Harbor Freight Sells the SuperDuty Jack as a Color Line

Harbor Freight is selling its Daytona 3-ton SuperDuty floor jack in metallic red for $289.99, in stores only. The SKU is 73106, the model is DJ300MR, and the pump, the welds, and the three-year limited warranty are the same hardware the company has been stacking against Snap-on for years.

The listing for the 3 Ton Low-Profile Superduty Floor Jack still advertises Rapid Pump dual parallel pistons, magnetic filtration in the oil, and more than 5,000 lift cycles. What changed is the paint, and then the rest of the aisle around it.

Harbor Freight Put Metallic Red on a Familiar Jack

The SuperDuty is a 104 lb all-welded steel jack rated at 3 tons, which Harbor Freight writes as a 6,000 lb working load. It sits down at 3-3/4 in. and rises to 23-1/8 in., low enough for a slammed car and tall enough for a lot of trucks. A knurled handle with a nonmarring bumper runs 50-1/4 in., and the saddle pad is a 5 in. by 5 in. rubber square on a 4-7/8 in. saddle.

THE SUPERDUTY AT A GLANCE

• Street price: $289.99, in-store only, SKU 73106.
• Lift range: 3-3/4 in. minimum, 23-1/8 in. maximum, 3-ton rating.
• Mass: 104 lb on the floor, 111.76 lb in the carton.
• Cover: 3-year limited warranty and an ASME-PASE 2019 mark.

Harbor Freight stamps the jack as ASME-PASE 2019 certified, a pointer at ASME’s Safety Standard for Portable Automotive Service Equipment. The same page claims the 5,000-plus cycle rating “outlasts other jacks 10x,” which is the company’s own line, not an independent lab score. Premium piston seals and the internal magnetic filter are the parts it names when it talks about pump life.

On March 6, 2026, Harbor Freight’s own video called metallic red a color update on the SuperDuty buyers already knew, and it told shoppers matching stands were close behind.

Purple Took 57% of the Color Vote

This red SKU sits at the end of a color campaign Harbor Freight has been running in public since 2023. On September 12, 2023, the company said it added metallic purple after a social poll, and it published the margin.

Harbor Freight Tools is adding a metallic purple 3 Ton Low-Profile Super-Duty Floor Jack with RAPID PUMP to its best-selling DAYTONA line, after customers overwhelmingly chose the new color in a social media poll.

Harbor Freight Tools, newsroom statement, September 12, 2023

The same post said metallic purple won 57% of the vote on Instagram and Facebook, beating metallic deep blue, metallic deep green, and metallic black with red accents. Price then was $289.99, exclusive to Harbor Freight, the same number on the red jack now.

THE COLOR DROPS

1. September 12, 2023: Harbor Freight adds metallic purple after the 57% poll.
2. November 5, 2024: Metallic green is shown at SEMA, due in stores in early 2025, with purple, orange, yellow, and candy apple metallic red already named in the lineup.
3. November 5, 2025: Racing metallic blue is shown at SEMA, due the following summer in stores and online.
4. March 6, 2026: Harbor Freight posts the metallic red SuperDuty as a color update and teases matching stands.

The owner’s manual for the SuperDuty family still lists five live color SKUs. Racing metallic blue was previewed for summer 2026; a SuperDuty listing in that color did not show up in the current color set beside red, yellow, green, orange, and purple.

Matching Red Stands Cost $49.99

The jack is the expensive half of a pair. Harbor Freight now sells matching metallic red jack stands as SKU 71423, model DJS3TMR, at $49.99 for a set of two. They ratchet from 11-3/8 in. to 16-7/8 in., carry the same 3-ton / 6,000 lb rating, and use a self-locking steel ratchet bar plus a double-locking pin. Each stand is listed at 16.6 lb.

That pairing is the tell. A buyer who only needed a lift already had the SuperDuty in yellow, green, orange, or purple. Metallic red exists so the jack, the stands, and later the cabinets can share a wall. Owners on Harbor Freight’s own videos talk about detailing the jack the way they detail a car, which is how a 104 lb tool starts behaving like a weekend accessory.

THE SUPERDUTY COLOR SKUS

• Metallic red: SKU 73106, the new store color on the SuperDuty.
• Yellow: SKU 63183, still in the manual and on the site.
• Metallic green: SKU 71421, the SEMA 2024 customer-vote color.
• Metallic orange: SKU 57590, sold as sunburst metallic orange.
• Metallic purple: SKU 70611, the 2023 poll winner.

Bright paint has a shop-floor cost that the listing never mentions. A green jack is easier to see, and easier to bark a shin on in a dim garage, and a metallic coat that looks wet under store lights can dull after a year or two of solvent, boots, and sun. Other owners say a darker red SuperDuty still looks new after years of monthly use. The hydraulics are the constant; the flake is the part that ages in public.

Harbor Freight’s Chart Prices Snap-on at $1,110

Harbor Freight does not hide the comparison it wants. On the metallic red page it prints a “Why Pay More?” table against Snap-on item FJ300A and fills in $1,110 as the Snap-on price, with a $820 gap under the SuperDuty’s $289.99.

DAYTONA VERSUS SNAP-ON ON HARBOR FREIGHT’S CHART

Those Snap-on figures are Harbor Freight’s stated specs for FJ300A, not a receipt from a Snap-on truck. The Daytona still wins the chart on minimum height by 1/8 in. and loses a hair on maximum height. The money gap is the point of the graphic, and it is also why a metallic red reskin can keep a mature jack moving: the company is selling a Snap-on-shaped object at a Harbor Freight ticket, then selling the color again on stands.

What 3,430 Reviews Keep Repeating

The metallic red page shows a 4.9 average from 3,430 reviews, with 99% of customers willing to recommend the item. The yellow, green, orange, and purple SuperDuty pages carry the same 4.9 from 3,430. The red SKU also still prompts a first review, which is how a color refresh inherits a score the new paint did not collect on its own.

The comments that sit under that shared pool keep hitting the same parts. Rapid Pump is the feature people name when they talk about fewer strokes. The chassis gets called heavy in the same breath as solid, because 104 lb is a pain to load and a comfort once it is on the floor. Tire shops show up as a reason people stopped worrying about the brand on the side. Smooth casters and the rubber pad come up more often than the metallic flake.

That split is useful. Buyers treat the SuperDuty as a shop jack that happens to be for sale in five colors. Harbor Freight treats the colors as the reason to walk in again after the 4.9-star argument is already won. A page that can show 3,430 reviews on day one of a new paint code does not need a new pump to look like news.

Purple Cabinets Close the Garage Color Loop

The jack colors did not stay on jacks. Customers spent years asking U.S. General storage to catch up with the metallic purple SuperDuty, and in 2026 Harbor Freight finally put purple on the big boxes. A March 3, 2026 newsroom post added purple roll cabs, top chests, work center hutches, an end cabinet, and an end locker, with roll cabs and top chests in 27 in., 42 in., 56 in., and 72 in. sizes. Harbor Freight’s own March 23, 2026 product guide listed those pieces beside red, black, white, blue, orange, yellow, green, and slate gray in the same modular family.

That is the larger shelf. The person who bought a purple jack in 2023 can now roll purple U.S. General tool cabinets next to it, then add metallic red stands if the next bay goes red. Harbor Freight is not chasing a one-off holiday color. It is selling a garage that matches, SKU by SKU, at tickets that still undercut the Snap-on chart it prints on the jack page.

Long-reach SuperDuty buyers keep asking for this red on the longer chassis, which the company has not listed. Metallic blue still sits in the SEMA preview column. The pattern is already set: poll or tease a color, put it on the 3-ton SuperDuty, then follow with stands and, when the storage line is ready, the cabinets.

The Jack Stays In-Store Only

Metallic red is still a store trip. SKU 73106 is marked in-store only, the carton is oversized, and 104 lb is a two-person carry for a lot of home garages. The stands at $49.99 are the easy add-to-cart half of the pair; the jack is the item that has to be rolled out of a Harbor Freight aisle.

For $289.99 the buyer gets the same Rapid Pump SuperDuty that already lives at 4.9 stars, a three-year limited warranty, and a metallic red shell that now has stands in the same flake. The new color does not lift more weight. It gives Harbor Freight another reason to sell a jack it had already sold.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Candy Apple Red Jack the Same as Metallic Red?

No. Candy apple metallic red was SKU 57589, an earlier red SuperDuty listing that Harbor Freight still named in its November 2024 SEMA color roundup. The current metallic red jack is SKU 73106, model DJ300MR, the color update Harbor Freight showed in March 2026. Same 3-ton SuperDuty architecture, different store code and finish name.

What Warranty Comes With the Metallic Red Jack Stands?

Harbor Freight’s metallic red stand page (SKU 71423) guarantees the pair against defects in materials and workmanship for 90 days from purchase, with the usual manual limits. That is far shorter than the 3-year limited warranty on the SuperDuty jack itself, so the matching set does not share a single cover period.

Does ASME PASE Cover Jack Stands as Well as Floor Jacks?

Yes. ASME’s PASE standard is written for portable automotive service equipment as a class, including service jacks and vehicle support stands, along with dollies, shop cranes, and related gear. Harbor Freight cites ASME-PASE on both the metallic red SuperDuty and the matching ratcheting stands; the 2019 edition is the mark on the jack listing, while a 2024 revision of PASE is the current ASME publication.

Can the SuperDuty Jack Be Shipped to Alaska or Hawaii?

Harbor Freight’s metallic red listing flags the SuperDuty as an oversized item that cannot be shipped to Alaska or Hawaii. Combined with the in-store-only flag on SKU 73106, that leaves lower-48 store pickup as the path the company publishes for this color.