Hand Splitting Firewood

[RI Chevy]

Mill some of that turkey oak and make a couple of handles. Good temporary fix. Maybe try duct tape? Lol. It fixes everything.

 

[Wilhelm]

I want a cornelian cherry handle!
Those are deemed indestructible by the old folk here.

The issue is to find a straight and long enough piece to make a 40" handle out of it.

 

[Wilhelm]

I have office tape wrapped around the cracked area
Seems to hold up for now.

 

[RI Chevy]

Maybe try a hose clamp or 2 to assist the tape?

 

[Wilhelm]

My left hand tends to slide over that handle section when I switch from chunking on the ground to splitting to size on the splitting block.

I have some thermal shrink tubing that I purchased years ago, might slide that over in a couple overlapping layers!?

I will watch not to stress the handle too much, but I will need a new one no doubt.

 

[Woodwater]

Ash handle?

 

[CR888]

I have office tape wrapped around the cracked area
Seems to hold up for now.

Your pretty handy with a drill, a couple of holes, some glue & some dowels can be a lasting fix. I've made a few handles out of extremely hard pieces of wood and while they will last a long time, some flex is good. There is good reason hickory & other species have been used for centuries, it has a good balance of properties.

 

[Johnmn]

Split up a face cord of some of my favorite firewood. With the GB maul of course.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Truck load of black locust and a couple ash rounds. Not sure how many times that fiskars has paid for its self but it's got to be a lot.

 

[gurwald]

Felled three birches, bucked and will try to leave some for my dad so he have some physical work to do.

 

[sledneck22]

God damn I need a back and shoulder rub. X27.

 

[RI Chevy]

Holy moly. A whole field full of split wood.

 

[sledneck22]

Holy moly. A whole field full of split wood.

36 trees drug to the landing. 7 tanks of fuel through the 044, 462, & 2171. Two guys 5 hours of splitting and cutting. One 79 year old land owner set for 2023 winter and one trailer load of 1.5 cord for myself.
Edit: two x27 hand split. Couldn’t do it faster with a splitter.

 

[jakethesnake]

36 trees drug to the landing. 7 tanks of fuel through the 044, 462, & 2171. Two guys 5 hours of splitting and cutting. One 79 year old land owner set for 2023 winter and one trailer load of 1.5 cord for myself.
Edit: two x27 hand split. Couldn’t do it faster with a splitter.

What kinda wood is it?

 

[RI Chevy]

Wow. Great workout. Lol

 

[sledneck22]

What kinda wood is it?

all EAB victims. White ash.

 

[jakethesnake]

all EAB victims. White ash.

Nice pile of wood man. Good stuff too

 

[Wilhelm]

Nice pile of wood man. Good stuff too

Technically it's not a pile - yet!

 

[sledneck22]

Technically it's not a pile - yet!

My share is in a pile.

 

[Wilhelm]

My share is in a pile. View attachment 333979

Touche !