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You don't get a miniature fireworks display with locust? Snap, crackle, pop.

Just be careful when you open the door, right?

I will bet it was some mighty fine firewood. One of the few I haven't burned. Those are some nasty thorns.

Never seen a Pin Oak bigger than 3 feet and we have lots of them. Tall, straight and skinny in the woods. Bigger on the edge or in the open. Red will get big even in the middle of woods.

I split some Chesnut Oak once. We don't have much of it around here. I remember the splitter building up pressure with no results. All of a sudden it would let go with a bang. Never saw any other wood do that on a regular basis.

Only way to split elm by hand is start a wedge on the side and don't bury it. Lay it over on edge and go at the split with an ax to cut all those nasty crisscrossed fibers. If they have been standing dead till they got a little past prime they split.

I remember the first time I scored some cherry firewood and thought I really had something. Highly disappointed.

And because it is easy splitting wood. Flippin or not, on tough wood your gonna get stuck sometimes.

My first ax I went to Sears and bought. It was good for chopping but terrible for splitting. Long slim cutting edge would get buried and stuck. It is still kicking around here somewhere after almost 40 years.

They were old as the hills and he used to grind them. His pocket knife too. No patience at all. I was just looking at an old Barlow knife that was his the other day. I think he used to get them free with catalog orders.

I was going to suggest the worn down ax theory. My Dad had several axes, single and double, that had been sharpened down about 1/2 way. They don't get stuck so easily.

I bought a Fiskars knock off at TSC for $20. It works well but hasn't stood the test of time. I knew if I bought a Fiskar I would hit a rock and ruin it.

Running skid steer alone knocks you around pretty good. It would get pretty dull doing that for long. Sure works good though.

If it is easy splitting it's actually not bad work. If I am beating my brains out the noisy log splitter gets pulled out.

My bud had one of those Monster Maul style and it came with a pipe handle. Not for me. He owned land in Perry Florida. Had the timber guys give him a bid on his trees. He made as much clearing out a driveway and selling the firewood. He ended up taking the maul for a ride. Stopped on a...

I have. Something to keep the piece from tipping over helps. I usually jam the chunk up next to some other chunks.

That works good with ax or maul too. Take a few slabs.