Its 9pm eastern standard time and I'm want to go out and split wood

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trailrated

Feeling the Heat
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Dec 8, 2009
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Maryland
But I don't have the proper lighting out there and would probably split my shin with the maul. I'm a new wood burner this year so my urge to split is high :)
 
trailrated said:
But I don't have the proper lighting out there and would probably split my shin with the maul. I'm a new wood burner this year so my urge to split is high :)

I'm in Md also.
I have rear flood lights, How long will it take you to get here.??
 
I feel your pain. I've split and stacked all my wood, and am after more this weekend, but right NOW- I'm sooo ready to add to the stacks.
 
Monkey Wrench said:
trailrated said:
But I don't have the proper lighting out there and would probably split my shin with the maul. I'm a new wood burner this year so my urge to split is high :)

I'm in Md also.
I have rear flood lights, How long will it take you to get here.??

Bout' 3 hours, lol
 
trailrated said:
But I don't have the proper lighting out there and would probably split my shin with the maul. I'm a new wood burner this year so my urge to split is high :)
You should get a Fiskars, I think they have built-in lights.
 
quads said:
trailrated said:
But I don't have the proper lighting out there and would probably split my shin with the maul. I'm a new wood burner this year so my urge to split is high :)
You should get a Fiskars, I think they have built-in lights.

If he had a Fiskars it would already be split :) Or at least he could just walk the axe out to the woodpile and go back in and listen to the rounds split in fear of the Fiskars :)
 
rope
tarp
extension cord
drop light

I've built a temporary roof and wind protector and split at night in the snow / cold / rain before. ( 5:30 PM isn't night in August :-) ) - that's about the only way to do it in December unless you can work in your garage.
 
billb3 said:
rope
tarp
extension cord
drop light

I've built a temporary roof and wind protector and split at night in the snow / cold / rain before. ( 5:30 PM isn't night in August :-) ) - that's about the only way to do it in December unless you can work in your garage.

This evening, I hung a 500 watt flood light nearby and went to work. It was nice and cold out. Good idea on the tarp
 
This is too funny. I was just out last night splitting in the dark. I do have good outside lighting and a hydraulic splitter (with headlights), but it still cracked me up that we were splitting at night.
 
I just use a LED headlamp and split using the tire method. Swing away.
 
Do a search, it's basically taking an old tire and setting it up on a splitting block to hold the rounds while you split. A real back saver when you don't have to bend over and reset the wood every time.
 
I've also seen the bungee cord method which is the same idea. I think I actually saw that on this site.
 
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