biggenius29
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Boy did this weekend suck.
My wife is a nurse and this is her weekend to work, my mom said she would watch both our kids so I could get alot done yesterday.
My plan was to get alot of wood split today. I have about 10 cord of huge maple all quaratered up ready to be split. I just put a new engine on my splitter, so I was good to go. This engine came off of a generator, it only had 60 hours on it, so literly brand new. I had problems with the govener surging so bad on my splitter, so I took the govener off and put a throttle cable on so it wouldnt surge. She was running fine for about 15 minuits and it started to surge, I still cant figure it out. At least I got a little split, then all of a suden SNAP! The cylinder ram was crystalized a it snapped, granted this is a 2 1/2" ram.
So, then I deside to give myself and my fiscars a workout and split by hand. All is going well, I got quite a bit split, I get to a piece that is refusing to seperate so I get the sledge and a wedge, get the wedge placed in and get it a ways in and deside to go to town. The wedge comes flying out of the round and nails me right in the shin. I the gave up on that job.
I have some Cherry that I fell this spring that needed to be cut up out back and I just about finished up and a brand new chain flew off, I went to put it on and I find I broke 4 drive links off
by this time I am pissed, I dont get pissed to quick, that saw went flying, Dolmars are built pretty good.
I loaded the gator up with a load of wood, make a sharp turn into my yard and there goes my tire, I saw it was a little soft but figured it would make it home, I guess not.
At this point it is about 5, I say piss on it, I'm going to get the kids. I didnt feel like finding anything to eat so I call the local pizza shop to find they are no longer in buisness, so I call another one in the next town. Go to get the kids just to come to a grumpy mom because our youngest son was just a little off all day, oh well, I didnt think anything about it, he has his days. We go to pick up the pizza and I about #### myself when the guy rings me up for $28, yea, for one large deluxe pizza.
We get home and yea, my mom was right, our son was not acting right, he was way off. My wife gets home, checks his temp and he has a 103 degree fever.
Just when I thought it couldnt get any worse, he didnt sleep all night, and because my wife had to work today, I was the lucky one to stay up with him.
Oh yea, my shin, I can hardly put any weight on my leg and the whole thing is black and blue.
Is it Monday yet????? I want to go to work.
My wife is a nurse and this is her weekend to work, my mom said she would watch both our kids so I could get alot done yesterday.
My plan was to get alot of wood split today. I have about 10 cord of huge maple all quaratered up ready to be split. I just put a new engine on my splitter, so I was good to go. This engine came off of a generator, it only had 60 hours on it, so literly brand new. I had problems with the govener surging so bad on my splitter, so I took the govener off and put a throttle cable on so it wouldnt surge. She was running fine for about 15 minuits and it started to surge, I still cant figure it out. At least I got a little split, then all of a suden SNAP! The cylinder ram was crystalized a it snapped, granted this is a 2 1/2" ram.
So, then I deside to give myself and my fiscars a workout and split by hand. All is going well, I got quite a bit split, I get to a piece that is refusing to seperate so I get the sledge and a wedge, get the wedge placed in and get it a ways in and deside to go to town. The wedge comes flying out of the round and nails me right in the shin. I the gave up on that job.
I have some Cherry that I fell this spring that needed to be cut up out back and I just about finished up and a brand new chain flew off, I went to put it on and I find I broke 4 drive links off
by this time I am pissed, I dont get pissed to quick, that saw went flying, Dolmars are built pretty good.I loaded the gator up with a load of wood, make a sharp turn into my yard and there goes my tire, I saw it was a little soft but figured it would make it home, I guess not.
At this point it is about 5, I say piss on it, I'm going to get the kids. I didnt feel like finding anything to eat so I call the local pizza shop to find they are no longer in buisness, so I call another one in the next town. Go to get the kids just to come to a grumpy mom because our youngest son was just a little off all day, oh well, I didnt think anything about it, he has his days. We go to pick up the pizza and I about #### myself when the guy rings me up for $28, yea, for one large deluxe pizza.
We get home and yea, my mom was right, our son was not acting right, he was way off. My wife gets home, checks his temp and he has a 103 degree fever.
Just when I thought it couldnt get any worse, he didnt sleep all night, and because my wife had to work today, I was the lucky one to stay up with him.
Oh yea, my shin, I can hardly put any weight on my leg and the whole thing is black and blue.
Is it Monday yet????? I want to go to work.
