Harbor Freight Tools - Coupons, Catalogs & Sales

All about Harbor Freight

Harbor Freight sells discount tools and equipment, which you can buy in their physical stores, online, or via mail order. They have a lot of in-house store brands that you can only get at Harbor Freight, including US General (which makes products to store your tools), Portland (for electric outdoor equipment0, and Predator (for gas-powered engines and gas generators). 

Some of the most popular products you can find at your local Harbor Freight location include power tools, engines, generators, equipemnt for welding, winches, floor jacks, and of course items so you can store all your tools. Their website offers regular Harbor Freight coupons and discounts, and you can get even better deals by signing up for their Inside Track Club. Members of the club get access to special offers that are only for members, as well as perks like early entry to Harbor Freight sales.  

The history of Harbor Freight

Harbor Freight is a tool and equipment retailer with over 600 stores in 47 states. They sell a range of more than 7,000 products and have over 11,000 employees. The first store was founded in 1977 in North Hollywood, California, and it was opened by father-and-son duo Allan and Eric Smidt. It was initially a mail order service for tools. 

Their first retail store was opened 3 years later, in 1980, in Kentucky. The store sold merchandise that had been returned from the mail order service. Because the store was so successful, Harbor Freight started to open more and more stores and expanding across the United States. Today, they employ 17,000 people.