How the Old Fat Guy uses splitter

[rarefish383]

Every one does thing differently, my 72 year old cousin uses his splitter vertically, sitting on a block of wood. I use mine horizontal. I've had both knees replaced and can't squat, plus my back would kill me splitting vertical. He says he can out split me. But, he just throws his splits over his shoulder. I put mine in a trailer and stack it in a wood shed. I just bought a new wood hauler, so I had about 1 cord, 128cubic feet, on the new trailer. I lowered the tail gate, and placed two blocks of wood under the corners to make a work table. Put my splitter next to the work table, and backed my other trailer up close. I got my son to shoot a short video. If I'm not loading onto another trailer, I often use a motor cycle lift as a feed ramp. I can lower the lift to the ground and roll the logs on, then lift them to the height of the splitter.  Here's how this old fat guy does it, Joe.

 

Edited March 24, 2021 by rarefish383

[rarefish383]

I sold my smaller dump trailer two weeks ago, so I'm back to using the feed table and throwing the splits in a small trailer or just stacking them behind me.

[Powerfab]

I think you've got a flat   on the splitter 😁

[rarefish383]

1 hour ago, Powerfab said:

I think you've got a flat   on the splitter 😁

Yep, it got new bearings and a new pair of shoes, Then I gave it to my brother in law.

[woodwizzard]

Hang on! You have a son and you are splitting the logs!! 👍

[rarefish383]

Yeah, one of my mates down in Oz said he had kids to help with his wood stacking. When my son was still in grade school, my wife asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up? He said he didn't know what he wanted to do, but, he knew he didn't want to climb tree's or work for UPS, both the things that I did.  I told him, if he didn't want to wind up digging ditches he better get smart. He took my advice. He got a BS in Physics and a Masters in Computer Science, and programs Missile Defense Systems. My daughter got smart to. She has a degree in Health Biology and a Masters in Occupational Therapy. So, now they say, "Dad, you sent us to school so we can BUY our firewood, not MAKE it ourselves!"