always thought splitting axe=maul?
I am looking for something that my 13 year old son and I can use so heavy mauls are out of the question (for him).
This is probably in the wrong section, but...
Back in my hydraulic splitter days, I frequently swung a maul since I found it was simply faster with most wood. Since I got the Super Split, the maul hasn't seen much action. I still throw it around every so often, but the SS is so much more productive when there's a lot of work to be done.
I split only with a maul (5 to 10 cords a year). It's environmentally friendly, helps add major distance to my softball swing, and my wife likes the results too! Not to mention, I have more money to spend on saws if I don't have to buy and maintain a splitter.
Ive got a splitting maul but it rarely gets used. The gas-powered log splitters are so much faster and a lot less work. I used to split wood with the maul back when I was younger. I guess it made me feel like a real man or all big and bad or whatever. I dont use the maul much anymore though, thats too much like work.
I'll bet anybody on a case of beer that I can split a truckload of wood faster with a gas-powered splitter than you can with a splitting maul.
If we were in wood that was relativley good (not all crotches and knots), and 1 on 1, no helpers, i don't think you could touch a maul with your splitter. Especially if we were doing this in the woods, where the tree is downed at. Cause you gotta get the wood to the splitter, or the splitter to the wood. All i gotta do wit the maul is walk over to it. No wrestling sticks around. I'd take that bet. But then again, if i'm not feeling well, or having a lot of rough wood, i don't stand a chance. But in good wood, you don't stand a chance.
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