The trees have to be cut up into logs. The logs must be split. The split wood then needs to dry for 6 months or so. Anyone who’s spent time manually splitting wood can tell you it’s back ...
The sooner you trim off the dead wood, the sooner the sealing of the wound can begin by specialized tissues in the tree.
The Splitmaster can exert up to 55 tonnes of pressure when pushing logs through the splitting knife. You can find out more here. Produced by Jasper Pickering. Special thanks to Leon Siciliano.