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November 13th, 2015, 11:18 AM
#11
how much you splitting a year?
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November 13th, 2015 11:18 AM
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November 13th, 2015, 07:06 PM
#12
Paid $75 for my last splitter to save it from the scrap dealer. Just needed a power source....
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November 14th, 2015, 09:13 AM
#13
I consider it a good workout. Cheaper than going to a gym. I don't consider it "abuse" to your body. A good heavy splitting maul, or a wedge and sledge hammer are my friends for the big stuff.
A trophy is in the eye of the bow holder
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November 14th, 2015, 01:26 PM
#14

Originally Posted by
LowbanksArcher
I consider it a good workout. Cheaper than going to a gym. I don't consider it "abuse" to your body. A good heavy splitting maul, or a wedge and sledge hammer are my friends for the big stuff.
Just wait twenty years or so......while it feels good at the time the forces involved on your shoulders are not natural unless you spend a lot of time swinging from branches...
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November 14th, 2015, 05:36 PM
#15

Originally Posted by
patvetzal
Just wait twenty years or so......while it feels good at the time the forces involved on your shoulders are not natural unless you spend a lot of time swinging from branches...
Love it! Just toss a few bananas for lunch and should have a few cord by night fall
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November 14th, 2015, 06:09 PM
#16
If you only need a wood splitter for a day or two out of the year, it's cheaper to rent one, with the added bonus of not having to store it for next year.
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November 15th, 2015, 08:39 AM
#17
I tend to split when I get the chance, have helpers and decent weather. Not when the rental is open and they have a splitter free. I often only split for an hour at a time, then get it piled during the next week or so and split some more. Been splitting 8-10 bush cords that way for years....
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November 15th, 2015, 10:27 AM
#18
Has too much time on their hands
My many years of cutting, chopping with an axe then over to a log splitter days are over. What a waist of time ! I hunt and fish for pleasure and work out to keep in shape overall. Cutting wood no matter how you do it is hard on the body period. Thank god for natural gas heat ! lol
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November 15th, 2015, 10:42 AM
#19

Originally Posted by
yellow dog
My many years of cutting, chopping with an axe then over to a log splitter days are over. What a waist of time ! I hunt and fish for pleasure and work out to keep in shape overall. Cutting wood no matter how you do it is hard on the body period. Thank god for natural gas heat ! lol
x2 for sure, thermostat works for me, lol
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst!
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November 15th, 2015, 12:27 PM
#20
I believe we're born with only so many miles in our bodies. Manually splitting wood at middle or older age uses up those miles real quick.