Yesterday and today we made a little progress on the ranch wagon,,,,that is before we used up all the gas in the mig and broke the darn brake!... this picture was shot after the rust was removed...
One of the reasons we just can't make any progress! Harbor Freight tools....I ain't happy......$695.00 plus tax and less than 2 weeks.
That ****s... can't get anything that's worth a damn anymore at all! Any warrenty on that thing? Probably not...
Yeah, called them about the problem and they said the warrenty was good for 30 days...... We got it on the 11th on january..so,it's going back...for a refund!!.........Was gonna take it today but,the town where we got it is about 30 miles down the road and it's 29 degrees and freezing rain,.......this is the sunny south! We ain't drivin' in that stuff.....Heck we were outside sand blastin' less than 24 hours ago in the sun and 68 degrees.........UGH!
Hotrodprimer, if they will only give you a replacement and not your $ back, you might want to beef up that area. It is obviously cast, so I would suggest forming apiece of 1/4 flat stock around that area and up and drill and tap the cast piece back away from the pivot point to attach the flat stock. If you really wanted you could put sides on the flat stock for lateral support, but this may be overkill. But I like overkill, better over-engineered than under-engineered. I hope that all made sense!
Mine broke in the same spot, I made a new piece out of steel that repaired it. I wont waste time explaining how since your under warranty.
Hotrodprimer, if all they will do is replace it see if they'll let you buy the extended warranty. Everything I buy from Harbor Freight I get the extended warranty with it. Because I know it's gonna break.
My motto for nearly anything especially design is "in lack of engineering, buy more materials, and build the **** out of it" Garth
Thanks guys,,appears i'm not the only one to have this problem,,,,,,,,,It's a pain cause we were on a roll...and now there is so much freezing rain i ain't going to work tomorrow and could be welding in the other panels....but..
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