Splitting Wood

danbono

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• May 24, 2016

• #1

Hi All Is it easier to split seasoned wood or unseasoned wood? I have some hickory that's been a Major pain to split. The splits with out bark split OK, but the  ones with bark are a pain. The person I bought the wood from said the hickory was seasoned.

Thanks Dan

 

okie362

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• May 24, 2016

• #2

If using an ax it's easier to split seasoned wood.  If you have a splitter it's not a lot of work (all things being relative) either way.

 

danbono

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• May 24, 2016

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Hi I'm using a cheap splitter from Harbor Freight.

Thx Dan

 

Last edited: May 24, 2016

sacedbysapp

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• May 24, 2016

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I use wedge and slegde hammer to split log in two than easier to finish with the axe.

 

nsoutdoorsman1

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• May 24, 2016

• #5

Not sure about hickory,but most hardwoods split best when green,even better with a touch of frost in them:)

 

johnboybaker

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• May 30, 2016

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NSoutdoorsman1 said:

Not sure about hickory,but most hardwoods split best when green,even better with a touch of frost in them:)

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That's what I find to be true also and I use a 8# splitting maul and an axe.