Heavy D, I just want to say again that Alan was a GREAT snag. He’s such a good man, talented in building, operating and repairing most anything, and very reliable, as well as being a great presence on UA-cam…. Smart of you to hire the man.
I can't imagine what it would be like to work for someone like @HeavyDSparks, not for the money, but for the adventure, the random machines found and fixed. The scenarios, the locations... What a pleasure it would be, never get bored.
It wouldn't be such a problem if people in general could be relied upon to turn up when they said. The unreliability of people has just gotten worse and worse over the past 20 years. People miss out on great bargains because so many are lazy and simply don't care about respecting other people's time. It's really not hard to say, "I'll be there at 11:00" and then either be there at 11:00 or call to cancel -- well ahead of time.
This 4th video in the series was awesome as usual. Not many people could tackle buying and moving that kind of inventory so quickly. I'm guessing you've only moved about half of it so far and are going to make a nice chunk of change in the end. I'm thinking Alan make take some of it off your hands. I hope to see part 5 soon!
I used to be involved with the company that sold those polymizer machines built on a walker mower frame. They were used to inject fertilizer/polymer mix to keep lawns green in desert areas. Cool find! That drum has some cool technology to inject the polymer as the spike comes out of the hole.
@@jblob5764 it was a dry granular polymer that they suspended in a chemical that allowed it to turn to gel but not fully swell. Once the irrigation water reached it, it would take on like 400 times it weight in moisture and slowly feed the turf grass roots and reduce water consumption which was great for golf courses and large turf fields in the desert where water was a concern.
@@maxwell431 I’m not sure if anyone is producing the polymer/fertilizer mix. It was proprietary and nobody else could figure out how to make it. the owners split up and shut it down. If there’s no product, it’s worthless unless you want it to aerate and inject just fertilizer maybe? That was circa 2001 when they were building those machines so they are rather old. They changed the design a few years into it and built their own chassis with tracks. So that machine is at least 20 years old
The biggest issue with the boom lift is that the wheels are ruined. Those cost a fair bit. That might be a dealbreaker for resale. So unless you have some salvaged ones you probably won't be able to sell it for a decent price, even if the motor starts. The Reverse Osmosis water treatment unit, sell or keep for the next time you set off to save a community? You guys do hero work so regularly that you might want to keep some stuff to be even more prepared. That unit, a couple of Air-con units, a generator, one of the sprinkler systems, and you only need a few large tents to set up a full temp camp to take in evacuees or house rescue personnell during emergencies.
Yeah seems like a perfect setup for doing some disaster relief. Only thing I'd be scared about is the water filtration, if you don't repair it right you could make a lot of people very sick. And who knows how much it would take to get it operational again
It's like no one was ever in the military and doesn't realize that most of the equipment probably doesn't work because it NEVER had maintenance done on it or that is why it was sold at auction to begin with. Those Drash HVAC units work when they work but they don't work more often then not because they sit outside their whole lives. All of that equipment has had a HARD life and thinking its all worth top dollar is foolish.
@@wakeupamerica2024 I wouldn't know since I never was in the US Armed Forces, but back when I was in the RNoAF, we definitely serviced ALL our equipment. A lot of machinery is sold off after military operations because they bought in extra for that event, and now doesn't have storage for it. It COSTS to store equipment, you know.
@@norwegiangadgetman It doesn't cost anything to leave equipment sitting outside. If you think our military is storing everything indoors you must have had a desk job at whatever your fancy acronym was.
Allen is a damn Genius with military equipment or really any kind of equipment! And that’s the most random stuff in one place I’ve seen on here yet but it looks like it’s going to be a Gold Mine!!!
It always amazes me that so much "semi-good" expensive equipment is just left to rot. I retired from a state maintenance job and the waste always made me ill. As an old codger who keeps my own shop equipment running for decades, I'm glad to see you getting some value out of this stuff. Thx.
If I wasn’t an ocean away, I’d be interested in some of the loot. Those shuttle terminals are so cool! Greenhouses, make a sweet 3season room by the pool, so many ideas!
Whatever Heavy D pays Hans, it isn't enough. Hans steps in and does whatever needs to be done. Most people probably didn't even notice that Hans stepped in to finish the video because Dave wasn't there. I love this series of videos and it's great that Heavy D is explaining so much as it goes
Hey Dave man I remember when you made the pivot to UA-cam and just wanna say you made the 3 million subs so far look easy because clearly you are a comprehensive mind with your business. The production is so good I watch this both tentatively and passively because it's soothing. Great work.
That is one bad ass crew you have working for you they are so great getting everything running I can't belive it they are flat making you money David great job guys.
2:00 Wow just imagine how much oil, diesel fuel and other fluids have leached into that beautiful river over the years. This was a great service to the environment.
I know just a little about engines and mechanical work but I am constantly amazed at how often diesel engines will sit for years then fire right up with some jumpers and starter fluid
They are taking serious life from those engines with prolonged use of starting fluid, they can use silicone spray with same result and no drying of cylinder, that rattle is dry piston rings scoring the cylinder because the lubrication oil is gone, foolishness on their part!
@@akomni-vr5gtthey’re basically giving the “I don’t care I want this to start to make a buck” attitude. They’re not checking the oil or anything just starter fluid and cranking the shit out of them
@@akomni-vr5gtvery true, but also in this very vid he talked about scrap vs resale. I think they are just getting things to run because that is a popular thing on YT these days. Seriously when was the last time you saw such a small roller machine doing work? They don’t care, they will scrap it. I’m ok with that, just pointing out a few facts. 😂😂
@@akomni-vr5gt it all depends there is starting fluid that is meant for this we have it for 2 of our tractors you can get it in the regular spray can as well as one that threads and locks in place its something like 80% either with upper cylinder lubricant in it been using is on a JD 2550 for over 30 years and no problems yet i want to say the tractor is from 1972 or there abouts
I like your way of thinking. Instead of sitting on things waiting for top dollar, let it go! Don't give anything away but be fare to the guy who needs it, thats kewl beans in my book! Great vid as always.
I love how you understand the BUSINESS of doing this business. Lots of UA-cam people will spend a stupid amount of time (which equals MONEY) salvaging something, and end up in real terms selling it for a loss by the time you factor in their COSTS!
Everyone NEEDS to Go See the Sound of Freedom it was NOT like any Documentary I have ever seen... So well done, it was Exciting & Action Packed ! MUST SEE !
As a former military person, in a deployed location we used to have several banks of those diesel generators running the base, which included the AC units. So cool to see these going to the civilian sector. I’m kinda jealous I can not afford them. 🤣
Test that sorry Bronco with the steel crosses. Most non running Military surplus is sold in lots, so you always get more than one item. Bought a 12, 000 horse diesel boat motor and a small submarine. When all I really wanted was the steel rims on a palette.
Im so glad I found your guys channels. Its definitely helping me get through a very hard time in my life. I love your guys energy and synergy. I really enjoy it. Thanks for helping with my anxiety and depression while i struggle with with some hard times.
My eyes keep getting drawn to that Terex extendable boom forklift that looks like what I drove in afghan loading and unloading helicopters on a small FOB called Payne while in the USMC. I believe it is a TX 51-19MD 5k EBFL with a hydraulic adjustable fork carriage 25 foot boom and 4 way steering and drive. I miss that thing, I wasn’t even an HE Operator I was a 0481 Landing Support Specialist (Red Patcher) that happened to be able to get my license for it and since we had no one besides us red patchers that had the license to run it on the FOB I spent 240+ hours with 0 incidents running that on uneven river rock LZ loading and unloading different aircraft from civilian to multinational military services. that was a 7 month gig that time around for my second trip. I also used it to go prep external cargo lifts for hook up to the first unmanned helo to run external cargo loads called the KAMAN KMAX KRUAS if I remember correctly and other external lifts that sadly got cancelled with our USMC helos. This brought back some great yet some crappy memories and a wish to play around with that little thing again.
I have never second guessed your decision making, this is your stuff , I like watching you do things on your channel, and if you want to scrap something you go right ahead, if you don't have the where with all to decide then you are in the wrong business.
I'm absolutely onboard with the philosophy of scrapping versus selling. If I can't get at least twice to three times the money by selling an item, it goes straight to scrap. It really is ridiculous how much time, effort and energy goes into advertising and selling items. At least 50% of the time, people don't show up when they say they will and when they do, they want to try to haggle down the price until it just becomes completely not worth the effort. I just scrapped nearly 100 fluorescent lights because the processed scrap value is $3.70 each and the best price I could get selling them is $6.00. The muck around to get that extra $2.30 a light is just not worth the time and trouble.
Im totally with you on scrapping stuff. I used to try to rehome stuff like that all the time. Even giving it away for scrap value just to see it go to someone who could use it. I don't have the patience anymore. I'll crush it with an excavator/bulldozer and send it to the shredder if i dont have to deal with the general public.
When are you going to buy a found lot to clear up the small area at the shop? Have all the for sale stuff in one area away from the complex so people walking around will find stuff they didn't know they wanted. Old pole barn with a few acres.
See if Alan will let you store stuff at the fortress can’t wait to see when the fortress gets done it’s going to look amazing….side note hans is so funny you guys have the perfect team
That golf course equipment is high dollar stuff. Even if you have to sit on it for a bit. Can be shipped nationwide, and small golf courses are always looking for equipment at a lower than new price.
My elderly widow on the opposite corner of my house kept have in a car drive across the corner of her beautiful front lawn. I made a pair of tank traps out of some 3/16 steel angel cut at 45° angel 18" and all welded solid in the middle. Her lawn was driven across again a couple weeks later. I picked up chunks of block and transmission, those two traps had stuck and rolled 40' across the lawn tearing apart that trespassing car. Had to dig out areas of fluid damage from lawn filled all in from patches of lawn transfers from her back yard that I then re-seeded. Lol
I think that little bitty Vibratory roller is something that is really handy for putting in driveways. I'm pretty sure the guys that built our driveway used something about like that. 11:13 - "what goes around, comes around." . . . I love it. so this guy that accumulated all this stuff. . . did he have a construction company? Surely he was in flexible pavement surfaces. you heard what happened to the highway contractor that had a conflict with the Teamsters union right? He is in asphalt pavement. 13:00 - That ROPU is awesome. I commanded a water purification unit in the national guard at one point. We had these things called Ergolators. It was a giant chemistry set on wheels. The operators needed a LOT of training. We would filter water through sand, then charcoal, then clay, then sometimes we used acid or base chemicals to raise or lower the PH to get stuff to drop out. . . ultimately we could filter sewer water and drink it, but what we could NOT do is, we could not desalinate drinking water. One day they replaced all our Ergolators with ROWPUs. . . now, the AIT (Advanced individual training) was one of the shortest ones in the army, and we could filter sea water. Trouble is, the filters are hella expensive and a little bit fragile. So if you accidentally throw some scarp metal in a ROPU you can do a lot of damage. the maintenance on the ROPUs was nothing compared to the ergolators. Partly because they were new; partly because they are infinitely simpler. I love seeing that old green fire-truck earning a living! Overall, thanks for sharing your adventures here!
We used the exact engine generator and AC units around 22:00 in the Air Force to power a radar system and cool it over in the Persian gulf. Those things ran strong with good maintenance
You guys are awesome! The ingenuity of the human mind is on full display in all this equipment. I'm getting an education I never knew i wanted. 😆🥰 God Bless!
4:17 don't forget the niche markets though. If the bucket loader has a good engine, it may be easier to sell that alone and scrap the remainder of the machine, and end up with a comfortable medium profit.
Alan seems like the cool uncle that knows how to work on everything like your dad but doesn't scream at you for holding the flashlight 1 millimeter off of the bolt he's trying to get to
You've mastered GARAGE PLUS SALES..!! Recouping , rehoming , rejoining and repairing , REAL REWARDS ... getting pieces to become whole - and parts to become useful....your omnidirectional enthusiasm needs your own EBAY EFFORT...LOL
You scored brother 👌 if I were you and hear me out, try and buy that landing strip and hangers, build a fence, plenty of power stock up with food and have you heard of underground bunkers? Just dig a hole and insert a nice unit built to suit
I'm proud of you Dave for where you had to go to today proud of you for your show your crew and the way you are a stand-up American proud of you for going where you went today thank you for everything keep up the awesome work.
After Desert Storm I worked on some 3K GPH ROWPUs getting them cleaned and shipped to Depot maintenance & storage. That is definitely a maintenance and expense nightmare. Probably best to just dismount the genset and the pumps for sale, remove the RO block guts and maybe use the trailer with container for something. The RO element cartridges and the chemicals will be crazy expensive and must be stored correctly or ruined.
one of those shuttle stops should be taken up to the top of the mountain to be used as a greenhouse at that compound if the dude is still building after he lost so much in that fire
That military a/c cart with the burned tire. Looks like the C-10 we use on the flight line. It should have a smaller "input" side that you would supply bleed air to from a jet turbine. Then you would get cold air from the 2 output side ports on the other side. Mainly used for cooling air on aircraft
Yup, CA02, thats a C10. It actually looks in way better condition than the ones we still use. I wonder if they have any -60s in there (M32-60) power gen and bleed air supply POS.
I used to pickup empty tank shell cans at Fort Knox in Kentucky. I entered through the Brandenburg gate. Trucks would pull to the right and have two of the hedgehogs placed in front of the truck while they did a very throuogh search.
Easiest way to get several hundred out of the hydrojection aerator is to pull the engine. the p224 onan in it is worth more then the rest of the machine. I have wrecked a few.
I keep remembering your near miss with the helicopter sale artist...your last few SALE SNAGS HAVE DECLARED YOU AS THE NEW KING OF ODD LOTS...HAHA GO MAN GO
Dave I am proud that you went to see sound of freedom over making a UA-cam . Your hearts in the right place. Diesel Dave thanks for letting us know. God bless you and your crew.
Heavy D, I just want to say again that Alan was a GREAT snag. He’s such a good man, talented in building, operating and repairing most anything, and very reliable, as well as being a great presence on UA-cam…. Smart of you to hire the man.
I can't imagine what it would be like to work for someone like @HeavyDSparks, not for the money, but for the adventure, the random machines found and fixed. The scenarios, the locations... What a pleasure it would be, never get bored.
Man Alan is the best for older equipment I love that he's a full time member of the crew
Always good to have a Wizard on the crew ⚡
He was living the hermit life so getting put on salary definetly did him good
Me too it just sucks that Florida man isn't with them anymore
Ya cause it’s not like he has Millions of equipment on his property. That salary definitely helped…
And Alan gets to use the shop to fabricate.
Alan is the resident expert. Engines, wiring, heavy equipment mechanics - is there anything this renaissance man does not know how to fix?
Renaissance man😂 that made me laugh lol
Apparently he struggles to fix the mountain fortress 😉
Appreciate you explaining to the crowd what it actually takes in time and effort to sell in the open marketplace; thanks!
The only thing he leaves out every time is the labour and truck costs for the weeks there to remove the equipment
It wouldn't be such a problem if people in general could be relied upon to turn up when they said. The unreliability of people has just gotten worse and worse over the past 20 years. People miss out on great bargains because so many are lazy and simply don't care about respecting other people's time. It's really not hard to say, "I'll be there at 11:00" and then either be there at 11:00 or call to cancel -- well ahead of time.
That's how he males his money. You do know he makes easily $17000 a month on UA-cam
@@GoldVP... As a former business owner, I would suggest that $17,000 would just about cover a quarter to a half of his monthly business overheads.
@@GoldVP...17k a month is very low estimate
This 4th video in the series was awesome as usual. Not many people could tackle buying and moving that kind of inventory so quickly. I'm guessing you've only moved about half of it so far and are going to make a nice chunk of change in the end. I'm thinking Alan make take some of it off your hands. I hope to see part 5 soon!
I used to be involved with the company that sold those polymizer machines built on a walker mower frame. They were used to inject fertilizer/polymer mix to keep lawns green in desert areas. Cool find! That drum has some cool technology to inject the polymer as the spike comes out of the hole.
What kind of polymer? Like something to slow the release of the nutrient or retain moisture?
@@jblob5764 it was a dry granular polymer that they suspended in a chemical that allowed it to turn to gel but not fully swell. Once the irrigation water reached it, it would take on like 400 times it weight in moisture and slowly feed the turf grass roots and reduce water consumption which was great for golf courses and large turf fields in the desert where water was a concern.
@@coryturner9140 how much u think its worth with the trailer and everything?
@@maxwell431 I’m not sure if anyone is producing the polymer/fertilizer mix. It was proprietary and nobody else could figure out how to make it. the owners split up and shut it down. If there’s no product, it’s worthless unless you want it to aerate and inject just fertilizer maybe? That was circa 2001 when they were building those machines so they are rather old. They changed the design a few years into it and built their own chassis with tracks. So that machine is at least 20 years old
Cleetus needs that street sweeper for the Freedom Factory!!
🤝🏼🍻
That's a great idea
How much do you want for the sweeper
He needs a Elgin crosswind not a whirlwind sweeper but he does need a sweeper
The biggest issue with the boom lift is that the wheels are ruined. Those cost a fair bit. That might be a dealbreaker for resale. So unless you have some salvaged ones you probably won't be able to sell it for a decent price, even if the motor starts.
The Reverse Osmosis water treatment unit, sell or keep for the next time you set off to save a community?
You guys do hero work so regularly that you might want to keep some stuff to be even more prepared.
That unit, a couple of Air-con units, a generator, one of the sprinkler systems, and you only need a few large tents to set up a full temp camp to take in evacuees or house rescue personnell during emergencies.
Yeah seems like a perfect setup for doing some disaster relief. Only thing I'd be scared about is the water filtration, if you don't repair it right you could make a lot of people very sick. And who knows how much it would take to get it operational again
@@jono6379 It's easy enough to test the filtration after repairing, though; just send in a few water samples after a test run.
It's like no one was ever in the military and doesn't realize that most of the equipment probably doesn't work because it NEVER had maintenance done on it or that is why it was sold at auction to begin with. Those Drash HVAC units work when they work but they don't work more often then not because they sit outside their whole lives. All of that equipment has had a HARD life and thinking its all worth top dollar is foolish.
@@wakeupamerica2024 I wouldn't know since I never was in the US Armed Forces, but back when I was in the RNoAF, we definitely serviced ALL our equipment.
A lot of machinery is sold off after military operations because they bought in extra for that event, and now doesn't have storage for it. It COSTS to store equipment, you know.
@@norwegiangadgetman It doesn't cost anything to leave equipment sitting outside. If you think our military is storing everything indoors you must have had a desk job at whatever your fancy acronym was.
Allen is a damn Genius with military equipment or really any kind of equipment! And that’s the most random stuff in one place I’ve seen on here yet but it looks like it’s going to be a Gold Mine!!!
Honestly? I want to see an episode dedicated to just trying to get all this stuff started.
It always amazes me that so much "semi-good" expensive equipment is just left to rot. I retired from a state maintenance job and the waste always made me ill. As an old codger who keeps my own shop equipment running for decades, I'm glad to see you getting some value out of this stuff. Thx.
i thought its funny how FED-MIC-money and the unused stuff purchased by it somehow still makes its way to actual use in weird ways.. :)
This is living the life, living wicked adventure every day! Keep up the awesome videos, thanks to all involved.
If I wasn’t an ocean away, I’d be interested in some of the loot. Those shuttle terminals are so cool! Greenhouses, make a sweet 3season room by the pool, so many ideas!
Start swimmin
Whatever Heavy D pays Hans, it isn't enough. Hans steps in and does whatever needs to be done. Most people probably didn't even notice that Hans stepped in to finish the video because Dave wasn't there. I love this series of videos and it's great that Heavy D is explaining so much as it goes
Nice! Love these bulk purchases. Lot's of treasure snd profit. Well done! Thanks for the upload.
Alan is top notch, great addition to the crew.. The guy is smart as a whip...
Can we get a bud shirt. " thats not the good smoke dave"😂😂
Lollllll☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
I'll buy a few! Let's make this happen
🤣💨💨💨
Make it 5xl and you have my money. Don't judge me, I'm 6'8". 😉
He was talking about the cloudy cloudy smoke if you know what I mean 😅.
Hey Dave man I remember when you made the pivot to UA-cam and just wanna say you made the 3 million subs so far look easy because clearly you are a comprehensive mind with your business. The production is so good I watch this both tentatively and passively because it's soothing. Great work.
That is one bad ass crew you have working for you they are so great getting everything running I can't belive it they are flat making you money David great job guys.
2:00 Wow just imagine how much oil, diesel fuel and other fluids have leached into that beautiful river over the years. This was a great service to the environment.
Bud - "Thats not the good smoke Dave" LOL
I'd watch 30 mins of Alan explaining stuff every day of the week lol
I know just a little about engines and mechanical work but I am constantly amazed at how often diesel engines will sit for years then fire right up with some jumpers and starter fluid
Yeah a little either in the intake does wonders
They are taking serious life from those engines with prolonged use of starting fluid, they can use silicone spray with same result and no drying of cylinder, that rattle is dry piston rings scoring the cylinder because the lubrication oil is gone, foolishness on their part!
@@akomni-vr5gtthey’re basically giving the “I don’t care I want this to start to make a buck” attitude. They’re not checking the oil or anything just starter fluid and cranking the shit out of them
@@akomni-vr5gtvery true, but also in this very vid he talked about scrap vs resale. I think they are just getting things to run because that is a popular thing on YT these days. Seriously when was the last time you saw such a small roller machine doing work? They don’t care, they will scrap it. I’m ok with that, just pointing out a few facts. 😂😂
@@akomni-vr5gt it all depends there is starting fluid that is meant for this we have it for 2 of our tractors you can get it in the regular spray can as well as one that threads and locks in place its something like 80% either with upper cylinder lubricant in it been using is on a JD 2550 for over 30 years and no problems yet i want to say the tractor is from 1972 or there abouts
Love that you are bring old stuff back to life and stopping it from falling to bits out in the open
What a team. Alan, you are amazing
I could watch episodes of just Alan troubleshooting equipment and mountain man fixing it. 😆 Great Video!
Alan is the best! He can fix anything
I like your way of thinking.
Instead of sitting on things waiting for top dollar, let it go!
Don't give anything away but be fare to the guy who needs it, thats kewl beans in my book!
Great vid as always.
I work for Godwin pumps! If you get it running, put a vac pad on the suction side and if it pulls 18 on the vacuum it’s good to go!
Sell that street sweeper to Garret, it should be easy to convince him they need it at the track
AC for the shop
Shit the golf equipment for the infield too
I love how you understand the BUSINESS of doing this business. Lots of UA-cam people will spend a stupid amount of time (which equals MONEY) salvaging something, and end up in real terms selling it for a loss by the time you factor in their COSTS!
Everyone NEEDS to Go See the Sound of Freedom it was NOT like any Documentary I have ever seen... So well done, it was Exciting & Action Packed ! MUST SEE !
Awesome, I'm going to see it later, was wondering if it was worth watching 👍
As a former military person, in a deployed location we used to have several banks of those diesel generators running the base, which included the AC units. So cool to see these going to the civilian sector. I’m kinda jealous I can not afford them. 🤣
I am inspired by your enthusiasm and no frills attitude my brutha! Keep on movin' forward .
Test that sorry Bronco with the steel crosses. Most non running Military surplus is sold in lots, so you always get more than one item. Bought a 12, 000 horse diesel boat motor and a small submarine. When all I really wanted was the steel rims on a palette.
I can't stop laughing, this is not heavy D sparks, This is Sanford and Son. And i mean that in the nicest possible way. You guys are great. Cheers.
Sanford & Son w/ the SANY "Easy-Load" & "Yankum Ropes"! 🤣
Im so glad I found your guys channels. Its definitely helping me get through a very hard time in my life. I love your guys energy and synergy. I really enjoy it. Thanks for helping with my anxiety and depression while i struggle with with some hard times.
same for me! :) their energy and playfulness is something to aspire to!
SANY should sponsor you, given how much you put their machines through and make it look easy.
They probably do. I don’t think I’d be saying their name so much
They already do, he is a big commercial for them
Yeah they do
they did after he used to always use The muscle sandy excavator
when i bought my sany they asked me about this channel, and it was how I found out about this channel
I'd hire Alan over anyone else. Including Deisel Dave and Heavy himself. He will make it work even if doesn't want to..Much respect.
Who was the guy that was collecting all this ? That's some crazy stuff, all the military machines.
My eyes keep getting drawn to that Terex extendable boom forklift that looks like what I drove in afghan loading and unloading helicopters on a small FOB called Payne while in the USMC. I believe it is a TX 51-19MD 5k EBFL with a hydraulic adjustable fork carriage 25 foot boom and 4 way steering and drive. I miss that thing, I wasn’t even an HE Operator I was a 0481 Landing Support Specialist (Red Patcher) that happened to be able to get my license for it and since we had no one besides us red patchers that had the license to run it on the FOB I spent 240+ hours with 0 incidents running that on uneven river rock LZ loading and unloading different aircraft from civilian to multinational military services. that was a 7 month gig that time around for my second trip. I also used it to go prep external cargo lifts for hook up to the first unmanned helo to run external cargo loads called the KAMAN KMAX KRUAS if I remember correctly and other external lifts that sadly got cancelled with our USMC helos. This brought back some great yet some crappy memories and a wish to play around with that little thing again.
Excellent job on this video boys, enjoy the vibes at the shop!
What would y'all do without the Wizard? Alan himself saves y'all countless hours and can put in as much work as three men combined. 🤠
Heavy D, you and your crew are awesome!
I have never second guessed your decision making, this is your stuff , I like watching you do things on your channel, and if you want to scrap something you go right ahead, if you don't have the where with all to decide then you are in the wrong business.
You guys might be in danger of becoming hoarders!!! Cool stuff!!
Mo money, Mo money!!
Thank you for following up on each unit. Show more. Very cool.
Stay safe
You guys just saved my Saturdays I was home bored with nothing to watch. Best video ever. I was looking forward part three. 🇺🇸🦈🇵🇷
I'm absolutely onboard with the philosophy of scrapping versus selling. If I can't get at least twice to three times the money by selling an item, it goes straight to scrap. It really is ridiculous how much time, effort and energy goes into advertising and selling items.
At least 50% of the time, people don't show up when they say they will and when they do, they want to try to haggle down the price until it just becomes completely not worth the effort. I just scrapped nearly 100 fluorescent lights because the processed scrap value is $3.70 each and the best price I could get selling them is $6.00. The muck around to get that extra $2.30 a light is just not worth the time and trouble.
I'm pretty sure that some equipment can be sent to Brent for helping out with Cero, and Alan as well.
Broke Brent already got his handouts
Alan is a national treasure.
Stop with the national treasure phrase it's wack
You know what just occurred to me?
With all the gear that you have, you could easily make a really nice Disaster Response outfit.
Must be new here that's every other episode it seems 😅
They already do that. And recovery. ;)
Man, Alan is a pleasure to watch. That dude is a godsend. A true Renaissance Man!
I love the restoration part of these videos. You guys should do a full length video on the restorations
Im totally with you on scrapping stuff. I used to try to rehome stuff like that all the time. Even giving it away for scrap value just to see it go to someone who could use it.
I don't have the patience anymore. I'll crush it with an excavator/bulldozer and send it to the shredder if i dont have to deal with the general public.
Give that man Alan a raise!
When are you going to buy a found lot to clear up the small area at the shop? Have all the for sale stuff in one area away from the complex so people walking around will find stuff they didn't know they wanted. Old pole barn with a few acres.
See if Alan will let you store stuff at the fortress can’t wait to see when the fortress gets done it’s going to look amazing….side note hans is so funny you guys have the perfect team
Poor Alan likely will be spending less time on it now all due to that fire fortunately. I feel so bad for him.
That golf course equipment is high dollar stuff. Even if you have to sit on it for a bit. Can be shipped nationwide, and small golf courses are always looking for equipment at a lower than new price.
My elderly widow on the opposite corner of my house kept have in a car drive across the corner of her beautiful front lawn. I made a pair of tank traps out of some 3/16 steel angel cut at 45° angel 18" and all welded solid in the middle. Her lawn was driven across again a couple weeks later. I picked up chunks of block and transmission, those two traps had stuck and rolled 40' across the lawn tearing apart that trespassing car. Had to dig out areas of fluid damage from lawn filled all in from patches of lawn transfers from her back yard that I then re-seeded. Lol
I think that little bitty Vibratory roller is something that is really handy for putting in driveways.
I'm pretty sure the guys that built our driveway used something about like that.
11:13 - "what goes around, comes around." . . . I love it.
so this guy that accumulated all this stuff. . . did he have a construction company? Surely he was in flexible pavement surfaces.
you heard what happened to the highway contractor that had a conflict with the Teamsters union right? He is in asphalt pavement.
13:00 - That ROPU is awesome. I commanded a water purification unit in the national guard at one point.
We had these things called Ergolators. It was a giant chemistry set on wheels. The operators needed a LOT of training.
We would filter water through sand, then charcoal, then clay, then sometimes we used acid or base chemicals to raise or lower the PH to get stuff to drop out. . . ultimately we could filter sewer water and drink it, but what we could NOT do is, we could not desalinate drinking water.
One day they replaced all our Ergolators with ROWPUs. . . now, the AIT (Advanced individual training) was one of the shortest ones in the army, and we could filter sea water.
Trouble is, the filters are hella expensive and a little bit fragile. So if you accidentally throw some scarp metal in a ROPU you can do a lot of damage.
the maintenance on the ROPUs was nothing compared to the ergolators. Partly because they were new; partly because they are infinitely simpler.
I love seeing that old green fire-truck earning a living!
Overall, thanks for sharing your adventures here!
those shuttles could be used to store wheels and tires during the winter for your rigs
We used the exact engine generator and AC units around 22:00 in the Air Force to power a radar system and cool it over in the Persian gulf. Those things ran strong with good maintenance
Alan and Hans are the best. Still waiting for the “Bud’s dream ranger” build
Along those same lines I want them to do a old diesel luv or pup pickup grandpa style. Those were my childhood in rural idaho.
Ever so interesting .Great lessons of various machinery- Heavy D"s knowledge is amazing.Thank you- we learn sooo much from all your "adventures"
Can't wait to see the property cleared!
We wouldn't call the stuff junk we call them lawn ornaments...😄😆😅😂🤣
Really enjoyed the last part, where you repaired and offered the units for sale.
PEG! The boys definitely watched your video. Street sweeper 🤘🏼
Dave. Include how many hours you had to pay your crew and how many miles to get to and remove the item's. Cost per mile.
WTF you one of the Biden's New IRS Agents or What ? LOL !
Oh come on that wouldnt make these numbers look so glorious to the gullible audience members.😂
@@bmac1629 I assume he pays his crew $20-25 per hour?
I think they operate more like a investment group. A few men pool their cash and UA-cam money brings it back....plus what they actually sell.
You guys are awesome! The ingenuity of the human mind is on full display in all this equipment. I'm getting an education I never knew i wanted. 😆🥰 God Bless!
4:17 don't forget the niche markets though. If the bucket loader has a good engine, it may be easier to sell that alone and scrap the remainder of the machine, and end up with a comfortable medium profit.
Elgin Sweeper is El-jin (soft "j" sound). Made in Elgin, Illinois, for 108 years. Agreed, it would look sweet in Bradenton with your logo!
Alan seems like the cool uncle that knows how to work on everything like your dad but doesn't scream at you for holding the flashlight 1 millimeter off of the bolt he's trying to get to
You've mastered GARAGE PLUS SALES..!! Recouping , rehoming , rejoining and repairing , REAL REWARDS ... getting pieces to become whole - and parts to become useful....your omnidirectional enthusiasm needs your own EBAY EFFORT...LOL
Love these videos guys,keep them coming!
You scored brother 👌 if I were you and hear me out, try and buy that landing strip and hangers, build a fence, plenty of power stock up with food and have you heard of underground bunkers? Just dig a hole and insert a nice unit built to suit
I'm proud of you Dave for where you had to go to today proud of you for your show your crew and the way you are a stand-up American proud of you for going where you went today thank you for everything keep up the awesome work.
Amen to that 😎
Great video thanks Dave Sparks and company
After Desert Storm I worked on some 3K GPH ROWPUs getting them cleaned and shipped to Depot maintenance & storage. That is definitely a maintenance and expense nightmare. Probably best to just dismount the genset and the pumps for sale, remove the RO block guts and maybe use the trailer with container for something. The RO element cartridges and the chemicals will be crazy expensive and must be stored correctly or ruined.
Nice hopefully he sees this comment that's some sound advice
Be kind to each other. Stay safe. Love to all
one of those shuttle stops should be taken up to the top of the mountain to be used as a greenhouse at that compound if the dude is still building after he lost so much in that fire
Weed. 👍
That military a/c cart with the burned tire. Looks like the C-10 we use on the flight line. It should have a smaller "input" side that you would supply bleed air to from a jet turbine. Then you would get cold air from the 2 output side ports on the other side. Mainly used for cooling air on aircraft
Yup, CA02, thats a C10. It actually looks in way better condition than the ones we still use. I wonder if they have any -60s in there (M32-60) power gen and bleed air supply POS.
@@optimumhorse0799 And if there is a -60, I wonder if it's self propelled 🤔
Love HeavyDSparks.
Best entertainment since Overhauling.
I used to pickup empty tank shell cans at Fort Knox in Kentucky. I entered through the Brandenburg gate. Trucks would pull to the right and have two of the hedgehogs placed in front of the truck while they did a very throuogh search.
I'm curious what your cost in labor and transportation for big purchases like these. I can imagine that it would be very expensive.
Off to the Dons house to watch the movie. Love it .
Sound of freedom!!!!
Easiest way to get several hundred out of the hydrojection aerator is to pull the engine. the p224 onan in it is worth more then the rest of the machine. I have wrecked a few.
God bless America 🇺🇸
I keep remembering your near miss with the helicopter sale artist...your last few SALE SNAGS HAVE DECLARED YOU AS THE NEW KING OF ODD LOTS...HAHA GO MAN GO
Bud is a character 😂 funny as hell
Good team work. Good to see that your money is well spent , so far.
Think Dave and Allan need to get that water purifier up to the compound and build a zombie apocalypse safe zone lol
Alan you are a hero , nice team work guys ...❤❤
Dave I am proud that you went to see sound of freedom over making a UA-cam . Your hearts in the right place. Diesel Dave thanks for letting us know. God bless you and your crew.
Love this channel. Love the diesel brothers 💯👍
If Dave keeps buying stuff like this he will eventually come across WhistlinDiesel's dads stolen skid loader.
@heavydsparks as a man who used and trained and trained on them the way we said it when we were in for the rowpu is like rope-u long u or rowp-U