On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:46:21 -0400, mm
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:23:20 -0400, willshak
wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote the following:
On Jul 29, 9:47 am, RicodJour wrote:

On Jul 29, 8:58 am, DerbyDad03 wrote:


Has anyone tried the HF Aluminum Cargo Carrier?

http://www.harborfreight.com/500-lb-...argo-carrier-9...

I just bought one for $50 with a coupon.

If a low quality HF drill craps out, that's no big deal, but a cargo
carrier that fails at 70 MPH is a different story - mainly for the guy
behind me.

You buy it and then ask for reviews...?
I think we need to work on the cart and horse order.

R


Buying and using it are two very different things.

Both of the HF's near me were out of them earlier this week when I
found the coupon. They are back-ordered on the website.

One store had 3 come in this morning and the other had 2.

I'm going on vacation in 2 weeks, so I bought one while the stock was
available knowing that I can easily return it if the reviews warrant.


Does it come with a provision for a safety chain, just in case...

No, but this is not like a trailer that can come off the hitch. This
goes into the hitch receiver, like a big drawbar. If you put the pin
in the receiver hole and the clip through the end of the pin, it's not
going to fall off unless the whole hitch does.

On second thought, a weak point might be the aquare center pipe.
Someone might violate the 500? pound weight limit, especially he might
put the extra weight at the rear of the carrier, where it would have
more leverage on the center pipe at the front where it enters the
receiver. Or he might load it to capacity and then lean on it while
tying a rope. Or he might think it's a chair. Or it might be
defective. I can see it bending, so far that the rear of the carrier
drags on the ground. I guess after writing this, I still can't see it
breaking there, so still no need for safety chains. I drive a
convertible, but surely even with a closed car and the radio playing,
one could hear the carrier dragging on the ground before it broke off,
which I think would take hundreds of miles.

I had a pair of cast safety stands, from Western Auto, but sold
elsewhere too, rated at 6000 pounds a pair I think. All that was on
them was a compact car, about 2000 pounds, when one of them collapsd,
sort of slowly but nowhere near slow enough to get out if someone were
under the car. Things don't always meet spec.