I have a pair of the Timber Tough tongs & really love having them! They are well worth the money. I took them with me to a charity cut & let other folks use them. There were no negative comments & several folks talked about getting a pair. Mine came from Orschelens Farm & Home.
Thanks , Can get 2 of them for 1 Husqy , 3 for 1 Stihl Looks like I might have to order, Didn't find any here yet
I've never seen something like this. I have a couple of Pulp Hooks and love them. Wouldn't think of working with firewood without them. But when I'm in the woods and I want to grab and pull out a piece the pulp hook tends to let go if I don't have it just right. Are you all saying these things are what I need? Last time out I was working on a pile that was dumped and was pulling on log to get it out in the open to work on it. The pulp hook let go and I didn't have the best of balance and fell backward just missing another piece sticking out from another pile. Had I hit that it would have been right in the middle of my back and lord knows how hurt I could have been. I always thinking how can I make this safer. What is the sense in doing this if I end up with a huge medical bill?
Right on Andy. These things save a lot of bending and just simply make the work go easier. I also like that I don't have to touch the wood if it is wet or snowy or full of pitch. Just grab the tongs and go. On the other hand, I do not use them when stacking wood as I don't think they help much there. And when splitting, I tend to use the pickeroon more than the tongs.
Guess I did not know the Husky brand was made in China. But I'd still recommend them; they are that good.
I got a husky one. Not sure of the size though. It’s a back saver. I especially use it when lifting quartered wood into and out of atv cart for log splitter.
For me the best part of using my Husky log tongs and my Logrite hookaroon is cutting in the winter. These two tools go a long way in keeping your gloves dry. If my gloves get wet from snow and slop it seems like I don’t work in the woods very long. dry hands=happy hands!
Huskies are a true back saver. My splitter has a log lift. My wife and I use the 12" Huskies (one in each hand for balance) to load the lift with multiple rounds. Twice the wood in a single trip. I shared them with a splitting buddy this past weekend (69 years old). He couldn't believe what a difference they made. Snow covered and wet rounds can be slippery, cumbersome and = wet gloves. Just the body ergonomics of picking up a round off the ground with your hands, bending at the back, squatting at the knees and open hands is a sore back in the making. (I've had three back surgeries, so probably more noticeable). With tongs, it's a slight bend at the knees, tongs slide on with ease and lift with your legs. It really doesn't get much easier than this. I was very skeptical when I ordered them, but can say now they are one of most essential tools in my (aging body) arsenal. You won't regret buying a pair or two. Easy money spent.
Very well stated. I too have had 3 back surgeries and it is amazing how much more I can do when using these log tongs.
I'd love to get a pair for my dad but right now. Being partially furloughed, I can't afford expensive ones. And I don't want to support china. What to do...
Out of the log tongs the Log Ox is my favorite. On the splitter I had a pair or Oregon brand tongs, they are all steel, they grip wood better thank the Huskies do. However I like the ergonomics of the Huskies better. Not sure where the Oregon’s are made, I too am becoming very aware of made in labels, no desire to support China in any way. China deserves my best efforts of their boycott.
I dunno man, all those tongs just seem so clumsy to me and why I chose what I did. With the ones I use one can easily use one in each hand and throw the wood into a trailer, with the flick of each wrist, like they do in the video below. I use mine to haul logs from the woods to my ATV trailer, just like carrying two suitcases. The others seem to hold the wood low, meaning I would have to raise my hand even higher to be able to throw it into the trailer...even if one could get them to release one handed in mid-air. Also the wood is carried 90° from how it is with those tongs, which makes it easier to walk with longer pieces without the wood banging into your legs. These are also made in Wausau, WI.
I have a link to Bailey's above, but here it is again: Lockhart's Firewood Grippers I just have the orange ones, as I cut my wood 20" ish.
