2015 Black Friday Log splitters!

[Petro55]

Hello,

Please post up any pictures or deals you get on a log splitter this black Friday.

I have seen a 25 ton on Ruralking.com
http://www.ruralking.com/logsplitter-25-ton-224-cc.html

$799 for black Friday.

Still looking

 

[Woody Stover]

A 22-ton is a bit easier for one guy to move around...still tough if it's not flat, smooth ground.

 

[MaintenanceMan]

That's a good deal for $799...

 

[Applesister]

Wouldnt you want to know about the Black Friday deals ahead of time?
Are you planning on making your move that day?

 

[CrufflerJJ]

A 22-ton is a bit easier for one guy to move around...still tough if it's not flat, smooth ground.

Using a trailer dolly makes it a lot easier.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Using a trailer dolly makes it a lot easier.

I second this. I ended up with one from harbor freight. It was somewhere around 50 bucks. Makes moving the splitter a breeze. Doing it again I'd get a better dolly even though the HF one isn't horrible

 

[CrufflerJJ]

I second this. I ended up with one from harbor freight. It was somewhere around 50 bucks. Makes moving the splitter a breeze. Doing it again I'd get a better dolly even though the HF one isn't horrible

Mine is also from HF. I just wish the height of the hitch ball was adjustable, but for $50 or so, it isn't a bad deal.

 

[JathanLFL]

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/black-diamond-log-splitter.129896/

 

[English BoB]

Hello,

Please post up any pictures or deals you get on a log splitter this black Friday.

I have seen a 25 ton on Ruralking.com
http://www.ruralking.com/logsplitter-25-ton-224-cc.html

$799 for black Friday.

Still looking

IMHO. that low engine may take a hit while splitting and if its a big split .

bob

 

[brenndatomu]

Menards is gonna have a 30 ton Forest King with electric start for $799. (that's half price!) It looks a lot like a DHT to me http://www.bfads.net/Black-Friday/Menards/Ad?page=40#viewer
They have a 22 ton Forest King on sale for $799 right now. It looks a lot like my 23 ton Champion splitter https://www.menards.com/main/wood-s...448039155-c-10115.htm?tid=5409695889731531625

 

[TedyOH]

Menards is gonna have a 30 ton Forest King with electric start for $799. (that's half price!) It looks a lot like a DHT to me http://www.bfads.net/Black-Friday/Menards/Ad?page=40#viewer
They have a 22 ton Forest King on sale for $799 right now. It looks a lot like my 23 ton Champion splitter https://www.menards.com/main/wood-s...448039155-c-10115.htm?tid=5409695889731531625

I'd be all over that if there was a store closer and I wasn't going to PA that day.

 

[maple1]

Wouldnt you want to know about the Black Friday deals ahead of time?
Are you planning on making your move that day?

Thought that was the purpose of the post? It is ahead of time.

 

[maple1]

Menards is gonna have a 30 ton Forest King with electric start for $799. (that's half price!) It looks a lot like a DHT to me http://www.bfads.net/Black-Friday/Menards/Ad?page=40#viewer
They have a 22 ton Forest King on sale for $799 right now. It looks a lot like my 23 ton Champion splitter https://www.menards.com/main/wood-s...448039155-c-10115.htm?tid=5409695889731531625

That 30T looks like a thread winner already. Think I would be on that if I was in the market.

How do you like your Champion? Canadian Tire sells them up here, often 'on sale', and I was considering one before I found the used one I ended up getting. I couldn't find much about them so was a bit leery.

 

[edge-of-the-woods]

Is that just your local flyer? I don't see that model on the Menard's site.

https://www.menards.com/main/outdoo...od-splitters-chippers-accessories/c-10115.htm

 

[brenndatomu]

How do you like your Champion

It works fine. If I had paid $1k or more for it I wouldn't be impressed, but for the price it works fine, and I haven't had any major problems with it

Is that just your local flyer? I don't see that model on the Menard's site.

That was a link from the black Friday ad that was leaked (you can look it up online). If you click on the ad for the 30 ton it takes you to the 22 ton that they normally stock. So the 30 T must be a BF special only

 

[Jags]

"If you click on the ad for the 30 ton it takes you to the 22 ton that they normally stock."

Instead of clicking on the splitter add, just point to it and then on the left click the popup for "Details". It will take you here:
http://www.bfads.net/Item/Menards-Black-Friday-Forest-King-30Ton-Log-Splitter/283114

"So the 30 T must be a BF special only"
If you look at the sale bill, it is only for 6 hours.

 

[OhioBurner©]

"If you click on the ad for the 30 ton it takes you to the 22 ton that they normally stock."

Instead of clicking on the splitter add, just point to it and then on the left click the popup for "Details". It will take you here:
http://www.bfads.net/Item/Menards-Black-Friday-Forest-King-30Ton-Log-Splitter/283114

"So the 30 T must be a BF special only"
If you look at the sale bill, it is only for 6 hours.

I don't know why they have an issue with linking to the correct splitter (was that way last year too).
I don't waste time with bfads or whatever either, and there is no 'pop-ups on my computer. Just go to menards.com and type in the actualy SKU of the 30T in the search box 270-1004 or here is a direct link if it works http://www.menards.com/main/p-1444448038903-c-1446215532061.htm?tid=6782549249758406277

Also saw that TSC has their Countyline 22T splitter for $849. Might appeal to someone that doesn't have a menards close by. Also includes hydraulic oil and assembly according to the details, so not bad. Also it appears the TSC sale is Nov 25-29 so you might be able to get that deal without fighting the crowds Friday! That alone might be worth it! I'm really thinking about it, 22T should suffice for most things I split plus I feel like the electric start on the 30T is a waste.

 

[TedyOH]

Good info on the TSC, thanks. I almost bought that model a week ago for $999

 

[2broke2ride]

 

[TedyOH]

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Cool - question is, does the sale start tomorrow as OhioBurner stated?
I will be out of town Black Friday

 

[Grateful11]

I pulled up the Tractor Supply website and the 22-ton splitter is showing $899. Maybe the price is different in other areas. It starts tomorrow.

 

[TedyOH]

I pulled up the Tractor Supply website and the 22-ton splitter is showing $899. Maybe the price is different in other areas. It starts tomorrow.
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Thanks - even $100 off will get me there tomorrow, impulse buy as I split all by hand for the exercise, hopefully no remorse, but this will encourage me to cut the dead standing elm I have on my property.

 

[BoiledOver]

Just so ya know, the Menards splitter on sale black Friday is "while supplies last, no rain-checks". This you can read at the bottom of page 40 in their black Friday flyer.

http://www.bfads.net/Item/Menards-Black-Friday-Forest-King-30Ton-Log-Splitter/283114

 

[Grateful11]

Last year my wife and son went to Tractor Supply a few days before the sale started and talked to one of the guys she knows that works there and they got one for $899 before the sale ever started. They buy quite a bit of stuff there so that may have had something to do with it.

It's a good splitter. I'd say it's weakest point is the jack stand. We're thinking of putting a clamp on trailer jack from Harbor Freight on it.

 

[OhioBurner©]

Cool - question is, does the sale start tomorrow as OhioBurner stated?
I will be out of town Black Friday

@2broke2ride left the flier folded but on that same page the splitter is on, on the top of the page it says "November 25 -29"

Other stuff within the flier is labeled "Friday Only" so I think its a safe bet the splitter is part of the "4 Day Sale".