That lightweight splitting maul ain’t doing your exercise routine much good. Get a heavier maul and get an even better workout. Take it from someone who grew up splitting wood to keep warm for real.
And if you want the very best workout, find some American elm. It’s near impossble to split even with a 15-ton hydraulic splitter. Thanks to the corkscrew grain. Though at -20F/-28C it will explode into splinters when hit with the maul.
It’s enough exercise for me. I have a heavier maul in the garage, but my balance isn’t the best and I don’t feel very safe with it. Also, I can’t aim it as precisely for the same reason.
As for tough wood, I have a surprising amount of really knotty wood here. Apparently the older the trees, the more gnarly they are. The really big, knotty logs will take me a good ten minutes to even crack open, and I’ll work up a proper sweat 🙂
That lightweight splitting maul ain’t doing your exercise routine much good. Get a heavier maul and get an even better workout. Take it from someone who grew up splitting wood to keep warm for real.
And if you want the very best workout, find some American elm. It’s near impossble to split even with a 15-ton hydraulic splitter. Thanks to the corkscrew grain. Though at -20F/-28C it will explode into splinters when hit with the maul.
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It’s enough exercise for me. I have a heavier maul in the garage, but my balance isn’t the best and I don’t feel very safe with it. Also, I can’t aim it as precisely for the same reason.
As for tough wood, I have a surprising amount of really knotty wood here. Apparently the older the trees, the more gnarly they are. The really big, knotty logs will take me a good ten minutes to even crack open, and I’ll work up a proper sweat 🙂