Cleaver Ways to Split Wood Easier???

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Multitek firewood processors are made a few blocks from my house. Very cool machines.

I use an old LaFont hydraulic splitter. It does an excellent job, but sometimes I bring some home in the round so that I can use the maul. I'm a big boy so hand splitting doesn't bother me.
 
tryin.not.to.burn.the.house.down said:
I'm looking for some cleaver ways to make splitting wood easier. Am I dreaming? New stove and we haven't invested in a hydraulic splitter. I'm not sure that we would. The wood we got is all 8-10 inches round chunks, not split (Sorry for my lack of wood terminology) I am going through a lot during the day and it seems like hubbie never leaves me enough. I am hurting myself constantly. Friends of our use an old spare tire and fill it up and wack the heck out of all the tops.....don't have a spare tire laying around...(well just my husband's that is.) Still seems like I would hurt myself even with that. My shoulder, my back and now my thumb. OUCH! Any ideas?
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Tryin...

Back to your question. Since the rounds are 8-10 inches, spliting them in half would produce some very nice 4-5 inch splits, or smaller.

It is very good exercise that most wood burners actually enjoy! ;>)
 
Here's how I've been doing it. YMMV.
 

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My wife has just stacked 3+ cord of wood for some of next year. All at her request. She is the best!

She is now going to start splitting some frozen rounds! ;>)

Does it get any better!
 
Danno77 said:
Here's how I've been doing it. YMMV.
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98% of drivers will say "oh Sh$t" when they hit ice. The other 2% are from Illinois and say "watch this Sh$t".
 
Adios Pantalones said:
Danno77 said:
Here's how I've been doing it. YMMV.
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Ahh- immediately preceded by a "Wtch this", no doubt. :)
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yes, of course. Also, I enjoy doing things that are preceded with the "Holdma beer ferme."
 
"Hello Occifer, I ain't a Drinkin' and drivin', I'm justa splittin' sum wood."
 
meathead said:
Looks like the operator of that first one has his arm in a sling. He must have injured himself doing something stupid. I wonder what it could have been.
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Guess we will never know, lol.

Mike
 
tryin.not.to.burn.the.house.down said:
I'm looking for some cleaver ways to make splitting wood easier. Am I dreaming? New stove and we haven't invested in a hydraulic splitter. I'm not sure that we would. The wood we got is all 8-10 inches round chunks, not split (Sorry for my lack of wood terminology) I am going through a lot during the day and it seems like hubbie never leaves me enough. I am hurting myself constantly. Friends of our use an old spare tire and fill it up and wack the heck out of all the tops.....don't have a spare tire laying around...(well just my husband's that is.) Still seems like I would hurt myself even with that. My shoulder, my back and now my thumb. OUCH! Any ideas?
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This is a multi-step process:

1) Remain calm

2) Practice

3) Repeat
 
tryin.not.to.burn.the.house.down said:
My husband read this and told me I am not to try splitting wood anymore.....so I did find a cleaver way for me to split wood. Hee Hee. Thank you to all!!!!!!
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Yes, clever... maybe even cunning.
 
Danno77 said:
Here's how I've been doing it. YMMV.
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OMG!! I am still laughing at this classic!!!Way too freakin funny!!
 
I'm thinking of getting one of these 'Cleaver' devices.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Smart-Log-Splitter-easy-safer-than-Axe-or-wedge_W0QQitemZ200291337230QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item200291337230&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1301|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

Anyone tried it it seems too bloody clever by half!!!!

Note uk site

Cheers
 
Interesting piece of kit and;- yes nearly half the price...

but would it tackle fresh logs brought in for splitting and drying?

Also noticed this on the web

http://www.wolf-online.co.uk/product.asp?id=001360&gclid=CJbtv-f8hpgCFQoi3godZXdrDQ

Overpriced overkill?....(overhyped?)

I would like to build my own splitter as my shoulder suffers after sawing/chopping/splitting.

I have a 3ton trolley jack with 18" of lift....I could easily fabricate a steel adjustable frame.

I would be splitting Birch about 6 inches dia.

Any thoughts/suggestions welcome.
 
Splitting with is maul is a lot easier if you wait for the right weather. It is -56 right now, perfect splitting weather. Even the gnarliest hardwood rounds pop with little effort at this temp. The greatest challenge is convincing yourself to go outside.
 
brother abel said:
Interesting piece of kit and;- yes nearly half the price...

but would it tackle fresh logs brought in for splitting and drying?

Also noticed this on the web

http://www.wolf-online.co.uk/product.asp?id=001360&gclid=CJbtv-f8hpgCFQoi3godZXdrDQ

Overpriced overkill?....(overhyped?)

I would like to build my own splitter as my shoulder suffers after sawing/chopping/splitting.

I have a 3ton trolley jack with 18" of lift....I could easily fabricate a steel adjustable frame.

I would be splitting Birch about 6 inches dia.

Any thoughts/suggestions welcome.
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Most have reported the manual hydraulic setups are not real good for production splitting - too slow and too much work... I've used one of the slide hammer / spear type units, and while it was a different motion than an axe / maul, it wasn't any less effort.

Gooserider
 
I started out by using the Woodwiz (www.woodwiz.com ... sliding weight on pole, wedge on bottom). When I discovered that doesn't work well on tough wood, rented a 20-ton gas splitter (I suggest OP's hubby do so), then inherited 3# ax, got better w/ that, and bought super-splitter maul/ax. My next step is prolly a "mega maul" tho' I've seen mixed reviews on the short steel handles. OP should get her hubby a decent single-bit ax from local hardware store and maybe the super splitter (http://www.amazon.com/Ames-True-Temper-Splitter-Maul-1190400/dp/B000EM2SJ0 .... local hw may have a better deal, esp. considering shipping). After hubby gets a routine going w/ the maul, maybe OP can try splitting with the lighter ax. After all, if you can split 10" rounds w/ a hatchet, you should be able to really do some serious splitting with a proper ax.

Peace,
- Sequoia
 
When I was younger I worked for my Pap on his farm. Once we cut down a huge black walnut about 5' across and 30' long to sell for lumber. Even back then I think Pap got around $1500 for it. When the lumber guy that came to pick it up saw it he about freaked. He brought a goose neck trailer 24' long to pick it up but the log was still to big soooooo. The guy leaves and comes back with a big drill and three sticks of dynamite. drilled three holes into the log, dropped in the dynamite, got way back and set it off. The thing popped open like a roll of Pillsbury biscuts LOL. Never seen anything like that agian. He had to take it in two loads.
 
TreePapa said:
I started out by using the Woodwiz (www.woodwiz.com ... sliding weight on pole, wedge on bottom). When I discovered that doesn't work well on tough wood, rented a 20-ton gas splitter (I suggest OP's hubby do so), then inherited 3# ax, got better w/ that, and bought super-splitter maul/ax. My next step is prolly a "mega maul" tho' I've seen mixed reviews on the short steel handles. OP should get her hubby a decent single-bit ax from local hardware store and maybe the super splitter (http://www.amazon.com/Ames-True-Temper-Splitter-Maul-1190400/dp/B000EM2SJ0 .... local hw may have a better deal, esp. considering shipping). After hubby gets a routine going w/ the maul, maybe OP can try splitting with the lighter ax. After all, if you can split 10" rounds w/ a hatchet, you should be able to really do some serious splitting with a proper ax.

Peace,
- Sequoia
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This is the Super Split I use... haven't found anything better yet!
http://www.supersplit.com/
 
Danno77 said:
Here's how I've been doing it. YMMV.
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that's awesome!!! :lol:
 
whoops dup post - still funny though
 
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