$1,000 Budget For EVERY TOOL YOU NEED (And The Box) *Harbor Freight*

Eric picked up this brand new white US General tool box at a pawn shop for just $150 and we decided to fill it up. Today we're going to build a complete mechanics tool kit for less than $1,000 at Harbor Freight, and then spend a little extra on power tools to make our lives easier.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Common Questions:

What motorcycle do I ride? A few. Ducati 1198, Honda Goldwing, Honda Grom, Honda Ruckus

What do I do for a living? Make YouTube videos.

Can you wheelie? No, I suck.

Are you fast? Sort of. I suck mostly though.

Where can I keep up with you off the bike?

Instagram: WatchJRGo

Facebook: WatchJRGo (or JRGo, FB hates my branding)

Do you go to school? College, for 2 classes.

Why do you ride so dangerously? What do mean? I was doing 25.

Do you go to the track? Of course, hopefully there will be videos in the future.

Do you play video games? No, but I might stream N64 Goldeneye at some point. Twitch: WatchJRGo

Are you afraid the police will watch your videos and arrest you? Something something evidence something something warrants and due process of law

#MechanicTools #ToolSet #HarborFreight

[indysteve]

Harbor freight deserves our respect for trying to keep us cheap guys in the game.

[breakupgoogle]

Shout out to modern day Harbor Freight. They mostly have quality tools at an affordable price for the working class. It wasn't like this 20 years ago. I only wish we had it this good.

[RealRickCox]

Everyone always rags on Harbor Freight tools... but they really are the best bang for the buck and they do hold up reasonably well. You would have spent $10, 000 on the same tools from one of the box trucks and they wouldn't have done the job any better.

[jake_of_the_jungle]

As a person who never had tools growing up I always felt like I couldn’t do anything. I bought a lot of tools of an estate sale and I’ve been doing mostly my own work on my cars and houses since

[bmxdenver]

Not sure if you’re a Inside Track Club member at harbor freight or not. But it’s worth it! It’s $30 for a year membership. Those boxes go on sale for ITC members all the time, Hercules has “buy this battery get a tool free” sales too. The membership fee pays itself off in one purchase. You can save tons of money with the membership and coupons. Essential if you shop HF often

[davidsnow]

but you have the one tool Eric doesn't a golden ratchet..😀

[esiebert]

While you are at Harbor Freight pickup the 10mm essential socket set that has a 10 different 10mm type sockets. I don’t like the chrome on those boxes, if you buy the gray one all the trim is black, i removed all mine used plastidip to make it black.

[MN_Kevin_Hill_]

As a mechanic I really enjoyed watching a toolbox tour.

[charlesdalton]

Last fall, after years of neglect, I organized my shop (garage) and tools. Instead of "where is that?" I can lay my hands on anything immediately. You are so right about the built in charging. I bought one upper box, with built in charging, super convenient. ~ Chuck

[richardbradfield]

We built in 2 HF 42” tool boxes into the bench work in my son’s garage renovation back in March 2015. They have been heavily used in a DIY scenario building and maintaining a race car and daily driver cars/trucks ever since and we have had absolutely NO problems with build quality. Also have several HF floor jacks and other hand tools and a HF tool cart in the enclosed car hauler with a duplicate set of tools for the track. We have a mix of Kobalt, Craftsman, and HF hand tools, floor jacks, jack stands and Milwaukee power tools in both the garage and car hauler! No problems with any of these brands in the last 9 years! In my experience there is nothing wrong with HF tools! Although, some of the super cheap tools are just that, cheap, and not worth buying, luckily they have a range of good, better, best to choose from! We also have had the Predator generator for about 6 or 7 years that has worked flawlessly at track weekends with minimal maintenance!

[jeremyhansen]

Unless you're going to work on semi trucks or tractors, take those SAE sockets and wrenches out of the box. Those take up too much space for not being used. If anything, set up another box with just SAE tools

[josephnavarro]

I grew up around a lot of tweekers that were great at taking things apart but never putting them back together, they would have loved those harbor freight carts! Your customers must be extremely satisfied!

[Kuzican]

Love the tool videos along with Rich Rebuilds just randomly pops on by. NICE!

[donniebryant]

Started my career with an expensive at the time, Craftsman set with the tool box included, in October, 1986 for the on sale price at $880. I am still using these tools today and they are older than most of the new technicians I am working with. A lot of them are going to Harbor freight for some of those same tools but, you always have the one guy that must have Snap-On everything. He is also the guy with a second job to just pay for the tools.

[DachsAutos]

Good setup, I picked up a similar setup last summer and it's been great. Just today I brought home the 56" series 3 for all of my metalworking tools so I can consolidate stuff shoved everywhere.. Organization is KEY!

[techguy]

Love Harbor Freight, bought a drill master circular saw for $35 plus $5 for a blade to use for a small project at home. Was able to rip a treated 1x6 like butter.

My methodology for buying tools isto buy whatever is most affordable to get the job done and if I break it then it is time to get the more expensive tool.

[milmachine]

I both love and hate tool box organization. I can never settle on a layout that both fits everything and makes sense in my head when looking for tools. I want everything Shadowed in foam like my Air Force days, but I would need 5 more toolboxes for that. :-)

[jpcii]

That is the exact toolbox. I bought to store my homebrewing hardware in. It’s a great toolbox.

[alanmoore]

I'm still doing most of my repairs with the same 169pc Channellock tool kit my wife bought me nearly two decades ago. I've replaced all the ratchets by now but all those wrenches and sockets and allen keys and bits still see daily use. I've added so much from estate sales, garage sales, and Harbor Freight since then. It's all the little specialty tools that add up over time, but I do wish I had been able to start my collection with the 428 piece Quinn set because it really IS the best starter set out there. Better yet, it's a tenth the price of what a similar set would cost from a tool truck name brand. If you manage to break a Quinn tool, replace it with the equivalent ICON one. If you manage to break that, go ahead and sign off the kidney for the Snap On version.

[brianselt]

When I took back a broken socket, they wanted the whole set to cover the warranty so Be Prepared to take back a lot of stuff for a simple socket replacement.