Makers of Quality Tools, Handles & Dowels Since 1857

Maine-Made Tools, Handles, Poles and Dowels

For more than 160 years, Peavey Manufacturing Co. has made dependable products for customers who need tools and handles built to work.

From Peaveys and cant hooks to replacement handles, poles, dowels, and pole-line construction tools, our products are made in Maine and shipped throughout the United States and around the world.

Peavey Manufacturing Co. remains a Maine-based family business, carrying forward a long tradition of American manufacturing, master craftsmanship, and reliable service.

Joseph Peavey

Invented the tool that bears his name and revolutionized the logging industry.  Shown here in 1858 as a young man leaning on a hookless "handspike". The Peavey's retained control until 1944 when David Howard Peavey died. Walter Willey carried on.

Lee Delano

Lee, Raymond & Dean's father, acquired a steel foundry in Oakland, ME and a Sawmill & Woodworking shop in Madison, ME after WWII. In 1954 Peavey MFG (under leadership from Walter Willey)  and the Maine Woods Tool Compnay (MWTC) merged and kept the Peavey Mfg Co. name. Lee took the helm.

Dean Delano

After the Peavey fire of 1966 Ray & Dean Delano salvaged equipment from Madison, ME, and relocated Peavey Mfg Co. to a former chicken house on Route 9 in Eddington, ME. This is the present day home for Peavey - just 5 miles downstream from where Joseph started.

Rodney Buswell

In 1978, after having hauled wood to his uncle Dean's company as an independent trucker, Rodney Buswell Sr. came to work at Peavey. When Dean retired in 1982 Ray & Rodney Buswell assumed control.  Ray then retired passing the reigns to Rodney.

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