An Axe - Seriously?

[Scoutn79]

I carry a single bit Estwing 26" axe. I use the hammer end for tent stakes and such. It fits in the truck nicely and the way my truck is set up I can get it out in a second so there isn't any digging around for a hammer in the toolbox. It works well for my requirements...It's always there and never runs out of fuel....unless I do :-) It is easy to sharpen when it dulls unlike a chainsaw blade. In the spring I carry a chainsaw to clear winter fall. It isn't bad clearing one tree from the trail with an axe bit when you come across five or six trees in a row the chainsaw is a real time saver.
Darrell

[86tuning]

Probably should be more specific. I want to mount it on the interior of the rear door. I drive in an urban area most of the time, and do not want my equipment stolen.

quickfist mounts should work fine. Make sure your axe head has a cover. Consider mouting it vertically with the head down, so that in the event of it leaving your mounting bracket the axe head won't fly into your passengers.

Mine lays on the floor under the rear seats when I'm not on a trip. Or it stays in the garage.

[johnsoax]

I ordered some quickfists from Cabelas. Will try to get a picture up once I get them and install.

[Douglas S.]

I picked up a 23" Fiskars axe from Canadian Tire. I'm quite impressed with it so far (chopping some wood in my backyard).

[motoz]

quickfist mounts should work fine. Make sure your axe head has a cover. Consider mouting it vertically with the head down, so that in the event of it leaving your mounting bracket the axe head won't fly into your passengers.

Mine lays on the floor under the rear seats when I'm not on a trip. Or it stays in the garage.

Quick fists are great. If you get a Fiskars axe it comes with a protective cover plus a hole in the handle you can put a padlock through.

Very handy.

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[Bretthn]

The quick fists are definitely an awesome product. I just installed two sets today. Make sure if you are mounting in the interior that you do not simply mount it to a plastic interior panel. Details on how I mounted mine to my hatch are in my build.
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[Squatchout]

Just picked up a new "old" axe from my FIL this weekend. It's a very nice old Plumb. Once It gets a new handle it'll be a nice match for my Plumb Boy Scout Hatchet I've had since I was a small child!

[johnsoax]

Finally got my Axe installed.


Fiskars axe installed in Rover with QuickFists from Cabelas

[Fantom]

I have 4 wood dealing tools:
1 - chainsaw, when that overheats, fails, runs out of fuel or fails I have
2 - Fiskars Axe (the long model) - it's an axe and a splitting maul in one, best axe ever.
3 - Woodman's Pal tool the ultimate machete that can cut down small trees.
4 - small collapsible saw.

The chainsaw, axe, and Woodman's Pal get used all the time on every trip. Here in BC, when we wheel we go into remote areas and bringing wood is not necessary. There is lots of wind fall, dead trees and firewood everywhere you go. On average there are 2-5 trucks in a group, when we get to camp, everyone focuses on firewood duty and within 30 minutes we have enough firewood for 2 days, cut, chopped and ready to burn. If we were bringing it with us we would need a large trailer just for that on a 3-5 day trip.

[viperstd]

I read the entire thread... post-for-post. What a great, albeit over-killed, thread.

I carry a Gransfors Bruks Hatchet under my seat and have reached for it more times than I can count.

I grew up using hatchets, axes, and mauls the way my dad taught me. Growing up as a child of rural Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire we heated our houses with wood. That meant I spent a considerable amount of time with an axe in hand. My dad would fell the trees before I was old enough to do it, and I would help him clear the base, the spot to be dropped, and limb the trees with him when it was felled. Yes, a sharp, high powered chain saw is brutally fast, but there is something innately human about going out on an early, crisp morning and working with a stick with a sharp bit on the end. The sound of the frost under your feet, your breath hanging in the air, and the sound that a well placed axe makes when it hits home falling into the forest is just... right.

Back to the point, I postulate that a proficient woodsman could take a sharp axe out of his storage spot in his rig and clear a 12" tree from a trail and be rolling again faster than they could get a chainsaw out, don the necessary safety gear (chaps, helmet, eyes and ears), start and and warm the saw, clear the same tree, and then put it all back away.

My .02. Btw, I've lurked for a while and decided to finally say "hello." I'm usually on tacomaworld