I decided to skip what's become my daily workout regimen in our little gym above the shop and split wood instead. No, not by hand with an axe or maul, but with my powerful 29 ton Craftsman/Briggs & Stratton hydraulic machine. Still it's plenty enough exercise for an old guy handling all those bolts before, during, and after.
Mickey and Minnie had built a nest earlier this season on top of the engine under the recoil starter and I had to do a little disassembly to clean that out as it caught on fire not too far into the work. I had my trusty old 710 user along with me and used it a bit flicking out some of the mess from the mice and cutting the odd strand or two on the red oak which can make for stringy splits in places.
