Two of my wife's cousins joined us for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner they were feeling a little full and wanted to work some of it off. They offered to help me, the old man, by splitting some of the Sandy wood stacked in my yard. I've passed sixty, they are 22 & 24. I lined up a couple of 12" diameter, 18" long red oak rounds and offered them either a 6 or 8 pound maul. Asked them if they wanted me to show them how to split. They declined saying it looked pretty easy. They took the 8 pounder and after a few minutes they were totally frustrated and worn out from the heavy maul. Nothing was split yet. I took the maul and quartered two rounds showing them how to swing the maul and where to hit the round. Then I took the six pounder and finished splitting one of the rounds. They tried again and after a little while were able to split a couple of quarters.
I hope they think twice before calling me an "old man" again...
KaptJaq
I hope they think twice before calling me an "old man" again...
KaptJaq