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To: dangerdoc
I'm on crutches right now, and can't make it out across the soft & muddy yard to my shed to check the tool itself, (for weight and printed info) but, IIRC, the head weight is somewhere around six pounds. Also (AFAIK) they only come with fiberglass handles...

I'll bet that if you go to some big place like Lowe's, Tractor Supply, or Home Depot they will have them. (I got mine in a tiny local hdw store in Norfolk, MA ...)

Don't recall what I paid, but wasn't terribly more than for a plain maul.

Whatever the price, IMO, it was worth it in saved effort, stuck mauls, etc...

57 posted on 03/16/2009 5:19:43 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: TXnMA

I have a 6 lb. maul with a broken wooden handle, it’s on my to do list.

I wore out the fiberglass handle on my 8 lb. maul this winter, didn’t know you could to that but I got about 50 cords out of it.

I have one of those 12 lb metal monster mauls, the handle is too short and I don’t like the ballance, but I finished the season with it. It makes me tired but I’m a big guy and I went through the last four cords pretty quickly with it.

I also have a 3 lb hammer, 8 and 12 pound sledge hammer with a small collections wedges inclucing a wood grenade, none of them are particularly fun to use.

To sum up, I’m open to a variety of tools. I’ve been looking for a new handle for my 8 lb maul and have been in several hardware stores including HQ and several small mom and pop operations, I’ve never seen a maul like that one. If they’re not too expensive, I would buy one out of curiosity. I wonder how many cords it would last. It may be a little light for my taste, I’m getting older and momentum is easier to generate than speed when your joints start getting less limber.

I wish I could find a 10 to 12 lb. maul with a normal length handle.

Sorry if I’m a little wordy, it’s bedtime and it’s hard to be pithy when drowsy.


58 posted on 03/16/2009 7:38:26 PM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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