Explanation of how I use splitting Wedges..
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2022
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Equipment/Tools is am currently using
Fiskars Splitting Axe & a Monster Maul
27ton champion log splitter
Sthil MS461 Chainsaw
1997 Ford F250 HD
Home-built Trailer based off of a 1990 Ford F250
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When i am struggling, I am reminded of your rounds. You have possibly the toughest wood to split I have ever seen or split myself.
Thanks Tim.. I tend to think every region has there wood that is tough to split down and some are just harder than others..
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Great vid I was puffing watching you swing.. 👍👍🇮🇪
Thank you., yeah splitting wood csn definitely be a workout but a good workout for the body and soul..
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Good morning Daniel, You Brought back memories for me, I always used a chopping block though, Take Care and Stay Safe 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
I started out with chopped blocks but I started to get lazy and started chopping them up too..
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It’s always good to get new customers. The wedge worked great after you figured out where to start with the cracks. Talk to you later.
Yes it is and each one is unique to there needs..
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That video wore me out Daniel. 🤣 I’ve been looking for some of those metal wedges. I want the old ones like we used when I was a kid. I was using one of my Whackin special axes to split 30”red oak rounds in quarters today! Much easier to split than that Douglas fur. Well done Daniel👍🏻👍🏻🍻
Yeah good luck finding old wedges.. I have gone through a few as I just beat them into smithereens..
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Good morning from Piqua Ohio. I just put a new motor and hydraulic pump and a 5 gallon hydraulic reservoir. I have my sledgehammers wedges. We have different kind of wood here in Ohio.
That's is ok.. Some wood is just harder than others to brake down..
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And when the new splitter arrives we will see the axes up for sale 😃😃. You swung that fiskars maul 16 times without a rest, it’s a real lump, but you didn’t stop, well done. I call it farm fit, who needs a gym.
LoL.. I,will,be keeping them as I will still need them when I go clear out backyards from tree removals..
Thw Fiskars maul is ok just seems a little flimsy to me.. Oh well. I have ir now and may as well use it..
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Hi Daniel!!😀😀
That second block you split was definitely a stringie one. They are definitely no fun to split.
Take care my friend!!😀😀
Logger Al
Yes sir.. Urban trees can grow up to,be twisted stuff and this one was a good example of that compaired to in the forest..
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The wood on the butts is really tough. I like to go around the take chunks off the sap wood on pieces like that. The leaking sap was a clue of why that tree was removed - nice to have a weak spot to start from.
Yes this tree had a lot of wind damage. Oh well makes great firewood to me.
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I use splitting wedges once in a while because I’m not strong enough to use an axe. The wood also has to have a decent crack that I can work with. 🤣 we usually use a homemade splitter that uses the tractor hydraulics. Good demonstration Daniel!! 😃
That's why I use the maul to get a spot started for the wedges..
Hydraulics have definitely helped in taking care or the wood we couldn't do with the basics.
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Good info and demo. Thanks Der Guy.
Thanks, Joseph. Hopefully it made sense as some things make sence in my head but when I am explaining it not so much..
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Way to go Daniel! I tried your way last week with some hard maple 23 inches across. A few went well but in the end I noodled lol. A few I had to noodle all the way because I chose to not cut a knot lol. Mother Nature just laughed at me and my maul. I did have a lot of fun swinging like you in beast mode lol. Have a great day!
See I was even on time today too..🤣🤣
Maple can be a bigger to split up but much easier with hydraulics..
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Good video Daniel. There is definitely a method that works for breaking down the big rounds and you did a good job of showing some tricks to the trade.
Just like building engines there is more than one way to do things as long as it runs correctly at the end of the day who cares..
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That’s how it done ☑️. That second fresher piece had some twist inside the grain ,..”Knot easy” ,, 🤣🤣🪓 . Nice work take care Daniel
Yes it was definitely twisted.. But the wedges snd splitter dont care and got them down to size.
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Freaking impressive man. Holy smokes.
Thank you Mike.. This is a great tool to have especially when your teenage daughter is doing something to,drive you crazy.. The woodyard, Makes for a great reset..
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Great vid Dan. U have an army of splitting. Ur a beast man 👍🏽
Thanks Max.. When I started I was splitting evening by hand not it is a combination..
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Daniel thanks for the great demo. I’ve got a few steel wedges and have used them but they sure are a lot of work. I’m sure you’re chomping at the bit to get your new splitter. Once you get it You’ll have so much free time you won’t know what to do with your self 😂
Your welcome.. Yes I am getting excited.. Even more exciting when I send Wolfe Ridge money orders it will be worth it when it arrives..
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Very good demonstration my friend! Wedges are worth their weight in GOLD!!! Especially with monster twisted knotty fir blocks! I always go straight to the wedge in big wood to at least get them in half then split with the axe… another thing I always do is stand perpendicularly the cutting edge of the wedge I’ve had them shoot out at me and straight away… so I always start out slow until I know they are in there good haha I’ve busted teeth out with a felling wedge so I am a bit gun shy of wedges lol
Thank you. I was worried a little that I didn't explain it well enough as I tend to think of the person that doesn't know and is just learning..
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@@DanielAtkinsFirewood oh no it was a get video everyone does it different just telling my horror story haha it hurt a bit
@@mountainlifewithdavidkelsie : so far out in the woodyard I have gotten pinched fingers and toes.. Now automotive repair I have all kinds of stories and small self sacrifices..
So in a way I can relate and see how things can happen quickly..
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood haha oh yeah man
Hey Daniel just got home from work and l tuned in to see you punishing some Douglas Fir very nice lesson l now see why you use those wedges .once you get the rounds started you like to observe the pain you have inflicted on that boor soft wood.l was watching you closely as you listened and observed the crack open across the round you got some satisfaction from your success . Very Interesting Mr DA. Nice follow up to yesterday . TTYLCLIFF
I am doing this a lot when I am on job site as there is usually no power equipment to load rounds into the truth for me.. Since I am at a desk for my day job this works great to get exercise and getting the heart rate up at the end of the day..
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That's a nice splitting maul. Use a sledge hammer to drive wedges instead. Sledges are cheap and made for that sort of work. Try one that is 12 to 14 pounds. You're a big lad and will have no trouble working that sort of weight. Keep the maul for splitting.
I have a 13 pound mobster maul that I still use it just wares me out quickly.. It will be back in another video soon.
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Good skills
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My Grandfather had a bunch of those old metal wedges. You are gonna love the log lift on your new splitter!!
They are still useful if you ever beed one.. The log lift will definitely be handy when it arrives..
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Nice job. Actually just finished doing the same. Got a load of Tree Service wood. A few huge rounds in it. Straight grain Oak mostly. Two wedges and two mauls. Got three of them quartered. Got one more for tomorrow. Average 15"-17" high and around 3 1/2 feet in diameter. Gonna get some nice firewood pieces!
Oak is definitely not easy to split by hand. In fact oak is what gor me introduce to hydraulics. Ans I have been getting more and more wood every year
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Oak is most assuredly not easy BUT my firewood customers continue to return because they love it.
@@jamespeterson9159 : thats great you have return customers.. I have a few and most dont have a way in hauling it..
Crazy man
Thank you.. Some times just swinging a maul gets the job done..
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Amazing how much the wedge helps on the first one. Never used them or should I say Dad never had them always used a splitter and only used a maul once I awhile.
Old technology compaired to the 48c of the Eastonmade processor you run.. But thats ok you do way more firewood than a lot of us smaller guys combined..
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@@DanielAtkinsFirewood it keeps you in better shape then me haha. I should probably swing a axe more.
Where you in Oregon on I5?
That second round looks like a gnarly pine like I have been into. Those fresh cut monster pine rounds are a chore to split.
My Beachie Creek Fire friend has about 80 more trees cut down. I went up and took a look. He has a huge diameter and long Cottonwood. No way am I attempting that one. But he has beaucoup amounts of wood. He is selling some as pulp wood to a mill, but he doesn't get much for it. He wants to sell that huge Cottonwood as pulp wood too.
Wasn't me.. I never left Pierce County today..
The bigger the rounds the more of the challenge it is to handle, however you get lots of wood out of the bigger stuff..
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Nice demonstration Daniel, I was looking at the rings on those rounds and realized how fast those trees grow. Those trees you just split weren't all that old. The last one I counted the rings and it was only 30 years old. Thanks for the video my friend.
Thank you was hoping it would make sense as I was editing. Some times things make sence in our heads compaired to reality..
The 2nd round that tree was in some guys back yard and my son counted about 35 rings as well so nice catch.
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Yes, but the tree is 210 years old in Dog Years. :)
That tree is 210 years old in Dog Years. heheheheh
Long time since I used a metal wedge to split wood
Definitely can be a struggle at times, that I think must of us are up for the challenge..
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I love wedges for big stuff. I am actually suprised you don't use the isocore maul more.
I just got this maul a few months ago. I am,still getting used to it as it just feels a little flimsy to me.. But it gets the job done so can't complain there.
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If the round is big enough I still split it on the ground befor putting it on the Wolfe Ridge
Nothing wrong there.. Wouldn't want it to fall off and you get hurt..
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I've gone into logging slashes and found many of the hinge pieces that the loggers often cut off and leave behind when trimming logs for the truck. They are just like this piece with the hinge the feller made on it to control the tree as it comes down. Other times, I've cut the same piece off the stump when the stump is a few feet high. It's all firewood and it burns the same even though they are more work. Nice splitting action, Dan. Yes, I remember the BIG RED MAUL you started off with. I have a question: where do you get the Emogies (funny faces, etc.) that you leave in your comments? I don't seem to have that option?? Stay safe, watch your back and be good. Ok. Ok, stay safe and watch your back (two out of three 'aint bad).LOL
The emojis are pre-programed on my phone and that is where I get them. When I am on a PC I dont have them, if I do I have no idea where they are..
Is it just me ir the but end of a fir logs is the toughest part of the whole tree to split??
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood The base of the tree can be hard to split--so many twists and turns.
Where you located. I live on alder lake
I am just west of Graham..
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood a friend from Ohio turned me onto you. I moved out here a few years ago and always cut wood in Ohio and I am getting back into it. Your videos are informative with the different tree species compared to Ohio. Keep um coming.
@@crazysanor : will first off thank you for watching and checking out my channel.
The one neat thing I see with CZcams is every region has something different, and different ways and showing how to process it down
Why don't you tilt the log splitter up n halfit
In this case I find it a challenge to move the larger rounds when they hit the ground and tough to move around.. The 2nd round would have been easier to do with hydraulics..
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