I’ve never seen one with the actuating handle not on the same side as the engine, it’s not something I’m really looking for though.
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I’ve never seen one with the actuating handle not on the same side as the engine, it’s not something I’m really looking for though.
I have seen the new Countyline splitters set up this way.
They are nice to have setup that way because the heat of the engine and the noise id on the other side, but I would want it to have electric start
.Not sure where the handle is on this one
.https://grandrapids.craigslist.org/tls/d/hudsonville-log-splitter-electric-driven/7116327790.html
How old is yours? It's all square stock. Mine has the rolled slide. I think mine is pushing 10.Yes.
I've had a few of those thru the yrs.
The one I currently have is the one like @rarefish383 showed above, that was the last of the huskee labeled ones as far as I know, they have the handle on the tongue that's pretty useless, I like @MustangMike handle setup.
Obviously these were taken a while ago lol.
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Not sure exactly, I think the stopped making them like that around 5 yrs ago.
The tongue is square stock?, pretty sure mine is just a large c channel.
The Purilator H32010 is the correct filter, and it was $7.29 at Advanced Auto Parts. I installed it and tried it out a little today.
Just an odd note. The day I bought mine I went straight to my BIL's house to try it out on some 30" Hickory. It started right up, and then died. Cranked and cranked. For some reason I just felt like it might have water in it. I pulled the bowl off the carb and it was full of water. Flushed it all out, new gas, started and ran great. For the next 6-7 years it was always under cover. Then one night I forgot to put the cover on the engine. It rained. Next morning I went to use it, it fired right up and died. Had water in it. It had been years so I completely forgot about the first time.It was starting to show some age, slowing down on big knots, so I called my small engine buddy. He checked it out, said the valves were kind of loose so did a valve job and tune up. Then it wouldn't start for him, had water in gas. I put an old 1 gallon steel tank on it and have never had a problem, plus this tank is a little bigger and runs longer. Never did figure out how tha water was getting in. Last year my cousin and I were at an old farm auction. I bought 2 Homelites and carried them out to the truck. When I got back he asked if I saw the B&S engine? It was brand new in box, never started, never had oil in the crank case. I got it for $25. Thought I'd just put it on the splitter. But, since I put the new fuel tank on it, I haven't had a lick of trouble. The engine is one of the new, "just check and add, never change the oil", models. In the manual it said it would start every time within so many pulls, if it didn't, they would send a tech out to fix it. I was pretty skeptical, but, my neighbor has one and he says it runs great, and he never changes the oil. By the time I get around to using it, it will probably be long out of warranty.
Mike, I think you should try a bench with the legs mortised and tenoned in. That would look cool with the rectangle tenons showing in the seat.
Yesterday went for a hike with my wife and Step Son. This is the ruins of an old hunting cabin. We saw over 20 Painted Turtles on the logs, don't think I've seen that many in the same place before, and usually you see a fair amount of Snappers with them.
Sorry about the poor picture quality of the turtles, but I had to put the cell phone on 8X to get them!
Sorry about the poor picture quality of the turtles, but I had to put the cell phone on 8X to get them!
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That is probably beyond my pay grade! These are inlet 1", and the PL Premium and 3" deck screws hold them real nice!
I have now.
What should I check on my MS461 to see if it’s sucking air?
If you can adjust your carb to make it run right you are likely OK, don't get too paranoid.
If you can't fix it with the carb (and maybe the carb needs to be rebuilt), or your saw need a tune up (air and fuel filters and a new plug), you can do a pressure/vac test on your saw.
Always do the simple things first. Tune up, and carb rebuild (or temp exchange with a good one).
If you can't fix it with the carb (and maybe the carb needs to be rebuilt), or your saw need a tune up (air and fuel filters and a new plug), you can do a pressure/vac test on your saw.
Always do the simple things first. Tune up, and carb rebuild (or temp exchange with a good one).
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Good idea, sure would look cool, but the seat looks cool already, so I guess would look cooler. If an outside seat it woud expose the endgrain to the weather though. Worth a shot though.
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It doesn’t seem likely it would come out of adjustment all of a sudden.
Got 3 more loads in tonight. I'm not sure if you guys can see it in the background, and I don't know why I never noticed it, but that sure is one pretty stump. You can also see the fence wires angling down on each side of it. 
Collection of odd bits that will get burned at the end of this week. OWB don't care.
And that concludes the broken maple saga.
Collection of odd bits that will get burned at the end of this week. OWB don't care.
And that concludes the broken maple saga.
Well, not necessarily true. Screws often drift a little over time and you never seem to notice it until it doesn't run right.
First thing I would do is check where they are, then see if an adjustment can solve the problem.
A clogged air filter can also foul things up, and sometimes you just need to replace them because you can't get the fines cleaned out of it. Ditto the plug or fuel filter. They get near the end of their useful life and the saw starts not running right.
Count how many turns it takes to run them all the way in?
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