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Anybody buy tools from Harbor Freight?
February 27, 2011
5:19 PM
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I shop at harbor freight all the time. I have a grinder (holding up pretty well so far), a grease gun (it's ok), a vise, and some other tools. I had good luck with most of their tools, except for some minor problems, but for what I paid for them, it's ok. You can't beat their return policy, and deals.

February 23, 2011
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I almost exclusively buy air tools for use underwater from them but they are one-time use tools.

February 15, 2011
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One word of caution is to be careful using HF tools (or anything stamped with a country other than USA) at a DOE site. We just recently took a violation due to a chain binder that was used to secure a ram on one of our excavators during onsite transport because it had suspect counterfeit hardware and there fore was deemed unsafe. This is probably the most extreme I have seen in my years, but be aware. We commonly used HF tools inside areas where rad contamination made the tools a one time use only item.

February 2, 2011
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they are good for big wrenches and breaker bars. they arent as strong as say snap on so just get the 3/4 drive to give yourself extra breaking resistence 20 bucks rather than 200 for same thing just a lil heavy

September 9, 2006
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Yeah, I did try to go cheap on a framing nailer, it lasted for about 30 nails and all of the packing rings blew. I got my money back and got a better one.

September 9, 2006
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I buy some things like hammers,maw's,wrecking bars, things that are hard to hurt! But I have found that some of the items are built to cheap and I hate being on a job and have tools shut you down. Every one on this site should know what I mean by that. So I watch what I get from them.

September 5, 2006
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I could see that, especially for those "walk-off" tools. I have bought only one thing from there, but nothing major, just a driver set.

I would love to hear if anymore of you buy anything there.

September 2, 2006
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I buy from them all the time. It's more economical to buy cheap stuff when your guys are prone to leave them lying around. I usually make a trip once a week for small hand tools etc. I did buy a nail gun that crapped out pretty quickly though, so some of their products are so-so in reliabilty but for expendable items, it's a pretty good source. They have a large distribution center and outlet off of I95 in the Carolinas (I can't remeber if it is N or S) that I stop at when I am over in that area.
I 'd give a strong 7 out of 10 overall.

September 1, 2006
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I have seen some contractors that are buying the "Chicago" brand sawzalls at around $19.99 a piece and they are telling me that they do work, well in fact. But they do say they burn a few up.

Have you had any experiences with them? Have you bought any tools there for your projects?

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