I had never seen or heard about one of these until I joined here a few weeks ago. The axe head was my wife’s grandfathers, no idea how old or brand. Still needs some work but I cut the general shape and added a new handle today.
New firewood tool
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When you file the tip make the top thicker than the bottom. This will help keep the log from sliding off the tool.
So if you look at the tip as if a bird was staring straight at you the it will be a “V” shape in a sense.
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So if you look at the tip as if a bird was staring straight at you the it will be a “V” shape in a sense.
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I gotta ask, I know it's a pickeroon. But what would you actually use it for? I cant doe the life of me figure it out.
When I first encountered the pickaroon (or hookaroon) I just laughed. However, I've been carrying one in my pickup for years now and using it often.
You've got numerous chunks/rounds of wood on the ground. You need to lift them onto your pickup, into the woodshed, or whatever. So bend from the waist, lean over, and lift each chunk by hand. Each lift puts a load on your back. Or . . . swing the tip of your pickaroon into the chunk, remain standing with your back straight, and lift the chunk with your arms rather than your back. It's a great back-saving tool.
You've got numerous chunks/rounds of wood on the ground. You need to lift them onto your pickup, into the woodshed, or whatever. So bend from the waist, lean over, and lift each chunk by hand. Each lift puts a load on your back. Or . . . swing the tip of your pickaroon into the chunk, remain standing with your back straight, and lift the chunk with your arms rather than your back. It's a great back-saving tool.
Yep. A hookaroon is an indispensable tool for anyone dealing with firewood. I now have 4 of them, a 36", two 24" and a home made 8' for unloading the truck. Haven't crawled up in the bed to unload wood since I made that except for small "no-split' chunks and even then one of the shorter ones is used to toss those chunks off. I went without one for many years as I considered the cost was out of line for what amounted to a "nail on a stick". Kicked my rear for not buying one years prior.
some odd uses:
Pick up the handle of that ax, maul or other tool that fell down
I'm 85 and it makes a nice cane when stumbling around in tall grass.
Hook a saw out of the bottom of a creek. I don't recall how it wound up there but the hookaroon fished it right out.
Some of the uses have been posted, Who knows what else. It can’t be used any less than the rusty axe head without a handle that I’ve kept in the garage for years. Plus, it’s gonna look evil mounted to the tractor.
Fair enough lol. May have to make one myself. Got a few old axes laying about I dont use. Never thought about unloading the truck, would be very handy for that.
I made one hookaroon from an old axe, its nice. But I have made three or four of the 8 ft ‘Harry Hooks’ from your design and use them far more than the actual hookaroon. no more crawling into the pickup under the topper full of wood.
Pickaroon is a great tool and I should have got one years ago.
I can pull logs and splits from my trailers, pick up splits off the ground when stacking or splitting, can reach to roll logs forward off of piles, clean up bark on the ground easily.
Just an all-round useful tool for wood handling.
I can pull logs and splits from my trailers, pick up splits off the ground when stacking or splitting, can reach to roll logs forward off of piles, clean up bark on the ground easily.
Just an all-round useful tool for wood handling.
