Just picked up this 25 ton speeco splitter for $500 from Home depot rental

Went up to HD rental and picked the used 25 ton Speeco splitter for 500 bucks. 8 HP Honda OHV, 2 stage pump. It has some rust on the tank. bad wheel bearings, but it works! Gonna change out the fluids. Just a heads up for the guys looking for a cheap splitter.

I have purchased a Makita 6401 Chainsaw know a 7901 from HD rental.
Honda Garden tiller FRC 800.

Thats a good buy. Changing the bearings is a pain. I would probably do both sets if I were you.

Not a bad price, that thing will pay for itself over and over again each year as you use it to split your wood...

Sounds good Lanning. Hey, I haven't seen you posting much lately. Good to know you are still hanging around.

Thata a good deal. I wish my HD's would sell some of there rental stuff? Whem I ask about it, I get the..... Duhhhhhhh.... Look

Little rust never hurt a splitter. New fluids and bearings, she'll be like new again. That Honda motor should run for years and years!

Wow, that's a terrific price! The wheel bearings are super simple to remove and replace. Good Find!

http://www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Trailer_Bearings_and_Races-sf-Bearing_Kit.aspx

Highly recommend you check out etrailer.com if you intend to replace those bearings. Excellent pricing and a great company to deal with.

+1 on doing both sets, easy peasy.

Very nice price.
Looks to be in fairly good shape.
A little TLC & it'll last you many years.

You guys that find Makita saws and nice splitters .....

I search one end of Home Depot to the other and never find anything nice
except for maybe some of the help
and then I get tossed out for trying to open packages

Cleaned up all the dirt and oil on the bottom of the Honda engine. This seems to be the the cause of the dripping oil that I found under the engine ( I think).

Another issue that I just saw on the splitter is a small hair line crack in the corner of the cast steel foot plate that is about 3/4 in. I wonder if this is something I should get welded or be concerned about? I will post a picture when I get home. Please advise? Jim

Good find Lanning. You will really enjoy that baby.

I would call Speeco, they had issues with those bottom plates.

According to some of the post on the arborist site, Speeco has really good customer service. They also posted a guys e-mail that works for the company that helped out with the splitter. Not sure how old this unit is? I know that have a 3 year warranty period on the cast iron bottom foot plate. But its worth a call and see what they say?

dangggggg. Totally jealous of this find right now!

I bought one last year for the same price, it is actually called Iron Hand, it is made by speeco. It will not be under warranty.

I sold mine for $800 and upgraded to a Timberwolf Tw-P1 with all the accessories. It was a rental also, paid $1000.

gg

good deal on the splitter. Run through it with a fine tooth comb, check it out good.