98% of the wood that I split with my Ultra I use the single wedge because I like to control the size and shape of the pieces. I only break out the 4-way when most of the rounds that I need to split are 8”-12” in diameter.
Thanks for commenting. From my experience, Walnut seasons faster than Oak. The bark seems to hold quite a bit of moisture, but the wood itself dries quite nicely.
I am also pretty particular about size of splits. Like you, I usually only use the 4-way when I have quite a pile of rounds in that 8"-12" range. I recently got a load of Oak and Hickory logs from a logger that were all on the small side (6"-12"). The 4-way worked awesome. I set it kind of high so that in most cases the two pieces on the top came out the right size, then I split the bottom two pieces one more time each. The 4-way definitely saved me time on that wood and it didn't create a crazy amount of scrap either.
98% of the wood that I split with my Ultra I use the single wedge because I like to control the size and shape of the pieces. I only break out the 4-way when most of the rounds that I need to split are 8”-12” in diameter.
Plus, the 4, 6 way and up wedges produce way too much garbage (mulch) 🇺🇸🪵🪓♥️🪓🪵🪵🪵
This guy has the cleanest yard of any wood hound!
Is walnut a smoking wood? Compared to oak how long do you season? This is first video splitting walnut...good job..
Thanks for commenting. From my experience, Walnut seasons faster than Oak. The bark seems to hold quite a bit of moisture, but the wood itself dries quite nicely.
I am also pretty particular about size of splits. Like you, I usually only use the 4-way when I have quite a pile of rounds in that 8"-12" range. I recently got a load of Oak and Hickory logs from a logger that were all on the small side (6"-12"). The 4-way worked awesome. I set it kind of high so that in most cases the two pieces on the top came out the right size, then I split the bottom two pieces one more time each. The 4-way definitely saved me time on that wood and it didn't create a crazy amount of scrap either.
I was enjoying the video until you add the music. Had to skip this vid.