Harbor Freight tools thread.

that sucker is pretty heavy…

 

i looked at one Saturday. I like how the drawer locks are on both sides and the lever is across the entire width of the drawers.

 

Two weeks ago, I bought one of the US General wall cabinets.
This past weekend I went to my local HF to get another one but they didn’t have any(website showed 2 at the store). The manager looked it up and there were 2 at another HF about 30 minutes away. Drove over there and they had 3 of them so I bought them all. They even gave me the discount on all 3.
Now I need to find the paint code for the orange they use so I can paint them to match my tool boxes.

 

I ended up getting it done for $2,500. Box is still on hold

 

If you're doing christmas lights anytime soon and don't have an air stapler, please go get one, especially if your store has clearance ones for $14. This one is wide gauge, which is nice for larger cables:

Absolute game changer compared to a normal manual staple gun.

 

i have one of the more vanilla versions, red, no drawer, just a top and bottom and the the things i use it for are awesome. If im painting i tote around a bucket when washing walls, or a paint can. Hate bending over with my back. I use it all the time to remove heavy window ac's. Roll up to the window and slide it on over. Mine is a more flat top with no handles sticking up. Got it for $25 years ago at HF. Its also the same height as the taco tailgate for removing heavy stuff from the bed.

 

Great shop light.

 

Hate a Manuel gun, but I've really gotten into battery over air tools. I have a air system in my shop and most tools I need. But I have been using the battery powered ryobi tools so much more. Much faster not having to wait for the tank to fill up, and have hoses running through the shop. But I can go and work behond the 30' of hose I have hanging on the reel.
I keep my impact gun in the truck for flats, or to change the blades on my mower mid day(I run a lawn buissness), my portable air pump has come in handy many times on the road for machines or pool floats.
I have a battery stapler I bought to install xmas lights on the ceiling of my porch and it was so much easier then a old Manuel stapler I had.

 

For a tool I use MAYBE twice a year, $14 for an air powered version vs $75+ for electric makes sense in my mind. For ones I use more often though, totally battery powered is the way to go. It's come a long way in the last 10 years for sure.

 

It was invaluable when swapping my Diffs last weekend great quality

 

When the tools are super easy to use, you find yourself using them much more often I find.

That being said, even though I use my grease gun all the time, I. Still struggling to get myself to buy the ryobi 18+ grease gun to go with all my batteries as it's $170.

 

You are right. I got a Ryobi 12" impact wrench really for mower blades. What a relief. I lived without it for seventy-eight years; but why, I have no idea. Since I got it, I use it quite a lot. Enough that I bought extensions, deep wells and adaptors.
I have several Ryobi tools, most are very nice, some...well, money down the tube. I'd like to see a review on one - by someone on here not the store site.

 

Thanks for the coupon. I got two of them last week. Happy with them for the price. Didn't need a ton of light in either area where I hung them.

I will say though that if someone is looking for some bright white light, they are not the solution. I tried to capture it in this pic. The new HF light is background and a Rural King 6000 Lumen is in the foreground. It's not real clear, but the HF lights definitely have a more yellow hue and that 1000 Lumen difference is apparent.

Like usual, it's just what a person needs and what they want to spend. The RK lights are two row and cost $25.
4' LED Shop Light, 6000 Lumens - SL-006BMCL-50 (ruralking.com)

Like I said, they fit my need for the location, and again, thanks for posting the coupon.

 

Not happy with HF.

I moved to my new town last Xmas, and spend alot less money at HF. It's a 30 min drive north, or 45 mins south to get to the stores.

Well now they just decided to open a new 1 5 mins from my house.....

 

they are like dollar general of tool world

 

Go apply for that employee discount!