Harbor Freight tools that DO suck

[bcp]

I'm not subscribing but when I asked if they were Chinese, he said yes, so I passed.

I changed the link to a different news source.

Bruce

 

[Dave W R]

That manual tire changer is a piece of junk,ended up using the metal for welding projects.
Dave

 

[Pixguy]

The plastic ammo boxes do suck in cold weather. Snaps like a twig.

 

[KennyG]

I agree, I asked my fellow right wing garage guy to get me a price on studded tires last fall. He says $120 for Hankooks... I said Chinese tires? Seriously? No, get me North American tires for another 20%.

Hankook, like Kumho, is Korean, not Chinese. They are OEM on some cars and trucks. Might not be a bad choice.

 

[Pixguy]

Hankook, like Kumho, is Korean, not Chinese. They are OEM on some cars and trucks. Might not be a bad choice.

I was only going by what the mechanic told me. Either way, I'm buying US made (Cooper) or North American (US or Canadian) whenever possible.

Didn't mean to veer the thread off track.

 

[mike69440]

I agree, I asked my fellow right wing garage guy to get me a price on studded tires last fall. He says $120 for Hankooks... I said Chinese tires? Seriously? No, get me North American tires for another 20%.

Hankooks are the best Chinese tire I know of. Their snow tires are decent, asctially as good as most others. Just don't Autoban them!. Their other tires are ok to average. The $50 Chinese tires are the truly truly scary ones.

 

[BigDog1956]

That orange plastic creeper they have is a throw away item for sure. The (same) issue I have is the plastic won't support the wheel/plate at the attachment point. If you get them on the $18 sale, there's not much room to complain, but at the $35 (ish) regular price, pass. You will be tossing it even only doing oil changes on a few vehicles in under a year.

X2 on creeper-mine lasted 2 uses. Pulled wheel's and threw in garbage

 

[mapper]

3-6" hole saw set, the 1/4" center drill in the 5/16" hole in the hub is really special:thumbdown:
The sanding belts with the 1" wide splice, kind of like a speed bump :grumpy:

 

[mike69440]

FYI

National Sale Price Settlement

If you bought stuff from Harbor Freight Tools, you might be due a refund | WCNC.com

 

[budepps3760]

The 4.5 inch grinder. Tore up the first time I used it as well as the replacement they gave me. And all I was cutting through was 1/4 inch angle iron.