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  1. schlot

    schlot

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    Using my maul to bust through some elm this morning.

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    Took a look at the spirals on this guy and thought God was probably telling my Dad to come watch me.

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    I'm sure Dad got a chuckle out of me trying to split this one. :)
     
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  2. papadave

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    Yikes!
    I'd need at least an extra cup of coffee to even contemplate doing that, but seeing that pic.......well, I don't think I'd even start.
    You a cwazy guy.
     
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    Always use elm as my warm-up piece. Once I split the elm round I'm ready for anything...

    KaptJaq
     
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  4. coal reaper

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    I would get a bigger stove just so i didnt have to split that
     
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    My shoulders are sore just lookin' @ the pictures...................................:rofl: :lol:
     
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  6. schlot

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    Youre right Rotti, the muscles are feeling it after a half dozen of them! It was a son of a beach for sure....but having so much German blood in me I'm stubborn to a fault...so I won....well I guess I won. :)
     
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  7. schlot

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    I prefer being called "brain cell deficient" ;)
     
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    I hat it when the maul just bounces off the round :confused:
    If 3 hits & 3 bounces, it becomes a campfire chair or splitting stump :D

    Have hydraulic splitter now, that would most likely go to the uglies pile for fire pit wood .
     
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    Yeah........Okay, you won....................:rofl: :lol::thumbs:
     
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  10. Woodchuck

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    Elm vs Maul?....The maul may win a battle or two, but the Elm will win the war :axe:
     
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    Excellent!

    I have one of those orange things, called a monster maul around here. For a while they were hard to find but I have seen a few varieties pop back up in recent years.

    People I get wood from are always astounded at what that thing can split in the hands of a hostile hoarder
     
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    One word.....
    NOODLE
     
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  13. rottiman

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    another word ........................hydraulic splitter...............
     
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    Those are some really nasty spiraled rounds. Methinks even with hydraulics, it would be bound for the brush piles.
     
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  15. rottiman

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    Campfire wood........................
     
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    BTDT to many times. I always spit elm when it is colder than hillbilly h4ll out. Even with a splitter. Splittin that white elm in the summer is like tryin to split a bowl full of noodles with a fork.
     
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    Spiral of campfire death...
    Not sure the full Chuck Norris treatment would render it anymore useful than mulch, schlot :hair::D
     
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    Spiral grained stuff is nasty no matter what, the fact that is it elm makes it 10 times worse.
     
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    Great. If Chuck Norris can't split it, then what chance do I have?
     
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    Chuck Norris CAN split ANYTHING................................
     
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