Rolling Large Rounds and Logs - I need a Peavey

[bryankloos]

Hey Guys,

Between the size of some of my logs and the weight of the oak rounds I bucked up, I need some leverage to move things around (not to mention my back gives me grief from time to time). That said, I'm thinking about getting a peavey or something similar. What are you guys using and where did you purchase?

Thanks,

Bryan

 

[muncybob]

Got a cant hook from Baileys:
http://www.baileysonline.com/Forest...ing-Company-4-1-2-Wooden-Handle-Cant-Hook.axd

Back saver for sure! Much easier to roll the big logs when bucking. Also picked up a hookeroon to get the rounds out of the truck easier:
http://www.baileysonline.com/Forestry-Woodcutting/Log-Handling-Hand-Tools/Hookeroon/

 

[razerface]

i like alumn handled ones,,,peaveys better then cant. It is personal preference. I bought a new stihl this weekend,,,because my old one got stolen/lost/gone for some reason. They are big and hard to misplace,,,,but maybe i did.

I had to pay 140 bucks for a stihl cause i needed it right now,,,,but bailys sells the same thing (different color) with a peavey or cant hook on the bottom for $119. This is EXACTLY what stihl sells for more money with orange paint. I do like the orange paint on stihles, it shows up when i lean it on a tree in the woods. This is one tough tool. The handle is bigger dia then it looks.

cant on sale for 109 and peavey on sale for 99 right now!
http://www.baileysonline.com/Forest...ooks/LogRite-60-Aluminum-Handle-Cant-Hook.axd


http://www.baileysonline.com/Forest...Peaveys/LogRite-60-Aluminum-Handle-Peavey.axd

 

[velvetfoot]

I got my peavy at the hardware store and it's been fine.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

Logrite makes good aluminum cants and hookerroons/pickaroons.

Cants are much better than peaveys. When you buy one make sure it is sharp on both the hook and bottom so it will dig into the bark and not slip. Some come with little log stands to aid in cutting but find they get in the way. You can remove the log stand.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I too am partial to wood handles. Also to canthooks rather than peavey. Sometimes using a simple pickeroon is all that is needed or even one of these:

 

[bmblank]

Those grips are a real back saver. Instead of bending all the way down to get both hands under the bigger rounds lots of times these will let you lift the same round with one hand onto the splitter. Need big ones though, not those teenie 8 inchers.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

Those grips are a real back saver. Instead of bending all the way down to get both hands under the bigger rounds lots of times these will let you lift the same round with one hand onto the splitter. Need big ones though, not those teenie 8 inchers.

Is this what your talking about regarding timber tongs?

I agree they are great, you can carry two rounds at once, and keep your hands out of the snow. Get the 12" as they can carry small rounds, the small ones carry carry big rounds.

 

[bmblank]

Mine are bigger than 12 even. Harder to find though. Hands stay so much warmer with them as you're not in the snow or we leaves.

 

[paul bunion]

I'm preferential to a peavey only because you can stick its nose into the ground. You never have to bend over to pick it up or lean it against a tree only to watch it slip. I have a 5' wooden handle peavey that I bought about 20 yrs ago. You definitely want a 5' or longer handle, all the leverage is out at the end. I find a pickaroon more useful on rounds. They work pretty good for standing up rounds. You can also use one to pull on a round to roll it. I would have to say that gravity is they best tool that I have though. Logs start on the high side and rounds roll over to the wood pile for splitting and stacking on the low side of my yard. With a little slope all it takes is a shove to get things rolling.

 

[firefighterjake]

I'm cheap . . . whenever I need something to give me some leverage to roll a log and I'm in the woods I just cut down a sapling . . . and at the end of the day that sapling becomes firewood.

That said . . . my vote would be for a Peavey . . . and since I'm just a hop, skip and jump away from the folks who invented the thing, I would have to give my vote to Peavey Manufacturing.

 

[Bigg_Redd]

Hey Guys,

Between the size of some of my logs and the weight of the oak rounds I bucked up, I need some leverage to move things around (not to mention my back gives me grief from time to time). That said, I'm thinking about getting a peavey or something similar. What are you guys using and where did you purchase?

Thanks,

Bryan

I've got a Peavey. I'm not sure there's a huge practical difference between a cant hook and a Peavey. They both work on the exact same principle. If I didn't have one I'd have the other.

 

[jeff_t]

LogRite tools rock. A little spendy, but grab on to one and you'll gladly pay a bit extra. Not to mention the lifetime warranty, and you can switch between peavey and cant by punching out a spring pin, if you wish to.

 

[lobsta1]

For years I've followed these discussions on Peavey or cant hook. Well, I've got about a hundred year old original Peavey. About 10 years ago I ordered a 5' handle from the factory. Maybe a cant hook would be better, but I have never found anything I could use the Peavey on. The smaller stuff I don't need it. On the larger logs where I do have to roll them, the hook on the Peavey just slips off the bark. These are 3' plus diameter logs I'm talking about.

Generally I can find an area where there is a hollow under the trunk. Bang a couple of chunks in there & start cutting. I can usually get the logs down to a small enough size that I can then roll them. If I can't find a hollow, then I will cut ALMOST through the trunk at an end & then use wedges down through the cut to split the round off the log.
Al

 

[Bigg_Redd]

For years I've followed these discussions on Peavey or cant hook. Well, I've got about a hundred year old original Peavey. About 10 years ago I ordered a 5' handle from the factory. Maybe a cant hook would be better, but I have never found anything I could use the Peavey on. The smaller stuff I don't need it. On the larger logs where I do have to roll them, the hook on the Peavey just slips off the bark. These are 3' plus diameter logs I'm talking about.

Generally I can find an area where there is a hollow under the trunk. Bang a couple of chunks in there & start cutting. I can usually get the logs down to a small enough size that I can then roll them. If I can't find a hollow, then I will cut ALMOST through the trunk at an end & then use wedges down through the cut to split the round off the log.
Al

I tap the hook in with the back of my ax

 

[Makers Mark]

What about those that lift log up so you can keep chain out of dirt and rocks? Anyone use them?

 

[TreePointer]

What about those that lift log up so you can keep chain out of dirt and rocks? Anyone use them?

Sometimes called a logjack or timberjack, they are just a cant hook with a foot. Most allow you to unbolt the foot and use it as a cant hook. (Logrite makes a foot for their peaveys, too.) I have one that I very much like but I use it almost exclusively to roll large logs and not to lift them. There are a few occasions where the lifting action is handy. Sometimes you need to pull a log out of vines, mud or stones and the lifting function is helpful.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

What about those that lift log up so you can keep chain out of dirt and rocks? Anyone use them?

I found them to be the most worthless tool I ever tried to use in the woods.


As for the peavy vs canthook, they will both do the job. I just prefer the cant hook, especially if you want to just move one end of a log. The toe of the cant hook will bite into the log while the hook goes into the end. You can lift them or go sideways to slide them much easier than with a peavey. But as stated, both work for rolling logs.

As for handle length, that depends upon the size of log you will have to roll. One of my old favorites had only a 3' handle. Present one has a 4'.

 

[Bigg_Redd]

I found them to be the most worthless tool I ever tried to use in the woods.

x2

 

[paul bunion]

Sometimes called a logjack or timberjack....

I found them to be the most worthless tool I ever tried to use in the woods.

This Timberjack on the other hand could be quite useful. (Same as the tracked feller that you can see the cutting head of in the back. It will place a tree on the ground in a few seconds.)

 

[paul bunion]

I didn't realize the Feller is Timberjack also. This certainly is the most useful Timberjack.

 

[Firewood Bandit]

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[Ashful]

LogRite cant hook. I bought the med length (60"?), which has worked out well. I had originally wanted something shorter (48") but glad now that I went longer. I still struggle to move big stuff with the bigger one, and I'm a fit 6'-0" / 175 lb.

 

[Jon1270]

I still struggle to move big stuff with the bigger one

What counts as 'big stuff' for you? I've been thinking of getting a peavey, and wondering what the appropriate size would be. Since I have neither a truck nor an hydraulic splitter, I'm not sure I'd go for the really large trees even if I could roll them over.

 

[DougA]

OK, I want a one of them.