I have what looks to be an older version of your splitter. Probably 12 or 13 years old now. The only thing I've had to do to it is replace the return hose. It was a terrible set up returning to the top of the tank with just a straight hose barb. The hose kinked after a few years so I welded a jic onto it and added an elbow so it doesn't kink everytime I stand it up which is how I do all my splitting. I see they changed up the plumbing on yours which is a good thing. All in all it's been a great machine.
My return line is about ready to fall off
, I should probably tighten it lol.
The problem I have with it is the muffler has a cheesy cage on it and it gets splitter litter(from the back side of the wedge) dropped onto it and trapped between the cage and the muffler, then it burns. Sometimes it smells real nice, others times not so much, but my concern is that I have a nice coal burning and then i refuel it and spill a bit
. The other thing is that little pieces fall between the intake and the muffler ot the fuel tank and then the governor will not work properly. That one isn't too major, but I do make sure nothing is smoking and look around to make sure I don't start a fire when I refuel.
Got a bit more done.
Almost forgot to take a picture of this one but remembered right after I started lol.
Then I did forget to take a picture of a bucket, so here's a picture of one of the mulberry rounds I noodles as a substitute.
Here they are ready to split
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