Some pics of the old girl splitting wood
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That thing is incredible! I never knew they existed either. One of my friends owns a processor, but that is way cooler. Cheaper than buying a processor + a tractor to load it. only thing thats missing is the conveyor to load the truck. Way COOL !
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Yea,
I can't see OSHA and the unicorn getting along.
That bobcat operator is good at shaking the pieces down into place so it doesn't plug up. Must screw up now and again where you have to get out and beat the pieces out with a maul. Also, anything longer than 10' could get top heavy.
Very cool though!
I can't see OSHA and the unicorn getting along.
That bobcat operator is good at shaking the pieces down into place so it doesn't plug up. Must screw up now and again where you have to get out and beat the pieces out with a maul. Also, anything longer than 10' could get top heavy.
Very cool though!
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Thats cool. Hadn't seen one in years. They were popular back in the 70's with the back to land movement.
Safety is relative to your comprehension of the situation, alertness and IQ. If you understand the way it works and the potential problems and possible outcomes, then you can decide "do you feel lucky" (to paraphrase Clint). Lawyers and pansies have ruined the natural selection process of the gene pool. Doesn't mean you would let your child operate it or send a high school kid with his Ipod and cell phone out to run it with his hair in his eyes and his pants around his knees.
Is it as safe as siting on the couch watching TV? Probably not. Is it as safe as an open 2' buzz saw hooked to the rear PTO belt off my 1951 Power Wagon, probably safer
. I have broken bones from "accepted" practices such as basketball and pulling out of my driveway. But on the other hand, I have received no bodily harm (yet) from snow skiing, jumping off bridges, riding a horse, walking on a semi-frozen river, farming, flying to China, etc, etc.
Life is basically about making decisions after judging the odds. Is the experience I am about to embrace worth the risk? Whether it is driving through traffic, peeing on an electric fence, unprotected casual sex, snow skiing or whatever. In the end you either receive the Darwin award or another joy of living memory/experience. Sometimes it's your intelligence, sometimes its your luck. Sometimes you regret doing it - sometimes you regret not doing it.
Um, sorry for the sermon. Got a little carried away there. I'm off my box now...
Safety is relative to your comprehension of the situation, alertness and IQ. If you understand the way it works and the potential problems and possible outcomes, then you can decide "do you feel lucky" (to paraphrase Clint). Lawyers and pansies have ruined the natural selection process of the gene pool. Doesn't mean you would let your child operate it or send a high school kid with his Ipod and cell phone out to run it with his hair in his eyes and his pants around his knees.
Is it as safe as siting on the couch watching TV? Probably not. Is it as safe as an open 2' buzz saw hooked to the rear PTO belt off my 1951 Power Wagon, probably safer
. I have broken bones from "accepted" practices such as basketball and pulling out of my driveway. But on the other hand, I have received no bodily harm (yet) from snow skiing, jumping off bridges, riding a horse, walking on a semi-frozen river, farming, flying to China, etc, etc.Life is basically about making decisions after judging the odds. Is the experience I am about to embrace worth the risk? Whether it is driving through traffic, peeing on an electric fence, unprotected casual sex, snow skiing or whatever. In the end you either receive the Darwin award or another joy of living memory/experience. Sometimes it's your intelligence, sometimes its your luck. Sometimes you regret doing it - sometimes you regret not doing it.
Um, sorry for the sermon. Got a little carried away there. I'm off my box now...
Well said and Hilarious by the way! I particularly like the Ipod, long hair and trousers around your knees part.
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I think I will have to get one of those and only set it up when my daughter brings home Mr. Ipod and cell with his hair in his eyes and his pants around his knees.
It's good to meet you, Jimmy. I've got a litttle stack of burly stump wood. I was wondering if you could help me...Gloves? What are you a sissy?...The key is to get in really close, and if the wood starts to spin, grab it with all your might. You gotta stop that thing or we won't have wood. If we don't have wood, we don't have heat. With no heat, my little girl gets cold. That might make me unhappy. You don't want to see me unhappy, so get in there and git that wood...
It's good to meet you, Jimmy. I've got a litttle stack of burly stump wood. I was wondering if you could help me...Gloves? What are you a sissy?...The key is to get in really close, and if the wood starts to spin, grab it with all your might. You gotta stop that thing or we won't have wood. If we don't have wood, we don't have heat. With no heat, my little girl gets cold. That might make me unhappy. You don't want to see me unhappy, so get in there and git that wood...
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I think I will have to get one of those and only set it up when my daughter brings home Mr. Ipod and cell with his hair in his eyes and his pants around his knees.
It's good to meet you, Jimmy. I,ve got a litttle stack of burly stump wood. I was wondering if you could help me...Gloves? What are you a sissy?...The key is to get in really close, and if the wood starts to spin, grab it with all your might. You gotta stop that thing or we won't have wood. If we don't have wood, we don't have heat. With no heat, my little girl gets cold. That might make me unhappy. You don't want to see me unhappy, so get in there and git that wood...
It's good to meet you, Jimmy. I,ve got a litttle stack of burly stump wood. I was wondering if you could help me...Gloves? What are you a sissy?...The key is to get in really close, and if the wood starts to spin, grab it with all your might. You gotta stop that thing or we won't have wood. If we don't have wood, we don't have heat. With no heat, my little girl gets cold. That might make me unhappy. You don't want to see me unhappy, so get in there and git that wood...
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From: Saskaberia, SK
We used to have a log splitter like the one with the big wheel and ax head attached to it. At -25, it would blow the wet frozen birch apart and send the pieces about 10 feet out each side. Very cool and EXTREMELY dangerous. Especially when you are 10 years old!!!!
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