Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[LS Tractor Owner]

This is definitely a good tool:

5.7 Amp 6 in. Short-Throw Random Orbit DA Polisher/Sander

Amazing deals on this 8Mm Random Orbit 6In Da Polisher/Sander at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

I had a Porter Cable D/A random sander that was 30+ years old that finally broke at the head.... couldn't get any replacement parts, discontinued.

This HF sander is as good, if not better than the PC. I don't think it will last as long, but at half the price, a great deal!

 

[BravoXray]

HF is smart selling good tool cabinets at lower prices.
After all, once you get them, you have to fill them up, right?

That was the problem I had with Snap-On for many years. Even now I wonder over to the local Snap-On guy's place and pick up some odd bit or bob I need for the current project.
I even got a free can of red pain to use on a utility cart I had that was looking pretty bad. He just gave me the can because it was rusty and he didn't know if it would even work, which it did. He said the can was in the inventory when he bought it from a retiring dealer over 15 years ago.

 

[bmaverick]

I got another one of the "we miss you" 25% off coupons. I didn't really need much but I always need tool boxes so I ordered the 56"lower cabinets. None of the stores around here have them on stock so it looks like I'll be waiting. The website says they will be shipping by the end of this month but the paperwork they gave me says it'll be May. I didn't see it in the paperwork until a few days later. I guess I assumed that if the website said shipping Jan 30th that was likely close to when it would ship to the store. Has anyone else ordered something and had to wait this long?

Its shipping on Jan 30th, but 6 weeks by boat, clear customs, trucked then to either your local store or your home. Yep, sometime in May.

 

[Hay Dude]

Are the Horrible Freight “Pittsburgh Jumbo Socket sets” worth buying?

94% positive reviews, but the 1 star reviews said the ratchet broke (which is what you’d expect).

 

[scootr]

Are the Horrible Freight “Pittsburgh Jumbo Socket sets” worth buying?

94% positive reviews, but the 1 star reviews said the ratchet broke (which is what you’d expect).

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Somebody mistook the ratchet for a breaker bar? Been there done that to better name tools
I have HF Pittsburg sockets and wrenches that don't suck

 

[svendawg]

Are the Horrible Freight “Pittsburgh Jumbo Socket sets” worth buying?

94% positive reviews, but the 1 star reviews said the ratchet broke (which is what you’d expect).

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I had my 1" drive ratchet break, after owning it for several years, took it the the store and they replaced it no questions asked. Life time warrant

 

[Hay Dude]

I had my 1" drive ratchet break, after owning it for several years, took it the the store and they replaced it no questions asked. Life time warrant

Were you really cranking on it when it broke?
How has the new one held up?

 

[LouNY]

I haven't bought the 1" set, I do have the 3/4" set actually a couple of them I have broken a few sockets over the years which they have replaced and the ratchet did give up the ghost once, I'm fairly sure that 4 foot pipe slide over the handle didn't have anything to do with it.

 

[Hay Dude]

I hear the breaker bar bends kinda easy….
Was thinking of buying the set, then buying a better quality ratchet. I hear the sockets themselves are tough as nails, but the ratchet is kind of bad.

 

[plowhog]

I was specifically told that printouts were not acceptable anymore.

I built a retaining wall recently. My little 24hp Massey tractor dug a good sized trench through extremely hard, rocky, miserable ground with embedded large boulders. The ground was so hard the 12" bucket just bounced off the hardpan. I downsized to a 6" bucket.

I rented a Multiquip plate compactor from Home Depot for $400 for a week to prepare the open trench for the wall. Because the wall had a lot of stair-steps going up a slope, it was slow going and after a week I was still not finished and owed the unit back to Home Depot.

Rolled the dice, and purchased the HF plate compactor instead of renting again. To finish the job, I used it for as many hours as the HD Multiquip unit, and it did a great job. Actually liked it slightly better. Not much to lose when owning it for $630 vs renting for $400.

Retail was $690, but I took in a printed coupon and got 10% off. So they accept printed coupons here.