Harbor Freight Portapower Sets - Are They Worth Buying?

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Harbor Freight Portapower Sets - Are They Worth Buying? Too_Many_Tools 03-21-2007
Posted by Too_Many_Tools on March 21, 2007, 5:17 pm
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 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


Posted by Nick Mueller on March 21, 2007, 6:17 pm
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:

> 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
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Posted by Richard J Kinch on March 21, 2007, 6:29 pm
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Too_Many_Tools writes:

> 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.

Posted by Grant Erwin on March 21, 2007, 7:26 pm
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:

> 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.

I have their 4 ton unit. Works fine, a real bargain. At that price
point I expect to put in new O-rings every couple of years, but so
far it hasn't needed any.

GWE

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Posted by Don on March 21, 2007, 10:42 pm
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On 21 Mar 2007 14:17:55 -0700, "Too_Many_Tools"

>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

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
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