Old tires are great

[Makers Mark]

Just put new tires on truck,saved a couple in case cut sidewall, etc. on new ones. Read in forum about putting them around round using for splitting Holy Smoke I can't believe how good it works. No more picking up and sitting back up splits for next stroke. Wow wish I had done this yrs ago. I love this forum

 

[BrotherBart]

Give the other two to somebody that has an outdoor wood boiler.

 

[Makers Mark]

Can't they are like me rode hard and put up wet. Lol

 

[jatoxico]

Give the other two to somebody that has an outdoor wood boiler

Whoosh!

 

[razerface]

Whoosh!

knock your hat off?

I have been putting off trying this, but maybe this weekend.

 

[Dieselhead]

Just put new tires on truck,saved a couple in case cut sidewall, etc. on new ones. Read in forum about putting them around round using for splitting Holy Smoke I can't believe how good it works. No more picking up and sitting back up splits for next stroke. Wow wish I had done this yrs ago. I love this forum

My bud drives racecar I got a tire about A foot tall from him 15" rim size holds em nice

 

[Jon1270]

Question for all you tire-choppers: what size tire (in terms of wheel diameter) do you prefer? My initial thought was to protest that the tire is always the same size while the rounds vary, but I guess a precise fit isn't so important.

 

[Makers Mark]

My round that I split on. 16" tires fit it like a glove.

 

[Ansky]

Just put new tires on truck,saved a couple in case cut sidewall, etc. on new ones. Read in forum about putting them around round using for splitting Holy Smoke I can't believe how good it works. No more picking up and sitting back up splits for next stroke. Wow wish I had done this yrs ago. I love this forum

I did the same thing last month. New tires on my truck and I kept the old ones. I used 1 for wood splitting. Holy crap that works great! I can't believe I split wood for so many years with out a tire. In all honesty, I think I cut my splitting time in half. What a great tip I learned from this forum.

 

[woodsman416]

I use a low profile 17" tire. I think it's 215/45R17. It's a nice rim diameter to fit most rounds. The tire width is nice to hold all the splits without interfering with the path of the axe.

 

[Tom Wallace]

I'd need a monster tire to try this. I've got 30" douglas fir rounds to split. I'm going to try bungee cords around them, which should be better than nothing.

 

[razerface]

I'd need a monster tire to try this. I've got 30" douglas fir rounds to split. I'm going to try bungee cords around them, which should be better than nothing.

don't you put a bunch of smaller ones in the tire? Not just 1 big one,,,,, ??

 

[Tom Wallace]

Maybe, I think it can be done either way. If the round is big enough to nearly fill the tire, it should work the same I would think.

 

[Makers Mark]

You can put one big one or 2 medium or several small ones and just walk around splitting them. It's amazing how great it works. I had a huge pile done in no time. Like Ansky said holy crap!

 

[tsquini]

I use a 15" tire. The most of the logs I cut up fit in fine. Any thing bigger I really done want to pick it up anyway. Using a tire is so much quicker than a hydraulic splitter.

 

[Tom Wallace]

I think living the Pacific Northwest, the tire trick isn't going to work well. Most of the wood available here is douglas fir and cedar, which comes in much larger rounds than would fit in a tire. Maybe if I ever score some madrona I can use the tire trick, but that's very high in demand and expensive if the seller knows what they've got.

 

[JRJ]

Have never tried the tire yet! Will find out this wknd tho..have fallen behind with work and all. Seems like there is always wood to work! ) I split all my wood by hand

 

[Get Wood]

I never checked the size of my tire, I think it is 17 or 18 inch. It really works good.