There's a rather lengthy tool Forum(Tool Talk, Garage Journal, or maybe
Garage Gazzette) that has a lengthy listing of Harbor Freight tools and
which ones last and which ones don't....worth checking out before your
next "investment".  BTW, my .45 cal. ammo box is pretty near 1/2 full of
Pittsburg Forge sockets, wrenches etc. for my "Emergency repair kit" for
which ever vehicle I take outside of the county, but I was pretty picky
about which HF tools I bought.  Thinking I spent maybe $60 total and
that ammo box is packed to the gills.  Of course, there are plenty of
American tools in there too.  My wife calls me a Chinaphobe.......and I
take that as a compliment.......

DM&FS

On 9/29/2013 8:18 PM, Rob wrote:
> At  9/29/2013 07:18 PM, JRodgers wrote:
>> Scott,
>>
>> I had a lug nut that way once. Some yahoo at a tire place must have
>> turned the air way up when the tires were put on, cause nothing would
>> back it off when I needed it off - which was after a flat in purt'near
>> the middle of nowhere. Even my four foot cheater in the back seat
>> wouldn't budge it. There was a little house across the road and a fellow
>> there had a small grinder. We strung one long extension across the road
>> and I ground and ground and ground on that nut.
>
>
> Had to take a lug nut off with a chisel & hammer one rainy afternoon
> on the south side of the GG Bridge, I split the nut.
>
>
> Speaking of Harbor Freight tools, I'm a fan for the most part but I
> do realize that sometimes I buy crap. I picked up a set of chisels &
> punches sometime back, this afternoon I needed a chisel & tried
> those. After 3 different ones I tossed them & dug out an old 'real'
> chisel that even kind of worn did the job the first time.
>
> I've had no problems with HF 1/2" breaker bars for lug nuts and have
> use them in more than one car, I do go to Sears & get a Craftsman 6
> point socket for them. On the bus I put the bar out at 9 o'clock,
> hold on the gutter and gently bounce on the bar while chanting
> 'leftee-loosee'.
>
>
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
> Volkswagen Enthusiast ....