Every time I am unloading and processing wood, I think , man !! I wish I had a hookaroon, I looked at buying one but, I saw some ideas in a thread on here a while back about making your own and figured I just may have everything I need out in the shop, and sure enough I did.
Some 1" OD aluminum tubing from another project where trying to bend that tubing didn't work out so great ,so that's why you will see a slight band in the and of the handle, which I think is a good thing to have, and it turned out to be 30 inches.
Then I got a piece of half-inch water pipe that just happen to slide right inside the aluminum , I made that peace 17 inches long.
I just happen to have some 1/2" , 8 inch long carriage bolts , so I drilled a 1/2" hole through both pipes at the same time , cut the head off the carriage bolt, ground it to shape , and put a lock nut on one side.
Tried it out real quick, works great
picked up some splits , stuck it in a 15" by 3 foot log and dragged it .
To put something on the end of the handle better than the tape, I'm thinking about using foam pipe insulation or bicycle handlebar wrap, or maybe both, any ideas on that ?
Edit: link to other thread Home Made Hookaroon
![I just had to go and make my own hookaroon I just had to go and make my own hookaroon](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/96/96535-b64184d835b11d23613ffd84d352722c.jpg)
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![I just had to go and make my own hookaroon I just had to go and make my own hookaroon](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/96/96537-086d73e89d8214750709d9e6d3f8d079.jpg)
Some 1" OD aluminum tubing from another project where trying to bend that tubing didn't work out so great ,so that's why you will see a slight band in the and of the handle, which I think is a good thing to have, and it turned out to be 30 inches.
Then I got a piece of half-inch water pipe that just happen to slide right inside the aluminum , I made that peace 17 inches long.
I just happen to have some 1/2" , 8 inch long carriage bolts , so I drilled a 1/2" hole through both pipes at the same time , cut the head off the carriage bolt, ground it to shape , and put a lock nut on one side.
Tried it out real quick, works great
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To put something on the end of the handle better than the tape, I'm thinking about using foam pipe insulation or bicycle handlebar wrap, or maybe both, any ideas on that ?
Edit: link to other thread Home Made Hookaroon
![I just had to go and make my own hookaroon I just had to go and make my own hookaroon](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/96/96535-b64184d835b11d23613ffd84d352722c.jpg)
![I just had to go and make my own hookaroon I just had to go and make my own hookaroon](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/96/96536-757c192c681c9cb44e10d78387ac846a.jpg)
![I just had to go and make my own hookaroon I just had to go and make my own hookaroon](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/96/96537-086d73e89d8214750709d9e6d3f8d079.jpg)