I still have splitting maul from my graduate school days, when we harvested & split wood.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 10:22 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I still have my Sotz Monster Maul from my teenage years of doin firewood > for the family fireplace: > > https://youtu.be/ZU59foM8NCw > > Absolutely wonderful tool. > > -D > > On Mar 23, 2022, at 10:18 AM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > This one is seriously impressive if you’re into the lumberjack method. And > it’s made in Finland not China! > > > https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/fiskars-s-36-in-super-splitting-axe-378841-1004-1330386?store=2395&cid=Shopping-Google-Organic_Feed-Product-1330386&cid=Shopping-Google-LOB-Local_Feed&utm_medium=Google&utm_source=Shopping&utm_campaign=LOB&utm_content=Local_Feed&gbraid=0AAAAAD3fmFPI49mXQrWvxVxqp-Ajm1mGC&gclid=CjwKCAjwiuuRBhBvEiwAFXKaNBnn-Q1NDXYMDTog-o8O5XtoAq4icj6h_V0MsW4ViryXkhdGtfPLdBoCmx0QAvD_BwE > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 23, 2022, at 9:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Which reminds me, my buddy has been farting around with his log splitter > for awhile. It won't crank at all. Battery reads 12.xv and doesn't drop at > all under load that he can see. Figures it's locked up, it'd sat outside > awhile. > > He goes and buys a Harbor Freight 13hp, guess what, that won't crank > either. Jump it off the truck and it starts just fine. > > I think his problem is his el-cheapo Harbor Freight meter. I've had the > cheap ones and they're junk. The $30 one is surprisingly good but the $6 > one, not so much. > > -Curt > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 09:55:26 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Failing batteries can cause all sorts of anomalies. > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2022, at 7:00 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > SL500 was acting up, not wanting to stay charged. I figured it was > because it’s rarely driven these days. Finally got to the point today > where it wouldn’t tale a charge, period. > > Hauled the 4+ year old flooded cell H8 down to the Advanced Auto and > was pleased to see the last of the long-timers still there. I waited > for him so he could check the battery, and it was kaput. > > I put a two year battery in it as I’m planning on selling the car soon. > He was trying to find me something cheaper but I told him not to > bother, as I didn’t want to have to run around to another store, but > would just go with the cheapest one they had (the two year “silver”). > > For those of you who might frequent Advance for batteries, it’s been > near impossible to get a promo code that will work on a battery any > more. I bemoaned the fact to this guy and he was able to put in a $17 > discount on the sale from some obscure code. Nice. > > What’s interesting is that I was having all sorts of weird faults, no > doubt due to the voltage dropping into the basement when stuff got > turned on. I ran the DAS on it when I got everything finished and > cleared all the faults, so all is well now. > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com