I was going through some old pictures and came across a couple of me hauling and splitting wood, over 40 years ago! Brings back old memories of fun with Dad, and of course the excitement of chimney fires.
I've been splitting wood for a very long time with a 6# maul. This one here would have been the old one with the round sledge hammer type handle. I still have it, with a broken off handle in it. The round handle never lasted very long. This was the prototype, before I ended up with the maul I use to this day, which has the ax-eye type handle. Dad's double bit ax standing up in the background and Dad overseeing my work. I'm sure we were taking that wood home to put in the stove that night:
This is me hauling wood from the pile up to the porch. The bigger the load I hauled the less trips I had to make. I broke the handles on that wheelbarrow many times, much to Dad's disappointment! Some decent sized overnighters in there. Probably cut this morning. Brick chimney in the background, the source of many neighborhood gatherings:
I've been splitting wood for a very long time with a 6# maul. This one here would have been the old one with the round sledge hammer type handle. I still have it, with a broken off handle in it. The round handle never lasted very long. This was the prototype, before I ended up with the maul I use to this day, which has the ax-eye type handle. Dad's double bit ax standing up in the background and Dad overseeing my work. I'm sure we were taking that wood home to put in the stove that night:
This is me hauling wood from the pile up to the porch. The bigger the load I hauled the less trips I had to make. I broke the handles on that wheelbarrow many times, much to Dad's disappointment! Some decent sized overnighters in there. Probably cut this morning. Brick chimney in the background, the source of many neighborhood gatherings: