Definitely go for the cant hook rather than a peavy. They are much easier for rolling single logs. like you are doing. Stick with a wooden handle first. These are much lighter than the metal handled ones. You don't need the "jack". I have one and only use it very rarely. Definitely could do without it. Hope this helps.
That's right. HDRock you done good I just looked on Craigslist here and there's a cant hook with no handle for $10. Too bad it's too far to drive or I might just be tempted to go get it. There's a couple basic rules I try to approach my firewood gathering with. Work smarter, not harder. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And when looking at new toys, I try to remind myself that this is supposed to help save money. I get a lot of enjoyment out of it so every once in a while I splurge when I see there will be a benefit to being less abuse to my body. I aint getting any younger.
I looked and did not see any. Strange though that it brought up real estate listings when I entered it into the search.
I had no luck finding, firewood processing tools on Craigslist that's why I had to put up a wanted ad to find what I wanted. I also put in a picture of what I was looking for because some people have these things laying around, don't really plan on selling them or don't even know what they are because they inherited them
I've got several myself. I remember back when one of my friends started burning. I drove past one day and saw him loading a truck, all by hand. I told him about Bailey's and showed him my pulp hooks. I don't even want to guess how much he has spent there I just ordered a skidaroon (I'll use it as a pickaroon) to help with my latest way to help save the back. Vertical splitting. At first I wasn't so sure but I thought if Dennis says this is the way to go I should figure it out. Didn't take long. It was 90F out and I found me a little shade and used the pulp hooks to drag over some logs to split and I sat on my milk crate and the rest is history. Wasn't even that bad in that heat. No more constant bending over. With the pickaroon I can get at more wood without getting up. I must be somewhat taller than Dennis though. I need to get a taller seat.
I know I am somewhat shorter than Dennis maybe I should get a shorter seat that skidaroon looks like a good tool, expecially with that with a brush dragger , that could come in handy there Andy
I have not built the chimney, hearth, or wall yet. I am hoping that the chimney will be built when my friend comes down in October.
My village will take any brush under 8 feet long so I need to cut it up to that length every time. To haul my brush to the street I just lay a piece of 1/2 inch rope with a loop in one end on the ground. As I cut the brush to length I just toss each piece onto that rope and when I think it is all I can carry I slip the loose end of the rope through the loop and tighten it. As I pull it tighter it can tend to stop getting tighter fairly early. When that happens I step on the brush pile and it lets me pull the rope up much tighter. To carry it I just sling the rope over my shoulder and walk to the curb side. If I mess up and get too big a bundle, I can still easily drag many times as much as shown in that video by taking a lot of the weight on my shoulder with the rope and then just walking.
Photo of the third stack. The first stack is not all that neat, I was learning how to stack and I am ashamed to show it.
