Hookaroon (Pickaroon) suggestions

I bought a Logrite hookaroon and really dislike the tip. It's ground to a sharp point and slips out of the rounds too easily. Great if you're just emptying a truck or trailer bed and need to reach the ones in the back, but useless for everything else. I may regrind the tip to grip better.

I use this for 95% of my firewood handling:



I have tried nearly everything on the market, every gimmick, even the LogOX, and I always return to my trusty pulp hook.

 

I recently purchased the pulp hook shown above , I do like it but have to say that the finish was terrible. Works good but looks like they were painted by a blind preschooler. There is almost as much with no paint as there is with paint.

Also have a logrite pickaroon that I use a lot. They did update their point to a new style that works better than the old style that was just round and sharpened to a point .

 

Have used the crap out of mine. Have few others, this is the one I use.
Hookeroon Firewood gatherer, Made in USA

 

I just replaced the tips in two of my LogRites with the new style. Took the old tip and made an extended reach, 6' footer for unloading the truck.

 

Firewood Bandit ,
How is that new hook? I just picked up one for mine but havent tried it yet.

Great use of the old one !

 

Have the Stihl version. Invaluable for moving rounds to the splitter without a lot of bending. Can get leverage to "flip" the goofy ones to the splitter and can roll the round rounds like a dancer to the splitter. Any tool that helps me from bending and then lifting is a good thing at this point in my life.

 

Nothing a can of spray paint can't fix. All my woods tools are some garish combination of bright blue, orange, yellow, red or lime green, sometimes all on the same tool. If I lose something, I've done it on purpose.

 

It's OK, haven't used it a lot. I am currently getting free ash logs from the golf course cut to 8' 4" and loaded in my 18' trailer with 10,000# capacity maxed out. Pretty easy, drive up, get loaded and drive back to the stacks. This is what it looks like loaded.

 

That's a good thing!

I just changed the pick in mine but have not used enough to give it an honest review. Hopefully soon.

 

I bought the Fiskars about a year ago. Picked up large, >18” green hickory, those take both hands, but the tool handles it.
The thing that got it was a 10” piece of old locust. The tip snapped off as soon as I hit it, too hard I suppose. I filled out the warranty info that evening and about 5 days later had a brand new one on the porch. One of my favorite tools ever.

 

Which one? What is a good length?

 

The Kids got me a Madsen’s Hat and Gift Certificates for Christmas,



I used the Gift Certificates for a 28” Fiskars Hookaroon. I just got a chance to use it a week ago, I Really like it

I earned a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate at work, I like the 28” Fiskars so well, that I ordered the 12” Fiskars yesterday, and it cost me less than $3 out of pocket , looking forward to trying it out too

So far, I have been very Impressed with the Fiskars tools I have


Doug

 

I made a pickaroon for a friend of mine. I cut it out of an old barn find council head. I just ordered the wood mizer pickaroon and a 48 inch peavy for myself.

 

I like my fiskers. What a back saver. Wish I new about them in my early years . Just started using 1 last year.

 

Looks very familiar. I also have a 48" woodmizer can't hook. Very much pleased with both.

 

Nice work on the pickaroon Ward. Sleek head design.

 

Plan to make a camp ax or boys ax out of the rest of the head.

 

Saw this one at Menards last week.


I've been using an antique one I rehandled. Saw the head listed as an antique miners pick on Craigslist. Since it was "worn down" I got it real cheap.

I have another one I cut from an axe head I found at the scrap yard for a dollar. Buddy is rehandling it.