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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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Not lowered, I guess my ramps just where a little more of an angle.

Either way we wound up getting a jack, and after doing my exhaust work I'm glad we did!
 
Old Feb 16, 2010 | 11:13 AM
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A member on Tri-5.com posted a link to the HF coupon. So other members could print and use it for purchases.





My dad bought a floor jack 30 years ago from Sears and it still works great. The other day it wasn't pumping as well as it used to.. just poured more hydraulic jack oil in it!
I have a Sears 1.5 ton floor jack I purchased in 1982 that I still use to this day. It was on sale and I got it fro a little over $100.

Debbie bought me a Sears 2 ton floor jack with jack stands for Christmas about 10 yrs ago for like $100.

One say in Sears we noticed they were having a sale on tools which included their 1.5 ton low profile floor jack for $119 if you used your Sears card. So I bought one of them as well. Then I cancelled my Sears card.
 
Old Feb 16, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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lmao i got a washer/dryer set from there and got a deal with the card for no intrest. since i have paid it off and find myself at sears buying stuff i dont need with it im going to cut it up today. thanks for the reminder.


by the way my mantainence forman at work is in love with harbor frieght.

my personal opinion is be carefull what you get from there, they are cheap and you get what you pay for.
 
Old Feb 16, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by montyss02
LOL, that's one way to get a discount! Do you know which month's edition of Hot Rod Mag was the coupon in? (Not that I would do such a thing)
March issue on page 39

they got one with 7 LED lites on the lift pad that i thought of getting, but it's $90!!
 
Old Feb 20, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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We went to HF today.

I bought one of the race floor jacks for $60 and moer wheel dollies. For one of my '57s to set on. (I now own 5 set of the wheel dollies. if you can't tell I think I like them?)

The floor jack was suppose to be $60. I handed the cashier the 20% off coupon and he gave me the jack and two set of wheel dollies for $110.00 plus change.
 
Old Feb 21, 2010 | 02:55 AM
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We bought a bunch of stuff from there too. There is a HF a couple of miles from my Dads house.
 
Old Feb 21, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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Just be careful with HF- a lot of their tools and such there are Chinese junk made from subpar materials or subpar processes. I do have tools from there- but I have also broken quite a few tools from there too. Most of the stuff I buy from there is stuff I'm gonna modify to do something special and I don't want to hack up a new Craftsman or Snap On tool to do it (ie heating up and bending a wrench, or a screwdriver, etc)
 
Old Feb 22, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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I know the guys on Chevy Talk aren't impressed with HF either.

I just look at them the way I do Big Lots. If I want to tools to abuse, I buy them at Big Lots and keep the more expensive things for good.
 
Old Feb 24, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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there is some tools i get from them like a spring compressor and a ball joint and u-joint removal tool it was a little cheaper than getting from other places. but there is some spring compressors that i have seen are the type you would use if the strut or shock did go threw them.
 
Old Feb 24, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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just dont get their rollar chairs, they suck bad. @ my work we cant go one week w/o a wheel fallin off
 



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