Harbor Freight tools thread.

Looks good, all the Chinese digital measurement tools are pretty much the same, with different screen printing...

 

Is the trailer durable enough to carry a riding lawn mower 300 miles at 75mph down the interstate? Or is it more of an across town at 30mph kind of a deal?

 

I have towed @ ~80mph for a few hundred miles at a time with ~700lbs of motorcycles without a problem.

EDIT- will depend on which trailer I guess, I have the standard duty 4x8 (think it was like 300$)

 

Where are you guys getting the coupons?

 

Hfqpdb.com

 

Are the trailer back for sale yet? Last week they were still waiting on all 50 state DOT certs.

 

Never seen this site before. Is it legit? How's it work? Online only?

 

It's legit. I've used it many times.

 

yes
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show them the coupon(s) on your phone.

 

Yep, like Kirk said, legit. Most of my trips, all I do is have my coupons pulled up on my phone and they can either scan directly from it, or you can read them the code right under the barcode.

 

Did you get the welder? Which 1 did you get?

 

Just capture the image and print it out--I use it a lot...

 

That might work the best for me. I still have yet...and refuse to get a smart phone. So any coupons I have ever used has been online or in hand from their send-outs. But if they would accept these as legit coupons that would totally work!

 

Not sure if you bought it yet, but miller is having a pretty big rebate on their welders. Might be worth the few extra bucks. I just bought the Diversion 180 TIG welder, it has a $700 rebate on it.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/miller-welders-on-sale-through-12-31-2017.518630/

 

Miller 211 only $100.
I like the 1 year hassle free return from HF.

 

Any miller product is worth the $

When you buy miller you won't need to worry about returning it. And the 211 has 110v n 220v. And its well built and proven.

 

I agree 100%. I just can't spend 1k on just the welder.

 

i got the 4x8 foldable 1200lb? capacity trailer. it does everything i need it to. hauls two motorcycles and could fit a 3rd. so about 500lb load typically with 2. ive used it on a few 10hr straight trip doing 70-75 without isssues. and tons of 5hr trips. i put a decent grease in the bearings to begin with. my only complaint is the deck has play in it with the tongue but thats the nature of it being foldable in 3.

i used 3/4in plywood for the surface fyi, should have gone lighter. one of my casters eventually broke too but another quick run to hf and i had replacements that were larger. using hf motorcycle chocks too if anyone else is wondering.

picked up uscargocontrol rail and tiedowns which work great.

still planning to change out the axle for a 6lug to match the truck though at some point.

 

I have a HF 4x8 1200lb folding trailer as well. Last time I moved, the movers wanted an extra $300 to move a 700lb safe. I went and got the trailer for $279 with sale/coupon, bought pizza and beer for 3 buddies, and saved myself $2. The bearings that come with it are pretty janky. I threw them out and put better aftermarket ones in when I put it together. I've hauled motorcycles on it for thousands of miles.

Edit: I also have a HF stick welder. One thing you have to be mindful of is the very short duty cycle of the chinese models. The stick welder gets super hot doing anything but a few tack welds. For just periodic hobby stuff that's fine. You get what you pay for. I also have an HTP140. The transformer is twice the size of comparable amperage rated chinese machines.

 

My wife always makes fun of me when I say I need to make a HF run. I have quite a few of their tool in the garage including the 29 gal air compressor, 1 ton engine hoist, 1k lbs engine stand, 3 ton jack and jack stands, and the general 5 drawer toolbox to name the big items. A couple pages back, someone asked about drill bits. I bought these guys during one of their big sales beginning of this year and haven't had a problem yet. The 3 pack of stepped bits works awesome too.

Only real tool that I've had a problem with was the included bits in the HF brand Dremel. was using a cutoff wheel and the shaft I guess started bending and just vibrated itself to death and let go. Rotary tool works fine especially when used with Dremel bits though!