Rock tongs?

[warrior_garden]

Has anyone used tongs for lifting rocks? I came across the 'two prong' tongs on Amazon while scrolling and thought they might do well for picking up rocks (of which I have many). Then I came across some specifically marketed as rock tongs.

I'm thinking they might be especially useful for building stone walls. I have a grapple, but tongs would allow me to spin a rock, push it slightly side to side, etc while setting it in place. Anyone used them?

 

[warrior_garden]

Rock tongs

 

[bcp]

I've had no luck with something like log tongs. You want three of more points of contact to reduce spinning or twisting out of the grip.

Try picking up a brick-sized, random shaped rock with thumb and one finger, then try with thumb and two fingers.

The simplest version I've seen is like a log tong but one finger has two points of contact, giving three points of contact to grip the rock.



Bruce