I Bought A Pallet of HARBOR FREIGHT RETURNS For CHEAP... Scam?

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  • I bought a pallet of returns from Harbor Freight, and I think i got scammed.
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  • @berner57
    @berner57 Рік тому +884

    What should you do with all those tools now? Glad you asked! You guys need to have a build off, only using those tools of course! Who else wants to see that video?

    • @lukebenji6669
      @lukebenji6669 Рік тому +16

      Great idea!

    • @doorbell6757
      @doorbell6757 Рік тому +11

      that’s an amazing idea

    • @ScottStephenSmith
      @ScottStephenSmith Рік тому +7

      Yessssss

    • @lauraandedwardcannon8861
      @lauraandedwardcannon8861 Рік тому +5

      Yep

    • @dieselemma3349
      @dieselemma3349 Рік тому +4

      Me me me lmao
      If they build it I'll paint with that fancy paint/concrete sprayer lmao
      Just goes to show u that u don't ask your wife first lol
      If I bought that I'd be outside curled up in the dog house

  • @ajcnielsen
    @ajcnielsen Рік тому +310

    Also keep in mind - unlike Home Depot or Lowes who throw every open-box return in the liquidation pile, Harbor Freight (at least around here) have a table up front where they try to re-sell the usable returns or sets that are missing a piece. So their liquidation pallets will be like a HD pallet that's already been picked over for the "good" stuff.

    • @bryanmartin8336
      @bryanmartin8336 Рік тому +20

      I took a mechanic's toolset back once because it had two of the same size of one random wrench and I watched them put it right back on the shelf after I told them. They didn't even open it. But I've definitely taken advantage of that table in the front before too.

    • @IIGStewII
      @IIGStewII Рік тому +16

      I use Harbor Freight only for work tools, because people love stealing other peoples tools at my job. I always make it a point to check that table out just in case there's something useful.

    • @JohnnyD1993
      @JohnnyD1993 Рік тому +3

      I've bought a lot of goodies off that table.

    • @SadPuppySoup
      @SadPuppySoup Рік тому

      True

    • @bobjoned3398
      @bobjoned3398 Рік тому +5

      Between the grandkids, neighbors and friends coming over to "help", I have stocked up on Harbor Freight and Hyper Tuff to minimize my losses.

  • @RACustoms
    @RACustoms Рік тому +86

    I worked at Harbor Freight for a couple years. We put alot of the good condition and mostly complete tools in an open box section of the store at discount. Everything else gets palleted up like what you have. However half to most of the tools are usually working, either you got bad luck of the draw or the liquidator is trying to sell off the shittier pallets. Also ship me a welder!

    • @accubond3004
      @accubond3004 Рік тому +2

      This is true I also work at harbor frieght

    • @iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193
      @iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 Рік тому +4

      Is that the clearance section at the back cuz I’ve never seen an open box/returns section.

    • @RACustoms
      @RACustoms Рік тому

      @@iprobablywontseeyourreply.7193 No they are two different sections. Our Harbor Freight will put large Open Box items up front, and has a section where they pile a bunch of smaller open box items. The tags specifically say open box on them.

  • @michaelhardy9471
    @michaelhardy9471 Рік тому +8

    My favorite HF purchase was a small metal bench top vise. Still use the vise (there was no handle), but what made it my favorite was that the box had "Vice" on it in big red letters.

  • @leelatt
    @leelatt Рік тому +171

    I've bought pallets from liquidators before. One thing I learned quick is only buy pallets listed as coming directly from the retailer, not a 3rd party vendor, you'll get crap like this constantly. Learned this the hard way on 2 pallets of returned Amazon sporting goods, ended up with two pallets of pet food, kitchen goods, and expired supplements.

    • @John_Malecki
      @John_Malecki  Рік тому +41

      great tip my friend

    • @leelatt
      @leelatt Рік тому +5

      @@John_Malecki No problem, keep the great content coming!

    • @TheOrangeArmory
      @TheOrangeArmory Рік тому +10

      @@John_Malecki I worked at Harbor Freight around 10 years ago and this is exactly how we packed up returns at the store, just chuck shit into a big ass box.

    • @JJ79_
      @JJ79_ Рік тому +1

      I have better tip, Don't buy crap like these pallets ;)

    • @medici1959
      @medici1959 Рік тому +4

      @@TheOrangeArmory I worked for Harbor Fright from the summer of 2011 until Black Friday 2017. These pallets are known as Gaylords. There is no process of purchasing the return Gaylords without going through the 3rd party vendors. As far as I know, HFT does not offer them for sale, otherwise, HFT would be in violation of its contract with the salvage vendors. As you said, Josh, they appear to be just as we packed them and I don't believe the 3rd party vendor does anything but offer the Gaylords for sale. The fewer hands that touch them, the higher the profit to the 3rd party salvage vendor. Ironic that back in 1977 when HFT was founded by Mr. Allan Smidt the company's name was Harbor Freight & Salvage Co. My Son and I have been customers since the days of mail orders and white cardboard boxes. The condition of airless paint sprayers in the video is the rule for returns rather than the exception. We referred to ourselves as Harbor Feight and Tool Rental. Lazy assholes didn't want the bother of cleaning them, so they just returned them after they finished their project, dirty and clogged with dry paint.

  • @krazykage9210
    @krazykage9210 Рік тому +77

    My buddy use to buy those for a retail shop. I've never seen one so bad. Like that was a huge cluster. Here's an idea for the crap tools. Take them apart and make Christmas ornaments out of them. Like weld them together and make something cool looking out of it

    • @1320crusier
      @1320crusier Рік тому +2

      Keep the shit wrenches and make tools as needed

    • @workonitm8
      @workonitm8 Рік тому +2

      Yard art maybe ???

    • @billtribble7197
      @billtribble7197 Рік тому

      this is probably a fake from the start. some jerk offs will do anything to be on you tube.

  • @ronrobinson6777
    @ronrobinson6777 Рік тому +9

    I worked at Harbor Freight for a short time and you are correct they will take back anything there. It doesn’t matter it it was beat to hell. I was truly amazed by their return policy.

  • @j.c.aguiar2126
    @j.c.aguiar2126 Рік тому +2

    11:45 😂the little green Genny, I was watching a video earlier where a guy pulled the same one out of the trash and tried to repair it. You guys didn't toss that out, did you? ... 😂🤣😂

  • @rustyrudder1612
    @rustyrudder1612 Рік тому +161

    The play here is to go to harbor and try and return it all and get retail price for them 🤣

    • @alfonsoPina
      @alfonsoPina Рік тому +5

      actually, I like this idea. try to return all of them and get "your money" back.

    • @tysonkoehn1
      @tysonkoehn1 Рік тому +9

      He said they are all marked in a special way. I bet they look for the mark that it's been returned before but i bet most employees wouldnt notice and give your money back

    • @rustyrudder1612
      @rustyrudder1612 Рік тому +1

      @@tysonkoehn1 I more so just joking but I didn't catch that in the video.

    • @christiandebray
      @christiandebray Рік тому

      I will do but only for very crap tools.

    • @thomassmith9932
      @thomassmith9932 Рік тому +3

      I can not believe you guys are suggesting this at all. Thou shall not lie or steal. Remember those are commands not suggestions

  • @JakDanielz
    @JakDanielz Рік тому +75

    Harbor Freight really took each of those wrenches and priced them individually at about $5.66 per piece, even though the majority of those wrenches all came from multi-piece kits that were probably only worth $10-$15 each. Sorry that this pallet was such a cluster-f for you guys, but at least those compressors (esp the pancake and that bigger one) were in good enough shape to help someone out in their shop! I'd love to have one, but being from Virginia it's highly unlikely haha

    • @John_Malecki
      @John_Malecki  Рік тому +12

      yea it has a few things we can use for sure

    • @thomassmith9932
      @thomassmith9932 Рік тому +1

      Ditto

    • @wolfpreist
      @wolfpreist Рік тому +2

      I think the welders could be salvaged... but yeah.

    • @quadsquadracingable
      @quadsquadracingable Рік тому

      @@John_Malecki I think you have a scammer in here bud

    • @Smokeweed420
      @Smokeweed420 Рік тому

      @@John_Malecki Hey by any chance are you giving away any of those broke generators? I have small engine repair experience and a generator would be a blessing this winter.

  • @cameronkohl9818
    @cameronkohl9818 Рік тому +6

    I used to work at harbor freight. The amount of returns we got is insane. People buying them using them once and returning them or beating them to hell and returning them. Those looked like the "refurbished" items that they would send back to the store to sell again at a discount.

    • @cameronkohl9818
      @cameronkohl9818 Рік тому

      Also their main profit margin is on the cheaper items and those don't get returned as much as the medium end tools that people would "rent". It would cost $1.30 to make one of those heat guns and they'd sell it at like $10 on average where as the predator generators there'd be little profit margin in comparison.

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому

      In the past couple years , I've not once had to return an item at H.F.

  • @matthewpeterson3329
    @matthewpeterson3329 Рік тому +9

    I have had that same 12v compressor for over 15 years. The bag is shredded, but the pump still works like a champ. I carried it in my Polaris Ranger for about 10 years and used it to fill at least 100 tires. Honestly, it was the best bang for the buck of any Harbor Freight item I've owned.

  • @onecuet
    @onecuet Рік тому +77

    A lot of people are abusing the return policy. Harbor Frieght needs to update the policies to exclude returned used junk & shouldn't resell broken items

    • @frozenwalkway
      @frozenwalkway Рік тому +13

      It's a feature not a bug

    • @timthompson7205
      @timthompson7205 Рік тому +2

      I firmly agree with whatever your smile says

    • @anthonyferguson6544
      @anthonyferguson6544 Рік тому +2

      Ya at Home Depot they don't take back ruined products or at least there not supposed to. And returns of defective products are RMA only like new open box are supposed to be accepted by associates. But sometimes the service desk makes mistakes aka half empty products, no product, wrong product or destroyed products.

    • @timgoodliffe
      @timgoodliffe Рік тому

      If they didnt accept everything no one would buy from the HF

    • @SimoneChiaretta
      @SimoneChiaretta Рік тому +6

      That’s a fault in the US system. In Europe you can only return stuff within the first 7 days. After that it’s either a repair in warranty or a replacement. You cannot just return something because you do not like it any more. I went camping in US once, and a buddy of mine bought a tent, used it the form the month of camping we did, and later returned it, and got money back. How can this be “legal”?

  • @maddogshwa
    @maddogshwa Рік тому +14

    One of the many things I love about this channel is you're not afraid to show us a failure. We learn a lot from that too!

  • @prestonlane6253
    @prestonlane6253 Рік тому +9

    When I buy from HF, it's usually something that I'm going to use just a few times, or a spare tool I need to keep in the truck or at the office. If the truck/office tool gets the "five finger discount," it's not going to break the bank.

  • @narclem
    @narclem Рік тому +1

    Don’t know why I’m liking these pallet unboxing videos so much! 😂😂😂

  • @daveperkins2927
    @daveperkins2927 Рік тому +3

    Lou is Norm Abraham! You are The New Pittsburgh Workshop!! 🤣🤣

  • @mikewhitmire1007
    @mikewhitmire1007 Рік тому +15

    This pallet was unfortunate, the depot one was for sure better! But if you don’t want the welders I’d gladly take them! The spool gun alone would be a great asset for me lol

  • @codymorton3195
    @codymorton3195 Рік тому

    So I used to work at one, in Chattanooga, Tn! The amount of like bold theft was ridiculous…..but the returns we would get, they throw in that pallet you received. That’s almost exactly how it would look. Then they just ship them back out on trucks. I got plenty of deals from the store. The amount of people that would come in and buy a nail gun thinking it can hold up to normal construction…everyday. That store was a gem really!

  • @jacobburkett
    @jacobburkett Рік тому +4

    So I can tell you the crate you bought is returns from Harbor Freights Extended warranty coverage. When someone purchases an item and they purchase the extended warranty and bring back the item that is broken, the employee or managers takes the item to the back and that item is thrown in a pile (i.e. like the one you bought) When an item is purchased and it's brought back within the 90 day return policy, that item is sent back to the manufacturer.

  • @Aaron-vh4wd
    @Aaron-vh4wd Рік тому +12

    Returns are sent back to a facility to be tested- the best of the bunch are sent back to stores to be sold “as-is”…my guess is these pallets are the ones that didn’t make the cut

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому +1

      Me too , I believe the same thing , any of the as is stuff that I purchased was as fine as any other products on the shelves.

  • @BishjamIC
    @BishjamIC Рік тому +5

    I've not bought a pallets worth, but I scope out the open box areas of my local HF when I go. Gotten a couple turds I returned the next day but a fair few good buys. My worm drive circular saw I got basically 1/2 of MSRP, just needed an oring to fix it from being leaky.

  • @miketorres3934
    @miketorres3934 Рік тому +4

    I work at harbor freight and this is literally exactly how my co-workers stack theyre returns. that pallet came straight from the back of their warehose to yours!

  • @JohnSmith-ld1pw
    @JohnSmith-ld1pw Рік тому +1

    So much warrior and drill master! Those two brands practically come broken when new. The best item in that box by far was the Fortress compressor, assuming of course it is working properly. I have the same one and I love it. Nice and quiet. Not sure how the grab bar on yours got so bent up, mine is a at a lower angle that doesn't block the outlet. That whole handle slides forward with four more mounting screws anyway, to give better leverage when grabbing and moving around the garage

  • @ca_ged
    @ca_ged Рік тому +12

    Waiting for the Scooby Doo ending where Jordan pulls his mask off and it’s really been Sam this whole time.

    • @mikep3008
      @mikep3008 Рік тому +2

      Yes we’re has Sam been

    • @michaelwillson6847
      @michaelwillson6847 Рік тому +1

      Sam went away do other things.

    • @ca_ged
      @ca_ged Рік тому +1

      @@michaelwillson6847 hope he’s successful

  • @commoncents7330
    @commoncents7330 Рік тому +7

    I'll take the airbrush tank anyday. It's a step above the one I use for painting model aircraft kits. I like to think someone got it as an air compressor for something that needed more balls behind it instead of a tank meant to push paint.

  • @brenhassien3374
    @brenhassien3374 Рік тому

    I've taken on the philosophy a friend of mine. He was using a cheap $30 benchtop drill press to make a sewing thread caddy for his wife when I asked how he was drilling the holes he pointed to the drill press and said "I buy the cheap item first, if I burn it up in a year then go I'll buy good one." I have the Avanti hand held airless sprayer it's definitely not a Wagner. I haven't opened the $99 welder yet. Now I have to watch your HD one, because I didn't know you could buy stuff like that!

  • @timdixon9224
    @timdixon9224 Рік тому +1

    I work on tow boats so I use the Bauer tools. The price is right and they hold up great. I have the 1/2 inch impact and it's a 2018 model. Used every day and has been run under water. Still going.

  • @reversegiraffe8774
    @reversegiraffe8774 Рік тому +3

    I can personally vouch for the titanium 110 welder though. I own one myself and for it being such an inexpensive briefcase welder, I would honestly put it up in the same bracket with Hobart and low line Miller welders. Shame that the two you got were trashed, seriously a solid product.

    • @fayceoff
      @fayceoff Рік тому +1

      I have one and I love it. I use it for building stuff (bumpersJeeps. tire carriers, roof racks, rock sliders, etc) for my jeeps.

    • @teresawallace747
      @teresawallace747 3 місяці тому +1

      I own the same 110 stick welder and also the same 110 wire welder and 4yrs later still works like new.

  • @ultimate1933
    @ultimate1933 Рік тому +3

    I used to work at Harbor Freight and a lot of our returns we sold at the parking lot sales. We had a spot in the back of the store were the returns went. Most weren't checked to see it they worked.

  • @kenibnanak5554
    @kenibnanak5554 Рік тому

    I spent a few months working as a temp at a Kohl's warehouse dealing with many, many shipping containers full of returns. We get into things like store and vendor return policies and warranty policies when we discuss what was returned. Some places allow returns within 30 days even if used, some don't if the box has been opened, unless you can show the item is wrong or simply doesn't work.
    Need a one time use of an impact driver? Buy one, use it for that one job, then bring it back and claim it doesn't work and get your money back. Need a new gas tank fill cap for your generator, buy one like it, take the part you need off, then bring the generator back and claim it is missing the fill tank cap. Or just put the used one in the box and return it to a place with a clerk that doesn't question. Some people are like that and take full advantage of return policies.
    On the other hand, from having wasted money on some air compressors that really do fail to compress for more than one use, or a pull to start lawn mower the cord of which breaks at the first pull, etc. aren't unusual or unheard of. I once bought a cheap, new Poulan chain saw the casing which melted from engine heat during it's use. It is fair to say if it was mechanical, those boxes were usually opened and returned because someone had tried the item and found it to not be working.
    I saw air compressors, small dorm room refrigerators and battery chargers. I saw relatively few never unsealed boxes of things mechanical or electronic. Many of those boxes had been partially crushed. It was pretty rare for me to see a box containing a battery charger or a heat gun that hadn't been opened. There were a few bit damaged things (including some that looked really cool to have) but open boxes missing parts or with something that even casual observation showed breakage were pretty common. There was a lot of stuff that came in sealed, plain Jane cardboard boxes that I had no idea of the contents (they had bar codes telling someone with a scanner what was inside, but that wasn't my job). But there were lots of original boxes too. As well as items without any box. Actual non electrical tools were uncommon. Probably not too many reasons to return a hammer or a pair of pliers. However I did see wrench and s. ocket sets. Air compressors were not uncommon (also hydraulic jacks with leaking oil)I did see lots of pillows, foam cushions and the like as I put items on a conveyor belt for someone else to sort. Lots of shoes and clothing returns too. Wrong color or size I guess. How much was actual return to store of purchase vs an online purchase I had no way of knowing. Occasionally I saw big ticket or unusual items I don't normally associate with Kohls like once or twice an Eprom programmer device or a Sun computer terminal and how did I miss those sales? My favorite was a brand new looking shrink wrapped V8 engine too heavy for the conveyor belt and it was moved around by it's own pallet jack.
    If I could cherry pick which return item would go into a crate to be sold at a discount, then heck yeah, that would be a great buy. But from actual observation of literally tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of returns (our daily performance metric target was 6,000 items per day and we usually beat that) I would pass on a randomly filled crate. I can easily anticipate crates filled with what is best described as junk or landfill.

  • @charlieb1613
    @charlieb1613 Рік тому

    Something additional, be sure to get and keep the units manual. If you don’t have a manual, you can get one on-line or get HF to send you one.

  • @RGudmetalhead
    @RGudmetalhead Рік тому +3

    If heat gun gives a bit of smoke it’s probably new, most of them give some smoke when new, then they stop. Well, unless they are broken.

  • @billyrussell8684
    @billyrussell8684 Рік тому +7

    I went through 5 of those trickle charges. Just because I live walking distance to a Habor freight and kept thinking maybe the next one will work…maybe that was one of my returns lol

    • @mattmgarza
      @mattmgarza Рік тому +1

      You mean the charger with the trickle charge and emergency start? The Centech? I have it and haven't used it much but I believe you---not expecting great things from it.

    • @mikefelty2625
      @mikefelty2625 Рік тому

      Almost the same thing for me. I returned 3 of them in like a month, then finally got one that worked for more than a week, and that one has been going strong fpr nearly 2 years.

    • @rswearing
      @rswearing Рік тому

      Yup. They work until they don't.

  • @CanadianPenguin_
    @CanadianPenguin_ Рік тому +2

    Princessauto here in Canada sometimes does "scratch and dent" sales for returned or new damaged items they're nice because you can inspect the stuff and negotiate on the price.

  • @MrBluemonkey03
    @MrBluemonkey03 Рік тому

    Do more building videos! Miss the days when these type of videos were the rare ones (That's what made them fun!)

  • @SHADOWFOX1464
    @SHADOWFOX1464 Рік тому +5

    John’s reaction to the $hit pile had me dying😂😂😂

  • @dame_fan_0
    @dame_fan_0 Рік тому +6

    Love this series not as good as the epoxy series but still I love it keep up the good work 🙏❤️🤟😁

  • @charlespartak2435
    @charlespartak2435 Рік тому +1

    @3:47... i own the same grinder. that rattle you hear is the shaft lock button on the backside. shaft lock is pressed to lock the arbor in position with a pin when you change the cutting or grinding wheel . i noticed mine doing the same exact thing and when i inspected it , i noticed the button/cover came off. it must have some kind of return spring action to hold that pin out while in use. grinder still in operation but im waiting for that pin to drop in place on its own during use and lock it up . remember its only a $16 grinder.

    • @alekpo2000
      @alekpo2000 2 місяці тому

      one of them sounds like the gears are missing teeth, it happens when u put too much force when cutting. ends up in the gear fail and the whole thing just turns into a pile of pieces lol

  • @rich7934
    @rich7934 Рік тому

    Gotta say, I was surprised how good the little Tailgater Generators are. I have one of the previous generation ones (from the last group of red painted ones). Durring a winter power outage, it was strong enough to almost run my 25 cu ft refrigerator. The fridge wasn't running at full speed, but it ran and cooled down. Weld the crankcase hole shut, change the gas to 2 cycle mix and they should run (Assuming they were not returned because an idjit ran them on straight gasoline. Warrior is the bottom of the bargain basement level, bad enough that they make Cal-Hawk look slightly premium...

  • @tylerr3469
    @tylerr3469 Рік тому +3

    Lou looks like that guy from this old house😂

  • @maxx_life
    @maxx_life Рік тому +3

    Those heat guns are actually pretty decent, ive had mine for 6 years, paid 6$ for it with a paper coupon, hasn't failed me once

  • @Sgreubel
    @Sgreubel Рік тому +1

    It's kind of like the Christmas where you think you are getting a smart phone and inside the box is a pair of wool socks!

  • @woodturnersteve
    @woodturnersteve Рік тому

    Excellent video. I appreciate your approach.

  • @thelast929
    @thelast929 Рік тому +3

    I have that exact battery charger. Shockingly, it works really well! Definitely a keeper!

  • @Jason_Bacon
    @Jason_Bacon Рік тому +3

    Lou looks like Norm Abrams, not John Malecki.

  • @selador11
    @selador11 Рік тому

    That charger has worked for me for nearly a decade already. Charges every time, and is a great 'starter' boost when used that way! Definitely should go in the 'bonus' pile!

  • @dirtychevyful
    @dirtychevyful Рік тому

    John can you do a video on buying lumber for the newbies like myself. Sizing, places to order from if you live in BFE like myself?? Awesome videos by the way, I never miss one

  • @Azurko
    @Azurko Рік тому +6

    The Warrior brand at HF is the "use & abuse until it breaks and toss" brand (better known as the meh brand).

    • @mattmgarza
      @mattmgarza Рік тому +1

      Yep, and some of their bits and drill accessories just belong straight in the garbage lol

    • @mikefelty2625
      @mikefelty2625 Рік тому +1

      @@mattmgarza I agree. Someone at my work bought a set of Warrior drill bits, and some of them came out of the case bent.

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому

      They break easily

  • @brianfaust8714
    @brianfaust8714 Рік тому +3

    That Fortress compressor is quiet and works well. For what they cost it's a deal.

  • @FilthUD
    @FilthUD Рік тому +1

    LMFAO!! When he sent the belt sander like an RC car

  • @rolfbjorn9937
    @rolfbjorn9937 Рік тому

    There are a couple of companies that import those pallets, refurbish/inspect those tools and make the Harbor Freight tools available to us in Canada. You can't understand how cornered we are, especially in Quebec, with retailers like Home Depot/Canadian Tire/Rona (Lowes) jacking the prices of the cheap stuff to premium levels and removing more and more product diversity from the shelves. Watching UA-cam, you keep hearing about how easy it is to procure X or Y item from "ANY" hardware store...not here.
    I have to look up online and find retailers that will ship to canada at a decent cost nowadays. It's cheaper for me 99% of the time to order from Rock Auto and pay 100+$ of shipping than go to the nearby Carquest or Napa.

  • @andrewwebb2141
    @andrewwebb2141 Рік тому +4

    Gotta have Lou make something 🤞

  • @stoneinc2240
    @stoneinc2240 Рік тому +4

    “I’m never going to financially recover from this”
    John Malecki

  • @jamessharp5337
    @jamessharp5337 Рік тому

    That airbrush compressor is cool. I paint lures as a hobby and use a similar one. Found it at a yard sale and it works great.

  • @mredashfishing
    @mredashfishing 7 днів тому

    I actually love that little Pittsburg Compressor in my Beach Jeep. Airs up my tires super fast.

  • @CiaranGallagher77
    @CiaranGallagher77 Рік тому +3

    Did I miss where Sam went ?

  • @rossbecksfort3645
    @rossbecksfort3645 Рік тому +3

    Did I miss something…feel like I haven’t seen Sam in a while

  • @cordcd7
    @cordcd7 Рік тому +1

    To this day, the best thing I ever bought from the Freight was an 'As-is' 125A Flux Core welder for $38. Get me in to welding and caused me to buy a couple others from them. HF can definitely be hit or miss but if you play your cards right, it doesn't always have to be buy once, cry once.

  • @house0073
    @house0073 Рік тому

    Got that same winch hooked up to a farm plow.. no snow yet this year but it lifts a heavy a$$ plow no problem.. keep up the great content

  • @cquick36
    @cquick36 Рік тому +3

    Does Sam still work for you?

  • @kiwicedric687
    @kiwicedric687 Рік тому +4

    I don't even understand the concept of buying shop returns , not sure it exists here in France.
    It's like paying the right to do shopping in a junkyard 😂
    But i love this kind of videos on your channel, thanks!

  • @joshuaquick5511
    @joshuaquick5511 Рік тому

    Only time I ever had trouble with one of the table items mentioned below was when I purchased the warrior grinder. It didn't perform at its full speed rating and wasn't powerful enough to cut what I was cutting. They allowed me to return it for a partial exchange on the Hercules grinder.

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому

      I was lucky when I learned that a tire gauge was defective that someone else bought, then was taken back to return, just have to watch what you're buying and if possible test it out in the parking lot.😊

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom Рік тому +1

    I have that tire inflator. If you have a substantially older vehicle, as in 25 years or older, it works well. On newer ones you run a very serious risk of blowing a fuse if you use it. Really have no clue why it's still sold nowadays. I went with a different, hand-held, inflator from a better brand *not* sold at H.F.

  • @dylanpouch7
    @dylanpouch7 Рік тому +9

    feels illegal to be this early

  • @HickSquatch
    @HickSquatch Рік тому +1

    I have a lot of HoboFreight tools. Most everything is halfway decent with a little spiffing up: like the angle grinder that came with a dry gearbox. I greased it and it’s been good for like fifteen years now!
    I have that same heat gun: yup it stinks until the heating element burns off the manufacturing goo. It works great now.

  • @ferret19731
    @ferret19731 Рік тому

    A friend who owns a store bought a truckload HF return, and I helped him sort and test everything.
    1 US General (I think was a 42 inch) toolbox had a huge dent on the top, beyond that it was great. Added a wood workbench top after pounding the dent out, and sold out just under full HF price.
    Most air compressors worked, and the non working just had minor issues (relief valve opened at 120 psi, and wouldn't close automatically until it was empty)
    A ton of grinders used once, a couple that needed brushes, and a few pallets of the tailgate generators that were all pretty much garbage.
    Either he'd gotten real lucky, or you'd been royally screwed.

  • @jarodmorris611
    @jarodmorris611 Рік тому +1

    I think John might have said "You win!" before Lou even said his number. lol

  • @LoveTeeC3
    @LoveTeeC3 Рік тому

    Who else saw Lou mouth, "Oh s**t" with absolute dread on his face when he was asked to sort wrenches?!??! Epic 🤣

  • @johnhufnagel
    @johnhufnagel Рік тому +1

    I also have one of those 2500# ATV winches. i bolted it to the floor of my garage. makes a great pull-in-the-dead-car winch. as long as it rolls freely it's never had a problem.

    • @riveneva1519
      @riveneva1519 Рік тому

      I’ve got one of those too, and use it exactly the same as you to drag dead cars into the garage. I also have a receiver mount and I put the winch on it and use it to drag dead cars out of the garage as well as other uses around the house. I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth out if it.

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому

      Good idea 💡

  • @413DaveRN
    @413DaveRN Рік тому +1

    Thanks for helping to keep harbor freight prices low!

  • @Guillotines_For_Globalists
    @Guillotines_For_Globalists Рік тому +1

    I would be excited to have a harbor freight returns pallet for a reasonable price. Years ago I heard about dumpster diving at harbor freight. About 5 years ago I decided go check out their trash bin with my fiance (lol) and scored a crappy leaking pvc air hose and an engine honing tool which I actually sold.

  • @whitneymyers3071
    @whitneymyers3071 Рік тому

    Completely addicted to this content. Wait until my wife learns I'm going to start woodworking again 🤣🤣

  • @SweeturKraut
    @SweeturKraut Рік тому +1

    I had one of those ten dollar grinders and used it on all kinds of odd projects in my formative years. It’s not bad for ten bucks.

  • @lauramarshall6376
    @lauramarshall6376 Рік тому

    Well, I have to say I learned something from this. I didn't have to nicely repackage the stuff I returned to HF because, after getting them home and trying them, they didn't work or were so far out of alignment that they were useless. My policy is that if it has an on/off switch, never from HF.

  • @PandorasFolly
    @PandorasFolly Рік тому

    I used to work at HF a little over a decade ago. Anything that got returned was borked AF. Once had a jack hammer comeback because it wouldn't hold the chisel....the mount for the chisel had been welded in wrong.

  • @wizkid915
    @wizkid915 Рік тому +1

    “Nobody needs seven 17mm wrenches.” 😂😂

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому

      I've noticed that they don't put the 18 mm wrenches between the 17& 19 on the cheaper wrench sets , they do on the more expensive ones.

  • @aaroncook5681
    @aaroncook5681 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for killing my curiosity! I am so glad I have never pulled the trigger on something like this. This confirms my hesitations.

  • @morganfreeman5171
    @morganfreeman5171 Рік тому

    Love this content !

  • @petercook3143
    @petercook3143 11 місяців тому

    I have the circular saw, the 12v drill, the battery charger and the winch, and the green welder. All work well when used within their means. The circular saw is very smooth and cuts like butter with a new blade in it, very comfortable grip. The green welder is my el cheapo go to for exhaust work and fabrication on cars, bery light weight, easy to move around a car. The 12v drill do have their issues, mostly stop working after laying around for months and one, the battery woudnt remove. The 2500 ATV winch will pull a 4000 pound car onto a trailer, with Engine, no problem, have been using them for years.

  • @XeloX
    @XeloX 2 місяці тому

    Really happy to see less meme interruptions in this video compared to others on this channel, probably just me but it always takes me out of an otherwise great video.

    • @TheMesosuchus
      @TheMesosuchus Місяць тому

      it is not just you. Between that and the insane number of 'Merica Flags...

  • @Ma_Deuce_338
    @Ma_Deuce_338 Рік тому

    Useable good stuff… that’s a humor. Given the general opinion you are a warrior.

  • @cztech2631
    @cztech2631 Рік тому

    Things break quite frequently from Harbor Freight, so I think they just have a super lax return policy within 90-days.
    I bought a Bauer orbital sander and it died after 6-weeks of use. Didn’t use it all that much maybe like 1-2 times a week. One day the sander just died when I tried to turn it on… Wouldn’t turn on after I tested it on other outlets.
    I bet some poor guy bought it on a pallet and it’s completely useless now.
    Supposedly the QA for the tools they sell at HF is minimal and there’s quite a few lemons in what they sell, but it’s 50/50 I think on whether something will hold up or just straight die on you.
    My oscillating tool from HF is still going strong after 6 months of use 😊

  • @charly1333mtz
    @charly1333mtz 11 місяців тому

    3:56 -18 pesos 😂 that cracked me

  • @DavidManasco
    @DavidManasco Рік тому

    Loved the Bill Wurtz sound bit thrown in there.

  • @braydenscott5229
    @braydenscott5229 Рік тому

    Saw a short clip of someone making a guitar out of the live edges of a small cookie and epoxy. Would love to see you recreate that!

  • @davidfisk3274
    @davidfisk3274 Рік тому +1

    I love these videos and I learn a lot. thanks for making mistakes before I do

  • @israelcubilo1028
    @israelcubilo1028 Рік тому

    Well for my here in costa rica the hf returns are a good option we dont have a hf store around but there is a place that resell those ítem and here the tools are extremelly expensive, is a good option for works arround the house even if the ítem are sold at the same price that brand New stuff

  • @richardbates2367
    @richardbates2367 7 місяців тому

    Those portable air compressors in the Pittsburgh box are strong enough to air up bigger pickup truck tires mine are 265/75/16 at just has a 15-20 minute cool off period I gave $36 for mine works great and it's dependable I have been using it for about 2 years,, since the built in air compressor on my ever start 1200ah battery jump starter booster pack quit after using it for the same tires 4 times .. and I have the Pittsburgh box end offset wrenches in both sae and metric $14 a set, and the 32 PC saw and metric combination wrench set the not label ones $21, and the half moon wrench set I got both for $13 there ok the other sets of wrenches are pretty decent for what they are. I gave $87 for the Bauer 1/2 drill and the impact is the earthquake xt pneumatic impact is supposed to be worth $145 new.

  • @angus4202
    @angus4202 Рік тому

    please do more of these

  • @TruePatriot76
    @TruePatriot76 Рік тому +1

    You should do a build challenge where you only can use the tools from this box. 👍🇺🇸😂

  • @quentindeming6564
    @quentindeming6564 Рік тому +1

    I personally had the drill master angle grinder from harbor freight for 6 years and it still runs nicely

  • @jacoblewis8198
    @jacoblewis8198 Рік тому

    Love the video man!! I’m 16 and I started a detailing business this past year! Anyways I need a air compressor and do not have enough in my budget to buy a new one. I was wondering if you would be open to selling that one that seemed to work. I would love to be able to buy it!!!

    • @tracysmith9934
      @tracysmith9934 Рік тому

      Auctions are good places to find decent deals also

  • @pl9915
    @pl9915 3 місяці тому

    I don't buy pallets. I get them for free in bulk from almost every single business. I can fit 70 pallets in my enclosed trailer. Every 400 48x40 pallets they save 350 by not having to pay a flatbed to dump them. Then, i take the pallets apart w/duck bill deck wrecker, pneumatic nail kicker, safety glasses, & an old trashcan -stacking boards side by side for temporary lids for ricochets. Then, use wood for projects. I've never sold them to a manufacturer -but, they all say you can.

  • @tonyparrish5566
    @tonyparrish5566 Рік тому

    The best thing for me was getting a Harbor Freight ad with this video, lol.

  • @kevinbarnette3234
    @kevinbarnette3234 Рік тому

    You should definitely add that clock to the trash to. Lol

  • @georges6432
    @georges6432 Рік тому

    @13:22 Gotta love those basement garages....you know, an underground place where you um, park your car? and use a compressor

  • @MrNavyman53
    @MrNavyman53 Рік тому

    4:58 "you can see it spark" yeah, that's how every battery powered drill was pre-brushless becoming the norm.

  • @loopinnerthe
    @loopinnerthe Рік тому +1

    Set the whole lot in a box of clear epoxy. Apart from the winch. Then winch it up to the roof and let it hang there like a big sword of Damocles.

  • @clint5871
    @clint5871 Рік тому

    That steelers sign in the background should be in that box lol