Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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If I remember right it was the bottom line of one of the high dollar brands, can't remember it right now though.
Edit: it was a Timberwolf (not this one though).
I like this guy's name, right at the top lol.
And for you guys wanting that out in the woods look that just haven't had the time this fall, here's what you've been waiting for
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You know I hear that Black Locust burns hot. Do happen to have any of that??What's up battleship enthusiast's.
Hope everyone is doing well, seems there's plenty of scrounges between the other stuff.
I've been cranking out the hrs driving, so not much scrounging happening here. I have had a few sessions with the battlebarrow hauling scrounged wood in.
Temps are dropping again here, so we'll be burning some hotter fires again. I hate burning these smaller fires with the draft more open to keep everything clean, but I don't hate it as much as a propane bill.
Have a great day guys.
I think I'm burning gray elm now at the suggestion of someone here. I ran across a few logs so I processed them a year or so ago. Fairly light weight when dry compared to Oak. Burns hot but quick. Doesn't last long. I think it's Elm.
Wow! I don't want to hurt my splitter. I might have to search around for that video. I know nothing about hydraulics so I don't know how it happened. Then again I really wouldn't be gaining much time wise by using such a devise.I saw a video a while back where a guy had a real nice splitter he put something like that on, first time it went back it broke the wedge right off the ram
The History Channel (or Military History Channel) has a real good show describing what occurred.
I have seen it several times, and each time you cannot help but to be impressed with their bravery.
In addition to their reckless bravery, they were successful because the Japanese mis judged their size and shot over them, set the exploding fuses too long and many rounds just punched right through them instead of exploding in them, and when they got really close, the Japanese could not lower their big guns enough to hit them!
When they got close, their torpedoes were deadly on the much larger ships, but after launching them most of them did not survive the retreat, having only 5" deck guns to combat the much larger guns on the Japanese ships.
Good to know. Don't want to destroy my splitter. Just a thought. Thanks
Isocore mauls are all 8 pounders to my knowledge. I do not know what t6 stands for.
We have covered a lot of topics in here but I do believe this was a first for battleships. It's a really good thing that we can discuss "other stuff" now.What's up battleship enthusiast's.
Hope everyone is doing well, seems there's plenty of scrounges between the other stuff.
I've been cranking out the hrs driving, so not much scrounging happening here. I have had a few sessions with the battlebarrow hauling scrounged wood in.
Temps are dropping again here, so we'll be burning some hotter fires again. I hate burning these smaller fires with the draft more open to keep everything clean, but I don't hate it as much as a propane bill
Have a great day guys.
If a guy is into warships, I think one of the most graceful classes of ships ever launched were the Alaska class cruisers. Technically a battlecruiser as they were as big and nearly as heavily armed and armored as earlier battleships. But don't you dare call them that on facebook LOL.
Hand splitting is great exercise, but (like most other physical exercise) is best done in moderation. The problems I had was when I was doing too much of it and ended up with tennis elbow. Once you get tennis or golf elbow it is damn hard to get rid of if you continue the same level of physical activity. I am lucky that I work a desk job so I only needed to be physically active on weekends.
WoodAbuser
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That's the same problem I have now. I've been fetching huge (to my 7 ton electric splitter) rounds to split. They are ash that are about 30" in diameter. I start with a maul and a sledge to quarter them so they are manageable. My damn elbow hurts so bad from a couple hours of work per week. I've been trying to take it easy but it's so easily irritated.
Not sure if it really helped or not, but it got me over my tennis elbow:
Reach your arm out fully extended and open and close your hand, then rotate your hand in each direction as far as you can and repeat the open and closed.
I had tennis elbow so bad I had to learn to start my saws left-handed. I'm fully recovered from it now. It takes a while.
Reach your arm out fully extended and open and close your hand, then rotate your hand in each direction as far as you can and repeat the open and closed.
I had tennis elbow so bad I had to learn to start my saws left-handed. I'm fully recovered from it now. It takes a while.
My father-in-law had a tree blow over recently. My wife sent me a picture and it didn’t look very big at all but it was way more than I expected. I bucked it up and it pretty much filled my 12’ utility trailer. I believe it’s an ash. Nice amount of wood for my small consumption.
My tennis elbow took months to heal. What finally did it was the winter months of too much snow to swing saws.
I will admit the problem was caused by too much cutting with a 16 pound plus saw (L65) as my exclusive saw at the time plus exclusive hand splitting.
When I got golf elbow this spring my doctor recommended ultrasound treatment. She has a little wand that puts ultrasound "waves" (I think that is the right term) through the joint and brings blood to the area to assist in healing. It made an immediate difference.
I will admit the problem was caused by too much cutting with a 16 pound plus saw (L65) as my exclusive saw at the time plus exclusive hand splitting.
When I got golf elbow this spring my doctor recommended ultrasound treatment. She has a little wand that puts ultrasound "waves" (I think that is the right term) through the joint and brings blood to the area to assist in healing. It made an immediate difference.
i always have a can of flying insect spray at hand when splitting wood. never know what a trunk section may hold. bugs, ants, etc!! that spray is killer!Spider thing happened when I was cutting up the bottom row of this red oak pile that were around 5' long and sitting on the ground for about 8 months. It looked exactly like a black widow but it was gigantic. I don't think they get that big, or I hope they don't. I froze up and missed my chance to squash it when it was running on the log that I was cutting and had to pussyfoot around while finishing the job. Also had a bunch of huge 2" long black beetles coming out of the logs adding to the creep value.
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sometimes it's age of wood, but sometimes, ...it is just that time of the year! 
I got a mild case of tennis elbow last year during overhaul season. Every thing is repetition, lots of hammering, big impact wrenches and manual wrenching for disassembly. The going back to gether it's all manual. Everything gets torqued by hand. Hands get numb tingling feeling in them too. I wrenched my back this past spring, Dr gave me some sort of muscle relaxants and for whatever reason my back got better and shortly after my elbow started getting better. Try to be cautious, but overhaul season is upon us again so well see if it acts up again.
I saw a video a while back where a guy had a real nice splitter he put something like that on, first time it went back it broke the wedge right off the ram
Same here. I broke grade 8 bolts that connected the slide.
I have now had 2 splitters that would not 'kick out' when the ram returned. Probably needed the relief adjusted.
