Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[Gale Hawkins]

Yep, the dial ones are dependable for sure. My only digitals are from HF. Curious if the batteries last longer in the high-end brands without removing them.

Our HF digital was still working with the first battery the last time I tried it. I am guessing it is 3-4 years old but with a new month happening every two weeks now I am not good at judging time.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Yep, the dial ones are dependable for sure. My only digitals are from HF. Curious if the batteries last longer in the high-end brands without removing them.

I have about 8 high end calipers at work. I would guess if you left them on all the time, the battery would last a year or 2. They are Mitutoyo and Brown and Sharp. I recommend the Mitutoyo.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I also love my Mitutoyo dial calipers too, but I can't set an incremental distance with them.

 

[Jw5875]

Well Harbor Freight is advertising in VFW, American Legion and now in AAA.
Marketing strategy on a strong move.
Like politicians, keep mentioning the name and you finally get
recognition.

I also have Mitutoyo calipers, they shut down on there own? No on / off button.

JW5875


At age 70, glad I'm losing memory of the dumb thing that I did in the past!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Only my brown and Sharp calipers cut off and it annoys me. You can get some solar assisted Mitutoyo sets.

Love your signature JW.

 

[Diggin It]

Did I read somewhere that the newer 6HP horizontal Predator engines now have a 1" output shaft instead of the 3/4" the older ones did?

 

[4get gto]

Did I read somewhere that the newer 6HP horizontal Predator engines now have a 1" output shaft instead of the 3/4" the older ones did?

That could be.. :confused3:
But I know that the shaft size is based on the engine frame size. So I'd kinda doubt it. Might be wrong...?

 

[flyerdan]

On their website they have 3 6hp Predators listed and they all have .750" shafts. 8 hp has 1.00"

 

[Diggin It]

That's what I thought, but I saw it on the interwebs, so .....


FYI, my dun blowed up 6HP Briggs has a 1" shaft which it what I'm looking to replace without having to use an adapter.

 

[Travelover]

So what do you get when you cross one HF freebie that sucks and one that rocks? The ultimate headlamp. The incandescent headlamp has a great strap but the light itself really sucks. The blue LED light rocks but wouldn't it be handy as a headlamp? I'm using this in my crawl space and it really lights it up down there.