Two votes for "picking up the wood is most of the work." This is the time
to find young kids (that are old enough to know when to stay away as you
split) but can pick up the split pieces and stack them.
One trick for hand splitting, place a few pieces in an old tire and you
can swing a bunch of times without having to pick it up after each swing.
Moose
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being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Drew Rogge <drew at DasRogges.com>
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Re: [Shop-talk] OFF TOPIC - wood splitting
My father-in-law claims that oak splits best when it's green and the old
boy has done a lot of splitting. He grew up in the back woods of Arkansas
in the '30s and they burned oak for cooking and heat. He also points out
that by the time you wrestle the round up on to the splitter you've done
almost as much work as splitting the wood yourself. I to am a longtime
professional geek and I can do about three rounds before taking a rest.
Not proud of the fact but it does feel nice when I'm done.
Drew
On 04/22/2011 12:36 PM, Mike Rambour wrote:
> Well I do intend to try and hand split it but I am old and a computer
> geek for a living, I might not be up to the task anymore.
>
> The plan is try but make sure i have a rental ready to go :)
>
> mike
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