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Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 5 2006, 08:48 PM

ive used the snapon equivalent, and it makes stuff really easy. to get a car up on it tho might require 2x6's as ramps......

any one have any experience with these? cheap enuff, and should last forever at the rate i use it....


http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=46604

Posted by: 96conv Jun 5 2006, 09:29 PM

I found a thread on Pelican about this.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=272361&highlight=harbor+freight+lift

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 5 2006, 09:42 PM

thanks for the link!

seeing if pops will go halves on it...

Posted by: 96conv Jun 5 2006, 09:47 PM

You're quite welcome!

Posted by: Joe Bob Jun 5 2006, 09:50 PM

HF....lifting my pride and joy....working under it....HF.....hmmmm, not MY idea of a good time.....

For double the price, I got a 4 post lift installed....

Posted by: Jeroen Jun 6 2006, 05:44 AM

It's been on my wish-list for quite some time already
But there's always something else that I need more urgently

Agreed that it's not as good as a 2 post lift, but I don't have room for one of those in my garage anyway

Posted by: URY914 Jun 6 2006, 06:22 AM

HF?

Do you want trust your life to something a 10 year old in China built?

Posted by: bd1308 Jun 6 2006, 06:27 AM

I bet that 10 year old put a lot of work into it, ya know?

b

Posted by: maf914 Jun 6 2006, 07:21 AM

Last year Car & Driver magazine had an article about die-cast model car production in China. Pretty interesting. It seems that a majority of these models now come from China.

Along with Harbour Freights tools.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 6 2006, 10:14 AM

they have a good rep over at pelican......

and they have lock features.....

Posted by: andys Jun 6 2006, 10:35 AM

Don't forget too that Harbor Freight is liable, so it's unlikely it's that much of a POS. They are a fairly sizeable company, and I suspect some form of certification/testing is required by them by their vendors for potentially dangerous equipment.

Andys

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jun 6 2006, 10:38 AM

very cool
wish i hadn't just bought a car hauler, cause i'd be buying one of those

Posted by: Mueller Jun 6 2006, 11:04 AM

I guess one could always make 39" tall jackstands for a little bit more support

Posted by: GWN7 Jun 6 2006, 11:29 AM

they already make extra tall stands.....

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=9086

Posted by: smontanaro Jun 6 2006, 11:54 AM

Hmmm... Those Astro Pneumantic stands have a minimum height of 56". I don't think the HF lift goes that high. (I presume there are other mid-height stands somewhere though.)

Skip

Posted by: ThinAir914 Jun 6 2006, 12:09 PM

Starting height on the lift is 15-3/4" Isn't that taller than the bottom of most 914s?

Edit - Nevermind! It says the minimum height is 3-7/8". So then what does "starting lift height" mean?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 6 2006, 12:13 PM

not sure what that means...

but


and the pelican guys just drive up on 2x10's to sit their 911's on it

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jun 6 2006, 01:00 PM

probably the first lift lock position.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 6 2006, 01:06 PM

sounds logical

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jun 6 2006, 01:19 PM

colage ejakated

Posted by: itsa914 Jun 6 2006, 08:24 PM

The HF runs off 220? I have been looking at this one fromhttps://www.gregsmithequipment.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=31&osCsid=696206533c3284d0078e583db3b2873a I like the fact that it runs off 110V. Costs more the HF.


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Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 6 2006, 08:53 PM

apparently the HF lift that is 300 more runs off 110...

and the guys on pelican say that this is 110 also....

Posted by: ThinAir914 Jun 7 2006, 12:13 AM

Duh! It was 90+ degrees in my office when I wrote that and it was difficult to breath, much less think. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Posted by: Rand Jun 7 2006, 12:29 AM

I hope you're right. I love HF. I buy quite a bit of stuff there. But.... BUT... You gotta be careful!! MUCH of their stuff is absolute junk. Goes with the territory, being so cheap. But shopping at HF the closest I come to gambling.

I don't go to casinos, but I shop at HF. I'm careful... I think... is this item the kind of thing that needs to be reliable? Hmm...

You would think a jack is pretty fail safe. I think I might risk that one.

But my last trip there, I bought a laser level and a dremel tool. Put the batteries in the laser level and the laser was on. Switched the switch. Switched the switch. Switched the switch. DOH! Switch is not functional... have to pull the batteries to shut off the laser. Nice. Plug in the dremel tool, turn it on just to hear it run... woohoo, it runs..... then it slows down.... and can't even turn itself under no load. I just pulled it outta the box and plugged it in and it can't... W@L#RJLKF a!@$(&

Ok, I'm done rambling now. But my point is, there's an art to shopping at Harbor Freight.... If you average it out, I think you come out about even with shopping at a quality tool store. That being said, I'm looking forward to their next flyer......

Posted by: URY914 Jun 7 2006, 06:49 AM

It's been pretty vocal on my views on HF. Like I have said before, if it has moving parts, don't by it at HF. I bought a little sissor lift tranny jack a few years ago. I figured what can go wrong with a threaded rod with a socket end? (thats how it works) First time I use it (on a piece that way 1/2 the rated loaded) the thrust bearing takes a crap. I've since spent more time dicking with it to make it work than it is worth. The design of the thing is very poor and the materials are junk. The threaded rod is mot made of tool steel but of soft pitted turd rod. The clearances are so loose that it binds up under load.

HF does carry some name brand stuff (ChanelLock etc), but I've checked thier store prices on this stuff and it is no cheaper than HomeD/Lowes.

You got it right, you are gambling at HF.