#Auto floor jack stands harbor freight mods#

I suspect they are outsourcing components overseas. I believe even the Hein Werner US jack manufacturing company is now owned by a Chinese manufacturing company. But I believe at least one of the three floor jacks I have is from them.

But, I choose to spend my money by weighing each tool purchase for quality vs cost. I actually have bought some tools from them. I don’t make a living with my tools, but could afford Snap-On if desired. Clearly, not everyone is, and shouldn’t be shamed into spending above their means or doing without. John Robinson is fortunate enough to be able to afford Snap-On tools over Habor Freight. If you want us to spend over $800 a floor jack, your engineering, and marketing department sure as heck have to do better than different colors, an American assembled sticker, and slightly different advertising to win me over. Then again, it’s only fair that the consumer gets the final say. It has to be difficult for the American manufacturer to compete against a juggernaut like Harbor Freight who can take advantage of inexpensive parts and labor from the source and doesn’t have to dance around that fact. Thanks to the internet and how easy it is to comparte parts from two different manufactures, consumers know the truth. Pre-internet, presented with a known to be “Made in China” floor jack and one made from Snap-On, the consumer would probably think there’s a good reason Snap-On’s jack cost four times more. Other than that, the Harbor Freight FJ3000 and Snap-On FJ 300 are essentially the same jack but having enough differences to be sold at the same time. Presumably, “Continuing to sell…” means putting out a blanket statement from its Founder that “spills the beans” on what’s really going on, Both Harbor Freight and Daytona get their jacks from the same factory, the only difference is how they’re advertised and the country where they’re assembled. “ A Snap-on spokesman said the company had no comment on the settlement.“ We’re continuing to sell the Daytona jack and did not have to make any payment to Snap-On,” said Karen Denne, a Harbor Freight spokesman. “ While the settlement is confidential, what we can say is that we’re pleased with the outcome. In the linked article above, while the terms of the settlement aren’t disclosed… The presiding judge ruled that there was enough advertising and visual differences between the two designs that wouldn’t fool a regular purchaser into thinking both floor jacks were exactly the same. Harbor Freight filed a counter lawsuit that they were misleading consumers, heavily leaning on advertising from Snap-On that their jack is American assembled when, while true, the jacks ultimately assembled from parts sourced from China. Snap-On sought an injunction from a California Court to stop the sales of the alleged copied design.

#Auto floor jack stands harbor freight mods#

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