Log splitter outside tip

[Shipper50]

I hadn't used my splitter due to knee replacement that went bad, finally got around to hooking the splitter up to my 4 wheeler to take it up the hill where the wood is cut. The splitter is stored outside.

When I went to make sure the hitch was open I put my hand on the hitch and got stung by some wasps that had made a nest in the hitch. I would have never thought they would make a nest there. I got 2-3 stings on my left ring and little fingers and went and got some ice.

I thought this might be a good time to remind guys about this possibility.

Shipper

 

[burntime]

Everytime I go to hook my trailer to the tractor like 20 earwigs come out of the hitch. Amazing where critters hide!

 

[Shipper50]

Everytime I go to hook my trailer to the tractor like 20 earwigs come out of the hitch. Amazing where critters hide!

Earwigs are spooking looking, but I will take them over a wasp every time.

Shipper

 

[burntime]

Agreed!

 

[sixminus1]

I just bought a used 5x8 utility trailer. It had been sitting for about a year. When I went to hook it up I found an old wasps nest inside the coupler, right where the ball should go. Those little bastards will make nests anywhere

 

[Shipper50]

I just bought a used 5x8 utility trailer. It had been sitting for about a year. When I went to hook it up I found an old wasps nest inside the coupler, right where the ball should go. Those little bastards will make nests anywhere

I live in the country and feed the humming birds nectar water and have about 25 that feed daily. I have found this summer I have more wasps than in the past. I got stung the other day by a mud dabber? It was in a nest under my hose role up hook. It made my arm swell and have a fever in the sting area.

Anyone think this is from global warming? I know for a fact the winters are not as cold here in Indiana.

Shipper

 

[carbon neutral]

I got stung hooking up my boat for the first time this year as well so I feel your pain. I have sprayed 6 nest so far this summer. Why is it the good honey bees are dying off and these nasty m'fers are so prevelent?!?

 

[brewerpete]

got stung by a nest under the hose reel last weekend.

earlier this spring i was taking some plastic shutters down to paint. There were huge nests behind each one....luckily it was early spring and they werent active. be careful with shutters in mid season

best thing to do is whack em with the long distance cans after dusk when there all in the nest curled up watching the flames on thier honeycomb pellet stoves lol
bp

 

[splitterless]

To relive the pain and swelling use wet tobacco or baking soda made into a paste, and then apply to the sting. ;-)

 

[woodconvert]

I just bought a used 5x8 utility trailer. It had been sitting for about a year. When I went to hook it up I found an old wasps nest inside the coupler, right where the ball should go. Those little bastards will make nests anywhere

I live in the country and feed the humming birds nectar water and have about 25 that feed daily. I have found this summer I have more wasps than in the past. I got stung the other day by a mud dabber? It was in a nest under my hose role up hook. It made my arm swell and have a fever in the sting area.

Anyone think this is from global warming? I know for a fact the winters are not as cold here in Indiana.

Shipper

I too live in the boondoggles and, as I posted in another thread, I typically would have tons of wasps in every nook and cranny of everything by now...including my rows of wood. For whatever reason that hasn't been the case this year and whatever the cause I hope it keeps happening.

As far as the global warming, who knows, but if you are looking for a cooler winter move north to Michigan. We've got em'.

 

[Shipper50]

To relive the pain and swelling use wet tobacco or baking soda made into a paste, and then apply to the sting. ;-)

Lets see if I got this right? I put the tobacco in my mouth to make it wet? Then I put it on the sting? Then I take the baking soda and wash out my mouth to get the tobacco taste out of my mouth? YUK. :lol:

I have chewed a little back 30 years ago and quit smoking 25 years ago so no tobacco around here. ;-)

Shipper

 

[splitterless]

To relive the pain and swelling use wet tobacco or baking soda made into a paste, and then apply to the sting. ;-)

Lets see if I got this right? I put the tobacco in my mouth to make it wet? Then I put it on the sting? Then I take the baking soda and wash out my mouth to get the tobacco taste out of my mouth? YUK. :lol:

I have chewed a little back 30 years ago and quit smoking 25 years ago so no tobacco around here. ;-)

Shipper

Well if you want to do it that way go right ahead :gulp: All I am saying is if you have any tobacco around is to wet/soak it and apply to the sting OR if you do not make a paste out of baking soda and apply. Than again being a real outdoors man :-/ you probably will not need anything :bug:

 

[TruePatriot]

Yup--stung yesterday, scavenging parts out of my old rototiller. Yellow-jacket-lookin' thing. He died under my foot, however, after I slapped him off me. Hope it was good for him, too....

ALSO yesterday, found a MOUSE NEST in my splitter's engine.

It is a good idea to remove the metal shroud from any small engine that is stored outside, if it has sat for many months, as my (nonrunning) splitter did. If you run the engine with a mouse nest blocking the cooling fins, it will overheat and become damaged or, more dramatically, maybe even toss a rod or suffer other, catastrophic failure.

There was zero evidence of the mouse nest on the outside of the engine, by the way. I only noticed it after I pulled the rope a few times and some small leave particles kept falling out of the recoil starter area.

Got my splitter running today, happily (wire to the condensor, under the flywheel, was a pretty, green color--no sparky, until I sandpapered it clean again.)

 

[jebatty]

Vinegar works very well on stings and all insect bites. The quicker you get it on the stink/bite site, the better. I react considerably to stings, and the last two was no reaction - vinegar hit the site within a minute.

 

[CK-1]

There was a wasp nest under my trailer hitch last year. I saw them swarming around and nailed them with the 25 foot spray from Lowes. A little advice. Wait until the evening to spray them just before it gets dark. Most if not all will be at the nest at this point...