Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[Elkins45]

I was excited when there was a 20% coupon in the local paper until I read the fine print that said it isn't valid for floor jacks.

I've been thinking of buying one of the manual tire changers to mount trailer tires and do repairs and patches. Anybody have one of them?

 

[ronjhall]

I have one. It needs to be mounted to a large platform or to the floor. Work OK beyond that.

 

[deereman75]

Does anyone have one of the harbor freight compact needle scalers, they are the same as the ones at princess auto, and I am thinking of getting one, I just want to know how well they work.

 

[Workstead]

Does anyone have one of the harbor freight compact needle scalers, they are the same as the ones at princess auto, and I am thinking of getting one, I just want to know how well they work.

I have a full size one and it does a good job of removing slag from a weld. I haven't tried it to remove rust, yet.

I don't know about the smaller one but some wood turning forum reports say it is good for "texturing" wood, so my guess is that the smaller ones might not have the punch of the bigger ones. That might be somewhat adjustable by regulating the air pressure. They also report that they take out some of the rods to make smaller "texture" areas in the wood.

Clem

 

[Travelover]

Does anyone have one of the harbor freight compact needle scalers, they are the same as the ones at princess auto, and I am thinking of getting one, I just want to know how well they work.

I have the small one. It works well for taking slag off a weld and I also used it to take rust scale off a trailer hitch that I was painting.

 

[aczlan]

I have the small one. It works well for taking slag off a weld and I also used it to take rust scale off a trailer hitch that I was painting.

I have a HF one that I used to clean off the slag when we got the bushhog back from the shop. It worked well for that, but I haven't used it since.

Aaron Z

 

[skspurling]

And have more than one light bulb in the house.

And now we have to buy the expensive swirly kind they make in china from the toxic waste we sent them.

 

[Skyco]

I've been thinking of buying one of the manual tire changers to mount trailer tires and do repairs and patches. Anybody have one of them?

I have one, works well. I primarily bought it and the adapter to do motorcycle tires.
I have used it for 16" truck tires, it works but be prepared for a workout. Get some good tire mounting/demounting lube, I have a jug of Ruglyde I've had for years, don't try to use soapy water.
I lag bolt mine to my deck when I need to use it.

 

[sixdogs]

{Quote =Originally Posted by Elkins45}
I've been thinking of buying one of the manual tire changers to mount trailer tires and do repairs and patches. Anybody have one of them?{Quote}

I have one, works well. I primarily bought it and the adapter to do motorcycle tires.
I have used it for 16" truck tires, it works but be prepared for a workout. Get some good tire mounting/demounting lube, I have a jug of Ruglyde I've had for years, don't try to use soapy water.
I lag bolt mine to my deck when I need to use it.

"A workout"...you aren't kidding. I started on four tires and was 20 lbs overweight.
Finished later that day and needed to gain a few pounds and had noticable six-pack abs.
It would work OK on small tires or 12" trailer tires but the better way is to buy donuts and head to the local tire shop.

 

[deereman75]

Next time I am at princess auto, I will pick up one of the compact needle scalers, and a bunch of other things.