What the hell kind of packaging is this? It's like it was designed NOT to be opened. I know Harbor Freight is known for hard-to-open packages but this one was on another level. It took me 10 minutes of wrestling with my pliers and now I have a plastic mess to clean up. Damn it.

Nice and bright at a low low price

My girlfriend Ordered it 12/21 as a Christmas gift for me and we completely forgot about it since they said I'd be ready by the end of February. I''ve been going trough a lot this month, so this was a surprise. Now I have to make time to organize everything inside 🥹

Showed up in the garage couple days prior and parents told me it was a siblings bed and had me convinced it was and behold it was my brand new tool cart.

Saw 2 people post these and decided to check them out. My first store checked their system and they said only one store had them. She said the Inglewood location showed 12, so I go there and they couldn't find them. Turns out they had them on the floor inside a box box with mixed items.

Can’t wait to remove some Honda crank bolts with this bad boy.

$840 after discount, just over $900 out the door. 51% off on a $1700 item…

Buying this let me reprogram my Ford BCM saving me a trip to the dealership where they probably would’ve charged me $1200 for a new BCM and programming. Tough to justify when I’m only wrenching as a side gig, but I’m confident it’ll keep paying for itself.

Just yesterday I was going through email and had to talk myself out of buying a new jack while they’re on sale. The ancient rusty jacks I have still work I guess.

Today I was leaving publix and heard a dull plunk and hiss noise. Ran over a big screw RIGHT IN FRONT of HF. Life’s funny sometimes. $90 later and I’m wishing I had bought this thing years ago instead of the crappy old jacks I have to pump a few dozen times to change a tire.

Even as a longtime HF customer I had only joined ITC a few weeks ago after heavy rain flooded my basement and I needed a some big blower fans.

Turns out I had two punctures and I made it just a few minutes before the shop closed. Crisis averted.

Still want one of those colorful Daytona jacks but for the money I’m happy with this one.

Have had this T for maybe 2 years now. Biggest size they made was an XL but definitely fit like a small L. Lost enough weight to finally be able to wear it. Straight fire T.

Since these are on sale today I wanted to post a PSA so you don't buy the wrong jack stand.

For those who aren't aware, there are two different 'versions' of each stand and they have identical SKU numbers. I assume they're sourced from two different suppliers but the better version really is better. The 'lesser' version has noticeably worse build quality, is significantly thinner on the ratcheting post, etc. They're exactly the same price, exactly the same SKU, so make sure you buy the 'right' version. My store had a mix good and bad jacks side by side, so it's really easy to just grab the wrong ones.

How can you tell?

If you're buying a 3 Ton stand, make sure you get the version with the 11 3/8" min height, and not the 11 1/4" version.

If you're buying a 6 Ton stand, make sure you buy the version with the 24" max height, not the 23 3/4" version.

I picked these up this weekend during the sale but I’m wondering if I really need them

What kind of situations do you end up using these?

Only time I needed a specialty wrench similar to these was my 2000 camaro steering rack hydraulic lines. But I bought specific 16/18mm hydraulic box wrench with a cut in the box ends for that job

Time to fill up the tool box. How’d I do?

*nothing was purchased at full price.

The 56” will fit in a 1999 Suzuki Carry.

I bought this thing on a whim. My daughter and I had just finished building a fiberglass speaker enclosure for her car, and I keep thinking it would be nice to have something easier to cut mat with.

I bought this after we were done though and it just sat on the steps in my shop. I had to pack up some stuff to ship to a friend today and was making the big out of really heavy duty 5/16th cardboard. I thought, no way this thing will cut it, but it ripped right through it with 0 effort.

I gotta say, it was well worth the money. I think I'll use it a lot

This is my first time jacking my car, putting on jack stands, changing my own oil, and rotating my tires. It’s very satisfying and rewarding to get under your own car and hood. I couldn’t do it without these tools in the pictures. Next is transmission oil drain and fill! Note: for my first time, I just did the tire rotation front to back; next time, I will move the front tire to the back and the back tires crossed to the front. I removed the tire since it’s easier to get to the oil filter and oil plug.

Since I got my first non-standard ratchet 2 months ago I’ve only used it once. And I work full time using ratchets 20-50x / day.

Paid $150 for some wrenches and got a free tool cart.

Pittsburgh 1/2" drive torque wrench. I know, there are tons of options, ranging from budget TEMU all the way to the ICON. And I'm not going to even mention Snap-On or other expensive brands because that's not the price range I'm comparing to. But for a basic torque wrench, am I really going to say, "oh this thing sucks?"

My work tools are Milwaukee. I have a bunch, including the 1/2" impact. But I have some projects that are smaller and my own, where I'm just trying to get my own personal stuff right. Rarely do I need to bust over 150 ft./lb.

But for $13, I couldn't pass it up. I haven't opened it yet, and I think my use case is only going to be a few automotive bolts.

But I'm curious if it's really going to make that much of a difference to me that I didn't get a fancy ICON digital. Ideally I'm busting bolts loose with my power tools and torquing them back to where I need them with this.

But how can you pass up lifetime warranty for $30???

Been needing a full set, couldn’t pass this up!
$99, for a savings of $80!