Coyote Chris
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You win the prize. I have a nice Troybilt CS 4325 I have used for 9 years where an orangatan couldnt reach the blades. Now it has issues and I would gladly have bought another for $1000 except they stopped makeing them. Next summer I will try to fix/replace the magnito or carb....cant decide which is the problem but it wont run on starting fluid. I do get a spark if I pull the plug and ground the threads and pull the starter....Are there any branch chippers where your fingers can't reach the blades?
Mike
So is muscle memory of feeding 100 trees into a chipper for 9 years where there is no way you could reach the bladesBeing tired and operating power machinery has always been a recipe for disaster.
If it uses a fairly standard-form engine, you could just re-power it.Next summer I will try to fix/replace the magnito or carb....cant decide which is the problem but it wont run on starting fluid.
I thought about that. The old one leaks about half its oil in 25 min and wont run now. There is lots of wrenching to get to its innards I dont want to do in the winter. There are lots of engines in the brigs and stratton family that look like mine so I would have to find the right one but they are $500. Still an option.If it uses a fairly standard-form engine, you could just re-power it.