Splitting Wood

[jokers]

I prefer the maul but if it is twisted, bent, knotty, or gnarled, I use a chainsaw. Russ

 

[JimL]

Maul, 6lb for the regular, 14 for the twisted fawksticks.

 

[treeclimber165]

I knew a guy once who had a funky wedge called a 'grenade'. It was conical shaped, and once you got it set you could split darn near any log with one swing.
But I don't split wood here in Fla. We have plenty of oak here if anyone wants to come get some.

 

[Ryan Willock]

Brian, i have and use one of the wedges that you speak of..... and you're right, it does darn near split anything

 

[tony marks]

yea u like my grenade also.

 

[paul hill]

I do the same as joker. maul for the easy straight stuff and a chainsaw if it is not so nice. Where do you get one of those grenades?

 

[treeclimber165]

The secret to the Grenade is that it will split the wood at the line of least resistence rather than the line you might choose with a standard wedge. Once the round is split, the following splits can be made easily with a maul.

 

[larscout]

Prefer to take he easy route and fire up the 20 ton hyraulic log splitter

 

[Bill G]

People laugh but I also use a chainsaw for the rough stuff and a maul for the other. With a saw I only cut part way down. That leaves an easy kerf to split through with the maul. Does anyone remember those axes with spring loaded tangs to split the wood apart. I believe they were called the "Chopper". I always thought they looked like a joke but there was one on ebay the other night. The darn thing sold for over $60. I think my brother has one. It may end up on ebay

Bill

 

[homelite360]

6 lb mall on pieces under 2 foot over that i use wedges and a sledge.

 

[jokers]

Chopper I

Hi Bill G., my dad recently gave me a Chopper I that is like new, belonged to my maternal grandfather who died in 1980. I guess my father and now myself are keeping it as a momento of sorts. I had to try it out, and let me tell you what, I`m not getting rid of my 6# maul anytime soon. You`ve got to swing the Chopper with a vengeance to split anything. It belongs in a woodsplitters museum somewhere as one of the oddities that was supposed to make splitting wood easier but missed the mark. $60 on ebay huh. Hmmmm..... Russ

 

[mikey]

A 6lb.maul for the small to medium work and my 8 horse splitter for the big stuff.A friend uses a wedge but after he gets tired his aim suffers.Then the wedge starts flying.We usually give him extra room at that point.

 

[che]

I split wood very easily. I ask my son, "Hey Mick, would you like to clean your room or split some wood." No brainer.

He's 11. I bought him one of those winged mauls described above when he was 9 I think....it's his very own, which may be why he likes it.

Che

 

[earache]

I use an 8lb. maul for all but the nastiest stuff, when I rip it with the chainsaw. My dad also uses an 8lb. maul for everything. One of my buddies bought one of those spring loaded deals at a rummage sale for a dollar, and it works very well. Never gets stuck in the wood, but it is very loud and irritating to listen to for hours. It works better for him, he is 6'4", 280lbs.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

I made a custom woodsplitter complete with a set of arms for lifting the BIG stuff up on to the table,and a Buick 455ci engine onto it with a hydraulic pump and controls I made it to split 4 footers.It definetly works extremely good for what I built it for the only thing is that it weighs just over 4300 lbs so it's kinda heavy..

Later Rob..

 

[bwalker]

Buick 455ci engine onto it with a hydraulic pump and controls I made it to split 4 footers.

Dang Rob, thats one heck of a splitter. The thing I got to ask is, why?

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

I had a 1969 Buick GS sitting in my shop for a few years taking up needed space and the car needed a frame and pretty much everything so I pulled the motor.I really needed something to split 4' logs and something that would be capable of picking up 500lbs so I started to build it one day and then realized I needed a motor for it so I mounted it up...and I still use it to this day for all my cordwood splitting..You should see this thing when I open the secondaries on the 950 double pumper that I have on it she'll really split some wood...

When I get my camera I'll take some pics of it in action..
Later Rob..

 

[eyolf]

In 69, the Buick GS's were all 350's, unless you had the GS-400, or the "Stage One", also 400 cu. in. GM wouldn't allow engines larger than 400 cu in in the "a" body (Shove-elle, Skylark, Tempest, Cutlass, and derivatives) until 1970.

The Buick engines only came with Q-jet carbs, and so have the spreadbore carb mounting pattern. That 950 DP would require machine work to mount on the factory manifold, but would work allright on the Offenhauser or Edelbrock manifolds available in the aftermarket. It would take a healthy 455 with stage one heads to make full use of the 950 DP, way too much for a log splitter, unless it's something like an Ed Roth cartoon!

My first car was a 69 GS-350. I eventually also owned a '72 GS-455, but was never able to assemble all the goodies to make a full "stage one". Those cars were real sleepers because not many people connected the brand Buick with performance.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

eyolf,

I never said it was the original motor in the car,and as for the double pumper I only use single plane aluminum intakes I don't run any factory parts in any of my car motors.I don't need a lesson on engines or years trust me it will suck 950 cfm without a problem if you want some of the specs it has 13.5:1 compression,the EXTREMELY RARE stage 2 expieremental heads I ported to flow 325cfm @.750" lift it has a .285 degree duration @.050 solid roller cam,when I dynoed this motor 3 years ago when I was working a a machine shop it dynoed out at 578hp at 6600 rpm and 607 ft lbs. of torque at 3400rpm so yes it is kinda like a Ed Roth splitter on steroids so to speak.Thats what I used to do before I started logging I work at a local engine building shop here in town..To bad it's on a splitter and not a GS huh..I do however have a 1979 TA the I welded a 455 Buick into though..

Later Rob..

 

[Marky Mark]

Pictures

I would love to see a V8 log splitter. Here's a shot of a 350 I dropped in my Landcruiser "I did not do this by myself"