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> Set your rounds on top of the biggest round you can find when splitting. That's fine advice for someone who wants to burn a campfire for a night. I heat with
by bregma 5y ago
> Set your rounds on top of the biggest round you can find when splitting.
That's fine advice for someone who wants to burn a campfire for a night. I heat with wood in remote Canada and I estimate I split somewhere between 600 and 800 bucks for a season's supply of firewood. If I had to lift each one of those into the air and balance it (if possible, and it's often not possible) on another piece of wood I'd never get enough split to warm me the whole winter while my back recovers.
I just tip the buck up on the ground and use a dull maul because I don't have time to baby the edge of an axe. Mostly these days I just use a hydraulic splitter because I'm old and grumpy especially when I'm as behind in getting my wood in as I always seem to be.
- KineticLensman 5y agoI also use a manual hydraulic splitter as I never developed axe skills when young. It works fine for most sections of trunk and gives a nice upper-body workout. If I load it with two sections of trunk the rearmost one significantly reduces the distance I need to move the ram before the section at the front makes contact with the splitter.
- jcims 5y agoYou'll get no argument from me about using a hydraulic splitter. Around my property there are a few species (I don't know which) that are quicker to split by hand. Anything that I have to sit there and smack on gets the ram. I burn 3-4 cords per year but mostly to keep from going broke on propane. >especially when I'm as behind in getting my wood in as I always seem to be. I'm convinced anybody that isn't behind on getting firewood for the season has too much time on their hands. xD