El Quachito
ArboristSite Operative
Still hand splitting
I guess I get sticker shock when I shop for splitters. And besides, with my cash flow problems, I don't really need one, right?
So I am still swinging an axe the way I have always done. If it's tougher wood, I noodle it. Using a really nice axe that I have really helps too. 36" inch straight handle. A good chopping block, 16" high with a good, wide base goes wherever I split. This old axe is killer and I don't use the 6lb maul unless I have to.
Youtube is great though. I have viewed Speeco/TSC spliters at work with 4-way heads, or Iron & Oak's compact 16 ton or the mini gas engine 6 ton splitters. Sure would like one.
But I am a good sensible woodsman. I sort of object to pouring gas in that Briggs engine, picking the rounds up etc. etc.
And that's the pickle I am in. Most likely I'll do another season this year with chainsaw and axe.
I guess I get sticker shock when I shop for splitters. And besides, with my cash flow problems, I don't really need one, right?
So I am still swinging an axe the way I have always done. If it's tougher wood, I noodle it. Using a really nice axe that I have really helps too. 36" inch straight handle. A good chopping block, 16" high with a good, wide base goes wherever I split. This old axe is killer and I don't use the 6lb maul unless I have to.
Youtube is great though. I have viewed Speeco/TSC spliters at work with 4-way heads, or Iron & Oak's compact 16 ton or the mini gas engine 6 ton splitters. Sure would like one.
But I am a good sensible woodsman. I sort of object to pouring gas in that Briggs engine, picking the rounds up etc. etc.
And that's the pickle I am in. Most likely I'll do another season this year with chainsaw and axe.