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Pickaroon / hookaroon, pulp hooks, and Timberjack are all necessities.
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This was on my Christmas list, although Santa did not come through. Looking to add with another item or two from Bailey's.
Pulp hooks - 2 or just one? I was thinking 36" pickaroon, and either 1 or 2 pulp hooks, and a couple more felling wedges to round out the order.
The timberjack is nice, but it has limitations in terms of terrain and size of tree.
I use my 36" pickaroon every day when I load my owb, its great for reaching in and moving chuncks around in the fire box. If I can get the point set just right I can set them right where I want on the fire then take the pick out, although thats a skill I'm still working on. More often than not I use the pick to get the pieces from the pile to the sill then reset the point to position the chunck
Buy one you wont be disapointed, Mines the 36" job with te hickory handle from baileys.
Interesting you bring this up.
I just posted this on another thread below as I made my Hookachopper from a old chopper wood splitting ax.
Best use for that old junk chopper. Whats nice is the head has such a weight that it makes it easy to swing and also sink the hook into a log to pull it out of the truck or pile for splitting.
They can be made really easy from an old ax or sledge head too.......
Craig
I bought mine (log rite) from Bailey's 3 or 4 years ago. It is my 3rd hand and is about the last tool I would ever part with. Loved it so much I went looking for a long one so I could reach the front of the PU bed to unload - couldn't find one so built my own 7' one. Haven't crawled up in the bed once to unload all summer:
8' closet pole (cut to 7'), an 1 1/2 (I think, had to get one to fit the pole) Dressler coupling (compression coupler from the plumbing area) cross drilled for a section of 1/2" all thread with a point ground on it).
I tried the hoe, the rake, the 4tine bent weeding rake - they all had the disadvantage of being both too short and not able to "spear" a chunk.
Harry K
Correction
I must have been thinking of my nose, I meant to say "hookeroon" not "PICKEROON"
Signed, Mr. Dumass.
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