Pallet jacks

Greg · Nov 25, 2014

Where is the best place to get a GOOD pallet jack at a fair price?
Northern Tool , Harbor Freight or elsewhere?
TIA

SWTexas1 · Nov 25, 2014

If you are not planning on using it everyday the ones that Northern Tool have work well.

Slo-Ride · Nov 25, 2014

For fair price I'm thinking either one of those 2 places would work. Now whether quality will play into it I have no idea. How often ya going to use it? If everyday I say spend the money on something you know is good. Every tool I ever got at harbor freight is broken.

tknight · Nov 25, 2014

I've had a harbor (china) freight for a few years works great for About 200

tknight · Nov 25, 2014

Just remember to tighten all the bolts and parts on it when ya buy it

Greg · Nov 25, 2014

SWTexas1 said:
If you are not planning on using it everyday the ones that Northern Tool have work well.

Thanks. Not everyday, but I want it to work when I need it.

Greg · Nov 25, 2014

tknight said:
Just remember to tighten all the bolts and parts on it when ya buy it

Thanks. Great tip.

Moot · Nov 25, 2014

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Harbor Freight of St. Louis is having a huge Pre-Fire Inventory Reduction Sale. Prices slashed on all in stock items. Everything must go today so don't delay! Harbor Freight is conveniently located just off I-270, south on Florissant.

If you can't make the sale today, please stop by for our Pre-Ash Wednesday sale tomorrow only. Why wait until Lent for huge savings on remaining inventory?

davekc · Nov 25, 2014

Have found some good ones at pawn shops as well. Some are barely used.

vanspek · Nov 25, 2014

Greese it regularly and spray WD-40 on the mechanism to prolong its life.

Ragman · Nov 25, 2014

Moot said:
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Harbor Freight of St. Louis is having a huge Pre-Fire Inventory Reduction Sale. Prices slashed on all in stock items. Everything must go today so don't delay! Harbor Freight is conveniently located just off I-270, south on Florissant.

If you can't make the sale today, please stop by for our Pre-Ash Wednesday sale tomorrow only. Why wait until Lent for huge savings on remaining inventory?

Only moot could find humor in this situation.

cheri1122 · Nov 25, 2014

Moot's the first to say his sense of humor is warped - but that's what makes the best funny people, lol.
It's hard to imagine an actual business running that ad, but it would have been spot on, if they had.
On topic: I would compare models & prices online, then decide where to buy - saves time.

tknight · Nov 26, 2014

Moot you a funny kind of guy!

SWTexas1 · Nov 26, 2014

Roamin said:
Thanks. Not everyday, but I want it to work when I need it.

I had the first one for 5 years till I let it roll out the back, the replacement is going strong still after 2

ttruck · Nov 26, 2014

Harbor freight is your best bet for new had mine for two yrs and someone needed one on dock sold it to him for 150 bought a new one for 200.00 at harbor freight that day.

fatboy1 · Nov 26, 2014

Got ours at northern tool spent $200+ for the good one had for last 3 years no problems use at least 3+ times a week

Polish_Drive · Nov 26, 2014

I just got one from here. $300. So far, so good.

Atlas 2014 E-Z Lift

Also, are you looking for a regular size pallet jack, or the skinny one.

Greg · Nov 29, 2014

Polish_Drive said:
I just got one from here. $300. So far, so good.

Atlas 2014 E-Z Lift

Also, are you looking for a regular size pallet jack, or the skinny one.

I was thinking about getting the skinny one but not sure how stable it would be for regular pallets. Would you recommend the skinny one for universal use or the regular size?

Polish_Drive · Nov 29, 2014

Roamin said:
I was thinking about getting the skinny one but not sure how stable it would be for regular pallets. Would you recommend the skinny one for universal use or the regular size?

Well, all of my friends use those narrow pallet jacks and they like them. I have only used it twice so far, and one of those two times my narrow pallet jack was worthless. I had 7,500 lbs of salt on 3 heavy duty skids (home delivery) Those heavy duty pallets have two boards in the middle instead of one, like regular pallets. There is no way you can use narrow pallet jack on those

Photo- Wooden Pallets manufacturer

Greg · Nov 30, 2014

Polish_Drive said:
Well, all of my friends use those narrow pallet jacks and they like them. I have only used it twice so far, and one of those two times my narrow pallet jack was worthless. I had 7,500 lbs of salt on 3 heavy duty skids (home delivery) Those heavy duty pallets have two boards in the middle instead of one, like regular pallets. There is no way you can use narrow pallet jack on those

Photo- Wooden Pallets manufacturer

Thanks for the info, that's kind of what I thinking. I'm looking for the standard size pallet jack.