Peavey - what's it used for??

[Ed_K]

 Mines a modified peavy, no point  :(. sits in the corner next to the mill. its only good for rolling logs on to the mill  >:(.

[DanG]

My brother-in-law is an old-time forester, and he calls it a cant dog.  Most everybody around here calls it a peavey, whether it has a point or a claw on it.  Probably couldn't find one out of forty that know's the difference.  Why not build one that has both? ??? :P

[MemphisLogger]

I call em all sorts of things when they don't bite, but I have a couple of Peavey brand cant hooks  ;)

[Frank_Pender]

Well, Urban, with a Log Rite you would sure 8) ;D  Call Kevin and have him send one to you, makesure I get the credit for the sale. :D :D :D

[MemphisLogger]

I tried to steal Arky's A.S.S. yesterday but he sicked his ferocious hounds on me 

[Jim_Wahl]

Hi Folks,

I don't know that Logrite sells the tips seperately or not, but it looks to me like
they are interchangable, so it would be easy to switch back and forth if needed,
depending on wheather you need a cant hook or peavy. Their website does not
list the tips seperatley,so maybe I am mistaken. Anyone know for sure?

[Hokiemill]

So it looks to me like anyone who doesn't have a peavey probably has lots of hydraulics and log loading equipment.  For those of us who have to man-handle logs quite a bit, a cant hook alone just won't do.  Gotta have that peavey for lifting, leveraging, sliding, poking, pushing, and prodding.

[RSteiner]

I have several peavy's and the best one is one I just purchased from a forum sponser.  The tools invention is credited to Joe Peavey from whom it got is't name.

The spike in the end was very useful for the river drivers when picking a jamb or ferrying across the river on a couple of logs.  I use the spike when I want to slide a log along in a pile.  By sticking the spike in the log below it and hooking the hook on the log you want to move you can kind of winch the top log along.

On the mill I use it to do a similar movement.  On the Mobile Dimension mill the log sets on bunks that have holes in them and the spike of the peavey fits in them.  By hooking the log with the hook a little behind the bunk then placing the splike in a bunk hole you can pull the log along.

It does make a great prying tool also.

Randy

[Engineer]

Hokie,

You got that right.  A cant hook and a peavy, and a ten-foot ash 4x4 are the tools I have around my mill, because that ORANGE antique has only a hand winch for rolling the log up on the bed.  Even that's a chore.  And for flippin' the cant and rolling a log, it's nothin' but people powered.

Now if I had a nice Bobcat T250 and some forks, and a new Woodmizer Super HD, then maybe the peavey and cant hook would be hung on the wall.  But they get used and abused and sometimes they still aren't enough.  I got a pair of 28" dia. x 16' long green white pine logs that I have to saw in the next two weeks, and everytime I look at them I try to think how I'm gonna roll 'em and flip 'em once they're up on the mill.

[Cedarman]

You can stab your foot with a peavey, but with a cant hook there is no need to try to stick it into the ground so I am a lot safer with a cant hook.

[bull]

I have all the hydrallics etc..... Still have two peaveys w/ the mill at all times one at each end...... No live deck ....  also smaller logs need to be postioned and it's quicker to use the peavey,than to kick the log off the mill trying to jockey it with the log turner,board dracg back and or rollers. It can be don either way... sometimes its fun to show off but I really need to get the sawing done 8)......    Both are 4 footers..
Oh yeah the spike works on rats and chipmunks >:(

[neslrite]

My experience:
My Grandfather was a logger in Maine all his life, so up until 2 years ago I had never seen a cant hook.
He always called them peaveys, the French Canadians in CT call them cant dogs.

As far as LogRite sales go we sell a lot more cant hooks than peaveys, although peaveys have been very popular lately. There does seem to be a regional trend, peaveys are primarily used in the North East and the North West.

Functionally both the LogRite cant hook and peavey are identical except for the tip.
FAQ

1. Are the tips interchangeable? NO to make the peavey point strong enough, it needs to have a larger dia. and to make the cant hook tip that large would add unnecessary cost. The first 100 or so production units had interchangeable tips.

2. Why don't you make a tool that has both? I looked at that early on and decided not to go down that road for 2 reasons. We would then have to market a third type of tool that could add confusion to the buyer, and it would cost more to manufacture.

Kevin

[SwampDonkey]

Hey Kevin:

I just delivered the new peavey I got from you folks to the local Woodlot Owner Association, to be used as a door prize. They were quite taken by how rugged it looks and feels. The annual meeting is toward the end of next month and I'll try to get a picture of the recipient for the forum. If I was to do any amount of log handling I'de definately have one handy enough to get my hands on. Excellent Product. ;)

cheers