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you can always replace the orings and seals.Some of you guy's have already seen my 80's Taiwan hoist made by "Allied" I just re-engineered a few months back, I put Larger casters and widened the stance. For straddling machines encountered in the "Hobby Shop"
Here is what it looked like before I re-did it, This pic is from google:
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I will have to add, The 8 Ton Long Ram I just bought, Is about 2/3rds the ram that came with this hoist. What a shame, Everything these days is smaller, Lighter and cheaper to make. The old one still works, But it leaks pretty bad.
Yeah, I will probably do that, I hate to throw it out, It's a way stouter ram.you can always replace the orings and seals.
I don't get what people's complaint about HF is.I get p i s s e d off reading these new products and then seeing the reviews, and then I see a stuipid photo, that shows the old unit being touted as the new unit, and the photo has the tires still attached. If I am lifting a motor out, I don't have the tires still attached. I remove them to remove the weight and annoyance of having them in the way. Next, it's the old lift... look at the pics carefully. and Only $369 for the 2t unit.. Of course only 2 years ago, the old unit was $129 to $159 depending. Now its $269. and no longer available.. and this is HOW MUCH BETTER?
edit: oh did I mention the photo, the crack (VOID) that this supposedly rolled over.
are you certain of that?Remember, HF does not rate by safe working capacity. Their tonnage ratings on all equipment are the ultimate failure point. In other words, the 2000 lb hoist will lift 2000 lbs, once. The 250 lb bar stool will support 250 lbs, once. The 1200 lb utility trailer will take 1200 lbs, once.
It's like metric, take their rating and divide by 2.54, and you get a rating you can use.
are you certain of that?
The wheel definitely went in the hole in the floor in that second picI have had both of these experiences with HF engine hoists and HF engine stands. They were made for 4-bangers. Even with a 4-cyl the stands still are tippy and the hoist can't be used at full reach. Folding my hoist at full ram extension was a separate event that I earned credit for, but having to weight the back of the hoist in a panic while pulling a 1.3l without the trans is silly.
There must be some simple fix to make these seemingly rudimentary tools functional. As purchased, it's as if these are designed to fail. They probably engineered them to fail 99% of the time, but the factory botched it 'cause it's Harbor Freight, so they only fail 40% of the time, missing their intended goal. Since it doesn't do what it's supposed to, it meets the HF gold standard, and they continue to be sales leading items.
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