My brother and sister inlaw live in the Berkshires they are artsy fartsy flaky hippie type senior citizens. And as always ill organized for the winter. I used to go visit them in the early fall to help them split and stack the six or seven full cords they need every winter. This year I thought to skip the thing and go to Costa Rica instead. But good old guilt came knocking at my door and at the same time I saw a 27 ton log splitter for sale in a local swap sheet. It was put up for sale by somebody who had bought it like ten years ago with the idea that she was going to use wood only but she never used it past the first season. So I bought it, changed the hydraulic oil, cleaned the carburetor, put in fresh fuel and it started right up. I hooked it to my Pathfinder and drove 360 miles with this early christmas present riding behind me on the through way. It is probably the best present I have given these two flakes.
