It's easy to judge people in situations like this, but I highly suggest avoiding that, you don't REALLY know why things are the way they are! I agree it is crazy, but I can't tell you how many places I've been to like this! You have to understand the mindset of "idea people" (like me), they have HUGE plans for things and see potential in things that most people don't, even if that means REPURPOSING something... Many times life happens and many of those plans never get accomplished... BUT that doesn't eliminate the desire to accomplish their dreams or ideas, whatever they may be! Plus people who have lived with the depression era mindset, (hang onto EVERYTHING, because YOU NEVER know when you'll need it), bring another dimension to hanging onto things... we live in a throw away society today, they DID NOT, and many times they STILL don't! My opinion would be that MOST times it's NOT greed that makes someone keep things like this, the greed usually comes once someone else inherits the property and all they see is $$$$, even if it's not worth much of anything at all! Trust me, these people, their knowledge, & their collections are disappearing QUICKLY! I've gotten to the point where I just enjoy the people I meet through my crazy journey's & the amazing places they so kindly let me visit, and if I'm able to rescue some of their treasures, then I feel truly honored!
merci beaucoup pour votre réponse qui a beaucoup de sens pour moi, vous êtes bien un sauveteur tant de travail précieux à restauré et à conserver, j’apprécie. Pierre de Vierzon France. thank you very much for your answer which means a lot to me, you are indeed a rescuer so much precious work to be restored and preserved, i appreciate it. Pierre de Vierzon France
G'day Matt, sorry it's been a while mate. The vehicle thing doesn't interest me as much as the old machinery so it was good to see you digging thru all that gold again Fully agree with you on the reasons and values of the ppl that keep soooooo much stuff. It's fantastic that you find such lovely old junk but also kinda sad that it is there to be found😊😢 Recently I came across an old Rockford drill press that I will restore one day, beast of a thing and very rare to find in Tassie. Also great to see that the channel has grown so much👍 All the best mate 🍺
You Sir are Absolutely Correct. And its a Shame we live in a Throw away Society...People dont have a Clue of going without...If they did they would treat the things they have with RESPECT...But thats a Whole other Conversion....You put it TOO A T...with this Message. Thank You for sharing. For a Young Man You have a lot of Insight to why people did these kind of Things Great Job...
Well said, life does happen and time waits for no man. I never judge people like this, what we see as a pile of junk, was once somebody's hopes and dreams.
I can feel the urge to clean up/fix up so many of those things, but I've gotten to a point in life where I know I can't do it all. So I just sigh and admire.
That looks like old heavy iron heaven to me. Few months ago I've rescued an old german camelback drill, which was laying in a field since 1960.Had to disassemble it to fit it through the door of my workshop, and only had to clean and grease it to work properly. Love your channel and attitude!!
Together with channels like "The proper people" about abandoned stuff, it's amazing to me we leave so much valuable stuff to weather away, So much is totally salvageable and usable.
The story behind the building is what interests me. Like did the draw cutter just stop working mid cut. Or did it get turned off one day after work. Then never started again.
Man this is just insane! Its almost criminal that all that machinary is just rusting away...a shame, please do everything you can to save as much as you can!
It's somewhat also because of greed. They rather let stuff rot than give it away cheap. Oh you want this rusted lathe that has been outside for 10 years? That will be 1500$.
@@bfe671 I think thats a bit much, i see it a lot myself, i collect vintage carpentry tools and quite often il open an 100 year old tool box thats been sitting in somebodies garage and its all far past repair, its such a shame because a lot of the stuff i see rot away are thing that people would love to own and cherish.
@@tinytruck1200 keep up your dreams and persue the field you want when I was in high school I attended a trade school and took heavy equipment best decision I ever made if you keep working towards your dream you always achieve it
I feel a CAT 966 'will it start and move' episode coming on! An amazing eclectic selection of old iron and machine tools. I am someone will be interested in some of it rather than it all going for scrap. Thanks for spending the time to share with us.
Oh yeah !! More picking...... this is a man's video right up my alley !! I was getting goosebumps through this entire video !! I haven't seen or used a lot of theses old machines for 20 sum odd years !! All the drills and milling cutters and lathe tooling just laying in the dirt all rusty blows my mind completely . I say yes those drills and cutters can be saved cleaned up and oiled and they should be just fine as long as they are not damaged or deformed .The vice with the tree is classic and holding the wall up !! I would have to take months and sort through it ALL I would be scared I would miss something !! This man loved to work on all types of things and build things and saved and collected my kind of guy !!! You can learn a lot from a guy like this . Wow that service station jack has my last name !! Part one was AWESOME !! Part 2 will be EPIC !! Mike will always be a amazing man in my book some people look down on a guy like this . Some folks don't like to see places like this they think they are horrible to look at you know what I say DONT LOOK THEN !! I say he is part of a lost and dying breed of people who made things and fixed things with there own hands . And wanted to know how this worked or how this looked inside . Something broke they fixed it, and they fabricated there own creations. This is where you help saved some of it from being lost forever I truly love your channel !! 👍👍
That second lowbed trailer is a neat find. It even still has the original Trilex wheels on it! Them ole wheels are getting about as scarce as rocking horse poop to find!
What a gold mine of old machinery! I said to myself What are the chances that there is an old Singer Sewing Machine somewhere in the pile! Lo and behold there it was! ROTFLMAO! Wish I were there with you young fella!
i am sitting here in Melbourne, Australia and just subscribed to your channel. I just love what you're about and share your passion. And not a snake to be seen. Sure not in Oz. lol
Great time watching this, you could show anything and it would be amazing. Thanks to the owner for letting you video this, for letting us see. The effort you have put into the place of late is huge. It builds dreams and inspires those of us that see beneath the rust.
So unbelievable seeing all of these old bits of machinery, most if not all built with the highest quality of any produced in the world. Every piece of every unit should be put back into service. There are so many people out there that would love to see all of these treasures restored.
When you spotted that CAT WHEEL LOADER I could hear the gears grinding in your head! I told you in a previous OLD RED post that you now have the CAT SCRATCH FEVER LOL!
I remember that comment, funny thing is I had already filmed this when you left that comment and my first thought was of that Cat 966 wheel loader!! LOL We'll just have to see!! Old Red would enjoy the company!!
Fantastic, I like to have all no matter what, I know that is impossible but I enjoyed a lot to watch, and you are not alone here, this place is heaven for me too, waiting for the next part of this video.
I'm not really interested in heavy iron myself and at seventy years of age simply could not address all the issues I have seen so far, but by the Gods if I was forty years younger and had a pocket full of cash there are things in there I would truly want. You syrr are in hog heaven.
Wow man if my grandfather was still alive and see this he will cry like a baby he was verry i to this cind of tools and machinery...i wish you the best
That's some place your lucky to be able to see and now these hideaways . with your now how I wouldn't now were to start respect to your friend great video thanks for your time simon
Every cutter can be saved. To sharpen them back you need a specialized machine for that. I use to work in a tractor factory and we had a machine shop dedicated for sharpening tools.
NEW SUBCRIBER. You broke my heart running through all the great equipment. I was drafted into the Army from a large farm. My parents got divorced while I was gone. I was also in Vietnam '68. There was wonderful a junk yard about a mile from our house. We'd go there all the time and the owner was an expert on manufacturing and welding. You walked by a weigh scale I used. I'd pick up the 200 lb pigs and walk them onto the scale to weigh them. We had a lot of that equipment on our farm in our shop. It's all gone because of family crap. I worked hard all my life from age 7. Best to you👍. Eaglegards...
Please, please salvage everything! Every piece of machinery, every small tool, every press, everything! For most of this equipment, the quality will never be made, again. We are trusting you to do what we cannot. Save American made treasures!
@@SalvageWorkshop If you are in the business of rebuilding hydraulic cylinders, it's a god send to have one. You might try reaching out to some local hydraulics shops, to the right guy it's worth the time.
I agree. That is a very valuable piece of equipment to anyone who has enough equipment to justify repairing and installing packing kits in their own shop.
Yes, they can and should be saved ! The steel is so hard and of good quality, the rust pitting if any, will be so minor, it would be hardly noticeable. Just imagine the replacement cost. It's mind boggling. Yes, save them !
Dude, buy it all, repair it, and start a workshop, must be worth several 100,000 of dollars, if not millions. And you are able to repair it all. Incredible what people leave to rot and rust! Cool videos! Keep up the good work!
That old machine shop tells a story of a couple generations of people working there, it was probably never the best machine shop to ever be but I bet they did a lot of work for a lot of people!!!
It's hard to imagine how many lives, stories and different destinies are hidden under the shoots of trees, foliage and mature trees in this old dump of history! Secrets that we will never know or solve! But thanks to you and those like you - something can be brought back to life!
Oh my word, I think I am in heaven watching this, I have run a lot of the machines you were showing in the shop. Would be a life time endeavor to move those machines and bring them to life in a shop and use each machine to rebuild the other machines. Great stuff young man, I envy you with this find and the same time makes me sick to see all those machines going to waste. Thanks for the ride along.
That marvel 6a power hacksaw is fantastic!! I love my 14” Racine. Fantastic saws. Drill bits are fine. Probably just need to be sharpened Those lathes are sweet So many treasures!
@@RRaucina awesome! Mine was 300$ a few months ago. 400$ in spare blades came with it so it was a deal for me at least. It’s well paid for itself cutting up to 6” square stock. A bigger one would be awesome though. Mine was originally in a machine shop and later in someone’s garage used for cutting wood haha 1960s I believe Racine 14” wet saw. I have a video clip on my channel showing it
[8:00] I think the drills would be saveable, because they are (relatively) easy to resharpen if you have the right sharpening jig (or skill).. evaporust and resharpen. The milling cutters might be harder- i suspect the cutting edges would be pitted and you would need a cutter grinder and considerable time to put new edges on them.
What an awesome place, I was having trouble keeping up wanting to explore each frame of the video, i could spend months there just in awe of the various pieces of machinery in the shop let alone the equipment outside. I want to come and set up a camp there to explore from, that property is a gold mine! I hope you are able to save as much of it as you can, good luck with it all and keep on doing what you are doing, it is all fantastic!
“Hey look they got a horse”! I was waiting for you to say something like....the horse, the original “machine” because before the industrial revolution the horse was mans most valuable tool and or machine! Think about it...man would breed different kinds of horses for different kinds of jobs much like man will make different machines to do different jobs today! It just took longer to develop the specific horse for the specific job. Think “Draft Horses”! What a great machine! The original “Horse Power”!😜
You might get hold of Keith Rucker of Vintage Machinery or Adam of Abom79. Do some wheeling and dealing. I know Keith is always on the lookout for K&T milling machine parts and accessories.
IDEA: Once Big Red is up and running around, for sure you will have calls for work/help. The low boy trailer is a no-brainer. Instead of the Kenworth, might consider a sizeable dump-truck. Many times when a Cat is required, so is the need for a dump truck. Cha-ching! And then even a smaller sized excavator is frequently needed. Voila - a new profession that makes great $$. Love the vids by the way.
The seat gets hard on the John Deeres & the safety switch inside the seat doesn't engage = no start or emergancy stop if your moving. I gave up trying to bypass the wiring & replaced the seat + seat belt. Very expensive but keep a seat cover on it now. It is a safety feature & you never know when accidents are gonna happen!
Thomas. YES, that what I thought. Because that WHOLE section raises. For safety NO start. It's got to be in the seat or seat belt area. But unless a guy who works on those Johndeer, skid steers, probably knows it by heart. It's got to be in the seat area. Maybe the switch is NOT making contact ( being old) when cab comes down.
I love seeing places like this. All I see is potential. Pull an old machine out of the dirt. Tear it down, clean it up, fabricate what's missing, put it back into service. Modernize it where it makes sense. Makes me wish I had a proper shop for things like that.
A sight to make one want to cry, not just for the machines and tools but the hard times the owner must have gone through to let things go the way they have.
Kia ora (means Hello in Maori) I so love your mahi (work) that you do in salvaging all these old machines and tools... Things built back in the day were built to last a lifetime..... and it is so great that you are bringing all these old machines and tools back to life after they were discarded for the newer toys to play with. The newer machines and tools of today are not meant to last long as society has become a throw away society... and that is so sad. I love old machinery, tools, cars and motorbikes... the vintage & classic... to see something from its beginnings and wonder about the mind that invented them... to see them in action... or even to try and figure out what the tool was or even how it worked.... Sadly today most things are plastic... and break easily and then thrown away... or they want the latest gadget... when there is nothing wrong with the old. Then society wonders why we have so much rubbish building up... well hello... it isn't that hard to figure it out... Kia kaha (stay strong) and be safe from the covid-19 virus from this kiwi in Aotearoa New Zealand. :-)
Now surely that would pay to have somebody make a clearing put a shed up and collect all of the stuff put tickets on it for sale for the owner instead of it all going to waste rusting and rotting away I’ve not been to a scrapyard for years they are so interesting places nice video mate
Should get those machines running one by one, you should get all that old tooling off the ground and out of the weather, it could all be saved. Keep up the great videos and God Bless
I know there is some good stuff on that property but I am just overwhelmed at what it would take to clean that place up! I can’t even imagine what it would cost! What a disaster!
The only saving grace if you will is the Metal and Its value now .. Could rake in a few bux and might end up at worst cover the costs or best Turn a Profit . I know here where i live you wouldnt have to pay a cent to have this stuff removed, ppl would come take all the metal and pay You for it . Where i live, you just have to put the stuff you dont want (i mean Anything) and within a few hours at most its All gone .. Scroungers and hoarders are abundant here lol ... Cheers.
@@fetus2280 I wonder if the metal even has much value now. I was watching a vid of a guy who removed all of the steel out of an old Titan II missile base (there's a lot) and the outfit he hired said the scrap steel value would only cover their fee for dismantling it. From what I've heard, scrap steel is going for peanuts (relatively) these days. Kind of amazing.
@@Calamity_Jack I was curious now and looked up the scrap price . Right now in the local area here its 225$ pt . So ya its got value .. explains why when i put out scrap here (computer cases and other misc stuff) is gone within the hour of me putting it to the road side . Thats just the Mixed Steel price . Cheers .
Those old 966 loaders hold a special place in my heart. The first place i lived at, up until i was 8 years old, was an apartment in the bottom floor of a house. the landlord lived upstairs and he had one of those machines parked out front. he used it to clear snowing during our harsh Norwegian winters. I'd sit in my bedroom by the window, watching him work that thing for hours during the winters. Pretty sure that's what sparked my interest in heavy equipment and caused me to get an education and eventually a job within the field. Think at some point later in life, I want to get one of those and restore it to mint condition and get it back to work.
I’m sure it’s been said below but places like this make me sad and happy at the same time. Sad that so many of the wonderful tools and machines were built (overbuilt?!) by people long gone to this world, by brands that may no longer exist. BUT, they survive because they were made to last and could be repaired easily enough. They might yet run again if the right person finds them and knows their value. That’s the bit that makes me happy. Sadly places like this won’t exist in one hundred years because nothing we make today would last that long or have enough value to save, never mind the environmental consideration. Enjoy the journey, I’ll stay tuned.
There's a metal stool near a lathe. They're becoming impossible to find. Good support for small tools too. Now don't laugh but I'd go after the metal roofing. Always useful and durable.
This place should be under the strict protection of the conservator of monuments. Not a single machine or tool should be scrapped! I'm waiting for part 2. Greetings from far away Poland :-)
I think the milling machine is not repairable within any economic sense, you can buy them here for less than a thousand dollars, even $500. And no rust!
Caught a glimpse of the sweetheart top line of a windscreen hiding in the undergrowth, so there's probably a Kaiser waiting to be discovered along with that Hudson you already mentioned. Some astonishing stuff in this video so I can't wait for the next one. Absolutely impossible to decide what to save and what to leave, a real treasure trove.
Definitely save the bits and cutters, older made parts tend to keep their cutting edge better than things today. Also with the amount of variety you'd probably never have to buy one again!
Yeah that is true! Problem becomes, hauling it all out of there, then cleaning it, having the proper place to store it, and then organizing it in a way that I can find it when I actually NEED it! It's a LOT more work than you might think! (Don't get me wrong, I still may go for it!)
@@SalvageWorkshop yeah that's true, storage and cleaning is always the thing you over look I have cleaning jobs for finds lined up longer than I care for! If I was there is be grabbing every slab mill I could find, you can never have enough slab mills!
In my opinion when you get more than light rust on HSS tooling the cost of regrinding exceeds the value of the tooling take for example morse taper drill bits easy to regrind the tip but the taper will be pitted the cutting edge on the flutes will be blunt not easy to regrind easier to get one off ebay I agree that the steel is likely to be of good quality
I wonder if the owner would even consider selling all of it. At any price. Most guys who hoard stuff like this (not necessarily saying the current owner did all the hoarding), no amount of money will convince them to part with their treasures. It's like trying to buy their children. That's why when they die their families are stuck having to auction it off.
The phrase “giddy as a school boy” your in awe of the big stuff i saw a bench top drill press and got excited then a “small” in your terms bench vice that i would love to give shed room to. Love it when you rescue old stuff i am enjoying the “old Red “ series but i like it when you take the smalls and make them new agin , anything you do is good with me keep rockin it
It's easy to judge people in situations like this, but I highly suggest avoiding that, you don't REALLY know why things are the way they are!
I agree it is crazy, but I can't tell you how many places I've been to like this! You have to understand the mindset of "idea people" (like me), they have HUGE plans for things and see potential in things that most people don't, even if that means REPURPOSING something... Many times life happens and many of those plans never get accomplished... BUT that doesn't eliminate the desire to accomplish their dreams or ideas, whatever they may be!
Plus people who have lived with the depression era mindset, (hang onto EVERYTHING, because YOU NEVER know when you'll need it), bring another dimension to hanging onto things... we live in a throw away society today, they DID NOT, and many times they STILL don't!
My opinion would be that MOST times it's NOT greed that makes someone keep things like this, the greed usually comes once someone else inherits the property and all they see is $$$$, even if it's not worth much of anything at all!
Trust me, these people, their knowledge, & their collections are disappearing QUICKLY!
I've gotten to the point where I just enjoy the people I meet through my crazy journey's & the amazing places they so kindly let me visit, and if I'm able to rescue some of their treasures, then I feel truly honored!
merci beaucoup pour votre réponse qui a beaucoup de sens pour moi, vous êtes bien un sauveteur tant de travail précieux à restauré et à conserver, j’apprécie. Pierre de Vierzon France.
thank you very much for your answer which means a lot to me, you are indeed a rescuer so much precious work to be restored and preserved, i appreciate it. Pierre de Vierzon France
G'day Matt, sorry it's been a while mate. The vehicle thing doesn't interest me as much as the old machinery so it was good to see you digging thru all that gold again
Fully agree with you on the reasons and values of the ppl that keep soooooo much stuff. It's fantastic that you find such lovely old junk but also kinda sad that it is there to be found😊😢
Recently I came across an old Rockford drill press that I will restore one day, beast of a thing and very rare to find in Tassie.
Also great to see that the channel has grown so much👍
All the best mate 🍺
that is a cool junk yard . i my self would love to get in that machice shop. but im to far . im in illinois. thank you god bless Eugene from illioiis.
You Sir are Absolutely Correct. And its a Shame we live in a Throw away Society...People dont have a Clue of going without...If they did they would treat the things they have with RESPECT...But thats a Whole other Conversion....You put it TOO A T...with this Message. Thank You for sharing. For a Young Man You have a lot of Insight to why people did these kind of Things Great Job...
Well said, life does happen and time waits for no man. I never judge people like this, what we see as a pile of junk, was once somebody's hopes and dreams.
That kenworth and lowboy set up is so perfect. Dang get that running and haul out that old loader!
I can feel the urge to clean up/fix up so many of those things, but I've gotten to a point in life where I know I can't do it all. So I just sigh and admire.
I'm right there with you brother. So much that I'd like to get my hands on but I have no room and I'm getting too old.
If u got even a small work bench start with that
Unbelievable, it nearly makes you cry to see the potential of almost everything there!
That looks like old heavy iron heaven to me. Few months ago I've rescued an old german camelback drill, which was laying in a field since 1960.Had to disassemble it to fit it through the door of my workshop, and only had to clean and grease it to work properly. Love your channel and attitude!!
Together with channels like "The proper people" about abandoned stuff, it's amazing to me we leave so much valuable stuff to weather away, So much is totally salvageable and usable.
The story behind the building is what interests me. Like did the draw cutter just stop working mid cut. Or did it get turned off one day after work. Then never started again.
Man this is just insane! Its almost criminal that all that machinary is just rusting away...a shame, please do everything you can to save as much as you can!
Exately
It's somewhat also because of greed. They rather let stuff rot than give it away cheap. Oh you want this rusted lathe that has been outside for 10 years? That will be 1500$.
The owner should be publicly shamed. This is just a ridiculous amount of waste and neglect. This video was hard to watch
Love the video! I could spend days or weeks just looking through all the cool stuff!
@@bfe671 I think thats a bit much, i see it a lot myself, i collect vintage carpentry tools and quite often il open an 100 year old tool box thats been sitting in somebodies garage and its all far past repair, its such a shame because a lot of the stuff i see rot away are thing that people would love to own and cherish.
This is unbelivable. So many worshop machines, cars and... man this is crazy. I'm so exiting just for watching this video.
I could never walk in a place like this, I'll take it all home
I can definitely agree with this. I would take it all even tho I have no room for it all. 🤣🤣
I DO want to take it all home, but I need a bigger shop first!
@@SalvageWorkshop that's the problem with me. I have a shop, but its tiny. Also I'm only 16 so there's only so much I can do.
Me too
@@tinytruck1200 keep up your dreams and persue the field you want when I was in high school I attended a trade school and took heavy equipment best decision I ever made if you keep working towards your dream you always achieve it
Awesome video, awesome find.... I sold tools, machinery and cutting tools for 41 years and still look at or look for the old stuff. 🔧🗜️⚙️
There is a lifetime of stuff there. Would take a small army of dedicated u-tubers to get that stuff running.
That’s a gosh darn gold mine! Pick wisely what is scrap and what is not.👍
I feel a CAT 966 'will it start and move' episode coming on! An amazing eclectic selection of old iron and machine tools. I am someone will be interested in some of it rather than it all going for scrap. Thanks for spending the time to share with us.
I can't keep watching this video... the envy is just overwhelming... What a candy store
Oh yeah !! More picking...... this is a man's video right up my alley !! I was getting goosebumps through this entire video !! I haven't seen or used a lot of theses old machines for 20 sum odd years !! All the drills and milling cutters and lathe tooling just laying in the dirt all rusty blows my mind completely . I say yes those drills and cutters can be saved cleaned up and oiled and they should be just fine as long as they are not damaged or deformed .The vice with the tree is classic and holding the wall up !! I would have to take months and sort through it ALL I would be scared I would miss something !! This man loved to work on all types of things and build things and saved and collected my kind of guy !!! You can learn a lot from a guy like this . Wow that service station jack has my last name !! Part one was AWESOME !! Part 2 will be EPIC !! Mike will always be a amazing man in my book some people look down on a guy like this . Some folks don't like to see places like this they think they are horrible to look at you know what I say DONT LOOK THEN !! I say he is part of a lost and dying breed of people who made things and fixed things with there own hands . And wanted to know how this worked or how this looked inside . Something broke they fixed it, and they fabricated there own creations. This is where you help saved some of it from being lost forever I truly love your channel !! 👍👍
I like the old cars but love the old machinery. Could spend the rest of my days working on old stuff like that...
save as much as you can. old school machinery,,,,gold!!
That's an incredible collection, hard to believe it would just be left behind like that, very very cool!!
Love old junk yards, if not just to dream, THANX keep up the good work!!!
I don't know about you...but I smell the 'International Brotherhood of You Tube Restorers and Renovators" annual convention !!
Wow there is more then a couple of lifetimes of stories there , each piece of gear has a long story to tell.
"That thing has seen better days" Truer words were never spoken. And a reminder that there was a time when things were made in USA.
That place is amazing. It’s like an outdoor museum.
That second lowbed trailer is a neat find. It even still has the original Trilex wheels on it! Them ole wheels are getting about as scarce as rocking horse poop to find!
What a gold mine of old machinery! I said to myself What are the chances that there is an old Singer Sewing Machine somewhere in the pile! Lo and behold there it was! ROTFLMAO! Wish I were there with you young fella!
i am sitting here in Melbourne, Australia and just subscribed to your channel. I just love what you're about and share your passion. And not a snake to be seen. Sure not in Oz. lol
Just clean everything up and be Amazed . Wow!
Great time watching this, you could show anything and it would be amazing. Thanks to the owner for letting you video this, for letting us see. The effort you have put into the place of late is huge. It builds dreams and inspires those of us that see beneath the rust.
So unbelievable seeing all of these old bits of machinery, most if not all built with the highest quality of any produced in the world. Every piece of every unit should be put back into service. There are so many people out there that would love to see all of these treasures restored.
Hand tool rescue would love this place.
39:35 That massive winch would look awesome on the back of Old Red!!! 👍👍👍👍
When you spotted that CAT WHEEL LOADER I could hear the gears grinding in your head! I told you in a previous OLD RED post that you now have the CAT SCRATCH FEVER LOL!
I remember that comment, funny thing is I had already filmed this when you left that comment and my first thought was of that Cat 966 wheel loader!! LOL We'll just have to see!! Old Red would enjoy the company!!
Fantastic, I like to have all no matter what, I know that is impossible but I enjoyed a lot to watch, and you are not alone here, this place is heaven for me too, waiting for the next part of this video.
I'm not really interested in heavy iron myself and at seventy years of age simply could not address all the issues I have seen so far, but by the Gods if I was forty years younger and had a pocket full of cash there are things in there I would truly want. You syrr are in hog heaven.
Now that's a lifetime supply of tools and machines for you to restore. And I need that fender flare from the Chevy pickup at 33:10 seconds
No thank you for brightening my Sunday afternoon it’s an excellent journey mate
Wow man if my grandfather was still alive and see this he will cry like a baby he was verry i to this cind of tools and machinery...i wish you the best
So much good stuff. I would have a hard time deciding what I wanted the most.
Yeah I have that problem too!
I'd like to have that Kohler generator with the 4 cylinder flathead.
That's some place your lucky to be able to see and now these hideaways . with your now how I wouldn't now were to start respect to your friend great video thanks for your time simon
Every cutter can be saved. To sharpen them back you need a specialized machine for that. I use to work in a tractor factory and we had a machine shop dedicated for sharpening tools.
PLEASE BUY THE TRAILER AND SEMI TRUCK SO YOU CAN MOVE OLD RED! It would be and awesome series!!!
That big CAT 966, wow, would be so cool if you could do like a "will it run?" Video on that!
NEW SUBCRIBER. You broke my heart running through all the great equipment. I was drafted into the Army from a large farm. My parents got divorced while I was gone. I was also in Vietnam '68. There was wonderful a junk yard about a mile from our house. We'd go there all the time and the owner was an expert on manufacturing and welding. You walked by a weigh scale I used. I'd pick up the 200 lb pigs and walk them onto the scale to weigh them. We had a lot of that equipment on our farm in our shop. It's all gone because of family crap. I worked hard all my life from age 7. Best to you👍. Eaglegards...
Love the drone footage! That CAT cylinder machine has got to be saved!!!
Yeah that place wasn't correct without drone footage! The Cat Cylinder machine is still in use by Mike (crazy as that may seem!)
Please, please salvage everything! Every piece of machinery, every small tool, every press, everything! For most of this equipment, the quality will never be made, again. We are trusting you to do what we cannot. Save American made treasures!
Those cylinder breakdown machines, last one I saw go at auction, a fist fight nearly broke out bidding on it.
Interesting!
@@SalvageWorkshop If you are in the business of rebuilding hydraulic cylinders, it's a god send to have one. You might try reaching out to some local hydraulics shops, to the right guy it's worth the time.
I agree. That is a very valuable piece of equipment to anyone who has enough equipment to justify repairing and installing packing kits in their own shop.
They are worth several times their weight in gold.
Cool video looking forward to part two thanks for sharing
Yes, they can and should be saved ! The steel is so hard and of good quality, the rust pitting if any, will be so minor, it would be hardly noticeable. Just imagine the replacement cost. It's mind boggling. Yes, save them !
Without a doubt!! What a treasure trove... And the Machinery, You could make anything !
Dude, buy it all, repair it, and start a workshop, must be worth several 100,000 of dollars, if not millions. And you are able to repair it all. Incredible what people leave to rot and rust!
Cool videos! Keep up the good work!
Must’ve been a magnificent workshop at one time.
I was a kid in a candy store watching this on my small phone screen. It must be amazing to witness this in person.👍👍👍
That old machine shop tells a story of a couple generations of people working there, it was probably never the best machine shop to ever be but I bet they did a lot of work for a lot of people!!!
Ah takes me all the way back to childhood and shopping with mom and grandma. I want this and this and that.
That's an amazing variety of machinery. I would kill to have any of those metalworking machines to restore.
It's hard to imagine how many lives, stories and different destinies are hidden under the shoots of trees, foliage and mature trees in this old dump of history! Secrets that we will never know or solve! But thanks to you and those like you - something can be brought back to life!
I can tell you were in heaven ,and I was your friend on your adventure.
Great vid. 👍
I love going through places like this! You NEVER know what you'll find!
Oh my word, I think I am in heaven watching this, I have run a lot of the machines you were showing in the shop. Would be a life time endeavor to move those machines and bring them to life in a shop and use each machine to rebuild the other machines. Great stuff young man, I envy you with this find and the same time makes me sick to see all those machines going to waste. Thanks for the ride along.
That marvel 6a power hacksaw is fantastic!! I love my 14” Racine. Fantastic saws.
Drill bits are fine. Probably just need to be sharpened
Those lathes are sweet
So many treasures!
I love my Peerless from 1942. Probably 4,000#. $75 at the school shop auction.
@@RRaucina awesome! Mine was 300$ a few months ago. 400$ in spare blades came with it so it was a deal for me at least. It’s well paid for itself cutting up to 6” square stock. A bigger one would be awesome though.
Mine was originally in a machine shop and later in someone’s garage used for cutting wood haha
1960s I believe Racine 14” wet saw. I have a video clip on my channel showing it
@@JustinTopp Nice. I came from Racine and Kenosha too. The industrial heartland
Love all of the old rusty stuff
This is one of the most manly vids I've seen in a while.
Thanks Salvage.
That old stuff is cool mate,
[8:00] I think the drills would be saveable, because they are (relatively) easy to resharpen if you have the right sharpening jig (or skill).. evaporust and resharpen. The milling cutters might be harder- i suspect the cutting edges would be pitted and you would need a cutter grinder and considerable time to put new edges on them.
I could spend days going through all that stuff I love looking through that sort of you could spend the rest of your life restoring and selling it
What an awesome place, I was having trouble keeping up wanting to explore each frame of the video, i could spend months there just in awe of the various pieces of machinery in the shop let alone the equipment outside. I want to come and set up a camp there to explore from, that property is a gold mine! I hope you are able to save as much of it as you can, good luck with it all and keep on doing what you are doing, it is all fantastic!
I could hear you start to drool over the trailer! 😂 ... and then the Semi, to pull "RED".
This is gonna be fun!!!
The low boy and semi would be an awesome rescue
Yes it SURE would!! We shall see!
@@SalvageWorkshop so would the loader and the semi
“Hey look they got a horse”! I was waiting for you to say something like....the horse, the original “machine” because before the industrial revolution the horse was mans most valuable tool and or machine! Think about it...man would breed different kinds of horses for different kinds of jobs much like man will make different machines to do different jobs today! It just took longer to develop the specific horse for the specific job. Think “Draft Horses”! What a great machine! The original “Horse Power”!😜
Thanks for the big monster video. It was awesome!
You might get hold of Keith Rucker of Vintage Machinery or Adam of Abom79. Do some wheeling and dealing. I know Keith is always on the lookout for K&T milling machine parts and accessories.
Exactly who I was thinking of.
IDEA: Once Big Red is up and running around, for sure you will have calls for work/help. The low boy trailer is a no-brainer. Instead of the Kenworth, might consider a sizeable dump-truck. Many times when a Cat is required, so is the need for a dump truck. Cha-ching! And then even a smaller sized excavator is frequently needed. Voila - a new profession that makes great $$. Love the vids by the way.
Amazing. I knew you were in Heaven when the vid started,
I'm looking forward to part two.
It was a BLAST!! Thanks for watching & commenting! Part 2 will be fun!!
@@SalvageWorkshop I can't wait to see what else you take home and then follow you resurrecting it.
All those tools have built America!
The seat gets hard on the John Deeres & the safety switch inside the seat doesn't engage = no start or emergancy stop if your moving. I gave up trying to bypass the wiring & replaced the seat + seat belt. Very expensive but keep a seat cover on it now. It is a safety feature & you never know when accidents are gonna happen!
That is really good to know! Thank you!
Thomas.
YES, that what I thought. Because that WHOLE section raises. For safety NO start. It's got to be in the seat or seat belt area. But unless a guy who works on those Johndeer, skid steers, probably knows it by heart. It's got to be in the seat area. Maybe the switch is NOT making contact ( being old) when cab comes down.
That's a gold mine, good to see it's being documented.
wow that wheel loader honestly looks in great condition all considering
Honestly the thing would probably fire up and drive out of there
I would love to see restore that prime mover and trailer and some of the old milling machines cheers thanks for the great content
I love seeing places like this. All I see is potential. Pull an old machine out of the dirt. Tear it down, clean it up, fabricate what's missing, put it back into service. Modernize it where it makes sense. Makes me wish I had a proper shop for things like that.
You and me both! Potential is EVERYWHERE! I love that!
@@SalvageWorkshop Me too
A sight to make one want to cry, not just for the machines and tools but the hard times the owner must have gone through to let things go the way they have.
It is so sad to see all that great stuff rotting. Rescue it all!
I love those machines in the machine shop and heavy equipment.
I'd have to rescue everything there, what an amazing place.
most of it is to far gone to rescue
I agree! I just need a MUCH bigger shop! There is plenty left worth saving!! We'll just have to see!
@@Bill-xc8le Sadly, true.
You can never have a big enough shop- for long! It always fills up.
@@SalvageWorkshop I hope you really realize how lucky of a find that is. There aren’t many old in touch machine shops like that
Kia ora (means Hello in Maori) I so love your mahi (work) that you do in salvaging all these old machines and tools...
Things built back in the day were built to last a lifetime..... and it is so great that you are bringing all these old machines and tools back to life after they were discarded for the newer toys to play with.
The newer machines and tools of today are not meant to last long as society has become a throw away society... and that is so sad.
I love old machinery, tools, cars and motorbikes... the vintage & classic... to see something from its beginnings and wonder about the mind that invented them... to see them in action... or even to try and figure out what the tool was or even how it worked.... Sadly today most things are plastic... and break easily and then thrown away... or they want the latest gadget... when there is nothing wrong with the old.
Then society wonders why we have so much rubbish building up... well hello... it isn't that hard to figure it out...
Kia kaha (stay strong) and be safe from the covid-19 virus from this kiwi in Aotearoa New Zealand. :-)
Teenei te mihi ki a koe Andrea..Another fellow kiwi here from the Waikato👍🏾
Now surely that would pay to have somebody make a clearing put a shed up and collect all of the stuff put tickets on it for sale for the owner instead of it all going to waste rusting and rotting away I’ve not been to a scrapyard for years they are so interesting places nice video mate
Should get those machines running one by one, you should get all that old tooling off the ground and out of the weather, it could all be saved. Keep up the great videos and God Bless
I know there is some good stuff on that property but I am just overwhelmed at what it would take to clean that place up! I can’t even imagine what it would cost! What a disaster!
The only saving grace if you will is the Metal and Its value now .. Could rake in a few bux and might end up at worst cover the costs or best Turn a Profit . I know here where i live you wouldnt have to pay a cent to have this stuff removed, ppl would come take all the metal and pay You for it . Where i live, you just have to put the stuff you dont want (i mean Anything) and within a few hours at most its All gone .. Scroungers and hoarders are abundant here lol ... Cheers.
@@fetus2280 I wonder if the metal even has much value now. I was watching a vid of a guy who removed all of the steel out of an old Titan II missile base (there's a lot) and the outfit he hired said the scrap steel value would only cover their fee for dismantling it. From what I've heard, scrap steel is going for peanuts (relatively) these days. Kind of amazing.
@@Calamity_Jack I was curious now and looked up the scrap price . Right now in the local area here its 225$ pt . So ya its got value .. explains why when i put out scrap here (computer cases and other misc stuff) is gone within the hour of me putting it to the road side . Thats just the Mixed Steel price . Cheers .
Incredible, i never see thing like machines, trucks, cars, tractors and everything like that abandoned. Part 2 soon please
Those old 966 loaders hold a special place in my heart.
The first place i lived at, up until i was 8 years old, was an apartment in the bottom floor of a house. the landlord lived upstairs and he had one of those machines parked out front. he used it to clear snowing during our harsh Norwegian winters.
I'd sit in my bedroom by the window, watching him work that thing for hours during the winters. Pretty sure that's what sparked my interest in heavy equipment and caused me to get an education and eventually a job within the field.
Think at some point later in life, I want to get one of those and restore it to mint condition and get it back to work.
Do it! And film it please.
That is AWESOME!! Isn't it crazy the things that affected our passions and what we decided to do with our lives?!? Thanks for sharing yours!
@@SalvageWorkshop 966A = future project!
I’m sure it’s been said below but places like this make me sad and happy at the same time. Sad that so many of the wonderful tools and machines were built (overbuilt?!) by people long gone to this world, by brands that may no longer exist. BUT, they survive because they were made to last and could be repaired easily enough. They might yet run again if the right person finds them and knows their value. That’s the bit that makes me happy.
Sadly places like this won’t exist in one hundred years because nothing we make today would last that long or have enough value to save, never mind the environmental consideration. Enjoy the journey, I’ll stay tuned.
Overbuilt?? America bro
Matt that is a lifetime of work if you stayed right there. Cool tour. Thank you.
There's a metal stool near a lathe. They're becoming impossible to find. Good support for small tools too. Now don't laugh but I'd go after the metal roofing. Always useful and durable.
Ah...so much cool stuff. Would love to check that stuff out....
This place should be under the strict protection of the conservator of monuments. Not a single machine or tool should be scrapped! I'm waiting for part 2. Greetings from far away Poland :-)
I think the milling machine is not repairable within any economic sense, you can buy them here for less than a thousand dollars, even $500. And no rust!
@@RRaucina Machines too have the right to die. There's lots of precious metals there and they ought to be recovered.
@@RRaucina Right
Right
WOWZERS! Your friend has amassed a nice collection of tools & machines over the years.
Again, I can hear you say "SCORE!" all the way here in 'L-TOWN' A.K.A Lancaster, SC!
Caught a glimpse of the sweetheart top line of a windscreen hiding in the undergrowth, so there's probably a Kaiser waiting to be discovered along with that Hudson you already mentioned. Some astonishing stuff in this video so I can't wait for the next one. Absolutely impossible to decide what to save and what to leave, a real treasure trove.
if you can't get to all of it, definitely try to get it to some other ppl, there's for sure a lot of people who would love the opportunity!
I did enjoy this. I've been junktarding for 60 years but I've never seen anything quite like this. This is definitely different.
Definitely save the bits and cutters, older made parts tend to keep their cutting edge better than things today.
Also with the amount of variety you'd probably never have to buy one again!
Yeah that is true! Problem becomes, hauling it all out of there, then cleaning it, having the proper place to store it, and then organizing it in a way that I can find it when I actually NEED it! It's a LOT more work than you might think! (Don't get me wrong, I still may go for it!)
@@SalvageWorkshop yeah that's true, storage and cleaning is always the thing you over look I have cleaning jobs for finds lined up longer than I care for! If I was there is be grabbing every slab mill I could find, you can never have enough slab mills!
@@SalvageWorkshop Yes, be careful that in 40 years someone is not making a video of YOUR hoarded mess!
All those cutters and drills can be cleaned and sharpened. steve summers has videos on his channel showing how.
In my opinion when you get more than light rust on HSS tooling the cost of regrinding exceeds the value of the tooling take for example morse taper drill bits easy to regrind the tip but the taper will be pitted the cutting edge on the flutes will be blunt not easy to regrind
easier to get one off ebay I agree that the steel is likely to be of good quality
Can not believe I watched an hour of a guy walking thru a junk yard but I LOVED it. Thanks
So much potential and so little time
The machine shop - I'll take all of it.
I initially thought that, up until I remembered my shop is already FULL!! LOL!!
I wonder if the owner would even consider selling all of it. At any price. Most guys who hoard stuff like this (not necessarily saying the current owner did all the hoarding), no amount of money will convince them to part with their treasures. It's like trying to buy their children. That's why when they die their families are stuck having to auction it off.
The phrase “giddy as a school boy” your in awe of the big stuff i saw a bench top drill press and got excited then a “small” in your terms bench vice that i would love to give shed room to. Love it when you rescue old stuff i am enjoying the “old Red “ series but i like it when you take the smalls and make them new agin , anything you do is good with me keep rockin it