Abandoned Excavator left in woods for 16 years- Will it start ??
2019 ж. 10 Мау.
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An old excavator broke down 16 years ago and was abandoned in the middle of a trail on a steep slope in my neighbors forest.
My neighbor wanted it out of the way so he can use the trail again, he said I can have the excavator for scrap metal so I went to investigate.
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I'm always super impressed by someone who actually knows what they're doing.
Because you know nothing.
@@ChaosBW your name is legit meme machine
@@ChaosBW I use to think I new boat loads. Fix anything. Now ask me and I will tell you I don't know squat.
jtchristiank1 it was just like when they are invading Iraq
And makes it look easy! I need to lean more
There is something satisfying about seeing old abandoned machines showing sign of life.
Welp, its a process...But look out world! 49 year old released into the wild
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Agreed
Old meachine showing life to kill laught of in the forest
And then working with them
The way he calmly troubleshoots this bird nest of a machine is the energy I need
The fact that you are doing great camera work along with expert level mechanic work in the WOODS is just beyond what I thought was doable. Not to mention how calm and collected you are for the entire project. I rarely subscribe but you've got it.
I swear a lot when I'm fixing things the man's captain cool
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You're the envy of every equipment junky on KZhead! A free excavator! Cheers
@Zombie ZH himer kzhead.info/sun/qLxpj9qBg2qwhXA/bejne.html Clearly you can.
Zombie ZH himer why not someone willingly left it behind obviously didn’t have any intent on bringing it with them or retrieving it after 3 years
Zombie ZH himer you’re an idiot and clearly don’t know anything about abandonment. Not to mention the bank or seller more than likely included it with the property. If they didn’t, after 45 days it’s considered abandoned and is property to the owner of the land it sits.
Rumour has it the machine was worth $00 on his books and he didnt want to put any more money into it, claimed the depreciation tax loss and walked away from it
Local laws on abandonment govern legal aspects. Common sense says after so many years no one is claiming an ownership right. Morally he is under no obligation to research its ancient history to find someone who either doesn't know or doesn't care about the digger to suddenly begin to think they are entitled to the fruits of his labor.
It is because of people like you that i end up on youtube for 7 days straight.
LOL
Yes but after watching I really felt that it was ME who had done it and found myself a new digger.... Made my day !.
You got KZhead overload.take 3 pills and tex me in the morning. You 'll be ok I think.i am not a doctor. I just play 1,on t.v.
Soulmate 😂😂😂😂
Best comment I’ve read In ages 😂
Let's hope Marty never finds an old space ship, abandoned by Aliens in the bush . Sure as heck, he'd get it going.
You must be a mechanic by profession, my friend. You know thing about engines, meanwhile others just left it there abandoned. You have a passion that burns inside. Congratulations.
I’m no mechanic, but you just learn this stuff when you have an old man like mine.
This is the guy I want with me on a zombie apocalypse
I was thinkin same shit
And im the grower as i have the green thumb and I have many plans set for defenses even a simple deterent like wolf's bane for humans in that world because just brushing up against it can kill you.
DabnDab what
DabnDab zombies are already dead. Wolfbane would do nothing!
@@ethancotton2762 correct. But its not for zombies as i would fear humans more in an apocalyptic setting. Also i have a long term and short term plan im here in Michigan so i have alot of fresh water lakes and ill be at one of them eventually i would like to surround the entire lake with old cars/buses that way the zombies rotten flesh doesnt contaminant my water.
Just loved that he took the time to change the oil, fuel and coolant before firing it up and driving it home. Seen a lot of barn-find-vids where they just put a battery and crank it and race it about.
I fixed a dishwasher today, and here was me thinking I was all clever and handy until this came up in my feed...
You can have as much pride as him. So many people can't fix anything.
It's the unstacking of the dishwasher that's the hard part...
@@violetfrank581 Stacking it properly is an art form that mothers should teach their daughters and sons! Gotcha
@@teenaramsay2469 and sons........
Amazed at what you fix with a minimum of tools. I like how you always go through all the fluids and grease everything…so many neglect their equipment, and then you get it running…just amazed.
Changing the oil and coolant - 99% of the youtubers who "start old vehicles" don't do this and ruin the engines when they finally get them started. Dirty old oil with who knows what in it can ruin the bearings and cylinder walls. Kudos for you for doing simple mechanical basic steps.
Made me grit my teeth when no grease gun was seen or mentioned after all that other quality work and he started using it but since it seemed to quiet down I will assume he snuck that in off camera.
I'da been hitting literally everything using a pump up sprayer containing gear oil/diesel mix.
Took an old farm truck setting for 20 years and stuck motor , Pored WD 40 oil in each cylinder and down the carb, the old tires with tubes came to life all pump up and never leak back down, Remove all the snake skins and clean out the cab and ever flew days try to turn the engine, Used a coat hanger to rack out the old oil and poird diesel in the engine to help flush out the old oil , one day the engine turn free and with the carb clean out new plugs, points elect fuel pump . oil filter and battery the old flat head ford truck came to life . It smoke like a old frate train at first but over time it got to the point of jumping to life as soon at the started button was push, kelp it for a few years just moving it a round the yard using the hand brake Only used WD 40 because NAPA had a gallon, I was thanking it was a light oil that could possible slip past the rings and rust to free up the engine and it did no one ever believe it would ever run but after 2- 3 mounts it did
Just love how there's always a group of armchair experts who could have done such a better job than the guy who ACTUALLY did the job! 😒
@@rogersmith9808 Idk man it looks like these guys are all admiring the job done rather than saying they could have done it better
I’ve seen free string trimmers, lawnmowers, riding lawnmowers, boats, boat motors, atvs and motorcycles…..but a free excavator??? That tops them all. Well done!
Down side is that quite often it takes heavy equipment to repair and transport heavy equipment.
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Theres TONS like these in middle europe / asia,, from russia, bosnia, austria, germany, italy,, et al,,,,
I've seen someone abandoned a whole heavy equipment in a mining place, water truck, bulldozer, backhoe and excavator. But the thing is that they are flooded probably hit a water geyser
Free boat... good one.
KZhead 2020 has been offering the strangest videos during the pandemic
But the most interesting...
It's the spider Barbie guy. Love your videos
Plandemic, bro
the only thing to ne watching right now is JD FARAGG channel
@@TheIrishRushin aka IDIOT
After 4 years I returned to this video to appreciate the fact that it was the one that introduced me the topic of heavy machinery and its repairing on KZhead. So many thanks to you Marty!
WHY don' Hitachi have this as a promotional video ???.
Becuz they probably have to scatter 10-20 year old excavators in the Forrest to rot and rust
because their machine is still working after being abandond for 16 years
Hot dam dood your getting fame fly fast
I need to take an old Ad and make it new. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
@@anthony2558 How?
Those old UH series machines had a reputation for being almost indestructable. Great job getting it going.
I always love the classical "If you get it running, it's yours". Always gets the motivation up.
Wow... Incredible! Extremely chilled out dude with mad skills
Not sure how I got here, but this was pretty cool
The Simpsons yepppp
he promoted video, but failed set location..
Hi from Sweden
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The excavator is saying the same thing.
If there’s any project I’d want to find in the middle of the woods it would be an excavator
daniel griffin haha so true
Or a safe full of money
For me, it’s a Tank aaaaall the way.
Mine would be an army tank
I would want a bus
It's always a joy to see these old machines coming back to life ! 👍
It's quite amazing how resilient old diesels are I have been amazed at some of your recoveries and this one is no exception.
And yet the world powers want to ban all diesel and petrol for electric some scam.
13:30 i love how if you turn on auto english captions the engine noise is rendered [music] and the crunching wood sound is [applause].
himssendol lol I was watching the video in a mini screen as a preview and it said he was listening to music and I was like bs how would an excavator that old have a radio
@Daniyl Mendez you should see 3 dots when you tap on or mouse over the video. Click it and it will bring up a menu with one option that says captions. Click and turn on.
Daniyl Mendez instructions are different on different types of devices. Logically my question to u is, what device are u using? Ex: pc/laptop, mobile (iPad, iPhone, etc.), etc.
Hah! I noticed the same thing.
Well, they got that right :)
The algorithm moves in mysterious ways.
Tool fan?
Sure does
All hail the algorithm
Ratzfourtyfour I was watching clips from the show "Hotel Hell" and KZhead has this up next... so I agree lol
Underrated comment
This is amazing what a find. Such little maintenance requires to get it going and they just abandoned it lol
This so good I’m doing a rewatch . Thankyou Marty .
don't know a thing about heavy equipment or mechanics, but I found this video very fascinating. Thanks for the adventure. Andrew
Sounds like the guy who abandoned it didn't either.
Jeffrey Tremethick I just started working for a grading company and damn if I could have one of these
How stupid would you feel if you just left your excavator in a he forest because of a broken linkage
Wasn't even the linkage, literally just a nut that's gotten lose and fallen off
If i have 300 ha private forest feeling stupid isn't my priority.
@@BackyardRevivals If anything the electrical work was simpler and easier to work on back in the day. Compared to modern machines where everything is just getting more complex and overengineered.
@@BackyardRevivals Ok can't argue with that 😂😂.
That was my thoughts Stone,, I mean, a toy that big,, it would not be forgotten,, the owner must have had a pretty penny,,, and not concerned with the loss.... Sheesh,, wish I had 65,000 to throw away ,,, hahahahahahaha
You have great skill set, for reviving old machines, bringing them back to life, great video, cheers from Australia, ❤️🦘🦘🦘
This thing works perfectly after 16 years of resting in the open wilderness, enduring icy frost, snow and certainly heavy rainfall. Unbelievable. What about the "mechanical issues" for which the previous owner abandoned the machine? When he left it in the woods, it must have been in a much better state or working condition, but he had run into difficulties. Now comes along Marty T, obviously some modern sort of Mc Gyver, and the machine purrs like a cat. And everything works fine, he can start clearing the path right away as if this excavator had never been off duty.
looks like the left drive lever became disconnected and they gave up on it.
@@alexadams1836 Ugh, imagine dumping a piece of equipment worth thousands of dollars for a repair that costs less than $100. It's incredible how stupid some people can be.
@@SergeantExtreme Maybe it highlights that thousands of dollars is not important to them! Stinking rich
There's no snow in that area, it's a pretty moderate climate.
God I love the simplicity and reliability of a 4 cylinder diesel engine. No ECU, no circuit boards, no non-repairable electronics
Hell yeah
Modern cars and engines suck. I hate them. Can't ever find the problems. Always sensors. It's all crap and a con.
@@Ihavetruth22 you can thank government regulation for all of it.
@@Ihavetruth22 I also hate powerful and efficient engines. Like, who would want an engine that utilizes it's fuel to the max when you could get an underpowered, inefficient gas-guzzler.
@@fellenXD You do know the epa is behind all of this. Your not getting a lot more efficiency. Look uo carb vs fuel injector efficiency. A bad sensor can destroy yor car. Powerful? how so?
I thought it was titled "abandoned escalator" as in those automatic stairs at the mall. I was wondering why there was just one in the middle of the woods. Maybe I should just sleep now.
Never climb the stairs you find in the woods
Lol, I was about to write kinda the same thing, but I read elevator. :3
@@akitonakamura6456 me too lol and when I read will it start I was like what where would it even go to
Probably lol
Hahahahaha
Once it’s all fixed the old owner will come knocking saying “this is technically my machine” 😂
Yes that is what I'm thinking 🤣
😂 😂 😂 YES I bet! "Oh. Thanks mate for driving MY excavator out, I was just buying some cigarettes and had a beer, here are my papers and the keys"! 😂 😂 😂 I would punch him in the face! 😂😂😂
And the original owner just threw his hands in the air and abandoned it because a linkage broke and walked away from his machine worth around 20k.
Na the old owner probably payed for a new one
Yes I find it hard to believe the owner just left it there because of the broken linkage , there must be more to the story.
It's actually amazing what some people leave behind. Kudos to you and your find! Wish I was that fortunate!
i can not believe this guy actually brought that thing back from the dead.
The older a machine is, generally, the easier it is to get running again. It's usually the electronics that prevent it from starting. Did something similar with an old diesel engine in a long abandoned saw mill on the estate i used to work on. Thing hadn't run in 30 or 40 years easily, but had been well sealed from the elements so water hadn't gotten into the engine. Changed the oil, removed the fuel feed and put into a 5 gallon fuel drum, changed all the filters over etc, warmed up the block with a few blow torches and she started relatively easily. (Wasnt quite as easy as that, but it was by no means difficult). Older engines, being mostly mechanical rather than electrical, are mich easier to get going, and much more resilient if left for a long time.
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Spoiler...
It was just sleeping...
There wasn't a whole lot wrong with it, I could of done this.
Everything currently wrong with that machine is caused solely by sitting in the woods. Abandoned for a 5-cent part. That's nuts!
I see what you did there
Lol
No bolt about it
@Justin McCoy Nuts and bolts, does ring any bell?
Anyone trying to make funnies after this thread are screwed.
Hi mARTY I AM SITTING IN MY WARM ROOM WATCHING YOU DO GREAT WORK AND SAVING THESE OLD MACHINES ! WELL DONE SIR !
There are "reality" shows and then there is reality. You just get pulled in with him looking for the beast and then getting it running and digging his way out of the forest. This is awesome.
Anyone else break out into a big smile when he started it up...? Sweet!
i broke big wind
@@garyenwards1608 Cue "Satisfaction"
Yes.
I work at Deere-Hitachi I'm a welder... its crazy to see these run after 16 yrs abandoned in the woods
Hard to kill an Isuzu diesel
Why do you think it was abandoned?
@@4thegloryofthelord you didn't watch the video did you.
4thegloryofthelord watch the video
Praise the name of Jesus Christ - Ahh, just saw the beginning over again... I had missed that part. Thanks.
I got a digger from my neighbor about thirty years ago or even longer. Still is running condition. I spent a total of a thousand dollars for the machine to repair. Not bad for a complete machine. I just love you repairing of the machine. Reminds me of my younger years of the unknown. Good luck and nice work done too. VF
Warms my heart to see people go and get abounded machines for some reason, and when the machine actually works again. It’s beautiful-
I cant believe all the valuable stuff in this world which is just rotting away. Kudos to you
yes its really a great shame
the worlds largest sunken treasure is a spanish kings ship in the mediteranian sea, just the dinning room table is 2 tons of solid gold
Should watch that video of some guy looking at a really old condemned looking car dealership building, with the cars still inside. Just sitting there completely untouched. pretty sure the youtuber was called Amesie something.
Marty, I am simply amazed at your mechanical ability, you are awesome!!!!
Great job, you must have lots of mechanical experiences. I got a 5 ton crane for $242.50 from a house that closed escrow. (Crane hand to be off the property by the end of that day) I got it running, moved and operating for few hundred dollars. I learned a lot. Thanks for a great video.
Don't know why this is in my recommended but alright
Same
Lol same as well 😁
Same 😒
Frisky Dong got bored late night don’t even know why I’m watching this
Frisky Dong I am watching at 12:11 am
Thank you KZhead's weird ass recommendation algorithm, I loved the video!
So proud of you Marty it is an accomplishment and you excel at this process of saving the forgotten machines! I am uplifted and encouraged in a world where people want to "throw it away and get a new one" you save, recycle and refurbish the forgotten and abandoned! Thank you, you are a great encouragement and positive influence where you are doing what you can!!
All these machines, computers n technology may be intelligent..... But it takes an intelligent human like yourself to bring them back to life. Very satisfying to watch. Well done.
Bought 40 acres in Virginia and found an old Maytag washing machine in the woods...3 o-rings and an electric cord later and my overalls are clean as can be!! Shoulda made a video.
Stuart Cookie I live in Virginia. I have an old 1954 ford crestline custom coupe. Hasn’t started in three years
@@thatguitarguy0 Got my overalls and my camera...be right over!
You live in Virginia and you wash clothes??? When the hell did that start and why am I just finding out about it? Signed, Stinky McGrew lol!
Virginia in the house. On the Hampton roads side of town
Virginia boys up in here, manassas back roads
I was smiling all the way through this Video, you lucky lucky bastard. great video
You're an absolute genius, well-done it was satisfying seeing that giant equipment coming back to life.
I wish i could do this but i don’t even have the motivation to clean my room let alone fix an excavator
watch Jordan peterson
*Jordan Peterson wants to know your location*
you lucky bugger. congrats free heavy machinery every mans wet dream
Yep I agree Also I ain't letin no one touch my truck
not my dream a room full of horney women for one night will do me lol
Nowadays, it's not a man's wet dreams
toby bruh y’all horning ash
I dont know what kind of kinky stuff you’re into, but IM out😂
Well done, sir. Andrew Camarata would be proud.
@@davecooke4009 why would he be furious. Marty did a great job
Bill Jenkins You are 100% correct.
I thought the same xD
WHY WOULD HE BE FURIOUS? THAT. DOES. NOT. MAKE. ANY. SENSE.
Andrew Camarata is one person I would pick if I was stranded.
Bro you are a man's man One smart individual Keep killing it
That was quite handy, having an excavator on site to dig itself out of a hole ! :)
Blows my mind to think someone walked away from that because of a single missing nut. Well played you sir and congrats.
I blows my mind why anyone would just leave an excavator in the woods. If it was mine then I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing my toy is sitting in the woods.
My reaction too. WOW, all that money rotting for a 10 cent nut
That thing is a pile of shit lol. It need line bored , new tracks, several cylinders rebuilt, who knows how many hoses, and I'm sure the engine needs rebuilt. That costs more than another machine lol
Keegan Harrison buddy these machines cost much more than you think
@@keeganharrisom1389 actually engine purred. Because those engines generally run at one rpm and basically run a hydraulic pump, they last a very long time and are designed to sit for long periods.
its like waking up a crusty dehydrated dinosaur, good job
Glad to see I'm not the only one that thought it was dinosaur like. :)
I love seeing old abandoned machines coming back to life
2nd time I'm viewing this & again!, it's nothing short of utterly brilliant!
Idk why but I’m fascinated with bringing old motors back from the dead every time I see an old vehicle park for years first thing I think is wonder if that will start up ! Nice video
Just hopped on to try and figure out why the wifes cat water thing is overflowing, now I'm watching bush excavator repairs. What a night.
This is nice
i was youtubing how to drill your own groundwater bore. wound up here.
Did you solve the problem
well that escalated quickly
Yikes
Great Vid Marty, and a great score. I wondered if it was that one nut on the drive controls that had them park up originally.Might need a few pins looking at the slop in the bucket. Thanks for sharing
It's great that you repair beautiful machines like that and your so patient. keep up the great work.
Where is the forest with the abandoned leopard tanks?
Austin T. HAHAHHA thats actually funny
Well just wonder in some east Europe country sides and talk to people. They most definitely can point you to places where there are tanks and other war machinery rusting away in forests near by.
Here in our forest (Cagayan Valley) Philippines, you can fin alot of abandoned WWII vehicles, from bikes to tanks also engines and wings from bomber jets.. all were covered with grass... my Brother-in-Law took a bike (not just 1, but more for other spare parts but other parts were bought) Harley and brought it to life.. sadly, after government discovered it, they took it from him and he cannot do anything but to take the money he spend for its parts.
hahaha damnnn i want tooooo !!!
Austin T. Good luck finding that lol.
Same as most of the ppl here.. Absolutely no idea why this was suggested but I’m totally fine with it. Cool vid 👌🏼
Same...
Yeah, was watching Mark Dice talking about Beto o' Dork and saw this and thought....that looks cool, another forest find!
Same!😆
im still surprised that l watched the whole thing
Bait Tags is why. Since many Yt channels will use off label tagging.So the YT algorithm *thinks* you like puppies when you checked out car videos. Cause someone put Puppies in their YT tag at one point. Plus their AI is trying to also profile people. Yeah- no Gov't involvement.. Surely is! Cause if you stuck with lets say Antifa stuff, ignored seemingly 'other' topics. Went to bomb videos instead.The Ai tries to mix you up and you dont go for it. You start to reinforce a true profile then. This is where out of other social medias as well. Starts to ping you to a watch list.[They get big Gov't money for this] They then distract you with news on how FB violated your privacy etc. Then zucker is in a federal hearing and FB gives the illusion after 'they got scared'. That you now have extra 'settings' for your privacy. Lowering the guard of people to create a much better profile. As you read in your YT TOS. They full co-operate with Law Enforcement.
We smiled the whole time. When the engine fired a collective HOORAY went up around the world... Cheers mate.
Wow! What a blessing! It's so cool you know how to operate it AND troubleshoot the problems.
Really nice video.. I don´t know why i showed up in my recomendations, but im glad it did.
Yeah. No idea why this popped up while watching old motorcycle stuff, but it works for me.
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So cool you brought this back from the dead😁. Your expertise and methodical problem solving wins the day! Outstanding job!
Yeah... and who’s so lazy they give it away just to get it moved... rich ppl I guess. Cause I’m sure the problem isn’t that major, most important parts have been covered all these years. It’s probably worth about 20-30K once he gets it running and cleaned up
@@MartinAston00 a hell of a lot less lad it's 40+ years ole. It will only be that price is if it was in mint condition an very low hours even then 20-30,000 can get a better sufficiently going 5 year ole Zaxis 130lcn with decent hours
Ulster Infidel Really? Can you give me a site I can find some at those prices?
Parabéns! Adoro vídeos colocando máquinas "esquecidas" pra funcionar. Que show!
Always nice to have a buddy with you when starting these old machines sometimes it takes an extra set of arms and eyes one guy cranking one guy feeding the fuel always nice to have an extra set of eyes seeing if anything's leaking but we've all been where this guy is in the middle of a bush by yourself with a pair of pliers a screwdriver and a half dead battery.Good times...
Amazing video. You are an incredibly resourceful man. Thanks for sharing, very interesting video
I enjoyed that. It's like detective work and archeology all in one go.
As the tree huggers closed in on Coastal BC logging, there are lots of excavators, dozers, odd loader in the Alder trees, as they reclaim to " bone yards" as we called them.
Just came upon your channel. You are a popular guy, but no wonder, you have skills. Nicely done.
I can just imagine the neighbor in awe. As he sees the trees moving then sees you pop out driving it beer in hand 😂😂 😂
cool share
And clearing the trail!
Ok, when we’re rebuilding civilization from scratch I want this guy on my team 😂
so around january 20th, 2021
Andrew Cogger hah, so far so good. Notwithstanding his bloviation my stock portfolio is looking pretty good LoL.
@@JamesReedy if trump can actually hang on for another year and a half i'll give him credit. shit is looking terrible on a two year outlook
We'll need to find some women too.
Andrew Cogger no doubt, the problem the Democrats have and this is purely in my not so humble opinion is that they’ve allowed their party to be hi-jacked by people who expend a disproportionate amount of their energy advocating for a vanishingly small proportion of the population rather than appealing to the interests and needs of the centrist and conservative leaning democrat and independent voter base needed to secure a win. I’m all for some amount of progressiveness but when you approach the podium and start yammering about about trans issues, gender fluidity, and myriad other things that aren’t really germane to the day to day lives of or the things that do or don’t put food on/off the tables of working class Democrats you’ve alienated the crossover base you need to secure a win. Trump is a train wreck, but for as big a train wreck as he is the left is in an even worse shambles; you can literally watch them eating their own. They’re painfully arrogant and completely tone deaf. They openly denigrate people of faith or at best pander half-heartedly to their faith in a way that imho doesn’t pass the sniff test. I say this being a solidly atheist person. That said I’m an atheist that also fully appreciates that I’m in a cultural minority outside of urban enclaves like San Francisco or New York etc. Unless the Democrats pull themselves back towards the center we’re likely to get another four years of Emperor Hirocheetoh, mark my words.
Your videos are absolutely amazing, informative, entertaining and they make me want to become a big rig mechanic/salvager
Wow! So satisfying to see a old machine came alive.. very impressive skill. Great job.
And the neighbour got his track cleared on your way out. Win-win-win.
I've started old tractor motors from the 30s rebuilding farming equipment.. diesel runs forever
no , diesels used to run forever ,,, then along came common rail and electronics , now the seldom run at all .
@@tomthompson7400 Yeah, imagine trying to start a turbo charged CRD that has stood in a forest for 16yrs 😂😂
wouldnt have wasted the time it took to charge the batteries , if it was crd. good result though , nice logical approach , but its old , and mechanical , and Japanese , of course it would start. lol
Been doing it last 40yrs my guy... you're just a simp
I saw a video recently of a bulldozer from 1916 running. Old construction equipment is wild.
Incredible job my friend. A fine mechanic indeed. 🙏👍
"apart from that she's pretty good." Love your work mate.
I’m a mechanic... you took a chance and it paid off big! Congratulations!
Not really. It invested a little time, probably free time and not much money out of pocket, big definitely gained big.
@@thynysan but there was a chance for such major damages that repairs would impossible or too expensive. Granted, he was gifted this machine, but had he purchased it sight unseen it would have been risky.
@@Jenthura But he didn't purchase it?
@@thynysan excavators are worth alot of money so it did pay off big time.
Fixed it up, started it, and dug your way out of there. Awesome stuff man!
This is one of my favorites of your videos Marty. I really like your going out in the woods and getting a non operating piece of heavy equipment back in operation !
The (well deserved, in case anyone gets the wrong idea) success of this video is the reason why KZhead exploded with "abandoned blabla, will it start!?" videos 🤣
Appreciate all the hard work - not only to fix the machine but to record it!
When all the tier 4 machines are dead, this will still be running
Yep
Totally true 👌👍
yeah but there will be no more people to operate them because our environment has gone to shit
@@kcdakrt Do you really think people will be extinct in 40-50 years? If so you're hysterical
@@yucannthahvitt251 who said anything about 40 to 50 years?
you have very impressive skills especially for fixing rust old relics and making them functional again.
You are a gifted man. To be able to bring a machine back to life after so long is a gift.
You found an old sleeping dinosaur, woke him up and he's eating his way back into the here and now..... Great find 👍
My daily driver: won’t start Every KZheadr: Abandoned hasn’t driven in 200 years! *Starts right up like new*
@Dux Herbert Facts
I pad with 4 whells om dying🤣🤣
Yep,pretty much. Lmao. Like hey,I've been sitting out in the elements in the woods for 16 years but I'm gonna start up right away for you.. Smh
Anthony why bullcrap? I’ve gotten some pretty cool shit for free. Last year I got a 1969 33’ Chris Craft Roamer boat that ran perfectly and had just been refinished the year before, for free off Craigslist. It was bad ass, but I unfortunately had to sell it 😔
@Dux Herbert Don't blame the electronics, blame designed obsolescence. I've got a tonne of computer parts from the early to late 90s that nearly all work with the right maintenance applied (eg. recapping boards and the like) along with the many videos showing old electronics from the 70s/80s/90s being restored from horrid conditions (I can think of at least one that was outside longer than this excavator and restored to near new condition) that make it clear that electronics can be hardy as fuck, it's just that most manufacturers realised that it's both cheaper and more profitable for them to design products that start to fail quickly.
Funnily enough, there is an old Ford JCB type excavator parked up beside a trail in one of my local woods. I don’t know the story of it being there, but I would love to see if I could do what you have done in this video. If it is in fact abandoned, that is! You are obviously a great mechanic with a real passion for what you do. Bringing this old machine back to life must have been a real labour of love. A brilliant video.
I watched this again. I'm struck by your incredible luck...that and experienced skill
Best line: "Small price to pay for a free excavator.". I could use a digger like that if one of my neighbors needed one gone. Then, when I got it running, he'll just want to borrow it back again."
For a free DIGGER!!!!