basswidow said:Oak cracks like an egg. Easiest sledge/wedging I've done, but the rounds were heavy and so was the sledge. I felt it last night, but I'm 110% today. Gonna move it back to my splitting pile to work on it - perhaps with hydraulics if I get lazy. I've got to rent one for the shagbark I have - so I might as well use on the remaining oak.
If you look close at where the wedges went in, tons of sap poured out like water and would splatter as I hit the wedge. These rounds are full of sap, since the storm took these trees down before the sap went down. It's gonna be 2+ years to season and I will make smaller splits.
basswidow said:Gave the Farm Boss and the sledge and wedges a work out.
basswidow said:HA Zap,
I guess there are many names for a Spud Bar. "tamp bar, breaker bar" It's great when digging post holes and getting rocks out. It sure gives you some leverage when you need to move big logs or break apart some stringy pie cuts.
Ever since I got some new files, my MS290 cuts GREAT! I didn't know that files don't last forever.
basswidow said:Makes these rounds alittle more managable. Started 10am - finished at 3pm, took a lunch break. Not too shabby for an old man.
That spud bar is MONEY.
smokinjay said:Rounds like that scream hydro!
WoodpileOCD said:smokinjay said:Rounds like that scream hydro!
I save the hydraulics for the tough stuff but I usually only rent one once a year and it's the best 50 bucks i spend all year long. I LOVE splitting oak this size by hand. Couple of splits with a wedge or two to get things rollin and then have at it with a maul or my Fiskars (my new love). Isn't it amazing how much you get out of one of those big guys. Good score, thanks for the pics.
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