What is the difference between a cant hook and a Peavey?
The biggest difference between a cant hook vs. peavey is at the end of the logging tool. A peavey includes a pointed tip at the end which is designed for separating logs, sticking in the ground for sliding or leveraging logs, and easy storage access. A cant hook does not include a pointed tip.
What is a cant in logging?
Overall, a cant is a sawn log that is sent to another machine for additional processing or sold as a large slab to be used as a building log. A cant sawmill has the job of sawing logs to form cants for further manufacturing. The head saw is the machine used to turn logs into cants.
What does a log peavey do?
Like the cant hook, the STIHL log peavey is an essential day-to-day forestry tool used for the turning of heavy logs or dislodging them from entanglements. What sets the peavey apart is a strong steel spike at the end of the handle. This gives you greater control of the movement of the log.
What is a Timberjack?
noun. a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
What is a Hookaroon used for?
Like the pickaroon, a hookaroon is a tool used for moving, rearranging, or splitting pieces of wood.
What do you call the tool used to roll logs?
A cant hook or cant dog is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills.
How much is a log peavey?
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Why is it called a peavey?
The peavey was named for blacksmith Joseph Peavey of Upper Stillwater, Maine, who invented the tool as a refinement to the cant hook in the 1850s (one statement says, in spring 1857). Many lumberjacks use the terms interchangeably.
What is pith in a log?
At the center of a log is the original tree stem, called the pith, surrounded by a zone of very unstable wood. The size of this zone varies more with wood species than log diameter. Because this unstable wood may cause uneven drying and splitting, remove it.