I Found What I Needed At The Paul Bunyan Show

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @outdoorswithlarryrobin
    @outdoorswithlarryrobin Год назад +1

    Great Drone shots Neil, good video 🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

  • @Adam_c1965
    @Adam_c1965 Год назад +2

    So many choices of wood cutting machinery here, I see the unit from Australia took your fancy……. Great video 🇦🇺

  • @Ned-p1y
    @Ned-p1y Год назад +1

    Thanks for taking us along

  • @jerekirkpatrick2092
    @jerekirkpatrick2092 Год назад +2

    Neil,
    Split and hose clamp a short piece of steel tubing (not pipe) to the upper handle. Affix a strong magnet to the stripper on the right side of the blade. It will be high, out of the way, and available to your right hand.
    Jere

  • @PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON
    @PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON Год назад +1

    Hello fellow Hoosier !
    Great Show this year
    Wish I would’ve seen you all there
    I got the same hook a roon last year at the show
    We brought back a Woodmizer Saw mill this year !
    For some reason my Wife wants to go with me to the show next year 😂

  • @95rman
    @95rman Год назад

    Neil, I love your videos. I’ve got an idea. Would you consider inviting your subs to bring their tractors for some kind of event/competition. Basically a meet and greet. FYI sold my 318 moved up to a 322. Love those little tractors.😊

  • @periwinkle-dragonfly
    @periwinkle-dragonfly Год назад +2

    I think that future Neil will thank you for saving your back! My 77 yo hubby is going to PT for back pains from years of doing things the hard way.

  • @fennynough6962
    @fennynough6962 Год назад +2

    Your wife must have loved you, when you told her you were going to get a hooked! J.K. This is a show that explains things, bravo!👏

  • @KNLFirewood
    @KNLFirewood Год назад +22

    I can tell you already love them! Thank you for mentioning us, that means a lot. You have inspired us similar to how the Morgan’s have inspired you. It was great meeting you and your crew! Take care neighbor! 🔥🪵

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +6

      It was very nice to meet you as well. Hopefully I can make it to down to visit one of these days.

  • @meirionevans5137
    @meirionevans5137 Год назад +1

    Great to speak to like-minded folk at trade shows. Picaroons. I bought one, 18" and made one 34" from an old falling axe. Your back will thank you, and at Xmas you will be cracking walnuts with your bare hands! Btw, may be easier to only strike into the end grain.

  • @wakasukadana
    @wakasukadana Год назад +1

    Where I live, people still fight over religion and what they feel is right, but I'm amazed by the people there who are already competing about their work.

  • @wakasukadana
    @wakasukadana Год назад +1

    I'm sure those tools were designed and made by genius hands, I really like your insightful video, thank you for sharing

  • @Hfoutdoorsyt
    @Hfoutdoorsyt Год назад +4

    I have a lot of respect for you guys that have to split firewood. Not much splitting here in the sunshine state

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +2

      Maybe one of these days I'll get to trade in the splitter for a nice warm sunny spot down there! :)

  • @TheWeekendMedic
    @TheWeekendMedic Год назад +1

    I don't burn wood for heat, but I burn a lot of it for backyard maple syrup production. I have a couple Cant hooks that are over a hundred years old, use them all the time, now I need a hookaroon. Thanks for the idea!

  • @bobpurs
    @bobpurs Год назад +1

    I gotta buy one also Neil and try. The older I get the more I look at tools to make the process easier 😂

  • @jdh395
    @jdh395 Год назад +2

    Great stuff Neil thanks for taking us along.....

  • @davidedwards3734
    @davidedwards3734 Год назад +5

    Glad you found something at the show that helps in the woodyard!! I don't use mine as often as I should!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

  • @dab.
    @dab. Год назад +1

    I like the hookaroon. I'm amazed at how few people were at the show. Looks like you had the place to yourself!

  • @fricknjeep
    @fricknjeep Год назад +2

    hi there great show and great video. so great to meat you there ,well i kind of have strange ways of looking at hook - pick aroons . dont recall if you signed the saw or not , hope you did , best to all .john

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +1

      I got to sign the saw! It was great to meet you as well John!

  • @markdilley6422
    @markdilley6422 Год назад +1

    Love your wood and stove videos, how I started watching you. Great purchase

  • @garciafamilyfarms
    @garciafamilyfarms Год назад +1

    Ahh shucks Neil!!...... i wish i could of bumped into you. I was there all day friday and until noon on saturday. Maybe next year! Great video i have a hookaroon i use on my splitter but just like anything else i think it has its place. I use it from time to time and then there are times i forget about it. But to each their own.

  • @MoondyneJoe
    @MoondyneJoe Год назад +1

    Neil, just on a different tack, you have a fair need for firewood, but do you have a woodlot planted to have a sustainable amount of world for future years?, in Australia a lot of our Eucalyptus trees are able to be coppiced so they are the gift that keeps giving so to say, I'm not sure you you have simular their, but I feel it is, if you haven't, a good idea to get your own sustainability happening with wood, it's not going to get any cheaper if you have to buy it!
    Besided you can use the woodlot for protection of other trees like fruit and nut or stockfood species, so many options when you look into it
    Tony from Western Australia 🇦🇺

  • @obiorah1
    @obiorah1 Год назад +1

    Buying the 2 Hookeroons is a Good idea, Thank you for Sharing this video,

  • @CowboyCarCrushing
    @CowboyCarCrushing Год назад +1

    Right tool, right job 👍🤠

  • @wollinger
    @wollinger Год назад +1

    Good morning!
    I use mine to reach for the remote control across the couch.

  • @goptools
    @goptools Год назад +2

    Hi Neil. Pretty neat accessories. Extends your reach quite a bit. I don't heat with wood but hope that I will someday. I like your setup a lot. It makes sense considering that you always seem to have a good source of large logs in your area. Thanks for the video!
    -mike

  • @TimothysTractors
    @TimothysTractors Год назад +2

    Thanks for taking us along to the show with your videos! Looks like a great time. Makes me want one an Eastonmade splitter even more... Hope to own one someday!

  • @christophersielski1388
    @christophersielski1388 Год назад +2

    I have been using a pickaroon for 20+ years. Best purchase I ever made. Besides moving wood as you illustrated, I love the ability to grab small rounds in the end grain on the ground and pick them without bending over. Saves the old back muscles!

  • @markhollick2511
    @markhollick2511 Год назад +1

    Thanks Neil
    Stay busy

  • @countryroadslife
    @countryroadslife Год назад +1

    Hey I’m glad you made it and had a great time!

  • @snoozieq4584
    @snoozieq4584 Год назад +3

    The Paul Bunyan show is awesome! My Grandpa Meinke took me to one in 1989. So much cool stuff back then. Cutting and splitting competitions, timed tree climbing, a real carnival / state fair atmosphere. I really hope you all had fun🥰🥰🤗🤗😘😘
    See you next Sunday!

  • @paulatkinson2849
    @paulatkinson2849 Год назад +1

    It's all ways the simple piece that is the best tool never used one but it looks like a thing I could fabricate (crudely) it won't be as good as, the one u bought 👌

  • @wallyzworld7108
    @wallyzworld7108 Год назад +2

    You will love the versatility of that tool. I made a couple a few years ago from old cheap hatchet heads and boy's axe handles. I always keep one on the tractor now. Great for pulling the wood out of a truck bed without having to climb into the bed. I had to make more for other people because they want to steal mine.

  • @HabitualButtonPusher
    @HabitualButtonPusher Год назад +2

    If that hookaroo shaft is metal glue a magnet to the front of the table or on the lift part and one on the hook. Click in place, won’t fall off and always at hand.

  • @kevinrussell2136
    @kevinrussell2136 Год назад +1

    Maybe a suggestion is to attach a piece of plywood to the part of the platform that raises the wood to the table top. That way when you are dragging the pieces to the main chopping deck it's a step down to the orange platform and the less chance of the wood getting caught on the gap and tipping. The plywood can even be cut to bridge the gap between the two sections.

  • @darthgbc363
    @darthgbc363 Год назад +1

    My brother & I are tearing into his Heatmor right now. Replacing some burnt, melted, or soaking wet insulation. The last owner used cheap caulking to seal the roof to the overflow vent. We're also replacing the rusty roof.
    9:27 What steel is used to make the business end of this pick? AR500, Grade 50, or simple mild?
    Wonder if there is a local firewood show? NW MN.

  • @Huntersprojects
    @Huntersprojects Год назад +4

    Nothing like a dig drive diy video on a Sunday morning!

  • @briancarpenter8297
    @briancarpenter8297 Год назад

    I bought one of those LogRite hookaroons last season. Total game changer for our firewood processing! I don't burn for heat, but I have a friend that does, so we get together a few times a year and split everything that's down on his property. We run a 4 man team, 1 guy on chainsaw, 2 guys on the splitter stacking into a tractor bucket, and 1 guy running the tractors, bringing rounds from the saw man, and taking away split pieces.

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад

      Glad to hear you find it helpful! I'm looking forward to getting used to using it!

  • @blackhillsandeasternrailroad
    @blackhillsandeasternrailroad Год назад

    It was fun to see you in that picture with the Morgans! Three of my favorite TY people in one photo!

  • @suttoo85
    @suttoo85 Год назад +1

    such a simple tool, and i can see it makes a massive difference, very good buy

  • @josephcollins4336
    @josephcollins4336 Год назад +1

    Interesting!!

  • @brianworley7705
    @brianworley7705 Год назад +2

    Neil, we cut firewood for a number of years before considering a timber jack, cant hook and pickaroon kit from Logox. We explored other options and almost bought one like yours, but seemed the Logox was a better option, so we bought a kit for my wife and one for myself also. Been helpful for rolling logs, lifting them off the ground for cutting, plus picking up rounds or split pieces for transport and stacking. The pickaroon has indeed been a backsaver and is a much appreciated added tool for firewood handling. Tha k you for the reminder to make sure it is better accessible when handling firewood.

  • @michaelmcguire3983
    @michaelmcguire3983 Год назад +2

    Thanks for taking us along Niel! It is so nice seeing you enjoy your your family ( not in-laws & out-laws 🤣). Take care my friend!!

  • @dubberkm7200
    @dubberkm7200 Год назад +2

    Looks like a really cool show. This video is just another reminder of how far behind I am as well in getting things done before winter. Time really does fly.

  • @terryrogers1025
    @terryrogers1025 Год назад +5

    Good show, always fun to see the latest and greatest in action. Never used a hookroon , that being said, if I had access to one, I probably would have at least tried it. Thanks for the video sir.

  • @johnnylindsey5808
    @johnnylindsey5808 Год назад +1

    Good job I have never seen that before

  • @robsmith7681
    @robsmith7681 Год назад +1

    This is my first time hearing about the Paul Bunyan show. I’m gonna try to remember it for next year! That and Harlan days. I really wanna check out your festival.

  • @KhaledAlSaadany
    @KhaledAlSaadany Год назад +2

    When are you digging that well?

  • @matteckelberry5964
    @matteckelberry5964 Год назад

    I'm watching you from Cambridge, Oh. I know that festival has been going on for years but never have been.

  • @Buttonsfirewood34
    @Buttonsfirewood34 Год назад +6

    Great purchase! I love my hookaroon. FYI hookaroon,pickaroon,and axaroon are different tools for working with forestry wood. Also hookaroons are known as a sappie.

  • @lonnieclifton3883
    @lonnieclifton3883 Год назад +1

    Anything to make the process simple, the hook a roo is the real deal

  • @kennyshort8685
    @kennyshort8685 Год назад

    A pulp hook or hale bale hook may work better when moving rounds on top of the table as it’s a smaller tool. A magnetic hook off the side would keep it out of the way.

  • @edsecorr7812
    @edsecorr7812 Год назад +1

    Great job love your videos thank you keep up the good work

  • @Andyrob323
    @Andyrob323 Год назад +4

    I’m not completely sold on the hook yet. I’ve had mine for 3 years now and still find myself moving wood with my hands.
    I wish I would have made it to Bunyan this year. Maybe next!

  • @terrancesnyder9323
    @terrancesnyder9323 Год назад +2

    GOOD SUNDAY MORNING

  • @mitchjones2821
    @mitchjones2821 Год назад +1

    I run a 72’ platform track lift almost daily down here. Great piece of equipment.

  • @Feelalive1009
    @Feelalive1009 Год назад +1

    Weather is awesome dear contractor boss

  • @lisaharvey4373
    @lisaharvey4373 Год назад +1

    Looks like works great

  • @denjhill
    @denjhill Год назад +1

    Called a pickaroon out here in the NW. Made my own from an old axe head. Great simple tool. Mostly use it to pull stuff out of my 8 ft pickup bed.

  • @chummy22
    @chummy22 Год назад +1

    Mrs Koch is a straight up baddie Holy Neil atta boy batting way out of your league what a smoke show need her in mor3 videos

  • @raytalbot5890
    @raytalbot5890 Год назад +1

    Marty T in NZ has a home made twin blade saw mill with a car engine running it on his off grid homestead 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @resiliencyisrough
    @resiliencyisrough Год назад +4

    What an incredible efficiency improvement made with such a simple, manual tool. I’m an absolute nerd for process improvement/efficiency and I am very happy you have this tool.
    Thank you so much for taking us along to the Paul Bunyan show. Looks like it was a blast!

  • @denniswright8949
    @denniswright8949 Год назад +4

    I bought an 18 inch picaroon on a lark when I purchased a Peavey (for rolling logs on the ground as I bucked them). I have since purchased a couple of more and my wife found them useful when she started helping me load rounds onto my splitter. She was amazed at how much labor this simple device saves.

  • @richryan8904
    @richryan8904 Год назад +3

    Fun to see you visit the wood processor you’ve hired a few times: the video you made for that (and referenced here) was the first one of yours I watched! I liked the easy, kind style of your output then, and it had been consistent since! It looks like you had a nice time there with your dad and family! Not too far from your house to the show either (well, for America, I mean: 240 miles is a big trip in the UK!) 🇬🇧👋🇺🇸

  • @johnhamilton9229
    @johnhamilton9229 Год назад +1

    Enjoy those hooks

  • @blackdogexcavator21
    @blackdogexcavator21 Год назад +1

    I've never seen one of the hookaroons. When we burned wood, we were splitting with a maul and wedge. Didn't really need one when I was a teenager. I had a strong back and a weak mind to work with. Now I only have one of the two, you can guess at which one. Lol, thanks for sharing.

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +1

      My mind has never been as strong as I'd like :) my back either now that I think about it!

  • @beauxtx1959
    @beauxtx1959 Год назад +2

    So easy to make at home; 2x2 and a large bolt ground to a point. Love it! Keep up the great work! LOVE your channel!

  • @BG-vq9fd
    @BG-vq9fd Год назад +2

    Economy of motion. 👍

  • @jasonmaxfield6y312
    @jasonmaxfield6y312 Год назад +2

    Great to see you and the family yesterday. Excellent video as well.

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +1

      It was great to see you too Jason! Thanks as always for watching!

  • @desertdweller4951
    @desertdweller4951 Год назад

    You chose wisely 😊
    Hope you had the chance to meet the ladies from Capital Lumber Log Yard at the Wood Mizer tent.
    Great family run business in PA.
    Looks like your girls missed this season of jump and splash in the pond.
    Hope next year will bring you a source of water.
    Oh, my first thought was another dump truck, you did a great jod of self control 😅

  • @CorwinBos
    @CorwinBos Год назад +2

    Great to have. Really saves your back. I use the Forster version as I found the lighter ones tend to bounce in dry hardwood. I put a 36" handle on mine to make it better for ground work and do less bending as Im 6'7".

  • @88888gerald
    @88888gerald Год назад +1

    the aluminum shafts with the sharp triangle on the in are essentially the same thing with a wood handle we called pickaroons when I worked in a woodyard at a paper mill..the ones you had at the last had blue shafts...they are for handling logs...

  • @lucasthornton5676
    @lucasthornton5676 Год назад +1

    That confirms that I need to try a hookaroon. Hope to see you at Paul Bunyan next year b

  • @05xlt
    @05xlt Год назад +1

    What awesome timing you have! My buddy and I were splitting the other day and I brought these up! Did you get to meet and talk to Buckin’?

  • @OneEyeCustoms
    @OneEyeCustoms Год назад +1

    One suggestion on the hooharoons make a place to store them. Maybe a simple pvc pipe to slide or drop them in. Or even a HD magnet attached to it. It will definitely help from loosing them.

  • @calebferguson2634
    @calebferguson2634 Год назад +1

    That pickaroon looks much better than the Harbour freight/ princess auto ones we've been using in the matting industry

  • @jackel440
    @jackel440 Год назад +2

    I always wanted to get one to try myself but never have. I haven't used my outdoor wood boiler for several yrs now so there hasn't been a huge need for one. Maybe in the future if I start burning again I'll have to get one. My back is done with the strain for sure.

  • @tonynieuwlandt5407
    @tonynieuwlandt5407 Год назад +1

    That mini skid steer is definitely what I've been looking for. I've got my eye on one of those.

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +1

      I think you'll love it when you get it. Go for it!

  • @doogals
    @doogals Год назад +1

    That show is 45 minutes up I-77 from me. I've never heard of it.

  • @gregd931
    @gregd931 Год назад +1

    That show looked like fun! Boys day out huh? That chipper that was eating those logs was insane! Don't need one, have no use for it, but damn it would be fun! The hooks are a great idea and a back saver, you are getting older by the minute you fine figure of a man you! I saw some machines with rollers that I mentioned to you months ago! You are a pack rat and scrounger, quite surprised you haven't worked one in yet. Oh ya, hooks are just Peavey's before they grow up. Either way, they save your ass in many situations. Last item on my agenda is the "Firewood is getting me excited again" comment. Loving the enthusiasm to keep the family warm and dry, but damn son! Do I need to get Kara on the phone again and have a chat? You are just too precious when you attend a show and get all pumped up and full of piss and vinegar! Those sales people earned their $$$ when you were there. As always, thank you for the post and love home my brother. Never forget how much I and others out here, appreciate what you do.

  • @nssomedude
    @nssomedude Год назад +1

    Make a PVC pipe holder for the hook-a-roo

  • @toddincabo
    @toddincabo Год назад +1

    👍Good video, thanks. Looks like you need to modify that blue swiveling log holder on your splitter to be a little higher than the actual orange splitting deck so the logs don't catch every time you slide one over, that would get old, quick.

  • @shanesherwood343
    @shanesherwood343 Год назад +2

    Great video looks like a fun show that eastern made processor was really cool i never heard of a hookaroon been doing firewood since I could walk but now I have to find one looks very useful tool/back saver

  • @timf6916
    @timf6916 Год назад +1

    Nice

  • @JazzJaguar
    @JazzJaguar Год назад +1

    Will you go through all that wood in a season? Curious if the older wood on the bottom of the stack sits overly long and starts to break down.

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +2

      We will go through all that and more.

  • @chrishamilton1459
    @chrishamilton1459 Год назад +1

    Great video and awesome splitter you own there Neil!!

  • @ackack612
    @ackack612 Год назад +1

    "...oh yeah!"

  • @PurpleCollarLife
    @PurpleCollarLife Год назад +1

    I've still not made the investment or tried one myself.

  • @wallingj68
    @wallingj68 Год назад +1

    You are the 2nd video this morning using a hookaroon, having never seen one before. HomeSteadHow was doing a video on his fasting experience and he was moving rounds around.
    Also, it seems like the extension table on the splitter should have a lip of some sorts to bridge the gap to the main table, and that would smooth out the transfer process. I'm assuming it doesn't because it may fold up for storage or transport? I'm just a guy from the suburbs, so...

  • @davidepperson2376
    @davidepperson2376 Год назад +1

    Basically your message was be open-minded throughout your life, and don’t belittle others. Those are good words to live by. And important to share with others - society largely fails at teaching these good messages anymore. (Heave you ever read Kipling’s “The gods of the copybook headings”?)

  • @gidge34
    @gidge34 Год назад +1

    I was hoping for a new machine, but these are perfect 💪🇮🇱

  • @danshearer2689
    @danshearer2689 Год назад +1

    The real Paul Bunyan is from Northern Minnesota (Brainard, Akeley, Bemidji) area!

  • @sacmarine
    @sacmarine Год назад +1

    You’d love a pulp hook for around the splitter and slinging log rounds.

  • @andrewjames5925
    @andrewjames5925 11 месяцев назад

    I use a 20 inch pickaroon and I love it pickaroon for grabbing rounds and my wood hooks when stacking and love it everyone should use when doing firewood

  • @jamesharrod8733
    @jamesharrod8733 Год назад

    you might look at Log OX tool for diff round moving

  • @jandblawncare8570
    @jandblawncare8570 Год назад +1

    Glad your video popped up, this is one of the best Paul Bunyan video's Ive seen. II went last year and ordered my Eastonmade splitter and it showed up a few weeks ago and Ive already wore the paint off the wedge quite a bit lol. Cant go wrong with any Logrite tool. I got a huge cant hook last year at the show for 50% off because it had a tiny rip in the foam but it's been a real back saver. I have a Fiskars pick a roon but I always seem to forget I have it but the times I use it, it does ok but should have bought a couple different Logrite ones last year while they were on sale.

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +1

      Thanks! Sounds like you know how to do the Paul Bunyan show proper!

  • @glennspreeman1634
    @glennspreeman1634 Год назад +1

    Evrerybody needs to learn from C&C equipment that anything Sany bought at auction has no warranty, none.

  • @toddpacheco4748
    @toddpacheco4748 Год назад +1

    Neil,you’re gonna get used to the picaroon before you know it practice makes perfect 😮😊❤

  • @noc8076
    @noc8076 Год назад +1

    Fiskars has hookaroons. Light weight, good grip and slides easily in your hand if you want to choke up on it. Recommended.

  • @garny3766
    @garny3766 Год назад +1

    Not sold on the log rites or should I say their handle. One thing about the contoured oval knobbed wood handles and even fiskars is when you grab ahold of the handle you can tell by grip feel exactly the orientation of the pick or hook. Round handles you have to see the end. Also as you said, I have to find where to put it. Maybe back sheaths will become popular again?!🤷‍♂️😆

    • @digdrivediy
      @digdrivediy  Год назад +1

      That's a good point. I looked for other versions but there weren't many options even at this show.