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Posted by JT on November 05, 2004 at 16:00:57 from (69.220.194.39):
In Reply to: Re: wood splitter posted by andy b. on November 05, 2004 at 09:59:57:
A couple of things to consider. If you are getting the engine off of a snow blower, it should work fine in cold temperatures. If it gets warm, you could have problems, do not know if they do it anymore, but snow blower engines used to be designed with less cooling capacity because the the weather they were run in. You probably will be underpowered, because your splitter is desinged to run an 8 hp, with a longer stroke, the 5.5 your got is probably OHV, a lot differant torque curve on them fellers. Good luck, I hope all works out good for you.
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