Using a tire to split rounds.........

What's the technique?

Stand the log inside the tire.

I figured a tire would just bounce right off.....who woulda thunk it split wood.

You're probably stronger than me because I can't wing a tire at a log fast enough to split it for the life of me.

Well NoPaint, you just haven't practiced enough. Don't forget to eat your spinach either.

Here ya go a how to video Jus tlag bolt the tire to the stump
http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/vipukirves_videos.htm

Has anyone used one of these?

http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/index.htm

See below review on the leveraxe:

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Lever_Axe_Reviews/

MGC67 said:

I cant beleive how much this has improved my productivity. I must be 6x faster, no more chasing splits all over the yard.

Awesome

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Tell me about it! It really saved me a lot of time and I get more splits since I split the quarters in half. Usually I would of just left the quarters alone if they werent too big but now since they stay up right i just give them another whack and get another split out of it. what a great use for that old tire that I couldnt get rid of.

I've been leaving splits a bit larger since I ended this year with a bunch of small splits that we kept shoving aside.
I like the longer burn times of larger splits. Hopefully this won't bite me in the azz by not being dry for next winter.
It's mostly standing dead ash and cherry so I hope all will be well.
I've been using an atv tire because it's taller and keeps the splits standing better for me. I'd like to find one a bit larger in diameter
but a lot of my rounds fit in there nicely and I can get a couple or three of the really small stuff that would never stand on it's own.

Brian VT said:

I've been leaving splits a bit larger since I ended this year with a bunch of small splits that we kept shoving aside.
I like the longer burn times of larger splits. Hopefully this won't bite me in the azz by not being dry for next winter.
It's mostly standing dead ash and cherry so I hope all will be well.
I've been using an atv tire because it's taller and keeps the splits standing better for me. I'd like to find one a bit larger in diameter
but a lot of my rounds fit in there nicely and I can get a couple or three of the really small stuff that would never stand on it's own.

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Place an old tire like a 15" or 16" flat on the ground make 4-6 white lines 4-6" long equally spaced around the tire on the side wall where the tread begins or up to two inches smaller (closer to the wheel hole) in diameter than the tread diameter. At the end of each line draw another line straight out and down the front and to the bottom of the tread. Cut the white lines with a saber saw using a metal cutting blade to cut through the steel belting of the tire. You should have 4-6 legs you can pull outward and downward to make legs for the tire to stand up off the face of your splitting stump. If you just cut at the tread line you will get legs that can be lag bolted to the sides of the stump if you cut in the 2" in the side wall the extra lip will make good feet for the legs to stand up on and the feet can be bolted to the stump.

Hello
Here are some new ideas which are worth to try.

Works good.
I made one a few years ago using an old ATV tire
Works great for "kindling " too

When I told my dad about this trick, he didn't know whether to pat me on the back for having found something so clever or be mad he didn't think of it when HE was a teenager and had to split wood!

~Rose