Woodwidow did a series of short videos of our splitter in action which were used in a different thread. This machine will let me keep up the fight for a while longer . http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/index.php?threads/log-dogs.1555/page-2#post-44609
Think that's what happened to me 2 weeks ago....over did it a little one day & its slowly healing now.Left elbow,that's always been my weak side anyway.
Used to hand split everything, but the better half bought me a Huskee 22 and we never looked back. On another note, there sure are a lot of people over 60 on this forum. Me included. I don't think most of the young people get into wood splitting and burning like we do.
Hey there Mitch I may be a minority here but hold my part for the young guns, but most people my age are lazy. Easier to turn on the gas furnace and go have a beer.
Both are exercise and I do both depending on how I feel. In the winter I hand split a lot more due to lack of exercise but the majority is still done with the splitter.
Not to start an old vs young war but when I was a kid there was the one fat kid in your grade. Go into a school today and there are a ton of fat kids.
I do both. If it is relatively knot-free and straight-grained I can outrun my Huskee 22 with a 8lb maul...by a looong shot. The ugly stuff, all elm, and all hedge get hydraulic treatment. I started splitting wood by hand when I was about 9...and I'm pretty damm good at it. Any single wedge splitter has nothing on me on the easy stuff. I realize that I get tired and splitters don't, but I can keep up for 2-3 hours and by then I'm bored with splitting anyway. Splitting by hand is a mental washing machine. Takes my mind off of everything else...and is about the best exercise know to man.
Maple can be easy at times and difficult others, if you get one from a yard they can be heck to split.
To piggy back on Jacks comments, I don't remember when I was 30ish even seeing to many log splitters around like there is now. They were mainly with the tree surgerns and if you bought one for home use I think they were "BIG"$$$ unless you made it. I just don't remember seeing them often, then again I couldn't afford one then anyway....
I wouldn't have one except I bought it used for $400 from AC and by the time I am done with mods it will be around 3/4 the cost of a new one but with faster cycle times and a lift. Honestly $1000 and up is to much for me to stomach because I am very resourceful and save almost everything weldable or buildable for use in projects. I used to rent or borrow one about 2 times a year for the big rounds because it was far more cost effective.
I do often feel like i am one of the younger ones on here at 29. Recently got 2 friends to convert to burning wood, there is still hope for the "younger guys".
