Fiskars 28" Hookaroon Saves Your Back - Lift, Drag, & Load Heavy Rounds of Firewood and Split Wood - Sharp and Lightweight Pick Tool for Logs - Pickaroon Logging Tool - Forestry Tools

After 50 years of man-handling logs and wood chunks by hand, I saw a video of a fellow using a pickaroon. It seem like it was worth a try. After reading reviews and a bit of research, I decided on the Fiskars. Man, am I glad I did. This thing seems almost weightless and the design is as close to flawless as I can imagine. It's sharp light and just works. No more bending over and lifting, I just stick it in a log or firewood size chunk and drag it into place. If you think a tool like this would be in any way helpful to you, I would suggest you buy one as I don't think you will be disappointed. It's a great tool.

Wonderful for the fireplace, or wood stove guy. Helps the back.This is also a wonderful item for the truck due to its light weight. Protect yourself.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Light but very sturdy tool. Works really well for easing back strain. I also live an area with a lot of copperheads so this tool really makes it handy to pick up logs and wood debris without putting hands in possible strike zones.

This is one of the most useful purchases that I have made on Amazon in a long time. I highly recommend this pickaroon. I purchased this Fiskars pickaroon at the same time that I purchased a second, heavier, hardwood handled, pickaroon. When I compared them both right out of the package I was initially concerned about the very light weight of the Fiskars against the 3-4X heavier steel and wood model. I had seen several reviews on (YT) about the light weight Fiskars, mentioning that the lack of overall mass could potentially be an issue with driving the pickaroon into some harder rounds.I assumed that the light weight Fiskars would need to be relegated to my lighter, softer, Digger Pine rounds and splits, and that the other, heavy duty model would be what I would need to use for the extremely heavy, rock hard rounds that I had cut from several, long dried, wind-fall Blue Oaks that have been down on my property for a few years.Boy was I wrong about that.In actual use, the heavier tool tended to bounce right out of the hard wood. Even with a hefty swing and good centered aim, the slightly wider taper on the head had trouble sticking far enough into the Oak round to hold on well. That is after I had taken a file to the point to give it a better bite, or so I thought.I picked up the light weight, almost toy like by comparison, Fiskars and to my surprise, every single oak round that I swung it on stuck like glue. These are seriously stone-like, "seasoned on the stump" dense, hard, dried Blue Oak rounds. Many weighing a good 20-25# and some much more.Due to the geometry of the sharp, square-edged point on the Fiskars tool, it sticks so well with a light to moderate swing that it takes a bit of effort to twist/roll it out of its grip on the end of the round. Picking up a stuck round to place it on the splitter bed, there is no worry about the tool losing its grip on the wood and dropping a heavy chunk of oak on the top of your foot. The steel quality of this, as well as all of my other Fiskars tools, is top notch. The balance for the swing is spot on as well, and the taper of the "fawns-foot" makes the tool easy to hang on to. I am seriously impressed with this tool. The Fiskars is my go-to tool for all of the oak rounds and splits on my homestead now.I initially thought that I would give the light weight Fiskars to my wife to use when she helps me with our storm clearing and firewood gathering work, as I am 18" taller and at least 140# heavier than she is, so she could work the light weight pine with the "little Fiskars", and I could handle the heavy oak wood. I will be buying another Fiskars so she can have her own tool, and we will not have to swipe the "little Fiskars" from each other all day long. It does not hurt that the Fiskars cost me about half as much as the heavier wood handled pickaroon either.The engineers at Fiskars really hit it out of the park with this tool. I have several other Fiskars tools that I have gathered over the years, like my truck axe, hatchet, loppers, pruner, etc... All of these tools have served me well. Being a bit of an "old-timer, traditionalist", I generally prefer a fine, oiled, Hickory handled Axe, hammer, etc... for the feel, and the ability to replace a broken handle if needed. I make an exception when it comes to these Fiskars tools.I have not yet broken any of my synthetic handled Fiskars tools.For leaving tools in the truck box for off-road use and not have to worry about them at all, and the reduced need for maintenance on the synthetic handles of these Fiskars tools, makes them very convenient to keep around. I take good care of my equipment, keeping my hardwood handled tools well oiled and the heads tight. I do not baby my tools. They get used hard and often. When I bought my first Fiskars axe, I thought I would give this "newfangled plastic tool" a try to see how it would hold up, and not have to worry about leaving it in the truck box for an extended period of time. I have not been disappointed.Do yourself a favor and get one of these pickaroons. Your back will soon thank you for it. After many decades of heavy, hard work my back is pretty messed up, and this tool has made a tough job at lot easier to perform.I am very happy with my purchase of this pickaroon, and would whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone that has a need for this type of tool in their wood yard.

I purchased two 28" Hookaroons to move some oak logs. Today, I bucked what might have been another oak tree that fell down with a 50-70 ft dead oak tree. The smaller tree had a diameter of about 16 inches and was near the 31-inch diameter oak tree.I was able to use both hookaroons in each hand to drag the logs up hill about five to ten yards. I also was able to maneuver some larger diameter log rounds away from my cuts with them.This product saved my back and was easier to use than the overpriced LogOX 3-in-1 tool due to it weighing less. I couldn't use these tools on trees that were cut down due to leaning dangerously too close to the house. The hard wood was still green and impossible to hook into. For those logs, I will use the LogOx to carry.My brother helped me move some of the wood intended for firewood for the neighbor closer to the house with these hookaroons. He was impressed with them.4-19-2025One of my two hookaroons suffered a broken tip moving oak log rounds today, after six weekends worth of use. I purchased another.6-22-2025On April the 20th, I submitted a warranty claim with Fiskars for the damaged tip. They sent an email confirmation that my warranty claim had been received. It is now near the end of June and there has been no recourse from the manufacture.