Harbor Freight 2 Ton Hoist Review

[Pete O]

I have the exact same lift, probably fabricated by the same barefoot 9 year old, however mine is painted red and marketed here by our equivalent of HF, which is 'supercheap auto'. I'd hate to be without it but I've often been annoyed by the arrangement of the legs, the gap between the legs at the column end is too small for it to straddle the engine stand that I bought at the same time, so getting an engine or other heavy item from the lift to the stand is difficult. Also not wide enough to come right up to one end of my workbench, I can only put things on the bench with the boom extended. One of these days- probably when I absolutely have to- I'll modify the base to solve this issue.