I just had to go and make my own hookaroon

[HDRock]

Every time I am unloading and processing wood, I think , man !! I wish I had a hookaroon, I looked at buying one but, I saw some ideas in a thread on here a while back about making your own and figured I just may have everything I need out in the shop, and sure enough I did.

Some 1" OD aluminum tubing from another project where trying to bend that tubing didn't work out so great ,so that's why you will see a slight band in the and of the handle, which I think is a good thing to have, and it turned out to be 30 inches.

Then I got a piece of half-inch water pipe that just happen to slide right inside the aluminum , I made that peace 17 inches long.
I just happen to have some 1/2" , 8 inch long carriage bolts , so I drilled a 1/2" hole through both pipes at the same time , cut the head off the carriage bolt, ground it to shape , and put a lock nut on one side.

Tried it out real quick, works great picked up some splits , stuck it in a 15" by 3 foot log and dragged it .

To put something on the end of the handle better than the tape, I'm thinking about using foam pipe insulation or bicycle handlebar wrap, or maybe both, any ideas on that ?

Edit: link to other thread Home Made Hookaroon

 

[nate379]

And that is for what exactly, scratching your back or pulling your undies out your crack?

 

[billb3]

Given this is a firewood site that would likely be a firewood manipulator.
If this were a pig slaughter site that would be an oink persuader.

 

[muncybob]

Looks like it should do the job and best of all it's custom model. Love mine for pulling rounds out of the truck and onto the splitter.

 

[PapaDave]

First time I saw one of those was when my firewood guy pulled it out of his truck to hook splits farther back in the pickup bed.
Very handy tool at times.

 

[lukem]

Tape up the handle with some tennis racquet or baseball bat grip.

 

[BillinTX]

I used pieces of washing machine drain hose for the grip on the ones I made out of 3/4" pipe and ice tongs.

The second shortest one is the one I use the most.

 

[HDRock]

Tape up the handle with some tennis racquet or baseball bat grip.

Good idea, got me lookin and found, Red Tool Tape soft grip handle wrap, at Menerds, $4.99

I used pieces of washing machine drain hose for the grip on the ones I made out of 3/4" pipe and ice tongs.

Great job man, so, that drain hose is 3/4" ID ? I have some 3/4" conduit in the shop , I going to use to make another one 6 or 7'

 

[BillinTX]

The pipe is 3/4" ID the hose is about 1" ID.

 

[HDRock]

Finished product, they had no red wrap.
I had to much weight with the 17" water pipe inside , cut it down to 8", now just enough weight to help it penetrate.

 

[HDRock]

And that is for what exactly, scratching your back or pulling your undies out your crack?

To scratch where ever the itch may be