How to chop wood without an ax: safe, 7 times faster

Chopping wood with an ax requires special effort, endurance and time. Moreover, it is not always safe. Chips and wood scatter in all directions.

How to chop wood without much effort, even a woman, and not "strain" her hands and back? Let's analyze current trends and how to do it without an ax.

But for starters, for those who like to work in the old-fashioned way and cannot imagine harvesting firewood without an ax, we suggest using the Truper professional ax-splitting ax with an offset center of gravity.

This new invention helps you work faster and effortlessly. The ax has a lever action. The long handle makes work safe and makes splitting the log easier. Weight - 2 kg.

Keep your back straight when using this ax and do not run it behind your back. Just lift it up vertically and hit the log. It is advised to wear gloves.

By the way, it is easier to chop chocks with tires. Install 2 tires (one on top of the other). Insert the chocks inside the tires (tightly to each other). If a big chock, then one. So it is much safer to stab with an ax.

How to chop wood without an ax?

1 way. Electric wood splitter. Tunic chocks 7 times faster a man with a cleaver.

Placed horizontally. There is a splitter head for 4 parts. This is the most popular device for private use. Tool weight about 49 kg. When working, 2 hands are involved. The principle of operation can be viewed on the Internet (there is a video). Minus: it is expensive (from 18,000 rubles).

2 way. Manual wood splitter.

Easy to use. For such a device, an ax is no longer required. Work is carried out more safely: wood chips and wood do not fly to the sides. You need to insert a log into a wood splitter and beat with a sledgehammer. The device is small in size and can be taken to the dacha, on a hike, on a fishing trip.

Made from durable steel, it will last for a long time. You can chop small chips for ignition. In 30 minutes, 80 medium-sized logs can be split into firewood. Handles even knotty logs. Weighs about 7 kg.

Minus of the tool - thick logs are not included in the wood splitter. Suitable for logs with a diameter of 25 cm.

3 way. Wall-mounted woodchip-lever.

Tool from Sweden. Made of cast iron. Safe firewood splitting. Can be placed in the area of ​​the hearth, barbecue or other place.

The device is fixed on the wall vertically and the logs are split by force on the knife handle. The package contains screws for wall mounting.

Tool weight about 5 kg. Handle length 60 cm. Logs 38-45 cm long are suitable.

4 way. Screw splitter for a drill. This method is suitable for small chocks. No need to buy an expensive machine. There are special conical nozzles on the market for a drill or hammer drill. They are not expensive and facilitate the work several times.

If you have a walk-behind tractor, cultivator, snow blower, you can install a screw log splitter.

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