Slide action wood splitter - GIF

[Frank S]

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This just goes to show that you should never try to split green wood with splitting maul.
A couple years age I went through and flagged several dead mesquite trees. I might fell a few live ones but they don't get split for 2 years minimum.
You should try split a green cut mulberry tree. Without hydraulics it is not going to happen.
Most of my splitting is done with a standard single blade ax and if need be a 10 lb sledge
Ax in 1 hand and sledge in the other I can split wood faster than the wife can set them up