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Great video! I love historic tools. Keep the videos coming! (Side note: I have a couple of hookaroons. They work great in lighter, softer woods, but not so well with hard and heavy oaks, etcetera; at least in my experience. Nevertheless, as I said, they work great for me in pine and softer hardwoods).

I believe I saw the crane in action at Broadstone junction in 1962 lifting derailed engine. Think it may have been covered by television possibly southern television. Richard.

great video love the history mentioned ..

I found myself using a bill (something like a suffolk) in similar manner

Thank you Steve!

I visited the station a few times in the 1960’s,including the S&D last day special. The S&D and Bath Green Park held a special place in railway enthusiasts hearts.

Superb entertainment 👍

The viaduct was used as a location in an episode of the BBC crime drama Waking the Dead

Hi Steve, nice fun video. Keep it up I have a similar changer and I found installing with that tool bar impossible, it just twisted out of my hands. I have made up a low cost tool bar that does a nice job of installing tires (tyres) on steel or alloy wheels. Just need basic woodworking skills. ruclips.net/video/W8MddFsFmgA/видео.html Have you tried balancing the wheels yet? I tried a bubble balancer, but it was very poorly made, so came up with my own laser balancer. Will work on most wheels, though not all... ruclips.net/video/JvN4i-qJqMs/видео.html

Just ordered one...mainly to keep my hands away from the wood pile....and snakes

Thank you, great review! You also answered my question about whether it was a sticker or not as on some websites the billycan is plain.

Even Homebase has gone - More flats!!

Wish I'd known about these when I was working on farm years ago,spent a lot of time felling/logging in winter and would have saved my back a lot😟still do a bit of firewood and also now blacksmithing/metalworking so will be making some of these,maybe one with axe blade on one side😉😉

Master of the obvious

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Thanks for the video I've got a pickaroon but rarely use it and didn't even know it was called a pickaroon. It doesn't go into the wood as easily as yours though so maybe I need to give it a tickle with a file to sharpen it

I like it.

Dislodging the firewood round is easier with a pickaroon rather than a hookaroon due to the straight point. Now for some odd reason I want a macaroon...... LOL

Nice demo. Thanks. I just ordered my 1st hookaroon (my lower back is killing me in my elder years) even though I always knew about this logging tool all my life ; I always thought this tool was for wimps. I'm afraid I may have waited too long to get one. - N Idaho -

steve brings back memories as my dad told me some lovely things bath green park as started work in 1944 at the age 14

I visited this location last year on one of my cycle rides from Monkton Combe to Bath via the two tunnels. Quite fascinating to see the remains of Midford station & the information signs thoughtfully installed. A very enjoyable video & inspiration for me to pay another visit soon!

Great work, but the mount technique was definitely incorrect. We’re supposed to hold the bead down into the rim and use the mount head on the other side where it is still above the rim. You were using it in a position where the bead was already below the rim lip, pushing against one part where it crosses over. That’s definitely not how it’s supposed to work. The idea is that the mount head hooks onto the rim while the bead above the rim rides along the face. When you lift the other end of the bar the face will tilt out, stretching the bead past the edge of the rim. If you are near the point where the bead crosses over then the bead you are levering over the edge will want to drop down on one side, exactly the same as it would with tire spoons. The difference with spooning the bead over one bite at a time is that the mount head can hold that ideal position and ride along the rim in one continuous motion. No need to reposition the bar for another bite like you would with a tire spoon. You can turn toward the remaining bead and it will continuously drop under the rim lip on the trailing side. The manual doesn’t explain or show this… at least not for the Pittsburgh version sold at Harbor Freight in the USA. Most of the RUclips demonstrations get this wrong or resort to tire spoons or the demount end of the bar. Hopefully this helps.

Well done, Steve that was really informative. Love your enthusiasm.

Excellent video. Superb presentation.. Should be on the Tele!

A well presented video! I used to drive past Milford station on my way to work in Bath, back then the station buildings still existed. Such a shame they disappeared. Keep them coming!

Use the pointed end of the rod not the wedged end to put the tire on is also viable. Crunch the tire on with flat side down on the rod.

I've never seen and grew up in an area with lots of logging that only started to taper off 50 years ago ish, so lots of Old tools around. Must have not made it to south west Australia. Seems strange. Guess I'll just have to make one

It's a radius gauge on the side of the jib.

Great info and love your enthusiasm, thank you

Lovely locale and history one of my favourite parts of the world. Thanks for sharing 👍😊 The S&D, possibly the MSWJR - like several others - proves that Pareto's 80/20 theory was force fitted, by a useless, overpaid man (one of several from ICI who leeched from the railways and tax payers) who served several other masters and not BR nor the general public. Yes the railways needed reorganisation but to attend a busy station at its quietest time, once, then state that it needed closing is not scientific research nor good management practice! It's corrupt in fact. It's akin to modern planning departments and permissions they give to wealthy builders, and likewise planning/building inspectors who claim that they visit site, when they barely have even looked at such via Google maps - corrupt, serving other masters and not the tax paying public. The S&D, the MSWJR and certain aspects of the Southern would have been well used routes even today, if continuous improvement was applied so as to meet modern needs.

Great video Steve - thanks!

I just visited your channel and subscribed. So many interesting videos to see, glad I found your channel!

Enjoy your video! I used one of those back in the 70s when I used to work on the section gang on the railroad. That was a great tool to use to move railroad ties and sometimes large Bridge Timbers. And when they done away with it I asked them if I could have it and they said sure we don't want that old thing. Well I have been using that old thing for 50 years now and I'm getting ready to go out back and split some wood and for the big pieces I use my cant hook to roll them over to the log splitter! They calling for snow here in the mountains of Virginia tomorrow so I best get some wood in or the Boss, my wife, may be burning up our wooden Furniture in the wood stove! Thanks again for making this wonderful video and also I pray that you are okay and you take care, my friend, and stay well!

Great job well description of the hookaroon god bless

Fantastic video, my sister and I have just purchased one of these as we have a mound of wheels to de-tyre. Brilliant watching you and had a great laugh, keep up the good work. Jacquie & Val the twins 🙂

Just FYI, blackening/charring the outside creates a creosote/coal tar like protection. Nice video, thanks.

Love the song you used in your intro and outro. 'Carnival of Venice, op. 77' by James Galway. Enjoying the entire song right now =) And thanks for the lesson. Cheers!

great video

I believe charred ends really do last longer, because it repels moisture and insects. Using concrete actually holds moisture against the pole and it rots quicker. So I think this method is probably best!

What has happened to this guy? Please let us know!

Yeah buddy I need one of them my dad and I just got a central boiler

Oooo this is a hidden gem 💎

Oooo this is a hidden gem 💎

I wonder what happened to this interesting chap. I hope he's alright. No videos for so long :(

In your opinion, what is better and more practical - this tool or aluminum, such as OCHSENKOPF or the like? Is aluminum fundamentally better? Thanks!

Neat, thank you for sharing

Great Vid 👍😃

Nice Vid, but....................in the ones that have a point at the end, what is that point supposed to be used for?

If you manage to position yourself on the right spot just east of the brake van in winter on a clear day you can see six towers, Mells church, Whatley church spire, King Alfred's tower, Leigh-on -Mendip church, Cranmore tower and Downside abbey.

Nice Video Steve