Log rolling tools

But, handling a heavy log with a cant hook can keep control of the log from the beginning to the end of moving it. It assures that it will move where you want it to, and that the log will stay in place. At the end of a long handle, there is a small hook or claw that grips one side of the log.

Opposite that is a hinged hook that grips the log, adjusting to whatever size log you are working with. After you have set the hook near one end of the log, you use leverage, by walking the handle over to the opposite side from where you started. The action of pushing and pulling the handle, turns the log.

While the cant hook is in place you have almost complete control over the log. This is very important in a busy and rapidly moving logging or lumber yard. It is your preference whether you want to use a peavey with the spike. Or use a cant hook with the claw or toothed hook. Each one is used the same way as described above: grip, use leverage and roll the log with push or pull on the peavey handle.

The advantage with the peavey is that the spike can be used to pry logs from each other. Or pry them out of ice and mud. If you invest in an attachable log stand, it is a small price to pay to protect chains on a chainsaw.

Hitting the ground will dull chains in very little time. Use the peavey to grip the log, and then turn it over until the log rests on the stand.

This will hold the log steady during cutting. The stand holds most of the log off the ground. Starting at the furthest end from the stand, where the log is first found to be off the ground, make your cut. Then as you move closer to the stand, continue making cuts at intervals. If you do this, you will not have to reset the log on the stand after every cut. In general, the handle length is going to correspond to the size of the hook.

A small hook for smaller log, is going to have a shorter handle. When the logs are larger, the handles need to be longer to provide the leverage. Sometimes due to overuse or misuse, the wood handle will break on a cant hook. If it breaks flush with the metal collar holding the hook in place, then you have two options for how to remove it. You can drill and chip at it, and pick the pieces out with needle nose pliers.

Or you can burn it out. You can purchase a replacement handle from forestry or horticultural tool suppliers. Or you can make one. There is scant information on the history of a cant hook. It appears as though the cant hook has existed for as long as humans have handled and transported logs.

However, the peavey has a known history. A cant hook includes extra teeth on the end of the handle to provide a better grip on the log. Wood-Mizer steel log peaveys are engineered to roll, lift, move, and pivot heavy logs around your woodlot or sawmill.

A log peavey includes a pointed tip on the end of the handle for separating logs or sticking in the ground. Wood-Mizer steel hookaroons are engineered to quickly pick-up, pull, and move small logs, firewood, and boards with ease. A hookaroon includes a hooked pointed tip on the end of the handle for easily grabbing and moving material around your woodlot or sawmill.

Log arches are perfect for moving logs of all sizes with minimal impact on the land. Ergonomically engineered for a lifetime of use, these log arches are used by arborists, sawmill owners and forest land owners.

Timber tongs are a helpful logging hand tool to move small diameter logs where you need them around your sawmill and woodlot. Cart My Account United States. Logging Tools.