Harbor Freight Parking Lot Sale

[JonJay]

[quote=BlackhawkSP;1330128]

Originally Posted by strahler13

That was a great, well done review showing how over rated and priced Snap-On tools are, that verified suspicions that I've had. Thanks for posting the link. I have Craftsman torque wrenches, but will easily go to Harbor Freight in the future.

One comparison of one tool, and I won?t disgree.
However, wrench for a living and get back to me on comparing the breadth of the line against the cheap stuff.

HF has upped their game, but you have to choose wisely.

Most folks here will find little value in features like size, ergonomics, fit and feel, long term reliability, and other things that separate a good tool from a great tool. We just don?t wrench that much.

[painless]

Just bought an ion torque wrench after seeing the posted review. Very happy with it.

For stocking an emergency tool kit for cross countries, harbour freight tools will accomplish the task. Every day use?? Meh... With the exception of the ion torque wrench.

[AndyRV7]

Originally Posted by paszekj

I still need an air compressor and am tempted to get their 20-gal oiled air compressor: https://www.harborfreight.com/20-gal...sor-64857.html

I've had my eye on that one too for painting my own wheel pants and similar size things. Not sure if it suits the purpose but I am going to research it. I also need 115V. You don't seem to be able to tell from the ad but I am guessing it is not 220V.

Originally Posted by SmilingJack

I got this one a year or so ago for around the house little stuff.....only because at the time, this sale, plus coupons ended up paying $30. Can’t go wrong even if it lasts a year.

https://www.harborfreight.com/air-to...sor-61615.html

I owned one of these for a year until my buddy bought it from me because he didn't want to have to go buy it himself. I used it to take to the motorcycle track to fill my tires. Worked fine for that. It was a nice compressor. But I paid $100 bucks for it. At $39 bucks it's a great buy.


I also just purchased one of their 17' Swiss Army Knife-like ladders during a sale. It was $99 bucks. I'm very happy with it and I no longer have to stack step stool on my workbench to do things around the hangar.

Some other things I like. The larger size moving blankets for $5.99. I lay on them in the hangar, under the plane, I put my cowlings on them on the floor when doing oil changes. Or lay one folded up across the RV seats when you need to crawl under the panel. I've also used them to line my cockpit when doing Pilots and Paws missions. They are ever great in the cockpit of my Ram truck. I put them down across the floor in the back seat area to wrap around my motorcycle ramps. I feel better having them not muddy up my truck, and also for keeping the ramps from gouging the interior.

.9mil latex gloves!

The furniture dollies are inexpensive and well made and suit a lot of around-the-hangar jobs.

And something I have used a ton is the roll-around plastic cart. I bought the larger of the 2 and it is my maintenance cart for holding tools and parts and hardware and fluids when working on the plane.

Off to look at the circular now.

[jacoby]

Originally Posted by AndyRV7

I've had my eye on that one too for painting my own wheel pants and similar size things. Not sure if it suits the purpose but I am going to research it. I also need 115V. You don't seem to be able to tell from the ad but I am guessing it is not 220V.

It's listed as 120v on the site.

20 gal 4 cfm will do small parts but you'll be waiting for it to catch up on larger ones, depending on which gun you use.

And yeah, HF has some junk but the newer stuff they've been putting out has really upped in quality. Their oiled compressors have been considered "good enough" for home/hobby use for a while.

[ShortSnorter]

Originally Posted by Sam Buchanan

Here is the Parking Lot Sale ad, lots of good stuff here:

https://imgur.com/gallery/JcG3B

Who knew Mad Magazine was still around?

[maniago]

Might not be ready for this yet, but when you get to the gear leg stage, I bought four of their car wheel dollys, and put my front legs (with tires) up on them. Makes moving the airplane around the shop piece of cake. I bought 4 so when I'm done, I can use them for whatever car I need to move....or a second airplane build.

I did also get their angle buffer/polisher in prep for polishing my plane. And a while back I bought their purple gun for painting (see the paint threads), tho I havent used either yet.

[AndyRV7]

Originally Posted by jacoby

It's listed as 120v on the site.

20 gal 4 cfm will do small parts but you'll be waiting for it to catch up on larger ones, depending on which gun you use.

And yeah, HF has some junk but the newer stuff they've been putting out has really upped in quality. Their oiled compressors have been considered "good enough" for home/hobby use for a while.

Good to know. Thanks!

[paszekj]

Originally Posted by Sam Buchanan

Here is the Parking Lot Sale ad, lots of good stuff here:

https://imgur.com/gallery/JcG3B

Ha! That?s awesome!!

[Raymo]

Get the red, round rolling stool and the aluminum, folding step stool.

[snopercod]

Originally Posted by Sam Buchanan

Here is the Parking Lot Sale ad, lots of good stuff here:

LOL! Seriously, though, one has to make a tradeoff between spending big bucks on Snap-On tools, etc., or buying cheaper tools and saving the money for your airplane. I like quality tools as much as anyone - and still use tools handed down to me my by father and grandfather. But I freely admit that I bought a Harbor Freight drill press in 1987 and it's still going strong. I also bought a HF pancake air compressor and it does what I need, but would be totally inadequate for painting. Ya' gotta' decide whether to spend the money on tools or the airplane.