How Do You Use A Log Peavey?
According to legend, Joseph Peavey was standing on the banks of the Penobscot River in Upper Stillwater, Maine, observing the yearly log drive when he had a revelation. The tools the log drivers were using could use improvement. While the spike on the end of the log drivers’ long poles was helpful in driving the logs downriver to the lumber mill, it did not offer the optimum in control–something that was imperative considering the log drivers were actually walking on the logs that were floating down the river. A blacksmith, Peavey went back to his smithy and created a new tool–a peavey–which consisted of a spike and a hinged hook that hangs down behind the hook. The hook and spike combined work together to offer more control for the log driver. Loggers have benefited from Peavey’s invention ever since. Jamb the spike of the peavey between two logs. Keep the hook at the back of the spike. The hook will open. Push the handle forward. The hook will close around the log behind the spike
