Yup. If your wood is small enough diameter to fit inside an old tire u have laying around . I set the tire on a big enough round so the block I'm splitting has firm support. Then wail away . It also works great for stuffing it full of smaller rounds . Then wack wack wack split those too . Really saves chasing splits and chunks all around the woodyard.
I've screwed the bead down to the chopping block underneath. Keeps the tire from sliding off. Definitely a back saver not having to pick up splits just to replit and pick up again.
Exactly!!!! On rounds that are too big to fit inside the tire . I will split them in quarters , set 2 quarter s in at a time and split them . Usually can put in 2 quarters but not 1 half round .
When actually Chopping wood , = fall , bucksplit and limb with axes only . The measurements on the handle are quite handy. With the Bucksplit method its easier to run more consistent lengths . Bucksplit works best in deciduous species . Hard to do in conifers due to the limb structure . . Since being on our place here . I've burned around 5 cord of Aspen and Birch that I chopped on my property. Most of it in the winter . Most of it bucksplit.
