On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 22:14:31 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 1/2/2021 9:00 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 19:50:15 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article , says...

Do you blame China or Harbor Freight? HF wants to sell stuff cheap.
Much of it is junk, Some will get you through that one time project and
they crap out. HF does have some good buys if you are careful, I've
bought some good knives and air fittings but I'd not buy a new car there.



I blame the American public. Sometimes even myself.

I have some HF tools here and even keep the $ 29.95 tool set in my
truck. I look on them as use one time in an emergency type items. Only
used the ratchet one time to help a fellow put his fan belt back on a
car. The kind that has a pully with a strong spring that has to be
pulled back. Out of about 20 men I was the only one that had a tool
that could be used.

For a home owner like me that may use a tool once or twice they are ok,
but if I made my living with tools, I would go to another brand.

I do buy (more like used to as I have most tools I need now ) mostly the
Craftsman tools for home use.


I think that is a strange policy. If you are on the side of the road
or stuck out on the water in your boat and you have one chance to get
going again, the last thing you want is a marginal tool .


Hard to disagree with that but a marginal tool did the job where others
had no tool. What do you keep in your car? I have a screwdriver and
flashlight.
In my old Ranger I have a Mastercraft tool set with standard and
metric 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch drive sockets (deep and standard) and
ratchets,,a set of metric and standard wrenches, a water pump pliers
and diagonal pliers, and a full set of screwdrivers. I also carry a
1/2 inch speed handle and 1/2 inch torque wrench and usually a hammer.
There is a multitester in the glovebox and theScanGuage acts as a code
scanner and code clearer. Also a good set of HD booster cables -

I also have a CAA membership - - -