Tools & Fabrication - Harbor Freight Engine Hoist

Has anyone used theirs? Reading the reviews people were saying that the arm wouldnt reach over the front bumper to get to the motor. Any experience with theres?

i have one and i was hitting the front bumper with it all the way extended. i got it on sale for $100 so for the price it wasnt bad.

Can you make it work? I have the coupon as well to get it for $100 bucks

I have one but I have not had to use it on an F body yet. We did pull a 6.1 out of an 08 Charger with no problem though.

Can you make it work? I have the coupon as well to get it for $100 bucks

yea you can get it to work. all i did was wrap a shirt around the part that was near the bumper so it wouldn't scratch it. then again the car was 3 feet in the air so maybe with it lower it might be better.

I have lifted the whole front of an fbody with one when dropping the engine out the bottom. Also lifted the body of my 65 skylark with it. It gets used pretty hard and now needs a new hydraulic pump, won't hold any weight now. Got it about 5 years ago.

I have one and have had it for a while now. They make two a smaller one and a larger one. get the larger one. I have used it quite a bit. On most cars it fits fine pulling motors from the front. On some cars it wont fit to pull the motor from the front (ex. corvette). If the nose of the car gets in the way then i just pull the motor from the side. over all it seems ok, the welds look like a little kid did them, I changed out the casters for better ones and i added a support brace to the main steel tube to keep it from twisting when rolling motor and hoist over rough surfaces. I would give it a 3.5 out of 5 starts. Could be better but for the price it definitely does the job

yea i only plan on using it 1x for this 408 swap so hopefully it will work. found out my neighbor has one so i'm going to try his first, and if not pay for the HF one

yea i only plan on using it 1x for this 408 swap so hopefully it will work. found out my neighbor has one so i'm going to try his first, and if not pay for the HF one

If it makes you feel any better i have used it for an Iron LS with tranny and it did just fine

i have one but i only use it to move heavy things around my shop. i haven't pulled a motor with it. i like that it is collapsible so i can move it out of the door without moving a vehicle. i use another old hoist i got from my grandfather for actually pulling a motor.

If it makes you feel any better i have used it for an Iron LS with tranny and it did just fine

good because i'll be using it to put in an LSx 6.0 block lol

Ive used it to put the LQ4 and 80e in my old truck, worked great. Where are yall finding the coupons to get them for $100?

You won't have the length issue if you buy the 2 ton hoist. The one you are talking about is only a 1 ton which is why it is shorter. I'd spend a little more and get the 2 ton. Use one of their 20% off coupons on it.

That coupon is in hot rod and car craft magazine a lot.

I have a 1 Ton harbor freight unit that i have used for about 3 years and it has pulled around 20 motors and is still holding strong

I have a 1 Ton harbor freight unit that i have used for about 3 years and it has pulled around 20 motors and is still holding strong

on f-bodies too?

I've pulled half a dozen f body engines with the 1 ton. I hook on near the bumper support and it still scuffs my damn bumper, and by the time the car is high enough to roll the engine out the feet (fold up type) are just about under the engine. :bang: Pain in the ass but do-able.

The 1 ton is great for removing engines, however, it is not long enough to clear the the bumpers of most cars.

It's best to spend the extra money for the 2 ton. It has a much longer reach.

I borrowed a 1 ton is why I used it. Just not enough reach over the nose. Definitely get the 2 ton version.

Just get the 2-ton model. Many vendors have similar ones. I tried and tried to get one from HF earlier this year but they won't ship the 2-ton and the nearest store never got any in, though they expected them "...any time" for a couple weeks. I think I evenutally got one from Northern Tool, instead.

All the best and be careful with whatever you get.

I went with coupon in hand to get the smaller one for $99 but when I got there they had the larger one for $219, then I added the 20% off and got it for $175. I was concerned about overall reach of the smaller one when pulling a motor from a truck or something taller than my car. They paint them gray now too which I think looks much better than the orange.

I have this crane, I pull the bolt out and slide it out as far as I need. The weight of the engine will keep it in.

DO NOT hook it up like this and pull straight back on the crane trying to move the engine off the mounts.

I have never had an issue doing this, I have pulled LT and LS engines out of Camaro's like this.

on f-bodies too?

I have used it on a 3.8L f-body

I would just be very careful using it, I have seen a lot of harbor frieght specials break. including engine hoists, thank god the motor on the hoist was junk when it decided to call it quits

I would just be very careful using it, I have seen a lot of harbor frieght specials break. including engine hoists, thank god the motor on the hoist was junk when it decided to call it quits

The only harbor freight specialty lift I've ever broken was their 400lb capacity transmission jack when I had the entire rear cradle, including my diff, trans and half the weight of the torque tube on it. I'll call that one my fault.

Jack

The only harbor freight specialty lift I've ever broken was their 400lb capacity transmission jack when I had the entire rear cradle, including my diff, trans and half the weight of the torque tube on it. I'll call that one my fault.

Jack

Their motorcycle jack works great for this. If on Jackstands

Their motorcycle jack works great for this. If on Jackstands

Yep! bought that right afterward!

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Jack

Got my 1 ton yesterday. I bought a coupon off ebay (for $8) and got $100 off the sticker. That puts this at $99, which is DAMN hard to beat. They even paint it a halfway decent color now.

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Jack

I have one.. Love it.

Wtf? Harbor freight changed to grey color?

I need to sell my 1ton and go pickup an 2 ton.

Wtf? Harbor freight changed to grey color?

I need to sell my 1ton and go pickup an 2 ton.

Yea they look pretty nice from ten feet away. There are runs in the paint, etc. At least they aren't that ugly orange anymore.

Jack

I thought about getting a new one and just paint it cause I hate that orange.

Only thing I don't like about my current one is the orange color and sorry ass casters on it.