Cant hooks

[Magicman]

Ted, your digging bar use is what I use the steel tubing handled peavey for.  Sometimes you just need something to pry with.   ;D  I have even thought about removing the hook because it is no good for rolling logs anyway.

[SawyerTed]

The hook on a peavy or cant hook gets in the way, as Magicman suggests, for the purposes I've described.  It often takes more than one tool to manipulate logs. The digging bar is one third the cost of a comparable length peavy or cant hook.  The digging bar doesn't replace the need for cant hooks or peavys but is a supplemental tool many have on hand already. 

[Magicman]

I may just go ahead and remove that worrisome hook from that peavey tomorrow because it's no good for rolling a log anyway.  Never was.  Then I will have an extra hook.  ;D

[terrifictimbersllc]

The hook is a mental block for customers when I tell them to pry one end of the log forward.

"Just lay it on its side like a pry bar"

"Ignore the hook, pretend it is a pry bar" 

"NO! Like this".....

: : :

[lazyflee]

Showed my buddy a picture of those magic hooks, two hours later he shows up at my house with these. Made em out of some old meat hooks he used for trucking beef.

 

[WV Sawmiller]

   Did you send the MagicMan his commission for using his design? (MM - What do you mean where is mine for using your idea? Ooops.) :D

    I just hope the steel in those hooks is up to the task. Good luck.

[moodnacreek]

It is amazing to me that all these 'wood lovers' like steel handled tools so much. 

[Andries]

It is amazing to me that all these 'wood lovers' like steel handled tools so much.

 
Maybe it's a trust issue . . . 
These tools don't get babied, they get abused, especially when there's a crew of six or seven . 
When you've got to put your back into it, to roll a fifty footer, then it's a trust issue. 

[Andries]

. . . .   I just hope the steel in those hooks is up to the task. Good luck.

 
I bought some mega hooks from Logrite and tried to drill out the bolt hole to take a shackle and chain. Couldn't do it.
That steel is case hardened and TOUGH!
Ten years later, we haven't had one fail.

[lazyflee]

  Did you send the MagicMan his commission for using his design? (MM - What do you mean where is mine for using your idea? Ooops.) :D

   I just hope the steel in those hooks is up to the task. Good luck.

My buddy thought he remembered the hooks were rated for 1000lbs. Probably mostly using them for rolling logs, we'll see. Magicman...check is in the mail ;D

[SawyerTed]

It is amazing to me that all these 'wood lovers' like steel handled tools so much.

Aluminum is sufficient.  Light as wood strong enough to trust.  I broke my wood handle timber jack cant hook bought from that un-named tool company from the north. 

[DR Buck]

I've got a few Logrite cant hooks and peveys.    ;D




 

[Banjo picker]

I believe you got Magicman beat on the cant hooks, but some of those might be peaveys so who knows. But do you have a logrite scale stick?

Banjo

[DR Buck]

I believe you got Magicman beat on the cant hooks, but some of those might be peaveys so who knows. But do you have a logrite scale stick?

Banjo

Yes, I do.   ;D

[moodnacreek]

The Andries photo; I did that when I first started at age 33. The hook pulled out and I fell on the small of my back on the log behind. Could hardly walk for 3 years.  In that photo, look at the man's hands. He can't close them. That's the problem.     When you turn hardwood logs, sawing for grade with a cant hook, all day long, for years you understand handles and get real fussy about them. Nowadays I have a hydraulic log deck with stop and load and a log turner and the 5" peavy  gets used for a crow bar.

[Tam-i-am]

I received this comment today from a customer (may or may not be a member as I can't always match names)

"Well, you just made a repeat customer out of me! My 60" heavy duty cant hook and log stand arrived today. It's true that you certainly get what you pay for. I wish I would have known about Logrite when I bought the short wooden Chinese made dumpwood handle peavey and logjack. I'll be ordering a hookaroon next, and eventually a peavey. I don't move a lot of logs, and these tools are certainly built well above my occasional use needs. However, even in the two hours I used them today I could tell that they are a game changer. I'm learning to work smarter and not harder to avoid re-injuring my lower back. The higher price for a Logrite tool is still far less than the bill from the ER the last go round with my back. Money well spent; I'll pay more for USA quality like Logrite. Thank you, C. Larson"

[barbender]

I just FINALLY ordered and recieved a Logrite 48" peavey and 30" hookeroon. I wasn't disappointed👍 Excellent quality tools. I went and rented a Bell's firewood processor, when I opened the door to the cab I was pleasantly surprised to find a Logrite hookeroon inside the door as well👍 What I wasn't so pleasantly surprised about was how often I have to use the hook to reach out the window to straighten out blocks that fall in the splitting chamber crooked. But that's a different story😊

[terrifictimbersllc]

30" Pickaroon.  Might be my favorite tool.   HERE

[dgdrls]

This one is my favorite ;)

will go in the basement when Its done
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[Magicman]

And here are two different styles of another.


 
I'll bet that there are not many of these floating around.  ;D

[Tam-i-am]

Magicman

The one on the left is someone else's design.  We bought it had it powder coated and then laser engraved.  The one on the right was actually designed here by our own intern. 

Tammy

[thecfarm]

Them bottle caps are a long ways from home.  ;)

[lazyflee]

60" logrite came last week. Got to use it yesterday on a 24" Doug Fir. What a difference from my smaller wood handle cant hook. I see a few more Logrites in my future!

[Magicman]

Yup, the cant hooks are winners, the bottle openers are treasures, and the bottle caps are runaways.  :

[Banjo picker]

If I buy a 60 inch logrite can I also buy a right leg bottle opener.  Banjo