a better way to split wood

beermann · May 20, 2017

I've recently started to use bungee cords wrapped around a block of wood when splitting. Works well and allows me to just keep splitting and I can then carry the split wood by the bungee and easily unwrap the round for quick stacking. I don't have a spare tire so cannot place rounds in it.

Do you guys have other easy and cheap methods of splitting wood? I cannot purchase a splitter this year.

Thanks

Rangerbait · May 20, 2017

beermann said:
I've recently started to use bungee cords wrapped around a block of wood when splitting. Works well and allows me to just keep splitting and I can then carry the split wood by the bungee and easily unwrap the round for quick stacking. I don't have a spare tire so cannot place rounds in it.

Do you guys have other easy and cheap methods of splitting wood? I cannot purchase a splitter this year.

Thanks

I've used a bungee with a chain on one end for adjusting the girth, which works great...until I inevitably slice through the damn thing.

I have also wrapped a rope around several rounds at one time, which makes for SUPER fast splitting:

beermann · May 20, 2017

Rangerbait said:
I've used a bungee with a chain on one end for adjusting the girth, which works great...until I inevitably slice through the damn thing.

I have also wrapped a rope around several rounds at one time, which makes for SUPER fast splitting:

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I like that. I'll try it tomorrow with a bunch of 6-12" rounds. Should help make quick work of the buggers.

Wawa Coffee · May 21, 2017

I started using a tier last year and am hooked. So easy. So much less bending.

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baseroom · May 21, 2017

My only concern would be burying my Fiskars in the ground. How do you not swing through the split into the dirt?

beermann · May 21, 2017

baseroom said:
My only concern would be burying my Fiskars in the ground. How do you not swing through the split into the dirt?

I was thinking the same. My only resolve to the problem would be to try and keep the axe handle parallel to the ground so that after the wood is split the handle hits wood and stops the head of the axe from going all the way through. For me it involves a bit of a squat motion while splitting. Since I do it for exercise it all works for me.

After cutting several bungee cords while splitting rounds I took to this strategy to that the maul head does not go all the way through. After a while you get a feel for the amount of force that's needed to split the wood without hurting/vibrating your hands off the handle.

beermann · May 21, 2017

Wawa Coffee said:
I started using a tier last year and am hooked. So easy. So much less bending.

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Can you provide more info on what a tier is? Sounds interesting.

beermann · May 21, 2017

Rangerbait said:
I've used a bungee with a chain on one end for adjusting the girth, which works great...until I inevitably slice through the damn thing.

I have also wrapped a rope around several rounds at one time, which makes for SUPER fast splitting:

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What kind of rope are you using? I've managed to snap mine due to outward pressures of splitting.

Wawa Coffee · May 21, 2017

beermann said:
Can you provide more info on what a tier is? Sounds interesting.

A tier is a tire spelled incorrectly on a cellphone.

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Rangerbait · May 21, 2017

beermann said:
What kind of rope are you using? I've managed to snap mine due to outward pressures of splitting.

Just that cheap stuff from Home Depot that looks like climbing rope...I believe it's <$10 for 100'. I just tie a trucker's hitch around the bunch of rounds so I can cinch them nice and tight, then go to work starting at the edges of each round. I've never had an issue with the axe going more than a few inches into the wood before it splits with this technique...but then again, I've only tried it with Poplar.

beermann · May 21, 2017

Wawa Coffee said:
A tier is a tire spelled incorrectly on a cellphone.

That gave me a good laugh.

Rangerbait said:

Just that cheap stuff from Home Depot that looks like climbing rope...I believe it's <$10 for 100'. I just tie a trucker's hitch around the bunch of rounds so I can since them nice and tight, then go to work starting at the edges of each round. I've never had an issue with the axe going more than a few inches into the wood before it splits with this technique...but then again, I've only tried it with Poplar.

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Just got word I have 4 tree's coming my way.....im buying some rope.

moresnow · May 22, 2017

Before I started splitting in a tire set on a large round I had a piece of junk plywood layed out to split rounds on. Kept the Fiskers out of the dirt. The tire up on a large round is the best for me. Other than the hyd. splitter.

sportbikerider78 · May 22, 2017

I've used the bungee method. It works...as long as they aren't knotty.

jaoneill · May 22, 2017

Although I use hydraulics for the most part (now that I am old and feeble and senile), I've certainly split my share with a maul. In doing so I always set the to-be-split block atop another round (the bigger the better). I've found that unless the ground is frozen hard it absorbs/cushions much of the force of the maul.

iron · May 22, 2017

does burying the fiskars in the ground even matter? i used to split on top of a small round (4" thick), but gave up and just started driving the fiskars clean into the dirt. there are some nicks and whatnot, but i can't tell a difference in the performance.

beermann · May 22, 2017

This works so well for me. I'm making record time splitting wood and carrying the strapped splits in one big clump to the pile.

I've learned that in order to not cut through my strap I need to split the round furthest from where I'm swinging. So if I'm standing to the far right of the pile I'm swinging to the round on the far left acros the pile. This way all the other rounds/splits will stop my maul from going through and cutting my strap.....again.

neverbilly · May 23, 2017

Does it hurt to hit the ground? Dulls it, but you could just sharpen it.

I also wonder about something other than a tire. I don't like how tires collect water; we have lots of mosquitoes that lay eggs in water.

Dobish · May 23, 2017

neverbilly said:
Does it hurt to hit the ground? Dulls it, but you could just sharpen it.

I also wonder about something other than a tire. I don't like how tires collect water; we have lots of mosquitoes that lay eggs in water.

not when you drill a few holes in the bottom/sides and drill them to a stump

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