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Opinion on Forest king 30 Ton Log Splitter.

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by 68jbush, Nov 21, 2015.

  1. LinkedXJ

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    See if anyone notices anything... Lol
     
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    Thats a 30 ton and I thought the sale was on the 22??
     
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    Yes and No.
     
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    I see an oil leak under engine?
     
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    I see the battery for electric start!!!
     
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    You gonna throw one of those in the linked xj and ride down here to sell me?
     
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    Hard lines on the cylinder? That's interesting.
     
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    It looks like they may be using those hard lines as a mount for the valve. I don't see a mounting plate for it.
     
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    The splitter I use from a buddy has hard lines on his cyl.
     
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    Many splitters mount the valve to the cylinder via a short pipe nipple, including my Iron & Oak. But I have a long flexible hose to the rear port on the cylinder.
     
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    Is the line on the cylinder broken in half or is that an optical illusion?
     
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    Bingo.
    I did that on purpose though.
    The whole splitter was about a foot to the right in the picture.
    That oil is from the pick-up side of the pump.
    I took off the plastic cap on the fitting for the pick-up hose and there was some oil in there that came out.

    So, its not from the engine, i just thought i would be funny and see if anyone would start in
    with the "oh look its leaking oil already, what a pile of poo".
     
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    That, and its grey, and not green like other forest king splitters. So is this really a rebranded dht?
     
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    Who is dht?
     
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    Dirty hand tools
     
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    See the title of the thread we are posting in?? :loco: :crazy:
     
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    Let's just call it a Swisher knock off.
     
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    I'm on tapatalk all is see up top is literally "opinion on fore...."
     
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    Well I lost out on the TSC deal too. I didn't think about transportation... was thinking about picking it up on my way to work but they didn't have an easy way to get it in the back of my truck. Oh well, might just have to rent one this year.

    I already saw one of the 30T show up on craigslist, listed as brand new never used and with cell phone pic of the display model in the store. Judging by his location I am guessing he got it at the one I wasted a trip to after they were sold out. $1050. Should I offer him $800 or just flag all his adds. Does hit a nerve folks deprive the rest of us of good deals and then try to make a buck on top of that.

    Another reason I'll never use that crappy app. Can't even see the post title? Jeez. And as I recall you can't see sigs either. I remember some other tapatalk users asking me which stove I use when its all clearly in my sig...
     
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    Yea it cuts a lot of the crap out so bots easier and faster on a phone. There is down sides. I could see tue title if I scrolled it or clicked it.
     
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