Pulp hooks.

[Dave Shepard]

They are almost unheard of around here. I don't drag pulpwood, but I do find them to be extremely handy for working firewood. I found one locally last week and used it on five pieces of pine slabwood and then the tip snapped off and hit me in the temple. : Anyone else use them much? I'm thinking about just heating the tip up with the torch and drawing it out to shape again and leaving it in some wood ash to cool and not harden. I imagine it wouldn't wear as well, but if it snaps, that's no good either.

[HiTech]

The one I have has a replaceable tip. Just turn it out or in.

[Dave Shepard]

This one is replaceable, but only has one point. Not sure where to get tips, I could ask the shop where I got it, but I doubt they carry them. I also think it's metric, about 10mm diameter.

[DDDfarmer]

Use them all the time for firewood. I prefer the old style that you just heat and draw out the tip to suit your needs. 

[Tom the Sawyer]

Pretty rare item out here on the great plains but I have a couple of hay hooks that I use for moving small logs around.  Just had to sharpen the tip and they work great, plus they seem to be about 1/2 the cost of a "pulp" hook.

[Peter Drouin]

Use them all the time for firewood. I prefer the old style that you just heat and draw out the tip to suit your needs. 

[47sawdust]

I don't use a pulp hook,I find that a Hookaroon works best as it has a long handle and an aggressive tip.I also use it at the mill for pulling slabs.i also have two sizes of log tongs for handling firewood blocks.My Hookaroon came from Peavey mfg.in Maine,but Logrite probably sells one as well.

[rick f]

I use mine all the time loading firewood. I just file the tip to get the shape I want.

 

[Reddog]

Dave, the tip might be a ice stud for a snowmobile track.

[DonT]

I use them a lot, as well as a logrite hookeroon for smaller rounds.  Anything that helps me keep my hands out of the snow and dry is a great tool.

[bill m]

I have two and use them all the time. One with a replaceable tip and one without. I like the one with the fixed tip better. Dave, If you want you can use one of mine till you get your tip replaced.

[Dave Shepard]

Thanks for the offer Bill. I have a LogRite Hookaroon that I use for cutting up my slabs, I'll keep using that for now. It gives me more reach and is my preference for handling full length slabs. The pulp hook I use when handling chunk firewood. A friend of mine cuts his boiler wood about 36", and it's a real pain to try and handle the rounds, literally. It gets me right in the wrists. Too many years of dragging brush to the chipper, I think. I think I'm going to try and draw out the broken tip tonight and see if I can reshape it. Another friend has a bunch of hooks, and the replaceable tip style with the little notch seems to grab better than the one piece style with the straight tip.

[thecfarm]

Labonville sells them and are you close to a Paris Farmers Union? We sell them at work,looks like the one that rick f has pictured.

[Maine372]

labonville carries replacement tips. but ive found that to get the bolt out makes it not worth the hassle. dad had one that the bolt wouldn't stay tight so someone laid a bead of weld around the tip to hold it solid. I find a worn tip always works better than a new one anyway, especially in frozen wood.

[Dave Shepard]

The bolt came out easily on mine. I think if I tried to weld this, it would crack the tip off. I could just scratch it with a file, but it was singing pretty well. If the blacksmithing route doesn't work, I'll cut the socket off and weld a mild steel tip on. Third option would be to turn a new hook in the lathe. It is metric, 10mm shank. Mine also looks just like rick f's.

No Paris Famer's Union down here. I got mine from one of my local saw shops, but it was the only one he had, and the other shop was sold out. I doubt they sell more than a couple of hooks a year each, from talking to them.

[Ed_K]

 I used a cut off bolt as a replacement on mine. It's hard to get it ground just right for the tip to hold in the wood but release when you want it to.

[simonmeridew]

put a right angle hook on the end, actually dub it over with a ball peen hammer, and it'll hold much better, especially in frozen wood. use it on the end of the bolt not the side or you'll wear the point in your thigh
simonmeridew

[Dave Shepard]

I use a two step process for handling the longer stuff. First is in the side near the close end to get it up in the air, transfer to the left hand then in the other end to pick the piece up. The original tip has a sort of hook to it. More of a notch, actually.

[Offthebeatenpath]

Dave,

I have more pulp hooks than I need, some old ones and some newer ones with replaceable tips. Probably a couple extra hookaroons too.  I could throw a few in the truck next time I head to the Berkshires if you're interested.  I should be headed there in a few weeks.

Jed

[trapper]

I use a two step process for handling the longer stuff. First is in the side near the close end to get it up in the air, transfer to the left hand then in the other end to pick the piece up. The original tip has a sort of hook to it. More of a notch, actually.

x2  but what is the trick to get them to release easy?

[loggah]

You want just a little curl on the end of the tip.The old timers around here used to take a new hook and just wack the point on an anvil or hard surface. I got to use one quite a lot when i was a teenager loading pulptrucks by hand. No log loaders around then.Long logs were still rolled on trucks at rollways. don

[mad murdock]

Peavey Manufacturing still makes and sells new ones.

[Dave Shepard]

I did a little blacksmithing on the end of my tip. I drew it out long enough to work with, and finished with a file. I let it cool slowly, and it files a little easier, so I know it is softer. Hopefully it won't snap as easily. The tip is pretty close to what it was when I got it. I like this style over the straight point on the non-replaceable hooks. The angle of the hook to the handle is different on this one than the ones my friend has. His, the point is tangential to the handle, and this one had an acute angle to the centerline of the handle. I straightened it out to be tangential to the centerline and it hooks better with the tendency to glance off the face of the log.

Offthebeatenpath, I don't think I need any more hooks, thanks. I just use mine helping a couple of friends now and then. I try to do most of my material handling with a forklift. If you are in the area, let me know. I can give you a tour of my snow piles that closely resemble a sawmill and edger. :D (Not much going on now, although in few weeks, who knows, the snow may have gone away). Mostly working on timbers in the garage.



 

[Offthebeatenpath]

Thanks for the invite Dave.  I'd like to see your operation, although I may wait till more of the white stuff melts away.  Looking at snow piles is starting to get frustrating...  I will be working at the Kellogg Conservation Center in S. Egremont for at least a few days in the spring.  My fiancé works there most of the year as well, so I end up passing through with some frequency.

Jed

[Oliver05262]

 
  Here's mine. Never used this one much after I bought it 'cause I quit sending 4 foot wood. Snow & Nealley--- vintage late '60's.