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Photo: peavey handles (hand carved) by Stone Soup Institute, Harpswell, Maine, CC BY 2.0

LogRite

LogRite Pickaroon

A light aluminum-handled pickaroon for crews that move wood every day.

$85 Typical price. Retail prices change, so check today's price before you buy.
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  • Lightweight aluminum handle
  • Steel point for a solid bite in wood
  • One-hand tool for rounds and splits
  • Cuts down on bending and grabbing
  • Pairs well with a LogRite cant hook or peavey

Ground

The LogRite pickaroon is a short pick on a lightweight aluminum handle, made for hooking, dragging and stacking rounds, splits and small logs. LogRite is known for its log handling tools, and this one is built for crews who move wood day after day.

Why crews like a LogRite pickaroon

A LogRite pickaroon is about not touching every piece of wood with your hands. Stick the point in a round, drag it to the pile, and toss it into the truck or onto the splitter table. On a cleanup with a few cords of wood on the ground, that saves your back and keeps your fingers away from sharp edges and rolling rounds.

The aluminum handle keeps it light enough to swing all day, and it will not rot or loosen the way a wood handle can after a season in the truck.

It is a good match for firewood processing, cleanup after a removal, and any job where the crew is loading rounds into a dump trailer by hand. One worker with a pickaroon can keep pace with a saw far longer than one bending for every piece.

Getting the most from it

Use short, controlled swings and pull toward the pile, not across your legs. A pickaroon is a hooking tool, not a pry bar. When a log is too big to drag, switch to a cant hook or peavey. Check the listing for current lengths, since a longer handle gives more reach and a shorter one is quicker in tight spots.

Touch up the point with a file when it starts glancing off, and check that the head is secure before each job. See the rest of our log handling tools for cant hooks, peaveys and log lifters.