Finally Bought a Woodsplitter

[standup]

After all the years of swinging a splitting axe or maul I finally broke down and picked up one of those machines advertised in the CTC flyer. An electric 5 hp Yardworks.
I can't believe this thing splits the way it does. Almost effortlessly on the gnarliest, twisted and knotted jackpine one could ever see. Originally, I was going to toss this tree as it was impossible to split with an axe but this goofy woodsplitter breezed though it without raising a sweat.
I'm sorry I took so long to bust open the wallet. So tomorrow I'm gonna knock down some white birch and poplar just for an excuse to play with the new toy.

We gotta get you on the lever of my 38T with an open stroke time of 3.2 seconds. You'd get great fun outta that. Seriously though I built my first one years ago (around 28) and at the time because of so few around all my work mates were poo pooing it. An old boy told me how smart it was. This old guy never said a king word. When asked why he simply replied "If your back is going to feel broke at days end regardless of splitting method would you like to feel that pain while standing beside a mountain of split wood or a mole hill?"....He weren't wrong. I don't find less effort, but. I do find more reward for the pain

[sawbill]

Just got back in from camp and I still really have no idea how that splitter works. I cut a trailer load of birch and oak the other day then yesterday I let my wife split the first few pieces then she wouldn't give it up. I ended up with the dirty end of the stick, having to pick up the split pieces and pile them--the entire trailer load.