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INSPIRING !!
Keep the telling. Damn inspiring in fact. :yourock:
Keep the telling. Damn inspiring in fact. :yourock:
What do you mean - I love being bitten by bugs and having sweat pouring down my face and running down my glasses. What could be more fun?You ain't kidding brother...cuting in the heat just plain sucks, no matter what your age is!
I'll turn 60 while I'm cutting next spring. The best trick I've learned is to slow down a bit and don't go at it non-stop. Leaning on the maul and watching the chipmunks play, or sitting on a stump and listening to the birds occasionally doesn't change your output all that much but it sure leaves you feeling better at the end of the day.
You ain't kidding brother...cuting in the heat just plain sucks, no matter what your age is!
What do you mean - I love being bitten by bugs and having sweat pouring down my face and running down my glasses. What could be more fun?
And after a couple of hours you can't find any places on your shirt dry or clean enough to wipe them off with! Every couple of minutes you gotta put down your tools, take off your gloves and wipe the sweat off your glasses - it gets really old.That's exactly how I was last weekend, I especially love the sweat pouring down inside my glasses and mixing with sawdust. This week.............Winter Storm Warning. Gotta love the south west!
And after a couple of hours you can't find any places on your shirt dry or clean enough to wipe them off with! Every couple of minutes you gotta put down your tools, take off your gloves and wipe the sweat off your glasses - it gets really old.
That's what sweatbands are for. I use these since my SIL keeps me in stock from Canada. They don't look like much but they soak up a whole lotta sweat before it begins running. Take off, squeeze out, hang on a bush to dry and put on a dry one. I have had as many as 4 at a time going in rotation but I don't work that hard any more.
Harry K
Wait, are you allowed to cut wood in a polyester jogging suit? I'm just too cool for a sweat band (well, maybe I'll give that a try).This is scary, I actually...............no really I did............. think that a sweatband could help, but the last time I used or saw one was back in the 70's. Guess I've been out of touch!!
Well, I'm 58 and have cut firewood to heat my houses since I was 25, but with a 5 year "hiatus" from 35 - 40.
Here in Nevada and Utah I've primarily cut three species, Utah juniper, pinyon pine, and mountain mahogany. With a little Gambel's Oak thrown in for a few years.
I owned a splitter when I was cutting pinyon pine, as it was about impossible to split, but Utah juniper is real easy to split, and I sold the splitter years ago.
Anyway, I've almost always "bucked up" the wood into stove length chunks "in the field", and split them at home.
What I have purchased recently are a couple of 8" Timber Tongs which have been a godsend for saving my back when loading or otherwise handling firewood rounds. I have a holster for one tong which I carry while cutting which helps me handle logs, then I use the pair to transport stove length chunks to the truck. WOW, works good. I'd bet a pulp hook would really help too.
I like to go at a relatively slow pace, and I'm usually alone. I have about 7 cords of wood in my back yard. My wife and kids say, "Dad, we don't need anymore wood!!" I keep cutting though, because it keeps me healthy and in shape!!
Take care and keep cutting!
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