Dont buy Harbor Freight jack
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Schaefferstown, Pa.
Got to check out the red HF jack.... Great jack....
You can't beat this thing for the money.... It comes with straps but you don't need them.... Gets your scoot up thirty inches.... So nice for working on your rims and changing fluids... It lowers so nice and slow with a hand wheel to adjust the rate....
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From: Near Myrtle Beach, SC
Why would I care about any of the Chinese ****? I use an American made Dunwell, the jack that eats J&S and Pitbull for breakfast, then ***** out all the other jacks.
http://potlach.org/2011/04/dunwell/
PS... I am just screwing with you guys...but I do like the Dunwell I have. They don't make them anymore though.
http://potlach.org/2011/04/dunwell/
PS... I am just screwing with you guys...but I do like the Dunwell I have. They don't make them anymore though.
Last edited by Lowcountry Joe; Mar 25, 2013 at 07:06 PM.
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From: Eastern NE
I've posted this before, but to recap on "both" HF jacks (alum & iron)...they are the old "you get what you pay for" deal. I'm lucky enough to have a HF store local in Omaha & went in to try these jacks to see if going "economical" was a good choice. After a few test runs on both (looking, raising, lowering, etc.) with some various heavy things in the store (i.e. log splitter). It was clearly not the jack for me, or my bike. Not trying to initiate the 1000th jack war...just stating the results of my visit. Both were very flimsy, the locks are "iffy" at best and hardware was super low-grade. Buy what you want, but I passed...JMO.
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From: CT
Have bought a few tools from HF in the past. I consider them one or two time tools. That is, they are cheap enough that I can use them a couple of times and throw them out. They are usually not much good after a couple of uses... at least that has been my experience. Having said that I'm not sure I want my 22000.00 scoot 12 inches up on one of their jacks. Jmo.
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I bought the alum HF jack and also didn't like the way my ultra fit on it as it swayed a bit more than I was comfortable with. Took it back and got the the HF yellow steel jack and 5-1/2 years later it's used nearly every other weekend and no problemo.
Could you take some other pictures of your bike up on the lift? This is one of them I am considering getting. I want to see how close you can get to the bike on either side. TIA
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From: On. Canada
Last time i went the cheap way, i needed a flat pry-bar. Went to the lumber-yard and picked the cheaper of the 2 hanging on the wall. Went to use it when i got back home and it broke on the very use.
Ended up going back, buying the expensive one, which i still have today.
Didn't save anything buying cheap. That was 30 years ago. I've always bought the best i can since.
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From: Schaefferstown, Pa.
Hope this helps...
It's an individual decision but mine works really well....
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From: Illinois
I have the HF jack like in post #21 and 29. I use it on my touring bikes and it works great. I have the HF floor jack for 10 years now and it has done a great job.
I had a 840 lb Honda VTX1800 and a 940 lb Rune that the floor jack worked great on also.
I would trust the HF jacks on the $250,000 worth of bikes in my garage. Mostly because I know how to safely maintain, secure and operate them.
Some times it is the operator and not the equipment. Just saying.
I had a 840 lb Honda VTX1800 and a 940 lb Rune that the floor jack worked great on also.
I would trust the HF jacks on the $250,000 worth of bikes in my garage. Mostly because I know how to safely maintain, secure and operate them.
Some times it is the operator and not the equipment. Just saying.
Last edited by lh4x4; Mar 26, 2013 at 07:38 PM.