Went to the gym...

[Gearhead660]

Went to fiskars gym. Worked off some of the food I ate over last few days. 100 reps or so. Maple and oak had me feeling mighty, elm put me in check.

 

[begreen]

Elm will do it every time.

 

[nola mike]

Elm and gum are the only 2 that I'll take a pass on if offered up

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Elm and gum are the only 2 that I'll take a pass on if offered up

I'm with you on this.. there are so many other woods available here that are better and easier to work with

 

[Rickb]

I got gumball once........ And I do mean once. After that I started bring my splitting axe with me when I went out scrounging. If I couldnt get a split off in a couple wacks I passed. Saved me from some really bad hackberry. lol

 

[Riteway]

Went to fiskars gym. Worked off some of the food I ate over last few days. 100 reps or so. Maple and oak had me feeling mighty, elm put me in check.

I hear ya buddy...my main form of exercise + stress relief these days is to head out back with the Fiskars and blast away at some firewood rounds. I'm down to the last 10 rounds from a big hemlock score...starting to get a bit nervous. I'm kind of tempted to see if I can get some logs delivered, which seems pretty ridiculous considering I'm already a couple years ahead and have had pretty good luck scrounging.

 

[Stelcom66]

Riteway - do you really use the Willys Pickup to get wood? I drove by a 50s era Willys car in a rural yard today. The trucks are even more rare.

 

[Riteway]

Riteway - do you really use the Willys Pickup to get wood? I drove by a 50s era Willys car in a rural yard today. The trucks are even more rare.

I sure do! We don't use road salt out here, which helps keep the old cars alive. Keeping it garaged is pretty key, as well.

 

[Stelcom66]

That is SO cool! And I thought my 2002 Silverado was up there in age. I was mistaken - it was a Studebaker I saw today. Your truck looks to be in great shape, and it's a year older than me! Nice having the stakes on the bed so the load can be higher.

 

[Gearhead660]

Finally cooling down enough to start going to the gym again. Started easy with some oak reps.

 

[Simonkenton]

i love the fiskars gym. never have whacked any elm i guess it doesnt grow around here.

 

[Caw]

Finally cooling down enough to start going to the gym again. Started easy with some oak reps.

I also am starting with some easy red oak reps this season as I wanted an easy warm up. I like to play a game of "how softly can I hit this and still split it" with fresh red oak. Sometimes you can literally just drop the axe on it and gravity is enough.

Next up is a cord or so of green red maple!