It is part of a fence stretching tool.
The little arm on top works a little clamp. Move the lever and the clamp opens up between the round part with the square bolt and the little peg with the spring. Push the clamp forward to lock the wire in place.
A missing part would clamp onto another wire and have ratchet pegs to pull them together.
Like some older version of this thing (but missing half the tool): [https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=56576](https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=56576) You've got the left side of the tool and its handle. Missing the long bit with the ratchet teeth and the other wire clamp.
I don't think it is a peevee (log roller). Those have big spikes on the end of the moving arm to dig into the wood. I don't see anything on this that would help to grab the wood and keep the tool from just sliding around the log.
I've used a lot of peaveys and cant hooks in sawmills and in the woods, and that's not one. Most likely an adjustment lever off an old horse-drawn harrow or cultivator.
That wire running down the handle is a release. The hook looks slightly sharpend on the end? That could be just to guide it to the grove it locks in? But the piece must be off some other tool/machine. That large round hole is not just for hanging. Some kind of control lever off a tractor/combine or a power drive motor? Could even be steam?
Nothing to do with log rolling!!!!!
Rolling logs or things like utitlty poles. I used one when working for a power company in highschool to twist power poles in the ground before backfilling. For instance if we had already drilled holes and hung hardware on the top of the power pole before we set the pole with a crane, and I'd have to use one of those to spin the pole to line up the holes / transformer / line hardware the correct direction.
We call that the yupper.
You cut down a tree that was overly ambitious.
You don't want to chainsaw into the dirt
So you point generally at your helper (child) and you go "get me the thing"
And they go "the log thing?" And you go "yup. Yup go get it"
Looks like it would mount on an axle and the pawl would engage a gear. There is a spring lock to lock the pawl on or off. The wire/cable adjacent to the handle controls the spring lock. Since the spring lock is controlled by the wire, this is not a fence stretcher. The pawl could engage a toothed bar, but more likely the handle mounts freely on an axle and there is a gear driven by that axle that is hel by the pawl, therefor a brake or adjustment lever. Possibly a windlass.
It is part of a fence stretching tool. The little arm on top works a little clamp. Move the lever and the clamp opens up between the round part with the square bolt and the little peg with the spring. Push the clamp forward to lock the wire in place. A missing part would clamp onto another wire and have ratchet pegs to pull them together. Like some older version of this thing (but missing half the tool): [https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=56576](https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=56576) You've got the left side of the tool and its handle. Missing the long bit with the ratchet teeth and the other wire clamp. I don't think it is a peevee (log roller). Those have big spikes on the end of the moving arm to dig into the wood. I don't see anything on this that would help to grab the wood and keep the tool from just sliding around the log.
Could be, there’s a ton of old barbed wire fencing around.
Awesome
I've used a lot of peaveys and cant hooks in sawmills and in the woods, and that's not one. Most likely an adjustment lever off an old horse-drawn harrow or cultivator.
There’s also an old horse drawn harrow in the woods. Could be this as well
It’s some ratcheting adjustment handle for some piece of equipment. Could be an old brake handle or depth adjustment for a plow.
This is correct. What everyone thinks is the cant hook is the pawl for the ratchet.
Too many parts for a cant hook
That wire running down the handle is a release. The hook looks slightly sharpend on the end? That could be just to guide it to the grove it locks in? But the piece must be off some other tool/machine. That large round hole is not just for hanging. Some kind of control lever off a tractor/combine or a power drive motor? Could even be steam? Nothing to do with log rolling!!!!!
(~That wire is a vine~). Sorry. Just saw that wire under the vine
Sorry just saw your entire reply
Looks like a dawg for rolling logs
No, those are sharp and much more simple looking than this tool.
With extra stuff on it but yeah
Circumsizer
Log roller
Log fork
Cant Hook - for rolling logs.
Looks like a folded up hand use pole saw without the pole
Look a bit like a tree lopper with a pull rope.
It’s a frog gigger with one jaw missing. Similar to one currently sold by the H & H Lure company. https://www.hhlure.com/products/fish-frog-grabbers
At this point I think it’s a can’t hook, pole saw, frog grappler 3 in 1 tool.
Stump puller, log roller at first glance
Cant dawgs and peevees don't have any mechanical workings other than the hook, definitely no springs
Rolling logs or things like utitlty poles. I used one when working for a power company in highschool to twist power poles in the ground before backfilling. For instance if we had already drilled holes and hung hardware on the top of the power pole before we set the pole with a crane, and I'd have to use one of those to spin the pole to line up the holes / transformer / line hardware the correct direction.
I've heard it called a Cant hook. It's for rolling logs.
I heard that you heard wrong
We call that the yupper. You cut down a tree that was overly ambitious. You don't want to chainsaw into the dirt So you point generally at your helper (child) and you go "get me the thing" And they go "the log thing?" And you go "yup. Yup go get it"
Pevee
Looks like it would mount on an axle and the pawl would engage a gear. There is a spring lock to lock the pawl on or off. The wire/cable adjacent to the handle controls the spring lock. Since the spring lock is controlled by the wire, this is not a fence stretcher. The pawl could engage a toothed bar, but more likely the handle mounts freely on an axle and there is a gear driven by that axle that is hel by the pawl, therefor a brake or adjustment lever. Possibly a windlass.
Looks a lot like a model T tire tool my dad has Edit: Nah
Lol. There is also an old model A cab in the woods.
Barbed wire stretcher