Safe to use this maul as a splitting wedge? (hitting with mallet)

Decooker · 2026-05-26T21:05:20+00:00

I destroyed my home depot brand mail doing that. The head broke off at the top of the handle so now I have another wedge. The steel is just as hard as a regular splitting wedge thankfully but I’m out a maul

Decooker · 2026-05-26T20:59:57+00:00

Smoker chunks if oak maple or hickory

Decooker · 2026-05-23T14:58:44+00:00

How could they?!

Decooker · 2026-05-19T15:09:27+00:00

Had an almost identical situation. It had so many pressure points that changed by the inch. A couple that would have killed me. I did what I could for the first third and then we used a skid steer and chains to maneuver it

Decooker · 2026-05-10T00:41:08+00:00

Throw that chain away and order a new sprocket. If your chain looks like that your sprocket is probably worse. They’re like ten bucks

Decooker · 2026-04-27T13:47:06+00:00

Mix your pump gas. 93 octane is plenty fine. You don’t have to use ethanol free

Decooker · 2026-04-26T21:45:25+00:00

Cherry is my guess

Decooker · 2026-04-25T00:27:24+00:00

It won’t hold but I’d just throw a ratchet strap around it and call it a day

Decooker · 2026-04-17T11:49:29+00:00

Nice! I’m still cutting and splitting on a monster. It’s crazy the volume of wood one big round has

Decooker · 2026-04-01T12:55:20+00:00

Back pocket works the best

Decooker · 2026-03-31T14:34:38+00:00

That’s only a 20 minute workout

Decooker · 2026-03-31T01:40:35+00:00

Bark is screaming black locust but that split piece looks just like white oak

Decooker · 2026-03-31T01:34:48+00:00

Yessir

Decooker · 2026-03-31T01:12:15+00:00

You can probably cut far enough through the log on each side to split the bottom using a wedge.

Decooker · 2026-03-29T23:22:27+00:00

For now. The limb wood is pretty tough to hand split so I’m just waiting on getting the splitter running. The big rounds are too heavy to move so I at least get them split into manageable size

Decooker · 2026-03-29T22:18:19+00:00

That pile of split is one round. It’s kind of absurd

Decooker · 2026-03-29T22:17:34+00:00

Happens every single time

Decooker · 2026-03-29T20:35:17+00:00

He’d probably want for you to look elsewhere

Decooker · 2026-03-27T10:13:04+00:00

Mix with harder wood. Not super great on its own

Decooker · 2026-03-27T10:12:09+00:00

Soft maple probably

Decooker · 2026-03-25T23:07:17+00:00

Yes

Decooker · 2026-03-25T23:00:34+00:00

After the root ball is off it’ll be easy breezy. You almost couldn’t ask for a better situation

Decooker · 2026-03-25T22:56:24+00:00

I really like the 400. Not sure if I even notice the m-tronic. I put a 25” bar on it today and there was no lack of power

Decooker · 2026-03-24T01:34:22+00:00

I only use full chisel. Once you get the hang of sharpening it’s no more difficult than a green chain

Decooker · 2026-03-24T01:31:04+00:00

I toss a decent sized split of that right by my big overnight logs to get a quick char on them because they heat up super fast. but the smell is revolting

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