Common sense says who ever taught you that was wrong.........think about it.
Really think the threads hanging out and don't have any contact with a "female" thread have anything to do with stretching?
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What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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Really think the threads hanging out and don't have any contact with a "female" thread have anything to do with stretching?
I had a few big pieces like that this spring. I considered trying to get onto the splitter, but then just got the sledge and wedge. They were straight grained so split remarkable easy. I only did a few at a time as not to pull a muscle, and just split them enough so I could get them on the splitter by hand.I cheated a bit today and used the grapple for the heavy lifting and the splitter. I made a decent dent in the pile though.
Russell King
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Those threads hanging out help the strength of a bolted joint by reducing the stress concentration factors in the bolt and nut. Those are due to the first couple of threads on the bolt not being 100% full good threads so by getting the bolt to stick out then there is better thread contact through the entire nut.
that is what @lynnmor was showing in his post above
This has just become the industry standard and is taught extensively.
Minimum Threads Protruding Beyond Nut
A minimum thread protrusion length is given to ensure that all the threads are engaged. This is required to ensure a full-strength fastener. Equipment component drawings should specify the type, length, and size of bolt, stud, bolt-stud, etc. to be used to obtain the proper thread protrusion.
www.engineersedge.com
My preference is using a maul too. Personally I don’t like using logs that big for firewood, but it was a tree in a place I could not get equipment too easily, so I chunked it up and hauled out with the grapple and made a pile. It was big enough pile not much fun to wrestle em out to split, so I cheated
. I don’t want it to go to waste either…it’s a shame to use that type of wood for firewood. My splitter can be set up to split vertically, but for big pieces that seems like more work to wrestle them in under the wedge. The grapple really helped to set up up on the table top then pretty easy to roll onto the splitter.