Decided I did not want to garbage up Bandmiller 2's thread so am starting a new one.
After his thread was started and Cutting Edge Saw Svc, postings in that thread I started rethinking my lack of a pickaroon/hookaroon tool and howuseful one would be.
After looking at many ad postings and looking at the history of the two tools it initially seemed that there was no difference just a different name for the same tool. but have decided that is not accurate.
A hookaroon seems to not have anything but a sharp point where the pickaroon has a tooth of some nature. The hookaroon seems much more common.
Hookaroons
Pickaroon
It also seems as if there are a bunch of manufacturers that make the straight sharp end device but only one that makes the tooth end device. Of course that one is sold under many name brands and places but all go back to the one company. Now based upon what Richard posted about and what I found, I think the toothed pickaroon is the only real choice. For the same tool made by the same company I have seen prices for it that are nearly double what it sells for by another vendor all from the same manufacturer.
The problem that I have to decide upon is the length of handle.
The short 18" handle which maybe too short or more ideally 24 " if they made it but they don't, would be great for pulling slabs off the mill without the bulk of the longer handle. Have to think about that some more.
The other end of that is the longer handle one. They make a 32, 36, and 48 inch handle pickaroon. I think the 32" is too much a compromise of the tool. But the question for those of you that have been using them for a long time would the 36 or the 48 be better. I am thinking the 36" is more versatile as I think the 48 might be too bulky. Of course my cant hooks are 48". So what kind of inputs do you have on the handle length.
For those of you who have posted that you use the tool to flip rounds up onto the splitter I will say the following.
Either your rounds are much smaller than mine or
you are much stronger with a lot more arm strength than I have.
Most of my rounds top out over 100 pounds each for a 16" long bucked round and I can't just flip those up on the splitter.
So what kind of inputs do you have on the handle length.