I don’t know if any of you have ever heard of justbid.com but it’s my new addiction that I’m trying to break. It’s basically a local auction site where they sell Amazon stuff people decide they don’t want it sits behind a local Amazon distribution facility here in Springfield MO. Anyway I saw a hydraulic cylinder for a log splitter come up that I couldn’t let go without putting a bid in on it. It was an open box but appears new, retails for $369. I won it for $14. If anyone wants this cylinder, I’ll ship it to you if you pay the shipping plus the $14.
it would beel cool to have something like that sitting around maybe try to incorporate a log lift with it.
I picked up the cylinder today and found it wasn’t exactly as advertised. That may have been why it was originally returned. While it is brand new, it’s considerably smaller than 4.5” diameter. A rough measurement of the circumference and a little math tells me it’s just under 3” diameter. I will take more specific measurements this evening. It looks more like a tractor cylinder than a splitter cylinder to me but I’ll post more tonight.
The cylinder is actually 2.75” diameter. The overall length of the cylinder is 24.5”. The pin sizes on the ends are both 1.5”.
That doesn't look a Kubota tractor cylinder Part No. - never mind the fact that it's black instead of Kubota orange. If it had been, it's retail price would have been north of $1K!
The trouble with a small cylinder for a log lift is, being smaller they move quicker, and if you're not careful you'll end up with a log chucker! LOL
I have a similar addiction to a local auction house that sells industrial surplus. I bought a bunch of new 6" bore 60" stroke cylinders some as low as $20 each. 3 or 3 1/2" rods. A lot of grainger and McMaster stuff. A few things a month for years. When I croak I imagine that they will be called to sell it all again...
