@$%# Fiberglass Handles !!!

[Slvrmple72]

Yeah, so I thought I would be smart and buy the 8# sledge with the oversized hole in it for that collar around the fiberglass handle that adds an extra layer of protection. Guess what? I will be darned if I can find a replacement for that stupid 8# Sledge head now. I would even settle for an Ash or Hickory handle. Incidentally I broke both the splitting maul with FG handle and sledge on the same day working on White Ash. Guess I better go buy a lathe and save a piece of that Ash.

Treeworkers: Destroying things in seconds that would take ordinary people a lifetime

 

[Labman]

The one replacement fiberglass handle I installed came with epoxy and instruction to add bebes to the epoxy to fill the gap. You could try it.

 

[epicklein22]

Monster Maul...........all steel!!!! Nothing to break

 

[custom8726]

Monster Maul...........all steel!!!! Nothing to break

Yup, I got one of those, sucks swinging it though.

 

[Slvrmple72]

cracked the maul head striking it with the sledge, thinking about replacing it with this b4 the old wood handled classic splitting maul bites the dust.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=147592-302-1190700

 

[frodo]

sounds like your ready to stop hitting your wedge with your handle

 

[Wortown Mick]

Ive broken 6 or 7 rakes and 3 or 4 mauls this year.

I dont swing the maul wrong , well one of the breaks was a long swing.. The other 2 were solid square hits, the shaft was just the weakest link. Amen to destroying hand tools.

Ive broken 2 or 3 pairs of cheap hand pruners as well.