what is the largest number of splits you have gotten from a single round

[markam]

I just got 29 good sized splits from a single round, which is a record for me. Just wondering who has gotten more.

 

[tigeroak]

I don't know how many but at 54 inch across I got them all

 

[NordicSplitter]

Working on some pretty big rounds of silver maple. Base is about 55" across. I'm going to guess somewhere between 25-30 splits...

 

[markam]

Damn tigeroak, that is one big piece of firewood

 

[Roundgunner]

haven't got around to splitting this yet but it should be a bunch!

 

[Ashful]

I don't count the splits, but I do keep track of cordage on big rounds, and have gotten more than a third of a cord from a single round on several occasions.

 

[chazcarr]

This was the biggest one I have attempted so far:


I can't believe the thing split straight through.
I only made 10 splits for now, but will make them much smaller soon if it ever stops raining.

 

[D8Chumley]

I'd guess 18-20 but my splits are 4-6" at least. I guess it's on the bigger side (?) but I'm 3 years ahead so I'm not too concerned

 

[Poindexter]

12, maybe 13. from about a 16" diameter round with no rot in it. best i can hope for up here splitting small enough to be ready to burn in one season.

 

[Jags]

Never counted, but that is a pretty good sized bucket load from a single round.

 

[jebatty]

When I was in the toothpick business, I got 7.... (too many 0's). Does this count?

 

[sportbikerider78]

How do you guys break up those rounds? They are huge! Lots of wedges?

 

[Jags]

Notice the big splitter in front of the tractor??

 

[sportbikerider78]

Notice the big splitter in front of the tractor??

You need a new Posted sign.

Sure, but not everyone has serious equipment like that.

 

[Jags]

Sure, but not everyone has serious equipment like that.

That wasn't my "Posted" sign.

Not everyone takes on rounds like that. There is one reason that I get more than my fair share of the big stuff. I got the tools to deal with it that makes it worth my time. If I didn't - I would probably walk away from that stuff. I retired my maul and wedges a long time ago. Big rounds make big piles of splits.

 

[markam]

You need a new Posted sign.

Sure, but not everyone has serious equipment like that.

Those of us without serious equipment just grab a maul and start whacking off chunks around the edges until we get to the middle

 

[Ashful]

I have a big saw, but a lesser splitter. I used to muscle big rounds onto the splitter, set vertical, but decided that's too much effort. Now I just noodle large rounds into 8" slabs, then stand the slabs on the splitter.

Here's a 50" round I processed two weeks ago:

 

[notshubby]

ditto to what ashful said Im not to proud to noodle. and those were the smaller noodles the bigger ones were in the back. about 40 inch diam the narrow way.

 

[mass_burner]

I got nearly two rows of a 8' stack from one round, didn't count them, but I was surprised. It was the lowest thickest part. I had to split half of it in place, only then could I move it, with a dolly.