Congrats to Bill Saflarski, Brad Derouin, Malcolm Taylor, and Frank Zeien with the closest guesses for how many pieces were split out of the two big Red Oak rounds!! The final number of pieces was 145!!

@Frankzeien

3 жыл бұрын

Holly smokes that’s awesome, and after I send in what I think there was I said I think I shortened myself too but WOW

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frankzeien don’t forget to email me your mailing address!

@Frankzeien

3 жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY yup I send you all the information for that 🥸

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

@@Frankzeien Great! I’ll keep an eye out for it in my email! 👀

@Frankzeien

3 жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY I sent it that day you sent who the winners were 🙃

I split 14 Oak Rounds last week. 30” diameter. Started with a metal wedge and 12 lb sludge hammer, into quarters. Then went on to finish the rounds with the Fiskars 27”. FYI. I’m 70 years old this past November. Been doing this since 1974.💪 Stay safe so you can do this for years!

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome you’re still out there doing it by hand Al! Doing it by hand gives an entirely different type of satisfaction!

I've always found that starting at the edge and chasing the split is much easier. Still hard work but anything helps.

@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD

3 жыл бұрын

Your dead on buddy. He's doing it the hard way... have a good one buddy.✌

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Yep working around the outside works well, in this case I was working the crack in the center there and they popped, I don’t mind some hard work now and then!

I always kit both edges, never in the middle. In the middle you are working against all the tree rings. That's why it splits easier after you initially break the rings. It's kind of like belts on a tire.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah for the videos sake I wanted to show breaking the rounds down! Going around the outside definitely would’ve been easier 😂

The fiskars is great against red and white oak. I prefer the fiskars axe myself but love all their tools that I’ve used. Thanks for sharing friend!

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

Sure is! I’ve used the axe as well works great!

Glad you shared what most of us stared out using. Wheel barrowing and mauling. Yes i miss the hard work my arthritis wrists are happy for the tractor and splitter!

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

That’s how I started out when I was young! Definitely makes you appreciate the equipment a lot of us are lucky enough to have!

I love watching you taking those few cuts and I knew I was hooked. I’m just here to see you exhaust yourself splitting all this wood. I know you’re not really exhausted but it was fun to watch.

OMG! Days of old. So glad good mechanical wood splitters were invented!

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

Me too!!

I love the smell of red oak, I split wood by hand until I hit 48 yrs old and then bought a splitter!, 54 pieces in your pile!. Have a good day!.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

I started out splitting with an axe and maul when I was younger, still enjoy it!

Nice work, hard work. After doing that it make you bvb appreciate the splitter even more. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and stay positive brother ❤

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Sure does Sid! Thanks for watching!

Geez, you had me sweating just watching you! I just split a bunch of big rounds today, with my chainsaw 😁. My biggest was also 34 inches

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I wasn’t down in hot Florida doing it! Ripping them down definitely would’ve been easier but I was up for the challenge!

Have done it this way before. Great method if your goal is a physical workout. But if your goal is quicker splitting (with fewer whacks that bounce back), start with a wedge and maul. Then once it’s quartered switch to the splitting maul. Great video!

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that was the goal here! If I wanted to go fast I would’ve just brought it home and ran it through the splitter!! Thanks for watching!

This a great video. Where are all the people telling you to get a sawmill for all that valuable wood lol. My daughter just told me I was old because she thought I was watching a cooler infomercial. We all need to hit a few rounds now and again to remember how much we love are splitter.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more, doing it by hand, although satisfying, makes you appreciate a splitter with a 6-way wedge 😂

Man, I've got some 32" rounds of very wet, red oak sitting in my driveway that were dropped off by a local tree service. I have a splitter but just for giggles, I thought I'd see how it went with my maul or Fiskars splitting axe. I couldn't get it to split at all. Part of the problem is my aim is terrible. I nicknamed myself Lightning. Because I never hit the same place twice, and you'd never know where I'd strike next! Manhandling those things to my vertical splitter and onto the base was a chore all by itself! Some I had to get some pvc pipes under and roll them. They were too heavy for me to stand them up on edge and roll. Or, too out of round to get them rolling even if I could stand them up.

1) Flip the round on its side 2) Cut with a chainsaw about 1/3 down the round, or more if you like 3) place a wedge in the cut and hit with a hand or full sledge until it splits. Repeat 2) if it's not spitting 4) after splitting into halves, use a maul near the edges. Repeat until it's all split into firewood.

Why don't you start from the outside and work your way around? You are literally splitting the hardest way possible. You can break off sections by going around the outside in a circle because your strike WITH the grain instead of across the grain. You could have split all that in those rounds in less than half the swings and with a chopping axe instead of splitting maul and saved yourself a lot of energy. I love to swing an axe so I chop my wood specifically with an axe and don't even own a log splitter. I keep 3 houses stocked in wood (mine, my wife's parents, and my wife's aunts) plus our summer cabin. I never split big rounds or hard wood across the grain, always with the grain until I get everything split off except the very center.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I definitely could’ve worked around the outside, I even said that in the video. I usually prefer to quarter the pieces though, I find that I’m able to get more uniform square pieces out of it.

@Delabeled

3 жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY Ah I guess I missed that, sorry. Was watching the video while my 4 year old was chatting away in my lap. I suppose if you are going for uniform pieces that is a good option. I'm splitting wood for myself and not to sell or anything. I don't really care what it looks like when I split it. I was just thinking of easier.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

@@Delabeled I totally agree, working around the outside is the easiest, yeah the more uniform i can get them the nicer the pieces look for the customer! Thanks for the feedback and for watching!

Red oak smells great, 76 pieces, I also bought a couple pairs of those gloves they are warm.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Mine are still holding up, I usually go through one pair a winter.

It is fun every once and a while to split some big rounds by hand. Especially when it is cold , get a fire going with the bark scraps put the headphones in and go to town on it ! RTIC stuff is great, not as yuppie as YETI has become. I would get at least 32 peices out of each of those round , but I like to split small for my woodstove .

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Sure is Christopher! Yeah RTIC makes some great products at a great price point!

Nice looking wood. My guess is 82 pieces.

Great video and nice work. You’re splitting on blacktop? Got to be careful with that maul.

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it gets banged up a bit, nothing the grinder can’t touch up a bit!

Ya Jake I just did some hand splitting in my last vid and oh ya it gets that blood pumpin! Nice job I say 82 pc you got from those rounds

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that Aaron! Haven’t had a chance to watch yet but it’s on my list!

Feel ur pain been doing the same all day laying here hurting watching u

I love my fiskars x25 I smoke thru straight grain wood

i agree about using a wedge, especially if you have a crack in the wood to take advantage of. another way, work the outsides taking off pieces, the log will let you know when to split in half. before the body failed....I used to hand split a lot of wood. My advise, use your machines as much as possible.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I didn’t have my splitting wedge with me, I was up for the challenge!

I use the same maul, split 31” oak rounds no problem. Definitely a work out!

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

For sure! It’s a great maul! Thanks for watching!

@Landon_2006

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah oak is really easy to split since it’s hard and got straight grain but you gotta split it while it’s green or freshly cut

70 pieces. I’m in the process of splitting 12 rounds about the size of these rounds. I have already split 10 this size, all by hand.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome Jerry! Good luck!

If you would start at the outside edge splitting of small slabs and work to the middle it would be much less work and your log will stay upright in the same spot. You will never do it this way again. You do have the right tool for the job.

What i use is a? 4 pound Twisted cone wedge. and a 8 pound sledge hammer they bust up in 1 to 3 hits > People pays to get a work out like we get! 👍👍 SWEAT and TONE YOUR MUSCLES 💪💪 I get my best and more firewood from the rounds

Great video. It's 2 years later and I'm curious, how many pieces of wood were there? 😊

@DudeRanchDIY

5 ай бұрын

I think I pinned a comment with the answer. Over 100

Hello from Chicago! 66 pieces!

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Patrick!

I love my fiskers maul, i also have their splitting ax for once the heavy work is done. Whats up with the cars in individual cages towards the end of the video?

@philgriswold2133

3 жыл бұрын

That looks like it might be the city impound yard.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Yep it’s the towns impound yard, the tall structure in the background is also the towns fire department burn tower practice facility.

Nice one

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wooly! Not even close to your 1/3 cord you split for splitter wars!

@WoolysWorld

3 жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY lol, i still feel that!!

2 weeks ago I split a full cord by hand oak-hickory maple

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Impressive, especially hickory! That is some stringy stuff!

@kenweis7913

2 жыл бұрын

Hickory is no joke....but most don't know it has more btu than oak

Интересненько. Занимательно 😉👍👍👍👍👍

How long you cure that before you put in wood stove? I just got two pickup loads of rounds because they didn't want to work it up. To big for em. There's a lot of firewood in rounds. Just didn't know how long to cure it for optimum btu

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

Oak generally needs at the very least 1 full year if not two depending how small you split it.

That Fiskars would never work in burr oak....but it is incredible in straight grain wood.

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

For sure, we don’t have Burr oak around here but I’ve tried using it on Elm without much success 😂

I tend to start on the edges, take chunks off all around the perimeter until I've chopped enough off to where I will then split it in half. I find that the bark is almost like a rubber band at times and keeps the log bound together tightly. That's me anyway...

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yep around the outside is definitely easier, I split it in half more for the video to show the pieces breaking down.

I'm sucking air just watching lol Nice video 👍 187pcs.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a good workout!

Nice video Jake, I burn a bunch of red oak and I don't even bother with a maul. I don't like to work that hard ha ha. 75 pieces I'd guess

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brennan, I love burning Red Oak. I don’t mind breaking a sweat every now and then haha

On top of asphalt....wow

@brittanylindsay9176

2 жыл бұрын

Guess he doesn’t know how to put one block on top of other lol

My first guess was 40. But as you split it down to kindling I upped it to 120.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

The smaller it is the faster it dries!

@brittanylindsay9176

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but you end up burning more lol

@brittanylindsay9176

2 жыл бұрын

Oak minimum 2 years to dry

66 PCs. Love the smell

red oak splits easily when green, but don’t wait for spring like I did ONCE. Definitely split red oak immediately. I use steel wedges and a 3lb lump hammer to get started.Also homemade all steel 8 lb maul. 👍

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it gets pretty hard when dried out! Thanks for watching John!

@Landon_2006

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it’s very easy when you first cut it 😂

Jeez, that's some hard wood. Just like the wood we split here in Australia. You know it's hard when the maul bounces. Well done.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t know I had Australian viewers! Thanks for watching!

@TheRuralProject

3 жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY - heck yes I look forward to the videos coming. Strange to see the variance in weather, as you get colder, we get warmer. I been busy at my land too, check out my channel, I focus on some of the jobs I've been doing (dam repairs, new access road, etc), although I also run a busy firewood business on the weekends too. I've just got a new MS261cm and MS462CM to replace my MS362, check out the test kzread.info/dash/bejne/apmtm9qeo7vZd84.html

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I'll check it out now! I've had my eye on the 462...

I dig the vid man. also gonna order me up an rtic jug. that way I know I drank a gallon a water a day! interesting work yard, what kind of work ya do? new subscriber here! how do I get a sticker? thanks

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome man! I literally just filled mine up for the workday, it’s great. I’m an arborist/tree climber. That work yard is at my full time job for a municipality so it has a little bit of everything. Thanks for subscribing! Stickers and shirts can be purchased from the merch link in the description! See ya on the next one!

46 and I also enjoy the smell of oak

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a strange smell but I like it!

I cut mine at 17" long. There big and heavy Red Oak. I have to bust them up to move them! White and red oak make a good BBQ firewood. Great tasting in brisket, steaks, and things! Its between a Oak and Mesquite Wood i like the most. I'am more into Mesquite Wood The only 2 kinds of BBQ wood i use. Don't like the taste of Pecan, nor Apple > Black oak is ok. So is Hickory. Can't even get Cherry YUM

Hit at the front of it first then the edge close to you then in the middle it should take around 1/2 the swings then quarter it afterwars

71 pieces

Fiskas are nice but a sharp maul with that curved edge is hard to beat

Nice work, learned a lot. My guess is 190 pieces for both rounds.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

🤝👍 молодец !!!

I see plenty of nice White Oak in your pile also which I prefer when heating. It puts out more heat as it contains more BTU's than Red Oak. Anyways...nice job.

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Yep white oak is good stuff! Always try to save it when we can!

Sir, Is that the 5lb or 6lb fishers? i'm undecided which would work best for Me. Thanks

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

It’s the 8lb amzn.to/3ZOeF4z

@PSMyarddog

Жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY Thank you!

i cut and split 8 cords a year by hand, all red, white oak, and maple tree trunks that i get delivered for dirt cheap, cant think of anything better than splitting logs with a fiskars maul with some beers and good friends after the husq is used to cut up the rounds

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

That’s quite a bit of wood! And a great hobby to share with some friends and cold beer! 🍻🍻

64 pieces. Red oak is a great smell. Have you tried the Fiskers X27? A lot lighter and still does an amazing job. Don't get the X25, it will be too short for you.

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

If the X27 is the splitting axe I have briefly tried it and have wanted to get one for a while now!

@Landon_2006

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree about the smell because when I’m splitting it smells like vinegar to me 😂

68 pieced

I don’t mess with red oak with the high moisture content and being heavy especially when I get black locust which dries quickly and burns hotter and slower then oak anytime and it grows fast as well

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

If I had access to a lot of black Locust I probably wouldn’t mess with oak either! Thanks for watching

He’s surgical with that splitting maul.

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

as a old 76 retired firewood man I have to do it a easier way. let the rounds season 3 to 5 years then the wood will have many large natural cracks to work with. then different size steel wedges & 8/10/20 lbs sledge hammers 1/2 - 1/4 - 1/8 the round. finally with a maul and or large size monster maul make them into firewood size.

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

That’s definitely easier than splitting when green but being 3-5 years ahead I’d imagine is pretty tough!

@rafaellyon6808

Жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY Not really the round developes is own cracks the more it dries the more it cracks up to a point. it's almost like it want to self split. Give it a try

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

I understand what you mean, I’m saying waiting 3-5 years for it to dry and crack is an awful long time until you can split and burn it. You’d need to build up a supply of wood enough for 3-5 years!

@waynejohnson9855

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaellyon6808 red and white oak splits far easier green I have tried both, just split some that I ran through the splitter that I let sit a year because I missed picking it up. Tried splitting it by hand and could do it but it was way faster in the splitter. If I got them in half than hand splitting wasn’t bad.

16 pieces per round is my guess

I'ma year late So how many pieces was it? My guess is 84

92 pieces of firewood

68 pcs. Red oak smells good but I like the smell of white oak better and red cedar is the best

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Red cedar is a great smell as well!

50 pieces

I like your new today you did a really good jop this is a nice wood i love at good jop today busdy

Sure that’s not a rubber tree. Lot of bounce to the maul!

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

It was tough at first George!

Has that axe ever bounced and come back at you?

@DudeRanchDIY

Жыл бұрын

Very seldom. It’s an 8lb maul so it will only do that if I hit a gnarly knot

I count just over 100 rings.

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

It was a big one that’s for sure!

154 pieces

176

65 pieces.

412

Were the hell are your beast mode friends????? They eat that wood.......

96

80

52

143 peices. I’m am tired just watching that. Keep videos coming

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Dang you were the closest guess however commented after I announced the answer of 145 pieces! More videos coming...!

@nitrdr5

3 жыл бұрын

@@DudeRanchDIY wow. I just like the videos.

112

75

200 pieces

122

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats Brad you're one of the closest guesses! Email me your mailing address at duderanchdiy1@gmail.com if you'd like me to send out a sticker!

160

No more product reviews I’m going broke

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

😂 at least you’ll have warm hands, a nice maul, and cold beer!

50

There is an easier way. Another KZread video shows it. Generate several cracks.. 6 or 7.. Not all the way through. Leave the round together then shear off pieces by hitting around the circumference perpendicular to the cracks.. Working around toward the center.

My goodness, those twigs are teeny. I gotta bust ones that are 4ft across.

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

You must be super strong 💪🏼

I use a wedge, I think it’s called the “Wood Grenade”. It works really well for me. Either way it’s hard work. 😅

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t have my wedge with me at work, back to the basics!

84 pcs

Looks almost like kindling lol

I’m guessing 71 pieces

912

182 peices

117 pices

A lot

I think about 115

64 pcs for the first round total 128-130 for two rounds

@DudeRanchDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats Bill you're one of the closest guesses! Email me your mailing address at duderanchdiy1@gmail.com if you'd like me to send out a sticker!

My first guess was only 110 out🥴

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Haha a bit more!! Thanks for watching Henry!

Roll it up on its side and cut down on it with the saw to quarter Then split. Work smart

@DudeRanchDIY

2 жыл бұрын

While I do agree it would be easier, that wasn’t really the point of the video. If I wanted to work smart I would’ve used my log splitter!

199 pieces