Your dad could have stacked logs in the truck and cut them to length and split them near the permanent stack location.  Otherwise, you&#x27;re stacking once in the truck bed and then again at the woodpile.  Perhaps he was building your character instead of seeking efficiency.<p>A little bit of gratuitous labor helps the lesson sink in.  So maybe you set up a little contest with your victi-er, kid.  You each take half the logs and whoever finishes first wins.  You even let the kid get a head start.  They&#x27;re concentrating hard because they want to win.  But behind their back, you&#x27;re using a log splitter instead of a maul.  When you yell out &quot;done!&quot; they look around, and see that you &quot;cheated&quot;.  Hopefully, they learn the value of appropriate technology over brow sweat.<p>That guy shouldn&#x27;t be swinging that maul so close to his kids, not for safety reasons, because he should be using at least a lever-operated log splitter instead.