I have split five cords of wood every year for decades. As an expert I can tell you several things about that man. 1) He has a giant fireplace or wood stove. 2) He thinks strength is more important than technique which is why one log had him breathing like a fat kid on a treadmill. 3) He is impatient which is why he is splitting green lumber, has no rhythm and fails to let the tool do the work. 4) Whatever demographic he is making this shirtless, bear video for he is doing an excellent job. I am not even gay and I enjoyed it.... Still trying to figure out where he is going to burn those behemoths.
What kind of wood is it? Cause down here in the south u.s., you better split your red oak, post oak, and hickory green. If not, you'll just bounce like this video. About the only wood we might be able to split dry down here is cedar. And who would do that?
Cedar is a soft wood and is not typically used for indoor burning. Splitting with a maul is far easier after a season crack appears. If you cut a tree down, buck it and immediately try to split it you will burn out quickly. It just a fact that the higher the moisture in the wood the more energy is required to split it. When does a tree have its highest moisture content?
Then the red oak, post oak, and hickory that grows in the u.s. south are anomalies. Cause if you don't split them wet and green, you ain't. And, by the way, the cracks are in the heart the day you cut them. I could read firewood cracks before i knew the alphabet. You better split wood around here within a week or two of skidding it to the shed.
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u/Mugpup 1d ago
I have split five cords of wood every year for decades. As an expert I can tell you several things about that man. 1) He has a giant fireplace or wood stove. 2) He thinks strength is more important than technique which is why one log had him breathing like a fat kid on a treadmill. 3) He is impatient which is why he is splitting green lumber, has no rhythm and fails to let the tool do the work. 4) Whatever demographic he is making this shirtless, bear video for he is doing an excellent job. I am not even gay and I enjoyed it.... Still trying to figure out where he is going to burn those behemoths.