A wood cutting/gathering question

[dstig1]

I've used several. An antique, homemade one, a modern wood handled one, and a 30" steel one labeled Stihl, but made by a company called Logrite. The Logrite is worth the money, no question about it. The tip design is the best of the ones I've used, and it's replaceable. Also, the handle is more durable than wood, feels great in the hand, is easier to spot against the forest floor, and, it's lighter weight than the wood ones. I use it all the time, mostly for moving/maneuvering logs and partial logs for cutting, and loading rounds onto the splitter beam. I wouldn't be without mine. It makes picking it way too maintain a straight back and safer/easier lifting position when moving wood. It's always on the scene when I'm cutting or splitting.

Just don't hit yourself in the leg or foot with the tip.

I'll have to agree with motowne, since he loaned me his The hookeroon is very handy for lifting rounds to the splitter and moving some stuff around. I have found that the larger, heavy rounds (oak, 16-18"+) are still best lifted by hand as the effort gets pretty high to swing that up to the splitter and you start hurting other muscles... But for small to midsize rounds, it saves a lot of bending over. I just need to find something to hold or prop it better so it doesn't fall over and i have to bend over to pick it up (kinda defeats the purpose). A 5 gal bucket should fit the bill. Now i need to go order one of my own before he takes it back!

 

[turnkey4099]

I've used several. An antique, homemade one, a modern wood handled one, and a 30" steel one labeled Stihl, but made by a company called Logrite. The Logrite is worth the money, no question about it. The tip design is the best of the ones I've used, and it's replaceable. Also, the handle is more durable than wood, feels great in the hand, is easier to spot against the forest floor, and, it's lighter weight than the wood ones. I use it all the time, mostly for moving/maneuvering logs and partial logs for cutting, and loading rounds onto the splitter beam. I wouldn't be without mine. It makes picking it way too maintain a straight back and safer/easier lifting position when moving wood. It's always on the scene when I'm cutting or splitting.

Just don't hit yourself in the leg or foot with the tip.

Yes, the logrite is an amazing tool. I wanted one for years but they seemed to be overpriced for a basic "nail on a stick". Tried homebuilt with no success. Finally bought one and on the first use proceeded to kick my rear for not having bought one 20 years prior. I keep finding more uses, Good walking stick, pick up an ax, sledge that fell over, roll a round up to the splitter, etc. They are also called "a third hand".

I even made a homebuilt 8' long patterened on the logrite. I haven't crawled up into the bed of the truck to unload since.

 

[Looking4new]

I was thinking of these for picking up rounds.
Aldon railroad tongs for slepper ties

 

[PaulWS]

My wife ordered me a Log Ox 3 in 1 tool to aid this 71 year old USAF retired MSgt. We burn wood here in our wood stove in north Fl. Have not tried the tool yet as the tool is on back order. I do use a pickeroon by logrite and it saves your back but the log ox tool for 175.00 will help with sawing up the log on the ground. Check it out @ Log Ox.com.

 

[jajiu]

Check out Baileysonline.com, they have some great log handling equipment. I use the Lockhart's Firewood Gripper. I have 2 of them, one for each hand and the weight is balanced.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I bought one for Y2K along with a hand saw, but never really used it. Although they are great. I thought around here they call it a cant hook, although I remember it being calling that with a u which of course raises eye brows.

If we are having an unproductive day, we will often go out for an hour, find some dead fall, cut it up, load it in the mule or gator and place it right on the porch by the front door for immediate use in the fireplace. Three foot pieces, unsplit. Good use and little handling for junk (mostly elm) wood and cleans up the place. Seeing and feeling the fruits of our labor always seems to salvage the day for a feeling of accomplishment.

 

[oosik]

I never used any of these "tools" when we fell trees and cut/split it up. Thinking back, it was probably because I'd never seen/heard of it.

All my firewood was Ponderosa pine and varied from 32" to 38" on butt. Everything was cut to 16" length - the first 15 to 20 feet of the tree were so big - I had to get on my hands & knees to roll the round to the splitter. Thank God for a good splitter with large wheels.

Actually - thank goodness I built electric heat into the house when we built it. I would be in serious shape if I had to harvest firewood now.

 

[JRobyn]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/rural-living/373828-hookaroon-pickaroon-recommendation.html

I wound up with the Logrite and tongs - Amazon.com: Timber Tuff TMW-4 Log Tongs: Home Improvement

 

[Industrial Toys]

Why the tongs?

If you are going to move the log with a machine, why not just a chain? Am I missing something?

 

[rswyan]

Asking the opinions of seasoned firewood cutters.
Do any of you use a 'pickeroon', sometimes called a 'hookeroon' for gathering wood rounds in the process of stacking or moving firewood?
I'm not exactly a spring chicken anymore, so bending over and picking firewood off the ground is getting a bit laborus these days. While not hugely expensive, these tools are not all that common so my question is simply are they worth having in the wood cutting aresonal?

B. John

I just used our new Fiskars hookaroon which I purchased a couple months ago (for exactly you state) yesterday for the fist time

Fantastic tool, wish I had picked one up years ago.