Harbor freight stuff

[RussMan]

I noticed the nice pic of the Cat I quick hitch you bought for $79. Never having owned a quick hitch but thinking they would be very handy, I have a simple question. How do you know that the width of the quick hitch pins will match up with your particular blade, disk, etc pins. Are all blades and disk the same width where they attach? Or is the quick hitch adjustable?

 

[teg]

Not adjustable, but sometimes you can change your implement to fit the QH. It's also somewhat a crap shoot... It worked on my chipper, brush hog, box blade, rake and a few others but it did not work for a spike roller, KK tiller, my carryall, or yardtool . I was happy with mine as long as it worked on the first 2 things mentioned . I will continue to try and modify ALL my attachments so that they will work... or die trying.

There are MANY older threads about this Quick Hitch that you can search for...

***ANOTHER THING... LOOK INTO GETTING THE ADAPTER... NOT LIST BUT IF YOU TYPE THE NUMBER IN (search on TBN) or call and ask about it.

 

[SARG]

Just for the info .......... HF coupons now appear inside the back cover of Readers Digest .... of special interest is the 20% off any one item coupon.

 

[captin_insano]

I noticed the nice pic of the Cat I quick hitch you bought for $79. Never having owned a quick hitch but thinking they would be very handy, I have a simple question. How do you know that the width of the quick hitch pins will match up with your particular blade, disk, etc pins. Are all blades and disk the same width where they attach? Or is the quick hitch adjustable?

Like teg mentioned, I'll just assume it fits all my attachments and those that it doesnt fit I make fit. So far I know it fits my rake.

 

[SARG]

Best to take a tape measure with you ..... I have read that there are two widths out there available.

 

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[captin_insano]

The hitch was on sale for $59 until today at my local HF. I was there to get a tarp today. Came home with said tarp, pack of bungies and mouse traps. The cat isnt holding up to his end of the bargain.

 

[Mgrove]

there is a adapter you can purchase for the quick hitch, they don't sell it in the stores, Don't know why. It makes the top bracket more universal. I called on the item once, I think the part number is 29309, but you have to mail order it. It's in your quick hitch manual. I think it was around 9 or 10 dollars plus shipping.
Mgrove

 

[gilbertmsg]

I have the finish mower (labeled under another name that I can't remember), it will start it's 4th mowing season this spring. So far so good, I have also had to weld the 3 out of the 4 wheels. I also have the 3 point hitch. Had to grind out the adapter grooves, but it was not a big deal. Works as good as the $200.00 from Tractor Supply.

Eddie

 

[oughtsix]

1. 6" jointer - $150 - Excellent.
2. 15" planer - $600 - complete junk. (Returned)
3. 16 speed floor drill press - Mine has treated me well but the runnout is very loose compared to a quality drill press. Mine is an old drill press with the 3 spoke handle instead of the 1 piece 3 lump cast iron handle.
4. Impact wrenches - got me started but I really appreciate the quality of a MAC or IR now!
5. Truck bed unloader - Best fricken thing ever! Hauled literally tons of $h!t! (for tilling into my garden).
6. 4 1/2" angle grinder blue body. Quite Good!
7. 4 1/2" angle grinder orange body. Junk!
8. 6" angle grinder - Junk. Grind for 2 minutes cool for 5 minutes.
9. Wrenches, screwdrivers, and other small hand tools - Great! I use them like toilet paper (I generally don't use toilet paper more then once before throwing it away). Great for taking to the junk yard! (I use Proto, Stanley and MAC in my shop).
10. Creeper - Great!
11. Mortising Machine - Good for the price. Immediately made my own stand for it and junked the original stand.
12. 30" metal bender / roller / brake - Complete junk! (Returned)
13. Orange pumice hand cleaner - Great! Good price!
14. Heavy double line come-a-long - Great!
15. 14" Chop saw - Mediocre. Got me started but is loose and troublesome.
16. 14" abrasive blades - Lousy! - Take over twice as long to cut the same piece as a brand name. But Cost less than half as much!
17. 4 1/2" flap disks - Love them.
18. 4 1/2" grinding wheels and cut off wheels - like them - have never tried name brands.
19. .035 MIG wire - bad - Oxidized.
20. Clamps - good and bad. I always cycle any clamp I buy from them through the whole screw length before putting them in my basket. Put many back (seems like everybody else does too). I love having a dozen hand screw wooden clamps for every imaginable project.
21. Crimp on terminals - Bad! Buy AMP and save yourself the headache.
22. Most of the electronic related items I have tried (connectors, soldering irons, switches, wire) Junk - cause more problems than they fix.
23. Air hoses, reels and fittings - They work but generally leak pretty quickly.
24. Paint guns - Work fine and are disposable.
25. HF Lockem-tite - Works for me!
26. TIN Drill bits - Great - Another toilet paper item!
27. Router bits - Great! - And they actually last! I can not tell the difference between HF and brand name router bits.
28. Bench grinder / buffer - Gets the job done but loose bearings - OK.
29. Extension cords - Great - I cut off one end and use them as power tool cords!
30. LED Flashlights - Very cool - I have one stashed just about everywhere. Some the family doesn't find and are actually there when I need it!
31. Batteries - DEAD - or almost so when new!
32. AC Power / Battery powered hand tools - Not worth the hassle for the most part. (Milwaukee for drills and sawzall- Porter Cable for sanders - Skill for worm drive saws - Dewalt for battery powered tools)... I guess it just depends on how much you use them.
33. Sand paper - Takes twice as long to sand - wears out twice as fast - but costs 1/4 as much.
34. Florescent work light - I love it!
35. Jack stands - Great!
36. Floor jack - Great!
37. Any tool I need to use only once - Generally pretty good.
38. Red welding gloves - Great!
39. Lamb skin welding gloves - Great!
40. Auto darkening welding helmet - Great! I probably couldn't weld without it.
41. 6" bench vises - Great and I don't worry about welding splatter very much because they are cheap.
42. 4" wide ratcheting straps - GREAT!
43. 2" wide ratcheting straps - JUNK!
44. 2 and 3 jaw pulley removers - OK - Buy them - bust them - buy another...

Most of the time buying from Harbor Freight or not comes down to whether I am buying a capitol asset or a consumable. HF tools I look at as consumable and they usually don't disappoint me.