Long time lurker, first time poster. I found one of these on Craigslist for $1000. Called the guy and offered him $600, he countered with $725. It was brand new, never had gas or oil in it. All updates installed. The guy owns a small engine shop and had gotten the machine from TSC to apply the updates and TSC evidently didn't want the machine back. Split half a cord last night with it in about 30 minutes with the wife. Only had the handle kick back one time. I opened the case today and found one of the flywheel bearings had almost no grease in it. Took off the safety button and I am going to make a different handle for it, but overall I am happy with the machine. Oh yeah, I towed it down the highway 30 miles to get it home and it towed fine. Looks like all the bolts are raw steel, so I will be replacing them soon so they don't rust. I think I will have work bend me up an larger outfeed table also.
Joe