[TheForge] 5 HP Motors

Thu Jan 29 13:42:01 2004

What if you just bought a hydraulic press and made your own splitter
attachment. Then when you got done with the wood you would still have a
press.
They have a nice 50 ton.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Silver" <[email protected]>
To: "theForge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: [TheForge] 5 HP Motors

> 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
>
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