Split this!
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Well I'm thinking about getting a new splitting maul, I have a splitter that I built myself, but it's horizontal only, and a lot of times, the rounds are to heavy to lift up into the splitter! I thought about making the splitter vertical also when I was in the planning stage, but I rented one of those once and almost wiped my back out trying to get the rounds under the splitter!! I also looked into one of those lifting set ups that utilize the hydraulic cylinder, but that seems to be a lot more cost. What I do now is cross cut the round with my chainsaw (Husquvarna 55 Rancher) About 2 inches deep, then use my wedge and the maul to work it into manageable sizes. I don't mind using the maul, I split wood by hand for many years and I like the exercise! I'm the around about style swinger, I use an 8lb with fiberglass handle now. I thought about one of those 12lb red ones with the pie shaped head, but at 52 years old, I'm thinking that may be a bit heavy. I have seen some postings on this site about Fiskars, do they have a shortened handle with an extremely sharp edge? My buddy gave me a gift certificate to Home Depot for my BD, but I couldn't find anything there that struck my fancy. I thought if I wanted some ideas, this would be the place to find some, lots of great info. on this site, so let me know what your opinions are. Thanks