How much do you spilt with an AXE

[U&A]

Just thought it would be a cool question to ask.

How many cord a year do you split with an axe? I do not own a log splitter. This year I didn’t start cutting trees down until the beginning of April. From the beginning of April to today (about 6 months) i have just over 6 cords split by axe and about another 4 cords ready to split.

And i didn’t do ANY cutting or splitting for about a 1-1/2 month in the hot summer time.





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[Flint Mitch]

I only split by hand. I've done up about 5 cord this year

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[Marshy]

I would do 6-7 full cord per year (18-21 face cord).

Now I have a 3 point mount splitter with a pto driven pump.

 

[cantoo]

Zero for me. But I did build a prototype of the Zogger 1000 one time but I have no intention of using it.
I have at least 6 hydraulic splitters, I buy and sell them as a hobby.

 

[Ryan'smilling]

I did 10-15 a year for a few years with my gransfors bruks splitting mail. I don't miss it much.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

None. I don't even own an ax.

 

[Mustang71]

Up to 4 cord a year. The wood shed is 11x8 then I stack about 5 feet high. Gotta keep that thing full and have a small stack in the garage to start the season. Mainly use a fiskars x27 accompanied by a wedge and 10 lb sledge.

I think splitting is less work and easier than cutting down trees and transporting them back to the house.

 

[svk]

Slacking this year, have done about 12 cords by hand

 

[sirbuildalot]

Zero for me. Not enough time to split by hand.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Axes are for chopping, mauls are for splitting. Split 20-30 face cord a year for 20+ years, went to a log splitter 4 years ago. Still use a maul and wedges to break up large rounds.

 

[svk]

Axes are for chopping, mauls are for splitting. Split 20-30 face cord a year for 20+ years, went to a log splitter 4 years ago. Still use a maul and wedges to break up large rounds.

Most of what I split is with splitting axe; X25, X27, and Husky S2800

 

[Marley5]

My track consists of mainly white oak so use splitter.
I occasionally find a red oak and take a maul to it.
When I was young, a hydraulic splitter held me up to much.

 

[Mustang71]

I have a lot of ash so splitting is easy. I dont think I'd want to chop with an x27. That's a splitting axe. I dont use the maul anymore between the x27 and a wedge I dont need a maul.

 

[U&A]

Axes are for chopping, mauls are for splitting. Split 20-30 face cord a year for 20+ years, went to a log splitter 4 years ago. Still use a maul and wedges to break up large rounds.

Yeah I’m going to have to disagree there’s lots of splitting axes at the stores.

I would MUCH rather swing my X27 all day than a maul.

Hell, last Saturday i split almost a cord of black locust and cherry with my X27 to get my holz hausen started.



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[Jere39]

All of it - between 12 and 16 cord a year depending on the weather.



Is it cheating if I split all straight grained Red Oak? 90% with the Fiskars, but an old re-handled hardware store maul if anything gets stubborn, or is too big to lift off the ground.

 

[Mustang71]

All of it - between 12 and 16 cord a year depending on the weather.

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Is it cheating if I split all straight grained Red Oak? 90% with the Fiskars, but an old re-handled hardware store maul if anything gets stubborn, or is too big to lift off the ground.

I would like to think that hand splitting straight grained wood is a pretty comparable speed as to running it through a splitter that I could buy at tractor supply. I dont know for sure, but the swing of an axe seems quicker than cheap splitter.

 

[JeffHK454]

None..nada..zero.

If I had to use a axe for anything other than cutting the occasional root I’d quit burning wood..

 

[LondonNeil]

I'm in the 'all of it' camp too, although for me its only about 4.5 cord, split darn small though for a small stove.

 

[stihlaficionado]

2-3 cord w/ the X27
Burr oak, red oak, ash, tulip, honey locust, maple varieties

Am thinking of getting a Fiskar's 8 lb maul for the 5 % of stuff that the X27 has trouble with.

 

[crowbuster]

2-4 cord for me. bad shoulder and all. Hope I still can after I recoup.