I purchased a makita 30lb demolition hammer used from a rental yard for $200 and welded a wedge to one of mole points and use that to split oversized rounds. Keep up the great work.
Oh boy does this bring back childhood memories. We had to split everything large with wedges and a maul. That's because we definitely didn't have a splitter. I'm thankful for my hydraulic splitter and don't miss those days.
That's the way my Dad, brother in law, and I used to split all our firewood! We sold quite a lot, even 4 foot wood!! Sure is good exercise!! Nice to watch someone else do it! Good job!
I don’t have a splitter, so I use a combination of noodling, 4 wedges and a sledge to break down big rounds to be able to lift in the truck to take home!! I try to make 3 ft. diameter my limit!! Natural seams like you have in that maple can be a godsend!! If there are no seams I take the saw and cut maybe a 2 to 3 inch groove in the top for the wedges to get started!! Also putting big rounds on end and noodling it down is a great option!! Enjoy your videos, you are a hard worker and a good guy👍👋
Doing fine, I used to start off sinking a chopping block that was on solid ground, the roll the piece I wanted to split over the chopping block, then start the wedge about 4” in from the edge. All wood behaves differently and I used a 2lb hammer the set the wedge, all this was 42 yrs ago. Good for you for trying the old way! 👍🏼🇱🇷
You cite operator error as a possibility. You are 100% correct sir! When splitting you have to be smarter than the wood. This is one of the funniest videos I have seen recently.
I dearly love my 4 lbs. Cone Wedge! Shes a beast! I hear ya on the big round logs. I have to bust these Big Heavy Red Oak logs up to. So i can pick them up
Love your channel! I’m sure your getting lots of advice and sorry for giving you mine too. Lol. Those big rounds are best to start the split close to the edges. Use a sledge hammer to hit the wedge. About a 8 lb one. The splitting maul is not heavy enough. And good to have two wedges in case one gets stuck. I saw your slow mo of that wedge jumping back. My dad always warned me about that possibility. Keep the vids coming. Stay safe.
You did better than I would have John Henry. I would've past out or had diarrhea or both. I always thought starting from the sides worked good but the Wolfridge is definitely an option.
I bought a couple of those twisted wedges at tractor supply. I love them things. And everyone knows I'm not in the best of shape either. I got one of those fiskars isocore mauls also. I start at the outer edge of the round. A lot of times I hit the outer edge with the fiskars and don't need a wedge.
Hi Dan. I’ve had some 42” rounds and use the chainsaw to make my own checks. If you saw down about 3”, the wedge will bite pretty good. Stick with it.👍
When I use wedges, I have 4. And a smaller thin “starter wedge” I started with 2, then got two more, I seem to always get one stuck lol. I’ve thought about picking up one of those estwing wedges, looks like they work great!
Hey my friend found you on youtube few weeks ago! i enjoy the content ... i cut a little firewood myself here in oklahoma too, not on your scale though!!! .keep up the good work... its not for the faint hearted ..wish you and your family the best!!! your freind Ben here in Okla,
I live in logging country here in Maine, and have also seen guys use a chainsaw to break big chunks like that up. I think it's with the same idea, that people doing that work understand wood and just where to either hit or cut it. At any rate, lots of work for sure, thanks for sharing!
I use a 6ft pry bar to finish separating rhe wood, I've broken a maul handle off using it to pry the pieces apart. I waa splitting BIG rounds of oak, gave up on the wedge and maul (wedge kept popping out like your's) and just used the saw to rip them down into more manageable pieces.
A short chopping block helps. The soft ground is absorbing the blow. Forget the wedge. Swing the maul outside first then work to the middle. You know across it lol. Eat Wheaties. Use it as a table on the patio. Well all of these things should be options for next time lol
My son had a huge maple taken down. I had to quarter every round of the main trunk to move them. My weapon of choice is a 16# sledge and wedges. Harder to swing but when contact is made, things happen! Your mail like mine just isn't heavy enough! Bet you love your splitter more now!
That's how I grew up splitting logs with my dad. It's a lot of work, but great exercise too! One tip I would suggest is to place your rounds on a solid surface. Between the spongy part of those logs, and the layers of mulch on the ground where they are sitting, its a natural trampoline for the logs to absorb the blows. A layer of rock, or placing two of those rounds on top of each other would make a big difference for you. Good luck with it in the future. Love the channel!
In my younger days (I'm 73) I used (and owned) nothing but a sledge, several wedges and an 18# Sotz Monster Maul. The Monster Maul could easily split anything up to about 30" diameter once you learned to let it do the work. (My sons were always challenging me and while they may have been almost as strong they failed to let the maul do the work!) Same with a sledge and a wedge. I used a 12# sledge (The smaller 6# and 8# mauls I found to be a waste of time and required too much energy!) and wedges like you were using. But I learned to never go in a decayed fault line. My wedges would always pop out because the wood was no longer hard and it was moist and slippery. I always started in a place that was closer to the edge away from the heartwood and would drive the wedge. Many times it would not completely split a 50+" round and would require a second wedge at the very end of my split. Store your rounds and splits on their bark. In a day or two on a cut end and they can suck up enough moisture to take a month or more to dry out. Moisture does not go through the bark very easily! Great videos and I can see you like the 500i!
I love this video. Since I don't personally own a splitter I split a lot of wood this way. You need a different wedge I feel. The point on it is to blunt. Everyone gets tired out and winded. I am toast after 90 minutes.
Did you hear me laughing my ass off? It's only cause I've done that so many times myself. Your body will be shaking at night from all that sudden stop trauma. You are a good man Dan.
Fair play, it makes you realise how much effort a splitter saves! I use a smaller hammer to get the wedge properly started. You should start a 30 minute high intensity training gym and just get the local fitness fanatics to come and swing the maul for you. You could charge them a couple of dollars for the privilege.
This is how I split all my wood. Have been splitting wood with maul and wedges for 42 years. Working on an oak tree that was 24” in diameter. Never used a splitter.
Hello Dan, thanks for the 😆 😀😀, next time try a new profile on the wedge, and take a wire wheel to the paint on that wedge and remove all of the shiny slick surfaces, to add to the grip of the wedge. Forged iron is porous and when painter it seals up the outer surface making it easier to jump out instead of gripping in! I have found many people will buy a shiny new tool and expect it to work right out of the box, but many times it is the opposite that is true, give it a lot of use to fine tune it for you and you will have better results! Not everything manufactured tool today measures up to what our parents or grand parents had used, then we are disappointed with the product or the outcome, when it needs to be worked to get past the break in period! Find two or three used and abused wedges at a flea market dress away any mushroomed heads, and resharpen them to the profiles they come with, then try again using 2,3 or all of the wedges you have, in one round, but don’t work one wedge at a time, take a hit on the farthest, then move to the next closer wedge and repeat keeping all of your wedges snug in the wood until the split.
Me and my buddy would split wood like this when we were younger. I was swinging a sledge hammer and the head flew off it, missing his face by inches. It was then that I learned to pay attention to what was in front of me when I'm swinging things like that. I still split by hand every once in a while. But for the most part I'm a splitter kind of guy now haha.
That 500i wedge would be faster! 😁 But that wood being green makes that wedge squirt out. Try using just the maul to get the crack open, then use the wedge. Also have a few wedges so when you jamb one you can get them out. Or you could buy a vertical big box splitter (I like Whackin Axes' model). Oh, ...Me and you seem to be in shape about the same ... maybe you should go ask Amanda to do that part .... 😁.. just kidding!!
Start around the edges and break the bark tension around the piece. Take one little piece at a time like shingles and work your way around. But what do I know. Lol
I usually use my cheap vertical splitter first then pop them up on the big splitter. Better option is to use my friends splitting unicorn that attaches to his Kabota and you drive up to the big ones and let the unicorn drill do it’s thing. I wonder if you have hydraulic quick attach at the end of your loader.
I like your new video this morning don't do that you're hurt your back bling in that splitting maul use the log splitter you did a really good job this morning buddy
As a young man did that type of work a lot, you need thinner wedges to start the split then the wedge with ears might have worked better. need to get the round up on something that will allow you to strike the wedge about waist high and straight on. what also was happening the rounds were bouncing when struck, throwing out the wedge. Now a days i just use the chainsaw to split them up, a lot easier
Sit'n & Split'n with Shifty! Looks like somebody needs a little practice! I can say that because I do too! (Refer back to Wood Hound Senior Tribute Video... Yikes!) I certainly can see the benefits of the Log Lift on the 'Ol Wolf Ridge, of course the Mahmat's Iron Works splitter on the Bobcat makes short work of them as well! ;-} Time to start sing'n Toby's song. "I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once... Ah heck, it might just be time to admit I ain't even as good once as I ever was! LOL! Bless'ns to ya, Tedd
I would have absolutely lost it if I was doing it hahaha!! I either put them up on the split whole or i rip them with the saw! They probably would have split really easy if they were frozen!! Stay safe my friend!!
For this reason is why they made the internal combustion engine & gasoline.. I do use wedges when I am on location clearing out a job but when I am at home I use the MS461. Guess its my turn next week.. LoL
When splitting with a wedge, plan on a work out! As I said earlier, I use multiple wedges, and a big hammer, but I also use a smaller lump hammer to start my wedges. With a bit of time doing this you will improve, as with everything else we do! Next challenge using the maul and wedge to make kindling from those rounds!
I have that exact wedge but I only use it in conjunction with a narrow wedge which I drive in first. Otherwise you just get the bounce. I could grind the taper down as others gave suggested, but you kinda need to operate with 2 wedges anyways. I've cut slits in red oak before to start out and still had bounce. It just depends on the piece. It's a lot of work doing this stuff by hand. This is where your "stay safe" suggestion really comes into play because this kind of work will ruin your back if you don't use a proper technique for bending and lifting.
Well done sir! Iv found it useful to have a few different style wedges. Some work great with wet wood some work great with more seasoned wood. Just my 2 cents.
Get yourself a gransfors bruks splitting wedge and a 20lb sledge hammer also work from the outer edge in . Also pre cut some nose slots with the chainsaw. Watch out for kickback though.
These types of rounds are probably why I am recovering from 2 hernias. I've decided I won't move anymore "big" wood again without splitting it up significantly smaller
If my wedge wouldn't stay in, I scored the round using my chain saw. I also use a 4 pound, short handled maul to start my wedges & I use multiple wedges, just like those stone masons do to split large boulders.
Potential BTUs recovered, 2,642,587: BTUs expended trying to recover them, 2,642,588! That tree had a lifetime of resilience built into it where that seam is so if it pops the wedge out, the only place it's going to split under human power is near the ends, usually on the more pointed side. If it pops out there also though, time to rework the bevel cheeks for harder wood as it must be set up for softer wood.
That is the same problem am having with the splitter 😂 it doesn't stay in the same place always bounces. I personally think the Maul is better to use in this instance 😆
You really need to try a fiskars splitting axe. I have in laws over your way. I'd be happy to let you demo one of mine. I can't guarantee it would have busted those in one hit, but 2 or 3 at most. So much lighter than a maul too. I don't know the science behind it, but I attribute my success with them to wedge design and increased speed of swing due to a light head. That said, I prefer the splitter too. Lol
hi there i don't think its user error i think we have all had some like that . i know i have . sorry i am laughing at you but it brings back memories . rubber trees see ya friday john
It's okay to put the wedge in a slight check crack. But the opening and or any punky wood will act as a spring and shock. You need healthy unfrosted wood for proper penetration and leverage!
When I have to bust rounds down I use the chainsaw. I've used a wedge and maul before no fun with aching shoulders.
Aching shoulders are when you know you went out and worked :)
I purchased a makita 30lb demolition hammer used from a rental yard for $200 and welded a wedge to one of mole points and use that to split oversized rounds. Keep up the great work.
Oh boy does this bring back childhood memories. We had to split everything large with wedges and a maul. That's because we definitely didn't have a splitter. I'm thankful for my hydraulic splitter and don't miss those days.
That aint no Doug fir, I would like to see Buckin split that stuff. The deer in the background seemed to enjoy the the human effort LOL!!
I'll stick with the inverted splitter on my skid steer LOL! Another great video!
That's the way my Dad, brother in law, and I used to split all our firewood! We sold quite a lot, even 4 foot wood!! Sure is good exercise!! Nice to watch someone else do it! Good job!
I don’t have a splitter, so I use a combination of noodling, 4 wedges and a sledge to break down big rounds to be able to lift in the truck to take home!! I try to make 3 ft. diameter my limit!! Natural seams like you have in that maple can be a godsend!! If there are no seams I take the saw and cut maybe a 2 to 3 inch groove in the top for the wedges to get started!! Also putting big rounds on end and noodling it down is a great option!! Enjoy your videos, you are a hard worker and a good guy👍👋
Nice video. I could tell you were beat at the end. I subscribed.You earned it on that one
LMAO 😂 you definitely need to use multiple wedges there ACE !!
My sides are so sore thank you
Damn fine job hoss!
Every time that wedge came out with your reaction I just laughed and laughed! Good videos
Doing fine, I used to start off sinking a chopping block that was on solid ground, the roll the piece I wanted to split over the chopping block, then start the wedge about 4” in from the edge. All wood behaves differently and I used a 2lb hammer the set the wedge, all this was 42 yrs ago. Good for you for trying the old way! 👍🏼🇱🇷
Using a digging bar once you get split a little bit helps out a lot too
E for effort! But shifty I swear I saw them deer in the background laughing 🦌😂😂😂
Cool workout Danman💪. That 500 might have been a better choice 😁😁. Thanks for the Morn. Kickoff.
Awesome... I LOVE MY WOLFRIDGE !!! your a better man than me Dan.... lol I would have been laying on the ground... gasping for air...
use chain saw to make opening for wedge
Loved the sit and swing technique Dan! 😆 Very entertaining. Everybody loves a good struggle! Congrats on the victory!👍🏻
You cite operator error as a possibility. You are 100% correct sir! When splitting you have to be smarter than the wood.
This is one of the funniest videos I have seen recently.
Good job Dan. Uncle bert always said, wood warms you twice, once when you split it and once when you burn it. Lol. Good video.
I dearly love my 4 lbs. Cone Wedge! Shes a beast! I hear ya on the big round logs. I have to bust these Big Heavy Red Oak logs up to. So i can pick them up
My back hurts just watching! You gotta love when the wood just laughs and spits your wedge back at you haha
Love your channel! I’m sure your getting lots of advice and sorry for giving you mine too. Lol.
Those big rounds are best to start the split close to the edges. Use a sledge hammer to hit the wedge. About a 8 lb one. The splitting maul is not heavy enough. And good to have two wedges in case one gets stuck. I saw your slow mo of that wedge jumping back. My dad always warned me about that possibility.
Keep the vids coming. Stay safe.
You did better than I would have John Henry. I would've past out or had diarrhea or both.
I always thought starting from the sides worked good but the Wolfridge is definitely an option.
I bought a couple of those twisted wedges at tractor supply. I love them things. And everyone knows I'm not in the best of shape either. I got one of those fiskars isocore mauls also. I start at the outer edge of the round. A lot of times I hit the outer edge with the fiskars and don't need a wedge.
Hi, Tom you and me both are not in the best shape. So i get the trusty 051 and make nice deep checks works nice .you stay safe, the SR.
“911 state your emergency”. This big round is beating the hell out of me. HELP
Hi Dan. I’ve had some 42” rounds and use the chainsaw to make my own checks. If you saw down about 3”, the wedge will bite pretty good. Stick with it.👍
I have 3 wedges, sometime you need more than 1, but a saw slot is a good starter.
I just commented that a minute ago. Thanx for the tip. Wisdom is better than muscle!
When I use wedges, I have 4. And a smaller thin “starter wedge” I started with 2, then got two more, I seem to always get one stuck lol. I’ve thought about picking up one of those estwing wedges, looks like they work great!
Congrats Shifty! You made my day! Been there done that! Got that T Shirt! Cheers
Best kind of workout ever!
I'm absolutely wrecked just watching you Shifty, but you stuck at it! Great job!
Hey my friend found you on youtube few weeks ago! i enjoy the content ... i cut a little firewood myself here in oklahoma too, not on your scale though!!! .keep up the good work... its not for the faint hearted ..wish you and your family the best!!! your freind Ben here in Okla,
I live in logging country here in Maine, and have also seen guys use a chainsaw to break big chunks like that up. I think it's with the same idea, that people doing that work understand wood and just where to either hit or cut it. At any rate, lots of work for sure, thanks for sharing!
Hello fellow Maine man.
@@davidlibby7230 Thanks David, but it's actually fellow Maine woman. :)
@@jackiegammon2065 That makes it even better. Hello Maine women. I should have looked at the name Jackie and realized you are a woman. I apologize.
@@davidlibby7230 No need for an apology DAvid, but thanks for the thought!
I use a 6ft pry bar to finish separating rhe wood, I've broken a maul handle off using it to pry the pieces apart. I waa splitting BIG rounds of oak, gave up on the wedge and maul (wedge kept popping out like your's) and just used the saw to rip them down into more manageable pieces.
A short chopping block helps. The soft ground is absorbing the blow. Forget the wedge. Swing the maul outside first then work to the middle. You know across it lol. Eat Wheaties. Use it as a table on the patio. Well all of these things should be options for next time lol
i have chopped fire wood by hand for 50 years read the grain swing the maul forget the wedge out side to inside good work out
My son had a huge maple taken down. I had to quarter every round of the main trunk to move them. My weapon of choice is a 16# sledge and wedges. Harder to swing but when contact is made, things happen! Your mail like mine just isn't heavy enough! Bet you love your splitter more now!
That's how I grew up splitting logs with my dad. It's a lot of work, but great exercise too! One tip I would suggest is to place your rounds on a solid surface. Between the spongy part of those logs, and the layers of mulch on the ground where they are sitting, its a natural trampoline for the logs to absorb the blows. A layer of rock, or placing two of those rounds on top of each other would make a big difference for you. Good luck with it in the future. Love the channel!
looks like fun spliting huge logs with spliting wege
In my younger days (I'm 73) I used (and owned) nothing but a sledge, several wedges and an 18# Sotz Monster Maul. The Monster Maul could easily split anything up to about 30" diameter once you learned to let it do the work. (My sons were always challenging me and while they may have been almost as strong they failed to let the maul do the work!) Same with a sledge and a wedge. I used a 12# sledge (The smaller 6# and 8# mauls I found to be a waste of time and required too much energy!) and wedges like you were using. But I learned to never go in a decayed fault line. My wedges would always pop out because the wood was no longer hard and it was moist and slippery. I always started in a place that was closer to the edge away from the heartwood and would drive the wedge. Many times it would not completely split a 50+" round and would require a second wedge at the very end of my split.
Store your rounds and splits on their bark. In a day or two on a cut end and they can suck up enough moisture to take a month or more to dry out. Moisture does not go through the bark very easily!
Great videos and I can see you like the 500i!
Ever try the pointed x shaped wedges? Menards has them an work really good. Thanks for the vid.
I love this video. Since I don't personally own a splitter I split a lot of wood this way. You need a different wedge I feel. The point on it is to blunt. Everyone gets tired out and winded. I am toast after 90 minutes.
Did you hear me laughing my ass off? It's only cause I've done that so many times myself. Your body will be shaking at night from all that sudden stop trauma. You are a good man Dan.
I think letting the equipment to the heavy work is the smartest thing to do. I think that is why we buy them. I'm with you work smarter not harder.
Fair play, it makes you realise how much effort a splitter saves!
I use a smaller hammer to get the wedge properly started.
You should start a 30 minute high intensity training gym and just get the local fitness fanatics to come and swing the maul for you. You could charge them a couple of dollars for the privilege.
Alot of times man i cut em halfway thru and hit em with the maul. Lot less strain on the body.
This is how I split all my wood. Have been splitting wood with maul and wedges for 42 years. Working on an oak tree that was 24” in diameter. Never used a splitter.
Good Lord buddy! I'm getting caught up on some vids and this one looked like a back breaker!!
Another great thing about these Diamond wedges> That i call them is? They don't mushroom out! The sharp point make it easier to start the wedge also
Hello Dan, thanks for the 😆 😀😀, next time try a new profile on the wedge, and take a wire wheel to the paint on that wedge and remove all of the shiny slick surfaces, to add to the grip of the wedge. Forged iron is porous and when painter it seals up the outer surface making it easier to jump out instead of gripping in!
I have found many people will buy a shiny new tool and expect it to work right out of the box, but many times it is the opposite that is true, give it a lot of use to fine tune it for you and you will have better results! Not everything manufactured tool today measures up to what our parents or grand parents had used, then we are disappointed with the product or the outcome, when it needs to be worked to get past the break in period!
Find two or three used and abused wedges at a flea market dress away any mushroomed heads, and resharpen them to the profiles they come with, then try again using 2,3 or all of the wedges you have, in one round, but don’t work one wedge at a time, take a hit on the farthest, then move to the next closer wedge and repeat keeping all of your wedges snug in the wood until the split.
Me and my buddy would split wood like this when we were younger. I was swinging a sledge hammer and the head flew off it, missing his face by inches. It was then that I learned to pay attention to what was in front of me when I'm swinging things like that. I still split by hand every once in a while. But for the most part I'm a splitter kind of guy now haha.
The deer couldn't watch anymore ... hahaha😆
Good Morning, try making a pilot slot with your chain saw so the wedge holds firmly. Could save you some swinging
That 500i wedge would be faster! 😁 But that wood being green makes that wedge squirt out. Try using just the maul to get the crack open, then use the wedge. Also have a few wedges so when you jamb one you can get them out. Or you could buy a vertical big box splitter (I like Whackin Axes' model). Oh, ...Me and you seem to be in shape about the same ... maybe you should go ask Amanda to do that part .... 😁.. just kidding!!
At least now I know I'm not the only one that happens to LOL
Start around the edges and break the bark tension around the piece. Take one little piece at a time like shingles and work your way around. But what do I know. Lol
muchos respecto, certainly learnt something there boyo...
Two deer just casually watching you split at 8:24
Nice video good job buddy
I usually use my cheap vertical splitter first then pop them up on the big splitter. Better option is to use my friends splitting unicorn that attaches to his Kabota and you drive up to the big ones and let the unicorn drill do it’s thing. I wonder if you have hydraulic quick attach at the end of your loader.
I've noticed that the new wedges have to short of a bevel. I grind and make a longer bevel. They seem to work alot better and don't pop out .
They all seem to get too wide too fast. I also get the grinder
I like your new video this morning don't do that you're hurt your back bling in that splitting maul use the log splitter you did a really good job this morning buddy
As a young man did that type of work a lot, you need thinner wedges to start the split then the wedge with ears might have worked better. need to get the round up on something that will allow you to strike the wedge about waist high and straight on. what also was happening the rounds were bouncing when struck, throwing out the wedge. Now a days i just use the chainsaw to split them up, a lot easier
Sit'n & Split'n with Shifty! Looks like somebody needs a little practice! I can say that because I do too! (Refer back to Wood Hound Senior Tribute Video... Yikes!) I certainly can see the benefits of the Log Lift on the 'Ol Wolf Ridge, of course the Mahmat's Iron Works splitter on the Bobcat makes short work of them as well! ;-} Time to start sing'n Toby's song. "I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once... Ah heck, it might just be time to admit I ain't even as good once as I ever was! LOL!
Bless'ns to ya, Tedd
I would have absolutely lost it if I was doing it hahaha!! I either put them up on the split whole or i rip them with the saw! They probably would have split really easy if they were frozen!! Stay safe my friend!!
you should try a twisted aluminum wedge. that is what i use to split big blocks.
I nick the face of the round with a chain saw and enter the wedge at the cut makes for no reverb with the wedge.
For this reason is why they made the internal combustion engine & gasoline.. I do use wedges when I am on location clearing out a job but when I am at home I use the MS461. Guess its my turn next week.. LoL
When splitting with a wedge, plan on a work out! As I said earlier, I use multiple wedges, and a big hammer, but I also use a smaller lump hammer to start my wedges. With a bit of time doing this you will improve, as with everything else we do! Next challenge using the maul and wedge to make kindling from those rounds!
My dad had me do that couple of times. Using wedge. Thought i was going to have heart attack!! It's not easy!! I feel for you.
I have that exact wedge but I only use it in conjunction with a narrow wedge which I drive in first. Otherwise you just get the bounce. I could grind the taper down as others gave suggested, but you kinda need to operate with 2 wedges anyways. I've cut slits in red oak before to start out and still had bounce. It just depends on the piece. It's a lot of work doing this stuff by hand. This is where your "stay safe" suggestion really comes into play because this kind of work will ruin your back if you don't use a proper technique for bending and lifting.
Well done sir! Iv found it useful to have a few different style wedges. Some work great with wet wood some work great with more seasoned wood. Just my 2 cents.
Great job you made me laugh thanks and yes hard as F _ _ k it cheers take care
Those second and third chunks were both stubborn sobs lol
Get yourself a gransfors bruks splitting wedge and a 20lb sledge hammer also work from the outer edge in . Also pre cut some nose slots with the chainsaw. Watch out for kickback though.
that y they make chain saw make it easer on us we old lol
These types of rounds are probably why I am recovering from 2 hernias. I've decided I won't move anymore "big" wood again without splitting it up significantly smaller
Put a hand full of dirt on the round where your going to put wedge it will stop it from bouncing out, it works!
I’ll bet Chris wolfe is busting a gut laughing
The deer did not mind you splitting those huge rounds. You did not interrupt their meal.
If my wedge wouldn't stay in, I scored the round using my chain saw. I also use a 4 pound, short handled maul to start my wedges & I use multiple wedges, just like those stone masons do to split large boulders.
Potential BTUs recovered, 2,642,587: BTUs expended trying to recover them, 2,642,588! That tree had a lifetime of resilience built into it where that seam is so if it pops the wedge out, the only place it's going to split under human power is near the ends, usually on the more pointed side. If it pops out there also though, time to rework the bevel cheeks for harder wood as it must be set up for softer wood.
That is the same problem am having with the splitter 😂 it doesn't stay in the same place always bounces. I personally think the Maul is better to use in this instance 😆
You are a smart man. You don't have to prove anything. The splitter wins.
This is how my brother and I started splitting wood with my dad when we were kids.
Get yourself a concrete breaker bar to help split them apart after you have them somewhat split
Dan the round at the 6 minute mark was fighting back.
At about 7 minutes, you needed a Snickers and a Mountain Dew!!
Let the machine do the work!
That's a good work out if nothing else really manly stuff. ...sorry girls your welcome to have a go 💪👀💪
You really need to try a fiskars splitting axe. I have in laws over your way. I'd be happy to let you demo one of mine.
I can't guarantee it would have busted those in one hit, but 2 or 3 at most. So much lighter than a maul too. I don't know the science behind it, but I attribute my success with them to wedge design and increased speed of swing due to a light head.
That said, I prefer the splitter too. Lol
hi there i don't think its user error i think we have all had some like that . i know i have . sorry i am laughing at you but it brings back memories . rubber trees see ya friday john
Over the years I have collected different sizes of wedges. If a thinner one was used it would be less likely to pop out and would work better.
I LOVE splitting with a maul...for about 5 minutes.
A vertical log splitter would been a better option lol
It's okay to put the wedge in a slight check crack. But the opening and or any punky wood will act as a spring and shock. You need healthy unfrosted wood for proper penetration and leverage!
Good video
Way to go! A few big rounds a day just to keep us honest. Don’t have a log lift, so familiar territory. Diddoztoday
Tip for you gentlemen, with the chainsaw, put a 1” score the round first and just drop your wedge in.
wow are you going to split all the huge logs in one day
The way I do it is... I use 2-3 wedges, and a 15# sledge, and I don’t use checks as starting point.