This video was made just for fun. Yes, it took me longer to set up than it did to split--that's not the point. This is not how I normally split my firewood. The wood in this video is dry Douglas Fir and I assure you, all pieces were split.

Comments: -- You sir, are brilliant. Also, thanks for making the video under 90 seconds long. So many people who post YouTube "how-to" videos make them about three times longer then necessary to get the basic point across.

Great strategy, wish I’d seen this fifty years ago, it saves so much time. I use three short star pickets to keep the tyre in place

All I could think of was a cartoon image of me missing the wood; hitting the tyre and the axe bouncing back and splitting my skull.

I like this iidea its so simple yet unbeatablely reliable. Plus it must help the axe head bounce so your not having to stop it and twist ya back thanks!!