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I rent a 40 ton vertical splitter, as some of the logs I split weigh in excess of 200 pounds, and some are very hard to split. When I split exclusively by hand, I used a wedge on difficult logs, and would hammer on it as many times as I needed to. Twenty to 40 whacks would be common for some splits. In wood like that, a single hit with a maul would be a joke. However, I tended to split wood on at least a weekly basis, and would split wood for 20 minutes to a couple of hours per session.
With a 40 ton splitter, I tend to split all my wood for a season in one long marathon session, with or without a helper. I get that 40 ton unit for 80.00, and it is delivered on Friday night, to be picked Monday. It isn't economically practical for me to buy one with that kind of a deal, although I do think about it, for convenience. 40 ton units are hard to find though.
If the OP does not want to split that rock maple, there are no doubt many in his area who would be happy to haul it off for free.
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