How to 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.
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Instructions
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Method One
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Jamb the spike of the peavey between two logs. Keep the hook at the back of the spike. The hook will open.
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Push the handle forward. The hook will close around the log behind the spike.
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Push the logs in the direction you wish them to go.
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Pull the handle toward you and pull up the peavey. Continue the steps from the beginning.
Method Two
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Drive the spike of the peavey into a log.
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Pull the handle back to allow the hook to open.
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Push the handle away to close the hook around the log of the log with the spike in it.
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Drive the logs in the direction you wish. Pull the handle back to open the hook. Continue the steps from the beginning of the section.
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