I'm going to be extending the deck over the stump; otherwise, that would've been a great idea.

A 22 year old former student. I'm lucky we didn't kill us both. Please don't ask about the fence.

@ElusiveMoby just don't hurt yourself! Remember what Clint Eastwood said, "a man's gotta know his limitations".

@mooredolezal This is the second time I've heard these words recently. I probably need them.?

I'm only moving the wood. A friend if mine will split it this summer.

@ElusiveMoby Wish I could visit with my collection of steel wedges and mauls.. It looks like the Ponderosa I miss splitting rounds … looking for the ‘wind split,’ or natural center crack that develops as they dry, then dodging knots while lining up several wedges across the face. It’s powerful magic!

Never could get my daughters interested, though. But as a boy, I learned it took no real strength when using a small sledge and wedges. But steel wedges aren’t cheap.. And once, a piece of steel shot off and embedded in my arm; only once, but that had me wearing goggles forever more.

Kept my wedges sharp and their mushrooming tops ground straight, and painted - red. Hauled em from Oregon to Appalachia ...if never to be used again..