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Really I've used wedges for years but they were steel splitters driven with an 8 pound beater .Fact I used some last week because I couldn't get enough lift with the plastic deal to break over a 1"hinge .I opened it up a tad with steel then stacked two plastic ones atop each other and got er...

I've got two or three of those monster files .Those things are like 18-20 inchs long must weigh a pound and a half .

I don't tip enough trees in the course of a year to warrent buying wedges several dozen at a time .It's probabley less than 50 all told this year which most fallers could get in a day or two .The only reason for that many is because of all the dead ash .Actually to be quite truthfull in the...

I never used those plastic wedges until about a year ago and that only because of this forum . I have learned you can't thump those things in on a closed kerf fer luv ner money . Good grief in just the course of this summer I have those things beat to a pulp and now I'm going to need to get...

My dad talked about having several long skinny wedges made of steel then backing them up with oak wedges to get the lift .That was back in the late 30's early 40"s in the cross cut days .

I suppose if had a long enough lever you coud raise the empire state building .

I've lifted them right off the hinge then the feet go into action .That was years ago though .

Well yeah .Keep in mind though I'm just a midwest hayseed .Those steel splitting wedges worked fine I just didn't know any different except for two things .They can fly back at you and crack you in the shin about as good as a Lousiville slugger .Plus the fact if you hit one with a chainsaw it...

To tell the truth I was kinda dumb about this wedge business .All I used for years was splitting wedges .I figured a 12 incher would be better than a 6 so I bought some . Turns out they don't have any more lift than a 6 .It just has a long taper to help you out----providing your trying to lift...

Which by the way I have done .Recently,head in azz I used the 12 inch wedges on 18" trees then couldn't figure what was wrong .Well dumb me didn't take into consideration I had the damned wedges bottomed out ,duh . I thought those 12 inchers would be the cats meow and probabley would have...