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Splitting Locust: What It Sounds Like (With Audio)

Here’s how that locust log I’m using in my new fence sounded when I split it with my sledge and wedge. Locust is known for being one tough wood. Rot resistant, too. But what’s less known is how it crackles and pops when it’s split. I made you a recording of what it sounds like to split the locust log below.

Bernie Harberts splitting a locust log with sledge and wedges

Click on the audio below for the sound of locust splitting.

The sound of locust splitting.
Close-up of a steel wedge in twisted locust grain fibers
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