This was excellent. I'm a single woman trying to split wood, after 45 minutes and virtually no progress splitting wood yesterday, I knew I had to look for advice. This is the first video that was truly helpful.
@@briburgard4723 Please, wear protective eye goggles and long sleeves. Small sharp pieces of metal can fly off and hit you in the eye or arm's blood vein (it actually happened to people from using this method, although there the guy was hitting the metal wedge hard with a sledgehammer, but still...). Also, this method of splitting won't always work, especially on wet or knotty pieces. For an older person, or a woman, I would recommend getting a battery-powered electric chainsaw (like EGO 18 inch) and simply cutting the logs along the grain. There are youtube videos showing how to do that.
Thanks for this awesome video. You saved me from buying or renting a machine splitter so instead I bought a Kobalt Super Splitter instead of an regular axe and I’m using it with my hand maul which has been just as easy as you stated. I also use my old hand hatchet sometimes which works just as well. Thank you for putting real help on here for everyone, you’ve made a different to so many of us for so many years.
It's 3am and I need to finish coding my program so naturally I'm watching useful tips & trick to cut firewood even though the coldest winter in my country is 15ºC
I thank you... my wife thanks you... my dog thanks you... my cat thanks you... my cabin in the Catskill woods thanks you... but most of all, my 73 year old back thanks you. Great video!
Did exactly as you demonstrated and it worked like a charm! I am a women and cut over 4 stumps in 15 mins. My axe is still in great shape. Thank you!!!!
We need you in Washington!! Seriously I admire your ability! Me I’m getting older and need to remind myself to take it safer but hey I never did listen😂
Good job! Thank you for taking the time to pass on your advice. I'm no woodsman and I appreciate that I can learn from what others have figured out already.
My wife and I been doing wood removal for arborist tree service for over 15 years. Splitting mostly by hand. Over 500 cords a year. This is a great way to do it for sure. If you split your wood while it's green. It splits a lot easier!! Warning. When you chop as much wood as we have by hand it will catch up to you. Your hands and shoulders will pay the price. Great video.
a great way to do it ? this way will work , sure . but it is NOT a GREAT way to do it . one would think if your boasts about how much wood you cut were true you'd know this .
I could easily prove my boasts. I would say that we have chopped more wood then you have even thought about or seen in your lifetime. Beings that I started chopping and felling trees when I was very young. I come from a family of loggers so pappy might want to keep his jealous comments to him self. If I am wrong about chopping green wood then why do the saw mills require green logs. Because dry wood dulls saw blades faster then green wood. Proof is in the doing folks take a green maple or apple round chop it then try a seasoned round you tell me which is easiest. I gave old pappy a positive comment and he calls me a liar. Pappy don't know Happy about chopping wood. Lol
@@larrybrewer8771 yeah sure , whatever you say . . . not . on big rounds like that you NEVER split across the center . i would think you would know that by the claims you make . jealousy has zero to do with it . i started splitting wood when i was 8 . . .when did you start ? because you had to come off like an asshole you will get no further response from me .
Hi Harry, how are you? It’s 11 years later but you can bet that your method is still learning by thousands of people out there and I’m one of them. Normally, one gets an ax and just wack the hack out of the big piece of wood as such in turn has spent lot of energy wasting in the process. I’ve found your way save a lot of energy and time if you don’t have time to do strenuous exercise by way of sacking these big wood. Thanks much! 👍🤩
That's brilliant!!! Thanks so so much. I've been left huge flat rounds not what I'd wanted but now I know how to deal with them. At 68 I think this is best way for me to rebuild my muscles. All good positive stuff
I was crying over a horrible delivery of what i though would be firewood...they brought me trunks cut in 4ths...I am SO GRATEFUL for this video. You are such a lifesaver, thank you🙌🏽💕
It's actually pretty boss to get big trunks like these logs as they keep the wood better from rot over winter. However I can still understand the dismay if you weren't prepared for such a split job lol
What is the deal with these Youtubbers splitting wood by hand? I have been using a maul for over 40 years. (I am 66) Seldom do I ever use a splitting wedge. I have split oak, elm, mulberry, cherry, hackberry, hickory, walnut and what ever else would burn. I have handled chunks so big, I had to split down to 2 dozen pieces before I could load them to take them home to split down again. #1: If at all possible let green wood freeze before splitting. (Moisture inside the stick will freeze and make it easier. Don't worry about green wood wicking.) #2: Make sure your axe/maul is sharp. #3: Place the stick someplace solid, like a splitting block. #4: Read the wood. (Look at the grain. Decide where the first blow would do the most damage.) On big rounds, this will be in an area towards the side of the stick and NOT in the middle. Shave slabs off the sides. (You eat an elephant one bite at a time and splitting wood should be done the same way. #5: Relax. Take a deep breathe and do not forget to exhale when swinging. (You will probably grunt when the maul comes down. Just like tennis players.) #6: SWING!!!!!! Make sure you hit that sweet spot. At the end of the day, you will hurt all over, but it is a good hurt, because all of your frustrations have been vented through the work and you will be comforted by the winter heat that you have created. ENJOY YOURSELF.
Hats off to ya, l always used a maul. Right about doing it below freezing too. I learned the hard (wrong) way. Splitting green hickory and blackjack year-round. Guess that and 15 years in the dumptruck on moonshiner roads finally put the hurt on my back. Retired now, gonna have to break down and get a splitter.
Your absolutely right shipmate. A little graft rewarded by a fires heat. I've never used a splitter either or any machine. The old ways are the best ways. Have a happy Christmas 🎅🎅🎅
Most UA-camrs are probably inexperienced. Figuring out how to split wood is apparently a real enlightening experience for them. Fun to watch. This guy going 'tap tap tap' with his ax is, well, a little off? A classic example of a UA-camr who appears to be doing something for the first time and pretending he's an expert giving a lesson. If you depend upon firewood for heat you're not going to go 'tap tap tap'. f you're going to use a hand tool for splitting a simple splitting maul is the way to go. I've been cutting, splitting, and burning firewood for decades (literally). I have two mauls (one is actually better than the other because of it's shape) but have now gotten even smarter - I use a hydraulic splitter. Anyone who uses an ax to split rounds is destined to waste a lot of time splitting wood and not have much time for fishing.
hell yeah d dale... I'm 36 been splitting wood when I'm not painting houses. I absolutely love splitting wood. just finished my first maul. not the best but, it is for me. 100% correct about at the end of the day relaxing to some real heat for me and my daughter. she picks up the pieces and stacks as I split. splitting wood makes me feel GOOD!
Man! Thankyou so much! God bless you. These logs were wearing me out because the wood was soft. So I bought a hatchet and use my axe like a sledge hammer and it works beautifully
I watched this video yesterday afternoon and gave it a try. It worked! I am a 75 yr. old female. My log wasn't as large but I would not have had the strength to use a maul or sledge hammer. I'm heading back out this morning to work on some more logs. Thank you! Sometimes if you want something done, you just do it yourself.
I have extremely bad carpal tunnel in both of my hands all the way up to both elbows. I'm a single mom with four kids and I live in the mountains some money is a little tight with everything being considered right now at this point in time and I watch this video and tried it myself and was so extremely happy at how easily I was able to do it myself.
Vitamin b6 helps that 300 mg. per day. If it doesn't work in a week, double it: when it works, you can start reducing it 'till you find the lowest effective dose
VG Red Fir...Almost a Buckskin round, (bark slips easy). Use a 8# maul and be done in 1/3 the time, and as a bonus, probably not get a metal shard in your eye.
I mean this with the utmost respect, this guy sounds like slightly snarky Mr Rogers and I love it. Just, kind, informative, and encouraging. Now I want Mr Rogers for adults. “Hey neighbors, today we’re going to pour a concrete slab”
I learned so much from this video and started splitting all my wood this way. No more mis-hits and slaving away with an axe. Just perfect cuts with my 4 lb sledge and hatchet.
You Sir, are a hero! You just saved me the equivalent of $100 for the hire of a log splitter and the inconvenience of collecting and returning it. Great tip!
We had a Douglas fir tree cut down a couple of days ago and we decided to keep the wood for the fireplace. The biggest pieces are about 30 in. in diameter and 15 in. high. I will try the method you're showing in the video. It is very helpful and I appreciate your tips. Thanks!!!
I have moved into a house with no Central heat and a Big Jim wood heater. I also have a fallen pecan tree from this summer. You just did me a huge service and don't even know it. I can keep us warm now. Thankyou!!!
I just want to say thank you. As a five foot something woman living in the woods, I paid a man to cut down two trees and he said he’d come back to split the rounds. He not only stole some wood he never came back. Lesson learned. I have an axe and a mallet. I’m splitting those rounds myself. Hugs💕✨
Angel, A small caliber rifle / big bore pistol both work to keep rounds from walking off, help in the splittin' too ... PS: That's not what i'd call a man. Male, yes ...
LOL, I spent 2 hours with axe today and finished it with chainsaw, then decided to check UA-cam:) Thank you. I had exact same size log to crack. But it was a good workout anyway.
Get a $10 splitting wedge from habor freight or home Depot. Can smack with a big or small sledgehammer, axe , maul and save tons time. Often when I go camping all I carry is a splitting wedge and 4lbs hammer and splits anything even huge rounds.
Been chopping wood my whole life (53) but recently had some trees come down, so have a LOT of logs just like the ones above....all hardwood (Ironbark) will definitely give your method a shot...I was using a rotary saw to cut a channel down the side, and inserting my wedge into that but this looks easier than even that! Thanks for the tips.
I've always wanted to help my husband as he whacks away at all the wood around here. This technique may week work for a small fall like me! I'm gonna give it a try. We had lots of large first and cedars come down during a wind storm. I think he's be proud of me if I came out and helped clean up the damage. Thank you for sharing!
Axes aren't really meant to be struck like a wedge or a splitting maul and like your axe obviously shows, it will get damaged. It's your axe so do as you please. I can understand though that because of its thinner profile, it can be a lot easier to drive down an axe through tough hardwoods than a wedge. It would be safer however to file down and bevel the mushroomed poll of your axe to avoid any potential problems down the road. Better yet, just use a steel wedge and re-profile if you must. Some wedges cost only about $7.00 or less. There was one person who commented below about the Myth Busters episode that debunked steel on steel contact "explosion" but they really should have used different steels (hardness) such as in your case, a hammer and an axe or an old mushroomed axe such as yours. Be safe.
+Matt Foley I've been struck last year with a large piece in the shoulder that blew off. Felt like I had been shot. I sometimes also see pieces flying away from me about 30 feet, and glowing red hot the whole way. Yea, I need to grind the mushrooms off. Dangerous as hell. My old man had a piece shoot into his leg, just missing his femal artery. Had to get it surgically removed. Wear safety glasses obviously.
+1 most axes are hardened only on the cutting-edge and a little ways up the cheeks. Not only will you mushroom the poll but you will distort and ruin the eye. You can strike the poll and do the same thing with a wooden maul. Something softer than steel on steel. JFYI
Super cool. I’ve had these big pieces of wood stored for two years while trying to figure out how to split them… a quick UA-cam search later and the first one is already split. I can’t believe how easy it was. (I used a normal sized log as a hammer I nstead of a sledge or second axe, because I only have one axe at hand here)
Great video. I bought the Fiskars 8lb iso core 36 in maul as well as their 3lb iso core hammer to bust up some excessively large rounds using your technique. The iso core maul opposite the axe end has a flat anvil shape designed for hammering. Definitely is a great technique. I like seeing different styles versus brute force wasteful energy. I have a kinetic log splitter but many pieces are oversized and not worthy of breaking my back. I get my round free from several local tree services. Your technique is the ticket.
@dobson777a>>> I welded some bullshit together some some 41 years ago along with an axe I bought in Switzerland on a business trip the two still serve me well along with a half dozen small mall hammer I got at flea markets. Thank god for Bethlehem American steel. The Chinese can keep their tractor supply shit junk
Harry! I love you! We had our grand California Live Oak tree uprooted in a storm. We asked the tree service to mulch the canopy and leave the logs and rounds for the neighborhood. We gave away what people could haul off on their own. We were left with the huge rounds. My research found your video on how to split these rounds safely. Love your skills!
Thanks so much for this video! I have been struggling with splitting three century-old trees and it has been a struggle for a petite, older woman. This makes sense to me, along with the tire technique so I won't have to chase the pieces around.
Can you elaborate? Grew up more city and trying to go back and learn basics. Is if the damage he’s causing to the hatched blade, the damage to the back, or just inefficiency? None or all, etc?
@@sharplikecheddar2 the poll (back part of axe) of most axes are not hardened like the bit (cutting edge). The steel around the eye, poll and face is softer and can crack or mushroom when struck against hard surfaces. Never, ever strike steel wedges with an axe unless you wish to ruin the axe. Never strike an axe with another steel tool. An axe is made for chopping wood, and the poll can pound in plastic or wood wedges. Using an axe like a hammer will damage it.
I just split a 20 inch round of green ponderosa. I am a woman 120lbs with no wood cutting experience! Thank you for teaching me this! It didn't take an unreasonable amount of time either!
This is the finest example of the misuse of a tool I have ever seen. There are wedges and sledgehammers for this task, or better yet, an electric wood splitter.
Ohhhh, those that lack the awareness and value of cutting and splitting one's own wood. What would they do without Home Depot or and old guy in a truck by the side of the road with a load of wood? Hey, i know.... They live in the city and think because they own an axe that through osmosis they actually know how to use it. I know these types. They are called employees.
For someone who has limited tools & never really needs firewood, this was super helpful in a pinch. I wouldn’t use this technique if I chopped wood regularly, but I needed this for my current situation so thank you so so much for posting this!
One of my good friends is an eye doctor. He told me the MOST COMMON eye injury results from just what you see here. Striking metal with metal. Wear EYE PROTECTION!
Nice one Harry. An old boss of mine once said, “I like lazy people ‘coz they always find the easiest way to get stuff done.” Not that you’re lazy Harry...just smart! 😜👍
Way late to this but recently fell into a situation and had acquired property, one of which had a tree of heaven sitting on it that was pretty much dead and barely hanging on. I called a bunch of different companies and eventually found a guy locally who came by and worked out a deal to bring it down, it was pretty big. He offered to remove the felled tree once chopped but I was fairly budget restricted and could only work with what I had. Guy did a great job and I recommended him to a lot of friends but the problem was I now had a 48"ish tree downed and needed a really big chainsaw to cut through it or at least that is what I thought until I found this video. I had thought about the idea and then was like well hell, maybe I could split it and wondered if anyone else had done that. Thanks a million, you saved me even more money. I've got time, so I can afford that.
The poll of the axe being misused as a wedge is already damaged. The striking tool is dangerously mushroomed. These relatively straight grained rounds could be readily split with a properly used 8 lb. maul and little or no call for a splitting wedge. This kind of bad example will lead to people damaging tools and quite possibly injuring themselves.
+Lane Dexter Cut and split a lot of firewood in my time but my old back can't take the jarring of using a splitting maul for very long anymore. I had to find some other way and a hydraulic wood splitter is not an affordable option. Sitting in a chair and using a splitting wedge and a 2½lb sledgehammer is easy on my back and doing it that way I can go for quite a while.
Varg Viriathus you dumb ass I’m a arborist , not only do I fell trees for a living but I cut my own wood ,this dude is expending way more energy than needed
This is the best and safe way to split a large trunk. I tried it on my 26 inches diameter tree trunk. It works great without exhaust myself like those big guys. Fantastic way to split super large fire woods.
Great vid man! Wow! I would've a used 6lb splitting maul (there's a reason they're called that) and had all stove sized pieces in the time it took you to make the first 30 deafening pings. To each his own.
True. Life is risky, even withPolly-carb lenses, kevlar gloves, safety shields and the fear that no matter how "dolled -up" you now are, the only fear you'll have is whether or not you can find a guy to come deliver you wood. My recommendation, stick to the padded surroundings of your den and X-box and hope that carpal tunnel syndrome doesn't flair and send you to the hospital.
Dear Sir, I strongly advise you to use a proper splitting maul for your splitting. You risk the chance of a shard of steel breaking free from that axehead and putting your eye out!, esp since I noticed that you also are not wearing safety glasses to go with your fancy vest...
khensley1966 Forged steel is usually medium carbon steel and is hardened. If it's mushrooming, like his is, then a chip is heading for your eyeball. I don't think with that bending posture and no log under, he reallly does know about body mechanics. I'd be surprised, if he's ever split a couple of cords of really hardwood in a month.
This is my uncle. You shoulda seen him trying to teach me to ride a bicycle. So demoralized I never got up after I fell. “So easy” he said. My life is ruined.
my freind I had some bucked logs on my property that needed to be cut....well i did....I had some big rounds...I tried your technique and now i'm an expert....Thank you for this vid!!!
This hammer weighs about as much as a.....Hammer! hahaha. .I love this guy...loves to bust his tools and doesn't care if he dies in the process. ..my kinda you tuber
I have a 48" white oak trunk cut up to 18" rounds, I have them on bricks just off the ground. These are very difficult to get under a splitter so I split them by hand. They have dried somewhat so they have checked (cracks are called checks) I use two wedges first one goes in the largest check closes to the end. Then the second wedge will go close to the edge like this guy in the video has done. The first wedge will let me know where the crack is going to meet the edge of the round. The round in this video is less than 24" it is an easy one. I would never try to split big rounds while they are green. Around here in North Carolina it takes about 45 days to get a check going but 4 or 5 months is way better. The biggest oak rounds I have split was a 40" branch that dropped off a "Live" Oak I got a little over 5 cords from one branch. The trunk is close to 20' feet in diameter, one of the oldest Live Oaks in the State listed on a national landmark registry. I like the big one's because of all the heart wood and most everyone else can not handle them. I do have a tracker with a front end loader to move them around. The easiest big one I come across are Popular, but it has to have some checking. The Gum trees will not split well at all when green, they tend to mutilate until they check, and even when they are dried they need to be split differently from the other woods. Try to split a Gum when green the maul will bounce off. Anyway I do not believe you split 150 cords a year by hand green. That would take a commercial operation. A small commercial operation will split and stack the wood green using a heavy duty splitter over 30 tons.
Thanks Harry! Lol I have been splitting wood just like this for years and no one believed me that it can be this easy. ( lol I think it’s because am a woman..) anyway, I used your video to help prove my point. Thanks again 🙏🏼 Working smarter not harder and enjoying life!
+arboristBlairGlenn Had one hit me in the shoulder. Felt like I was shot. My old man had one just miss his femal artery in his leg, and had to have it surgically removed. Scary stuff. I also see them shoot off glowing hot 30 feet in the opposite direction sometimes. I guess I should invest in a grinder.
Good call, Glen. Estwing used to make a tool that was like the one he's using to do the pounding here. But that tool is the one that's meant to be GETTING pounded, not doing the pounding. In any case, they work great in tandem with a 4-pound hammer. They mushroom like crazy, however, and are no longer being produced, so I have to preserve mine just for kindling... Why is it that whenever there's a good tool, they go out of production?
good quality tools means once you buy them, if you dont losed them or someone else dont steel them, then why would you buy more over and over. buy junk tools and use them, wear out and got to buy them again...... i just went and got a new kolbolt axe and a wedge from lowes today. needed a new handle for my axe but they was out,,, cant find my wedge and last i seen it was 5 years ago. just got surgery on my left shoulder and elbow 10 months ago. let me say this, my spoons was sharper then this axe and the junk wedge, good god, after a hand full of strikes its already mushrooming and its a bounce king........ after grinding filing and belt sanding, its not bouncing. heck, it will stick if i through it at a log, well half the time lol,,,, its still junk. as soon as the wife handed it to me i new i had a hunk of garbage in my hand. wouldnt set and once it did , a single mild strike and its airborn.....yeah i through it as well and did the holy hell pile of garbage song............. at some point ill get around to reforging that junk wedge and give it a good taper and maybe a twist, and harden the dam thing
Your technique is a lot in line with how I’ve always done it. Watched another video today, and was convinced that guy read about it yesterday, and decided to do a video today.
I use a splitting maul, and start with a small sledge hammer, if that don't work, then I go to the larger sledge hammer. I leave the axes, and hatchets in the shed for smaller wood . My mistake when I first started was planting the splitting maul in the center of the wood. Its best to start on the edge of the wood.
Wow great video I’ve been doing it all day wrong. I would put my axe in the middle and try to split the round and end up just getting it stuck. I tried your method works like a charm!! 👍🏻
YES!......it works!, perfect way to do it, it is very good since one hold the axe handle, and thereby have much better control of everything. Thanks from Denmark! 😀
But his arms are bigger than ur head so many people are lazy now days Is what I think he wants to say n more dependent on things than themselves n simple tools
hitting metal on metal using a maul and sledge I had a chunk of metal shoot into my leg like a 22 bullet. took surgery to get it out. I would wear goggles if I were you.
OSHA? He's not a corporation, you dult. He's a private individual wirking in his private land. If OSHA shows up on your property, shoot them for trespassing.
I own two splitting wedges and a splitting maul. I hit them with a sledge hammer and I wear safety glasses while I’m hitting them. Right tools for the job.
I found the easy way to split the big wood is to get my son in law to do it , can watch him all day and I don't get tired .
I can relate to this.
Lololo right on
I watch my mom split logs
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Son in laws the best. All I have to do is say my inside rack is getting low and boom!
This was excellent. I'm a single woman trying to split wood, after 45 minutes and virtually no progress splitting wood yesterday, I knew I had to look for advice. This is the first video that was truly helpful.
Same, single mom with two little kids trying to split a round. This video let me put something thicker than sticks in the woodstove.
@@briburgard4723 Please, wear protective eye goggles and long sleeves. Small sharp pieces of metal can fly off and hit you in the eye or arm's blood vein (it actually happened to people from using this method, although there the guy was hitting the metal wedge hard with a sledgehammer, but still...). Also, this method of splitting won't always work, especially on wet or knotty pieces. For an older person, or a woman, I would recommend getting a battery-powered electric chainsaw (like EGO 18 inch) and simply cutting the logs along the grain. There are youtube videos showing how to do that.
I like this guys style. He is not arrogant or showy, he is smart and factual. Working smart not hard!
Thanks for this awesome video. You saved me from buying or renting a machine splitter so instead I bought a Kobalt Super Splitter instead of an regular axe and I’m using it with my hand maul which has been just as easy as you stated. I also use my old hand hatchet sometimes which works just as well. Thank you for putting real help on here for everyone, you’ve made a different to so many of us for so many years.
It's 3am and I need to finish coding my program so naturally I'm watching useful tips & trick to cut firewood even though the coldest winter in my country is 15ºC
Remind not to use your program! 😵
System.out.println("Get back to work");
Good god i'm doing the same exact thing lmao
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I thank you... my wife thanks you... my dog thanks you... my cat thanks you... my cabin in the Catskill woods thanks you... but most of all, my 73 year old back thanks you. Great video!
Second best exercise with my hand I ever did. Both involved wood.
ahahahha taking down the wood....ahahah
Good one!!😃
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Just dont whack it with an ax
I love comments like this cause it proves people can still have a sense of humor and not take everything so serious. Thanks for the laugh!
Did exactly as you demonstrated and it worked like a charm! I am a women and cut over 4 stumps in 15 mins. My axe is still in great shape. Thank you!!!!
I'm single... Give me a ring dear... The only thing the women around these parts can lift is 16oz beer cans and stolen stuff at the local walmart.
I agree.. me too! What a great idea! And safer!!
Woahhhh 😦. What a woman 👠🪓🪓
THAT'S 1 " LOG SPLITTER MAN "
WITHOUT. A MACHINE , INFORMATIVE,
GOOD JOB !!!!!!!!
We need you in Washington!!
Seriously I admire your ability!
Me I’m getting older and need to remind myself to take it safer but hey I never did listen😂
Great video. My wife and I used this technique this afternoon and it worked fantastically. Thanks Harry!
Good job! Thank you for taking the time to pass on your advice. I'm no woodsman and I appreciate that I can learn from what others have figured out already.
My wife and I been doing wood removal for arborist tree service for over 15 years. Splitting mostly by hand. Over 500 cords a year. This is a great way to do it for sure. If you split your wood while it's green. It splits a lot easier!!
Warning. When you chop as much wood as we have by hand it will catch up to you. Your hands and shoulders will pay the price. Great video.
a great way to do it ?
this way will work , sure . but it is NOT a GREAT way to do it .
one would think if your boasts about how much wood you cut were true you'd know this .
I could easily prove my boasts. I would say that we have chopped more wood then you have even thought about or seen in your lifetime. Beings that I started chopping and felling trees when I was very young. I come from a family of loggers so pappy might want to keep his jealous comments to him self. If I am wrong about chopping green wood then why do the saw mills require green logs. Because dry wood dulls saw blades faster then green wood. Proof is in the doing folks take a green maple or apple round chop it then try a seasoned round you tell me which is easiest.
I gave old pappy a positive comment and he calls me a liar.
Pappy don't know Happy about chopping wood. Lol
@@larrybrewer8771 yeah sure , whatever you say . . . not .
on big rounds like that you NEVER split across the center . i would think you would know that by the claims you make .
jealousy has zero to do with it . i started splitting wood when i was 8 . . .when did you start ?
because you had to come off like an asshole you will get no further response from me .
Green is the way to go I usually cut a tank and than split it. I’ve tried both ways and I know what’s easier. 😊
Hi Harry, how are you?
It’s 11 years later but you can bet that your method is still learning by thousands of people out there and I’m one of them.
Normally, one gets an ax and just wack the hack out of the big piece of wood as such in turn has spent lot of energy wasting in the process.
I’ve found your way save a lot of energy and time if you don’t have time to do strenuous exercise by way of sacking these big wood.
Thanks much! 👍🤩
That's brilliant!!! Thanks so so much. I've been left huge flat rounds not what I'd wanted but now I know how to deal with them. At 68 I think this is best way for me to rebuild my muscles. All good positive stuff
The wood splitting crackling sound is crisp and soothing
I was crying over a horrible delivery of what i though would be firewood...they brought me trunks cut in 4ths...I am SO GRATEFUL for this video. You are such a lifesaver, thank you🙌🏽💕
It's actually pretty boss to get big trunks like these logs as they keep the wood better from rot over winter. However I can still understand the dismay if you weren't prepared for such a split job lol
What is the deal with these Youtubbers splitting wood by hand? I have been using a maul for over 40 years. (I am 66) Seldom do I ever use a splitting wedge. I have split oak, elm, mulberry, cherry, hackberry, hickory, walnut and what ever else would burn. I have handled chunks so big, I had to split down to 2 dozen pieces before I could load them to take them home to split down again. #1: If at all possible let green wood freeze before splitting. (Moisture inside the stick will freeze and make it easier. Don't worry about green wood wicking.) #2: Make sure your axe/maul is sharp. #3: Place the stick someplace solid, like a splitting block. #4: Read the wood. (Look at the grain. Decide where the first blow would do the most damage.) On big rounds, this will be in an area towards the side of the stick and NOT in the middle. Shave slabs off the sides. (You eat an elephant one bite at a time and splitting wood should be done the same way. #5: Relax. Take a deep breathe and do not forget to exhale when swinging. (You will probably grunt when the maul comes down. Just like tennis players.) #6: SWING!!!!!! Make sure you hit that sweet spot. At the end of the day, you will hurt all over, but it is a good hurt, because all of your frustrations have been vented through the work and you will be comforted by the winter heat that you have created. ENJOY YOURSELF.
Hats off to ya, l always used a maul. Right about doing it below freezing too. I learned the hard (wrong) way. Splitting green hickory and blackjack year-round. Guess that and 15 years in the dumptruck on moonshiner roads finally put the hurt on my back. Retired now, gonna have to break down and get a splitter.
Your absolutely right shipmate. A little graft rewarded by a fires heat. I've never used a splitter either or any machine. The old ways are the best ways. Have a happy Christmas 🎅🎅🎅
Most UA-camrs are probably inexperienced. Figuring out how to split wood is apparently a real enlightening experience for them. Fun to watch. This guy going 'tap tap tap' with his ax is, well, a little off? A classic example of a UA-camr who appears to be doing something for the first time and pretending he's an expert giving a lesson. If you depend upon firewood for heat you're not going to go 'tap tap tap'.
f you're going to use a hand tool for splitting a simple splitting maul is the way to go. I've been cutting, splitting, and burning firewood for decades (literally). I have two mauls (one is actually better than the other because of it's shape) but have now gotten even smarter - I use a hydraulic splitter. Anyone who uses an ax to split rounds is destined to waste a lot of time splitting wood and not have much time for fishing.
hell yeah d dale... I'm 36 been splitting wood when I'm not painting houses. I absolutely love splitting wood. just finished my first maul. not the best but, it is for me. 100% correct about at the end of the day relaxing to some real heat for me and my daughter. she picks up the pieces and stacks as I split. splitting wood makes me feel GOOD!
Thank you Sir 👍 today's generation is so Dumb 🙄. 6 or 8 pound mual😎😎
Man! Thankyou so much! God bless you. These logs were wearing me out because the wood was soft. So I bought a hatchet and use my axe like a sledge hammer and it works beautifully
I watched this video yesterday afternoon and gave it a try. It worked! I am a 75 yr. old female. My log wasn't as large but I would not have had the strength to use a maul or sledge hammer. I'm heading back out this morning to work on some more logs. Thank you! Sometimes if you want something done, you just do it yourself.
thanks for letting all the men know your a female.. you'll be sure to get extra likes for your gender....fkn woman
Your comment gives me courage...
I am also a 75 year old female
Cheers!
I have extremely bad carpal tunnel in both of my hands all the way up to both elbows. I'm a single mom with four kids and I live in the mountains some money is a little tight with everything being considered right now at this point in time and I watch this video and tried it myself and was so extremely happy at how easily I was able to do it myself.
Vitamin b6 helps that 300 mg. per day. If it doesn't work in a week, double it: when it works, you can start reducing it 'till you find the lowest effective dose
Cool how to split soft wood! Could of split that ten times faster with a maul.
Not just faster, but I feel like it would have been easier with a maul, too
What's a maul when it's at home?
@@sallycarroll6329 A tool similar to an axe but with a thicker head
VG Red Fir...Almost a Buckskin round, (bark slips easy). Use a 8# maul and be done in 1/3 the time, and as a bonus, probably not get a metal shard in your eye.
its still a good way for people who dont have completely dry wood and have even bigger pieces of wood to deal with than this (which I do) lol
I mean this with the utmost respect, this guy sounds like slightly snarky Mr Rogers and I love it. Just, kind, informative, and encouraging.
Now I want Mr Rogers for adults. “Hey neighbors, today we’re going to pour a concrete slab”
I learned so much from this video and started splitting all my wood this way. No more mis-hits and slaving away with an axe. Just perfect cuts with my 4 lb sledge and hatchet.
If I was a nice plump chicken I would not be hanging around next to a guy with an ax.
+Arthur L Dinner. LOL
lol
Thinking that myself. Mmm that looks delicious. Lol. Have a great day!
Chicken isn't a chicken
Those chicken are constantly looking for something to eat. Bugs under the wood.
You Sir, are a hero! You just saved me the equivalent of $100 for the hire of a log splitter and the inconvenience of collecting and returning it. Great tip!
We had a Douglas fir tree cut down a couple of days ago and we decided to keep the wood for the fireplace. The biggest pieces are about 30 in. in diameter and 15 in. high. I will try the method you're showing in the video. It is very helpful and I appreciate your tips. Thanks!!!
Thank you so much Harry. It took me 30 minutes to cut just one half of that and I was so tire. Thank you for showing the right and easy way!
I have moved into a house with no Central heat and a Big Jim wood heater. I also have a fallen pecan tree from this summer. You just did me a huge service and don't even know it. I can keep us warm now. Thankyou!!!
Thank you so much for this video, I was able to split some very big logs doing this technique and it worked so well!!! You're awesome!
This dude is hilarious, He should start his own sitcom, I would definitely watch it lol
I just want to say thank you. As a five foot something woman living in the woods, I paid a man to cut down two trees and he said he’d come back to split the rounds. He not only stole some wood he never came back. Lesson learned. I have an axe and a mallet. I’m splitting those rounds myself. Hugs💕✨
Angel,
A small caliber rifle / big bore pistol both work to keep rounds from walking off, help in the splittin' too ...
PS: That's not what i'd call a man. Male, yes ...
LOL, I spent 2 hours with axe today and finished it with chainsaw, then decided to check UA-cam:) Thank you. I had exact same size log to crack. But it was a good workout anyway.
Get a $10 splitting wedge from habor freight or home Depot. Can smack with a big or small sledgehammer, axe , maul and save tons time. Often when I go camping all I carry is a splitting wedge and 4lbs hammer and splits anything even huge rounds.
@@dylano7242 I got 8 lb wedge, ~$50, no need for hammer. I can crash anything now.
Thank you for teaching me this skill. You no doubt will have saved my back this fall.
I never knew it could be so easy. I’ll have to try that this weekend. Thank you for the great lesson and watching out for those chickens. 🐓
Thank you so much for making this!
Exactly what I needed with no nonsense.
Been chopping wood my whole life (53) but recently had some trees come down, so have a LOT of logs just like the ones above....all hardwood (Ironbark) will definitely give your method a shot...I was using a rotary saw to cut a channel down the side, and inserting my wedge into that but this looks easier than even that! Thanks for the tips.
I've always wanted to help my husband as he whacks away at all the wood around here. This technique may week work for a small fall like me! I'm gonna give it a try. We had lots of large first and cedars come down during a wind storm. I think he's be proud of me if I came out and helped clean up the damage. Thank you for sharing!
Axes aren't really meant to be struck like a wedge or a splitting maul and like your axe obviously shows, it will get damaged. It's your axe so do as you please. I can understand though that because of its thinner profile, it can be a lot easier to drive down an axe through tough hardwoods than a wedge. It would be safer however to file down and bevel the mushroomed poll of your axe to avoid any potential problems down the road. Better yet, just use a steel wedge and re-profile if you must. Some wedges cost only about $7.00 or less.
There was one person who commented below about the Myth Busters episode that debunked steel on steel contact "explosion" but they really should have used different steels (hardness) such as in your case, a hammer and an axe or an old mushroomed axe such as yours. Be safe.
+Matt Foley I've been struck last year with a large piece in the shoulder that blew off. Felt like I had been shot. I sometimes also see pieces flying away from me about 30 feet, and glowing red hot the whole way. Yea, I need to grind the mushrooms off. Dangerous as hell. My old man had a piece shoot into his leg, just missing his femal artery. Had to get it surgically removed. Wear safety glasses obviously.
+1 most axes are hardened only on the cutting-edge and a little ways up the cheeks. Not only will you mushroom the poll but you will distort and ruin the eye. You can strike the poll and do the same thing with a wooden maul.
Something softer than steel on steel. JFYI
Thank-you so much for sharing this ! This is going to make my life so much easier !
Brilliant! I've waited over 40 years for this video. Just cut through a two foot long log with knots in seconds. Thank you Harry!
Super cool. I’ve had these big pieces of wood stored for two years while trying to figure out how to split them… a quick UA-cam search later and the first one is already split. I can’t believe how easy it was. (I used a normal sized log as a hammer I nstead of a sledge or second axe, because I only have one axe at hand here)
Great video. I bought the Fiskars 8lb iso core 36 in maul as well as their 3lb iso core hammer to bust up some excessively large rounds using your technique. The iso core maul opposite the axe end has a flat anvil shape designed for hammering. Definitely is a great technique. I like seeing different styles versus brute force wasteful energy. I have a kinetic log splitter but many pieces are oversized and not worthy of breaking my back. I get my round free from several local tree services. Your technique is the ticket.
@dobson777a>>> I welded some bullshit together some some 41 years ago along with an axe I bought in Switzerland on a business trip the two still serve me well along with a half dozen small mall hammer I got at flea markets. Thank god for Bethlehem American steel. The Chinese can keep their tractor supply shit junk
If I were a chicken, I wouldn’t be too eager to be around axes… 🤣😂
Harry! I love you! We had our grand California Live Oak tree uprooted in a storm. We asked the tree service to mulch the canopy and leave the logs and rounds for the neighborhood. We gave away what people could haul off on their own. We were left with the huge rounds. My research found your video on how to split these rounds safely. Love your skills!
Thanks so much for this video! I have been struggling with splitting three century-old trees and it has been a struggle for a petite, older woman. This makes sense to me, along with the tire technique so I won't have to chase the pieces around.
Those poor axes, makes me want to cry
Yes, he’s quite ignorant of axes.
Can you elaborate? Grew up more city and trying to go back and learn basics. Is if the damage he’s causing to the hatched blade, the damage to the back, or just inefficiency? None or all, etc?
@@sharplikecheddar2 the poll (back part of axe) of most axes are not hardened like the bit (cutting edge). The steel around the eye, poll and face is softer and can crack or mushroom when struck against hard surfaces. Never, ever strike steel wedges with an axe unless you wish to ruin the axe. Never strike an axe with another steel tool. An axe is made for chopping wood, and the poll can pound in plastic or wood wedges. Using an axe like a hammer will damage it.
@@markpenninger2303 thanks very much. What about hitting the back with a wooden mallet or something
@@sharplikecheddar2 that could work alright, but it would be better to drive wedges in with a wooden maul.
I just split a 20 inch round of green ponderosa. I am a woman 120lbs with no wood cutting experience! Thank you for teaching me this! It didn't take an unreasonable amount of time either!
This is the finest example of the misuse of a tool I have ever seen. There are wedges and sledgehammers for this task, or better yet, an electric wood splitter.
....says the guy that has never fallen a large tree with an axe or chainsaw.
Ohhhh, those that lack the awareness and value of cutting and splitting one's own wood. What would they do without Home Depot or and old guy in a truck by the side of the road with a load of wood?
Hey, i know.... They live in the city and think because they own an axe that through osmosis they actually know how to use it.
I know these types. They are called employees.
This was excellent for me. I live far in the country no wood spliter or chainsaw.
It's 2019. He's still splitting the same piece of wood
Why not use a maul or splitting axe?
Hahaha if he went any slower he'd b goin backwards
2021 now!
2023 in 2 months!
For someone who has limited tools & never really needs firewood, this was super helpful in a pinch. I wouldn’t use this technique if I chopped wood regularly, but I needed this for my current situation so thank you so so much for posting this!
One of my good friends is an eye doctor. He told me the MOST COMMON eye injury results from just what you see here. Striking metal with metal. Wear EYE PROTECTION!
Nice one Harry. An old boss of mine once said, “I like lazy people ‘coz they always find the easiest way to get stuff done.” Not that you’re lazy Harry...just smart! 😜👍
Way late to this but recently fell into a situation and had acquired property, one of which had a tree of heaven sitting on it that was pretty much dead and barely hanging on. I called a bunch of different companies and eventually found a guy locally who came by and worked out a deal to bring it down, it was pretty big. He offered to remove the felled tree once chopped but I was fairly budget restricted and could only work with what I had.
Guy did a great job and I recommended him to a lot of friends but the problem was I now had a 48"ish tree downed and needed a really big chainsaw to cut through it or at least that is what I thought until I found this video. I had thought about the idea and then was like well hell, maybe I could split it and wondered if anyone else had done that.
Thanks a million, you saved me even more money. I've got time, so I can afford that.
I have one arm and I do this daily with a hatchet and hammer. He's exactly right, on the edge of the wood.
I wish I were your neighbor. I'd come over and work with you on the woodpile.
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@@jamesfloyd1864 thank you fella 🙏🤘
This technique worked well for me today. I used a mini sledge and a wedge, and sat on the biggest log the whole time. Splitting wood sitting down ;-)
This is the best video I have seen on how to split wood easily. Thanks for making it!!
The poll of the axe being misused as a wedge is already damaged. The striking tool is dangerously mushroomed. These relatively straight grained rounds could be readily split with a properly used 8 lb. maul and little or no call for a splitting wedge. This kind of bad example will lead to people damaging tools and quite possibly injuring themselves.
+Lane Dexter Cut and split a lot of firewood in my time but my old back can't take the jarring of using a splitting maul for very long anymore. I had to find some other way and a hydraulic wood splitter is not an affordable option. Sitting in a chair and using a splitting wedge and a 2½lb sledgehammer is easy on my back and doing it that way I can go for quite a while.
@@jimdudder7450 I would think the hand holding that steel handled wedge would take a pretty good beating if you split much wood.
A bunch of keyboard warriors on here claiming their godhood in this matter. I say to each his own, whatever method works for you is fine by me.
Keyboard warriors, I like that.
Varg Viriathus you dumb ass I’m a arborist , not only do I fell trees for a living but I cut my own wood ,this dude is expending way more energy than needed
I know a guy who cuts them with the chainsaw, nice chickens
Keyboard warriors because they are pointing out that he is an idiot using the wrong tool for.the job? 🤣🤣🤣 You're as dumb as him.
probably never even left their mother's houses either
This is the best and safe way to split a large trunk. I tried it on my 26 inches diameter tree trunk. It works great without exhaust myself like those big guys. Fantastic way to split super large fire woods.
I split quickly and easily also. My log splitter goes through it like butter 😆
Great vid man! Wow! I would've a used 6lb splitting maul (there's a reason they're called that) and had all stove sized pieces in the time it took you to make the first 30 deafening pings. To each his own.
six lbs? Use 12 lbs.
@@tomdavis6225 fiskars axe 4.5 pounds will out split a heavy maul anytime.
@@waynejohnson9855 IT'S PINE!
@@tomdavis6225 and what’s that got to do with what I said? I split all hardwood with a x27 and it beats a maul.
Watched this yesterday.Tried it today .Fantastic.got a few blisters,but have a pile of split wood.many thanks🤗
Steel against steel no glasses .when that "hammer" or axe loses a bit it will stick in you
A $30 maul is cheaper than an emergency room visit.
True. Life is risky, even withPolly-carb lenses, kevlar gloves, safety shields and the fear that no matter how "dolled -up" you now are, the only fear you'll have is whether or not you can find a guy to come deliver you wood.
My recommendation, stick to the padded surroundings of your den and X-box and hope that carpal tunnel syndrome doesn't flair and send you to the hospital.
@@christopherwaldrop8115 I've split plenty and have two good eyes all my fingers. Tell about it after you have steel dug out of your eye.
@Malik Martin free speech gotta love it.
I had an uncle who lost an eye to an unsharpened wedge that we kept a tad too long
Dear Sir, I strongly advise you to use a proper splitting maul for your splitting. You risk the chance of a shard of steel breaking free from that axehead and putting your eye out!, esp since I noticed that you also are not wearing safety glasses to go with your fancy vest...
A proper Axe is made of forged steel and won't chip. No problems here.
Jeffrey Collier If the blade is forged right it won't chip. You have a good point, but I'm sure he knows what kind of steel to use. :)
Taft Brigmon
khensley1966 I still pained me to see the poll mushroom like that. An axe deserves to be treated better,
Brett Stokes I agree, its a good tip but a maul is much better in most cases
khensley1966 Forged steel is usually medium carbon steel and is hardened. If it's mushrooming, like his is, then a chip is heading for your eyeball. I don't think with that bending posture and no log under, he reallly does know about body mechanics. I'd be surprised, if he's ever split a couple of cords of really hardwood in a month.
I love this guy's saucy attitude towards chopping wood.
that is a badass chicken
This is my uncle. You shoulda seen him trying to teach me to ride a bicycle. So demoralized I never got up after I fell. “So easy” he said. My life is ruined.
my freind I had some bucked logs on my property that needed to be cut....well i did....I had some big rounds...I tried your technique and now i'm an expert....Thank you for this vid!!!
This hammer weighs about as much as a.....Hammer! hahaha. .I love this guy...loves to bust his tools and doesn't care if he dies in the process. ..my kinda you tuber
Just tap tap tap it in 🤣 made me think of Adam Sandler on "Happy Gilmore" 😂
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am 62 with a nonhealing fracture of my left wrist. I am going to try this!!
next time show us how to split same size of firewood but with lot of knots inside, please
Quick and easy......just don't have any knots in your trees. Why didn't I think of that?
+unworthyservant actually if your wood has dried it splits harder.
+unworthyservant i do 150 full cord a year mostly oak and i have done it both ways so no one told me that and no wood is cured if its not split.
+Wayne Johnson certain wood may split easier as it dries but not oak.
I have a 48" white oak trunk cut up to 18" rounds, I have them on bricks just off the ground. These are very difficult to get under a splitter so I split them by hand. They have dried somewhat so they have checked (cracks are called checks) I use two wedges first one goes in the largest check closes to the end. Then the second wedge will go close to the edge like this guy in the video has done. The first wedge will let me know where the crack is going to meet the edge of the round. The round in this video is less than 24" it is an easy one. I would never try to split big rounds while they are green. Around here in North Carolina it takes about 45 days to get a check going but 4 or 5 months is way better.
The biggest oak rounds I have split was a 40" branch that dropped off a "Live" Oak I got a little over 5 cords from one branch. The trunk is close to 20' feet in diameter, one of the oldest Live Oaks in the State listed on a national landmark registry. I like the big one's because of all the heart wood and most everyone else can not handle them. I do have a tracker with a front end loader to move them around.
The easiest big one I come across are Popular, but it has to have some checking. The Gum trees will not split well at all when green, they tend to mutilate until they check, and even when they are dried they need to be split differently from the other woods. Try to split a Gum when green the maul will bounce off.
Anyway I do not believe you split 150 cords a year by hand green. That would take a commercial operation. A small commercial operation will split and stack the wood green using a heavy duty splitter over 30 tons.
Ax will wok great on oak!
Thank you. I am a 63 year old widow and need to figure out for to cut my own firewood as that is the main way I heat my house! I will try this!
This is good for me with my one good eye. I’m a bad aim, poor depth perception. I’ve broken many handles.
lol the chickens don't even give a shit xD
TheMrTipZy I promise you they will give you lots of shits. Good for the garden too! hehe
Thanks Harry! Lol I have been splitting wood just like this for years and no one believed me that it can be this easy. ( lol I think it’s because am a woman..) anyway, I used your video to help prove my point. Thanks again 🙏🏼 Working smarter not harder and enjoying life!
I will add to the hazard comments. Had a friend get a bullet of metal in his leg from the mushroomed steel. Grind off all mushroomed tools
+arboristBlairGlenn Had one hit me in the shoulder. Felt like I was shot. My old man had one just miss his femal artery in his leg, and had to have it surgically removed. Scary stuff. I also see them shoot off glowing hot 30 feet in the opposite direction sometimes. I guess I should invest in a grinder.
+Peachride EightyNine yup
+arboristBlairGlenn Nobody likes a mushroom stamp! Hope he's alright.
Good call, Glen. Estwing used to make a tool that was like the one he's using to do the pounding here. But that tool is the one that's meant to be GETTING pounded, not doing the pounding. In any case, they work great in tandem with a 4-pound hammer. They mushroom like crazy, however, and are no longer being produced, so I have to preserve mine just for kindling... Why is it that whenever there's a good tool, they go out of production?
good quality tools means once you buy them, if you dont losed them or someone else dont steel them, then why would you buy more over and over. buy junk tools and use them, wear out and got to buy them again...... i just went and got a new kolbolt axe and a wedge from lowes today. needed a new handle for my axe but they was out,,, cant find my wedge and last i seen it was 5 years ago. just got surgery on my left shoulder and elbow 10 months ago. let me say this, my spoons was sharper then this axe and the junk wedge, good god, after a hand full of strikes its already mushrooming and its a bounce king........ after grinding filing and belt sanding, its not bouncing. heck, it will stick if i through it at a log, well half the time lol,,,, its still junk. as soon as the wife handed it to me i new i had a hunk of garbage in my hand. wouldnt set and once it did , a single mild strike and its airborn.....yeah i through it as well and did the holy hell pile of garbage song............. at some point ill get around to reforging that junk wedge and give it a good taper and maybe a twist, and harden the dam thing
I wonder how many aces he goes through pounding on them like that ..
If that block doesn't split on the first try, I'd like to see him get that axe out of there. More axes. More Hammers.
Your technique is a lot in line with how I’ve always done it. Watched another video today, and was convinced that guy read about it yesterday, and decided to do a video today.
The chickens are cool!
At one point UA-cam wanted me to watch Family Guy.... like all the time....
Now I think they want me to season some wood...
Great! I’ll let my son know since his dad doesn’t teach him anything. Thanks from a divorced but happy mom with videos like this😊✌️
I'm still waiting for the part that's easy!
This was cool. This guy is pretty cool. And the video was extremely helpful! Thanks cool dude!!
Scott Poston sarcasm
Wow... saved me a ton of backbreaking throwing an axe with 16" fresh felled maple. I'll be using this technique for sure! Thanks!
There's this thing called a splitting mahl, which is essentially a wedge with a handle.
I use a splitting maul, and start with a small sledge hammer, if that don't work, then I go to the larger sledge hammer. I leave the axes, and hatchets in the shed for smaller wood . My mistake when I first started was planting the splitting maul in the center of the wood. Its best to start on the edge of the wood.
No way in hell its less work when you have to beat the shit outta that thing to get it through...
Wow great video I’ve been doing it all day wrong. I would put my axe in the middle and try to split the round and end up just getting it stuck. I tried your method works like a charm!! 👍🏻
This is a bad idea - axes aren't meant to be struck like that - agree with comments below.
Awesome! Just what I was looking for. I think the chickens were just as amazed as I am! Thanks for the tip!
Safety is not that guys number one priority.
lmmfao,thats the best comment on youtube by far yo...."sayafte is numberrrr vone fryority!!!"
Darren Curry besides using a bladed hammer, I thought it was quite brilliant
Hey you'll only get metal slivers in your eyes, not a big deal.
Darren Curry He's not Russian
Travis sturzl I know I love paying 5 grand for a new eye while needing to buy a new axe every week
Ever heard of a splitting maul they work wonders
YES!......it works!, perfect way to do it, it is very good since one hold the axe handle, and thereby have much better control of everything.
Thanks from Denmark! 😀
Then, in 3 years you have split enough wood for one season
But his arms are bigger than ur head so many people are lazy now days Is what I think he wants to say n more dependent on things than themselves n simple tools
hitting metal on metal using a maul and sledge I had a chunk of metal shoot into my leg like a 22 bullet. took surgery to get it out. I would wear goggles if I were you.
No ear protection either.
Yeah those chunks can really get some serious velocity. Certainly enough to totally jack up your eye.
my dad has a chuck of steel in his foot from doing that, we still do it but are careful to grind off any mushroomed shit on the axes
crgaillee lol 😂
paul gray lol 😂
Good video. I’ve been splitting wood like this for decades. Easy and gives you more control of your tools.
Even his chickens don't wear eye protection.
OSHA!!!!!!
pock pock pock
I am 14 years old and I have cutting wood for a year I have never worn an eye protection.. Tbh I find his technique a slow one.. so
I like those chickens what kind are they?
Thanks I have 10 pieces like that to work on
OSHA? He's not a corporation, you dult. He's a private individual wirking in his private land. If OSHA shows up on your property, shoot them for trespassing.
I'd like to see how long you would last on some Australian hardwood, pine ! fair go !
I own two splitting wedges and a splitting maul. I hit them with a sledge hammer and I wear safety glasses while I’m hitting them. Right tools for the job.
Hey buddy ,I got about 4 cords of ELM that I'd just love to see you try that on 🤣😁
I tried splitting Elm with a maul. One log nearly killed me. Gave up on it and started splitting oak.
Yellow Birch is gnarly too.
I guess those birds never noticed what else he did with the axe and their family lol