The Peavey Timberjack lifts one end of a log or pole off the ground and holds it there, on a 42 in hardwood handle, 2-3/8 in in diameter.
Linemen use it to hold a pole at a convenient height while they fit hardware. For chainsaw work, it holds the log up off the ground, which Peavey says makes sawing safer and prevents saw damage, pinching and kickback.
Peavey Manufacturing dates to the spring of 1857, when Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith in Stillwater, Maine, watched river drivers struggling with logs on the Stillwater branch of the Penobscot and made the first peavey in his shop. The company still makes tools in Eddington, Maine, and is owned and run by Rodney Jr. and Randy Buswell.