i have to praise you all who split wood

[geoff]

I used to have this large animal/machine to split my logs, he was kind of awkward & pug ugly to boot, but my god he could make a pile of firewood quicker than than a bat fart, god bless him!

 

 

 

 

Felix The Chopper!

[Mull]

Rather than letting go the maul handle then picking up a another hammer have you tried throwing the maul back into the air (with log attached) and at the top of the swing, invert the maul so that it comes back down on to the splitting block with the unsplit log on the top - they generally explode!

 

Apologies if I am giving lessons on eggsucking but we never have to hit a maul with a separate hammer

 

cheers

mac

(who is also over 51!!)

 

 

👍. A top tip that muldonach, been using it for a number of years now. Never use a hammer, and if log doesn't split it always comes of the maul so never gets stuck in log.

[difflock]

Cept I just lift and swing the stuck Axe and attatched block and smack it back down the normal right/ way up way.

Try once flat bottomed and centred, if that does not succeed, the next time striking with the front or rear lower face of the block to dislodge the Axe.

Never yet failed, or indeed ever broke an Axe shaft either.

Never invested in or used a Maul either.

Before I bought the hydraulic splitter btw.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Mind reader! Ditto the above to the letter! Quite fancy a compact tractor with front loader as its smaller and bucket capacity isn't too important. Assume tracked machine would carve the ground up too much...

 

Late for work pick up here latter.