Handspike

identifier
ID 189
morphology
craft
craft
craft
craft
holotype
MOT V 94.0111 L=167cm WD=5,5cm WT=6300gr
holotype

MOT V 2010.0021 L=148cm WD=9cm H=6cm WT=4150gr

description

Wooden lever (1.5 to 2 meters long) clad with metal fittings at the bottom, to lift heavy loads to a small height. Railroad workers use them to separate railroad tracks. Quarry workers such as the stonecutter use a handspike to place stone blocks on rollers.

This tool can be distinguished from the crow bar and the ripping chisel. [MOT]

MOT V 2010.0021

Handspike MOT V 2020.0231 L=152cm WD=10cm WT=10630gr.