Harbor Freight tools thread.

Took my 6ton stands back today. Got the gift card but i am not buying stands from them. Going to get the 6ton Big Reds.

 

Merely a bump in the road I suspect most here will continue to buy chinese shit tools.

 

Never seen that many people at my HF.

 

i've seen that many inside, this limiting of people is kind of nice but annoying having to wait on the person that likes to walk EVERY aisle.

 

Home depot and lowes were both like this mid April. Only allowing so many people in the store at a time. I waited in the lines 1 time and have not returned since. No idea if they still are. My HF says they reserve the right to limit the people, but I have yet to experience it.

 

It's just the waiting. Very few people inside. Waited 5 mins.

Edit: very little stuff compared to pre covid times.

 

BTW, is this part # on the recall list?

 

No.

 

Coolio

 

Me too. But will ask myself "can this kill me" first.

 

youre in pk? I grew up in Hopewell

 

Any suggestions on volt meter, will the cheap one at HF suffice for a one time use?

 

Absolutely. Gardner Bender has cheap ones at Home Depot also.

 

Absolutely. I liked the free ones for any of the type of work I need. But I seem to have run through my stash of those. Bought the cheap HF one last week with coupon for $3 or $4. Worked great for trouble shooting a horn issue on the taco.

 

Born and raised. Trying to move up to kingston area.

 

I have several. High end Flukes and HF freebies. I like the HF ones for working on a ladder. I don't care if I drop it.

 

With that said, my favorite, all around MM is any anolog version. Seeing the needle move is much more useful to me than reading a digital readout.

Don't even get me started on ghost voltage!

 

I like it too inside of Harbor Freight, because the ones out here at least don't have marked areas for checkout lines and it's kind of a free for all when it's busy inside

 

This guy posted a video showing the differences in the pawl and ratcheting mechanisms between the two.


here are my “homemade” jack stands I’d trust over a HF unit