[TheForge] 5 HP Motors

[Aaron Silver]

Hello all,

Well, to keep myself out of trouble I've spent the last week or so planning 
on building a log splitter. Unfortunately after pricing the motor and the 
hydraulics I'm starting to wonder if I'm not going to spend as much to 
build it as I would going to Home Depot and buying one outright.

So far I'm looking at about $350 for the hydraulics and about the same for 
a 5 HP motor.

Does this sound about right, or am I getting prices that I could/should be 
able to find much lower by doing some creative looking? Would anyone have 
ideas on where I could/should be looking? Right now I've only been checking 
local stores and the web, and these are prices for new items. Should I be 
looking at remanufactured items, or are there places that I'm not thinking 
of that tend to have old useable motors or hydraulics lying around that I 
could get great deals on?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Aaron Silver