Timber jack or peavy??

[BLACKJACK]

Making a run to Northern Tool this weekend and trying to decide whether I should get a peavy or a timber jack??

Anybody that cuts wood knows that you want to keep your chain out of the dirt, as you're cutting the main log, you cut 2/3 of the way thru, keep making cuts up the log until you can find a spot where you can get it cut all the way thru, then you partially roll the log and go back and finish each cut. Sometimes getting it to roll on uneven ground or if its big is tough. The peavy would help you roll it, the timber jack would actually lift the log.

Which would you recommend, a peavy or timber jack??  I'm leaning toward the peavy, would work on small and big chunks, more versatile. Looking for advice from people that have used them.

 

[Surface Tension]

 You can do both with a timberjack.  Roll it on the ground or roll it over onto the jack.   If all I was going to do is roll it then the peavey does that better.

 

[Sea Hage]

Wouldn't you want a "cant hook", A "peavey" has a spike tip on it so when your floating logs in water you can direct them by pushing then around. It will also roll a log but the cant hook is the better tool for dry land work.

[BLACKJACK]

On 3/17/2016 at 4:43 PM, Sea Hage said:

Wouldn't you want a "cant hook", A "peavey" has a spike tip on it so when your floating logs in water you can direct them by pushing then around. It will also roll a log but the cant hook is the better tool for dry land work.

Sea Hage -- you are correct, after doing some online searches on peavys and timber jacks, found out what a cant hook was, and ended up ordering a cant hook. It will give me the added leverage to roll a log after cutting 2/3 of the way thru it. 

 

Love your user name!!! Good memories of Popeye and his arch enemy - The Sea Hage.