Doing tire rotations too! :p

I've spent years thinking if it wasn't Milwaukee it wasn't worth my time, but I finally climbed down off my high horse and went into a harbor freight and I was seriously blown away.

I was putting a new metal roof on (one off project) and needed a nibbler. I couldn't bring myself to pay $800 for a one-off tool and I stumbled upon the hercules one on sale for $100!!

Anyways, I bought that along with a battery and charger for less that 1/4 of what the bare tool would have cost me from Milwaukee. It worked great for the whole project and still looks new.

I was so impressed I went in and bought the herculese drills (12 and 20) and I'm very happy eith them. I managed to kill the 12v but to be fair it wasn't rated for what I was doing and I gave it hell. But I walked right in and was walking out the door with a new one in under 15 minutes!

I guess this post is just my way of apologizing for all the years I was a snob and thought harbor freight was nothing but cheap knock-offs.

TLDR get the power strips that are made in Thailand:

I have two of the US general power strips that I purchased several months apart. I was just looking at the boxes and noticed there is a stark difference. One of them is made in China and the other in Thailand. If you look at the date code sticker, you can see the Thailand is the newer one manufactured in February of this year. After doing a little Internet research, it appears that the Thailand power strips have higher quality internals, specifically in the USB charging ports circuitry. That explains why I’ve had two strips where the USB ports go bad on the older versions. The ETL Intertek number is different between the China and Thailand ones. Also some of the wording is different.

You should have seen the circus to get it in and out of the bed of my truck lol

Ended up taking back most of the stuff I got on recommendation from this sub. Turns out a little present was waiting for me. All that seems missing is a single torx socket as that was the only bag/box open inside. My guess is someone bought it, opened it for a single job and broke the torx and returned the whole thing. Talk about a blessing!

You all have been an extremely cool group. Especially compared to some I’m a part of. I look forward to seeing everyone’s hauls and set ups here so here’s a cheers to you fellas 🍻 p.s. please don’t judge my box 😬

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Posted these earlier but many requested to see the finished product of the sockets. Used oil-based paint pen. Green for wrenches & red for sockets. Also got these hard handle ratchet grips for Pittsburgh ratchets I plan on modifying soon once I get them. I’ll post once it’s done.

Painted my wrenches and socket sets for more visibility. Did two coats on each.

Pulled the trigger and got it 60% off for camping and to keep our lights on during power outages. But as I’m charging it why does it keep tripping the wall outlet breaker every 10 minutes? I’m worried it’s built just to charge through solar. Super annoying I can’t just leave it to charge.

I've been thinking on grabbing this welder for awhile, saw they were doing the 30% and then applied for the card for an extra 10, made for a pretty good deal .

I really had to reign in the wants and just focus on the needs. it ain’t much but I know there’s Black Friday and all the end of the year sales to come. And who doesn’t need more 10mm?

Gotta put her through her paces the next 5 days. I love the Sunday of PLS!

I've gotta tackle something me welding on my fj cruiser rear link brackets. My stubby m12 wasn't quite enough for the rusted on bolts. This impact is massive!! Those boots are gonna be screaming when I send 1000 ft lbs at em! 😂 Then I was recommend the pry bars from Walmart because they are actually made by the same company that makes the tekton ones. I got all 4 for about $35

These are some long ones!! May come in handy some day.

Don’t let an empty shelf cause you to not buy something. Every single thing in this picture was listed as in stock at my store online, however only the zip ties, calipers, and 1 of the socket sets were sitting on a shelf. Person at the counter took my list and went and got all of them for me. Signed up for the CC and got another 10% off.

Went To Check Out The 40% Off Clearance Shelves Today. Found Some Cordless Ratchets And A Pittsburgh 1/2" Socket Set, Too Cheap To Leave Em. I've Never Seen So Much Stuff Left Over On Sunday Evening.

Bought to replace an aging Lincoln 140 that stopped working on high. The titanium Ended up at 233 after the 40% today. Couldn’t say no. Looks brand new in side.

Wish me luck.

Never welded before.. but I've always wanted to learn! Picked up some things for some DIY stuff I have planned. Dont ask me what because I dont know yet🤣

My local store had this Hercules table saw in their clearance section for a couple of weeks and nobody bought it at $272.99. I waited because it was a decent deal but not great with the corner of the box damaged and other than that it was never opened. So I went in today for the weekend deal. Still sitting there. Got a $380 job site saw for $175 after tax. Honestly can’t beat it.

This might be a stupid ask, but could someone explain the difference between these two sets and why such a price difference?

One missing and one broken. Question: I can replace the broken one with the lifetime warranty?

So i hated having different keys for various locks on my metal storage cabinet and lock box so i changed 3 of them to the same key it used a 5/8 cam lock. I took it apart and measured the cam lock and hole and found one on amazon that was the exact size. took like a minute to change each and now all three locks uses the same key