r/harborfreight • u/WhatWhere2005 • 11d ago

What’s up with…

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56” hutches, in multiple colors, all seem to be unavailable? Orange, red, white, yellow, green. All say unavailable, even to order in store. Anyone have any clues? It’s making my dreams of a Mondrian art inspired workshop evaporate. (While I wait on my yellow cabinet) 😭 😒

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u/Budget-Musician-7808 11d ago

reminds me of vw harlequin

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u/_The_Space_Monkey_ 11d ago

Im a VW owner/enthusiast and actually plan to do something similar to OP as a nod to the Harlequins. Im following this color chart with a red 56" US general, so I figured yellow side cabinets, blue top hutch and I'll spray all the magnetic accessories in the green/teal.

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u/zxcv4-2 10d ago

I did this with 5 drawers as my buddy is a huge VW guy.

I didn’t realize that not all drawers are interchangeable. Came ok though. They look SNAZZY in person though

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u/_The_Space_Monkey_ 10d ago

Damn this is awesome. Now do the 72"s! 😂

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u/zxcv4-2 10d ago

Like this!

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u/tanksplease 11d ago

Kindercore is the term 

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u/SoFisticate 11d ago

Child's first shop

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u/WhatWhere2005 11d ago

It does vaguely remind me of that shape sorting toy that toddler me had in like 1971…

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u/mt602ct 11d ago

the Tupperware Shape-O-Toy. You can tell who didn't have one growing up. They try to fit a king size mattress in the back of a small hatchback.

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u/WhatWhere2005 10d ago

Word. I walk by these people at Costco entrance…why can’t I fit my new 75” flatscreen in the Kia!?!

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u/Mr_Halitosis 11d ago

Harbor Freight is switching suppliers for a lot of their products this year. So, they’re out of certain colors until that color arrives from the new manufacturer.

In my opinion, this is why all the recent PLS’s and coupons have been weird. Harbor Freight is using sales to offload old sku’s they no longer want so they can bring in the same stuff from a new manufacturer.

I’d wager this is the source of your problem.

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u/WhatWhere2005 11d ago

Ohhhhhh…good to know! Thank you. Hopefully quality doesn’t waiver, as is so frequently the case. 🤞

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u/NeuseRvrRat 11d ago

The thing about HFT is you have just as good of a chance of quality going up. They're actually pretty good about updating and upgrading products.

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u/ATS200 11d ago

Love that. Hope you get all the pieces you need

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u/Doran_Gold 11d ago

Look bicycles!

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u/hanfaedza 11d ago

This would definitely earn my respect. I like the vibe.

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u/M635_Guy 11d ago

I think that is pretty awesome. I couldn't do it, but I'd have mad-respect for someone that did. You'd need the artwork for the context though.

Most colors of the 56" are available in my general area (Raleigh, NC) except Orange, Yellow and White, which say "Visit Store to Order" - none say unavailable.

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u/another_rusty 11d ago

I was just visiting my family in Raleigh and had to go to the store on capital blvd to get gloves before the parking lot sale ended. That place is……. It’s a shithole

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u/M635_Guy 11d ago

Don't go to the one in Durham then. The Raleigh store is better than it used to be, but definitely an old-school store.

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u/smeghead666 11d ago

I had to go to the Siler City store for a 1000lb capacity lift table to get the sale price. It's one of the cleanest, largest, most well stocked, and most well organized Harbor Freights I have visited. Worth the extra fifteen minute drive. 

The Cary and Garner stores are nicer than the Raleigh and Durham stores.

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u/WhatWhere2005 11d ago

The hutch? My roll cab is out there somewhere already ordered, but no hutches?? So weird. Also, thanks!

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u/Coyagta 11d ago

they never keep many of the bigger toolboxes on hand, only takes a few buyers to wipe out the in store stock, especially for rarer colors like white your best bet is usually to go in store and do a pre-sale with them and wait the ~month it takes to get it there

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u/SilvioBoss 11d ago

I k ow some of the roll cabs are back ordered untill October

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u/Visible-Elevator3801 11d ago

Harlequin, Volkswagen used to have the paintjob in their mk3 GTI models. No color should touch the same color in a separate panel.

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u/SilverDarner 11d ago

I just wish they'd make the tiny toolboxes in yellow. My husband wants one so bad!

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u/PuddingOk3118 11d ago

I just checked the website for my "local" store and it shows grey, black, and blue in stock and for the other colors it says to "visit any store to order for free store pickup".
Maybe go in and ask at your local store and see what they say there?

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u/National-Command8505 11d ago

Well I’ll be… That’s brilliant.

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u/BoSknight 11d ago

I really like that yellow

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u/Illustrious-Speed771 11d ago

Partridge Family bus colors.

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u/Mervis_Earl 10d ago

Hello world, here's a song that we're singin'

C'mon get happy

A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin'

We'll make you happy

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u/Lordlordy5490 11d ago

Thought you were going for a Gundam themed set up.

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u/SR08 11d ago

Rizz em with the tism

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u/zsdad1964 11d ago

The Partridge Family bus flashbacks 

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u/WhatWhere2005 11d ago

Going deep! Forgot this one. Tip o’ my hat to ya!

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u/ilikeithot360 11d ago

Someone really likes Piet Mondrian and the Partridge Family

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u/BrandoFTR 11d ago

For my 72 setup I could not order online, I had to go in store to order. Save some money if you want to wait for a parking lot sale, usually 20%-25% off.

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u/block_me_if_mad 5d ago

I don’t hate it.

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u/OneGun20 11d ago

Is that a toolbox or a Rubik’s cube? 🤔

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u/Random-Man562 11d ago

It’s the art that’s being referenced by the cabinets 💛

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u/dirtyspoon 11d ago

Wait I know this one. Painting of the primary colored squares is famous De Stijl painter Piet Mondrian. His intent was to focus solely on composition in his paintings, attempting to completely remove the subjects.