I saw Lee Aanderud's post the other day re a 20% off coupon at Harbor Freight. I went to their web site and found that the nearest store is in York, PA (about 85 miles). I have been wanting a big floor jack for some time so I figured $36 off a $170 jack (20% plus the reduced sales tax) would be worth driving that far and the wife has been after me to stop in the numerous antique places along US 30 near York. So, today, coupon in hand, we went. Talk about a kid in a candy store!!. Even my wife got all enthused and was running around the store finding neat gadgets and bringing them to me and asking "do you need this?". She ended up buying a bunch of household items while I got my jack, a 2 1/2-ton long frame floor jack with a foot pedal pump in addition to the handle. The manager carried it out front on a hand cart then had to go back to the register while I rearranged the back of the Bravada (it was too long to stick in crosswise so I had to empty and fold down my accessory "cargo organizer"). I decided to load it myself- ouch my back, that sucker weighs over 125 pounds. I ended up spending over $300, but I got a bunch of brass air hose fittings and stuff like that. They really put on a hard sell for an extended warranty which I resisted. Extended warranty on a jack??? Paul Johnson
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17 years ago