T&T Tools 36-Inch Manhole Hook Tool - Versatile Lifter and Puller for Manhole Covers, Storm Drains, Septic Tank Lids - Heavy-Duty Hex Alloy Steel with Rotated Handle for Enhanced Grip, Single Hook

I had my previous manhole lid hook for 20+ years until someone with sticky fingers decided to take it. This hook is good quality and does the job. Like any manhole/drainage lids if it’s rusted shut you’ll have to beat it with a hammer but regardless this hook get a good grip on the lid and lifts it up and off.

Works great for removing the storm drain cover in our driveway to drain out our koi pond when it is being cleaned.

Archeologists will find this Thousands of years from now.

Was supersized that it was not so heavy a tool.

Just what I needed

This is a much heavier tool than the other type I had. I pull manhole covers15+ times a week. My other tool finally met its match. After two years of use the old tool started cracking. This new tool is a much heavier gauge metal rod that the other. I hope to get many years of work out of it.

The picture makes it look as if the point is very sharp. It's not. I bought it to lift large, heavy pieces of wood, and thus wanted something that would allow me to occasionally drag really heavy pieces. That means some penetration of the wood, itself. This will not accomplish that. It's rock solid, and I'm sure it'll work for some jobs. But for what I wanted...not so much.

I deliver fuel for a living and there's no lid that I can't open...