Helko Vario Scandinavian Splitting Axe - 1600G

[southbound]

►►OhioBurner◄◄™

I find it hard to believe that you are having such trouble busting large rounds of those species.....

Well for the bigger rounds I start with with the 2300......

 

[bboulier]

Southbound. I use rubber protectors on my wooden maul handles. Would those work on a Helko Vario?

 

[southbound]

Sorry not sure??

 

[OhioBurner©]

►►OhioBurner◄◄™

I find it hard to believe that you are having such trouble busting large rounds of those species.....

Well for the bigger rounds I start with with the 2300......

Southbound, I never claimed to be Paul B... and fare far better in cross country races than strongman competitions. With that being said I do believe I can swing a maul with the best of em. The average size pieces I can send flying to the neighbors yard... however the larger ones just dont want to split. Many say they split easier in freezing temps so I actually went out today (was in teens) to split one of the big locust rounds. This was one of the larger ones, about 24" length and diameter around 18". I started near the outside, maybe 3" in and took about 5-6 hits to chip off a piece. I was able to work around the block and got it down to one roughly 8x12 piece that I wanted to just split in half. Was not able to. Even after splitting all the outside around the whole thing I took a dozen swings at the center and it never split. Guess I need to do some more curls.

 

[southbound]

When I encounter something like this I use the 2300 and I will swing like I want to split it in half but I aim for the edge.. Really hard stuff takes a few swings but almost always starts a crack through the middle...