Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[some zilch]

i have the 16spd bench top model, probably very similar to the one in question. so far, it works excellent. the motor is very strong, everything is fairly "tight", etc. i;m kinda impressed

 

[davkir]

I have been looking for a small compressor to take in the horse trailer. Got a coupon from Harbor Freight for a little pancake unit for only $40! Seems to be built OK.
So far it seems to work just fine.
They had an air tool kit for sale for $7. Air hose, tire chuck, Q.D. fittings, blow gun, needle inflater and some spare pipe fittings. It is real crap, probably worth less then $7!!!!
The air chuck was not machined correctly so NO air could go thru it and the Q.D. fittings don't mate very well and have a pinch point that is hard to avoid.
Anyway, so far I guess I got my moneys worth.

 

[sixdogs]

The real cheap ones--$7-$10 work, but you have to take all the pressure off the item being pumped up.
For example, you could maybe get 20-25 PSI of air in a tire if you first jacked up the vehicle to make it so the tire is fully off the ground.
Sorry, but that's the way it works.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I have been looking for a small compressor to take in the horse trailer. Got a coupon from Harbor Freight for a little pancake unit for only $40! Seems to be built OK.
So far it seems to work just fine.
They had an air tool kit for sale for $7. Air hose, tire chuck, Q.D. fittings, blow gun, needle inflater and some spare pipe fittings. It is real crap, probably worth less then $7!!!!
The air chuck was not machined correctly so NO air could go thru it and the Q.D. fittings don't mate very well and have a pinch point that is hard to avoid.
Anyway, so far I guess I got my moneys worth.

I have the same set...

 

[California]

I just bought the 5.5hp shredder #95964. $336 after 20% coupon.

All eleven reviews on HF were enthusiastic. However one included a warranty exchange.

The extended warranty costs $50 to take it from 90 days out to a year, or $79 to get through a second year. I didn't buy it.

Reading the manual, it seems somewhat limited. Maximum 3/8" diameter stems in the top hopper, and 1.25" into the branch feeder on the side. Nobody commented on the limited capacity in the reviews.

This is mostly for our garden waste. Orchard prunings can be burned but we've heard of $3,000 air quality fines for a neighbor who smogged up the valley when he dumped a year's soggy grass clippings onto his ag burn pile. I figure my larger limbs can go on that pile but not shrubbery.

I need shredded mulch for landscaping and this seems like a good way to make it.

Does anyone have experience with this?

 

[davkir]

The real cheap ones--$7-$10 work, but you have to take all the pressure off the item being pumped up.
For example, you could maybe get 20-25 PSI of air in a tire if you first jacked up the vehicle to make it so the tire is fully off the ground.
Sorry, but that's the way it works.

No, the air chuck didn't have a hole machined thru the body to connect the pipe threads on the input to the cavity on the chuck end.
I had to drill a small hole to connect the two areas. Not a big deal, but still kind of slipshod.

 

[CBW1999]

No, the air chuck didn't have a hole machined thru the body to connect the pipe threads on the input to the cavity on the chuck end.
I had to drill a small hole to connect the two areas. Not a big deal, but still kind of slipshod.

Check with Dargo- I think that is the one he special ordered :laughing:

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I guess it is the AUTO shut off feature on what I thought was a fully manual charger is the thing bugging me. It may just because it is a sick battery that is showing high enought voltage so it green lights it and shut off when it is only a surface charge. Will test on a good battery later.

I opened the case and the circuit board has the logic in it so there is no way I could see to make it funtion as a manual charger.

On a quick retest on a battery reading 12.56 volts setting at rest for a week it went to max charge rate for a few minutes then it shut off turning on a green light.

Then I put it on the 2 amp trickle setting and it seems the auto shut off feather does not apply to that setting and the output was at 14.02 volts when I removed that charger from that battery.

I moved it to another matching battery at 12.56 also and per the meter on the 2 amp trickle setting it peaked at 7 amps of charging but after about 20 minutes it has tapered to 4 amp readout per the charger's amp meter.

I will try to find/create a 50% charged battery and test to see if volt and SG wise it will fully charge it to 100% before it shuts off. The reason I got this was to have a manual charger to use when the new computerized chargers will not touch a battery in a poor state of charge.

Sorry for all of the history but I wanted to keep my remarks in context.

I am reversing the polarity or at least trying to on some deep cycle batteries and used this 2/10/55 HF some last night. It actually did OK with some abusing. Still not sure I like the automatic cut off but it may have saved me on one good battery.

Bottomline is I am keeping this charger and I have one like that I have not opened. It has a 6 volt setting and now with the cart that could come in handy. Doing the polarity reversal desulfating process I use the 6v setting at first on a 12v battery. Later I will do a tread on the success or lack there of on reversing the labelled polarity of batteries.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Later I will do a tread on the success or lack there of on reversing the labelled polarity of batteries.

I'm looking forward to that.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Check with Dargo- I think that is the one he special ordered :laughing:

:laughing::laughing::laughing: :thumbsup: