What the heck is it

[rabbitcreek]

Found in the old barn. Anybody know what it is?
Looks like it hangs, has a place for a heavy handle and two double "hooks" to pick something up.


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[djjonny]

looks like a clamp to pick up logs. No sure though

[yablanowitz]

Tool for handling (rolling) logs. I've seen them, but I don't know what they call them.

[russianpolander]

Log carrier. Single sided ones are called a Peavey or a cant hook.

[jstrykr74]

Looks like a tool that is meant to be used as a peavy or a timber carrier, depending on if the handle attachment or the loop at the top is used.

[omniviking]

I think it may be more of a railroad tool then a cant hook or peavy. might be for turning rail on the tracks or something like the such.

[kvaughn]

The hooks dont look sharp or long enough to be a peavy.Ive owned,used and sold a bunch of em. Maybe for handling timbers with 90 degree edges. Railroad ties maybe-KV

[Cicatriz]

Looks like a railroad rail hook of some sort. Maybe for rail tweaking as omniviking suggested.

What are it's dimensions?

Any markings on it?

What are the two raised things on the right hook?

[mete]

I'll go along with RR tool .Log tools have pointed hooks that will dig in to the wood .These don't have points.

It's a 'Tie Lifting Tool "

[mewolf1]

Mete has it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Big-Old-Rail...item35bfdf0a75

[Cicatriz]

Cross Tie tongs have spikes like log cants.
Rail tongs have a scissor like action and grip harder with more weight. Besides, one man cannot lift or carry a tie or a rail by himself.
All the antique railroad anything I can find does not have anything like this.

I'm changing direction and thinking some sort of large spanner wrench.
There are cut outs in the ends of the hooks for it to grab a specifically sized something.
There is a handle on top to place the tool where it needs to be.

Railroad related?
Heavy industrial related?
Heavy farm machinery related?

[mete]

You have to google 'old RR tools ' or similar. I did and found a photo I think it was an ebay thing.Anyway that's the description.

BTW, If you cross a pike with a cant hook you get a Peavy !! That's the name of the blacksmith that first made one !

[Cicatriz]

You have to google 'old RR tools ' or similar. I did and found a photo I think it was an ebay thing.Anyway that's the description.

BTW, If you cross a pike with a cant hook you get a Peavy !! That's the name of the blacksmith that first made one !

I don't consider ebay definitive. They are a resource, but like wiki, truth is not always forthtold.
There are two like this on ebay and neither of them has a good description. There is another kind of like this but looks cheaper made.
One seller has two widely different tools described as the same thing.

I've been to a few RR museums and seen what tie tongs and rail hooks look like. I've never seen one of these before.

What I want to find is an advertisement or a tool list that shows or mentions this tool. That would be much more definitive.

My thoughts anyway... I've never worked for the RR, mined anything or driven any machinery bigger than a D5.

[mewolf1]

Did a little more digging. Spike puller is what it looked more like after lookin at some other pics.
Googled "spike puller" found this.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...ke-puller-tool

Not sure though. Heck I don't know at all

[Adventure Wolf]

I was going to say log carrier, but someone beat me to it.

[kvaughn]

Spike puller it is!--KV

[De Plano]

This thread had me curious about what I always called a log jack. Apparently I was calling a "Peavy" a log jack

Thanks for the thread

[Bob W]

Had a job once working railroad construction - laying ties, laying track, and driving spikes - all by hand. I don't recall seeing anything quite like that though.

But I doubt those are useful for pulling spikes, and the hooks are all wrong for tie tongs.
It's some sort of tongs used for carrying, moving, or rolling railroad track. That's my best guess based on the shape. Here's a page of modern track tongs, and tie tongs for comparison:
http://rrtools.com/index.php?main_pa...&cPath=200_242