Comments on: The $49.99 DIY Range Cart — Courtesy Harbor Freight

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:50:27 +0000

According to the reviews on Harbor Freight’s website, the tires / wheels are likely to fail. Too, bad…it was a good idea.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:31:53 +0000

If you get a chance, go to Camp Perry during the matches and look at all the carts and talk with the folks. I just returned from there and there’s hardly two the same. I’ve seen everything from a plastic trash can with no wheels being drug to a lounge chair with everything strapped on top. I use a modified deer cart right now but am building something different for next year. I would recommend hard rubber tires and a high back to help deflect casings from the shooter on your left (if it’s small enough you can have on line).

By: BOB 2

BOB 2 — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 21:06:28 +0000

I like to buy quality things made in the USA too but recall that we were warned by Ross Perot about free trade agreements long ago and still voted for other guys: “You implement that NAFTA, the Mexican trade agreement, where they pay people a dollar an hour, have no health care, no retirement, no pollution controls,” Perot said during the second presidential debate in October 1992, “and you’re going to hear a giant sucking sound of jobs being pulled out of this country.” That goes double and triple for Chinese made goods.

By: David Terry

David Terry — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:05:11 +0000

How much would the shooter cart be if you bought in volumes. 50 to a 100 for starters. does it come in colors. thank you

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 01:08:57 +0000

Well Tom, lots of people will pay 49.99 for a well made welding cart over a creedmoor cart, because 499 is way too much for what the creedmoor cart is.

There’s probably 30 bucks worth of materials in the Creedmoor cart. I work way too hard for my money to squander it.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:58:50 +0000

I realize this thread is old but I must comment.

The first person who posted bashed Harbor Freight saying they would never buy anything from them. I used to feel that way until my mind was changed by the products they carry. I believed the rumors that their products were junk.

Here’s the facts:

1) Harbor Freight actually carries brand name products, many of which are made in the USA. Don’t believe me? Just browse their aisles.

2) Some of their products are low quality but some are of exceptional quality. For example, the rolling tool chest I have is of far better quality than the commercial grade Craftsman chests I have. Check out videos on Youtube. One man who was a machinist, if I remember correctly, and who has a SERIOUS shop with an incredible number of extremely high quality tools and machines has purchased a HB tool chest to go along with his big Snap-On chests and he concludes that the HB chests compare favorably with the extremely high-priced Snap-On chests.

2) I was hesitant to buy HB hand tools at first but I’ve come to learn from my experience that they are at least as good and even better than my Craftsman tools. And the HB tools under the Pittsburg name have a lifetime warranty too. Just pick one up! You’ll feel the weight and quality immediately.

When I buy something from HF, I just check out the reviews on their site first and inspect the items first.

Anyone claiming that they only sell junk or that they only sell cheap Chinese products simply hasn’t actually been to a HF store. I suspect that those who bash HF simply haven’t ever been to a HF store or actually checked out their products. I like to buy products made in the USA too but HF does sell USA made products and some of their stuff made in China matches the quality of anything made in the USA for a MUCH lower price. Check it out before you bash HF.

By: joe vilga

joe vilga — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 02:35:33 +0000

How much does this welding cart weigh? Does anyone make a similar cart out of lighter material like aluminum? I have given a lot of thought to designing my own ideal rough terrain walker/ tool carrier/ gun and shooting/hunting gear carrier before my bad left knee forces me to do something drastic to get around. I’m 79 years old but I still love to hunt and to do yard work and field work on our property and take care of our 2 horses and our last surviving sheep [who has crippling arthritis much worse than I do.] It looks to me like the welding cart configuration would be ideal starting platform for transporting rifles/ shotguns and shooting or hunting gear or fieldwork tools like shovels, rakes,scythes, tamping bars, saws or small hand tools and hardware. Plus [and this is important for me, at least], it doesn’t look like an old man’s or an old ladies walker that you buy at a drugstore. But to make it really useful for me, it would have to have a rear wheel or pair of rear wheels so that it could be tipped back for moving or resting without tipping over backwards completely. Also, if the geometry and the weight distribution were correct, an operator like me could put enough of his weight on the [extended] handles to take enough of the load off of me bad left leg and still have mobility. Has anybody seen anything at all like I have been describing? As I said I have given this a lot of thought since I have noticed that even on my worst bad leg days, I can lean on my push power mower for hours, trimming around trees, bushes, flowers and buildings without feeling any pain or risking a trip or a fall. Incidentally, my 91 year old father-in-law was pushing one of those lightweight drug store walkers in his back yard when he reached down to pick up a piece of trash and he and the walker tipped over. He broke his neck, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage almost immediately and never came out of the coma before the wires and tubes were pulled a few days later. He was a big man and that lightweight, attractive drug store walker was A DANGEROUS piece of equipment for him, as I imagine it is for many other elderly people.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:36:12 +0000

The end of the first paragraph states to “fill your tires before heading to range”. I use hard rubber tires as I’ve heard several air filled tires blow at the range, even Camp Perry. Also, dont have to worry about getting a flat.

By: L Redmond

L Redmond — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 01:30:36 +0000

Wake up and smell the turnips. Even Craftsman tools are made in China today.. You can thank our Government for all the stuff made in China, they made it all possible..
Yeah, Harbor freight sells some junk. But they have a lot of things that fit the home DIYer that has to stay within a budget.. their Pittsburgh Tool line comes with a lifetime warranty equal to Craftsman or Snap-on tools at a lower price tag.. and as I already said. Even Craftsman is made in China today..

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:40:52 +0000

I’d leave out the wood block for tilting the cart back.
As it is, the cart will easily tip over backwards if you have lots of stuff in the box on the back and little or nothing in the tank holding area.

It’s annoying to be unloading the cart and have it tip over on you.

EDITOR: Two half-gallon water bottles held in the tank holding area will fix that. But you raise a good point if the cart’s only used to carry one gun. We’ve made a cart like this that holds three rifles (and a large tripod, folded) and there is always at least one rifle sitting in the main section.