We're on the cusp of summer, so if you're planning to go camping and maybe make a nice campfire, here's an equally nice way to help get some wood for it.

In this video, we see a nifty method for chopping wood. All you have to do place it inside some tires so the wood doesn't move when it gets hit, enabling you to easily divvy it up into small pieces.

Your inner Paul Bunyan will be delighted and your non-exhausted arms will thank you.

It's one of the more solid and simpler life hacks -- or, should we say, life "ax."

More From Cat Country 102.9