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Close call with a maul!

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  1. XXL

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    XXL, Apr 28, 2018
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    Wow...should be an ad for a splitter:)
     
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    shazbat!
     
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    That one slipped past the welding inspectors, wait we're shipping that to those Americans they'll buy anything Grasshopper.
     
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    Got to love that roundhouse swing technique. I wonder if he had previously missed and clocked a round with the shaft?
     
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    damm he was lucky
     
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    I think you hit the maul on the round with that one. It broke a few inches away from the head well away from the weld and away from the HAZ (heat affected zone).
     
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    I gt hit by on of this di nit affet anyting thnk dog
     
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    Looks like it broke right where the handle was taped?
    Screenshot_20180429-090711.png
     
    TurboDiesel, Apr 29, 2018
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  10. Marvin

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    Wow you must have been like :binoculars:to see that!
    Good eye sir :salute:
     
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    Wild for sure. Here is another picture of the handle.
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