One winter a few years back we fell and cut up a huge red oak down in Maryland. It was around 40 in. across. We used mauls and wedges. Wet red oak splits pretty good. The bad part was none of us payed any attention to the vine running the length of the tree. Needless to say, in a couple of days we were all covered with poison ivy from the saw dust. We all went to the doctor for steroids for the poison. The wood burnt good but the poison itched like heck. :red: