My experience splitting fir, hemlock, alder and a little maple is that
it's always easier to split when it's green.
I've used a maul and wedges, and I have owned a splitter for at least 15
or 20 years. It was the best $795 I ever spent at the old Home Club
(one of the first big box, members only stores). It'll split
horizontally or vertically. I only use it vertically to bust big fir or
hemlock rounds into quarters, then split the pieces horizontally. I
generally try to split it all in one place and have the tractor parked
where I can throw the split wood in the bucket. When it's full I take
the tractor to the shed and stack it. If I'm lucky, I can get the logs
close to the shed, split it there and have my wife stack it as it comes
off the splitter. Goes pretty fast that way.
If you ever had to hand split a lot of gnarly old fir or hemlock that's
full of knots you would be looking for a splitter pretty fast.
Mike Rambour wrote:
> As long as we are off topic the last few days...
>
> I just had a large oak tree cut down and I kept the wood but now I have
> to split it. I am thinking I will rent a splitter for a weekend.
>
> When do you split wood ? I always thought it was after good and dry but
> the tree guy said anytime is fine, if i split it when its green it will
> dry faster (that makes sense).
>
> Shop content - I will use the split wood in my wood burning pizza oven
> to make pizza's to eat in the shop
>
> mike
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