Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

One guy from MSP area is selling his 15 year old HS621 (the guy from Wayzata MN who hates HomeDepot and GC engines) for $450.  Another one is selling his one year old HS520 for $400 with one year remaining on the warranty.  HS621 is a nice machine but is it really worth more than nearly new HS520?  Replacement parts for HS520 is about 50% of the cost of HS621. What do I recommend for a friend?  I think the HS621 from that guy is simply way too high (if it were as good as aa335 then it is a different story).  HS520 seems like an economical option.  What do you guys think?

MN_Runner wrote:
Heh.  No party.  It's raining a lot here, no snow to blow.  I'm on business trip in Boston for a few days and don't feel like getting out of this city.  Sushi bar and a cold Harpoon near Copley Place, it's all good.

Hopefully I can meet one of you guys when I either run Boston Marathon or Chicago Marathon.  Boston is just too hard to train in MN because of the weather.  I broke my ankle in 2009 the day after Christmas slipping on ice so 2010 run was out.   Chicago is better but it is always a week after the Twin Cities marathon so it is a tough call.  Enjoy the sushi and lobsters and of course, good ale.

MN_Runner wrote:
No snow, only rain... Still not cold either and it looks like mild weather for the next week or so.

aa335 wrote: Heres what I found for production dates for U. S. market  HS621. Pull start models
1992   Ser #  1000001-1038238      
1993   Ser #  1038239-1099999
1994   Ser #  1100001-1129999
1995   Ser #  1130001-1130378
1996   Ser #  1130379- not many but some are listed as 96's

That doesn't seem right.  I have one with S/N beginning with 10356xx which I bought in 1998.  It seems unlikely a 1992 production unit sat around 6 years until it is sold.

Here's some photos of the single stage herd. The HS621 I got last spring and the HS520 are going on CL shortly. The keeper HS621 is the one in the middle.

Here's the HS621 I'll be selling off.

Here's the HS520 I've been disappointed with.

Here's a few of the keeper HS621.

Did you swap all the good parts to the keeper HS621? 

aa335 wrote:
Of course! I had just replaced the paddles and scrapper on the old one so I swapped those out first. The ones that were on the keeper were not bad and still had plenty of meat left on them and the scrapper bar was good as well. Both the HS621 & HS520 are in good shape and run well. The keeper HS621 is just in much better condition than the other one as it was a one owner machine and was well cared for and maintained.

Yeah, yeah, nice machines......

WTF is all that wood about?  You selling it?   That's quite a supply. 

You do your own splitting?  If so, what do you use?