I just had a maple tree cut down. It was nearly a full cord once split and stacked. This was the first time I used a splitting axe (maul) and wedges with a sledge to split wood.

While I had a great time swinging the axe and watching the pieces fly, it got tiring having to pick up the pieces and put them in the cart for later stacking and re-aligning the log on my chop block for more splits. I think I picked up every piece of wood about 3 or 4 times.

I spent 6 hours splitting, bending over and stacking wood. I haven't been this sore since high school sports.

I just came across this tip which I plan to utilize for my next splitting session. I have a set of bundts with old tires that I'll use to construct my new chop block with retainer.

http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/splittingblocksandtires.htm


Anyone have any other tips for working smarter, not harder?

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Chad
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