What do you guys think of this splitter on eBay?

I've never owned a splitter before. This seems like a good deal and I can definitely meet the guy for local pickup. There are already 2 bids on it so, I assume it will go up in price quite a bit:
Huskee Log Splitter 22 Ton Verticle | eBay

TIA!

 

I have it's twin. Cold blooded, but full synthetic oil and re gap the plug and it's better. There is no choke on it. Mine is 5 or 6 years old and has split over 100 cord and is still running well. $500 is a good deal.

 

Seems like a good price. Give it a start before money changes hands, and let it runs for a few. Maybe he's got some rounds you could split as a test.

 

Buy it now if possible


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2 questions, if I'm gonna try and land it now, what's a fair offer? Is it going to go up to like $800? $1k? Next, what are the pros and cons of gas splitters, hydraulic, etc? I'm new to this.

 

That's not an option.

 

Unless it has "buy it now" option, and it doesn't appear that it does, the price will more than likely go up, especially in the last few hours/ minutes.

You can buy a brand new brand name gas splitter for $800 give or take, but definitely under 900, so don't get sucked in on a bidding war.

 

It's already going to go for more than $500. The 2 bids are actually from the same person. He bid once, and then several days later he upped his bid. If I wanted it I'd wait until the last few seconds of the auction and then bid what I wanted to pay for it. It's called Sniping. I've been out-sniped several times, but not often. If I really want something I'll bid at the 3 second mark and hope my Internet connection is good.

 

Yeah, I’m very familiar with sniping. Not sure if eBay has taken steps to block the s/w.

Surprised to hear that you can get a new one for $800ish. I thought it was more like $1500


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I'd buy a new one from tractor supply for a few hundred more if it goes over $700.

This got me thinking though, the old days of buying a ton on ebay, and usually sniping everyone with a last second bid. Seemed that most.of the time the birds would go back and forth in the last few minutes, then settle down in the final minute. If the price was still right I'd have two windows open, one ready to submit my filled out bid, and another refreshing the time until it got to 10 seconds, then start counting while switching over.to the bid.page and clicking submit bid ar 2-3 seconds left.

Probably pizzed off a lot of people that way lol.

 

on a lot of internet auctions you can place a max bid-which isn't posted, but every time some else ups the anty your automatically bid at the next point until your max is reached, be aware that a lot of auctions now have a 10%-15% or more buyers fee added on to your bid price if you should be high bidder + any taxes. so right off the bat your $500 bid is $550 + Tax. Once it hits apx $700 might as well just buy brand new and get a warranty. Ya the sniping has been reduced quite a bit except for the auto max bid thing I just described.
I have been out bid on a bunch of vertical mills lately. I have a max I am willing to spend on any of these including buyers fees and taxes- transportation charges depending on location. This stuff is all where is as is. Likely same thing here. So I figure on top of everything else I will be tossing more cash at it to get it into production.

 

Kinetic machine- about $2000 new, hydro splitter (15-20 ton) on sale, basic unit, start at about $800 at the local box stores. so if that bid hit say 700 + buyer's fees might as well buy new.

 

This is the replacement to the posted splitter. It regularly goes on sale for as low as $750.00. Most farm/garden type stores have similar units as well as big box stores (Menards, Lowes, Home depot).

 

Thanks. If I don't grab this one I may need to rent one to get my current load split. So, I get the idea of a gas splitter...gas engine. What is the power behind a hydro unit? I know this is a rookie question. TIA.

 

Man, whoever the original bidder is has a real hard on for this thing. Don't telegraph your blow dude:
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