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All wood does this to a certain degree . Try some 5 year old eucalyptus with an axe .....What a hoot ! :biggrin:

Know what you mean, we cut down a eucalyptus many years ago and as you say doesn't get easier with keeping. We had a bit left that we used wedges on in the end.

It was the muzzle velocity of this ash that surprised me. You wouldn't want to be in front of it. Other pieces I split after a couple of years and they were very easy. Amazing difference.

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I've just been splitting some 6 to 12 inch ash that has been in the back of my shed for a few years. Almost all needs the full 8 tonne of my splitter, then it goes off like a gun. I kept these rounds intact for ease of handling but I'm having a rethink on that.

Is it the sap hardening doing this?

 

No but as the timber dries it becomes brittle.

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