Thanks for the sage advise. The old saying goes, your never too old to learn new tricks?CK-1 said:You just can't leave equipment like that exposed to the elements. You will have a lot of problems occur down and line. I own and 22 Huskee and keep mine under a tarp near my shed. Rain/water gets everwhere, so its probably started to rust inside the pull coil of the rope and then who knows.
I went to my local TSC yesterday and talked to the store manager and this is a new store and not where I bought my splitter. They have changed the design on the newer one alot. He couldn't offer me any help on where I might get the needed work done on mine. This store leaves alot to imagination in my opinion.
I did ask him for the hell of it if I bought a new 22 ton splitter today what was the best he could do, and he said what the sticker says. $999 and he said they came down $100 recently. I paid $899 for mine 3 years ago and that was after a salesman said he had a coupon that would give me 10 % off.
It looks like the changes they made to the new 22 ton splitters are for the better, they now have a log cradle built in the beam and have changed the engine somewhat.
Shipper