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I had one of those nice fancy one, had. Very first day I used it, it got stole!
Need value priced peavey/log roller/timber jack
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BAC Industries Log Jack Wood Handle TMB-55
Well the ad on rk says 14" but I've dug into 30" with no problem to roll logs, I took the bottom piece off and don't ever use it.
Well the ad on rk says 14" but I've dug into 30" with no problem to roll logs, I took the bottom piece off and don't ever use it.
I see NT has a Roughneck brand with a second hook for doing larger logs too. Again the price is creeping up.
USMC615
Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
Biggest log I rolled with the TSC hook is well over 2 ft.I took the jack stand off of mine.I find it easier to cut half way or 2/3 rds through the log then roll it over and finish the cut.Odd that some one wiped out the handle on theirs in a week,I'm at 3 years on mine and it's still sound.
Babaganoosh
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After using a peavey and a cant hook, I'll say that the best part of the point on the peavey is being able to jam it into the ground vertically. It's a lot easier to find and you don't have to bend over to pick it up. As someone else said the point is good when working a log pile.
That being said my dad bought be a cant hook with log jack on it. I'll probably take the jack part off. I'll give it a whirl first though.
That being said my dad bought be a cant hook with log jack on it. I'll probably take the jack part off. I'll give it a whirl first though.
I really like my timber Jack. Really helpful when cutting in rocky areas. A good one is costly though.
olympyk_999
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+1... I bought a 5ft CM Dixie cant hook back in September, I broke the one I had, and the parts were so worn I decided to get a new one, I looked at Peavy brand ones when I was at the Labonville store in North Conway and the quality is crap, new they were sloppier than my 50+ year old one I was replacing...
The Dixie's are all forged parts and a nice tight fit, I believe they make the best quality wood handled forestry tools available...
Babaganoosh
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This is the one pops got me for Christmas.
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
My folks gave me a Dixie brand cant hook for Xmas with a four foot handle. Nice thick hickory. My son who can dead lift 500+ lbs lifted hard on it trying to roll an ash log that was frozen in. I figured it'd break. It didn't. Cost was $90 I believe. Just another option.
zogger
Tree Freak
The steel one? I have had that one for years, still in perfect shape. I'm not real big so I sometimes have used a cheater pipe over the handle to pick up big stuff.
With that said, I way more often these days just sledge hammer in made on the spot big wedges made from one of the branches or another little tree nearby. Say 4-8 inches diameter. I just flat/buck cut down a big branch, then a slanty cut, then another flat cut. That gives you two big wedges. I sledge them in under where the main bucking cut will be on the big trunk. No need to even roll the log then, just a straight cut right down, add in a plastic wedge to taste when bucking very large logs, in the kerf..judgment call there
I use the log lifter on stuff maybe 1.5 foot to 2 foot in diameter, max, because it is a tad quicker. Anything mid range that is too heavy to man handle easy, but doesn't need to be wedged underneath. I just quit trying to roll over huge logs, no need anymore.
I'd run a wanted ad on Craigslist for a used one, good chance someone has one in a garage just wasting space.
