Thats more or less how I split, I prefer an axe with a long handle. Speed is the key...
-Curt On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 03:59:06 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Yah I thought that until a black walnut fell in my sister's yard and I split it with my Dad some years back. I thought I was doing pretty well; he was setting the pieces on a stump and I was swinging the axe around like a clock hand. Then I hit a tough one and got it stuck. He said "Let me try." I forgot he had a summer job driving rail spikes when he was a kid; his grampa Carl homesteaded on a piece of railroad checkerboard, so the tracks cross the section road just off the end of the driveway at the end of the pasture of the home farm. Anyway he used some crazy technique where he raised his arms and the axe straight up in front of him way over his head like a lightning rod, then brought it down bending fully over at the waist with a straight line from his belly button out to the head of the axe and the axe head trailing enough behind to get some whip action on it. Sagged down at the knees a bit at the same time. The log just exploded in all directions. For that split second it was like watching one of those Thor movies. I think his gut gave him an unfair advantage, personally. On Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 7:32 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That’s the thing that people don’t often understand about the big mauls. > You don’t swing it, you just drop it and let physics do the work for you. > > I had some friction tape on the handle of mine for a while, but I ended up > taking it off and just getting some good grippy gloves. > > -D > > > On Mar 23, 2022, at 10:24 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I prefer a wooden handle, I think the fiberglass send more vibrations. I > do like that that one has a 36" handle, too many of them are too short. > > > > I've got one of these: > > > https://www.hardwarestore.com/brands/651025-vulcan-34524-wood-splitting-maul-12-lb-head-steel-handle-27-in-oal.html?ps=004&gclid=CjwKCAjwiuuRBhBvEiwAFXKaNFPw8bRgM1etm2BXtegQpAb3ZxUC-TdgqAM1Ek3yU4J8KBx88up5nxoCpFYQAvD_BwE > > > > Sometimes it's hard to tell who is in charge when swinging something > that heavy. > > > > > > -Cuft > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 10:18:09 AM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis < > dsereta...@yahoo.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 _______________________________________ 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
