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    Posted 7 years ago

    Arthur-Main
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    This tool is cast iron & heavy duty with two swing arms with two curved hooks on each one, it appears to have a place for a pole type handle with an inner diameter of 2 1/2" and it looks like it can accept about 6" of handle. The unit is 18" long and about 12" wide. It weighs 16 pounds and has 3 large 1" square nuts at the 3 swivel points, I think it has "A33" on the side of it. Do you know what this is?

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    1. Arthur-Main, 7 years ago
      Thank you in advance for your help!
    2. Arthur-Main, 7 years ago
      Thomas, thank you, I think so as well, but I am looking for the name of the tool!
    3. Arthur-Main, 7 years ago
      I think it is for logging as well but I am not able to locate a picture of it looking in the areas you mention. Thank you again for the help.
    4. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      It is an old peavey to roll logs as cutting or moving them. Would have a wooden handle for leverage. Use it in the woods, at the saw mill, any place you had to move logs.
    5. Arthur-Main, 7 years ago
      Thank you fhrjr2, I was thinking it might be a Peavey but when you search on vintage/antique Peavey's you cannot find one even remotely close to this one. The Peavey's all have a sharp end to them that digs into the logs.
    6. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      Those are modern peavey's. There is another just like yours that attaches to a three point hitch with a chain and cable to grab a log and lift it to drag it with a tractor. Also a two man one with handles sticking out both sides.
    7. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      Early ones were called cant hooks and swinging dingles. Peavey was originally spelled pivi but the inventor was a man named Peavey.
    8. Arthur-Main, 7 years ago
      Thank you fhrjr2! I still have not been able to locate a picture of one like the one I have, do you have a URL of a picture?
    9. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      I deleted the page but I was on a logging web site up in the state of Maine. Google isn't so great looking for antique stuff. Years ago I worked in the woods up in Vermont and New Hampshire during the winter so looked toward home for information.
    10. UncleRon UncleRon, 7 years ago
      I suspected that this was not a logging tool since, among other things, the short arms would not allow it to grip a log properly; they would pivot out and slip off any log, not dig in. They had to be used in a more vertical position. It is a railroad tool used to pull spikes when removing rail. The cat's paws would be hammered under the spike heads and a chain would be hooked to the short pivoting arm at the top for pulling them out.
    11. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      You hit the nail on the head UncleRon. Here is a picture

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/122545600534?rmvSB=true
    12. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      UncleRon is a good teacher to say the least. His eyes are also more keen.
    13. Arthur-Main, 7 years ago
      UncleRon, you are spot on, I was able to locate similar spike pullers on the web, thank you for your help!
    14. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      Much respect for UncleRon. He is a wise old buzzard.
    15. Widget85, 3 years ago
      Hi everyone;
      I've just seen this page and want to correct the misinformation. Many sites call this a railroad spike remover, but it's a vintage wire strainer.
      Here's a link to a modern day version;
      https://www.klika.com.au/chain-wire-fence-strainer-plain-or-barbed-wire.html

      Hope this helps.
      Regards, Brian
    16. Motoolz, 3 years ago
      Consider the small hooks for catching links of a chain. Possibly for rotating or grabbing a log. Any research on a stump puller. A fairly common tool¿
    17. CrowderFarms, 3 years ago
      Not sure if it has been figured out yet, but it is used to stretch wire or as a primitive come along. The back loop is normally tied to the woven wire strecher clamp. You stick a pole in the cuff to work it back and forth. The two hooks actually grab the links of a chain and walk down the chain to stretch the wire. It works best as a two man job. When you are done stretching a bolt or rod goes in the holes to hold tension. slow go, but has mega pulling power. Hope that helps.
    18. CrowderFarms, 3 years ago
      Send me your phone number and I can do a video for you to see. I pulled so much wire with one when I was 11 that I dreamed about it.????????





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