Marketplace Find | Will this Motorized Dumper Ever Run again!??
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Hey. It's not Saturday! I'm at work today. Now I gotta hide in the bathroom for 48 minutes to watch the new released video!!!! 😂
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The joy in your face when these old beasts come back to life makes this video entirely worth watching. The joy and passion you have just puts a smile on my face... Love this channel, been watching you for many years...
Glad you enjoyed it
""I'm getting a little off track here..." lol I think it's genetic Matt old boy.😀 @@DieselCreek
Boy, this was a walk down memory lane! My Dad was a contractor that bought one of these for a big job in Bakersfield (they were manufactured in Calif.) in the early 60's. It just sat in the back yard and I'd play on it, turning the motor and dumping the hopper - we'd fill the hopper with water, dig a little ditch and set up our army men with the Germans down in the "canyon" with little cardboard bunkers and stick trees. Then we'd tilt the hopper to "bust the dam" and watch as the little grey men got washed away! I hadn't thought about that for over 50 years! Thanks for bringing these buggies home! Put a smile on my face remembering the old days. You can dunk that leaky float in hot water and watch for where it bubbles (the leak will bubble as the air inside heats up and expands). After you mark the spot, a dab or solder will do the trick (after you bake the gas out of the float.) Those Wisconsins are one of the best industrial engines this country's ever made!
It's typically pretty easy to drill a tiny hole in a corner of the float. Then make that corner the lowest point so the gas drains out. Once it's dry, a tiny bit of solder will easily seal that hole shut and then you just have to solder up the original leak you discovered from the hot water dunk.
Is that the same engine as the Wisconsin Robin.......or same company? In the mid 90's (Inland Empire of SoCal) as an early teen, I started working with my uncle who was a painter and his Speedflo airless had a Wisconsin Robin engine. He really liked that engine, but later we upgraded to a newer and bigger airless that I think had a Honda engine. That is pretty cool you got to play with that buggy. My brother and I would have had so much fun with something like that, as kids.
Thank you for sharing your memory, sir.
Talk about turning the clock back 65+ years - then you see how far we've come with how we do it today !! I much prefer how we do the same thing these days !! Thanks for sharing Matt !!
@@johnking8679 engineering of the same vintage as the Apollo Hoax. No wonder we've never been back to the moon! Ludicrous they fooled us the first time!!
Interesting bit of trivia: The first CVT was actually designed in 1490 by Leonardo DaVinci. The first patent for one was issued in 1886 and they actually started getting popular around 1910.
I often wonder what kind of contraptions we'd have today if DaVinci hadn't been born 500 years ahead of his time. The guy was an engineering powerhouse!
@@Studio23Media He stole most of his ideas , just like Edison.
Well, TBH, his design was not at all fumctional- like his helicopter (with a hand-powered spiral sail flying machine,, or, by a tank powered by a few people (dwarfs)- presuming paved roads, no grades, fire, etc...) All good ideas, just not well thought out, or ever tested or built, etc... Beautifully written though. (he was a poet, at heart, I think.) Tolkien was not a mechanic, not a skilled engineer, not evem a particularly good craftsman. He was a dreamer, and it was his talent that he could share his dreams with us, and he shared such dreams and inspiration through his stories and his contributions to philology...
Definitely the type of unit that deserves full restoration.
Nice ride! Good find!
Atleast a good detail. Would shine some more 😅
The float can be resoldered saving the carburetor
That's the beauty of this channel, Matt. You got heavy equipment, trucks, mowers, saws, splitters, a mill, a power rake and now a cement buggy. Coolest channel of all.
Thanks 👍
Definitely! One of each! LOL
Hey Matt: As far as the engine smoking a bit, remember you put 2 stroke gas in it, so that's most likely the cause. What a fun find! Enjoyed it!
I can't believe that he forgot about the fuel he's used.
Generic name for them on a concrete job is a "Georgia Buggy" . Use to see them all the time before concrete pump trucks came around. That's when men were men and sheep were scared.🍻
You can still rent the more modern versions. For some jobs, cheaper than the pump truck and plenty fast.
With all due respect there is nothing irrational about being excited most especially when resurrecting an old piece of technology! I do not have the capability of sandblasting where I'm at but my ADHD / OCD would compel me to sandblast the equipment you work on and repaint them! Georgia buggies are absolutely fantastic for Close Quarters and would arguably be more reasonable than hiring a pump. Congratulations on your new acquisition of the Ice Bucket!
You find some amazing pieces of industrial history Matt. 10/10 for seeing potential and not scrap value 👍
It breaks my heart I live in NY 7 hours away from Matt and everything old iron around me I wanted to own has been scrapped
Those buggies are still used, at least new versions. Here in SoCal, we get a pump for everything but watching concrete guys in Wisconsin, they often use a buggy. It is cheaper and they can run any mix vs. having to thin it out and run gravel vs. rock.
One of my favourite episodes - seeing an ingenious machine back working - ‘beating the heck out of a wheelbarrow’- the whopping when she starts is always a magic moment
Ah, the glorious "tremmie." They'd get raced around on multi-story buildings, sometimes going over the edge, sometime with the operator still aboard. Very much replaced by the modern articulated concrete pump. (Some Unions mandated them right into the 80s.) You almost never ran them straight into a spot, you canted them in, so as to start the turning of the dolly wheel before the need. If at a meet, like the Steam Show, for someone to ride in the bucket--this is not a good idea. If they sit on the edge, they are way in front of the balance point. If they sit back, they wind up folded up into the bottom of the dump bucket (there are OSHA and Shop Rules on this aplenty as a result).
You can fix the float by baking it in an electric toaster oven to get the gas out. Then use flux and a soldering iron to reflow the solder. Used to do that in the 70’s
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If all else fails, a guy can find em on evil bay.
That was a fun video. Take getting the hang of to drive and not hurt anyone.
@@kriswright1022 More fun to fix 'em.
DO NOT use a torch to vaporize the gas out. I was fixing a float and the gas was vaporizing out nicely, with a little jet of flame. Then it blew up.
Wow! Never seen anything like this before. Quite a unique find! I vote for full restoration.
concrete carrying bumper cars :)
Being in commercial construction since 1978 I saw allot of these on many projects I was on as a union carpenter . I have been retired since 2011 .
Definitely a good clean up and a lick of paint with the Diesel Creek stickers on the side and you'll be the envy of any show.
+1 At least a good cleanup, full working condition and a nice coat of paint.
Amazingly, Whiteman Power Buggies are still manufactured - $14,000!
Three wheel power trolleys were very common in markets and factories between WW1 and WW2 in England and Australia. They were a bit larger than that one and had a single cylinder diesel. They were/are bullet proof and ran for many years.
I think this buggy would be a great candidate to fully restore and make it a show piece to drive around at shows!
Matt, it's nice to see you still giving screen time to the smaller, quirkier stuff here and there, especially as you expand your operations and acquire more better, more bigger things. Some folks like me will always be drawn to the small-engined weird stuff, so I appreciate it. Looks like some good, sketchy fun! Cheers!
It isn't every day you see a grown man this happy. 😂
I ran one of these for my Dad who was a concrete contractor. We used them to pour alleyways. The trick was to slam on the brakes, spin the dump bed and reverse the wheels while they were in the air at the placement location. There is a learning curve to operate them, but we tuned them up some so they were fast and fun for young men. At the end of day, you knew you had worked because during a pour the delivery was non stop and we used multiple units with passing lanes. We used those until concrete pumps became available.
I’d love to see this blasted and restored ❤
Hi Matt, I think the small pieces of equipment are just as important as the big. They still show the history and tell a story. I hope to see more like this
Gotta admit it's pretty cool to see a way back in the day Georgia buggy living again. Not to mention another win for those antique Wisconsin engines, it seems like the ones that don't quit never quit. Edit: Turning it into a motorized beer trough sounds like a damn good minty idea👌
I live in Melbourne Australia and I can remember back to around 1953. A 6 foot concreate sewer main was been laid under our street. They had a huge concreate mixer which dump trucks would tip sand and rock in a hopper on one side and an army of these motorised dumpers would be filled with mixed concreate to be transported to end of the sewer pipe. The workers were all Italian migrants and as a 10 year old boy I had never heard anyone speek anything other than English, I was fascinated by these people. Your video reminds me of times long passed. Thank you.
had what was called dumpies,in the SEC,later version of Matt's ,had 16 inch bar tread tyres,single cylinder diesel,which put the whole thing higher,no problems unloading,great fun to drive with the rear wheel steering.
Matt, If you have a float with gas it, dip in hot water. You will get a stream of bubbles where the leak is. Point the leak down so the gas will pee out of the float. Clean the spot where the leak is with fine sand paper and solders. Check with hot water to see if the float is real fixed, Stan
Oh man. The memories of the oil field. I had one of these engines I used hooked up to a gear a circulating pump. I don't know how many times it was under water. Drained, cleaned and refilled fluids and fire off first pull. Great engines.
How am I suppossed to get my own projects done when Matt posts another cool video.
How very true,everything stops when Matt has a new video out,and i watch it till the end.
Your enthusiasm is infectious! For those whom have spent time reconditioning a neglected piece of equipment we can relate. So much satisfaction involved. Thank you Matt for sharing your knowledge, time and sticktoitiveness in bringing us these awesome rescues.
Seeing you happy makes me happy! Thank you Matt for your medicine😊
A Part of me wants to see that fully restored with a bright red paint job and the Diesel Creek label on the side of the bucket. Now THAT would make a good merch' buggy for the steam show!
Great videos, from Kountze Tx. My son (43) and I (70) watch you them and discuss them the next time we see each other. You’re doing what I used to do , I had my son helping me changing turn table gearboxes when he was 10 or so. We appreciate you so much, we’re dragging my grandson into the fold, but girlfriends keep getting in the way. 👍👍👍
Looks like it’s well engineered and has impressive traction. I never expected it to go as fast as it does.
lol looks unnecessarily fast
6.8 hp won’t go fast when it’s loaded up.
I love it! It steers like the old school bumper cars. It's much faster than I figured it would be. I think you should give it a nice paint job, slap some Diesel Creek stickers on it, and use it to cruise around at the auction & shows. BTW, you could probably still buy OEM rings for the pistons. That and a valve job would probably cure most of the smoke & give it a bit more power.
I needed one of these back in the day. Using a wheel barrow that was full of concrete down a hill was absolute fun for me (not) helping my step dad setting up footings or forms for him. This would have made life so much easier.
To get "irrationally excited" is a wonderful thing, Matt! May you never lose that sense of satisfaction and wonder!
In the 70’s i operated a real similar machine. We had about a 15 ft wide X about 200’ runway and at first it was a real challenge to keep it running in a straight line. After running it for about a week you found out it was ALOT better than a wheel barrow.
The troubles of the world melt away when watching Matt
What a fantastic piece of equipment! It's ridiculously simple and I love the fact that you can access any part of the engine by just rotating it. Damnit I'm gonna be on the hunt for one of these now!
17:00 The pulley tells you which way to wrap the starter cord , there is an angled side and a more vertical side. That is where the knot on the rope goes
Growing up in NYC, I remember seeing armies of these little guys pouring concrete to areas that the trucks and chutes couldn't reach...brings back memories...
Always fun to see you smile when you get an engine started. Congrats. Thanks for the vide.
Honestly, I’ve loved “nuts bolts and unique equipment “ I’m going to fully enjoy watching
6:59 I had one, I did actually use it at a flee market and used it to haul dirt to my backyard, I was going to have to haul about a dozen wheelbarrow loads of dirt, but I had my wheelbarrow with a motor. I used it one year for hauling rocks clearing out a fence row, where the farmers had stacked all the rocks over the years. I paid 100 dollars for it at a garage sale, played with it a couple years and sold it for 400. Made money on it and got to use it. I very seldom sell my stuff, but I had my fun with it. 😊 I shall add mine had a Wisconsin engine on it and it was HOT SOB sitting on top of that engine on a hot day
I remember concrete small jobs around homes for commercial!! Pads , etc
I love that little cart!!! Such a cool beer wagon for parties!!! Can't believe how well she carried all that stone...
New favorite way to watch this channel is in half speed. Matt sounds hammered.
A spotless fuel tank is always a good sign. The joy in Matt's voice as he was doing 'donuts' with this thing was priceless. Good job!
This is BY FAR the most interesting episode that you’ve done for a while. Yes please to more things like this and it would be great to have an episode dedicated to cleaning it up and doing a rustoration
Just like a kid on his first go cart ! Love it Matt.
watched you for years I come home eat my food and watch Diesel Creek its part of my day at this point haha
DC, as a former small engine mechanic in the 50s + 60s I always set points at matchbook cover gap and the carbs at 2 1/2 turns out on the high speed needle. Cool video! Love to watch you save the oldies!
Man this looks like an absolute beauty of a little machine. Yes it could use some creature comforts as the cog lock but it seems to be a nice little zipper for dry sand, mud, smaller gravel and indeed concrete. And as you've said, a beer cart would also be cool. Another vote for full restoration! Make that puppy shine bright like the proud little power buggy it used to be!
AND, put the DC logo on it too.
You came up with some cool applications for these "buggies." ...I read your comment before I had time to cognize the concept. I forget where it was brought up, which KZhead video, where some commenter mentioned these. Yeah, conveying sand, rock, gravel, dirt/loam, pavers, potted plants, fertilizer... Landscape contractors would love them: they can haul a few truckloads of materials either in or out of a freshly constructed house. Or older home that has gates, walls...impediments or restrictions from truck access. I've seen some motorized wheelbarrows, but nothing like these. Sorry, I ain't in the trades. Not just for cement...think about it.
Your buildings/garage as well as equipment are phenomenal. Your ability to build and repair equipment are also phenomenal. You are the man! Keep those videos coming.
Hey Matt, I don't remember seeing an episode where you purchased the era correct, for the auto car Ford tri-motor corrugated fifth wheel trailer for the tractor 47:50
I remember these from the early/mid 50's. They built a new church up the street and used these. Man did they zoom back and forth. Made a big memory for a little boy. Never thought I would see another one. Thanks for the memory!
I love the laughter it brings you! Happiness is revived equipment :)
I remember watching a crew use those machines to drive concrete up a ramp and dump it into wall forms for my Grandfather's house foundation. I was probably about 10 yrs. old and I'm 76 now. Thanks for the memories.
Just one thing, don’t think the turning radius is tight enough 😊 well done! Give it a pressure wash then show us on the next video. That thing would look great all done up with new decals and a load of ice and beer in the hopper!
The bad float can be soldiered/repaired easily. It must be cleared of all fuel, washed in soapy water water, drained and dried then carefully soddered to reseal the float. Careful with a torch flame.. 😊😊
Nice piece of history, nice toy. I agree it fits perfect to a BBQ as a cooler filled with ice and beers in the bucket, Matt.
It is definitely designed for concrete. The shallow angle at the lip and the narrowing means rock and dirt will pack as they move forward. It is a really nice piece of history.
Mid-week upload!? YES!!!
You are definitely a kid at heart, I love all of your episodes I have seen you for so long but I hardly ever comment but Matt you are Incredible God bless you and your family.
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks!
I can recall seeing those being used on construction projects. I worked for a glass company right out of high school in 1975. It's really cool to see one again.
Over in the UK similar units were very popular, for a large variety of purposes of hauling dirt, coal and other things around. The channel Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels has quite a few videos on some units which he recovered and restored. They're really good fun to play around with :)
Hey young lady, this is reason 110 why I love 'DA TUBE'! You get insight and history from others in a OTHER COUNTRY!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!
Lawrie's have been diesel wonder if most of the ones in UK is diesel.
@@afberglund2764 Diesel has been common in the UK and much of Europe for much longer, yeah. I'm still weirded out by so many (older) petrol-powered trucks and construction equipment in the US. It just seems so normal to me that anything but cars use diesel engines.
@@MayaPosch apart from gardening tools, petrol is the norm there. Well until you get into really big mowers
your patients with machines is the sign of a true engineer,. congratulations from one engineer to another.
Man you really enjoy what you do ! A caterpillar on your hands become a toy , thats the meaning of life and work , God bless you !
This is one of the coolest things you’ve shown yet! Never seen anything like that. Operates like an old bumper car from the fair, in terms of the steering and whatnot. Very fascinating. I agree it would be so cool to have that at a party as a cooler. And also as a merch wagon like you mentioned. Are you planning to clean it up at all? Maybe do a whole restoration with paint like you did with the Galion? Either way, I hope to see it in person one day!
Matt, I've got a pretty good boneyard of old Wisconsin's (mainly 2 & 4 cylinder THD/TJD & VE4/VF4, but I think there's a couple one pot A series ones in there too). If you ever find yourself in need of some of the unobtainium there, feel free to reach out. Also have quite a bit of Ford SOS stuff, which is pretty much all unobtainium at this point, should you ever have a need for it. As far as this machine goes, it depends on what you wanna do for it. if you do a full resto, a dingle ball hone & a fresh set of rings would probably clean up the smoke & would last for as long as you need it. If you want to run it regularly & hate the rope start, throw a new Honda in it. Would have to adapt your clutch & that trick throttle set up to it, but I'm sure it could be done.
What a cool little, one-man, heavy transport machine! Love this! You had me in stitches, you were having WAY too much fun, glad to see it! I've been a small engine mechanic, so this really made my day. What a nice change of pace, you'd make @MartyT proud. Between the two of ya, I couldn't do without either one of ya. Thanks for taking all the time and energy to make these videos, I'm still smiling from this one ... Have a happy holiday season and a wonderful Merch Bonanza! I'll be making a purchase or two right after the new year. Thanks Matt!
I have to Agree totally ... Both Matt and MartyT are on my Must Veiw List :)
I remember my dad worked for a construction company, they had these old dumpers called "Kal-trucks" with the old Wisconsin engine never forget those old buggies!
I love hearing the old Wisconsin and Clinton engines run they have such a distinct sound. Glad to see another piece of old iron live again.
It may not be of much use, but you had lots of fun playing with it, and that was great to see. It's good that you find and care for these mechanical curios!
Once again Matt has proved he's a wild-man when it comes to fixing and running all types of machinery. Another great video.
My neighbor had a concrete track buggy, and I loved playing with that thing. It was a very useful piece of machinery. I have never seen anything like these. This is a really unique design. These are a cool find.
Cool new toy. That could be made into a yard service vehicle by adding tool racks, jump pack,compressor, welder and fuel tanks.
I expect you could swap the dump box for a fixed flat bed and get quite a lot of use out of it for hauling stuff around the property.
Can you imagine how much fun the lads had using these things on jobs?! The look on your face when you get things running always cracks me up! Absolutely brilliant
It's fun to hear your giggling with your new toy! It must bring you You the most enjoyable moment!
Great revival, got to look after the little guys, thanks for sharing 👍💨💨
Good for you Matt for preserving these dumpers, interesting finds are not always big hunks of metal, and as you say should be great for touring steam fairs and auto jumble sites.
Fun ride, good video. And memory of pulling a starter rope on those old engines from my early teenage days/ 40's and early 50's are precious. Recoil starters were appreciated.
Smiling from Ear to Ear, that Little thing is Fantastic!!
Bonus video!! Thanks Matt! Those brass floats are pretty easy to repair. Just clean them up with water, then re-solder to repair the leak. If you need to drain the float you can either de-solder the seal or drill a small hole, drain and solder it back together.
Be careful soldering a float. Too much heat before sealing it will cause it to collapse when it cools. Don't ask me how I know.
Congratulations on your quarter-ton two-stroke sit-and-spin :) I love that you left it running even when you hoisted it into the air with your excavator bucket to dump out the hopper!
It's not a two-stroke. Matt just used oil-mixed gas to be gentle to the engine sitting for so long
The look of pure unadulterated joy this man gets when something barks off and runs is one of my favorite things. My kind of Yinzer. Few bags of ice....couple cases of IC Light.....Like a kid in a candy store!!
Of all things you have, that has to be, without a doubt, in the top three coolest things ever.
This is an interesting one! I know I say it a lot but it stands true every time- Thanks for sharing the journey with us.
Matt, I used to have this goofy contraption of a riding lawnmower that worked the same way. It was piwered by the single front wheel, and for reverse youd just turn it past center. It was called Big Mow. Had a 6hp Tecumseh engine, and two teeny tiny blades under the 26" deck. The two speed transmission worked kinda like a drill press, but you turned this knob thingy and it would tighten one belt and loosen the other. I wish I'd have kept it.
What a cool little rig. I could just picture a whole line of thees showing up at an industrials job sight. The company I work for recently put in a bunch of large cnc machines. They saw cut the floor. Dug way down and used some conception similar to these, except they were electric powered to move the dirt and concrete.
That thing was designed for people using shovels. Years ago we used them to transport concrete through large factories for machine footings. They were a godsend for us that had been using wheelbarrows.
Awesome find!..looks like it goes pretty fast 😂..I could see why they stopped making them..looks like it could tip over easily
Google "Whiteman power buggy". They are still around, though modernized and re-priced a bit.
Still making them, or variants thereof. They do walk behinds, tracked and wheel drive versions.
Watched the full video before commenting and have to say I was surprised for a mid weeker and thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Always do enjoy your vids but nice to see a small old machine brought back to life.
This machine is cool as hell. Great find. Glad you were able to save it.
What a winner! Driving around the steam show with ice and beer will make you very popular indeed!!!
What a great little machine, no matter big or small, they all need a little lovin'. Thank you Matt, Merry Christmas to you and yours.
ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE YOUR VIDEOS POP UP!!!
That magneto has an impulse coupler which is what makes the loud snapping noise. It's intended to snap the magneto shaft around when starting (turning at slow speed when pull starting), to give a fat spark, and drops out of operation once the engine starts spinning faster. It's best not to spin a magneto over without the secondary grounded. The high voltage wants somewhere to go, and can go through insulation if there's no appropriate ground. A drop or two of light oil on the felt pad on the magneto cam will keep it living for a long time.
That would make a good wood hauler when you get the wood boiler!
It's always good to see you having fun on equipment you look like you're having so much fun
I worked for a company called Mellon Stewart back in the late 80's on a 28 story highrise in Orlando. The company was out of PA. We had 5 of these we used to get trash out of the building. Done the buckhoist to the loading dock dumpsters. My crew would full 3 to 4 dumpsters in a day with these.
We used to rent power buggys back in the day. You find the coolest stuff. Nice video.
Thanks 👍
That one deserves a maximum beautification. I can just see a nice two stage paint job, some decals, maybe a replacement of all the original labels and such. Nice.
That thing looks like a blast to run.. It truly deserves a bit more of a restoration. If nothing else a good sandblasting and a fresh paint job.
Nah, keep it as is and restore the battered one