Thank you! It’s hard to beat meat and cooked veggies! Lol. If only I could get my kids to try more than chicken nuggets and fries!
If the chicken nuggets and fries quit coming, they will eat something else, eventually. We have a picky eater too... her mom and I differ on how that happened...I say picky eaters are created, she says they are born that way...she is the one that has to deal with it mainly, so I just and
I agree! Me and my wife differ quite a bit sometimes when it comes to how we teach and discipline as well. Lol. I’m probably the least pickiest in our household. It’s bad when you cook separate meals for you and your kids! Lol
Welcome Fourwinds1717 I am no longer a spring chicken but I still swing a maul once in awhile. If I am cutting some oak that is of a nice size, I find I can't pick it up. That is where the maul comes into play. I use it to split the rounds into halves or quarters, just small enough I can handle them. Everything else get the hydro splitter treatment. I found as I got older and my two boys grew up and moved away, I had to get more mechanized. That is when I got a garden tiller, snow blower and splitter.
Sounds like a smart plan Erik B! My dad and uncle roofed with their dad, my papaw. And then I have family members in concrete and sheet metal that have worked those kinds of jobs most of their lives and they tell me you can really feel the years of work over time! My dad said he really started telling a difference when he hit around 45. He said that he can tell he doesn’t recover like he used to as well. I do agre that working smarter is a good thing. Especially in the long run from what I’ve heard!
I also agree about splitting the wood before moving it. I used to get calls from a tree service to come and get the wood and it would be 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide pieces of oak, I’m guessing around 300-400 pounds. It seemed like it took everything me and my brother had to roll them up my trailer hate and bring them home. I have learned that hard way that splitting them into manageable chunks is much smarter and easier. I remember feeling like my muscles were torn in numerous areas when we would do that. Definitely hard on the body moving big chunks of hardwood!
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Fourwinds1717 You don't have to give up splitting but you should do the splitting thing when necessary. Most of us here had thought that we were indestructible at one time early in our lives. Adding on the years taught us that is not true. Work smarter, not harder, is advice you will get from most everyone here. Just doing our part to keep others healthy and happy.
There are a members that have young sons that have there own firewood business. One who was about 8 even used the splitter under dad's supervision of course, to split his own wood to sell. So you have your son on the right track.
Thank you very much for that! I agree it is important to teach kids good work skills and good work ethic at a young age. I believe it makes a huge difference on how they turn out as adults.
I note your Easter sign. There are quite a few believers here as well. And lots that aren't, and we get along for the most part.
Welcome Fourwinds1717 to FHC. I see you’ve already made a lot of friends. If it involves wood, there is no better group of people to learn from and to share your knowledge. This is a family here. I know I’m repeating what others have said, but a hydro splitter is essential if you want to grow your business. Keep hand splitting just enough to keep the stress level down and get the benefit of the exercise, but at one point you’ll see that your body will have approved of the purchase. We don’t stay young and healthy forever.
Just found this one on FBMP for $75, sans 5hp engine...a trip to Harbor Fright would have ya a 6.5 HP $200 splitter there Fourwinds1717 ! Never seen one like this before...a little googoofuu says they made them for a few years...centrifugal clutch driving a acme screw...looks a little slow...this one is located in Paris Ohio...probably not far from Locust Post ...
