When your dad doesn't teach you so you find other dads who can.

I'm already confident in my log-splittin' skills, I just find videos like this comforting

I never realized that there was technique and the power of observation and strategy in cutting wood. I thought it was all brawn. Thank you.

6'2", 300+ helps a lot, too.

Great video! 😃. Thank you so much. I have a 15 year old son and being a single Divorced mother it has been hard for me to teach him the ways of keeping himself busy to grow healthy and strong minded but with KZfaq videos like this it has helped him fill the gaps that he was missing from a good male roll model. I’m happy to say that he has been busy learning from these kind of videos and others and it Has brought calmness to his spirit. Young men like him need skills like this to understand their strength and other ways to release stress. I pray that men like yourself continue to make videos like this to help us single mothers like myself to help our sons. A lot of men in our society have left the responsibility to us mothers but with Gods love a mother never gives up when she has the good Lord in her heart. Again many thanks and God Bless you and all who support your Chanel

Started splitting wood in the 60s, went from an axe to a sledge and a wedge then a monster maul, next a 8lb splitting maul. Now I have a splitting axe with wedges built into it and a hydraulic splitter. I just enjoy being in the game. Anyone willing to work making firewood is number 1 in my book.

Just wanted to say thank you for this vid. I'm looking after my parents house why they're away and I wanted a little crackling kindling wood to keep me company. Was able to learn how to chop up some of their wood to a few pieces to help me tonight thanks to you.

This may have honestly been one of the most useful youtube videos that I've ever watched! Thank you!

Thank you! This was super helpful. I am starting at ZERO knowledge. I have never split wood or watched someone split wood, but we have a very tree dense yard now and my husband likes to smoke meat, so we are trying to learn to split the wood that we have all in our neighborhood from tree trimmings and tree removal. Lots of beautiful oak wood.

I couldn't express how much I appreciate this video. The info has enabled me to have heat through out the night. I have an endless supply of fire wood only it is in big huge chunks that I've been approaching all wrong. Thank you so much👍👍

Love your video. Clear, calm and informative. Thank you for sharing your work… 🙏👍

best quote of all time at 7:30 "just hit it hard enough and it'll do what you want it to do" lol great vid my man. very instructional. i just bought an electric wood splitter bc i just couldn't figure it out trying to split by hand

You make it look so easy. I’ve been struggling with splitting white oak with my splitting maul, it’s so hard and won’t budge.

Thank you for this! Who else is watching this in 2021?

Thank you. I had no clue, and now I have a good clue.

I splitted them yesterday, with a wedge. Thanks tube.

anything heavy and pointy will pretty much do it...love this video...thank you. I just had a cord of wood dropped at my cabin and it's too thick to fit my tiny wood stove. I am exactly who you made this video for...a girl in the woods, with a load of wood that needs to be split.

Thanks so much for all the tips. I will try again!! Appreciate your time to do this video.

Thanks. Watching and learning here in Western Maine. Laidback instruction.

Thanks for the good info! Just started splitting wood and this answered all my questions

Great Video - thank you from England. I love that you emphasized: reading the log for knots, a blunt axe or maul is a good thing, and the need to develop accuracy of the hit.

Get a couple tires and lay them on the ground with a HARD surface under them. Put the round of wood inside, then split it into pieces while INSIDE THE TIRE. That way, you aren't chasing and repositioning the wood all the time!

thank you sir!, this was useful. Greetings from Argentina

Thank you. You explain well. After watching your video split 2 truck loads of fire wood no problem…

I'm from NYC and this looks like fun. I'd love to try it

Great help. Thank you for the tips. Will come in handy for my civil war reenacting events.

This was really helpful. Thanks for uploading this vid.

Just purchased a home in the woods on a private wooded lot and we love it so much. Now we have a really grand wood burning fireplace and wanna try our hand at cutting our own wood to burn instead of using electric heat so much . Thanks for your video I’m a newbie at this whole thing lol

So the trick is to hit on the edges, not in the middle, for the first split. What we think is common sense are things we were taught so young that we don't remember being taught it.

I am one of those people who don't know what there is to know about splitting wood, and I've got a ton that needs splitting so thank you very much!

Great video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills

Brilliant , I'm a city slicker that dont know diddly about log splitting , now I'm the go to log splitting bloke mick the logsplitter.

You are my wood busting hero!! Wow dude impressive!

Super helpful! Thank you from the UK

Great video man. Totally needed it😭

You are awesome! Thank you for the video!

Tks for the great tips stay safe during this covid-19 Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

Dueling Banjos is perfect for starting splitting firewood ;-)

you sir, just settled the quarrel about the sharpness of a maul axe !👌

This helpful for a newbie like me. Thank you.

Great vid!,Thanks for the info!

Great video, thanks for sharing with us

😂😂 that's "knot" too bad.. refreshing to be in the company of 1 with a sense of humour 😅

I laughed when you said “most of just know how to do this”. I live in downtown Chicago, I have zero idea how to split wood. It doesn’t come up much in life here.

That is the best wood splitting profile for a maul. I would have it somewhat sharper, but the slightly convex cheeks enter the wood and spreads the fibers apart without sticking. Some post oak splits easier than some other, often they split best with the rounds sitting as they grew others with the root side up.

If your a beginner, move on, and watch about 10 more videos. Pay attention to the techniques and safety tips!

Thanks for the video!

great video man saw a video of a dude insist you need a maul when all I got is a felling axe you're a beast btw

*WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BOB HAD A BIG LIFE AHEAD OF HIM!*

newly retired with dried logs . now I know how to get er done.

helpful! thanks for the upload

I appreciate this video

That's helpful. I only need to spit the larger stuff. I just need the maul and some practice.

Thanks for the video.

When you knocked your tripod down, I did that to my wife with a split traveling about Mach 3. She got all mad about it.

Thanks for this video!

White and red oak my favorite 😀

Thank you for this

you make it look so easy. i've been so frustrated i've just been using a chainsaw and said screw it cut it down the long side

Gently tap in *two steel wedges* on diameter line off center from heartwood. Use 8lb sledge hammer on *hard* surface. Apply bungees after quartering, avoid fly off and tiring bending over and picking up pieces. Avoid tiring pull outs of maul and sharp blade swinging towards body. Hearing protection. The colder the air temp the easier the split. Throw pieces (all still standing with bungees around) in two-wheeler large wheelbarrow.

That wood has season splits been cut and drying 3 months not cut 2 weeks ago.

I like to tap the wood with an axe once and then swing. I find that increases the force and precision. Like blacksmiths do when hammering.

I thought this only happened in the movies. Every time I try to split my pine logs with an axe, they're like _"NOPE!"_ I always have to use a wedge and a sledgehammer, sometimes even a second wedge when the first one gets stuck. Pine is supposed to be soft wood...

Damn I miss splitting hardwood! This pine out here in idaho sucks!

And is there like a tip or a way to have better aiming like hit the spot i wanna hit

I need help with like were to chop stance and ways to swing I'm watching vids to observe and learn and observe the way they swing and this rly shows that

Fiskars X27 splitting Axe for light efficient t splitting or the Fiskars IsoCore Splitting/Demolition Axe if you want a heavy and efficient splitter.

Thank you

Is it alright to carve n use spoons out of random wood that you find and split?

Thank u 4 sharing...

Bto make splitting easier.. How long should I wait after cutting the logs?

damn sir you are a beast!

One hit, plum in half. What a king.

Loved the video...but nearly fell off my chair when the camera went for a walk..🤣😂

You mean firewood doesn’t arrive perfectly cut and cured from the back of a pick up truck?!? 😉 ( thank you). Im 64 and I’m finally going to learn how to cut wood. 🌲

I noticed that your axe/maul gets turned during cutting so that the back of the axe is hitting the ground. Is that a technique or deliberate? Thanks!

Is there an easy way to split smaller trunks of wood that cant sit upright?

How long should firewood dry out and season?

Wow, I wish you could come split our wood! I can barely lift the axe lol.

The trick to splitting BIG logs, is to start towards one side, and you'll just get 6 or 8 pieces out of it. Once you get it open, it's a lot easier

I live in texas and its so freaking humid. Is there an extra step or trick for splitting wood in humid weather?

Use one of the newer low profile tires to keep the rounds standing. Not only saves time repositioning the sticks, but almost eliminates the chance of the tool going into the ground.

Casualty!!! Lol thanks man.

Hello,We just got some pine type trees cut down.I needed to know can I just store to season or does it need to be split now? Thank you!....I’m new to fire pits btw

I don't mean to be negative, but he should have shown how to hold the axe and how to swing it. Beginners won't know that.

Buy TWO 5-6lb steel wedges and an 8lb sledge hammer. You'll need 2 in case you bury one. Mauls are for big advanced guys. Eye & ear protection, steel-on-steel is noisy. A camp ax is a good idea to debark with. Then, you'll get your kindling splitter and 5lb hammer.

Putting a bungee cord around it helps keep it from falling over.

Is that the original handle on your maul?

This looks a lot easier and faster than using a heavy metal wedge + a heavy sledgehammer.

I didn’t know about the cold effect on wood. How long do you season it for?

I know that back in the day, they had no other way to split wood so you do it by hand or freeze! But with my wood splitter, I can split pieces that size into 4 pieces every 5 seconds! I just don't see any reason to use an ax anymore?

what kind of wood is that

I have split about a cored a year for the last 10 years or so. All in the summer!!!!(oh God the sweet) And even though I know alot. I had no idea that colder weather effects it(I live in Minnesota). And thank you it was a god send.

i now see my problem, im in south louisiana where is doesnt get cold but maybe 10-15 days out of the year and its constantly humid, no wonder my wood wont split like yours. unless im just really bad at splitting wood but it also constantly rains so the wood is wet too lol but oh well

Good information, but you should have some good stringy red oak or some ironwood to show them why to buy an electric splitter! HA HA

"Knot" too bad!😂

I have a problem with getting too close and hitting the handle on the piece of wood

Strike on the edge where a e ack has started . White oak splits pretty good.I dry my wood in the round and split with an old axe head, a wedge and a 4 lb hammer. All that brute swinging is for the birds.

I used to be as strong as you are. But the older I get the stronger I was at one time. LOL

btw, is that an axe or a splitting maul that you are using?