My 12 year old granddson shows me how to split firewood. We had fun working together.

I have a ton of wood to split as you can see. Think of it as a workout and it goes a little easier. March 24, 2010

There’s a trick to chopping the big ones that just bounce the axe back at you. Chop at it till it starts to crack. Then, use the axe as a wedge. The crackling sound as it splits is hard earned satisfaction.

Some helpful tips on fire wood. Showing how to cut firewood and the tools you will need.

Wood has to be split before we bundle it for sale at Burr Oak Outfitters. Watch Rick make the work look easy.

Ever split firewood? Use and axe or wood splitter? Hydrolic or mechanical? In this video, I use a mechanical, flywheel type wood splitter capable of 90000 lbs of force. That’s a lot.

Shows how to use a rope and a bungy cord to make woodsplitting safer, more fun and more efficient

Easily split firewood without bending over,This fixture reduces manual labor by 80% and since all the split wood stays inside the fixture at waist level. you can split your wood in half the time. Your firewood never reaches the ground! Its all contained in the specially designed containment chamber! Once you split firewood with this fixture, you will never want to split firewood without one again!

Here’s another great firewood-splitting tool. The Smart-Splitter was invented to preserve the advantages of effective log splitting and, at the same time make it safe and easy for everyone to use. The Smart-Splitter comes with a 7-pound weight mounted on a slide pole, attached to a patented splitting wedge that can also be used to cut kindling. The unique design allows you to ‘fling’ the 7-pound weight downward. This strikes the splitting wedge with up to 40 tons of pressure, and drives it through the log. The impact never reaches your back, arms or shoulders causing no pain or strain like traditional axes or mauls.

There’s a trick to chopping the big ones that just bounce the axe back at you. Chop at it till it starts to crack. Then, use the axe as a wedge. The crackling sound as it splits is hard earned satisfaction.

How to make firewood splitting more efficient and fun! When you’re done splitting it, stack it in a log rack to allow it to season, and to keep it organized and dry.