[AT] OT - Wood chopping clip

[Mike]

I wouldn't want to use it for some of the *&^%##!! elm I have to split 
from time to time.

Mike M

On 3/8/2013 3:02 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I suspect he built that because he is no longer able to swing an ax or maul.
> Still I can see some uses for it.
>
> Most of the wood I split is given to me by a guy that is in the tree service
> business.
> It's almost always oaks that is from someone's yard.
> Some of the blocks he brings me are 3' or more in diameter.
> A lot of the smaller stuff has knots in it.   Most of it would be too heavy
> to lift onto
> that rig and if you could it would never split it.   I use a 12# maul and
> wish I had a bigger one.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 2:46 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Wood chopping clip
>
> Looks like hard work, there's no mechanical advantage that
> even an axe brings plus he has to overcome the return spring.
> With the wood he's splitting, I reckon I could out perform him with a
> tomahawk. :-)
>
> Tom
>
> --- On Sat, 9/3/13, Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.alternativ.nu/index.php?action=media;sa=item;id=7384
>> -- 
>> www.rodjagard.n.nu
>
>
> Looks like hard work, there's no mechanical advantage that
> even an axe brings plus he has to overcome the return spring.
> With the wood he's splitting, I reckon I could out perform him with a
> tomahawk. :-)
>
> Tom
>
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