I would love to come see the west coast, it's one of my dreams. I tell my wife I would be a logger if I could earn the same money I do now but that ain't going to happen and student loans are a be'otch.
Ever have the pleasure of splitting hard wood?
Fiskars X27 What a Piece of Plastic
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Ever have the pleasure of splitting hard wood?
I have and I am near the west coast. Elm, Black Locust, willow (that stuff splits by just looking at it), one oak (unknown type) I lucked into down twon, and a few others. Bottom line is that the X27 shines on clear grain, non stringy stuff. No much good on knots and strings.
Harry K
You are really straining now. Grab wedge which will be right there, one tap and usually three shots or less. I'll beat your saw every time.
Harry K
Ambull01
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That's awesome. Maybe one day we can race. I have too many things to carry as it is. I may try wedge and sledge in my yard one day. Perhaps your way is faster but the saw is easier.
It depends on lots of factors. What type wood how many knots etc. He is right in certain straight grained easily split woods yes. Now if say it was 30 inch White Oak or Hickory fuggetaboutit!
Ambull01
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Yeah I can see that. My whole goal on scrounges is to use the least amount of energy as possible. That's why I like the Fishers so much. Light and easy to swing. I don't have to worry about smacking the handle either. If I had to wedge and sledge all the white oak I'm getting I would wear my ass out. Still have to hand carry everything, load, unload, then hand split
Anyway, can I send you a pic of some rounds I found? Think I know what it is but want to verify
Best way to split wood is with 3 people one feeding the logsplitter, the operator then a stacker you can switch to save lower backs as needed.
There is something rewarding about popping a big round with a sledge and wedge but noodling is damn fun too.
Jealous of guys who split with friends. One man show here. Only when I cut small stuff or do fireplace splits I can enlist the kids.
Ambull01
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Easier for certain. I am coming up on 80 and no longer wedge/sledge in the boonies. Too big to load, NOODLE!
Harry K
Ambull01
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Wait a minute, you're almost 80 and still walking in the woods to get firewood!? Damn that's impressive. I hope to be doing that when I'm your age.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Ambull went from a pos saw to his makita/dolmar, he is power drunk. I believe he noodles them just so he can see what a real saw is capable of. Who really cares, the guy is getting firewood and having fun doing it.
rtrsam
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Granted this was Doug Fir and not oak or whatever that guy was splitting. I probably swung my mauls fewer times getting a half ton truck load split than the guy in the video did getting one round quartered.
When he was banging on it with the huge maul the round was bouncing around, so he was actually transferring maybe half of the energy to splitting, and the other half into bouncing the round. You also don't get to see how accurately he was lining up his swings with each other, from the angle we saw it looked like he was pretty far off on some of his swings.
I sold wood in High School and a few times when unemployed, and heated a big house with wood only for over thirty years, all splitting with mauls, most of it with the wood handled maul in the picture (8 lb).
This, my friends, is why they make chocolate, vanilla and strawberry; something for each ones taste.
Ambull01
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Very true! I wonder if people make threads saying strawberry icecream is a POS?
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
LMAO you mean POP?
Ambull01
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What's the second "P" for? Poop, pop, popsicle?
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
POP Piece of Plastic
