Yep, Somebodys gotta keep your puter going so you can stay on AS.lolHoping for a fiskars today when the inlaws come for dinner. My BIL laughed at me for wanting it. He's a computer geek. Need them too in this world I guess.
LT...
Yep, Somebodys gotta keep your puter going so you can stay on AS.lolHoping for a fiskars today when the inlaws come for dinner. My BIL laughed at me for wanting it. He's a computer geek. Need them too in this world I guess.
LT...
Going back to colonial / 19th / early 20th century New England, it was common to rotate pastures and woodlots. A brushy pasture would be left to grow into a woodlot. When it got to be dominated by trees about 4" in diameter they'd clear the woodlot and let the cows back in as pasture, till it started to brush in again. 4" being a good size for one man to handle 8' lengths by himself and easy to saw, and no splitting needed -- just saw into shorter pieces after they were sledded out of the woods. They weren't dummies
You guys think $70.00 is too much for a maul?
I had and used a chopper 1. Way to much work prying it out of what it wouldn't split and the wood would fly dangerously apart if the levers did reach it. Better collectors piece or scrap in my opinion.I'd say spend the money on the fiskars splitting axe.
Those mechanicals mauls work okay but the whole moving parts on a tool meant to be swung, repeatedly and at high velocity, at other things, is just not a good idea. I don't know about the specific brand but my dad bought a "mechanical maul" when I was a kid and it didn't hold up for a month before the levers stopped functioning properly and to make matters worse it wasn't even as good as our hardware store maul without them.
Most of my wood this year was red oak so a splitter didn't stand a chance. If I ran into a crotch or something knarly I just toss it to the side and keep on truckin'. John Henry I ain't (though he is my hero) but in my situation a splitter doesn't stand a chance.
I use the Fiskars super splitting axe, with only a 4.5lb head. I've split all but the toughest elm with it. I can't figure out why they make the handle so short on the thing. 3 more inches and it would be just right. If I'm splitting by hand, I usually cut my hardwood rounds shorter, say 15" or so. I'm sold on lighter heads that are well designed. I've used a Sotz monster maul years back, and one, I forget who made it, that had two cantilevered inserts that caught the edges on the way through and popped out the sides, lever action, to increase wedge force, that crazy contraption actually worked well, but I never used it long enough to ascertain longevity. The fact that it never stayed on the market says alot.
Wish I could find another one:
TS
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