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Learn how to split lighter wood with a hand axe for your wood stove or fireplace. Use a maul for harder woods like oak. Watch our firewood and chainsaw videos: • Split wood with a log ...
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@LS-nf5xn 3 года назад

You're a lucky guy. A wife as supportive as yours,,, is one in a million! Be good to her!

@slyons6618 4 года назад

Fantastic!!!! I was literally only making dents in the wood when trying to chop it. Watched this and literally straight after I split my first log!

@kylepippen Год назад

I cut my leg off after watching this 😊

@TornadoYtCodm 7 месяцев назад

@@kylepippenI cut off my arm 😊

@kylepippen 7 месяцев назад

@@TornadoYtCodm fantastic!

@KrustySnax 6 лет назад

Came for the wood. Stayed for the woofs.

@johnwoods7526 4 года назад

this deserves a like

@olafsantos8278 3 года назад

Stfu loser

@wacodraco1558 3 года назад

Your pfp gives me nightmares

@PersistentPureheart 2 года назад

Split some good logs, and then played with the dogs.

@Buddy-po4hv 3 года назад

I clicked subscribe the moment you said "I have a feel for wood". I don't know who I love more, you or the Mrs. Greetings from a land with no wood. (Saudi Arabia)

@rayjames1493 8 лет назад

I loved splitting wood yrs ago. I found that placing the log onto a higher support was easier on the back, not having to be stooped over too much when the axe made contact. Have fun.

@gardenfork 8 лет назад

+Ray James good point Ray, i meant to say that in the video, but blanked on it. some people have a dedicated stump they use to split wood. thx! eric.

@kittywilhite9583 2 года назад

You must be tall!

@ooohlaa13 8 лет назад

beautifully done, great teamwork ... she always intuitively asks my questions for me ... thanx!

@gardenfork 8 лет назад

+BarbaraL Lowell thanks Barbara, now if i could only get her to split the wood... eric.

@theweekendhomestead 9 лет назад

I may recommend using a maul vs axe. They are virtually the same price and half the work. Axes tend to only have the momentum of the swinger vs a maul where the weight of the head acts as a multiplier on the swing giving more energy per swing.

@nicholassmerk 9 лет назад

+Wisconsin Backwoods Project I like using an axe on easy to split wood and a maul on more difficult pieces. With the axe you can work faster on smaller straight grained, easy to split woods.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Wisconsin Backwoods Project after several back injuries, I use an axe for light woods like this birch, and for heavier woods i use a log splitter. thx! eric.

@theweekendhomestead 9 лет назад

+Nicholas Smerk I completely agreed, and sometimes a hatchet for the little stuff

@theweekendhomestead 9 лет назад

+GardenFork we have had splitting parties - stack of logs + bottle of wine + good friends = great fall weekend

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Wisconsin Backwoods Project that's the best idea yet! thx, eric.

@Mikeyavelli Год назад

Awesome! I learned the same axe technique as a landscaper a few years ago. We were going to get a splitter for a logs, but I decided to try an axe. Was very successful. Now I'm here looking for further tips 😂

@ManOfFortuneGamingChannel 4 года назад

Either way I found it'll split after one too many swings 😂 love the video, very sweet

@fatumaliquid6919 3 года назад

shoutout to all the peeps watching this cauz they didn't have a dad to teach them

@notaproductionbutacustom3239 6 лет назад

I enjoyed watching, this video had a laid-back feel and was fun to watch.

@gardenfork 6 лет назад

I just bought a new splitting axe, will try it out soon, have to go cut some wood. thx!

@donamero1222 2 года назад

“It’s kind of cathartic to swing an axe”. I have to agree with this.

@jsedge2473 Год назад

There is certainly something to it

@bosswhale422 4 месяца назад

Chopping wood is a great pastime. Definitely clears your mind. I don’t really use wood for fires, so I’m usually donating some of it to the local Boy Scout troop.

@sarabrjdn220 3 года назад

i liked their relationship so much

@anthonyjones7264 2 года назад

My dog likes playing fetch the same way. Doesn't matter the weather for him. All he wants is that ball ball.

@GreyWolfAirsoft 9 лет назад

Good video! I split my wood with an 8 pound maul!

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Grey Wolf Airsoft yes, the maul is a great tool. thx! eric.

@jacklynch3333 8 лет назад

Quite enjoyable. Wood splitting is good exercise, cathartic, and can keep your house warm. One quick comment/suggestion/question: I have heard you should NOT use the axe head as a wedge due to messing it up or shattering it? Have you heard of that? Not criticism, just wondering if you ever heard the same thing.

@gardenfork 8 лет назад

+Jack lynch Hi Jack, yes, there is an issue with mushrooming the axe. this hasn't happened to me, but its better to use a wedge to finish the split. I should have addressed this more in the vid. And yes, its great just to get outside and do something physical. thx! eric.

@kittywilhite9583 2 года назад

My maul came with a "Do Not Hammer on This" symbol attached.

@jacklynch3333 2 года назад

@@kittywilhite9583 btw, when you have communist China, dictator maduro, and Syrian war lord backing you up, you just might be in the wrong.

@harryb1745 6 лет назад

When my axe gets stuck, I flip the stuck axe and log, driving it hard onto another log driving the axe into the stuck log and splitting it . No damage to to the axe with steel on steel

@Mett-iv4es 4 года назад

Me to. But I'm scared it would fall on my head 😂😂😂

@hakon8850 4 года назад

Mett 5156 it wont👍😊

@imashbuttons1734 4 года назад

@@Mett-iv4es I've never had that happen to me if it does come apart it will shoot forward so make sure nothing expensive is within 7 yards

@larsberger9343 3 года назад

me too flip it and hit the sledge part on the lager base so it falls on the blade. Don't do it the other way around ( wood on wood ) it is less efficient and barley works for me at least

@Desh727 3 года назад

I do recommend people try splitting their own wood its very satisfying once you get good at it.

@gardenfork 3 года назад

agreed! Eric.

@nicholassmerk 9 лет назад

No, don't beat on your axe's pole! Use a maul if you want to do that. The axle will mushroom very quickly, and even ruin the eye sometimes.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Nicholas Smerk i understand your thinking here, i should have pointed out that this is for easy to split woods, and if you are going to be doing a lot of large or hard to split pieces a maul works better.

@nicholassmerk 9 лет назад

GardenFork I have one that I mushroomed pretty bad doing that, I think I even cut myself on it and even sent shrapnel flying. I have some nicer axe heads that I want to hang here sometime and will not be beating on the back of an axe again. It's not worth it. Reminds me that I need to take all my wedges to the grinder.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Nicholas Smerk all good points here. i have just the one wedge, painted red so i hopefully don't lose it again. thx! eric.

@nicholassmerk 9 лет назад

The paint is worn off mine. I'll have to do that too.

@TallCanDan02 4 года назад

@@nicholassmerk oof, i know this is an old comment but that reminded me of a time when i was young when my great grandfather hadnt sharpened his wedge in quite a while, causing it to dull and crack, and one time while my grandfathers brother in law had been striking the maul, a piece of the maul had chipped off, striking him right in his eye. It was a pretty crazy experience.

@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for this, you may have saved me chopping my feet off! LOL

@stephanieterpening186 3 года назад

Great video! The dogs are cute!

@wolfsden3812 Год назад

Thanks for your video bought my first ax today and said to myself...I think I need some help....your the man to for the job and the dogs are awesome....time to split some wood....be well

@la_la5216 Год назад

Me when he starts chopping the wopd when the dogs are around: **heavy breathing**

@aistle2064 2 года назад

thanks made it a lot easier for those trunk sized logs

@travelglutenfree Год назад

Woohoo! Watch out dried up wood in my wood shed! I'm coming for ya!

@teresah7886 9 лет назад

This looks way easier and a lot less tiring when you're splitting fire wood than it would be me splitting the fire wood. Like watching other people work. LOL

@balance9402 2 года назад

This is a wholesome video

@amightyatom 8 лет назад

Bit of a teaser about best to split upside down and not explaining how. Trees have a rounded upside down V just above where a branch came out the trunk called the branch bark ridge. If your log has one turn it so its a V (point facing down) and awzy you go.

@meurigf 9 лет назад

Loved the wood splitting montage, less keen on the music :) looks like fun!

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+meurig we're experimenting with more music, makes it more interesting, i think. thx! eric.

@UmarRosyad 2 года назад

That's some beautiful split with the wife and woofie :D

@guillaumeescande4262 9 лет назад

Nice video ! But if I'm not wrong, isn't the steel of the axe weaker than the steel of the sledgehammer ? Wouldn't it be mushroomed by the pounding over the years ?

@Brendan_O 8 лет назад

yes, that's why you are supposed to use a spitting maul or axe not a felling axe. never hit an axe with a hammer, the pull/flat side on a axe is meant to hit soft steel or plastic wedges to free a saw when it binds.

@stangneshakon 4 года назад

We dont let it dry first, splitting it before may be harder (I don't know) but it dries much faster. Also we use really wide, tall wood to split it, not right on the ground.

@stonedape3285 Год назад

Everyone has his way i guess

@TR-ce8wt 4 года назад

splitting wood in half by ownself is one of the spitual satisfaction

@PhilipLMcAlary 8 месяцев назад

Really nice video, thanks a ton! Love the dogs 😂

@snakemonkey555 9 лет назад

Great how to video!! Sort of remind me of Charles Bronson in the magnificent seven western. "Beats choppin wood"!

@FirstAmericaFirst 2 года назад

Much much harder than it looks. Great job!

@NewEnglandPatriotsfan Год назад

Nice wood chopping man

@robertcarey8190 6 месяцев назад

Really like how you guys chat with each other. Clearly you enjoy being together. I live in Quebec and sometimes need to chop my wood into smaller pieces. I noticed that when it is really cold the wood seems to split more easily. Is this accurate or do other factors come into play, like type of wood or some pieces might be "drier" than others?

@gardenfork 6 месяцев назад

I think it splits better cold, but not sure. thx for kind words! Eric.

@stevenmchenry9276 3 года назад

Nice family and nice tips

@thefaeryman 9 лет назад

you will get more leverage with a large block of a log like 20" by the same or a trunk of a tree as your chopping block. you will save your maul or ax edge and you will also save your back, which is well worth it.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Rev John O'Toole yes, good point. my goal here was a basic starter vid for someone who has an axe in their shed to get started. thx!

@jonathanmulzer17 9 лет назад

+Rev John O'Toole Yeah, you want the top of the log you are splitting just slightly higher than the point where your maul handle is level when you swing it. You get a lot more power that way, and if you have a large enough stump to work off of, you can pick up almost all of your wood off of it and save some bending over when you re-stack it.

@happytreefriends1fan 9 лет назад

+Jonathan Mulzer also, if you have a junk tire around, the logs that will fit can be split with far less bending over because the tire helps to keep them from falling over or flying off, this way you can swing 6-8 times and then have all the pieces at arms length and not have to bend over with every swing to get the wood vertical. also g-fork, you don't really want an axe to split wood, you want a maul.

@happytreefriends1fan 9 лет назад

+happytreefriends1fan on second thought, this was probably only convenient because we cut our stump down when it started getting rotten, and it got pretty much ground level by the time we got tired of bending over and tried using a tire..

@happytreefriends1fan 9 лет назад

+happytreefriends1fan also, i kind of laughed while watching this. it's funny to watch someone explain something you do in your spare time 3 out of 4 seasons of the year in a way that is intended for complete beginners.

@ronaldwilkins6056 3 года назад

Lol@5:45..."ohhhh nooo, what have I done???"

@dirtroadfarm.4024 Год назад

Your dogs are too sweet.

@opannefrank1986 5 лет назад

Your dogs are fucking legends. Good work, my dude.

@SsroseL 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼🫶🏼

@dinevanerck9005 4 года назад

I love the wife helps us women out with questions

@naturundhund 9 месяцев назад

GREETINGS FROM GERMANY. NICE VIDEO.

@stonedape3285 Год назад

For beginers i would recomend to always wear steel toe boots.... it surely saved mine toes when i was a beginer

@jenniferbenchimol2040 Год назад

Thank you man, couple good tricks you just gave me :))

@albeto1rodriguez 5 лет назад

Awesome video , never thought of using a piece of board for base

@thuffman44 9 лет назад

Split wood and throw the ball... then throw the ball again... & split wood. Then throw the ball... then throw the ball again .... LOL.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Tim Huffman whenever i work in the yard, the Labs think its play time.

@Steveneeds2leave 3 года назад

Y’all seem like such nice people ❤️

@gardenfork 3 года назад

Thx!

@curlyfries35 2 года назад

When you say the wood has been drying for a year, what do u mean by that? Means exactly what’s in the question

@fullmind2690 3 года назад

Very nice video. And what a wonderful place!

@TheHiddenPart 5 лет назад

Throw the ball Split the wood Sounds lovely

@anrmz Год назад

Thank you!

@dgksmokin1265 4 года назад

Makes it look so easy

@PersistentPureheart 2 года назад

I'm gonna have to teach my dogs to run after the ball, do a few rounds of the garden, then a few rolls, and then come back to me. I sure as hell won't be able to split wood so quickly.

@jutoa6458 6 лет назад

Its actually easier to split the Wood If you try to hit one of the dry cracks

@Buddy-po4hv 3 года назад

That's what your grandma said 😝

@generaljemz8985 4 года назад

Glad I'm not the only one😁

@waynejohnson9855 2 года назад

I split all my wood as I cut it and I find it splits easier than once it has dried. I have split oak that has dried on one end and it’s definitely not easier.

@rizaldonor2902 4 года назад

Nice skill.thanks for sharing!

@taekokoyama4165 8 лет назад

throw ball, split wood lol awesome!!

@gardenfork 8 лет назад

+taeko koyama have to keep the Labs happy! thx, eric.

@rawsupershow123 5 лет назад

Nice chemestry! Very fun.

@samuraisaint2360 4 года назад

This is more valuable / useful Info then what u get with a $100,000 college degree

@withmohdahli 4 года назад

Great one man

@jimarakospsarras 5 лет назад

I truly enjoyed your video!! And, cute dogs btw!!

@gardenfork 5 лет назад

great to hear James, thx!

@nancysmith9844 9 лет назад

Pet & Lesson combo. Next, how to get public school to follow your example, especially when kids are first starting? Imo, it would lighten the load for most 5/6 yr olds.

@ryanleahy5942 Год назад

Seasoning wood in my opinion is better when splitted

@Sam-ul1cg 3 месяца назад

Thank you sir

@derrickbighorse2799 5 лет назад

Awesome video. Thank you.

@peterflute 3 года назад

Great video!

@gtrlover4527 3 года назад

is the axe youre using heavy for thin people or not

@makindonuts Год назад

Your red/gold dog looks just like mine! What breed?

@jamiefairlie4837 2 года назад

once you have a grip of the wood with your axe you turn it over lift it of the ground and put over your shoulder then slam the axe head on the ground and the weight of your wood make the axe split your wood

@jasonscott4525 3 года назад

Just a heads up, not recommended to be banging on the pole of your axe with that sledge. It will cause mushrooming over time and will warp the eye of the axe causing your handle to get loose and even have the head of the axe fly off. The only time you can get away with this is if the pole of the axe is hardened. If you’re banging with a sledge, use a maul, they’re built to take abuse.

@volcanowb 7 лет назад

Great show! Walt

@gardenfork 7 лет назад

thanks Walt, am working on a new pile of firewood right now. thx!

@mansoreaa 8 лет назад

Eric . First i am happy to follow you , second What do you think best? Use 2 wedge with a hammer or use axe with a single wedge for big piece?

@gardenfork 8 лет назад

+mansoreaa i usually have to open the wood with an axe and follow with the wedge. plus wedges are pretty inexpensive these days, to buying 2 is good. thx!

@farristurner 8 лет назад

Great lesson!!

@miked-se6ti 9 лет назад

Saw in a comment earlier about back some of your back injuries. Maybe, if you used a big chopping block, high enough to make the piece you are splitting waist high, you wouldn't have to bend as far. Thus, saving your back. Just an idea. Totally nothing wrong with the way you do it.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+mike d totally agree Mike, i should have mentioned that, thx! eric.

@hazibaba314 Год назад

U have a good tool

@michaelkearney5562 3 года назад

The poll of an axe is not made to be struck by a sledgehammer or anything else. The metal around the sides of the axe head is thin and will be deformed. As a result the handle will come loose in time. This practice is definitely not recommended.

@LycaonsMemories 8 лет назад

have you seen tried a fire pit split where you take the chain saw and do a quarter split down and light the log itself on fire?

@gardenfork 8 лет назад

yes, i will be experimenting with making this this fall. thx!

@FlannelAcres 9 лет назад

I just now realized that I split wood left-handed. Hm. Weird. I agree with the other commenter on the maul vs. ax. I need the weight of the maul to help me out in the momentum department. :-)

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Flannel Acres i use the axe for easy to split wood like the birch here. after several back injuries, i'm reluctant to swing a maul. for those woods i borrow a log splitter.

@zenith50000 9 лет назад

Nice video man

@rockymountainfirewood3873 2 года назад

This is great. Love the passion. I'll show you how I split firewood in my next video! Check out Rocky Mountain Firewood for all things firewoodin'

@LaughedSnail 8 лет назад

My friend was spliiting wood the other day. He used a hammer to beat an axe in. A piece of metal from the hammer broke off and went straight into his eye.

@nextstorming3908 8 лет назад

And that is why mauls are a thing

@Brendan_O 8 лет назад

+NeXTSTORMING that's why a good wedge is also a thing.

@Brendan_O 8 лет назад

+NeXTSTORMING that's why a good wedge is also a thing.

@Brendan_O 8 лет назад

+NeXTSTORMING that's why a good wedge is also a thing.

@qa3990 5 лет назад

Safety glasses anyone

@michaelcarver6868 3 года назад

I been swinging a axe since a was 10 years old

@MartyMcFly88 6 лет назад

Cute dogs!!

@hughjanus3798 9 лет назад

Like I always say, "It's better to have an axe and not need one, than to need an axe and not have one."

@naze158 2 года назад

He said “I just have a feel for wood” He told that to his wife… take the signs my dear take the signs

@JackIsNotInTheBox 5 лет назад

This is awesome! I hope I get married to a supportive wife too

@1timby 9 лет назад

Would be nice to see the fire...LOL Thanks Eric

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+1timby we'll be doing some more fireplace cooking this winter! thx, eric.

@jrosalia 9 лет назад

Great video. Got to meet Brett Mcleod this past weekend in upstate NY at a homesteading event. Gave a demonstration on how to fell a tree with a chainsaw as well as cutting and splitting. If you haven't already, check out his book, "Woodland Homesteader" BTW, why is the commercial in the beginning of your video in spanish??

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+John Rosalia Hi Joe, good to hear bout Brett. not sure about the commercial, that's RU-vid, not me in control of that! eric.

@sirdubster 4 года назад

Haha he’s funny. Great vid!

@thenorsewarriorofglory6824 6 лет назад

I use an axe for splitting and im a WOOD PROCESSING MONSTER!👍

@northmania5332 9 лет назад

Hello, Isnt it better if you place the axe directly above your head. It may be a better way to split wood. I think the way you do it places too much stress on the shoulder, back, elbows and etc, because of the rotation in the beginning of the movement.

@gardenfork 9 лет назад

+Aleksandar Stefanov good points Aleksandar, have to work on my form. thx! eric.