What is the Tool called to pick up logs?

A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills.

What are fire tongs?

Tongs used for gripping and moving burning coals and logs in a fire. Part of a set of fire irons.

What’s the difference between a peavey and a cant hook?

The biggest difference between a cant hook vs. peavey is at the end of the logging tool. A peavey includes a pointed tip at the end which is designed for separating logs, sticking in the ground for sliding or leveraging logs, and easy storage access. A cant hook does not include a pointed tip.

What are fireplace tongs called?

A fireplace poker, (also known as a fire iron) is a short, rigid rod made of fireproof material used to adjust coal and wood fuel burning in a fireplace, and can be used to stir up a fire.

What is sugar tongs?

Definition of sugar tongs : a pair of usually silver tongs with claw-shaped or spoon-shaped ends for serving lump sugar.

What is a PEVY?

“Blacksmith Joseph Peavey’s name went down in history as the inventor of the improved cant dog. Used to roll logs, break jams, pry rocks, tighten chains, and push over trees (with a pole, known as a “killig” or “kilhig”), the peavy is the logger’s all-purpose tool. “The cant hook is similar, but is used in sawmills.

What is a Hookaroon used for?

A hookaroon is an essential logging tool to quickly pick-up, pull, and move small logs, firewood, and boards around your woodlot or sawmill with ease. Durable and long-lasting, Wood-Mizer hookaroons are made in the USA with hardened steel handles and hooks.

How do you move a log without a tractor?

You can even do it by hand with a good LogRite cant hook or peavey. A winch on the truck may be an option. Another option is a capstan winch with a small engine. It is portable and can be carried around to move logs a fair distance, just not real fast.