Ahh, but that's soft maple he's got there. Easy splitting. You want a 'good evening workout' you stick some elm or knotty pine in there!
Nice. I split by hand as well, but with the volume of wood I have I'm going to borrow a splitter...got about 5-6 cord to split and I want to get it done as quickly as possible for drying.
Maple can be worse than oak my friend.Ahh, but that's soft maple he's got there. Easy splitting. You want a 'good evening workout' you stick some elm or knotty pine in there!
Nice looking firewood. Hickory sure is good burning stuff.
I still hand split some of my smaller pieces, but use the 6 ton electric splitter for the larger rounds.
Unless there's a knotty one that needs persuasion, then the wedges and sledge comes out.
I have mostly hard Sugar Maple for burning this year. Still have some Green Ash and a bit of Elm and White Birch left from last year.
Lots of Poplar to split too. I only took the Poplar to help out a friend. I guess I'll throw it in for my shoulder seasons and make smaller splits for kindling.
Can't wait for the new stove to arrive.
I do split hickory, but do not put it in the wood stove. It goes into the pig cooker for BBQ, such as pulled pork, ribs, brisked, smoked sausages. The Fiskars X27 is the splitting axe to have -- once I used one, I have never looked back.
Yes! I'll never go back to a traditional 8lb maul. I might entertain swinging one of those high end fancy mauls but I sure won't dish out the smackeroons to buy one.I also smoke meats with the hickory and cherry wood. Y'all really like those fiskars????
I also smoke meats with the hickory and cherry wood. Y'all really like those fiskars????
You need to get your hands on one. I never thought the head would make that much difference -- I was very wrong. I've been splitting since I was a kid. I laugh at the kids now days. Dad and I would go to the woods, he would run the saw and I would load the truck. When we went back to the house he pulled up to the wood area, cut the truck off and said "Alright boy, work it up." And he headed into the house. I'm glad he taught me how then left it with me.
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