HUGE RECALL- Harbor Freight Jack Stands

I didn't have room in the house for about 20 Pepsi bottles.  They were in the garage against the wall in front of the Jeep and the jack slipped out toward the wall at an angle.  I was jacking it up by the front bumper.  The floor is pretty smooth and painted, so kinda slippery.  I now have a hydraulic floor jack for use in the garage.  The high-lift is for outside use. 

BTW, I was able to salvage over half of that 2-liter bottle.  I have been a Pepsi junkie for 48 years now. 

RICKG wrote: I've got a box of "free with any purchase" led flashlites to prove it!

I managed to acquire a number of those when they were free without a purchase required.  A bud picked up about 21 of those freebies. 

As for the High Lift jack, one of those type jacks (not the brand, I couldn't afford the name) once slipped out from under Ol' Unreliable and took out a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi.  It sprayed all over the garage and it took quite a while to clean it all up. 

The recall aside I personally get so tired of the constant bashing Harbor Freight We don't bash Walcks or Kaiser Willys for selling Omix-IDA parts we crap on the parts.

I use stuff from Harbor Freight Would I have liked to have been able to afford a $500 HVLP spray gun to paint CHUG most likely Was spending less then $50 on two guns that did a damn fine job for whats essentially a first time paint job YES And aside from Painting my hard top when done and my off road trailer I doubt I will ever use them again. Do the little Stubby combo wrenches turn nuts and bolts as well as the couple Snap-on wrenches I have YES. Did the 4) $19 angle grinders do a tremendous amount of work before I tossed them YEP etc.

They are what they are not everyone needs every tool to be Professional Quality or PRICE.

Did a few or the Thousands and Thousands of Jack stands fail did some people get hurt YES and thats a BAD thing you can bet the courts are seeing to it the AMERICAN co. Harbor Freight is going to pay for it. And they are doing the right thing with this recall.

Unlike say Remington another US Company who for decades hid their faulty triggers until lawsuits brought it to the public's attention.

I know I might sound like some kind of champion for HF I am not I am just tired of on a dozen different forums people who say they would never buy from them telling everyone how bad the stuff is. Obviously they have no experience after all they would never buy from them.

Could be worse IMHO. 

I have to return all 4 of my jack stands as they are all part of this recall. Just wanted to pass along the info because I wanted everyone to be safe.