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

$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.

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50 Comments

  1. I had that same problem with two of my 1/4 sockets on the tray. I just through them in the vise and drilled the middle out more. Coming from auto and skid steers, I’d recommend checking out the new 58" prybar, way better price than the trucks

  2. Cool video. Possibly do a homeowners kit with cart? First tools, essentials, budget minded. That would be cool.

  3. 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!

  4. You should do a toolbox tour and make suggestions for your audience of what they might consider buying for their diy project Jr sir

  5. This probably sounds bad but… I’ve seen those mechanics tool sets and wondered if they’re junk. My toolbox is full of hodge lodge tools acquired here and there. I’m not a heavy user to Harbor Freight tools would do fine with me. Thanks for posting this! To bad they didn’t give you a discount code we could stack with our Inside Track membership because I’d literally go buy the bundle you and stack my old stuff into a small rolling box to keep on the boat and camper. If they’re good enough for @WatchJRGo, they’re good enough for my use. #harborfreight

  6. Hercules makes some pretty decent tools. Personally I don’t like 12 points so I try not to buy a set that has them.
    Great video!

  7. I get all my socket organizers from Temu. I actually purchased 15 for less than $20 including freight. Wrench racks too. Harbor Freight is my go to place. I am an Inside Track Club Member.

  8. My girlfriend says she buys her sex toys at Harbor Freight. Didn’t have the heart to tell her she bought a Jack hammer.

  9. 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.

  10. put blue tap over the sluts that you don’t have so that way you can easily see what item is still in the vehicle.

  11. At work when I’m a “professional” I use mostly snap on. In my home shop where I work on stuff and make my YouTube videos I use a lot of harbor freight tools. They are pretty good.

  12. You guys realize that you could buy the us general power extension center in like 4 different colors and they are magnetic and use the Christmas tree bit and take the lower drawer out and cut the hole in the back of the box and the drawer and put the power extension center in the back of the drawer and plug it in and wahla a power drawer in the tech cart

  13. 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!

  14. did it have every size? or miss the 16 like a lot of harbor freight sets…. but they include something like a 9/11’ths or some shit…… lol

  15. is there any way for you to set up commission links? i for sure would have used your link for a couple things you showed if there was one.

  16. I have the brushed 18 v bauer drill 1/2 inch Dr and the impact gun of the same thing,, and the DeWalt 1/4 inch impact driver and now a home Depot deal 18v mainline Milwaukee 1/2 inch Dr and 1/4 inch impact Driver…. So several different brands of power tools..so several different chargers

  17. Harbor Freight has moved above Home Depot and Lowes in DIY tool quality in my opinion. They (smartly) changed their business model about 10 years ago, and it has been a win/win for 
    the homeowner/DIY crowd.

    Any of HF’s ICON, US General, Hercules, or Quinn offerings are better than Husky, Kobalt, Rigid, or Ryobi in my opinion.

    Great vid, and nice set-ups!

  18. Take some color matched paint pens to those sockets and make them pop (but also make them easy to read for when your on your 14th hour of the day!)

  19. Nicely done. Have you put something together for a "charge shelf"? Something where you have all your batteries getting charged?

  20. This is exactly what I did a few months ago just starting out as a mechanic. I love the Quinn set and the cordless ratchet. I skipped out on the impacts tho and saved up for Milwaukee mid torque.
    My box is orange too!

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