Get a hook into it!

[OccupantRJ]

This is a simple tool I made years ago, but it has turned out to be one of the handiest ones I own, especially as I'm not getting any younger. It is a 34 inch hook with a T handle, made of 5/16" rod with a pipe handle, and can be used for a variety of things that you never thought of. It works great for removing jack stands from underneath a car, pulling loaded dollys, and makes moving that awkward table, cabinet or other low down heavy object in the shop easier. If you can hook a cabinet down low with it, it is much easier to move some things by pulling, rather than by pushing. Here I was using it yesterday to remove jack stands.

 

[Craftman]

it seems identical to what the milk delivery guys use to move around a stack of milk crate!

 

[OccupantRJ]

I first was exposed to these hooks years ago when I started working in manufacturing. I decided to make one for myself after using one to move something the first couple of days I was there. A real backsaver. We use them at work to steer long wooden crates on dollys, full of heavy screw machine stock, to maneuver down narrow aisles between storage racks.

 

[neverenoughtools]

Can we call you a " happy ****** " ?

 

[OccupantRJ]

Can we call you a " happy ****** " ?

I guess you may!

 

[Rolling_Thunder]

This is a simple tool I made years ago, but it has turned out to be one of the handiest ones I own, especially as I'm not getting any younger. It is a 34 inch hook with a T handle, made of 5/16" rod with a pipe handle, and can be used for a variety of things that you never thought of. It works great for removing jack stands from underneath a car, pulling loaded dollys, and makes moving that awkward table, cabinet or other low down heavy object in the shop easier. If you can hook a cabinet down low with it, it is much easier to move some things by pulling, rather than by pushing. Here I was using it yesterday to remove jack stands.

Me like! Also getting tooo old to bend over more than I have to! Thanks for the idea!

 

[PAToyota]

As my grandfather would say "a reacher" - so you can reach under there and get that _________ easier.

 

[e-tek]

GOOD IDEA! I could definitely use that for the same things. Thx!

 

[Az Scooter]

it seems identical to what the milk delivery guys use to move around a stack of milk crate!

I nkow I used a hook like this to sling milk. I have also used it to push dents out of my truck, that someone else placed there.

 

[OccupantRJ]

That hook had been in my storage trailer for so long that I had forgotten about it. I just used that sucker to pull the mower deck sideways from underneath my riding mower. Yet again another use for it. I've already used it 5 or 6 times this weekend. It's kept stored on the upper bracket of my garage door track for easy access.

 

[5lima30]

Great idea! I will be copying it thanks!

 

[MScott]

If you have access to an old horse drawn rake, the kind that have a lot of curved "teeth across the back," you can make these hooks by simply hammering the tines straight, cutting them to the length you need and bending a hook in them. The top is a perfect handle. I have used these for years as a poker for moving wood around in a wood stove, but longer versions could be used as you have. These rakes are all over the place in farmers fields.

 

[DrunkSmurf]

I've had similar type tools in the past myself and this reminds me I need to make one up...lol

I had one that I welded a second reversed direction hook on the opposite side. It came in handy as well. Worked great for fetching gallon paint cans off high shelves etc.

 

[OccupantRJ]

I've had similar type tools in the past myself and this reminds me I need to make one up...lol

I had one that I welded a second reversed direction hook on the opposite side. It came in handy as well. Worked great for fetching gallon paint cans off high shelves etc.

I thought about putting a dual direction end on mine also, to push things with, but just never got to it.

 

[willy3486]

As I am getting older I think I need some type of tool to help me get off the ground. A lot of times I am on the ground working on something. Like today I changed out my brake rotors and pads. I need something help make it easier to get up. I think its more of a global warming thing. Global warming is causing gravity to make it harder to get up. Its similar to my old 66 pickup. The metal in it is shrinking and I think its global warming as well. I have had it since 1980 and it has shrunk because there is not as much room as there use to be in it. Seriously I think I need to put this on the list to make.

 

[Joe69]

Kinda reminds my of the 5th wheel tool truckers use. I've made them for our drivers in the past.

Joe

 

[danski0224]

Is that a commere gawddammit?

 

[OccupantRJ]

As I am getting older I think I need some type of tool to help me get off the ground. A lot of times I am on the ground working on something. Like today I changed out my brake rotors and pads. I need something help make it easier to get up. I think its more of a global warming thing. Global warming is causing gravity to make it harder to get up. Its similar to my old 66 pickup. The metal in it is shrinking and I think its global warming as well. I have had it since 1980 and it has shrunk because there is not as much room as there use to be in it. Seriously I think I need to put this on the list to make.

Laying down on a deflated air mattress, then inflating it when you want to get up will get the first 6 inches of getting up going for you, Willy.

 

[brett09]

Reminds me of something very similar my dad made. Its made up of 5/16 stainless rod with a welded T piece for a handle. We never used it around the shop or house though, it was always just for hoisting heavy fish into a boat. A gaff. Ha never would've thought to use it any other way.