Category Archives: Firewood

My Woodsplitter Goes to Eleven: Part 4

I cruised back roads at 45 MPH towing the little splitter behind my truck. It was comically out of scale. On the way I rolled up to a gas station with my huge thirsty diesel, put less than two bucks … Continue reading

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My Woodsplitter Goes to Eleven: Part 3

Woodsplitter wheels are small but they’re fine for moving around the yard (or the forest). I’ve moved mine with ATVs, riding lawnmowers, tractors, trucks, and (when I can’t find any other way) pulling for all I’m worth. (It’s a bitch … Continue reading

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My Woodsplitter Goes to Eleven: Part 2.5

Since I’m ranting about firewood, I want to endorse two products.  I’ve already written a review of my woodsplitter here and my chainsaw here and I still recommend both products. I bought both several years ago and have used them … Continue reading

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My Woodsplitter Goes to Eleven: Part 2

I own a gas powered hydraulic woodsplitter. I say that with reverence. It brings a tear to my eye. Doff your hat and join me in a moment of silent reflection on woodsplitters; their inherent beauty and how fulfilling life … Continue reading

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My Woodsplitter Goes to Eleven: Part 1

Lets rewind about 36 hours and start the story there. I was in a place that sucks. Lets call it an airport, because that’s what it was. You might think you go to an airport to fly home. Fool! You … Continue reading

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My Woodsplitter Goes to Eleven: Part 0

It was a dark and stormy night when the cops arrived. I was broken down on the side of a highway; leaning on a full load of firewood and fuming. A bitter wind cut through everything. The sun had just … Continue reading

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Firewood Saga: Part 7: Mission Accomplished / Math Works

I’d started out with the intention of spending money to save time. Did I save time? Maybe, some. Not a lot. I wound up making eleventy zillion phone calls to various dipshits who, inexplicably, seem to be in the firewood … Continue reading

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Firewood Saga: Part 6: Frank Tries To Screw Me

So there I was, standing next to my hefty truck and my ridiculously out of scale little utility trailer (the pony trailer) amid mountainous piles of used bridge mats. This is what happens when I try to save time by … Continue reading

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Firewood Saga: Part 5: Bridge Mats

Jake’s scribbled notes were excellent. Ten miles later I was inching along a new dirt road cut into the forest. At the end of the road I found a construction site with a couple industrial pole barns in mid-assembly. Workmen … Continue reading

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Firewood Saga: Part 4: Jake and Julie

It was a big construction company. There were several excavators, dump trucks, and the like in a large muddy parking area in front of an industrial building. They were obviously in the business of building roads and such. No sign … Continue reading

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