I've heard that one before... it don't hold water.Beer is too expensive...
I split by hand for two years after back surgery. I was sore every day, and it seemed to last for months. Built a hydro and set the maul aside. The hammer and three wedges always go along when retrieving big pieces. This spring I read some threads about hand splitting, watched some videos of folks in Europe splitting 4' logs before storing, and got excited. I dragged the maul out again. I beat the snot out of some green Cottonwood, even managed to split a couple at 4'. Neat, but not productive. Split a bunch of big pieces of Ash, Pine, Maple, Oak over the summer with the maul, too. Didn't seem to hurt too bad if I kept the work to 45 minutes or less. Then I got to the wood I normally split and the maul went back into storage. I have piles of 1, 2, and 3" dia pieces that get stacked along with the big stuff. Standing those little pieces up and splitting them over and over puts more strain on my back than anything I could do at the hydro. Bend, stand log, stand up, split, repeat. Ow. And splitting anything below 2" by hand is just a pain so for the small stuff the hydro is way faster.
Beer? It's been 23 years since I had to put it down. I still miss it some days but I managed to do enough alcohol related stupid stuff to last a lifetime by the time I turned 21. Can't really say why I'm still here but I'm working on repaying a huge loan I took years ago from the Bank of Good Karma. But back when I did drink, it was real fun to spend the day splitting by hand in the hot sun for 5-6 hrs without hydrating then crack a cold one and get an instant buzz. That usually got me where I wanted to be a whole lot faster on those days. Hmmm... Some day I'll tell the story of how we had about 50 cases of 15 Oz cans of Busch Beer one summer.
I've heard that one before... it don't hold water.
Compare the average price-per-can of beer to soda pop, to your ready-to-drink ice tea... heck, compare it to bottled water. I just bought a 24 pack today of my favorite brand (Budweiser, which is one of the more expensive brands) for $10.99... that works out to less than 46¢ per can.
Expensive?? Compared to what??
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Saw bigger wood John.I have never used a splitter. Someday I'm sure ill own one.
It was a joke...
I have had an ad on craigslist for about 6 months looking for a used SS. Never got 1 response. But, I'll keep looking.I split wood by hand for over 30 years, then bought a Super Split for fun...
OP. didn't see your age in your profile
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