Found At The Salvage Yard

$3 at the salvage yard got me this. I'm having trouble getting the handle out tho. Any suggestions?

 

Nice find!

Cut it short. Drill down the middle. Chip it out.

Not knowing any better, that's how I'd approach it.

 

Nice find. On some of them there is a nail or spike under the swing hook. Unbolt the hook and see if there is a nail holding the handle in...keeping it from rotating. Might be just behind the hook.

If you can not pull the nail, drill it out with a drill bit but stop as soon as you drill through the head. You should end up with a washer stuck on the drill bit that used to be a nail head. Then just take a punch and tap the nail in a bit further so it clears the metal collar.

 

That is how I would do it. Should only take a couple minutes Nice find.

 

Once you get the handle out Peavey Mfg in Maine will have a replacement handle JB

 

Nice find. I like the foot on that one It would be real handy around here.

 

Got it out. I just kept drilling with a 7/16ths long drill bit, and whacking on the other end with a big, long bolt. Eventually it came out. My local farm supply store had a handle. I'll paint the steel parts orange at some point, but right now, I'm gonna go cut some farwood.

 

Found a handle at the local farm supply store yesterday, knocked it in place, and used it for the first time. Works great. The log I was working on was only 8 feet long, but 30" in diameter, and I could roll it over with ease.

 

When the weather warms up, I'll paint the metal orange so I can't run over it with the tractor while I'm in the woods.

 

If you paint it white first . Then orange it will be much brighter.

 

Hey, thanks CTF, that's a good idea.

 

I used it on another tree yesterday. I love this thing. It's SO MUCH easier than trying to lift one end of a 10 foot log, while attempting to kick a piece of cutoff under it so I don't cut into the ground with my saw.

 

I use mine when unloading sawlogs off my car hauler trailer. I can get an end up high enough to get a skid under it so it will clear the fenders.

 

Great find!

 

I have two of that general design. I left the stand on one for lifting smaller logs of the ground but removed the stand from the other to use as a peavey. I like them both. Glad you got the handle out ok!

 

Also some wood preservative on the handle. My tools last a lot longer when I keep the wood painted. I like to paint them yellow so I can see them easily.

 

Usually the bright color paint looks good as you see it when you run it over JB

 

Tell me about it! I somehow managed to run over a shiny, stainless-steel, hand sprayer with my tractor some years ago. I just mashed the top down a little bit--it still sprays, but looks like a drunken R2D2.