The Ford Barn

Oldgearz · 08-21-2021, 05:24 PM

In trying to find a quicker way to jack up my A, I bought a Harbor Freight cross beam that would lift with two pads about 35" apart instead of just one center saddle. The product is made well, lifts supports 2 ton, and is about $60. All of my old car floor jacks have the saddle with 1 3/16" hole. The cross beam I got did not include an old time, welded on standard saddle pin, but instead a vertical hole drilled through the cross-bar with a a separate bolt-like 7/8" pin that was threaded on one end. When inserted into the cross-bar the threaded end extends only about 3/8", not enough to sit in the saddle hole of a jack. I had to go to the farm store and buy a tractor hitch pin and fabricate the rest of the saddle stud via a black pipe bushing and welding. I don't know what HF was thinking on this one, but as sold the product cannot be used with the older orange HF saddle jacks.

Oldbluoval · 08-21-2021, 05:52 PM

Typical of most HF stuff
I consider most anything I buy there to be “one and done”
I don’t trust their jacks or jack stands. I have them but always put solid hardwood timbers under anything I jack or support

Oldgearz · 08-21-2021, 06:42 PM

I agree. I use a jack just to lift....then quality jack stands and wood posts for insurance. I buy a lot of HF stuff....couldn't afford all the stuff I have otherwise. I review things and look at them in the store before I buy, but this cross beam was all packaged and neither the box picture or the product description mentioned the saddle pin. Frankly, I was surprised by the fact that this would not work out-of-box on their old jacks.

Oldbluoval · 08-22-2021, 06:21 AM

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It’s not limited to HF. I bought a brand name, battery-powered, fairly expensive weed eater from Lowe’s. Obviously an import but what isn’t! Took it home, box appeared untampered but was missing a significant part. Took it back and got another. But opened at the store.....same part missing. Opened another and all parts there
I lost about 2 hrs in the process

08-21-2021, 05:24 PM	#1
Oldgearz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Sagle, Idaho Posts: 359	Product Review - HF Daytona (Jack) Cross Beam In trying to find a quicker way to jack up my A, I bought a Harbor Freight cross beam that would lift with two pads about 35" apart instead of just one center saddle. The product is made well, lifts supports 2 ton, and is about $60. All of my old car floor jacks have the saddle with 1 3/16" hole. The cross beam I got did not include an old time, welded on standard saddle pin, but instead a vertical hole drilled through the cross-bar with a a separate bolt-like 7/8" pin that was threaded on one end. When inserted into the cross-bar the threaded end extends only about 3/8", not enough to sit in the saddle hole of a jack. I had to go to the farm store and buy a tractor hitch pin and fabricate the rest of the saddle stud via a black pipe bushing and welding. I don't know what HF was thinking on this one, but as sold the product cannot be used with the older orange HF saddle jacks.

08-21-2021, 05:52 PM	#2
Oldbluoval Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Signal Mtn, TN (SE TN) Posts: 2,371	Re: Product Review - HF Daytona (Jack) Cross Beam Typical of most HF stuff I consider most anything I buy there to be “one and done” I don’t trust their jacks or jack stands. I have them but always put solid hardwood timbers under anything I jack or support

08-21-2021, 06:42 PM	#3
Oldgearz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Sagle, Idaho Posts: 359	Re: Product Review - HF Daytona (Jack) Cross Beam I agree. I use a jack just to lift....then quality jack stands and wood posts for insurance. I buy a lot of HF stuff....couldn't afford all the stuff I have otherwise. I review things and look at them in the store before I buy, but this cross beam was all packaged and neither the box picture or the product description mentioned the saddle pin. Frankly, I was surprised by the fact that this would not work out-of-box on their old jacks.

08-22-2021, 06:21 AM	#4
Oldbluoval Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Signal Mtn, TN (SE TN) Posts: 2,371	Re: Product Review - HF Daytona (Jack) Cross Beam Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) It’s not limited to HF. I bought a brand name, battery-powered, fairly expensive weed eater from Lowe’s. Obviously an import but what isn’t! Took it home, box appeared untampered but was missing a significant part. Took it back and got another. But opened at the store.....same part missing. Opened another and all parts there I lost about 2 hrs in the process