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Harbor Freight tool box

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by cardboard, Nov 14, 2012.

  1. cardboard

    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Don't know if anybody is interested. But in January issue of Hot bike mag there is a Harbor Freight tool sale. It has Item #95292 with promo code 18205333
    It normally goes for 299.00. Its on sale for 199.00
    With the promo code on Hot Bike Bagger magazine its 169.00
    Its like 41 1/2 " tall
    This is s 5 drawer Tool cart.
    Stopped and picked one up today. I like It .
    They gave me some Pittsburg cheap screwdrivers that came free with it.
    If you click on the link watch the product Video

    Rolling Tool Cart w/ 5 Drawers


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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Cheap Chinese junk, I'm surprised at you. :roflmao:
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Pffft chin lee.

    Actually I'm good wid dat


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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    It is really better than you imagine.
    I don't have big bucks for a cart to git my tools up out of the floor and out of mop buckets
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Actually it looks like a good tool box and pretty mobile to. :)
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    They have that bike lift on sale too. I've been considering that.
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    Looks like a good buy, but I'm usually suspicious of stuff that sells for about half the original price. Usually means it was overpriced to start with and that there may be some quality issues coming down the road.

    Like maybe when ya load it up with heavy tools, the drawer guides or castors won't hold up. But I hope you got a good one and it's a definite upgrade from mop buckets. :cool:

    Do you have to assemble it? Watch out for Oriental/English instructions LOL!
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    It tells you how much each drawer will hold if I remember correctly
    It will hold 700 lbs of tools.
    Think the drawer slides are replaceable.
    If 169.00 is too cheap for you go buy a snapon. See how much you spend.
    Craftsman tool boxes will be on sale this Friday for Black Friday.
    I will not be here I will be in Arizona this weekend riding Harleys around route 66 and the Sedona national forrest and who knows where else.
    My brother in law has everything planned.
    Will get to see the Grand Canyon for the 1st time to mabe next week.
    Just spending time with family.
    Never been to Arizona
    Sure will be busy.
    Talked to the dude at the Harley Dealer in Gilbert , Az.
    I asked I hear your police are rough on folks there
    He said in the Winter we have 12,000 folks and more to come down from up north. They are little old folks they can't drive. So from the winter till the spring they have a tremendous amount of wrecks. Once they leave we don't have hardly no more wrecks. It puts a lot of pressure on the police dept.
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    Thats where I got my lift from. Happy with it. Not the full length type tho
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Want to warn everybody. I had one of the better Harbor freight bike lifts.
    If your floor is not real level be cautious.
    And if you let the bike down and the safety pins are in the bike lift you just screwed up.
    It will bend the sizzors on the bike lift. Now you can't get the bike up or down.
    On a unlevel floor it will also let the sizzors on the lift bend and the bike will try to flip off the Harbor Freight bike lift.
    Ask me how I know.
    Its Hel to try to hold a Electraglide when it trys to flip off one of these tables.
    Your bike.
    Git a Direct lift if you want a cheaper lift.

    Motorcycle/ATV Lifts

    I choose to git one of these lifts several years back.
    Best thing I ever did

    Motorcycle Lifts | TCML Motorcycle Lift, 1,500 LB. Motorcycle Lifting Table
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    Thanks CB that put the nails in the coffin. I'd like to get the better one you linked but I just can't justify the money since I'm sponging off the wife for another year.
    :cheers:
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    The TCML that I got comes with a bike jack and all
    It is heavy
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    Had a Harbor freight tool box, what a POS, fit and finish sucks
    nothing bolts up correct appears to be stamped out by rocks
    in china, I can't in good faith tell anyone to by a HF tool box,
    ball bearings were rusted and pitted, probably shipped across
    the Pacific in an open container. Paint comes off easy,
    I know a bunch of people taking them back, big line of
    guys returning them, just want to make sure everyone
    is aware of the problems. Don't know how anyone would recommend this stuff..
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    Bike lift tables are great and a can be a huge asset when working on your bike. Also great when you have a hard time bending over or getting on your knees. :rolleyes:
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Costco has a stainless steel box that is really nice. You can buy a high quality tool box for less than Snap on from the MAC Tools company.
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    That's what I'm saying, buy something good that will
    last ya it's always cheaper to buy a nice tool or item
    than 10 cheap azz sets of something, when you add in the
    downtime, gas to go get another ChinleeBinWahball tool
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Yep, my MAC Tool boxes are holding up excellent over the years I've had them. Many times buying cheap does not pay. Like the old saying yea get what you pay for.
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Been my experience...
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    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Like I said on SSI I draw less than 1000 a month
    I got what I can afford
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    I am an Airline Mechanic, I have a Big Craftsman roll around that I have had for years. There are a few guys here that have the big Harbor Freight roll arounds. We Give our tool boxes a good workout here, and the Harbor Freight boxes seem to work just fine.
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