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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / March 2007Harbor Freight Portapower Sets - Are They Worth Buying?
I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. I am used to the Enerpac products...good stuff. Are the Harbor Freight portapower set worth buying? They have both a 4 and 10 ton set available. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44899 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44900 Thank you for your suggestions. TMT > I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. I bought a portapower set (10 tons) 30 (in words: thirty) years ago. Still working. But the power cylinder is losing oil now. Bent quite some cars straight when I was young (NOT my cars), now it serves as a shop-press. For that price, BUY IT NOW! Nick  Signature*********************************** *** The lowcost DRO *** *********************************** <http://www.yadro.de> > Are the Harbor Freight portapower set worth buying? I've used one for dent repairs. Worked great. Also consider the 94681 add-on kit with the pullback ram. There's a short lifter that could be drilled for a hydraulic pressure gage to make a force gage. >I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >TMT You won't be able to do much with the 4 ton. The 10 ton is a generic set that's sold under seemingly a few dozen names including "DELCO." Works pretty good, but you can break attachments if you really push it. I use mine all the time on the 1/4 mile dirt oval car -- for obvious reasons. Don www.donsautomotive.com >I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44900 Check out Cummings tool http://www.cumminstools.com/search.htm?searchterm=porta+power&step=2&viewfrom=1& numresults=10&x=25&y=9 Note price $100.00 I bought the 10 ton set and got a pretty good value for the buck. Only problem was the plastic case came destroyed from the mail, but I called and actually talked to a human. Three days later I had a new case and didn't have to return the old one. Roger > >I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Roger Thanks for the Cummings link...I had forgotten about them. Has anyone had any experience with their accessory kit? http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,2218.htm TMT Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in article <1174511875.190211.140100@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>... > I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > They have both a 4 and 10 ton set available. If you are used to working with Enerpac hydraulic products, there will be a bit of a "cultural shock" when you start working with the Asian crap from Horrible Fright! Some people never see the difference because all they have ever bought is the cheap Chinese crap, but YOU should notice it since you have worked with quality stuff. Having said that, the HF stuff may fill your needs.......but, if I was working with it on a daily basis - in a body shop environment for example - I would prefer the Enerpac or OTC stuff. >Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in article ><1174511875.190211.140100@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>... [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >working with it on a daily basis - in a body shop environment for example - > I would prefer the Enerpac or OTC stuff. I have both Enerpac/OTC and HF hydraulics. Yes..the Enerpac/OTC are superior. But about 5 x the price as well. For one-offs and for hobby grade stuff..the HF/Clones are just fine IMHO. If I were using it daily..yes.Id go with the Enerpac/OTC Gunner "Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western civilization as it commits suicide" - James Burnham Too_Many_Tools <too_many_tools@yahoo.com> wrote in article <1174511875.190211.140100@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>... > I am considering buying a portapower set for the home shop. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > They have both a 4 and 10 ton set available. Compared with the Enerpac, the Harbor Freight stuff is really, really cheap feeling and you won't be happy with that. It really does not feel like good metal or good machining. But, it will mostly do the job if you can live with that. Go with the 10 ton unit, not the 4. But honestly, you really want to check this stuff out at a Harbor Freight store before buying it, because you will be amazed at how cheesy it is. Probably fine for occasional use, though. --scott Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." > Are the Harbor Freight portapower set worth buying? > > They have both a 4 and 10 ton set available. I bought the 10 ton. It's worth it. The only thing I don't like is the cheap plastic case. SignatureJohn L. Weatherly Nashville, TN please remove XXXs to reply via email |
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