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Splitter failure

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  1. jrider

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    Just under 14 years old and probably about 1800 cords or so through it and this problem occurred this morning when one of my workers was splitting. You can see it’s been experiencing failure for a while as it’s not all fresh breakage showing. Thankfully my welder guy is working from home today and he said he could work on it this afternoon.
     

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    If I did that many cords of wood, there'd be no repairing the damage.
    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    That stinks! Probably what my back and hips looks like inside! :pain:
    Is he charging yo the holiday rate? :emptywallet:
     
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    Must have got stuck in a few rounds...took more than a lil something to get it out?
     
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    What a hunk of junk..:D

    Glad you can get it repaired right away.

    It doesn't owe you much at this point.
     
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  6. jrider

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    Plenty of times through the years
     
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    Just think of how many mauls you would have replaced!!!
     
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    Splitter is done and the guy was heading out in my moms direction so he dropped it off. $125
     
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    That's a fair price for a friend. More prep than welding.
     
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    He’s always been more than fair. I also gave him some bacon and homemade scrapple from our pigs as a thank you.
     
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    Sounds like a true friend. Hope you don't need too much repair work though.
     
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    Huh! Even they won't eat it, eh? :wacky:

    Good quick fix and breathed a little more life into it. :handshake:
     
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    Even who won’t eat it?
     
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    The pigs........"scrapple from our pigs" Yeah, I know it's a developed taste and all.

    Just messing around
     
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    It’s delicious to this guy!
     
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