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Felling wedges. Which brand is best

Started by Bthomasb3, March 04, 2019, 08:41:26 PM

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Wyologging

I order from Madsens in Washington. I prefer K&H. I prefer the 8, 10, and 12 inchers. The madsens brand wedges also have good lift and taper. 

OutPost

I've had good luck with Timber Savage toothed wedges. Subzero they haven't shattered & stay put. I fall limb & top, then block out & hand split right where the trees hit so my Fiskars splitting axe is always handy for driving.
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clww

I've got at least a dozen that I bought at Northern more than a decade ago. I don't get to use them much anymore, but they're worth what I paid I think.
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Frickman

I usually used whatever the local saw shop had in stock.  I really liked the red head wedges and an all red one,  I forget the brand name of it.  The orange ones were always too soft.  The all red ones are kind of brittle, the like to break in the middle if you don't hit them square.  I kept a couple of old fashioned iron/steel wedges on the skidder too.  The kind you use for splitting firewood.  Those I would sometimes use on large diameter trees when I needed extra lift and didn't want to stack plastic ones.  
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rjwoelk

Felling wedges are around $6+ for 5 inch  $12 for 8 inch. 
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Stephen Alford

   These are the wedges in the tool box on the tractor.


 

I try to spend a couple hours touching up the saws etc every Friday.  That includes touching up the wedges with a grinder. Makes a difference.  The splitting wedge,third down gives 2" of lift. The 2 lb head I put on the fiberglass handle works great. Saves my "good" axe  ;)  This is the odd ball ...tend to use it at the landing when need be.


 
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Lyndaker

I definitely prefer plastic but haven't put much science into it. It also depends on tree size what wedges work best. I am mostly cutting smaller soft wood which means a long wedge doesn't have enough room and gets cut by the saw. I find toothed wedges help to prevent kick out when using the smaller sizes or pounding 2 in simultaneously  so neither has lots of pressure. 

teakwood

Are there small wedges (5.5") out there with less taper? i couldn't find nothing. i have 5.5" one inch lift wedges and sometimes they won't bite and fly out of the cut when hit. i work on smaller but heavy and dense trees.

or does a 8" less lift wedge exist?
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ehp

I have been using the ones that are red and white . I break a lot of wedges and if its cold out I break just about everything else . I seem to break a lot of axe handles as well . Never from a miss hit they just donot like how hard I swing the axe I guess

Jwswan

Another vote for the redheads.  They also stack far better than any others I've used. 
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Riwaka

High molecular weight plastic wedges.  (8 and 10 inch lengths)

https://forest-tek.com/wedgetek/

Silverfoxfintry

I make up my own from Oak Barrel Staves.  As hard as Nails and cost me only Time. When I think about it, they are probably American Oak. We reuse Burbon Barrels to mature Whiskey.

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