These old machines fascinate me to no end. While these machines were meant to make the work easier, operating the machine itself was hard work. Impressive!
This is by far I think one of your best videos. An old workhorse modified to lift logs after her working days as a shovel. Now retired and sitting in what looks like a very majestic spot, to rust in peace. Hopefully never to be melted down into cheap throw away junk. Some real history sitting there, keep this spot a secret. Phil
It's just nice to know it's still sitting where the operator shut it off that day,and We can walk back decades in history and catch a sense of that day.
Beautifully said. I always wonder if the guys who ran all the equiptment you have showen us knew, when they shut it down, it would be for the last time,,,what were they doing? What were they thinking?
Almost everything is still there. Very restorable. Boiler could be restored if the shell passes inspection, or a new one could be built. This is done frequently, in cases where the shell is too thin. A couple boilers currently being built for shovels around here.
Thanks,this is the rarest find so far,they're getting tougher to find the old treasures,as I've seen most of the ones and posted them now in my area and surrounding areas
It's sad to see old equipment rusting, rotting away in the woods, I commented before after one of your awesome video's if that machine was here in Michigan it would have been scrapped years ago, I hope not, but around us there is many people that scrap. I have a late 40's ton & a half International rear axle & springs that's been next to my garage for 20+ years, I occasionally get someone wanting to haul it away, I tell them I saved it from being scrapped back then...not going to happen now.. Great video's, keep them coming ..
In Kalamazoo, Mich. There is a metal shredder that is busy 5 or 6 days a week. In one area that can be seen from the road, are some old cable backhoes and other old construction stuff, that has sat for some years now. I was told by someone that knows more than I, that he had tried to buy one of the old backhoes several years ago, only that the owner will sell if they meet his price. I have no idea what his asking price was. As of 10 / 2020, they were still seen setting back from the road that goes by the shredder.
If we all worked together we could get this beautiful piece of history out of the woods. Getting this shovel restored is the least of our concerns now, mostly get it out ship to a new location and the claim ownership (either personal or restoration team). but for those that don't know how it feels to have a historical artifice watch SALVAGE SQUAD.
Back in the early 79's I ran a Marion electric shovel that had the reach to load 120 ton electric drive mine trucks. Mind you the cab was at the machine deck level so it was only possible to see the load when the truck was almost full. That old electric shovel was already decades old when we got it for loading trucks from the crusher stockpile. It had electrical gear in it that the Electrical Manager had no idea what they were. I can only imagine how old that steamer was.
So someone else knows where it is, - a true 'museum' piece - wouldn't it look great just sitting amongst some trees in a true 'logging' museum, not messed with, just left as a tribute to our for-fathers. I know other 'Marion's' exist in museums, - surely everyone is unique - it shows when 'America' could build things that weren't all plastic and 'throw away', and it had a steel industry, - NOT send it all to the Chinese to grow slowly bigger than the US. Already they are quietly acquiring US firms, look at the construction industry CAT lead but they already are being copied and where does the steel come from - CHINA. Look at all the new rail track, where is that made - CHINA. Even food is imported from the 'Far East' and that is but 2 items to name just two, there are many others. I apologise if this seems to have got 'political' but I am merely trying to show some examples, - c'mon US wake up before it's too late, - and the clock is ticking.
@@Stammon Well, short of starting WW3 - and that would be even worse than the present situation. All we can really do is try and get over this as best as we can with the help of all our scientists. Although PERSONALLY and this is ONLY my opinion it is man-made and some either escaped, or, it was released on purpose to see what would happen.
Thats a great find, good to know this stuff is still out there and protected for the most part. Looks to be in great shape for where its at. good video.
Now that I'm 66 years old and I look back I used to crawl around in that kind of stuff I didn't understand how it worked or what's the huge accomplishments that they did they were sitting by old gravel pits that were 18 ft deep and full of water like Lakes some of those steam shovels are still under the lake now that I think back there was even a working model the old man told me out in his gravel pit that he had sold just a couple years previously a steamer and working condition this was only about 20 years ago or so Wisconsin over and out thanks PS reminds me of now going through old junk yards me and my brother Dan used to go and crawl through those junk yards of old cars and man were they cool
I've never been interested in old fashion steam shovels before but thinking about an old cartoon called Mike Mulligan and Maryann gets me interested in them now' I've never seen a steam shovel in public or even had a small toy as a little kid but old shovels like these or different ones like this, it's never too late on knowing them now' if you saw how these shovels worked as a kid. It's never too late on knowing how to drive one now' there the best!
When I was a kid in the 60's, we still called a front end loader a steam shovel. I'm no expert, but I don't think any of them were powered by steam, it's just a name that stuck. I love the look and simplicity of those old machines.
man that would be cool to restore. I wonder is most of it still there. love to seen the steam cylinders. those them self would be great to have for a steam powered work shop.
Likely there was no road, but instead a cleared patch of old growth where a contractor clumsily left his equipment parked then forgot about it. New trees and shrubbery took over in a couple years and it is now hidden away, a bit sad to see, but peaceful at the same time. A happy place where machines go to after they retire
I think after Skadill finds em, they pretty much have protected status as he never reveals their exact location, as always, another great find and awesome video
Sad to see this rotting away.. If you search for the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion we run a Marion, and 2 bucyrus erie steam shovels every Labor Day weekend. Quite a sight to see these bohemothes operating as they did in the past.
The bottom missing on the boiler is just the bottom of the fire box. The boiler still seems to be intact. The bins on either side of the boiler are the water storage tanks. I do not seen to see any of the steam motors, there were several. They were probably all scavenged and sold long ago being worth some $$$.
why is everybody talking about getting it out of there? it sits perfectly where it is. it is like a piece of art there. if you restore it the whole story gets lost. if you leave it there, every hiker that comes arcoss this beauty will let their imagination run free to what happend to it in the past. i think that is much more valuable then restoring it.
You're an idiot. #1 you can get a machine running without making it brand new. #2 your weird and flawed thinking style does not apply to the scrappers that will haul it out of there to make $200 on it and the shitty kids who will spraypaint it and shoot it full of holes.
Her engine is missing a connecting rod, and possibly the crosshead, otherwise she seems reasonably intact. From what I saw during some American tours, she'll still be sitting there in 100 years time! I hope she's not in a national park, though, as if so, she's condemned to sit there for all eternity!
Skadill, I do love coming across your older videos!! As some of the old boys would say: "she's in pretty good shape, for the shape she's in.." And it's true! Worn out more than once, I'm sure... Might have been wood/coal fired, then converted to an oil burner?? If those were oil tanks... May have been water tanks too... Beautiful old gal, parked in a pretty safe place!
@@skadill as always, thank you for sharing your videos!! I did see a lot of cool things left behind in the brush when I was logging... But we didn't have the cameras and phones we have now.😎👍
They run oil as a fuel for the boiler,like gas for your furnace,propane for a bbq,or coal or wood.Any burnable heat source to boil water to make steam to create preesure for power.
I still believe the best way to get it out of there would be the river,as less trees would have to be cut down and the guy says there is no good road access to the area. I am just saying that, in hopes that someone could save this almost complete Steam-Shovel. This Shovel was built back in the day when we built things that lasted a long time. Maybe this Guy and some People he knows could form a Historic Society,or Group and pool their Money to get the job done. From his accent I believe this Shovel is probably in Minnesota. There are a few Companies in the U.S. who can build a replacement Boiler for this Shovel with no problem,and I would be willing to bet that the Drawings and Measurements still exist for this Model-Shovel.
Its in Canada. Very true, trees grow back 100 year old steam shovels dont. It would have to be disassembled and hauled out piece by piece with a small tractor or something of that nature!
Hi skadill, Now I would have loved to have found this. What made you think it might be here at its last working place I guess? Wouldn't it be cool to get it going, even though it is so long since it was made, everything was triple engineered from the look of those cogs and tracks.
When I first saw "Steam Shovel" I was thinking it was used in the "Steamroller" sense... but no. REAL steam shovel! It is pretty cool. I wonder how much of a PITA it was to drag a big-ass air compressor around with this machine. And then all it did, apparently, was knock logs off of trailers and into the drink. Seems like a lot of flaming hoops for not much payoff. In other words -- like my last relationship. But enough about that. Great vid. Thanks for the hike.
It is so land locked,it's impractical.It's on a steep hillside and the gravel road down to it has slid in and is only a foot path.It is only accessible by hike currently.
I am so tired of people saying our town is just a drug dealers haven trust me there are lots of good people trying to change that and I can assure you that our town is far from finished and with new leadership can be brought back to the glory days.
To all who talk about getting it out of the woods and restoring it. There was a steam shovel in England that sat in a shallow lake they finally got it out took 3 years to restore it and when they got it going several key parts started cracking. This was the same company that built it so long ago what do you think it costs to restore something like this? Once restored what would you do with it? Basicaly let it sit maybe run it a couple times a year for a few minutes? So how much are you willing to invest to make this happen? There's many more machines that aren't in the middle of no where that await funding to get restored where's your intrest in them?
I know you have a very strict policy of not divulging the whereabouts of any of your finds. Surely with this machine, - which must be unique in the way it has been used, a genuine 'logging museum' and I do mean genuine would love to try and rescue it . I am not referring to one person in particular, but a museum who possibly would keep it in "as found" condition for the enjoyment of generations to come. I know of several museums in the UK (where I live) that have acquired similar items on the understanding that the item will never be disposed of and are kept in 'as found' condition. After all it is coming up to being 100 years old. - Or is your country overrun with these type of machines all preserved, in ours you could count the number on one hand and still have a finger or so to spare.
Winter good for wood heating homes , heated with steam , snow removal , and summer for construction works very profitable .. functioneaza cu lemne din padure , si daca este propulsat cu turbina cu abur nu are pistoane gripate , nu are nevoie de acumulatori pt pornire iarna poate fi folosit la incalzit casa cu abur plimbat prin calorifere din fonta , aluminiu sau incalziri sub pardoseala cu grilaj deasupra langa peretii exteriori , geamuri etc , fara pompe , fara curent , ca incalzirea la vagoane .. Aburul se poate folosi si la gatit , apa preincalzita la spalat haine , corp etc . Un semineu , cuptor sau centrala de incalzit cu lemne , nu poate fi folosit la produs bani la dezapeziri , lucrari in gradini .. mini buldozele din inox cu greu ar ajunge la abandonate .. in Canada langa Fort MC murray , ce zeci de ani in care padurarii si comunitatea a impadurit fiecare spatiu gol din padure . Dupa incendiile uriase din 2016 , pompierii au ajuns sa incendieze intentionat sute de hectare de padure ca sa creeze fasii goale la care viitoare incendii de padure sa se opreasca si sa nu mai ajunga in oras . Ar trebui amenajate raurile din zona Fort Mc murray , ca sa poata fi transportati bustenii pe rau primavara sau cand sunt ploi torentiale sau tot anul . Precis undeva in Canada sau in Africa etc este nevoie de lemn pt foc , sau pt consolidat maluri de rauri , parapeti la drumuri , calea ferata care sa tina versantii , sau butoaie uriase pt stocat apa de ploaie ..
what a great machine in it's day!too bad it's going to rust away and never run again.it would great if some one could retrieve it & restore or use for parts to restore another one and really see history working!
Loggers and small contractors used what ever they got their hands on. I was still using a 1930/40’s Hanson 35 dragline and a WWII Cletrac Army corp of engineers bulldozer in my seawall business as late as 1989
I though there was a video or some documentary of some guys trying to restore an old steam shovel in the middle of a forest but cant seem to locate it. I think they tried to use compressed air to get it running.
Very nice. I wish squirrels or rodent in the area would achieve sentience so they could start worshipping this as a sacred artefact from the Race of Giants.
Please get a light on your camera so we can see what you can see, some of the pictures are so dark I don't know what I'm looking at. Keep up with these videos man they are absolutely fascinating! I wish I lived in your next of the woods so I could venture out into the wilderness and check out these machines which I consider to be art!
I did Enjoy it , Thank you . If only these nice old machines could talk , the stories they could tell . Was that Big foot walking Behind it at about 3:45 ? This year I took pictures of a 91 Marion Episode #130 . They parked it on top of the quarry in 1949 . They are Awesome Machines .
Just a tip for anyone who finds vehicles or machines in the woods. If doors or windows are open close them. Especially if you opened them.
Here’s a tip, Get in the woods and rescue that thing!
Old iron has a beauty all it's own.
It would be great to see the old machine running again and fixed up a little and NOT scrapped!
These old machines fascinate me to no end. While these machines were meant to make the work easier, operating the machine itself was hard work. Impressive!
I can't believe how well the steel is preserved! Most of it still looks serviceable
This is by far I think one of your best videos. An old workhorse modified to lift logs after her working days as a shovel. Now retired and sitting in what looks like a very majestic spot, to rust in peace. Hopefully never to be melted down into cheap throw away junk. Some real history sitting there, keep this spot a secret. Phil
It's just nice to know it's still sitting where the operator shut it off that day,and We can walk back decades in history and catch a sense of that day.
Beautifully said. I always wonder if the guys who ran all the equiptment you have showen us knew, when they shut it down, it would be for the last time,,,what were they doing? What were they thinking?
Almost everything is still there. Very restorable.
Boiler could be restored if the shell passes inspection, or a new one could be built. This is done frequently, in cases where the shell is too thin. A couple boilers currently being built for shovels around here.
I can still smell the old oil and grease, even here on my PC.
***** There's one like this in Liberty, WA. It's in a public park - has a geocache in it.
Thanks,this is the rarest find so far,they're getting tougher to find the old treasures,as I've seen most of the ones and posted them now in my area and surrounding areas
It's sad to see old equipment rusting, rotting away in the woods, I commented before after one of your awesome video's if that machine was here in Michigan it would have been scrapped years ago, I hope not, but around us there is many people that scrap. I have a late 40's ton & a half International rear axle & springs that's been next to my garage for 20+ years, I occasionally get someone wanting to haul it away, I tell them I saved it from being scrapped back then...not going to happen now..
Great video's, keep them coming ..
In Kalamazoo, Mich. There is a metal shredder that is busy 5 or 6 days a week. In one area that can be seen from the road, are some old cable backhoes and other old construction stuff, that has sat for some years now. I was told by someone that knows more than I, that he had tried to buy one of the old backhoes several years ago, only that the owner will sell if they meet his price. I have no idea what his asking price was. As of 10 / 2020, they were still seen setting back from the road that goes by the shredder.
If we all worked together we could get this beautiful piece of history out of the woods. Getting this shovel restored is the least of our concerns now, mostly get it out ship to a new location and the claim ownership (either personal or restoration team). but for those that don't know how it feels to have a historical artifice watch SALVAGE SQUAD.
Uscgtanker Whitmore no it sits there perfectly, a piece of lost beauiful tecnology in the middle of the woods. just brilliant ^^
Get steam tractor to pull it out
Yeah, just let history rot away. We could of said the same thing with the terracotta warriors
Stfu. Why would people watch a forgotten British show from 15 years ago.??
I would come from Canada to help out! No joke
Great video. Sad to think something rare like that will rust away instead of being restored for people to enjoy. Thank you for sharing this.
Back in the early 79's I ran a Marion electric shovel that had the reach to load 120 ton electric drive mine trucks. Mind you the cab was at the machine deck level so it was only possible to see the load when the truck was almost full. That old electric shovel was already decades old when we got it for loading trucks from the crusher stockpile. It had electrical gear in it that the Electrical Manager had no idea what they were. I can only imagine how old that steamer was.
+johnabuick neat history,thank you!
That thing is named Marry Anne. Mike Mulligan uses to run her.
So someone else knows where it is, - a true 'museum' piece - wouldn't it look great just sitting amongst some trees in a true 'logging' museum, not messed with, just left as a tribute to our for-fathers. I know other 'Marion's' exist in museums, - surely everyone is unique - it shows when 'America' could build things that weren't all plastic and 'throw away', and it had a steel industry, - NOT send it all to the Chinese to grow slowly bigger than the US. Already they are quietly acquiring US firms, look at the construction industry CAT lead but they already are being copied and where does the steel come from - CHINA. Look at all the new rail track, where is that made - CHINA. Even food is imported from the 'Far East' and that is but 2 items to name just two, there are many others. I apologise if this seems to have got 'political' but I am merely trying to show some examples, - c'mon US wake up before it's too late, - and the clock is ticking.
this just made my day my grandmother used to read me that story every time I'd visit her
@@christopherlovelock9104 I think we've had enough of China.
@@Stammon Well, short of starting WW3 - and that would be even worse than the present situation. All we can really do is try and get over this as best as we can with the help of all our scientists. Although PERSONALLY and this is ONLY my opinion it is man-made and some either escaped, or, it was released on purpose to see what would happen.
i hope you guys do restore this beautiful piece of history. Good luck and hope you get her running!!
Thats a great find, good to know this stuff is still out there and protected for the most part. Looks to be in great shape for where its at. good video.
Now that I'm 66 years old and I look back I used to crawl around in that kind of stuff I didn't understand how it worked or what's the huge accomplishments that they did they were sitting by old gravel pits that were 18 ft deep and full of water like Lakes some of those steam shovels are still under the lake now that I think back there was even a working model the old man told me out in his gravel pit that he had sold just a couple years previously a steamer and working condition this was only about 20 years ago or so Wisconsin over and out thanks PS reminds me of now going through old junk yards me and my brother Dan used to go and crawl through those junk yards of old cars and man were they cool
I've never been interested in old fashion steam shovels before but thinking about an old cartoon called Mike Mulligan and Maryann gets me interested in them now' I've never seen a steam shovel in public or even had a small toy as a little kid but old shovels like these or different ones like this, it's never too late on knowing them now' if you saw how these shovels worked as a kid. It's never too late on knowing how to drive one now' there the best!
I love watching your videos. Thank you for putting your time and effort into finding these treasures and showing them to us. keep up the good work.
I like how its not covered in horrible graffiti scribbles.
Awesome find. The old steel does not even look too bad! Solid stuff!
When I was a kid in the 60's, we still called a front end loader a steam shovel. I'm no expert, but I don't think any of them were powered by steam, it's just a name that stuck. I love the look and simplicity of those old machines.
man that would be cool to restore. I wonder is most of it still there. love to seen the steam cylinders. those them self would be great to have for a steam powered work shop.
Still one of your best videos, some beautiful country and woodland settings. Along with the great old iron you find.
Thanks a bunch!
Another great video, thanks much for taking the time to do these. Love this old old iron!
One of my favorite videos on CZcams.
I hate and love seeing machines getting abandon for no reson
Likely there was no road, but instead a cleared patch of old growth where a contractor clumsily left his equipment parked then forgot about it. New trees and shrubbery took over in a couple years and it is now hidden away, a bit sad to see, but peaceful at the same time. A happy place where machines go to after they retire
I think after Skadill finds em, they pretty much have protected status as he never reveals their exact location, as always, another great find and awesome video
michigan park. I will never tell. thank you for bringing me back to my childhood. you are awesome. skadill.
Sad to see this rotting away.. If you search for the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion we run a Marion, and 2 bucyrus erie steam shovels every Labor Day weekend. Quite a sight to see these bohemothes operating as they did in the past.
These videos are really cool. Just being out in nature and finding neat little things.
+EmpyreanLightASMR thanks,glad you like this stuff too!
The bottom missing on the boiler is just the bottom of the fire box. The boiler still seems to be intact. The bins on either side of the boiler are the water storage tanks. I do not seen to see any of the steam motors, there were several. They were probably all scavenged and sold long ago being worth some $$$.
Keith Smigle The engines are there, both the firebox and smokebox flue sheets look intact, seems like a good boiler.
why is everybody talking about getting it out of there? it sits perfectly where it is. it is like a piece of art there. if you restore it the whole story gets lost. if you leave it there, every hiker that comes arcoss this beauty will let their imagination run free to what happend to it in the past. i think that is much more valuable then restoring it.
You're an idiot. #1 you can get a machine running without making it brand new. #2 your weird and flawed thinking style does not apply to the scrappers that will haul it out of there to make $200 on it and the shitty kids who will spraypaint it and shoot it full of holes.
MrWolfSnack it's sat there for 40 years with no bullet hole or spray paint on it
Marion. MaryAnne.
Mike Mulligan's steam shovel.
get the local scouts, military cadets to extract and rstore as a project in maintainance/restoration/logistics
Her engine is missing a connecting rod, and possibly the crosshead, otherwise she seems reasonably intact. From what I saw during some American tours, she'll still be sitting there in 100 years time! I hope she's not in a national park, though, as if so, she's condemned to sit there for all eternity!
Skadill, I do love coming across your older videos!!
As some of the old boys would say: "she's in pretty good shape, for the shape she's in.."
And it's true! Worn out more than once, I'm sure... Might have been wood/coal fired, then converted to an oil burner?? If those were oil tanks... May have been water tanks too...
Beautiful old gal, parked in a pretty safe place!
It was one of the top few finds ever,thanks for enjoying it,was a long drive a walk to see it.
@@skadill as always, thank you for sharing your videos!!
I did see a lot of cool things left behind in the brush when I was logging... But we didn't have the cameras and phones we have now.😎👍
They run oil as a fuel for the boiler,like gas for your furnace,propane for a bbq,or coal or wood.Any burnable heat source to boil water to make steam to create preesure for power.
I hope someday someone can preserve it before some %&#@F scrapper gets it! I would love to restore it.
There's no way a scrapper could ever get in there, it's safe where it is.
@@kw9849 no its not .I am a scrapper
If i was in the area I would take it
huck stirred if I were In Your area
You’d be long gone if you wanna scrap that piece of history
@@Leatherface123. Oh i would never scrap that machine ! I would set it next to my shed and work on it every day .
Thanks a bunch,glad you like to watch them.
I still believe the best way to get it out of there would be the river,as less trees would have to be cut down and the guy says there is no good road access to the area. I am just saying that, in hopes that someone could save this almost complete Steam-Shovel. This Shovel was built back in the day when we built things that lasted a long time. Maybe this Guy and some People he knows could form a Historic Society,or Group and pool their Money to get the job done. From his accent I believe this Shovel is probably in Minnesota. There are a few Companies in the U.S. who can build a replacement Boiler for this Shovel with no problem,and I would be willing to bet that the Drawings and Measurements still exist for this Model-Shovel.
It would cost tens of thousands if not more to move it then probably a hell of a lot lore to refurbish it
trees grow back 100 year old steam shovels don't
Its in Canada. Very true, trees grow back 100 year old steam shovels dont. It would have to be disassembled and hauled out piece by piece with a small tractor or something of that nature!
UnitCrane514 any idea where in Canada and I was thinking more of just dragging it with a big caterpillar dozer or something
camerl2009 Let it go.The old iron on here stays where where it lays.
That one is just too cool
it should be restored and put in a museum....
how cool would it be if someone could air lift it out and restore it. i think that would really be something
Some WD40 and it should go. Ok, maybe a lot of WD40...
Dont't forget the duct tape!
Wd 50
From a good lead from someone who knew the area well,and thought it should get some safe publicity.
That is a great old machine and if I were a rich man I would acquire it and have it restored.
Man I really want to save something like this. I hope to fine one in this condition one day to restore. I hope she's till standing proud to this day.
Now this is true forestry history
Wow, really cool story. Thanks
Hi skadill,
Now I would have loved to have found this. What made you think it might be here at its last working place I guess? Wouldn't it be cool to get it going, even though it is so long since it was made, everything was triple engineered from the look of those cogs and tracks.
Incredible! Thanks for the video. Even more amazing...no graffiti.
Needs to be moved to a museum and restored before there's nothing left. Sad.
Great find!
When I first saw "Steam Shovel" I was thinking it was used in the "Steamroller" sense... but no. REAL steam shovel! It is pretty cool. I wonder how much of a PITA it was to drag a big-ass air compressor around with this machine. And then all it did, apparently, was knock logs off of trailers and into the drink. Seems like a lot of flaming hoops for not much payoff. In other words -- like my last relationship. But enough about that. Great vid. Thanks for the hike.
Looks restorable
Thank you!!! brings back a memory or two for this old fart.
thanks for watching!
It is so land locked,it's impractical.It's on a steep hillside and the gravel road down to it has slid in and is only a foot path.It is only accessible by hike currently.
That's really cool.
Thanks, Interesting piece.
COOL!!
Good you liked it,this is all just for the fun and sport of it.
I am so tired of people saying our town is just a drug dealers haven trust me there are lots of good people trying to change that and I can assure you that our town is far from finished and with new leadership can be brought back to the glory days.
To all who talk about getting it out of the woods and restoring it. There was a steam shovel in England that sat in a shallow lake they finally got it out took 3 years to restore it and when they got it going several key parts started cracking. This was the same company that built it so long ago what do you think it costs to restore something like this? Once restored what would you do with it? Basicaly let it sit maybe run it a couple times a year for a few minutes? So how much are you willing to invest to make this happen? There's many more machines that aren't in the middle of no where that await funding to get restored where's your intrest in them?
I know you have a very strict policy of not divulging the whereabouts of any of your finds. Surely with this machine, - which must be unique in the way it has been used, a genuine 'logging museum' and I do mean genuine would love to try and rescue it . I am not referring to one person in particular, but a museum who possibly would keep it in "as found" condition for the enjoyment of generations to come. I know of several museums in the UK (where I live) that have acquired similar items on the understanding that the item will never be disposed of and are kept in 'as found' condition. After all it is coming up to being 100 years old. - Or is your country overrun with these type of machines all preserved, in ours you could count the number on one hand and still have a finger or so to spare.
Now for a half million dollars to restore it , its a shame to scrap it but the kids are hungry and scrap is good.
my grandfather ran one just like that building roads back in the day
Winter good for wood heating homes , heated with steam , snow removal , and summer for construction works very profitable ..
functioneaza cu lemne din padure , si daca este propulsat cu turbina cu abur nu are pistoane gripate , nu are nevoie de acumulatori pt pornire
iarna poate fi folosit la incalzit casa cu abur plimbat prin calorifere din fonta , aluminiu sau incalziri sub pardoseala cu grilaj deasupra langa peretii exteriori , geamuri etc , fara pompe , fara curent , ca incalzirea la vagoane .. Aburul se poate folosi si la gatit , apa preincalzita la spalat haine , corp etc .
Un semineu , cuptor sau centrala de incalzit cu lemne , nu poate fi folosit la produs bani la dezapeziri , lucrari in gradini ..
mini buldozele din inox cu greu ar ajunge la abandonate ..
in Canada langa Fort MC murray , ce zeci de ani in care padurarii si comunitatea a impadurit fiecare spatiu gol din padure . Dupa incendiile uriase din 2016 , pompierii au ajuns sa incendieze intentionat sute de hectare de padure ca sa creeze fasii goale la care viitoare incendii de padure sa se opreasca si sa nu mai ajunga in oras . Ar trebui amenajate raurile din zona Fort Mc murray , ca sa poata fi transportati bustenii pe rau primavara sau cand sunt ploi torentiale sau tot anul . Precis undeva in Canada sau in Africa etc este nevoie de lemn pt foc , sau pt consolidat maluri de rauri , parapeti la drumuri , calea ferata care sa tina versantii , sau butoaie uriase pt stocat apa de ploaie ..
Glad you enjoed this video,it took 5 and a half hours from leave time to return to get it here.,
Ther3e is very little hope of saving this since the boiler is rusted out!
thanks,its safe there,no one would find it without really trying or knowing about it.
Must have been working right up till the day the company ceased operations looking at where it's standing.
what a great machine in it's day!too bad it's going to rust away and never run again.it would great if some one could retrieve it & restore or use for parts to restore another one and really see history working!
one tank for oil and one for water
Those cast track frames must be heavy as hell, but tough as hell too.
Always enjoyed your videos,thanks!
1974 it was still running? That's strange... I didn't think these were used much past the 50's.
It was run off an air compressor,the boiler was long gone bad I'm sure years before.
Loggers and small contractors used what ever they got their hands on. I was still using a 1930/40’s Hanson 35 dragline and a WWII Cletrac Army corp of engineers bulldozer in my seawall business as late as 1989
cool machine,the only thing holding it together is the rust.I watched the one on madill both very interesting.great job
Yuppers! that would solve all our problems,good call.Who needs to see any old surviving history anyways???
I though there was a video or some documentary of some guys trying to restore an old steam shovel in the middle of a forest but cant seem to locate it. I think they tried to use compressed air to get it running.
Get an air compressor we wanna see it running lol
enjoy it?? bloody loved it great work there buddy.
Very nice.
I wish squirrels or rodent in the area would achieve sentience so they could start worshipping this as a sacred artefact from the Race of Giants.
Please get a light on your camera so we can see what you can see, some of the pictures are so dark I don't know what I'm looking at. Keep up with these videos man they are absolutely fascinating! I wish I lived in your next of the woods so I could venture out into the wilderness and check out these machines which I consider to be art!
Jon Henderson Thank-you much,glad you enjoy this old equipment too!
skadill Built in Marion Ohio I bet. We have one here in Toledo that had a wooded cab. I don't know what has become of it. Last saw her in 2000.
One day I'll own a steam shovel
Thanks for the great video :)
Good one, Todd.
I did Enjoy it , Thank you . If only these nice old machines could talk , the stories they could tell . Was that Big foot walking Behind it at about 3:45 ? This year I took pictures of a 91 Marion Episode #130 . They parked it on top of the quarry in 1949 . They are Awesome Machines .
Well start it up I want to hear it running and moving some logs l o l
I think Marion made steamers all the way up to the mid 40s but I wouldn't know how to tell exactly how old without a model number.
cj7laredo1 It’s a ‘29
Awesome! wish i could find stuff liek that in the woods! theres only an old case 125 excavator in the woods across from my house
At 15 thousand dollars an hour,it just didn't quite add up.Maybe I'll use the $600 pr hour one-much more economical,but will be one piece at a time.
You're thinking of Modern Marvels. I've looked everywhere for that video.
Wonder if the people who built that are still alive?
good vid skadill
Rust In Peace, beautiful
Needs to go into preservation !