[TowerTalk] Harbor Freight Winch

[Richard Solomon]

In HF's defense, I must say that their products are designed to a
price and while not
the "Cadillac" of the industry, it does do a job. I have a bench top
drill press that gets
used about once a month. For that level of usage it is an adequate product.
Also, I see a lot of guys in pick-ups buying tools there. I guess that
if they only need
it for one job, it works out ok.

Finally, one must look at the difference between a winch and a hoist.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Michael Goins <wmgoins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pretty much what I thought, guys. I've never bought any of their stuff but
> reviews here have always been pretty bad.
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> Mike, k5wmg
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> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:29 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>wrote:
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>> I can't speak for all Harbor Freight winches, but the manual worm gear
>> winch (rated at 2,000 pounds) I bought for occasional duty to lift my
>> mast/antennas (total weight about 300 pounds) out of the rotator
>> literally chewed the toothed gear to pieces in a matter of minutes.  I
>> had to sit there and liberally grease it with high quality lithium
>> grease every revolution of the gear in order to just finish the job
>> before the teeth totally disappeared.  The worm gear apparently was made
>> from hardened steel but the toothed gear might as well have been
>> copper.  I replaced it with a Thern model 465 (similar dimensions, rated
>> at 750 pounds) and have had no problems since.
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>> In my opinion, Harbor Freight tools should be considered disposable
>> items.  I once bought a medium sized crowbar there that literally bent
>> from my non-leveraged arm strength alone.
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>> Friends don't let friends buy Harbor Freight tools.
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>> 73,
>> Dave   AB7E
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>> On 12/19/2011 1:42 PM, Michael Goins wrote:
>> > Has anyone used the Harbor Freight winches? They have a 2000 lb electric
>> > that is priced nicely at the moment on sale.
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>> > Mike, k5wmg
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