Had some fun with the fiskars tonight. Split enough to fill another rack and have a little left over. I tried something I haven't tried before that I saw somewhere online. Worked awesome with this red oak. Wrapped a bungee around the round and split away. Really was impressed with how much time and bending over it saved, round stayed in place and with how easy the oak splits I was able to split the whole round in very little time.
Metal pallet racks happen to make great stringers for pallets. (Imaging that. ). Keep your eye open for some of it. As business come and go there is often some pallet shelving to be had. I found a bunch of the vertical pieces that for some unknown reason were cut apart with the diagonal bracing removed. I took 20 pieces and wish I had taken more.
I have been interested in the bungee or tire splitting aids. Glad to hear you like how the bungee worked. I'll give it a try.
Got the rest of the splitting done today. Oak and locust for 2016-2017. Now I need to go get some more pallets to make some more racks.
Yea the bungee cord works except I always chopped through it. Now I use a tire except for the biggest rounds. But the tire works great for jamming several rounds in and splitting fast.
