Harbor Freight jack stands

[kennyb79]

I've never seen a jack stand I'd trust with my life. nothing beats a few blocks of wood thrown under there just in case. even when I take a tire off a car I throw the wheel under the frame...call me paranoid

[Finhawk]

I've had some really poor tools from HF. I don't trust the quality of their products.

[ralphie]

While I'm a proponent of using throw-away, cheap, HF tools, I would not crawl under a vehicle supported only by their jackstands. Anything involving life and death calls for using products designed to US safety standards, IMHO.

[falconman]

Just sold a pair of that exact stand after using them to support my 30 ft TT for suspension work. No problems with them, very heavy duty.

[sdennislee]

My preference has always been to buy American made. However I agree with he previous poster that the HF stands are probably made in the same Chinese factory that is now producing the American version. Sad but probably true.

[Bob King]

I bought a pair of the HF 6 ton, heavy duty (per pair) jack stands.The main problem I had with them was that they are 15+" tall when at minimum. Have to raise the front end a long way to get them under the axle. The leveling jacks wont lift that far, so I returned them. Now to find a pair that start out much lower. The HF stands might work for the rear axle but I didn't try them there.

[ernieh]

I have a pair of the HF 12t stands, and they seem to be very well built. I generally use them for "safety stands" after lifting with my HWH jacks.