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how to split wood. if you would like a video about anything mountain living let me know and i’ll do my best to fill y’all in. Thanks for your time. ps got the spliting maul “go devil” at www.MandHdiscount.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
9:16 am on January 21st, 2012
great technique. It works. Thanks.
10:03 am on January 21st, 2012
thanks
10:10 am on January 21st, 2012
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10:11 am on January 21st, 2012
Great . THanks.!
10:56 am on January 21st, 2012
Thank you very much for your posting!
God bless!
11:24 am on January 21st, 2012
Funny thing is, i was doing all the swinging behind my back and I kept missing and my back would feel really tight after splitting. I tried your method and its much more effective. Thank You.
12:01 pm on January 21st, 2012
Great video. Thanks. I just installed a wood add-on boiler and don’t plan on dropping and splitting my own wood next year. Perhaps a video on dropping and prepping the tree with a chain saw.
12:06 pm on January 21st, 2012
Thank you very much for your demonstration. This was very helpful
1:04 pm on January 21st, 2012
piece of advise, get a tire on top of your block so the wood doesn’t fly everywhere.
1:20 pm on January 21st, 2012
Well done. Straight to the point. Hadn’t swung an axe in years and was looking to jog my memory. Thanks.
1:30 pm on January 21st, 2012
Thanks for the info!
2:17 pm on January 21st, 2012
If your’re up to doing it – would you show us how to sharpen a maul and a hand axe?- there are no mountain men to learn from in the UK anymore! Thanks.
3:02 pm on January 21st, 2012
Very useful – thank you – works a treat with a maul and you illustrate an easy technique very clearly. Thanks
3:21 pm on January 21st, 2012
I remember at my cabin when I was a kid my grandfather teaching me how to split wood. I was using an axe and him a maul, I was having trouble and asked him for the splitting maul, well I couldn’t split with it either, he split with both no problem, he was awesome.
4:10 pm on January 21st, 2012
this was very helpful…we are on our way to go get an ax and we thought we would check out how to split wood and your video was the first one we clicked and you made it look so easy…We are planning to have a survival day and we are getting ready for it…
4:45 pm on January 21st, 2012
@ggyp1970
5:17 pm on January 21st, 2012
@ggyp1970 You use an axe to split wood???? Wow and all this time I have been using a Maul……I must be special.
6:14 pm on January 21st, 2012
@brucecreamer Then why in the world would you be watching this “HOW TO SPLIT WOOD” video
6:46 pm on January 21st, 2012
I didn’t read all the coments so this might have already been mentioned. The only other tip I would add is….when you look at a log on the side you are going to be striking you will see where the wood is begining to crack (split). Line that up paralel with your strike and it will split easier. But great video. I use to be the one that would swing it all the way around and try to muscle the tool.
7:22 pm on January 21st, 2012
…totally agree with you on missing, it’s actually quite scary. I missed once when I first started splitting and grazed my pinky toe taking a nice little slice clean off. I easily could have taken some toes off too.
Tip: Don’t split would barefoot or in flip flops (I was stupid, probably still am)
7:59 pm on January 21st, 2012
Also, it’s much easier to split wood that is easy to split. ( yeah that sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised)
Trying to split some gnarly old oak or petrified eucalyptus just ain’t going to happen no matter how strong you think you are. However, when you go to split some seasoned cedar, your axe or maul will tear through it like warm butter…. such a nice feeling, and really a great stress release! Just don’t do hard wood, ’cause you’ll get more pissed off and hurt yourself.
7:59 pm on January 21st, 2012
smart man
8:48 pm on January 21st, 2012
Fantastic video! You are great. Thanks so very much for providing this.
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8:58 pm on January 21st, 2012
Mate, Just wanted to say this is a great video.
9:42 pm on January 21st, 2012
Thanks dude, figured splitting logs is easy, Wrong! wondering my back hurts it’s because i wasn’t letting the tool do the work. That little trick of throwing the end up first is really cool.