Newspaper Article about stolen logsplitter

[pipe76]

25 ton!!!!!


Wood splitter stolen
By Journal Inquirer Staff
Published: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:49 AM EST
VERNON — Police are investigating the theft of a wood splitter from a residence on Risley Road on Monday.

Vernon police said they received a complaint about 3:30 p.m. Monday that a wood splitter, weighing 25 tons, was taken from 1 Risley Road, near the intersection of Tunnel Road. The machine must be towed.


Police ask anyone with information about the theft to contact them at 872-9126.


http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2008/11/12/towns/vernon/doc491b0724131eb172030186.txt

 

[KsWoodsMan]

From the sounds of things the staff writer is a little removed from burning wood for heat, hard work or possibly reality.

They must not realize how much weight 25 tons really is.

 

[Zackman1801]

musta had a splitter head hooked up to an excavator.

 

[jerry wayne]

idiots

MUSTOF BEEN A 25 TON SPLITTER,NOT THE WEIGHT OF THE UNIT.MUSTA BEEN A SLOW NEWS DAY.I DONT THINK MY SPEECO WEIGHS 22 TON,THO IT IS PRETTY HEAVY

 

[pipe76]

It's like we have our own "Wood language", we all understand what a 25 ton wood splitter is, but to the average person, one would think differently.....

cracked me up!

 

[Ductape]

Thief musta had a Peterbilt with a 550hp Cat to haul that 50,000lb splittah away !

 

[iCreek]

The way I figure it, ours is about 6.5 tons... Man that thing must be huge, should be able to find someone that saw something

 

[Mr. Firewood]

ours is 22 tons so it must be bigger then this:

 

[ray benson]

Log Splitter Stolen In Vernon
The Hartford Courant
November 12, 2008
VERNON - Police are hoping the public can help them find a log splitter that was reported stolen Monday from 1 Risley Road.

The red Yard Machines splitter was last seen earlier Monday. It was reported stolen at 3:27 p.m.

Police are hoping a passerby may have seen a car drive off with the log splitter in tow. The home where it was stolen is at Risley and Tunnel roads.

 

[Husky137]

From the sounds of things the staff writer is a little removed from burning wood for heat, hard work or possibly reality.

They must not realize how much weight 25 tons really is.

Most of the local media around my parts are completely removed from reality and the world around them. The majority of the staff writers for the local papers are barely literate.

 

[KMB]

ours is 22 tons so it must be bigger then this:

Okay...what's the story that goes with this picture...that is huge.

Kevin

 

[LumberjkChamp]

I was thinking the same thing, but I've seen big log splitters similar to that one before -it obviously is built to split large diameter long wood.

Mr. Firewood, I'm not sure as the thought just occured to me but I remember seeing a very large homemade firewood processor on youtube -115 hp JD with no air filter or hoses to the intake on the turbo- is that yours? If so I enjoyed the video. The neatest thing I've seen as far as processors are concerned.