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Howdy fellas,

Can we talk felling wedges please?
A small stand of very tall pecker poles with multiple hazards to avoid has meant I've chewed through all my wedges and need more.
Have bought a number of cheapies and they can't handle impacts very well and shatter. But it gets expensive quick when I'm chewing through many per day.

Any advice where I can get me a mixed box of good uns on the cheap? Matt, do you have any cutty cutty wedge specials that are any good mate?

Cheers all.
 
Howdy fellas,

Can we talk felling wedges please?
A small stand of very tall pecker poles with multiple hazards to avoid has meant I've chewed through all my wedges and need more.
Have bought a number of cheapies and they can't handle impacts very well and shatter. But it gets expensive quick when I'm chewing through many per day.

Any advice where I can get me a mixed box of good uns on the cheap? Matt, do you have any cutty cutty wedge specials that are any good mate?

Cheers all.

Hey it depends on how hard you're laying into them mate. The Stihl plastic wedges are good. I've tried other plastic wedges but I get sick of companies changing wedge suppliers when they can get a better deal. One minute their wedges are good, next minute they are crap. I'm using Stihl plastics now as they are a decent price, good quality, and consistent. I'm trying some new Aussie made aluminum wedges from Jakmax soon which should also be OK. Their last lot of alloy wedges were full of air bubbles and would fly apart when you hit them.
Mostly it depends on what you want to pay and how much care you take with them. A $2 wedge will be destroyed just as fast as a $20 wedge if you hit it with a saw :)

If you're cutting small wood look at bore cutting through the centre so you don't chew all your wedges out.
 
If you're cutting small wood look at bore cutting through the centre so you don't chew all your wedges out.
small, tall, and needing steering. Any vids of how a bore cut is used in this scenario and avoids plastic confetti?
 
One problem though mate is that Ironbark is that hard it will destroy your chains like a steel wedge :)
Burnt my way through ironbark with a 'sharp' drop saw making feet for my bed. That is freak'n hard, like our dry Puriri (Vitex lucens). Might try to make a few wedges. Not sure if wood wedges will feel the same when hit with an axe head. The plastic ones have a different feel the more they are loaded up. Makes it pretty easy to feel what's happening upstairs.

What's the advantage of aluminium over plastic?
 
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