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    Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter

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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    My parents and my Uncle Lou went together on my Grandma's 75th birthday present and bought her a Craftsman electric log splitter, and in the process created a joke that everybody in the family still takes about.

    Grandma turned 101 last week. She's still sharp as a tack, but no longer splits her own firewood. #pickuptrucks
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. #pickuptrucks
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    10/15/09

    @leicester: I thought it was Red Green when I first saw it. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    Clearly Ford Rangers need a power take-off option.

    The true redneck will be doing a lot of logsplitting and will spring for a proper hydraulic splitter. Less chance of losing your beer hand. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    Looks like the perfect automotive accessory for dealing with traffic, or the guys on bicycles that insist on riding double and blowing through stop signs. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    wow. Not the type of corkscrew you want to get a body part stuck on, eh? #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Flathead  Smith Flathead Smith
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter

    I've seen something like this before, but it was much safer. It was a threaded splitting cone that bolted to the wheel of a truck called "The Stickler", but it still could be dangerous.

    But all considered, this, and the splitting cone I spoke of, is not any more dangerous than a screaming chainsaw. #pickuptrucks
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    10/15/09

    @Flathead Smith: Usually you don't stand in front of the chain saw and exert pressure towards the saw. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Flathead  Smith Flathead Smith
    10/15/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: Something even more dangerous than this is a 12 pound splitting maul, was known as a "Go-Devil" when I was a kid", in the hands of a twelve year old.

    I grew up in a house that was heated primarily with wood and will say that the advantage of being the one, who loaded most of the firewood into my father’s truck after he cut it, and then being required to split 80% of what was cut, gave me physical strength and coordination that has stayed with me. Loading hay also is good for this. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    Anyone know where I can buy one of these? And a pair of chain mail gloves? #pickuptrucks
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    10/15/09

    @Alfisted: And a star? I could swear I had one around here somewhere. #pickuptrucks
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    10/15/09

    @Alfisted: Yeah, I just noticed that... Your comments were always consistantly funny. I'm sure you will get it back quickly. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    10/15/09

    @Scandinavian Flick: You still have my clicky-heart. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    Yep, these things were mass produced and marketed to bolt onto your drive hubs in the seventies, so back to the landers and folks who had wood stoves and fireplaces could split a lot of wood quickly and cheaply.

    And dangerously. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    10/15/09

    In reply to Behold…The Redneck Log Splitter
    Before we use any cobbled together, medieval looking, log splitters, let's take a minute to talk about shop safety:

    Be sure to read, understand, and follow all safety instructions that came with your jury-rigged steel death trap. And remember: There is no more important safety rule than to close your eyes quickly should anything come flying at your face. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of Flathead  Smith Flathead Smith
    10/15/09

    @smalleyxb122: So how many times have you seen the New Yankee Workshop featuring Norm. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    10/15/09

    @smalleyxb122: Heart click for channeling Norm. Before even finishing the first line I had that New Englander voice in my head. Thanks for the laugh. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of FĐŻeeMan FĐŻeeMan
    10/15/09

    @smalleyxb122: Bravo!

    Wife and I VCRd & watched hundreds of those shows while we were fixing up our house. Our kids still quote that when we head to the garage to fire up some tools. #pickuptrucks
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    09/30/09

    In reply to Build Your Own Google Street View Camera For $300
    Oh my, does this ever have potential.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/30/09

    @beercheck: Hell ya, think of the cool race car shots you could grab with that?
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    09/30/09

    @beercheck: The headband one will be a revolution in amateur porn.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/30/09

    In reply to Build Your Own Google Street View Camera For $300
    I've had something similar to this for ages. Works the same, but with less computer programming hassle.

    Basically I drive to places, look around and soak in the beauty... maybe snap a few shots with the ol' 35mm.

    Later, when I want to revisit that trip I break out the five by sevens and all those images come rushing back. If I want to remember things in closer detail, I simply return to that place.

    Ragsdale's contraption seems like an infinitely complicated device with a primary purpose of distracting you from experiencing whatever adventure you happen to be on.
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    09/30/09


    @TimTim:

    Luddite!
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    09/30/09

    In reply to Build Your Own Google Street View Camera For $300
    That's nothing. I have been using boot-mounted escalator cams for years.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/30/09

    @Jo Schmo has lost that commenting feeling: It would be MUCH more useful if they'd give us a tutorial of how to make one of those!
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    09/30/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: You are in luck! I happen to have a "How To" book on hidden shoe cameras. Just send me your credit card number and your address, and I'll send it immediately. Please...no post office box!
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    09/30/09

    @skaycog: The sort of man who would seriously contemplate investing in such a contraption is far less likely to actually be close enough to a real woman to make this useful than a normal man would.
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    09/14/09

    In reply to How To Give Your Fog Lights DIY Halos
    Pretty! Can I buy those at Pep Boys?
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/14/09

    In reply to How To Give Your Fog Lights DIY Halos
    What's bad is, thanks to the Internetz, among other things, there are a dozen idiotic fads occurring simultaneously, causing some of us have to fight off the wish to beat those with more than four of any of them.

    Oh, and I hope these become "popular", because, at least in Texas, blue lights are verboten on anything but emergency vehicles.

    HID's ain't blue, and neither are the OEM "angel halos", or whatever the hell they are.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    09/14/09

    In reply to How To Give Your Fog Lights DIY Halos
    What people don't realize is that Chapman really said, "Simplify and add lightness...that way you'll be able to install more gimmicky crap on it!"
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