A 20" Wetterlings that I have done a fair bit of tuning to is my favourite axe.
However, I like it because I often pack it long distances.
For a truck axe the 25" is a better choice.
Incidentally I spent an 8 hour day doing nothing but chopping with that little Wetterlings a few years ago. By the end of the day my back was so tired that I got lazy and didn't stay bent at the waist while felling the last tree (a 60' redcedar).
Buried the bit in my kneecap with the first notch only about 15% done. How embarrassing! And then to have to spend a few hours getting to a town with somebody to make sure it would heal correctly...very annoying.
Full disclosure: I'm the editor of Calibre Magazine, which is Canada's gun magazine. In the past I've done consulting work for different manufacturers and OEM suppliers, but not currently. M4C's disclosure policy doesn't seem to cover me but we do have advertisers, although I don't handle that side of things and in general I do not know who is paying us at any given time.
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