[AT] Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs / Ash

[Cecil Bearden]

We made a couple of pitman arms for an old IHC mower out of Ash. Only 
time they broke was when the mower hit something metal.. Like a railroad 
spike..  A lot better then than getting it in the tire.....
Cecil

On 2/16/2022 9:55 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Wife is on my keister to drop a dead Elm in our back yard. I like Elm 
> as firewood, but it is a pain the butt to split, even with a hydraulic 
> splitter, it's just so stringy. You'll need a hatchet to finish the split.
>
> Mike M
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> On 2/16/2022 9:07 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>> I  should have been more clear... These are Chinese Elm that my 
>> parents and I planted in the early 1950's. Old and dying now the one 
>> I dropped this week was about 30" at about 30" stump height.
>> I also intended to mention that the very small room I want to build 
>> is to  be well insulated and heated when needed, probably timer 
>> controlled.
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>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 8:11 AM Carl Gogol <cgogol1971 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>     Glad your splitter is back in service!  Surprised you have elm to
>>     split.  Elm virtually disappeared in central NY in the early to
>>     mid-1960’s thanks to the Dutch elm disease.  Now the Emerald ash
>>     Borer has to this point exceeded 90% kill of the ash near
>>     Syracuse.  I was lucky to get ours harvested just a week ago. 
>>     The Chinese started buying ash again and it has made it practical
>>     to now sell.  I was told that among its other uses it is treated
>>     to look like Chestnut (I think).
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>>     Carl, Manlius NY
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>>     On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 10:54 PM Indiana Robinson
>>     <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>         I pulled the starter rope and it started right up... We split
>>         about half a trailer load of dead but solid elm blocks. It
>>         ran perfectly the whole time.
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