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I had a bunch of trees cut down in my back yard (yep, found him on CL too) but since we have a nice gathering spot with a fire pit out there, I decided to just save some money and have the tree guy leave the wood lay. I'd clean it all up, save some money and have wood-o-plenty for the fire pit. I had a massive pile of logs cut up already and thought I better split the wood if I'm going to use it. I decided I was going to just go the cheap route and try the manual hydraulic splitter. Either the foot powered:

http://www.sitebox.ltd.uk/prodimages/Fox/log.gif

 

Or the jack style:

http://www.tlbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Wel-Bilt-Horizontal-Manual-Hydraulic-Log-Splitter-%E2%80%94-10-Ton.jpg

 

I started trolling craigslist and ran across this little gem:

http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mcFIfPT5ur8C7959yNTfONw.jpg

 

I figured since it's the same price or less than the hydraulic ones, why the hell not. All I can say is holy shit I'm glad I went with it. The ENTIRE pile I had chopped up is already all split and stacked. I only have a few more larger branches to chop into log size pieces and split but dam! The guy I bought it from said it was too slow. :confused: I did about a truckload's worth of wood all split and stacked in a couple hours. Is he trying to chop and split a forest in a single day? O-well, for the few I paid for it I'm extremely happy. Now I can re-list it on craigslist for twice what I paid and wait for it to sell! Nah, I think this is something I'll probably just keep since it makes my life much easier. Now having a small fire for s'mores in the backyard during summer nights is a bit more enjoyable.

 

Back to trolling craigslist looking for other items to help me knock off things on my to-do list. :lolguy:

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I mostly troll atv, electronics and farm/garden. I have a few projects around that I'm trying to tidy up yet.

 

Reworking my grizzly 600:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/gillbot/imagejpg2_zpsab24bad5.jpg

Needs a good bit of tlc but it works pretty well. No back brakes, shifter is a pile and no kill switch. Other than that everything works. Good high, low, 4x4, lights and etc. Winch and front bumper are shot so I've been trolling CL for those. I'll likely snag a winch from harbor freight when they go back on sale though. Not having much luck on the bumper. Wouldn't mind running across another set of wheels for this thing since my front tires have a slow leak. I have another set of tires in my shed but I'm too cheap to pay and loo lazy to swap them.

 

I already mentioned my wife's breeze 125 in my craigslist trailer thread:

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117260

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/gillbot/imagejpg1_zps16136572.jpg

It's about 95% done. Has brakes but they are a little soft. Been trolling CL for tires since hers are pretty dry rotted but they are holding air fine. If I find a set super cheap I'll snag em, if not she can roll on these till I have to replace them. I have a newer set of rear tires for it but they are snow paddles. Don't really want to put them on it for summer riding. I've also been trolling CL for a blown up blaster. Supposedly you can swap the front brakes and hubs plus the rear swing arm assembly onto the breeze but unless I find one uber cheap, I'm not gonna tackle that.

 

I've also picked up a new trailer. It's big enough to haul both my quads at ~5x11. Paid less for it than I sold my old trailer for so I'm happy with that. It's an old boat trailer converted to a utility trailer with wood deck by the previous owner. I've been trolling CL for metal so I can make the deck out of steel and mesh. It'll all come together sooner or later.

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Sometimes I get impatient but I have to remind myself, be calm and the deal will show up eventually. I just get frustrated because of the slow pace and the fact that my to-do list doesn't shrink as fast as I want it to.

 

The other thing that makes me laugh is some of the pricing. Even after you show some people that their pricing is out of left field, they give you the "but I paid $xxx" and when I tell them they obviously overpaid, they get mad. Lol. I'm going back and forth with a guy right now on some metal and he gave me the "common man work with me I paid over $500" line. When I showed him that the stuff is like $40 new he said that I made it up or I would have bought it already. I told him I'm heading there this week and to have a nice day three times and he STILL doesn't get it. I don't want his overpriced shit yet he keeps messaging me!!! This is also why I never give out my number on there until the very end of a deal. No email, I don't bother. Get everything hashed out via email and skip the phone if possible.

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Using an axe is manlier

 

I'm too fucking lazy for that.

 

How much was that? My dad cut down a bunch of trees and has logs stacked, but need split. I can have all i want, just gotta cut it. A lot of it is cherry and fuck trying to split that by hand.

 

If you are patient you can find them around 150, mine was 80. :gabe: I was hoping for around 100-125 so this score was even sweeter.

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I've had my Grizzly (posted above) listed for a while in the hopes I'd get a few $ out if it or perhaps a smaller atv. With that said though, is craigslist Ohio where Chevy blazers go to die? I swear I've been offered about a hundred jank ass blazers in trade for my atv. I've had some decent offers but not many actually follow through.
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I just scored a Craftsman YTS3000 21HP 48" lawnmower for $600 via CL. When I went to look at it, he had a pull-behind yard rake, that he didn't even mention in the ad, that he said he'd throw in if I decided to buy the mower. He bought the mower new and his dad worked for Sears, so it's had all maintenance done regularly.
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You get that a lot if you use the combined view. I like using the regular view but then you see the same things over and over when searching each city.

 

Thanks for the tip.

 

Wife is pissed though. In my search for metal to convert my wood deck trailer, I found another trailer decked in aluminum for less than I'd pay for the metal to convert mine. Now do I risk the doghouse and just get the new trailer or stay the course and convert mine from a wood deck to metal? Hmm, choices. Yeah, I'll probably have another trailer for sale soon. :lolguy:

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Well, Breeze #2 didn't pan out so well. The price I paid it wasn't bad, but for the time and effort of driving to Chillicothe to get it sucked. It was supposed to need a carb, but after I got it home I found it had no compression. I mean NONE. I guess for $300 I can't complain since rings are cheap.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/gillbot/imagejpg1_zpse8d5f80e.jpg

 

Now my Honda Rebel deal I'm very happy with. It's an '86 Rebel 450 running and riding but it truly does need a bit of TLC.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/gillbot/imagejpg1_zps27514d6a.jpg

 

For what I paid on this one, it makes up for the hassle of the bad breeze. :)

 

Hi, my name is James and I'm a fucking craigslist addict.

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