1917 Holt 120 Tractor - First Drive in 80 Years
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Video starts at 0:55, more pictures are interspersed between clips.
This is the final days of the restoration of Tom Madden's Holt 120 in May. It was found in Fairbanks, Alaska. The first picture is just 7 days before the last ones when the tractor was finally sent off. Our crew spent several late nights getting this massive project done. I personally spent many hours soldering together the hundreds of joints in the brand new radiator tubes among other things. It was fun but all of our crew is glad to have this project done.
As the tractor begins to move around, eventually with the tracks fully connected, this is the first time this tractor has moved under its own power in around 80 years. You may notice that we had the engine running a bit fast, however, we did this because of the brand new tracks. They were tight and rather stiff, so it took some grunt to get them moving the first few times.
I could go on and on about this amazing restoration but I'll let the video speak for itself. If you have any questions, feel free to comment and I'll do my best to answer them.
Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to its premier show in California. But I found a video by Galynn Ferris where you can see it in action alongside the other two existing Holt 120's. • Holt 120 at the Best o...
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This is truly a magnificent accomplishment. You folks have given the world a great gift by making sure this machine is preserved and operating for the future. Well done.
This tractor now is located at the Paso Robles pioneer museum
@@Wage_gap_gaming probably never to run again unless they run equipment regularly ..some museums are scared to run equipment
What a beast.
No wonder you always used to see Old Timers with missing fingers and stuff.
You have to call OSHA a week in advance just to stand 10 feet from the thing. I love it A++
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OSHA is BS!
I just love the sound off the engine. They built that to last for years. Thank you for restoring this beast. Thank you for the video of this beast.
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That baby really got movin when he put her in high gear! It's good to see people putting so much hard work into keeping a piece of history running for future generations to see. Plus it had some nice patina on it.
Fantastic sound! It is wonderful that you managed to restore such a beautiful and historically important machine.
How absolutely magnificent! The soundtrack to this video alone is pure gold!
That is truly some HEAVY WORK !! Beautiful job Sir..............I am happy to see that your Holt 120 didn't make it into the scrap runs of W.W. 2, She is a very important piece of American History. From what your team has accomplished, She will live on another 100 years. Hopefully.............
I had an M-29 Weasel in the mid- 2000's. The track weighed 300 lbs. per side and it had 32 bogie wheels in total. Very fun but very labor intensive. Although once it was finished, it ran very well.
@ DRH: If that's you in the picture ..... Thank you for your service.
Could you only imagine how futuristic this must have looked back then. I think that is something we have lost it's impossible to be surprised as much as the past could have been so many new technologies and inventions the number of newly created large machines is basically zero and what we have now they just don't look lime anything we haven't seen before.
THE VANDAL ... It was futuristic in the manner of not being steam driven as the previous ones of 30+ years earlier.
LOVE that you didn't fully restore it (paint, etc), it's a survivor and it should look like one!
@@Tadfafty You could spray it with anti-corrosion fluid that would protect it yet leave it looking much the same?
No gym required when you drive one of these. Lovely machine....with a voice.
I like machines that require operators to have 40 years + mechanics engineering knowledge to adjust 5 knobs and 8 valves before moving 5 feet.
Eric Mumford ---sir it was not quite that dad as l remember it. Lol, lol maybe for trains.
Separates the real.operators from the children playing in the sand
Wery nice that somebody save this kinde of machinery🇩🇰👍😎
Snatched from the decaying clutches of time. Great to see what the fruits of hard work and capable hands can accomplish! Thumbs up!
The ''120'' was a fantastic maskin!!!!..... the engine maravelous!!!.... Bravo for them!!!!!.....
WOW Hat's off to all of the guys that got her running. That radiator is amazing!! Great video thank you for all of your work.
there is a smaller version of this tractor that came back from france after the first WW we found it in a shed in kent (uk) it is now restored and is in east of england. It has same frame but has a 4 cylinder engine
Nice old beast....A million ways to get killed, dangerous looking, I love it
I'm thrilled just to get my lawnmower running!
you know its an old tractor when the engine is a kick start
Love it. Thank you for your dedication to this project.
Amazing machine! thanks for reviving this fantastic piece of history !
wow thanks for the upload. What a machine. Good to see the few old machines that are left are being brought back to life. Warms the heart to see history being revived for the future generations
Wow 102 years old nice 👍
An amazing piece of history
What an incredible machine!
Great video! Keeping the old iron running is becoming a lost art.
I love old machinery. You had to be a REAL MAN back then to operate something with so many heavy moving parts just waiting to grind the clumsy or inattentive operator into mincemeat
Love that "power steering" !!! LOL !!! Beautiful old BEAST !! Love it !!
What a marvellous machine! -- a half-track steered with a giant wheelbarrow-wheel!
I can now better understand the problems faced by the designers -- and crews! -- of the early tanks.
Great kudos, gentlemen.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! What a find! What a success. Magnificent! Congratulations and Thanks!
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Quelle trouvaille! Quel succès. Magnifique! Encouragements Félicitation et Merci!
This truly is a RARE machine. Think of all the other old odd machinery that got melted for scrap. I am glad there are two of these beast alive and running in the world. These were used in World War 1 to pull stuff. There's a publisher out there that has two books on the history of these old girls. They truly are Amazing. Developing 120 horsepower at Low rpm. Thank you for restoring this old girl. She is Lovely.
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! Thanks a lot for rescuing restoring making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all involved people.
32 dislikes?Looks like these people don't know anything about HISTORY then
Andrew Jowsey 70 now😠
105 almost 120
i hope you chaps had as much pleasure restoring this wonderful beast as i had watching this film,thank you very much , i think we have one of these in england, it turns up at the great dorset steam fair most years
Absolutely amazing,well done to the guys that got this up and running. A great video,thanks for uploading it.
Love the thinking back then. Lets build this GIANT roof on this thing... Where should we put the drivers seat? Uhhh. Half way hanging out under the roof.
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Good job
Very cool! Amazing old equipment
Just think of the work this tractor could do with a plow or a big disk behind it as compared to what horses could have done this is a monster of a machine I'm sure glad it's been saved
Awesome video so thanks for posting bro.
Nice video
Great machine
V Good restoration 😄🤠
This is better than Mad Max and Star Wars together!!! ;-)
Happy 100 th birthday! Looking good for its years.
Wow. I honestly didn't think it would be that high geared!
i wonder if it has a lower range?
I love the tune she plays, but I bet the driver looked forward to stopping at the end of the day! (80 years ago)
The most dangerous and beautiful vehicle on CZcams
It’s a shame it’s all gone now! Allen had all kinds
of neat old stuff around in the day
Love the senior equipment.
How amazing
Nifty neato! That woulda been tons of fun. Nice job!
Was a modern marvel in it's day
Love it! I'm building a 1.35 scale one from Roden ww1 towing the Howitzer and limber
I recognize the engine in that Holt tractor. It's out of a 1977 Honda Civic! I'd heard that that engine was used in large tractors, like the 1975 Caterpillar D10, but I didn't realize they put them in tractors from the early 1900s too! Lol
Doesn't know if it wants to be a steam roller, a tank, a tractor........
hi this is a very good video 10 out of 10 bob in the uk
I have to personally thank you for doing what you all did. This is a mammoth project to make this track machine go again. God bless you for saving our history as many young would of just called this task to great. How did you find the Holt ??? Keep up the great work too.
Thank you for the kind words. It was a fun project and a good learning experience. A friend of ours found the tractor in Fairbanks, Alasks. If I recall correctly, he had heard rumour of it from a buddy and started to ask locals around town until he found someone who confirmed it existed and knew where it was. It took him a while but he managed to make a deal with the old owner and he brought it to us to restore it. Now it lives an easy life in California where it can be enjoyed by all.
The old beast had to take a leak after getting itself on the trailer
what a Magnificent monster
Wow! What a terrific video!
Have you guys noticed the whole time that the cooling fan wasn't spinning like it should be?
I'm just so amazed that it made it on the trailer. This "would have" been such a great treasure (if the gas (or water) didn't burst out at the end) and could make it to the tractor show at the county fair.
Is that where it was going?.
That thing is cool
All those safety barriers and signs and emission control features must have driven the old timers crazy!
The start of the caterpillar company.... wow, what a sight.
You no doubt know of the Holt that was restored here in Australia some years ago. it was used to haul trailers loaded with wool bales from Out back New South Wales, Willcania, to railheads at a time when there were no roads and wool had been carried by dray s pulled by teams of horses. One thing i find interesting about holts is they all seem to have exhaust stacks and no mufflers.
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Ah the good old days of arm-strong power steering, most people don't remember the hazards before power steering, broken arms were not uncommon. What is the weight of this tractor and what is the bore and stroke? Amazing video, brings back memories of some of us seniors. Thank you for your time and efforts in this project.
Brings tears to my eyes so beautiful sounds amazing guys
Amazing
Driver is very skilled.
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When you absolutely, must, without a doubt pick up and move the court house out of the town square!
80 years more like 45-50 years bought that and bring it for 20 years and carpeted floor now people are more practical effect than they are now
omg dude new track chains where would you even begin to look for those awesome
Thank you. For the tracks, we had to make wooden patterns and have new sets cast at a foundry. Then we also had to machine them to fit. It wasn't cheap.
I’ve always thought of the times when men used this equipment I can only imagine that in that era these examples are similar to dinosaurs, compared to today’s nimble machines, it probably amazed them as it amazes us now.
Powder River You're correct. Many actually feared these crazy new machines that they didn't understand. Many areas actually made laws that steam tractors and other things had to towed by horses when being moved from location to location. They were not allowed to operate on public roads until several years after such machines became common and more understood.
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What's funny is that thing is still more than capable of earning its keep. It may be far far larger than a modern tractor of similar drawbar pull but there's no reason it couldn't go right back to work again. THey built those things like tanks.
Mike Smith And what a shit hole America is!
Mick - Replying to your comment of being born back then - Well me too { UK } i use to love the tv show the " Waltons " when i was a child - Just felt like home to me ?? Odd
The first guy to own this had a 200 acre farm..............He could only farm 10 acres because it took 190 acres to turn it around.............lol What an awesome machine! Tractors have come a long long way.................................................
They know their stuff, really,
Great sounding engine with Armstrong power steering I see!
i was going to buil;d something in a game i play but forgot
it was a fork lift.... thanks for reminding me without even knowing it
Wow.now this is my favourite bank robbery escape car
👍👍👍 from Germany!
its wonderfull
100 Years old today.
bad ass bunch of old timers
I think it needs power steering! :-)
Great job getting it running again!
when your steering wheel comes adrift - that is a real problem!
magnifique engin, bravo !
Sweet Engine , now all you need is some power steering fluid replace the fan motor seems like the switch to turn it on is broken and replace the bearing for the steering wheel there seems to be a bit of slop there :)
What a beast of a machine. It would turn a boy into a man if it didn't kill him.
cranks so hard the steering column fell off
Magnificient and it must have huge Torque;)
Lot easier to steer when it's mooving
Damn... That thing looks Steampunk AF!
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I hope they are delivering that to me!
How is it steered. A combination of steering on the front wheel and the ability to lock one set of tracks over the other ???? Very interesting
What is the purpose of the big rotaing wheel behind the driver? Just a flywheel or a connection for driven equipment behind the machine?
Believe it, or not, that is the differential/drive gear of this tractor. It's just a TON bigger and open rather than enclosed. Still the same idea with a pinion and ring gear but a little different. Rather than acting as a true differential, there are manually operated clutches in the gears that allow for power to be split between both sides.
@@TheIronRanch Thanks for explaining, I was wondering about those too,
now I know.
What kind of spark plugs does that beautiful beast use? Also, isn't that a magneto ignition? One thing I like about old machines like this are the big pto flywheels. I'm intermittently searching for a vehicle of some sort with the extra shaft going through the water pump, the mag, and whatever else. I just love to see the extra shaft do it's thing while the engine runs. Much more entertaining than the belt drive system, but unfortunately, less economical. Great video! Absolutely love the design of this machine. Very reminiscent of steampunk art, but better.
This reminds me of something out of one of y childhood Richard Scarey books.
Eine Super Traktor, sehr schöner Film :-)
Back when machines were made to last 100+ years. Now they're just made to last until you've finished your car payment.
I remember the 50's. Lucky to get 10,000 miles out of your tires, 50,000 miles before having to rebuild your engine, the list goes on. My 1994 Escort is still on the road with 280,000 miles with only the alternator and fuel pump having to be replaced. My 2011 Escape calls for oil and filter changes at 10,000 miles as opposed to about 2,000 in the 50's. I have several friends with vehicles lasting over 300,000 miles and still going strong so I know it's not just me. You can have that old stuff although I really appreciate restored equipment but, I'll take my automatic transmission, smooth ride, air conditioning, reliability and 90,000 mile tires every day of the week over the old stuff.
I had a 1966 Mark 2 Ford Cortina 1600E. The engines in those would often need reboring every 12,000 to 24,000 miles, depending upon how they were used. Almost nobody has their car engine rebored nowadays, even after 200,000 miles. And a modern car will use a fraction of the fuel needed by cars of only 50 years ago.
First drive in 80 years and you run it faster than preserved museum examples, which have a massive crew to maintain them.
Frankly im surprised it didnt explode :D
Sir, there is much more going on then can be seen in this short clip. There are a variety of reasons for what you see going on unlike a simple assumption.
The engine was completely rebuilt down to every last nut and bolt. It was running well within its factory governed speed, roughly 3/4's of its rated rpm according to a digital tachometer. It had also already been broken in prior to being put in the tractor. And that is aside from the fact that this engine was designed and built in an age where toughness and longevity meant something, when machines were built to run at and beyond their limits all day long without significant ill-effect. As a matter of fact, this tractor was designed for service in WW1 and saw successful wide spread use doing so.
Continuing, I do agree to some extent that the engine was being run faster than ideal, however, it was necessary for moving the tractor. As you can see in the video, we had just finished putting brand new tracks on this tractor. Due to the nature of tracks, especially older styles such as this one, new tracks tend to be very stiff for a while similar to how a rebuilt engine is stiff due to new bearings, rings, and other things. This required the engine to be throttled up as you noticed, and it almost stalled a couple times anyways.
On to the people behind this amazing project, our group is just as good as any museum group out there. We all care tremendously for the equipment and what we do. Most of us have been involved in this type of stuff all of our lives, and several have been at it for multiple generations of their family. Several of our group have been behind major equipment museums and exhibits. Dozens of folks contributed their time and experience to this project and none of it was in any careless fashion.
I hope this doesn't come across as rude, but it may seem like I'm throwing everything in the book at you, and frankly, yes I am. I do not appreciate such a gross assumption and to be honest, its rude and insulting to the passion that made this project possible. Please do not make such a statement again without considering all of the relevant information and facts. There can be more than one explanation behind a scene that has very little visible context.
Thanks for the detailed reply! I was not expecting that. I wasnt aware that its a partially restored machine. Yes, i see it says it in the description now xD. Also my comment was mostly poking fun at the super preserved museum examples that are run super slow in fear of damaging them. It as you said, they're pretty much built to not explode, haha. Sorry for offending ya!
Its far from rude. A pleasant surprise actually. Im glad theres still groups of people keeping these history relics alive (and willing to run it at speed, the only other ive seen is an army one owned by a tank museum and that was run more than just 'a bit fast'). Thanks to you and the group who dun it, naturally :P
Will it ever be restored completely? Paint and all?
No worries, I apologize for the misunderstanding. It can be difficult to pick up on certain things through text alone. I can certainly appreciate your jest at museums.
Yes, the machine underwent an extensive restoration. I unfortunately do not have the photos myself, but the tractor may as well have come from the scrap heap when we got it. It wasn't even half of the tractor you see now.
Thank you for the humor and appreciation and again, sorry for the misunderstanding.
Its all good man. You certainly set me straight :P
power plant sounds strong
I just subscribed to your channel and hello from New Hampshire.
I think Darwin had a big say in the construction of this tractor.