum.

It's not even wire...the conductor was some sort of tinsel with insulation that got brittle and broke after less than a year.