idreadnought
Supportive Member
I have purchased from them before. Item showed up just like expected on time without issues. I spent time researching them and they have a good reputation.
As far as trusting those engines. Several signs point toward it being a good engine. First the company selling it is reputable, second looking at the engine it is noticeable clean without much usage. Third, the price, if it wasnt an engine in good shape then they would be selling them for half the price.
Think where these engines could of come from. Some company builds something. Lets call it a riding mower. I know this isn't off one but lets just say. Someone buys the mower and two months late the differential goes out and they return it. The store gives them a new one and sends the broken one back to the factory. What does the factory do with it? They could put a new differential in it and sell it as refurbished but they are much better equipped to build new mowers. So they put it in the back of their factory and eventually wholesale a bunch of them out in an auction. Some other company buys the lot and either fixes them or parts them out. I can see it being totally conceivable that this engine was on a piece of equipment that the other component failed and small engine warehouse purchased a lot of machines from a factory. Most likely it was sitting in the back of the warehouse for a while.
back to your problem, that is the alternatives, if you could easily purchase a brand new engine with a two year warranty that would be a direct bolt up replacement then I would say buy new. However, you can't. So your options are this engine that has very few hours on it or modifying your truckmount to make something else fit. Me personally, I would roll the dice. you have a 30 day warranty, i know this isn't much but in that amount of time you will know if it runs good.
