Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[nomad_archer]

Anyone have any opinions of this log splitter? http://www.sears.com/craftsman-208cc-ohv-27-ton-log-splitter-50/p-07177661000P?adCell=REC_1_0

The sears by me is going out of business and has one they are trying to move. Right now it is 25% off the MSRP of 1729. I am waiting if it gets around $1,000 I may jump on it. I have used the cub cadet equivalent a few times with good success. It is the same as the cub cadet with a different paint job. The cub and the craftsman are made by MTD. Any opinions? If it doesn't make it to a low enough price I can always go to TSC and get the county line (Husky) 22 ton splitter.

 

[farmer steve]

Anyone have any opinions of this log splitter? http://www.sears.com/craftsman-208cc-ohv-27-ton-log-splitter-50/p-07177661000P?adCell=REC_1_0

The sears by me is going out of business and has one they are trying to move. Right now it is 25% off the MSRP of 1729. I am waiting if it gets around $1,000 I may jump on it. I have used the cub cadet equivalent a few times with good success. It is the same as the cub cadet with a different paint job. The cub and the craftsman are made by MTD. Any opinions? If it doesn't make it to a low enough price I can always go to TSC and get the county line (Husky) 22 ton splitter.

looks about the same as my old troybuilt. just newer. go in and offer them $900 or less. can't hurt to ask.

 

[nomad_archer]

looks about the same as my old troybuilt. just newer. go in and offer them $900 or less. can't hurt to ask.

Good call. They are the ones that need to sell it. I will wait until after this black Friday stupid-ness and talk to them on Saturday.

 

[Ambull01]

What does OWB mean? I swear, you guys are as bad with acronyms as the military.

 

[jrider]

OWB - outdoor wood boiler...once you get one, you never go back!

 

[farmer steve]

Good call. They are the ones that need to sell it. I will wait until after this black Friday stupid-ness and talk to them on Saturday.

i wouldn't wait. some crazy black friday shopper will think her husband needs it. if people know the sears store is closing down they will be in there like flies on a 2 day old gut pile in 70* weather.

 

[troylee]

Anyone have any opinions of this log splitter? http://www.sears.com/craftsman-208cc-ohv-27-ton-log-splitter-50/p-07177661000P?adCell=REC_1_0

The sears by me is going out of business and has one they are trying to move. Right now it is 25% off the MSRP of 1729. I am waiting if it gets around $1,000 I may jump on it. I have used the cub cadet equivalent a few times with good success. It is the same as the cub cadet with a different paint job. The cub and the craftsman are made by MTD. Any opinions? If it doesn't make it to a low enough price I can always go to TSC and get the county line (Husky) 22 ton splitter.

Do you have a Menards near you? 27 ton DHT is on sale for black friday......gonna be like 699 after rebate.

 

[mainewoods]

What does OWB mean? I swear, you guys are as bad with acronyms as the military.

Actually OWB stands for oppressive wood burner.

 

[troylee]

Old Wicked ***** in my neck of the woods

 

[nomad_archer]

Do you have a Menards near you? 27 ton DHT is on sale for black friday......gonna be like 699 after rebate.

Unfortunately the closest one is 300 miles away.

 

[troylee]

Bummer.....good luck with Sears. I agree with the others, march in there like you own the place, and make a offer.

 

[nomad_archer]

May just say screw messing with sears. TSC 22 ton splitter is 899 on Wednesday before thanks giving. That price sounds like a winner to me.

 

[Philbert]

You have to go by components, quality, and build (and service if you need it!). If Sears starts with an inflated list price, the 'deal' you get might after lots of negotiation only be as good as another brand on sale. Anything special about the Sears splitter?

Philbert

 

[Ambull01]

OWB - outdoor wood boiler...once you get one, you never go back!

Outdoors? Man that would be kind of nice. No more bringing splits inside and littering the floor with debris.

Just looked it. Sounds expensive. You use it to heat your water in place of a water heater! I think. Perhaps some day I'll get one. Would be nice to have one and cut down on water heating, buy a hot tub, etc. Live like a wood scrounging king.

 

[Philbert]

Right now it is 25% off the MSRP of 1729.

P.S. - just got a sale ad. That is a sale price on that splitter, not a clearance price. They are probably not motivated to discount it a lot more.

Philbert

 

[Ambull01]

Ambull ........Looks very familiar LOL

I used a bed liner from a truck in my van , cut to fit and a piece of plywood as a divider .
Scrounge on !!!!

Hey you ever thought of putting some kind of roller system on the bottom of your truck bed liner or on the floor of your van? I was thinking I could make a ghetto/red neck dump trailer rig. Have something that will enable the truck bed liner/boxed wood hauling frame to slide out of the van and tip down. That way I could drive it home, slide it out with a pull rope manually or with a winch, dump it in my driveway/yard, then go back for another load.

 

[mainewoods]

 

[Philbert]

That crank looks like work. I think that Ambull had more of a 'sled' in mind: open the tailgate; hook it with a chain to a post; then floor it!

Philbert

 

[Ambull01]

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That's kind of cool, never saw something like that before.

Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of what @Philbert mentioned. Well, except the "chain to a post; then floor it!" I would love to build a sort of dump truck in a van contraption. Maybe reinforce the truck bed liner so it doesn't bend, enable it to roll partially out of the van, have a latch or something that restricts it from rolling all the way out, then let it swivel down once it's rolled out of the van. I could reverse it up my driveway, open the double back doors, pull out the liner until it drops down at an angle, drive the van forward to get all the rounds out, slide liner back in, close doors and roll out to scrounge again.

 

[mainewoods]

Sheet of plywood and and some casters.