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[dickfoster]

Hey Jabonee quick question I still need to look over the torque requirements however I need a wrench do you have any recommendations?

I have a set of Craftsman clicker types I use. Not enough wrench for a couple of 600 pounders on the back hoe but sufficient for everything else. You'll need a 3/8" drive for the smaller fasteners and a 1/2" for the larger ones.

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I suggest keeping it simple because I have a digital readout on my 1/2" but the readout is hard for me to see, a real PITA. The standard vernier scale on my 3/8" wrench is easier to see and use while it's also cheaper to buy.

Be sure to run them down to zero before you put them away or they'll go out of calibration.

 

[brasco426]

An Axe, two hands and my Max. Love this little tractor.

 

[dickfoster]

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An Axe, two hands and my Max. Love this little tractor.

Splitting wood with an axe is for the birds, I highly recommend a splitter. Or at least a Fiskars splitting axe, they do work but the hydraulic splitter is still so much easier. Moving all the wood in and out of the splitter is work enough for me.

 

[brasco426]

I'm still young enough to swing a blade and git er done so I do lol. I enjoy being outside and working hard. I'm still building up my finances and will add tools for the job along the way. Rome wasn't built in a day!

 

[brasco426]

That pic is going to be a fire pit to enjoy this summer. My little redneck hot tub soon to follow. Nothing like living out in the country. Can't wait for my son to experience life out here! Been looking for a good tree site to build him a tree fort. Why would anyone live in the city lol.

 

[dickfoster]

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I'm still young enough to swing a blade and git er done so I do lol. I enjoy being outside and working hard. I'm still building up my finances and will add tools for the job along the way. Rome wasn't built in a day!

Well enjoy it while you can. LOL

 

[dickfoster]

That pic is going to be a fire pit to enjoy this summer. My little redneck hot tub soon to follow. Nothing like living out in the country. Can't wait for my son to experience life out here! Been looking for a good tree site to build him a tree fort. Why would anyone live in the city lol.

I lived in cities to make money but moved to the county when I retired and won't be moving back.

 

[brasco426]

I lived in cities to make money but moved to the county when I retired and won't be moving back.

I here that, life in the country is the way to live for me. To each their own. In my younger years I did alot of commercial hvac and process cooling, and was always in cities and down in Boston MA. Now I enjoy driving through the countryside as a burner tech and love the way of life being in the country.

 

[Billrog]

Nice to see some one still using an axe with decent size wood it's far faster than a splitter. I managed until I was around 60 before bowing down to making and using a splitter.

 

[mike69440]

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I'm still young enough to swing a blade and git er done so I do lol. I enjoy being outside and working hard. I'm still building up my finances and will add tools for the job along the way. Rome wasn't built in a day!

I can sort of remember when I split wood with a maul. Nice to have a lot of energy! Now I struggle just cutting & stacking 6-7 cord of wood for the winter, with nice Saws, Excavator, tractors, RTV etc and my stepson doing the splitting with log splitter.