stihly dan
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40 in rock maple.
40 in rock maple.
I was surprised at how fast even the rounds have dried just sitting there for the last 2-3 days. I've decided I'm just gonna cut all this wood and then go back and split at least the big chunks. I have some chunks that are barely moveable by hand so they should be more manageable when split. Plus they should dry a little which will only help things. I'll take some pics tomorrow of the progress. I'm also probably gonna end up getting the fiskars axe. What's the biggest chunk anybody has split with one?
36 inch oak and close to that hickory.
It really doesn't matter the size, as you can start at the outside and work your way in, although I did split three of those big oak rounds in halves down in the field by runing a crack right across the round. I had to, I could neither get them up to roll or flop them into the cargo box, just too heavy for me, guesstimate over three hundred lbs apiece. Halves I was able to move with some difficulty.
That would be the natural way to go about it, but I believe the OP has an OWB, and does not want to whittle it down. He just needs to take a 20"x24" and knock it into two 10" x 24" long pieces for handling purposes... I'd use the big 12# monster maul myself... 1 hit and done... But yes, the fiskars is a great tool.
But I tend to be a bit of a cave man in those regards...
How often one of them Fiskars need sharpening? I was looking at them last night and I see Fiskars has a sharpener to go with it. How does that work?
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