Harbor Freight - Gems and Junk

roadrunnerh said

Jos51700,
No offense, but before you advise me to learn how to shop, perhaps you can learn how to comprehend what you are reading. I looked for ENGINE STANDS not jack stands...Sheesh.

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Fair enough:

Google "First-class engine stand"
http://www.cmproductsstands.com/
$480 get you one fancy-dammit engine stand.

Google "made in USA Engine Stand"
http://www.norcoind.com/norco/products/model/78100.html

Find it here for $308:
http://www.handsontools.com/Norco-78100-1000-lb-Capacity-Engine-Stand_p_5836.html

Still fully a third cheaper than anything you didn't bother actually looking for, and that was only two minutes on Google. Give me ten minutes, I can probably get closer to half price.

You want me to get your groceries, too? ;-)

FWIW, that HF 1000lb stand looks an awful lot like they copied the Norco
http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb-engine-stand-69886.html

Me? I think I'll be buying the double-roller bearing fancy pants model next. My $2000+ motors aren't deserving of cheap Chinese gravity defiance, nor are my toes. If I decide not to use my USA-made welder and some USA-made, Union Manufactured steel to whip one up, here in Missouri, USA, that is.