Cutting Firewood? You GOTTA get a Pickaroon!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Cutting and handling firewood is no easy task, so getting great tools to make the process more efficient is worth taking a look at! Introducing the pickaroon! We wouldn’t be without this tool!
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We started taking firewood more seriously because we heat our shop with a wood stove. My arborist friend Jason has been bringing by sizable tree trimmings for me to cut up for firewood.
I continue to look for great tools and ways to allow me to process the logs into short sections (called bucks) to be split. Right now, we do the splitting manually, with varying degrees of success, using a splitting axe or wedge and sledgehammer. I hope to get a hydraulic wood splitter someday.
One basic tool we won’t be without for processing firewood is a pickaroon. Never heard of one? I hadn’t either until about a year ago. As you can imagine, there are specialty tools developed for just about any trade, including forestry, woodlot management, and firewood processing. Enter the pickaroon - and its cousin, the hookaroon.
A pickaroon has a curved upward-sloping pick that can easily be driven into a piece of wood to be moved. This effectively gives you a handle to lift and place the wood where you want it - all without having to bend over significantly.
The hookaroon is a heavier tool and is used for larger pieces. It too has a beak of sorts, but it curves downward only and can be driven deeper in easier due to its weight. If you are managing a full woodlot or forest plot, you should have a hookaroon. For now, the pickaroon suits us just fine.
We got our pickaroon from Garrett Wade and is about the size of a medium camping axe. We may add the larger one in the future. But for now, this little tool is a hard worker! The price point is very fair. Here’s the link for it:
garrettwade.co...
If you are interested in the larger one, here’s the link for that:
garrettwade.co...
These tools are German-made, with American hardwood handles. I like the fit and finish, and the handle feels right in my hand. The flair at the end of the handle makes it easy to hold and get a good grip when moving a range of firewood pieces.
We really like the tool and think you will too!
JUST DO IT YOURSELF!
![Pickaroon Hookaroon [Lost Tools]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WGo7hgNFBiA/mqdefault.jpg)
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You looked pretty scary handling it.
Looks like a Friday the 13th instrument of death.
@jeffjohnson1302 - yeah, you probably would get some mixed reactions out in the general population - but then again, so would carrying around a double-bladed axe! Thanks for watching and writing. Best, DFJ
Jay, is that really the view out your backyard? !!!!
@andyshap - indeed it is. We have a beautiful backdrop around here. It's been snowing, so it's going to be a glorious spring as well! Thanks for watching and writing! Best, DFJ
Yes I need one with a longer handle
But 45 bucks is hard to come by in the biden America 😢
I dunno…if I was overweight and out of shape, maybe picking logs up is a GOOD thing.
Love it! LOL!
looking forward to getting one , I own the other style already .
just don't slip and hit your leg...that would hurt.
Indeed. I've been mindful to never swing it in the direction back directly at me. You are able to swing all sorts of directions and get the hook dug into the round I want to move. It's a great tool.
You get in the habit of standing correctly. So even if you flub. You don’t hurt your self
They are wonderful tools. My hookeroon works well for the small stuff but really shines for logs and big rounds. It is amazing how much easier it makes things.
Totally agree! Thanks for weighing in. Best , DFJ
Have you ever seen a MonsterMaul? It was manufactured in the 70's by SOTZ. Truper makes one similar. A friend of mine had one for splitting wood as he heated his entire home with a wood stove. He got very tired of swinging an axe. I tried it one day, compared it to his axe and enjoyed splitting logs. We both went through his pile. An axe would have us aching the next day. The weight and the wedge shape would power through oak logs stood on end and due to it's shorter handle was much easier to use. It was weight/momentum vs muscle. The Monster Maul was a winner. If you ever come across one, snag it quickly.
I've had monster maul since the 70's. Rarely use it anymore, getting too old. The grandson's like to show how stout they are with it.
I've heard of them, but haven't seen or handled one. Thanks for the insight. I do have a Fiskars splitting axe. Does a pretty good job, but is a tool too light to cleanly split the Chinese elm logs that are common in my woodpile. The MonsterMaul sounds like a combo tool - wood splitter and fitness trainer in one! Thanks for writing! Best, DFJ
I got a pickaroon a couple of years ago, it's as handy as a third hand.
Thanks for jumping in and sharing your experience! Best, DFJ
Pretty neat!
indeed.
Cutting firewood for forty years , never needed one because I own a pulp hook . Puts a handle on everything
Love it. I'll check it out!
Looks useful. Could not find hookaroon on the Garrett Wade site but ''Feldberg Log Pick''.
The link is in the description for both the large and small pickaroon. I clicked on the link, and it took me directly to the site. The small one is on sale now.
Be sure to check out the links in the description and you'll find them - thanks @johnnyriser8519 for weighing in as well. Thanks to you both for watching and writing! Best, DFJ
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Thats not a picaroon, its a hookaroon
Thanks. I have found the tools listed both ways, and there seems to be confusion even among suppliers. I will say, in checking with a forestry supply site, they agree with you. Whereas, where I bought the tool from, it is plainly listed as a pickaroon. Best, DFJ
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I thought this was going to be about those little beasties. The things that aren't spiders, and they're not scorpions, but they are arachnid's. Anyway... great video, I think I want one for both hands. A picaroon, not a vinegaroon, or raccoon no sir. Sounds much more useful than them.
Love it!
That's so amazing!!!
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