[TheForge] A real Deal at HF- How about their pneumatic staple gun?

[Jerry Smith]

When I lived near the Harbor Frieght store, if
something broke, I would take it back and they would
replace it. Now I have to wait for when we take a trip
on other business to do that.

I buy their stuff on the basis that it will not last
forever, it generally their stuff has done well for
me, I can not say that about the new Sears stuff.

How about the junk that we buy made in India? 

My wife has put together two of these trailers in the
past and says that they are easy to work with, and you
just need to stay within the load limits. So she will
be assembling this kit later this week, when it is not
raining.

Jerry

--- "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
wrote:

> I haven't tried the staple gun, but I got a HF
> pneumatic brad nailer and it was junk.  It didn't
> last through one job.  However, I have bought other
> stuff at HF that has held up fine.
>  
> Aubrey
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of
> Ron Childers
> Sent: Tue 11/7/2006 6:01 AM
> To: 'Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] A real Deal at HF- How about
> their pneumatic staple gun?
> 
> 
> 
> At the risk of being branded a heretic, I haven't
> had much luck with Harbor
> Freight Chinese made stuff. But, since China already
> owns us, and it is
> virtually impossible to "buy US", I may as well
> acquiesce and help China's
> war effort. Has anyone tried the HF Staple Gun? At
> $20 I wouldn't expect it
> to last as long as a Paslode or Senco but if it will
> make it through a
> couple of projects.....The HF wood cutting band saw
> and cordless drill were
> both junk- didn't even do one job. I will concede
> the $200 metal cutting
> band saw seems to be pretty good. Not a Wilton or
> Ridged, but it works ok. I
> guess you have to know which tools are a waste of
> money and which ones work
> ok.
> 
> Ron Childers
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Darrell
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 6:22 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] A real Deal at HF
> 
> I have one of those. So far I have welded an 1 1/8"
> solid bar in the sheet
> metal axle, replaced the tongue with two inch square
> tube, replaced the
> cross bar that the rear end of the tongue attaches
> to with 3" by 3" by 1/4"
> angle and put 90 PSI 2000 LB boat trailer tires on
> it.
> I didn't do all of this at once. I have a 4' X 8' X
> 4 1/2' plywood box that
> I loaded my reenactment blacksmithing equipment in.
> After hitting a pot hole
> 
> and bending the axle I added the bar stiffener.
> After a sudden stop with that load I replaced the
> tongue. After the next
> quick stop I replaced the cross bar. The tires
> happened one at a time after
> flats. Now it is a pretty good trailer.
> 
> Darrell
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Smith"
> <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:08 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] A real Deal at HF
> 
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > After having my wife in the hospital for most of
> the
> > last 4 weeks, we finally had a day together. So we
> > drove to Columbus, had a great lunch at Easton
> (fancy
> > place) and then went to HF. We got was suppose to
> be a
> > 48 x 96 trailer with 12 inch tires, what they gave
> us
> > was the 40 x 48 trailer. I open the box and went
> back
> > to the store and told them what had happened. The
> > manager gave us the right trailer for the sales
> price
> > minus 15% for our trouble.
> >
> > So I will be putting my trailer togther in the
> next
> > few days.
> >
> > The price for new trailer kit, $144.00, it's the
> >
>
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90154
> > Trailer.
> >
> > Jerry
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