It’s very therapeutic. My Dad made me the official fire builder / tender of our family when I was in HS. Utah piñon pine is a fantastic firewood btw. Burns like oak or any number of hardwoods.
Question for my wood choppers
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It’s very therapeutic. My Dad made me the official fire builder / tender of our family when I was in HS. Utah piñon pine is a fantastic firewood btw. Burns like oak or any number of hardwoods.
MikeDamone
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A pine that burns like an oak.
Piñon pine among firewood experts is known as the hardwood of softwoods.
I have soft supple thighs and a gas fireplace now.
But back in the olden days, I favored a wood grenade and sledge hammer.
I bought myself a wood grenade and this beautiful Fiskars hammer thing to smash stuff. The hammer weighs about 5 lbs and is the perfect size for splitting wood in combination with the grenade.
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Looks tuff but how do you swing that thing John Henry style ? Looks too short
I swing it like I’m the god of fucking thunder
I have soft supple thighs and a gas fireplace now.
But back in the olden days, I favored a wood grenade and sledge hammer.
I bought myself a wood grenade and this beautiful Fiskars hammer thing to smash stuff. The hammer weighs about 5 lbs and is the perfect size for splitting wood in combination with the grenade.
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Looks tuff but how do you swing that thing John Henry style ? Looks too short
I swing it like I’m the god of fucking thunder
Lotta "mass" behind that swing, big fella!
I have soft supple thighs and a gas fireplace now.
But back in the olden days, I favored a wood grenade and sledge hammer.
I bought myself a wood grenade and this beautiful Fiskars hammer thing to smash stuff. The hammer weighs about 5 lbs and is the perfect size for splitting wood in combination with the grenade.
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Looks tuff but how do you swing that thing John Henry style ? Looks too short
I swing it like I’m the god of fucking thunder
Lotta "mass" behind that swing, big fella!
You get me. I’m also only splitting 1-2 logs at a time and doing so inside my garage so a smaller handle works well.
Man, I actually miss chopping wood with a maul. I could pace myself and chop all day if it was wood that split cleanly and didnt require standing back up too much. All the bending and standing is more tiring than swinging a maul.
It was the moving and stacking and mess that I burnt out on. My old house required 5-6 cord to get through a winter. My Dad and brother ran a loader logging operation and would trailer loads of nice logs to me when a few would build up around the landing, or even pile a load into a dump truck and send it my way. I'd get amazing mixes especially when they were in Oregon... giant Chinkapin, Tamarac, and mixed fir, and they'd selectively send the nice 1.5-2' diameter stuff that split easily without using a wedge.
Kinda miss it at times, kinda don't miss it at all most of the time.
It was the moving and stacking and mess that I burnt out on. My old house required 5-6 cord to get through a winter. My Dad and brother ran a loader logging operation and would trailer loads of nice logs to me when a few would build up around the landing, or even pile a load into a dump truck and send it my way. I'd get amazing mixes especially when they were in Oregon... giant Chinkapin, Tamarac, and mixed fir, and they'd selectively send the nice 1.5-2' diameter stuff that split easily without using a wedge.
Kinda miss it at times, kinda don't miss it at all most of the time.
TurdBomber
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8 lbs of wood murderer. Wouldn't use anything else.
Do keep a 4lb Estwing hand maul for kindling, too.
Murderous Combo.
TurdBomber
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USA Mr-Frs.
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You all realize you can buy wood already split from the poors, right?
TurdBomber
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Firewood Slut!
You call yourself a mountain man ?
A wealthy mountain man.
My ex father in law, was the wealthiest mountain man I ever knew. He’s probably helping buy players for Montana as we speak. That guy used to love splitting wood.
I’m with Throbber. Sub that shit out.
I'll add too that splitting wood is some of the greatest exercise of all time. MILFs don't want a Charmin soft, mountain man.
TurdBomber
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What's his running tab at The Depot?
Walk-Ons eat at the Double Front, I hear.
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Stockman's was his scene if I recall. I've watched a few games from a luxury suite at Grizzly stadium.
Number1AtNumber2
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I agree that the Fiskars X27 is the best out there. It is light enough that you can swing it all day but heavy enough to split a big log. I do have to resort to a wedge and a sledge sometimes. I like to do it myself at my pace. It is good exercise but more importantly it makes your fire better. No way am I going to let rip a giant fire on a cold June night like I did last weekend if I am paying for it with my hard earned payday lending money.
I burn all of these two woodsheds every year.
