A splitter is too easy.
Actually, I went to several stores in an effort to purchase a manually operated hydraulic splitter and all anyone had in stock were electric and gas splitters. The electric splitter was $299 and the cheapest gas splitter was $749.
I saw some manual hydraulic splitters online for $90 - $150. I may order one of those once I start getting tree chunks from my landscaper buddies that don't want to make a living on splitting firewood from the trees they cut down.
I do like to use the hand tools though ... with assistance from my chainsaw of course.
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Originally Posted by A264172
Maple is a pleasure to split. Sounds like you don't have a 'splitter', like me (edit: meaning I also don't have one). If I can, I just leave the knotted ones as rounds or liberally use the chain saw to make hunks out of them.
I'm working my way through some, what I think is, elm. It does not like to be split... at all.
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I used my chainsaw to cut slits in the knotted rounds and then used a cone wedge with the sledge hammer to finish it off. It worked great for most of the knotted ones, but a couple needed to be cut completely with the chainsaw.