Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/30/22 10:41 AM
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Be sure to get a Pickaroon!!!! Those are second most important tool for firewood processing. will save your back!! Had to look it up. I have seen them before now know what they are for. Do you like a picharoon or hookaroon better? I use the loggerite style at work. Buy them by the dozen. They're best for 8 foot logs and mill work. I like the shorter handled tool with more of a pointed hook tip for firewood work. You can stick a split chunk, picking it up, then a flick of the wrist it will fall off onto your stack, trailer or truck bed.
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: meltnmetal]
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01/30/22 10:45 AM
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Gransfors bruks make a nice one. Bought one last year and it works really well. Spendy, but cheap isn't good and good isnt cheap. True but spendy dose not automaticly = good either. There is a lot of high priced junk out there also when middle of the road stuff works better or as well with less matinance. High end cars are one example. More expensive to fix and need fixed more than say a Toyota. In my case I want quality but I also have young boys and tools get left out at times even ran over becuse of it. So its a fine line for me between price and quality. I dont want junk and is why I asked but I also dont want to loose a $100 + tool in the leafs if my youngster go out and get to horse playing and forget to pick it up. One day i would like to get some hi end stuff but it will probably be a few more years down the road. Tell then i will be jeulous of those that have and use it. I looked those up and boy do they look fine. Such nice looking tools. Someday maybe? But they are so nice looking I would not want to use them for more than a wall hanger.
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/30/22 06:59 PM
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ah the AXaroon and Pickaroon or Hookaroon I like this AXaroon , it has simply the best sticking and holding tip geometry I have tried or seen unfortunately the place I got it from L&M supply out of Minnesota no longer carries them and I don't have a manufacturer for them the point is laser cut steel welded to the eye , best tip geometry for holding I have found if you can lift it , it can hold it I have a pickaroon form this place also http://www.pickaroon.com/ it doesn't hold as well but works
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
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01/30/22 07:53 PM
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ah the AXaroon and Pickaroon or Hookaroon I like this AXaroon , it has simply the best sticking and holding tip geometry I have tried or seen unfortunately the place I got it from L&M supply out of Minnesota no longer carries them and I don't have a manufacturer for them the point is laser cut steel welded to the eye , best tip geometry for holding I have found if you can lift it , it can hold it I have a pickaroon form this place also http://www.pickaroon.com/ it doesn't hold as well but works Those don't last for the mill, I bought a few of them. They're real good for firewood though. Fiskars makes a shorter Hookaroon thats in the mid $40 range thats light and picks firewood chunks up nice. Hand tongs are not expensive and are good for dragging long wood to a better cutting spot.
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: Feedinggrounds]
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01/30/22 08:40 PM
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ah the AXaroon and Pickaroon or Hookaroon I like this AXaroon , it has simply the best sticking and holding tip geometry I have tried or seen unfortunately the place I got it from L&M supply out of Minnesota no longer carries them and I don't have a manufacturer for them the point is laser cut steel welded to the eye , best tip geometry for holding I have found if you can lift it , it can hold it I have a pickaroon form this place also http://www.pickaroon.com/ it doesn't hold as well but works Those don't last for the mill, I bought a few of them. They're real good for firewood though. Fiskars makes a shorter Hookaroon thats in the mid $40 range thats light and picks firewood chunks up nice. Hand tongs are not expensive and are good for dragging long wood to a better cutting spot. I run a pair of Husquvarna tongs at the splitter but they can't pick up many of the rounds so I use the axaroon to get them up , the occasional stringy bits that need a little help the light ax size can get , it isn't much of a cutting tool. I think if someone had a bunch of those tips laser cut they would be handy and replaceable if they were a bit longer and could be set in a handle with a pair of bolts to hold them in so that they could be easily replaced might still not hold up at a mill , but could be very nice for fire wood I may try and recreate it some day a friend has a knife forge and dose heat treating. what do you use a the mill or does nothing hold up there ?
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/30/22 08:47 PM
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this is yesterdays load probably need around 4-5 of these to heat for the year not the biggest load but all that axle will hold I had to leave 5 of those large rounds to pick up next time because I was squatting the trailer too much.
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: Northof50]
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01/30/22 08:52 PM
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Scout1 tradition here is to get 18 year olds out for their first "bar" tour ( legal age). with splitting 8-10 full cords with a log splitter. ( the adults hide the water bottles,but keep hydrated) So after a couple of hours go to the bar. Years later those young lads always remind us of the experience and the shock experience they had,
My experience with Fiskars has always been good and so far have not needed a warranty on my several claims.
Mike in A-town gets it, and crossfire21 practices it, who needs a membership in a gym when doing that amount of workout yearly.
Always remember the phrase ;" many finger prints go into and onto the woodpile, only to be turned into ashes " Like Button!
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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01/30/22 09:04 PM
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GCP we like the "Logrite Hookaroon" the blue ones, at the mill. 36 inch version. they come up to 4 foot long. Mill work is different than firewood, guys are pulling single 8 foot logs. They line up logs in stacks as the diameter sorter kicks them into bins. Also used to pull crooked or mis sized logs off the log deck. We break handles, and when a new guy has bad aim and hits pavement or steel with the tip, they break. But I regrind the tips. But still buy a dozen or more a year.
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Re: Splitting maul recomendations?
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01/30/22 09:42 PM
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GCP we like the "Logrite Hookaroon" the blue ones, at the mill. 36 inch version. they come up to 4 foot long. Mill work is different than firewood, guys are pulling single 8 foot logs. They line up logs in stacks as the diameter sorter kicks them into bins. Also used to pull crooked or mis sized logs off the log deck. We break handles, and when a new guy has bad aim and hits pavement or steel with the tip, they break. But I regrind the tips. But still buy a dozen or more a year. that makes sense your trying to pull more than lift , no lifting an 8 footer one handed the orange one I have is really only good in end grain. thanks
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