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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: 4x4American on July 29, 2015, 09:41:06 PM
For some reason or another, this peavey was useless until I added a little dog there. I've tried shaping the hook into different angles for a better bite, to no avail. Here's what I've come up with. Works great now.
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Great work! A cant hooks is always easier to grab a single log than a peavy. Sweet DIY improvement.
I prefer a peavey, but the don't grab as well! A peavey to me is more versatile, except that sometimes it has butterfingers where a cant hook wouldn't. Problem solved. Now yawl run along and weld up your peaveys before you turn in for the night!
No need to do that, have a LogRite or two.
Yea well I have the peavey I might as well make it useful. Bailey's ain't gonna take it back, I bought it 4-5 years ago :D !
Never used it much because it don't bit worth a dern. Sure does now!
The geometry of peaveys and cant hooks is critical that's why some feel just right and work well and others never seem to grab. Don't be afrade to do some modding. On the circular mill I prefer my logrite sawyers special. My bandmill I use an original peavey because my bunks are made from street sign channel that is punched with many holes and its handy to put the point in to slide the log agenst the stops. Too bad peaveys are not available with different size hooks. Frank C.
You canted your peavey. ;D Nice mod.