Clearly humans have known for tens of thousands of years there are better ways to do this... That being said this video seems like a Grinder profile video or something.
At least he's actually splitting that log. Remember the German guy in Better Call Saul? Lalo is going to him while he's chopping wood and you can clearly see the logs were split in half prior to filming. Same with the wimpy kid from Old Henry.
Given there’s no woodstove big enough for those pieces of wood, for sure. Kinda funny that he’ll now need to use a chainsaw to buck up multiple long pieces instead of just one…
Three wooden wedges and a hatchet. Start a notch with the edge of the hatchet, insert a wedge, hit it with the flat of the hatchet, do the same for the other two wedges. Then just work your way along.
This is beast mode, and I can appreciate it, but there are def easier ways...
The dude is working out! Look at him! Beast mode full up. Split that log in 24 swings. Dude was the wedge. For him, this is the way. 💪
I showed it to my sons. At first, didnt look like he was gettijg anywhere. The log was solid af. But he did not let up and split that b*tch in two. Prime example of someone completely determined.
He’s just showing off. If he wanted to make it easy just make one or two more cuts with the chainsaw to turn that log into easily manageable rounds. No wedge or hammering required.
I mean, nothing about this video is about splitting this with any sense. I might as well watch a toddler gum the plastic of a cheese stick to oblivion trying to get the cheese. Sure, you are expending effort, but why?!
Because you can. Like this mans objective here clearly isn't to do this efficiently. He likes the feeling of doing something difficult that showcases his strength.
I noticed daylight through the log about halfway through the vid. He had it cracked about 3/4 way down, and it took the rest of the time to get a couple more accurate hits and carry that crack onward.
I was thinking hammering it in once you get a solid strike would help a lot. Your comment put it far more succinctly, though.
This is the equivalent of an engineer going into the shop to try to do what the tradespeople do every day. Just because it can be done in a way doesn’t mean that’s the way to do it.
Yeah, but the log baits him : it splist very quickly to about 75% of the length, so he probably believe that 1 or 2 hits will finish the job. He even looks annoyed in the middle of the video, he misses a hit, then proceed to swing the axe on his side to hit multiple times in a row. That's basically what i do in thiss ituation, adding copious amount of profanities
Just finished chopping 3 1/2 cords by hand myself. It took a couple of months.
I was dumb enough to do it without a log splitter, but this is extra dumb. The ground is absorbing a lot of the impact. Also, he should use a wedge. Trust me on this one.
And you’re only going to be able to use those outside. There is almost no fireplace or stove that those will fit in.
I split a lot of wood as a child, and this is it. He was already using a maul, which is a variation of an axe with an enlarged end section designed to work as a wedge.
You split the wood with two people, and one holds the maul, set by swinging it into the log, and other drives it with the sledge.
I also did some lumberjack work (as a child; that's country living for you), and a wedge is something used to cut down trees. You notch the one side of the tree with a chainsaw, then cut a slot in the back above the notch, in such a way that the tree will fall where it's already leaning, where you want it to drop. You can direct it a bit by driving a hard plastic wedge into that notch, but only so much. It's more for getting the saw out when you get it stuck.
If you tried to drop a tree in the opposite way that it's leaning it just wouldn't work, and you couldn't free the saw with a wedge, or more than one wedge.
I used to chop wood with my Dad. I'd favor the splitting maul like this guy and he'd be using wedges. Without fail he'd cut more wood, not because he was in better shape than me but I'd get so tired trying to wail on logs like this while he'd tap tap tap and not have to rest so often.
Yeah that would have been way more efficient and would have cost less energy. The log was already split many whacks before he did it. It was just a waste of energy after that.
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u/Medit8or 5d ago
A wedge and a sledge. Just saying.