Splitting FIREWOOD with a JACKHAMMER - Can it be Done???
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- Wood Hound Senior had an idea for an alternative option for splitting a large round into more manageable pieces. Instead of using a maul and/or splitting wedge he thought perhaps his jackhammer would do the trick.
So we gave it a try in this video....enjoy.
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That’s how I used to do the big rounds before I got my wolf ridge . But I would take a 3-4 inch log and make a wood wedge. Once I opened it up with the steel I’d drive the wood one in . Great video as usual. I’m catching up on the ones I missed. Thanks for sharing!
A thumbs up for the effort. It's always good to try new ideas for old chores and find out what doesn't work and what might be a big improvement. Good video.
Ran a jack hammer alot and never thought of splitting wood with one. Like the inovative thought. Give woodhound Sr big 👍for that
Love seeing WoodHound Sr. On the job💪🏻. We get to see wisdom in action, some Vintage Steel as well as a Vintage STIHL! 👍🏻👌🏼Blessings WoodHounds!
That's right brother....lots of vintage going on up in here with that vid...lol
My brother and I tried the same thing with a jack hammer about twice that size with the same results. And we used a very wicked looking chisel that I had fabricated just for splitting wood.
We did it for the same reason as the two of you did it. We could NOT believe how well it DID NOT WORK. LOL
Good idea , you never know till you try . Much respect for your father .
Loving the sound of that vintage Stihl! What a great demonstration of different techniques of splitting the big ones. Thanks for this fun video.
I've used the wedge and sledge technique myself. Always with ear protection.
I love the deeping tone of the wood wedge as it continues through the split...the wood sounds deeper and deeper until it is finished!
I’m 76 and enjoy trying new ideas. I now know one more thing that does not work. I enjoyed your video.
I loved this video! Always keep thinking. It might have worked if you had a bigger jack hammer but they are also really heavy. Trust me on that. I have one. I just recently had some really big hickory rounds that I couldn't pick up. I just went right for the saw. I'm not a purist. I just get the wood split and move on. Try this though to make it easier. Cut across the edge from one face to the other (longways). Then put your wedge in and do the wedge and sledge or hit it with the maul. The saw cuts a lot easier in this direction and it makes a lot of cool noodles. Have fun! Thanks for all the cool videos. They make my day!
Thanks...glad you enjoyed and thanks for the feedback/tip. I'm thinking the rest of those big rounds the Wolfe Ridge will tackle once I take her on a little road trip down to the farm for a day or 2.
Hey guys fun video. Both of you are ready for the big screen. Come on guys Senior's dad Norman would have you wedging off 2 inch slabs in from the bark first. Every old codger I knew would take it in from the bark a coupe- three inches first. I sure am glad to see the wedges. Not everybody has a splitter or wants one for a few cords per year.
What didn't make the edit was me trying to do just that...lol, didn't work much better...that was one tough old round. One way or another we got 'er done tho.
@@Back40Firewood Good man there. I'll give a cone shaped wedge to Senior for you guys to test. I kinda like it.
Now after looking at the video again, I see you did take a slab off the side. Like you said some blocks are just miserable. A little chain saw magic usually works wonders.
I would have bet that it would have worked. Oh well, good try - back to the maul and wedges. Oh and good to see Woodhound Senior in action.
You boys deserve a wood splitter...I'm only 43 and my dad started me super young In the woodpile...that's why I need one...I been wedge splitting for years.
you guys are hilarious
we had a few cords of oak fall on the property when i was a kid. My grandpa showed my brother and i where the sledges and mauls were, we whacked at those things all summer long
Sort of glad the jackhammer thing didn't work out.. I tried that a few years back & failed haha.. Great seeing you 'playing out' with your dad.. mine passed many years ago now but I still miss the good laugh we had doing the chores.
I just love that saw. Need to have that saw on here more often 😉👍
It does have a nice 'growl' when she starts up.
Having a little fun did you say? Lol. Those are some big pieces to work on. Godspeed boys.
Man I share the same passion & your right , never enough is the common thread ... Glad I ran across ya man & wish you & your family the best
Glad ya ran across the Back 40 Firewood channel as well...hope to see ya around again. Thanks for watching.
That was awesome back40! Always fun seeing woodhound senior out and about! I would have thought that jack hammer would have cracked right through them rounds! Learn something new everyday 👍🏻 you both weren’t letting them rounds defeat you tho 💪🏻 nothing like father and son team. Keep up the great work my friend! Congrats on 4000 subs too!!🎉🎊
Hey WoodGuy jackhammer idea sounded good but not so hot thanks for the comment the SR.
Yo dude...thanks. Yeah that Midwest Oak doesn't fall apart too easy like that East Coast Ash! hahahaha
The jackhammer bit is blunt because it's meant for concrete. If you can get a sharper chisel bit meant for wood, the jackhammer will work wonders.
Still do it the old school way, it's so much more satisfying to split by hand (plus it keeps me in shape while I'm at school). Great content, keep up the good work
Hey Mike, I had never really split much by hand until a few months ago and after I started the channel...I will say it is satisfying, to a point. However, I also enjoy running the Wolfe Ridge splitter....lol
@@Back40Firewood next time use a Howitzer on it
Thanks Dan
Fun video
Nice try though 👍
Have a great week!!
Yeah, just didn't work, thought it'd get a decent crack outta it. Still got it split tho...lol
😆 this was a great idea! I was surprised that it didn’t get in farther. A way for splitting big rounds like that that has been successful for me and the only other person on CZcams I seen do it is buckin billy, is to go around the perimeter “shaking” off pieces with a splitting maul or axle until a smaller diameter is left in the middle. From there I can usually make center hits and it will pop apart. There’s just too much mass and tension to try splitting in half right from the start.
Yeah that big old round was just too tough. I gave it a few swings with teh maul & the fiskars and nothing...just bounced off...lol
The rest of them the Wolfe Ridge will eat up, unless Senior gets antsy and has to start splitting one of these days...haha
I did that too with three-foot-diameter rounds-I nibbled them down. I cut trenches for the wedge first, too.
Billy is splitting that west coast wood. Straight grain and pops apart nicely. And they are splitting into small pieces.
Bigger pieces hold a fire longer and this harder than most of what Billy deals with.
I just use my fiskars splitting axe. I can usually split an oak that size in half in about 2-5 swings. The trick is you have to get that axe out as far in front of you as possible for maximum power as well as hitting the wood in more than 1 spot across the line you want to split.
Believe me it would not work on that piece from video, you have some pieces that the axe just jump out. I use as well the chainsaw to start the crack, then hummer out.
Takhle taky štípu dřevo doma, železný klíny a kladivo, ještě si beru na pomoc ocelové tyče... Dávám like.
Used to use a wedge and a maul back in the 60's in Rhinelander.
I used to notch the big ones with the chainsaw, in the same way, and use a heavy triangle shaped maul, called a Monster Maul, weighs 20 or more pounds, and bust them up in one swing.
Yup, those big heavy ass mauls break bigger wood than people realize is possible by hand. If you put it in the hands of a 350lber + man it can really crack some stumps apart.
Love the ole monster maul , medal handle , indestructible!!
Learning physics of wood splitting in the Wood Yard! ha ha After years of splitting large rounds with wedges and a maul, I finally bought Harbor Freights 10 ton manual wood splitter. Roll the round up on it, ski handle action, pretty quick POP and you got it in half. If still too big to lift, repeat with one half, then the other....then ready to go to my HF 6 ton electric to finish out. As Sr. Woodhound will attest, as you get older, you like to work smarter, not harder! LOL
Great video! Gotta try new things and now you know..
It’s amazing you two haven’t frozen to death.
It’s been years since I split a lot of wood- but back then if I had a straight grain log such as those rounds came from I would 1/2 or quarter the log before bucking it to stove lengths. You might need 1/2 dozen wedges, but start on one end with a wedge, drive the next one further up the log, the next one and the the next one... you end up swinging the sledge less in the long run and can buck with a smaller saw. Oh you need an axe too, to cleave some of the fibers within the split.
Great video when I read the title of the video I couldn’t wait to watch it, I thought it would work better than a did. I bet this video will get a lot of views.
Thanks Tim....yeah I thought it would make more of a crack than it did. Was a big old tough round I tell ya.
WOODPECKERS I have to give ya a "A" for the thought and trying 👍
I have 10 huge rounds of maple ranging from 40''-60'' across.
They are cut 16'' in length.
You gave me a few ideas.
Cut them a few inches deep with my saw and finish with a wedge.
That might just work, maybe. :)
Really interesting watching them load the Tractor then the Pick up ! Going to save the rest for later
I put my log splitter verticle when splitting the big ones
I have used a jackhammer to split rounds but I worked around the circumference slitting with the grain and not across the grain. It's the exact same method you use with a block splitter hammer or the wedge that was used. its much easier to split with the grain than across it
Thanks, and keep trying to think up new ideas.
Thought that jackhammer was going to be the ticket. Very surprising that thing can go through concrete but not really put a dent in that round. I did a little experiment of my own last weekend vid should be up Friday morning. Keep up the great work my friend.
Uh-ohhh, you didn't open a can of Lite with a jackhammer did ya?? hahahaha Yeah I thought it was at least gonna make a slight crack.
I think the reason is that concrete is more brittle than wood. The log absorbs the energy and just gets warm. The concrete undergoes impact failure. This is why wood framed buildings withstand an earthquake much better than concrete buildings. The wood deflects and springs back. The concrete fractures.
Se echa de menos algún vídeo con tu padre ... Recuerdo uno sacando pinos del monte
I was splitting wood and I have a jackhammer I didnt try it but I thought it would split wood. Another thing my uncle gave me the same model stihl like you guys have. Henry Ford said firewood heats you twice, it sure does even if you have a log splitter.
OK! THAT IS NOT A JACK HAMMER!
I realize there's a big difference in solid wood and palm wood, but I just had to remove four palm tree stumps that were cut almost flush to the ground. Almost impossible to dig out because of the many roots and they were on a terrace without much room to work let alone get a stump grinder up there. I took my sawzall around the perimeter roots then took my jackhammer to it like I was slicing a pie. Was dreading removing these until I came up with the idea. Just thought I'd pass that along. I'd try a spike bit on that jackhammer with that solid wood.
"South Carolina designated the sabal palmetto (Inodes Palmetto) as the official state tree in 1939. The palmetto symbolizes the defeat of the British fleet at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island. The fort was constructed of palmetto logs which were able to absorb the impact of cannon balls."
Other woods would shatter and splinter. But cannon balls bounced off the Palm.
Not all wood is the same. B-)
I had thought the power chisel would work, but. They are designed for short throw impact. Targeting hard, items like concrete or metal. Log splitting seems to need a longer throw and push, opposed to sharp crack. But the longer throw isn't good for the initial entry. It seems that an axe bite to start, followed by successive sledge and wedge would be the right mix.
Heavy but narrow axe to start. But a relatively light weight wedges would seem to pass more energy into the split. Maybe titanium.
It seems you have electric power so you could rig up a trip hammer splitter. A motor keeps lifting a weight to a specific height, then you trip it when log and blade are in position. Mini pile driver.
I'd take a hydraulic splitter and stand in vertically. Replace the hydraulics with a mini pile driver. After each successful crack, the weighted head would be pulled back up to height in the time it would take to reposition the log for the next whack.
I wondered if the jackhammer was going to work.. too bad. Thanks for trying even though it didn’t work 👍
I had my doubts on the jack hammer, it's not wide enough would of just got buried. I don't have a jh or I may have tried too.
I really thought the sledgehammer was going to get realy stuck. Nope .didnt even faze the big round.your dad is the best.
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Thanks for doing this. I was going to try and use a Jackhammer to split a stump...but looks like it won't work.
Hard to believe now but I got by with a sledge and wedge until about age 65. good exercise....on the big hard wood.
Shifty McWedge Splitter ! Awesome
I’m 71. Been cutting and splitting wood my whole life. Always looking for a better way. Still found that maul, sledge, and wedges are still the best. The really ugly gnarly stuff I throw to the side, and when finished, I’ll rent a big splitter from sunbelt.
I know someone with a tree service company and they have a spiral cone drill thingy on there skid steer for big unmanageable stuff
When they're big and gnarly, I use the chainsaw also but I just keep going. I try to go right through the worst knot(s) so it makes better looking firewood and I have fewer un-stackable odds when I split the rest. Oh, and I thought the jackhammer would do better than it did but still not the best; I thought it would penetrate and make a crack but not split it apart very well.
That's what I thought it would do as well...at least get a crack or open that check crack up a bit.
Did you ever use a black gunpowder splitter it's like the fuse and run take care God bless
If you don't want to use an ax or maul, get a spliter that will go vertical!
O man, I have the same situation. About 80m3 diameter 80-1000mm, 3 feed, I am looking to buy a cone splitter for my 45 micro tractor, but not sure how it will work
My different idea. My firebox is 10 high and 18 wide so most wood gets cut 18 . However ,splitters have a way of getting people to pick up things that should not be. My challenging wood ( elm ,hedge and hornbeam ) get chainsawed to 10 inch to burn vertically. Much easier to crack. My firewood secret for ancient hands , a set of ice tongs with a top strap.
Glanced at the title and thought ''goodie, another rassling vidja!!'' Good stuff! Next video, ''How to Fix Sledge Handle''?
lol....I think that was Goldberg's finishing move, the Jackhammer! hahaha...
Yeah that sledge needs a little work.
Very good fire woods give warm many Times
That killed my curiosity.
I find the wood grenade style wedge really effective two taps with a lump hammer it usually stays put, then you can drive it with a sledge.
I've been using a similar tool for years, I got a 45 ton log splitter now. I could probably split those rounds in half going against the grain lol
@@johndowe7003 I only have a 70kg log splitter fuel consumption is good though only 2 beers an hour.
@@thomasd9424 lol it probably ha s a lot of.down time And maintenance 😂
@@thomasd9424
Does your wife know about her?
Hey "Woodhound SR." just give a call 😁 I'll bring Splitzilla with the crane and we can take care of those rounds.
Great father/son time doin' it the old school way.
That old school way was fun....for one round....lol...the rest of em are gonna get fed to the Wolfe Ridge...hahaha
Nice old school video
Also we were talking about moving a large log with a truck. Buckin Billy Ray showed his method in a recent video to do that. This is something I have done before and it works well. I don't do videos so the best I can do is show you things that work for me that someone else does also.
Nice
Was really hoping the jackhammer was going to work. Does Sr’s splitter go vertical?
Bill yes but those rounds are heavy and with my bad knees I can't wrestle them around know we now the jack-h won't work Thanks for the rerply
I found that starting both wedges and switching from one to another to get the split started.
Madmen Agree
I’m gonna use that to Cut the Roots of Tree Stumps !!
I used wedges and a maul in the sixties in Idaho.
laying the chunk on its side and cutting works well, much simpler than using a wedge. two cuts and you have 4 pieces.
Lol that was worth a shot
That's some pretty tough wood. What kind of tree?
yes you are really nice people
It’s hard to come up with new firewood video ideas, this is definitely an original one.
When Wood Hound Senior told me it I was thinking it would end up working better than it did...oh well, was still worth the try I guess.
@@Back40Firewood Hopefully, this will keep some other woodhound from wasting his time trying it that way! HA HA
Neat idea on the jackhammer.. Bummer it didn't work.
One of the wood jobs I did a few years ago the owner took his cat backho and split a few rounds with it..
I was thinking it would at least crack it a little...lol, a backhoe...that had to have worked a little better.
Me and my brothers&father spent many times sledging and wedging large rounds in the day.good afternoon to you men.later dude.
I welded a wedge on a pipe and tried a post driver. Worked fair but in the end I went back to an axe
When I’m forced to use wedge I usually cut a slot with saw to get the wedge started
Kind of like how Back40SR just did.
I've had several of my aged compatriots suffer heart attacks hunting.. Wonder what the numbers look like on firewood splitting. My day of swinging a maul are over.. Looking at wood splitters today.. saw this.. Take care fellas..
Yeah I gave up on mauls, well....never really used mauls to be honest...hahahahaha. The Jackhammer here was just for demonstration purposes. Not sure what type of splitter you're looking for, but check out Wolfe Ridge. I have it in several of my other videos. 😀👍🍻
Try a 90 Lb Ingersoll Rand
Jack hammer
W//wide breaker, should work
Takes plenty of air though
The cam lobe on the jack hammer would need to be made steeper to give it courser and heavier beats.
Maybe you could use the chain saw to cut a groove across the top and put the wedges in across the top then use the jack hammer to drive the wedges in.
That was one tough piece of wood
You need to be Hercules using this technique.
Its 2020 close to 2021
Its like this nowadays, the big logs can be sold as design tables. So less work more money. Now you can buy dry cut wood with delivery.
;) .
If the jackhammer has a blunt attachment, you should try pounding the wedge with it!
Awww man!! YES! We should've tried that....lol...not sure it has that attachment tho. I'll have to check. 😃
@@Back40Firewood blunt attachment is just like a normal point chisel without the sharp point. There is another one call the Picket Post Driver Chisel Bit with a inside diameter of 85mm or 3.4 inches. If your wedge is small enough to fit in, it may be easier to control. You may punch many holes along a line, each of them 1 inch deep to allow the wedge to sit in the wood before you using the blunt attachment to pound the wedge.
I figured the jack hammer bit would have gotten buried in the wood and you wouldn't be able to get it out without a sledge hammer and wedges..I was sort of surprised by that out come. Just stick to the old ways, tried and true methods right? 🙂Big 'ol tough piece of frozen wood!
i believe it would work, only if the log is smaller
I would have also tried to drive the wedge in with the jackhammer. steel pounding on steel works more direct.
I still use a sledge and a wedge to make kindling
The jack hammer was a good idea .... but unfortunately was the wrong tool for the job. The head is narrow and the drive distance is short. Works great on non-compressible materials like concrete, but wood compresses. So you get so far and then a. it's not wide enough to split and b. you end up making a pocket of tough material that won't let you go in deeper. Especially hard to fight against with the short strokes. In theory you could design a jackhammer bit for wood, but in practice there are probably better ways to split it anyway.
If I had a million dollars, I'd design a head driven by something like a screw jack ... only upside-down. The head would be expandable. So if you can drive the head through, great, it's split. If not enough force you drive the head in as far as it'll go and then expand the head kind of like a drywall anchor and try to split it that way. But I'm not a millionaire. LOL And even if I was, I suspect there must be a flaw or else someone would have built it already.
If you were to run that saw cutting from the side of the log, called noodling, it would cut about 5 times faster.
need skid steer with upside down splitter. even better was backhoe , that was the bomb.
On a big round like that, I would work the edges off until the round was about half that size.
mark the top of your blocks with the chainsaw nose throw your wedge in the mark and raddle the wedge with the jack hammer
Felt for you when you were swinging than sledge....first strikes feel good, last few feel like torture
Move to out side edge.Stand onn the wood for added presurer on hammer.
I believe the wood as ... Is exhorting too much Shock....
Get (or make) yourself a pickaroon. Your back will thank you. I made one by welding a grade 8 bolt opposite the blade to a cheap axe head, and sharpened the bolt , welded a pipe for a handle. I also bought a fiskars. Mine works better.
I really thought the jackhammer was going to work. Disappointed that would have been pretty cool
Yeah I wasn't sure it would get it fully split, but thought it would make more of a crack than it did...oh well.
My neighbor just uses a chainsaw for this. You guys seem to have enough to justify one if those portable saw mill setups.