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CLETUS Offline
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#18
04-17-2017, 11:37 AM
I've split miscanthus with an axe.
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04-20-2017, 02:35 PM
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#20
04-29-2017, 12:14 PM
(04-17-2017, 11:37 AM)CLETUS Wrote: I've split miscanthus with an axe.

Yep
Also have an old meat cleaver that we use
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#21
05-02-2017, 07:46 AM
There are several videos on the subject.  Here is one.  I never tried it but he makes it look pretty simple:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cgIoQPg2GI

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#22
05-02-2017, 08:13 AM (This post was last modified: 05-02-2017, 08:13 AM by vernonator.)
I use a battery powered recip saw with a wood cutting blade - works great.
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#23
05-04-2017, 07:24 AM
I've split and moved many clumps of ornamental grasses thru the years, used a single bit axe on 'em all. A axe can be a very useful digging, trenching, gardening tool.
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#24
05-05-2017, 06:27 PM
I also use an axe
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