Work Done 2024

[all night moe]

Day 3: Involved keeping the rental for an additional day. After running around this morning, I gassed up the splitter and ran her at an idle while getting some rounds staged. Had some biggies with no desire to lift. Gathered them around and flipped the splitter into vertical operation. Grabbed the wheelbarrow and filled with rounds. Worked mostly solo. Kid came out for about 2 1/2hrs. I took a couple of short breaks only due to my lower back screaming at me. Added about 3 cord or better to the growing pile. There's still some left to split and some smaller stuff needs to be bucked up. Any additional splitting will be done by hand. The 3 day run is over. The horseshoe driveway is impassable on the one side.

Splitter Fest 2024

 

[all night moe]

I busted my distal bicep tendon in my dominant arm. Hows that for doing work? Declined surgery because recovery time is at least 6 months and 4 months in a immobilizing brace and nothing over 2 lbs can be lifted. So recovery time and work needing to be done did not match up. Bicep looks like Popeye and cramps easy but hopefully the cramping goes away. Processed 36 cornish cross chickens in the last few days so chicken season 2024 is over and freezers are stuffed with chickens and two lambs.

I tore mine too. This time last year, during Splitter Fest 2023 .... a 2 day event. I felt it tear and winced with pain. I ignored it and continued through day 1. I rented the splitter for 2 days and wasn't letting anything stop me. I read up on the injury afterwards. noted the same things you did. Additional info I found is the only repair is cosmetic.
Sooo, here I am today at one year later.

Ahhgagagaggot. Popeye arm included.

 

[Gearhead660]

Split and stacked the hickory from Sunday. Confidently over 4 years CSS now.

 

[Stelcom66]

I tore mine too. This time last year, during Splitter Fest 2023 ....

Sorry to hear about the injuries - especially when work must be done! Tough when you can't put it off for a day or two. Great that at least you've got a huge amount of wood split.

 

[Stelcom66]

Split and stacked the hickory from Sunday. Confidently over 4 years CSS now.

Reminds me to get the tire out of my garage and use that when splitting.

 

[ozarkoak]

I tore mine too. This time last year, during Splitter Fest 2023 .... a 2 day event. I felt it tear and winced with pain. I ignored it and continued through day 1. I rented the splitter for 2 days and wasn't letting anything stop me. I read up on the injury afterwards. noted the same things you did. Additional info I found is the only repair is cosmetic.
Sooo, here I am today at one year later.

Ahhgagagaggot. Popeye arm included.

From what I have read, a good deal of supination strength will be lost. Which is palm up to palm down. I have to start working smarter anyway, not getting any younger.

 

[xshmoox]

Day 3: Involved keeping the rental for an additional day. After running around this morning, I gassed up the splitter and ran her at an idle while getting some rounds staged. Had some biggies with no desire to lift. Gathered them around and flipped the splitter into vertical operation. Grabbed the wheelbarrow and filled with rounds. Worked mostly solo. Kid came out for about 2 1/2hrs. I took a couple of short breaks only due to my lower back screaming at me. Added about 3 cord or better to the growing pile. There's still some left to split and some smaller stuff needs to be bucked up. Any additional splitting will be done by hand. The 3 day run is over. The horseshoe driveway is impassable on the one side.

Splitter Fest 2024

What no pictures?!

 

[all night moe]

What no pictures?!

Yea my phone and laptop don't get along. LOL

 

[all night moe]

a good deal of supination strength will be lost. Which is palm up to palm down.

For me it's lifting something over the side of the pickup. I feel a little bit of pain with anything more then about 10lbs.

Work done today: Removed 12 Scotch pine, which I believe to be in the red pine family. Have some logs on the ground to haul out tomorrow and a little clean up. 3 of us and the crane operator. I rode the ball. They were all of 85-90' tall. Little soar from a day's worth of saddle time. Feels good though.... I earned it.