He is lucky that skidder still has a blade and front axel in it.
I heard a story years ago when doing something like in the video practically put the engine out through the hood.That blade only works as a brake in soil,hit a stump at high speed and it can snap the machine
I learned how to calculate firewood volume when I lived in Alaska.
I burn 14 and 4/16 muskoxen X 4 Eagle span per annum. I try the wood down to 12% Budweiser dew point.
It's more art than science.
You need:
Some paper
A marker pen
A angle grinder
A bench mounted sander and about 2 hours spare.
I have the acid you need to bring out the patterns in the steel.
You can buy Damas blanks from Wish for about $20 each.You are removing steel so gradually that you can easily see where you are...
I have some Axes from my Grandfathers back home in New Zealand like yours they are felling Axes .Felling Axes have more flexable handles to absorbe the shock of each blow,back home the ideal Axe handle length is the length of your inseam.
That might also be the length of your arm too? I dont know.
This is my " Brown Bess" flintlock musket. It is a sea pattern gun,so it would have been on board a sailing ship. I shoot with it now and again,it's a fun way to tempt non gun people into trying a gun for the first time.
This one dates from 1820
Ludicrous
Rumor has it that it's even possible to fit a belt fed uppers to semiautomatic machine guns and unleash belt loads of lung busters.
Let's ban them!
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