Harbor Freight tools thread.

Yeah, I would only get the 3 tons for working on our matrix and Honda Pilot. I have a set of 6 tons currently and they are perfect for our lifted GX and the 1Ton truck. Ideally I would get another set of 6Tons and a set of 3Tons.

 

Get the papa bear 12 tons too.

• Lift height of 19-3/4 in. to 29-3/8 in., ideal for repair work or storage

 

Any experience with the Hercules 3/8" 12V Ratchet?

I bought the extended reach version and the motor brushes seem to put out more sparks than I am used to with brushed motors.

Should I Return/Replace or is it normal for these?

I also picked up the 5 drawer cart for the $219. Super excited about it.

 

I’d try to clean the brushes out first. Sometimes the contacts are dirty and that impedes performance as well. I find that to be the case with my portaband. It’s a 2 minute job to pull them and wipe them off with some alcohol. Maybe use compressed air in the vents too while the contact are out.

 

I am impressed with the Harbor freight jackstands!

 

If you have 20 minutes, I’d give the pawl a once over. This was an issue with the older Pittsburgh jack stands (hence the recall a few years back) and was supposed to be corrected when they moved to Daytona but I’d still at least take look to make sure. I went over the “mod” in my thread, but not sure it it was ever discussed here.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/ghost-ship-custom-chingaderas.636429/page-27#post-23468806

 

Pawls look great compared to your old ones.

 

They are on sale… I might take back the set of strongway stands I just bought for $50. I am impressed with the Daytona stands.

 

I have the 6 ton Daytona. I will never buy 3 ton stands again. I don't care about the capacity, but the extra height is great. I don't want to be at the highest setting of a stand just to reach the frame.

 

The 3 ton do have their place, though.

An example I used earlier was the 6 (or 12) ton to support the frame, but the 3 tons to support the rear axle when doing suspension work.

 

This, I got the 6 ton big red torin jack stands, and just bottomed out I was able to lift the 03 corolla enough to do the oil pan gasket with ease. Perfect for the truck too with only a bit of up instead of maxed out.

 

I don't have any cars, closest is my mom's Honda Passport, but she takes it to the dealer for everything.

When I had my Taco the 3 tons had to be pretty extended on the front frame supports. With the 6 ton it's maybe 1/2 way.

I now drive a Ram 1500 and it's even higher. The 6 tons worked great when I had it entirely on stands a few months ago.

For holding up my mower and such I still use the 3 tons as they are lighter to move around the shop, but I already have them would not buy again.

 

6-tons would have been too big.

 

Too much is never enough!

 

Look at these sitting in the shop (yes my shop has a dishwasher, we lived in it leading up to building the house). Stacked the 25% coupon they sent me with a 10% off cc promo. Got it down to $573. Got 10% off the rest of my $1k haul, lol. Merry Christmas to me.

 

Dishwasher is really just a fancy parts washer

 

Good idea, lol

 

Can't wait for someone to recommend this as a "recovery point"