Harbor Freight Rant

[stuckmotor]

Replacement ink for an printer anybody?

That's what I was thinking.

 

[yomax4]

Th HF O/A sets are interchangeable with Victor series 100 and 300 in their respective sizes. I have a mixture of both. I am going to sell the set so would be good to keep the branding pure. In time I will probably find a match either at a garage ale or the auction. I have a mixture of Victor and Harris odds and ends I eventually make up whole sets to sell that way. I add HF and other clone tips and etc to flesh out the sets as most used sets I pick up are missing those items. Both brands have been cloned extensively. I am collecting a lot of other brands odds and ends. Victor and Harris bring the best prices. Sell those off cheap from time to time. Amazing what people are looking for.

For those who do not know; Harris is made in Ireland.

Ron

Harris pulled out of Ireland a few years back. They are now in Poland according to a Harris Rep friend. He said the work ethic was better there. lol..

 

[5030]

Harris pulled out of Ireland a few years back. They are now in Poland according to a Harris Rep friend. He said the work ethic was better there. lol..

Poland? Wonder if all the threads are left handed?

When I was a kid, Harris was in Cleveland, used to go by the plant almost every day.

 

[5030]

I remember back when you could buy a nice new car off the showroom floor for under $10K, it was said that to buy all of the parts from the same dealer to assemble the same car yourself would cost around $35K.

Must be nice to be young. I bought my first Corvette Stingray convertible, 427, 390 horse 4 speed, 1966 for 4200 bucks out the door, tax, title and insurance. Bought it at Brooklyn Chevrolet in Brooklyn, Ohio. Cast aluminum knock off wheels, Milano red with tan leather interior. Wish I had it today, it's worth in present day dollars, about a buck and a half.

150 on the freeway anytime. Those were the days.

Wife just bought a new Suburban LTZ loaded, 85 grand.

 

[bigtiller]

Must be nice to be young. I bought my first Corvette Stingray convertible, 427, 390 horse 4 speed, 1966 for 4200 bucks out the door, tax, title and insurance. Bought it at Brooklyn Chevrolet in Brooklyn, Ohio. Cast aluminum knock off wheels, Milano red with tan leather interior. Wish I had it today, it's worth in present day dollars, about a buck and a half.

150 on the freeway anytime. Those were the days.

Wife just bought a new Suburban LTZ loaded, 85 grand.

Me too!

In 1983 I had a chance to buy a '67 Sting Ray for 10 grand. But I was unemployed (80's farm crises) and had to pass it up.

 

[shovelrider]

my wife just buyes new printer from Wallie World. Cheaper than ink cart., plus buy them online, pickup later for 23-29$. Also, i have a ac/dc tig welder from Eastwood @$715 shipped. And bought a EastWood plasma cutter 50 or 60? Cuts up to 7/8", just wired shop w/uf-b awg #6, just for either machine w/ same plug

 

[California]

My solution to expensive printing is obsolete model HP Laserjets. First was a $20 IIp. Toner cartridges from ebay never cost over $15, until that was so out of date that only years-old bad cartridges were available. Then a Laserjet 1300 from 2003, there are now plenty of cheap cartridges for it on Ebay that have been surplused-out when businesses upgraded.The three 1300's we use now are flawless. With the kids now out of high school and college these 1300's should last a long time.

Any Laserjet prints output that looks better than inkjet, and there's no more fussy maintenance of ink cartridges, the thing simply works. Pro tip - put a HP JetDirect card (cheap on Ebay) in a Laserjet then put it on the home network with an Ethernet cable from the router. Either a physical cable, or if you want it in another room, via a wifi Access Point there or a virtual cable over the home wiring driven from a EOP adapter. Last-generation business-quality gear is now dirt cheap.

 

[5030]

So long as my printer (Brother Inkjet) prints bar code labels than can be scanned, I'm all good with it. Cartridges are dirt cheap as well from 123 Inkjets or LD Products.

If Harbor Freight sold printers, I'd buy one....lol

 

[GLyford]

I got a brother laser new, cheap. I used to run an old laserjet until the rollers got too degraded to grab the paper anymore. I like the brother better, it prints double sided.

 

[Oldoak]

Another fan of Brother laser printers here. :thumbsup:

 

[dennis103]

I have a John Deere X320 that is 12 years old. Needed a carburetor this year. Carb was $500 by the time the dealer installed it the total was around $700. Its been a good tractor over all and I wasn't going to throw it away for $700. But wow. Thanks,I've need a place to vent that gripe.

 

[fried1765]

I have a John Deere X320 that is 12 years old. Needed a carburetor this year. Carb was $500 by the time the dealer installed it the total was around $700. Its been a good tractor over all and I wasn't going to throw it away for $700. But wow. Thanks,I've need a place to vent that gripe.

Couldn't source a carburetor rebuild kit, or replacement carburetor, elsewhere?
Certainly, JD does NOT build their own carburetors!

 

[RandyT]

Couldn't source a carburetor rebuild kit, or replacement carburetor, elsewhere?
Certainly, JD does NOT build their own carburetors!

Engine is Kawasaki. It would be possible to get the parts through Kawasaki, but Kawasaki dealers don't have access to the spec numbers used on JD equipment. Those are JD exclusive parts diagram. So you have to guess that is is the same part used on JD. Also Kawasaki used on JD have parts that are not used on standard Kawasaki engines.

 

[Streetcar]

About 30 years ago a friend had seats stolen out of a new car. Replacement was individual parts.cost was$2500

 

[MoArk Willy]

Another fan of Brother laser printers here. :thumbsup:

Add me to that list.
And if you do not need color, laser is the ONLY way to go.

 

[5030]

I got a brother laser new, cheap. I used to run an old laserjet until the rollers got too degraded to grab the paper anymore. I like the brother better, it prints double sided.

So does mine. My only issue (if it's really an issue) is the paper tray is too small, don't hold enough sheets. I had a Cannon Pixma and they are good until the inkjet cleaning blotter gets full and then they are done and won't print anymore. Brother's have gotten around that somehow (don't know how) but mine is going on 5 years of hard running with no issue. I actually bought 2 figuring as cheap as they were, it would poop out. The other one is in the box in the spare room, unopened. Great printers and the cartridges are cheap too.

Wife has a Brother sewing machine and it's as good as their printers.

 

[4get gto]

About 30 years ago a friend had seats stolen out of a new car. Replacement was individual parts.cost was$2500

And if the car was worth only 3k the insurance company would have totalled it...

My biggest rant with HF is going to the store for a sale item that was advertised the day before and being sold out. Happens more times than not at the store I visit... Sure I could call ahead,have it shipped, bla bla bla but that's not the point.

 

[fidowanttobe]

My biggest rant with HF is going to the store for a sale item that was advertised the day before and being sold out. Happens more times than not at the store I visit... Sure I could call ahead,have it shipped, bla bla bla but that's not the point.[/QUOTE]

Menards does this all the time!!

 

[thepumpguysc]

I called HF for 2 weeks straight to find a parts washer..IN STOCK..
I finally gave up & found 1 on ebay close to my house..

I did the same for the small desk top sand blaster.. CALLED for 2 weeks straight & was told it would be on the next truck{2 days}..
I called to check on it & yup, it showed up but someone bought it already.. {the day it was delivered}
Well how about "saving it" for me.?? NOPE, cant do THAT.. Well how about selling me the "floor mdl".?? NOPE, cant do that..
How about taking a CC over the phone.?? NOPE, cant do that..
I ended up buying it on-line & paying for freight..

 

[Tractor Seabee]

I called HF for 2 weeks straight to find a parts washer..IN STOCK..
I finally gave up & found 1 on ebay close to my house..

I did the same for the small desk top sand blaster.. CALLED for 2 weeks straight & was told it would be on the next truck{2 days}..
I called to check on it & yup, it showed up but someone bought it already.. {the day it was delivered}
Well how about "saving it" for me.?? NOPE, cant do THAT.. Well how about selling me the "floor mdl".?? NOPE, cant do that..
How about taking a CC over the phone.?? NOPE, cant do that..
I ended up buying it on-line & paying for freight..

I was given one of those. Haven't used it yet. Was it worth the extra money to ship it. Will I waste my money to by more beads for it?

Ron