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expired Posted by tunabreath • Jan 23, 2024
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If you are only splitting dry, seasoned soft woods, you probably dont need to buy a splitter.
However, anyone working with hardwoods (especially green wood that you need to split and dry for next season) will run into issues. Any really hard species, or overly "stringy" wood are going to slow down someone using a maul and wear them out.
I have three houses that need wood (my whole family owns property next to eachother), so I am not about to try and split 10+ cords of oak and madrone by hand. Plus, with a splitter you can have pretty much anyone run it with you. I cant hand my mom or dad my splitting maul while I take a break.
I, personally, can out split a mechanical splitter for about 1/4 of a cord of (dry) oak with my maul. Anything more than that I am now slower, more exhausted, and sore than doing it with the splitter.
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My wood heats me three times - hauling, splitting, burning.
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My wood heats me three times - hauling, splitting, burning.
If you are only splitting dry, seasoned soft woods, you probably dont need to buy a splitter.
However, anyone working with hardwoods (especially green wood that you need to split and dry for next season) will run into issues. Any really hard species, or overly "stringy" wood are going to slow down someone using a maul and wear them out.
I have three houses that need wood (my whole family owns property next to eachother), so I am not about to try and split 10+ cords of oak and madrone by hand. Plus, with a splitter you can have pretty much anyone run it with you. I cant hand my mom or dad my splitting maul while I take a break.
I, personally, can out split a mechanical splitter for about 1/4 of a cord of (dry) oak with my maul. Anything more than that I am now slower, more exhausted, and sore than doing it with the splitter.
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If you are only splitting dry, seasoned soft woods, you probably dont need to buy a splitter.
However, anyone working with hardwoods (especially green wood that you need to split and dry for next season) will run into issues. Any really hard species, or overly "stringy" wood are going to slow down someone using a maul and wear them out.
I have three houses that need wood (my whole family owns property next to eachother), so I am not about to try and split 10+ cords of oak and madrone by hand. Plus, with a splitter you can have pretty much anyone run it with you. I cant hand my mom or dad my splitting maul while I take a break.
I, personally, can out split a mechanical splitter for about 1/4 of a cord of (dry) oak with my maul. Anything more than that I am now slower, more exhausted, and sore than doing it with the splitter.
I guess when it is time for a mechanical splitter I will get one of those geared ones rather than hydraulic - for the softer woods we have here I think it will do fine.
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I guess when it is time for a mechanical splitter I will get one of those geared ones rather than hydraulic - for the softer woods we have here I think it will do fine.
If I was in your position, I would probably be doing the same.
If you are using a splitting axe (middle ground between a maul and an axe) id recommend checking out a dedicated 8-12lb splitting maul. That extra head weight makes a huge difference.
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