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Tire Holder Saves Your Back
The worst part of chopping firewood is the constant bending over to set up each block. Robert Bokenfohr of Morinville, Alberta, came up with a simple and effective way to give his back a break.
Bokenfohr uses a cut-down tire to hold a bunch of blocks to split all at once. He says an old car or truck tire (13
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Tire Holder Saves Your back TIRES/WHEELS Miscellaneous 27-3-25 The worst part of chopping firewood is the constant bending over to set up each block. Robert Bokenfohr of Morinville, Alberta, came up with a simple and effective way to give his back a break.
Bokenfohr uses a cut-down tire to hold a bunch of blocks to split all at once. He says an old car or truck tire (13 to 16 in.) works well and costs nothing. He removed the side walls with an angle grinder, making it possible to turn the tire inside out by hand. This also leaves a bigger space in the center of the tire to hold more wood.
The tire essentially serves as a heavy duty elastic band to hold a group of blocks upright and together while Bokenfohr steadily splits one after the other until they're all done. Then he removes the finished firewood and "re-loads."
He got the idea when he tried to stand more than one block up at a time to save himself from bending over as much.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Bokenfohr, R.R. 2, Morinville, Alberta, Canada T8R 1P5 (ph 780 939-3329).
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