Pro Tip: Check Temu

[disneysteve]

I enjoy Harbor Freight. When everything is coming from overseas anyway, HF usually offers a good value for things, as you said, that are good enough. Some of their stuff is truly competitive, and for the stuff which may be a little less robust, there's usually a significant price advantage. That's what I appreciate about being able to walk into one of their stores. It gives me the opportunity to evaluate if what I'm buying is something I'd rather go trusted/name-brand, or if it looks/feels like it will work well for my needs I'll buy it there. Can't do that with TEMU (or even HF's website).

A couple of years ago, DD wanted a fire safe for important documents and such. We bought a well-known brand name one online and it turned out to be crap. I searched online and discovered that HF sells them so we went over in person to check them out. Not only was the quality excellent, it was a good deal cheaper than the famous brand name one.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Temu's website gave the dimensions of the shelf (L x W x H) but not the pipe size of the support poles. I made the mistake of thinking it would be the same 1" diameter as my old shelf. As for the caster wheels for my old shelf, I like ua_guy's recommendation to go to Harbor Freight. I've already taken off the adjustable toe thing from my old shelf so I can use it as a guide as to the thread size of the caster wheel.

[QuarterMillionMan]

This caster wheels (5/16" thread size) will fit my old wire shelf for $21.74 on eBay. Harbor Freight has a caster wheel for $3.99 each but does not list the thread size which makes it inconvenient to have to drive to Inglewood, CA, which has it in stock in aisle 12. Easier to order off eBay. Temu is $25. Amazon is about the same but need $35 to qualify for free shipping. Looks like eBay is the best.


Set of 4 NEW Shepherd Regent Swivel Caster Wheels 2" Wheel 5/16" x 3/4" Threaded | eBay

[QuarterMillionMan]

Apparently the threads is not 5/16" on this eBay purchase above. The seller provide a shipping label which I just dropped off at UPS. These caster wheels will be harder to find. I also went to Harbor Freight where they have all thread sizes except my 5/16" thread size. Hum.