Put a little time on the splitter

[alderman]

Got some wood split this afternoon. A combo of Fir and Alder. No way could I do this much in one session without the splitter.

 

[hedge hog]

You can't swing a maul that fast?????

Splitters are a must

If they just would stack it would be even sweeter


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[alderman]

40+ years with an axe and a maul. How stupid is that.


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[Trapper_Pete]

I grabbed the ax I used to split with today and took a few swings and remembered why I have a splitter . The splitter just makes such short work of it. Close to 10 rounds in the splitter even with knots to one wet or green round by hand.

 

[Rangerbait]

I'm way faster with an axe or maul than I am with a splitter, but then I'm sore for 3 days afterward.

 

[Trapper_Pete]

I'm way faster with an axe or maul than I am with a splitter, but then I'm sore for 3 days afterward.

not in this stuff , the splitter pops it right apart but in a a dozen hits with an ax I got exactly 0 splits off of 2 rounds I tried , although they were soaked it rained all last week
to split this stuff with a maul maybe if you can land 2-3 hits in the same spot but not with the ax

 

[NSMaple1]

Splitter vs. axe/maul isn't about speed - it's about long term body preservation. And mine is getting to where it could use all the help it can get.

 

[GVS]

Splitter vs. axe/maul isn't about speed - it's about long term body preservation. And mine is getting to where it could use all the help it can get.

I've said it before:If splitting with a maul or axe,I'll run out of gas LONG before the splitter does!

 

[Ryan'smilling]

Splitter vs. axe/maul isn't about speed - it's about long term body preservation. And mine is getting to where it could use all the help it can get.

I agree, but it's a trade-off. Splitters are great tools, but with an axe or a maul you get an aerobic workout. A splitter doesn't give you that. I split about 12-15 cords every year with my splitting maul, but I certainly don't recommend that for everyone. Personally, I enjoy it immensely. I have an excellent lightweight splitting maul that is a joy to use (Gransfors Bruks splitting maul), and I use a technique that requires little bending and almost no lifting.

I'll purchase a splitter in the next few years, but mostly because I want to split longer pieces of wood for my syrup cooker. Ideally 30-36". Splitting that stuff by hand is pretty tough. Also, I'm hoping to make more syrup every year, which will require a lot of wood.

My point isn't that anyone is wrong for using a splitter, just that using a maul has merits too.

 

[quotedraven]

I agree, but it's a trade-off. Splitters are great tools, but with an axe or a maul you get an aerobic workout. A splitter doesn't give you that. I split about 12-15 cords every year with my splitting maul, but I certainly don't recommend that for everyone. Personally, I enjoy it immensely. I have an excellent lightweight splitting maul that is a joy to use (Gransfors Bruks splitting maul), and I use a technique that requires little bending and almost no lifting.

I'll purchase a splitter in the next few years, but mostly because I want to split longer pieces of wood for my syrup cooker. Ideally 30-36". Splitting that stuff by hand is pretty tough. Also, I'm hoping to make more syrup every year, which will require a lot of wood.

My point isn't that anyone is wrong for using a splitter, just that using a maul has merits too.

Some wood just doesn't split with mauls, ax or wedges.

 

[Ryan'smilling]

Some wood just doesn't split with mauls, ax or wedges.

That's the truth! There's plenty of pieces that I don't bother trying to split. I just noodled up a bunch of elm the other day. I'd have split it if I had a splitter. That elm would have split with just a maul, but it would have taken me all day and it wouldn't have been fun. I can split just about every piece of knotty oak I encounter, though.

I split about 2/3 of a cord give or take a bit today. It was my first time splitting that much in a couple months (broke my ankle on 2/13). I enjoyed it, but also kept thinking about a hydraulic unit. I think I'm gonna save up for a three point splitter with a 4-way wedge and a PTO pump. There's a guy near me that builds splitters like the timberwolf ones. Hopefully I can save some money and avoid shipping costs.

 

[sbhooper]

The first year that I put in my big furnace, I split the wood by hand. My wife kept bugging me to get a splitter. I finally hurt my shoulder (not splitting wood) and bought my Huskee 22-ton. I would NEVER go back to using a maul. I get plenty of exercise just splitting and throwing the stuff and in other things I do. I run into some elm that hardly even splits with a splitter. That stuff is good firewood, but is really difficult to split.

 

[Trapper_Pete]

It may not get your heart going like a maul but if you can work at a pace where the ram never stops moving you are in a good extended work out heart rate like a brisk walk. The tail gate of the truck is at splitter hight keeping the hookeroon handy and a truck bed empties and splitts quick.