mine is Kohler powered , worst gas cap design I thing I have ever worked with , but since I set it up with an old bottom pan out of a rabbit cage that hooks on and covers the engine , it has started and been fine.

before the engine had a roof , it would collect water in the gas can on any long steady rain.
had to drain the gas a bunch of times , 10mm on the bottom of carb at least wasn't too hard but a pain
the little roof makes the difference , yes I wish I had a good place to put it inside but it lives outside most of the last 11 years I have had it . had to rebuild the ram seal this year other than that , oil and filter changes mainly besides dealing with water in the gas too many times.

I also put a new starter rope on it a couple years ago.



if I was doing a bunch of big wood for a OWB I would probably noodle a lot more of it at least part way through

noodle about 3/4 of the way through and it doesn't take much of a hit to make them halves
then you can stack them so they shed water when stacked

These two 10 year olds know how to use a maul; they both have a pretty good eye too.
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Dad may have had his that long

If you can swing it, it will split it

I bought one used at a garage sale
When I get stuff too big to wrestle into the splitter I will use the MM to get them down to manageable size

BTW my splitter will run vertical and that is the primary position it gets run in

This is what I use and I bought it used over 30 years ago. I love it so much I bought a spare but have never needed it.

I also use a 27 ton swisher.

Chopper