Brings back memories of "Bulldozer" by Stephen Meador which I read as a kid in the 1950's. Loved that story and it left a real impression on me as I still recall the story after 70 years. A young guy recovers a D2 from a lake and uses it to start a contracting business. A real American story of pluck and hard work.
That's amazing that after all those years, someone knew pretty much the exact location it went down. And that your were able to recover it. That wrecker was a beast.
I found a massive RD8 with a tracked logging winch stuck in the Adirondack mountains. Heard about it for years and finally found it! Parked since the early 60s. It took 5 machines and lots of time to get it out. It received a full restoration and was eventually sold to a collector. History lives!
My father cut firewood as a second income in the early 1960's. I remember going with him to "help" him when I was about 9 years old. He gave a bottle of Jim Beam to the bulldozer driver to push some of the logs to one side instead of into the burn pile. This thing was BIG and had a brush rake on the blade that had 2 foot long teeth. He gave me a ride... pushing downed trees- branches and all into a huge burning pile. What a thrill for a 9 year old... and I will never forget that it was a TD-24!
i was told a story of a big bulldozer that sunk in the swampy mud around the gulfport Mississippi airport during ww2. my friend said the last thing they saw was the exhaust pipe still puffing smoke when it went under.
Awesome backstory and recovery. I think I enjoyed the sense community that was obviously present during all the different stages of recovery. Really heartwarming.
Love seeing and hearing about old equipment like this being rescued, Love how it still rolled on it's own tracks, but being submerged in a swamp little to no oxidation was able to occur I mean the blade was still virtually spotless from what I could see. And how about a big shout out to Jim's wrecker service, that is an awesome piece of equipment.
Father-in-law had a td24 it had a cutting spear knife on one end of blade for grubbing, he would dig around big trees and push over the biggest trees,a real beast with 2 stacks,in the evening the red glow from straight pipes looked pretty cool
So I know of a legend of a steam locomotive that the local farmers derailed between Jackson mi and grasslake mi in a swamp on the north side of the tracks.. My friends family just happens to own the only swamp north of the rails on that stretch.. His 93yr old father told the story and it is believed to still be buried there today. Would love to see someone attempt a recovery like this.👍🏻
I love to see historic machinery found and rescued. I appreciate the people going through all it takes to pull off such a task. And that wrecker! That's the meanest wrecker I've EVER seen! Great video! Congrats on successfully getting that dozer out! 👍👏
The sound of those tracks as he was pulling into the last place brought back a lot of memories. We had a TD18 that I pushed a lot of snow with in the early 70s in West Nebraska, loved running that old girl, had a lot of push, and was a lot of fun to work with!
One last thing; did my eyes deceive me, or were drive sprockets turning freely!?!? That's freaking amazing if they were! I wish I was closer, I'd be over to see it in aheartbeat.
Thanks Rich! Check us out on Facebook at Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. Lots of pictures and info about the project. There will also be more UA-cam videos to come in the future.
@@richgallegos5807 Iirc rust can't form or "grow" in fresh water without the presence of sunshine and/or oxygen. I've no idea about salt water. Either way, I too was amazed when I saw the tracks and driveline turning effortlessly.
Man this brings back memories....I was a kid living near there when she sank to the bottom. We found chunks of frozen dirt thrown about a quarter mile by the blast when they tried to free her from the frozen mud. As I recall, Len Grotnes warned them not to do it, but they attempted it anyway. Farmers knew that cattle could be lost that way and I knew of another nearby slough that had reportedly claimed some. There is water water everywhere in that country, and the swamps can be dangerous even in the winter.
That was great to see it pulled out of the hole and seeing the tracks still operating. I'm certain it'll be a runner in short time. That's great that you dug it out of its untimely grave to give it new life.
Amazing that the tracks freed up to roll. I did a recovery of a lost dozer up in Alaska that had been buried 90% in the bog and wasn’t able to get the tracks free until getting it to the shop for a complete rebuild.
I read the article about it in Antique Power. I'm glad I found this video. My mentor's twin brother operates a towing company in Banff Alberta. He's got big rotators like that. It was cool to see one in action. Thanks for posting. Hopefully she'll be running like a top.
There will be. Check out our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. We're we have lots of photos of the rescue and at some point of the restoration.
I use to own a D-8 Cat, cable-Blade, circa 1930's-1940's, similar to this. I had to replace the cable for the blade, if I remember correctly, it took like 97 feet of (1/2" in. / 13 mm) cable, to replace, and have full range of the blade going up and down. Bottom of blade should have enough cable to hang approx. 24 inches below the bottom of tracks.
Great video !!!!! thumbs up soo cool ! My Uncle who would be darn near 100 years old if he were still with us used to tell us when he was a equipment operator how his company in Virginia was running trenching thru the hill top swamps that they lost so much equipment the the plan was abandoned and the equipment for ever lost to the depths of the swamp , I feel bad I did not believe him but this video proves it may very well have been fact. My Unk was a good honest man but that was a hard to believe story I guess he was telling it like it was ........
Very cool.. and a hell of a job that you accomplished.... So many take for granted the sheer will determination, resoses, skills and Ingenuity required to accomplish such a task! Double Thumbs up for a great job. Also best regards to the ppl who filmed and edited the project.
Not only can I not believe you found it!!! But Jim has a bad a$$ wrecker!!! Wow it was great to watch it come up out of the dirt!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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@@zinderkugelus6194 Republicans say we can't have national health care not because it isn't possible, but because in order to do so would basically bankrupt the country, for lesser quality of service.
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Duck SP what year is the dozer, have showed this video to a bunch of my friends that have connections to equipment, etc. everyone is so impressed!! One other question, have looked at some other videos on the 24, did some have a split exhaust manifold with two stacks and some not???
@@LLAHTI1 I'm very glad to hear that! Everybody involved really appreciates the positive feedback. We believe it's a 1959. The serial number lists for the TD-24'S seem a bit confusing. This one has the twin stacks. Far as I'm aware the TD-24'S all had twin stacks. I'm no expert on this topic however.
Grandpa, dad, and some uncles have had a TD6, TD9, TD14A, TD18. Then in the older series T20, TK30, TD40. All of them had blades for snow, manure, and dirt. 1 was a cable, all the rest were hydraulic. All the ones I saw were Holt? hydraulic. On TD6, TD8, TD14A. This was a very neat video. I want to see a video on the back story. A guy that was in town grew up around Roseau Mn told stories about pulling crawlers out of peat bogs, draining them, starting them up, driving them out of there. 1 was buried for 8 years. Nobody here would believe him. Now after seeing this Jim was probably telling the truth! I wish I could go hear and see it run, but it is during combining time. I would be shot if I went. Looking forward for the other videos. Thank you from north east Montana.
That's quite something, how long has it been submerged & every roller/pin i saw was moving freely like it was greased and parked yesterday! Try that with something made in the last 20 years & see what happens lol
Also, getting it running likely will be an exercise in cleaning silt out and reassembling. Would be surprised if it's more than slightly stuck given the conditions it sat in.
That is just incredible, the swampy land preserve it well, it's still rolling, In the past they made thing to last, unlike these days when everything is so weak.
That was awesome. I’m from Abilene TX and don’t believe I can make the pioneer show but I would appreciate if y’all would make some videos of the restoration. There are tons of story’s of local equipment lost to rain storms at the bottoms of the lakes they were digging. It’s just cool to see one come back up
Check out our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. Lots of pictures on there! Also Pioneer Fest August 14th -16th in Perham we'll be featuring The dozer. 99% chance it will be running. Come check it out!
@@ducksp6405 Listening to 'Take The Long Way Home' now. Very fitting. I'll have to subscribe to keep an eye on the old popper. Looked like maybe an old Engineer machine.
@@lewiemcneely9143 that's what we thought. This one definitely took the long way. We're working on a follow-up video now. It'll have more background info, more commentary, and hopefully footage of the dozer up and running.
@@ducksp6405 There were TD-24's I think at Ft. Riley, Kansas. Twin stacks for sure. The old switchover engines with the 3rd valve. Straight drives too. I was there in 70 so it's been a while. It'll run again. The new stuff would look like a soup can if it'd been there half as long as that old rig. GOOD DEAL! Thanks, Duck!
Watched one a few weeks ago, where someone did the same thing with a Soviet era dozer. It came out in similar condition. Engine was free, steering clutches still worked. I've resurrected a few, you definitely got a challenge there!
@@imzackson he actually dove down in the summer. This video is made from two different winters. We found the dozer in 2018 and it finally came out the fallowing winter. The hole stayed open in the summer and he was able to dive.
That's awesome. I've heard stories of a backhoe that sunk in the muck in Western NY. I remember as a kid, you didn't let anything sit on that muck or you would be sunk. Not sure if it's true or not, but it would be fun to find it
We are in the process of putting together a more complete video of the entire recovery and some more background history. Hoping to have footage of it operating again as well.
Love it so much of wat built America or the world in general as I'm lrish is lost gone been scrapped. Work hogs like that were so important expensive did so much but were replaced wore out & forgotten. Nice see some people care appreciate wat came before them top video rescue. Today generation society is all new shiny throw away that very little been saved or cherished cheers thanks.👍☘🇮🇪Godbless🙏
Fallow the project on our Facebook page. "Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc." We have lots of pictures on there that aren't included in this video.
Jim's Towing looks like it is a very professional recovery service, nice to see it at work. My question would be, how did the recovery/tow truck's driver get those cables and chains attached to the dozer while it was still underwater ???
They are a great company! If they got this out, they can get anything out! One of the owners from Jim's is a diver. He went down in the summer and hooked up chains to 3 points. No visibility
@@littleoak6129 One Hellava recovery, glad I got to see it, would like to have seen the cable hookup as well, that must have been hard to get done.... Once again, Thanks to all who took part in the recovery video.
ok , now i get it. I was wondering how or who got down there and hooked up the cables... I assume they hooked up the chains and left them up high with them floats/jugs to make it easy to attach to the tow truck. Where is the back story on this ? Like how did you know it was there and WHY was it there ?
@@warrenmichael918 it's a bit of a local legend. Most people in the area have heard about it through the years. It was constructing snowmobile trails and it broke through the ice.
It was a local legend we wanted to prove true. if people hadn't donated their time and equipment then yes, it would have been very expensive and would not have happened.
Das awesome 🤙 prototype bullies of old are an incentive for today's modern earth movers..but good to see some people with the 'ole-school- enthusiasm' attitude..fond treasured memories.. would like to assist, but please do share updates in the or after the restoration..good luck.. kaapai presente 🦾✌️ Kia ora 👍😜
Awesome project! I’m a little jealous! It sure is rolling nice. I can’t wait to see more of it on here hopefully. I’m from Southwest MN and I’ve always heard stories about old cable dozers and stuff buried in swamps and sloughs in northern Minnesota
It will be on display at the Pioneer Village in Perham. We are planning on having it running for the annual show. It would be great if you could come and see it in person.
I live in SE Wisconsin about 25 miles west of Milwaukee. The "Milwaukee Road" railroad had a spur line that ran from Menomonee Falls , WI to North Lake, Wisconsin. This short line served the communities of Menomonee Falls, Lannon, WI., Sussex, WI., Merton, WI. and North Lake, WI . According to the local historian a steam locomotive and tender derailed just west of Sussex and rolled into a wetlands adjacent to the tracks. The word was the cost of salvage exceeded the value and the locomotive was left and eventually sunk out of site. Fact? Curious story?
The school in a small town about 30 minutes away from where I live bought a surplus p51 Mustang plane sometime around the 50’s. They bought it to work on in the shop class. Long story short they threw all parts and pieces of the plane into a big pit by the school in the 60’s once they were done with it. Then they filled the entire pit with concrete. The plane is still there to this day.
Brings back memories of "Bulldozer" by Stephen Meador which I read as a kid in the 1950's. Loved that story and it left a real impression on me as I still recall the story after 70 years. A young guy recovers a D2 from a lake and uses it to start a contracting business. A real American story of pluck and hard work.
I loved that book as a kid. Read it to my kids. I bought one to read to my grandkids. It's still available as a reprint. Bulldozer by Steven W Meader.
Yes, the guys name was Jim, and the bad guy who tried to mess things up? His name was “Gus Frakes”. Them we’re good stories to read
I read it when I was young!
That's amazing that after all those years, someone knew pretty much the exact location it went down. And that your were able to recover it. That wrecker was a beast.
You dont forget stuff like losing a piece of equiptment that size.
You do mean wreckers like in prural :)
Fantastic that's there's still people out there who save this old girl from certain death ! can't wait to see it working again!
Thanks! Like our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. We have lots of pictures there that are not in this video.
if it ever does
Thank you for bringing an old piece of history back
I found a massive RD8 with a tracked logging winch stuck in the Adirondack mountains. Heard about it for years and finally found it! Parked since the early 60s. It took 5 machines and lots of time to get it out. It received a full restoration and was eventually sold to a collector. History lives!
Glad to hear you were able to recover it!
Obviously it was used for logging. There was a dispute between the land owner and the logger. So... it got parked.
My father cut firewood as a second income in the early 1960's. I remember going with him to "help" him when I was about 9 years old. He gave a bottle of Jim Beam to the bulldozer driver to push some of the logs to one side instead of into the burn pile. This thing was BIG and had a brush rake on the blade that had 2 foot long teeth. He gave me a ride... pushing downed trees- branches and all into a huge burning pile. What a thrill for a 9 year old... and I will never forget that it was a TD-24!
That's an awesome story and some great memories! If you're able stop by and visit us in August.
i was told a story of a big bulldozer that sunk in the swampy mud around the gulfport Mississippi airport during ww2. my friend said the last thing they saw was the exhaust pipe still puffing smoke when it went under.
A fantastic recovery of what could be said as local legend, is now a factual piece of local history. 👍
Awesome backstory and recovery. I think I enjoyed the sense community that was obviously present during all the different stages of recovery. Really heartwarming.
Really enjoyed the video, thanks to all that took part in this rescue.
Love seeing and hearing about old equipment like this being rescued, Love how it still rolled on it's own tracks, but being submerged in a swamp little to no oxidation was able to occur I mean the blade was still virtually spotless from what I could see. And how about a big shout out to Jim's wrecker service, that is an awesome piece of equipment.
It was quite an experience. Utterly mind-blowing the condition of the crawler. It would have never happened without Jim's Towing.
Little or no oxidation.
@@karlricker3291 But now that it's out of that low oxygen environment, it's gonna start rusting pretty fast I would think...
Karl Ricke
Real nice event love old equipment. Nice to see it running. Cudos to you all!!!!
Sheesh. The recovery truck was the real star of the show. What a beast.
That truck made it look easy
A real five axle beast
Father-in-law had a td24 it had a cutting spear knife on one end of blade for grubbing, he would dig around big trees and push over the biggest trees,a real beast with 2 stacks,in the evening the red glow from straight pipes looked pretty cool
So I know of a legend of a steam locomotive that the local farmers derailed between Jackson mi and grasslake mi in a swamp on the north side of the tracks.. My friends family just happens to own the only swamp north of the rails on that stretch.. His 93yr old father told the story and it is believed to still be buried there today. Would love to see someone attempt a recovery like this.👍🏻
The Td series was the dozer I leaned on years ago. Will always be special for me...
I love to see historic machinery found and rescued. I appreciate the people going through all it takes to pull off such a task. And that wrecker! That's the meanest wrecker I've EVER seen! Great video! Congrats on successfully getting that dozer out! 👍👏
The sound of those tracks as he was pulling into the last place brought back a lot of memories. We had a TD18 that I pushed a lot of snow with in the early 70s in West Nebraska, loved running that old girl, had a lot of push, and was a lot of fun to work with!
That was one monster of a machine. I can't believe how good condition it was in. I can't wait to see it come back to life.
Merlin from Merlin’s Old School Garage will have that back to work in no time at all.
Man when I saw how smooth it was rolling I was in shock! That’s amazing!
The engine was loose when it came out too.
Very little oxygen down there so things don't rust. Pretty amazing.
william davidson Near as bad .
Love watching this sort of thing . Like the ‘Take The Long Way Home’ music during the loading. Nice choice.
That is absolutely amazing! Good job on retrieving a bit of history and bringing it back! You all have my respect. God bless.
One last thing; did my eyes deceive me, or were drive sprockets turning freely!?!? That's freaking amazing if they were! I wish I was closer, I'd be over to see it in aheartbeat.
@@richgallegos5807 tracks, sprockets, and engine were all loose.
@@ducksp6405 that is beyond amazing. Can't wait to watch you folks bring it back to glory.
Thanks Rich! Check us out on Facebook at Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. Lots of pictures and info about the project. There will also be more UA-cam videos to come in the future.
@@richgallegos5807
Iirc rust can't form or "grow" in fresh water without the presence of sunshine and/or oxygen. I've no idea about salt water.
Either way, I too was amazed when I saw the tracks and driveline turning effortlessly.
that song fits with the whole scenario; it's definitely taking the long way home.
Man this brings back memories....I was a kid living near there when she sank to the bottom. We found chunks of frozen dirt thrown about a quarter mile by the blast when they tried to free her from the frozen mud. As I recall, Len Grotnes warned them not to do it, but they attempted it anyway. Farmers knew that cattle could be lost that way and I knew of another nearby slough that had reportedly claimed some. There is water water everywhere in that country, and the swamps can be dangerous even in the winter.
What year did this all happen?
@@kotk05 I want to say, about 1973 or 74, something like that. They recovered the cat just a few years ago.
@@nazikiller0164 that's a long time, thx for the update
@nazikiller0164 what's the story about the cat Sounds interesting please tell
That was great to see it pulled out of the hole and seeing the tracks still operating. I'm certain it'll be a runner in short time. That's great that you dug it out of its untimely grave to give it new life.
LOL short time
Amazing that the tracks freed up to roll. I did a recovery of a lost dozer up in Alaska that had been buried 90% in the bog and wasn’t able to get the tracks free until getting it to the shop for a complete rebuild.
The engine was loose too.
I read the article about it in Antique Power. I'm glad I found this video. My mentor's twin brother operates a towing company in Banff Alberta. He's got big rotators like that. It was cool to see one in action. Thanks for posting. Hopefully she'll be running like a top.
Thanks! Check out the other video on my channel of it running.
Hope there's going to be a series on the restoration and preservation of this old classic.
There will be. Check out our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. We're we have lots of photos of the rescue and at some point of the restoration.
I’ve heard story’s of “swamp tractors” all my life, but this is the first one I’ve actually seen.
Always pleased to see videos of this type. Saw it run also. Awesome. Wish I could've taken part.
Wow!! How cool is this?! I'm amazed much of the running gear was not seized. We do not build machinery like this any more! Please post more!
It's in the works. We had it running last fall on gas. Need to work on the diesel side of things coming up this spring.
One of the best stories of have watched on UA-cam. I bet there is a good story to be told behind this piece of Americana! To be continued!
Fallow up on Facebook at Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. Lots of pictures on there. And more to come
I use to own a D-8 Cat, cable-Blade, circa 1930's-1940's, similar to this. I had to replace the cable for the blade, if I remember correctly, it took like 97 feet of (1/2" in. / 13 mm) cable, to replace, and have full range of the blade going up and down. Bottom of blade should have enough cable to hang approx. 24 inches below the bottom of tracks.
Great video !!!!! thumbs up soo cool ! My Uncle who would be darn near 100 years old if he were still with us used to tell us when he was a equipment operator how his company in Virginia was running trenching thru the hill top swamps that they lost so much equipment the the plan was abandoned and the equipment for ever lost to the depths of the swamp , I feel bad I did not believe him but this video proves it may very well have been fact. My Unk was a good honest man but that was a hard to believe story I guess he was telling it like it was ........
Got a nice pond now! Kudos to the guy that went down n hooked up the chains..Fr
Very cool.. and a hell of a job that you accomplished.... So many take for granted the sheer will determination, resoses, skills and Ingenuity required to accomplish such a task! Double Thumbs up for a great job. Also best regards to the ppl who filmed and edited the project.
Thank you! Fallow our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. We have alot of pictures there that are not in this video.
Thanks for posting this video. That was great you could get it out of there. A lot of help and awesome equipment. Keep these videos coming.
I spent many a long day on a TD 24. It was 1957 it was new and so was I !!. I loved that powerful machine
ldr2able I'll bet they were a blast , Gramps had one in the 70s and 80s , and it still would do a lot of Workin a day , even rattle grandma's China .
Not only can I not believe you found it!!! But Jim has a bad a$$ wrecker!!! Wow it was great to watch it come up out of the dirt!! Thanks for sharing!!!
I CONSTANTLY HEAR PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY SAY WE CAN'T DO THAT , WELL YES THE HELL WE CAN DO THAT AND YOUR PROOF . CONGRATULATIONS .
Nothing is imposible When yo u work with the right kind of people.
Thanks. Glad you like it and if you find yourself around Perham Minnesota stop by and see it in person.
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@@zinderkugelus6194 Republicans say we can't have national health care not because it isn't possible, but because in order to do so would basically bankrupt the country, for lesser quality of service.
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How cool to capture all this history in the making!!! Awesome video and adventure people!! I’m impressed!!!
Thanks. It's well on its way to being up and about. Had it running on gas last fall.
Duck SP what year is the dozer, have showed this video to a bunch of my friends that have connections to equipment, etc. everyone is so impressed!! One other question, have looked at some other videos on the 24, did some have a split exhaust manifold with two stacks and some not???
@@LLAHTI1 I'm very glad to hear that! Everybody involved really appreciates the positive feedback. We believe it's a 1959. The serial number lists for the TD-24'S seem a bit confusing. This one has the twin stacks. Far as I'm aware the TD-24'S all had twin stacks. I'm no expert on this topic however.
that is crazy ! Cant believe that the tracks were not seized and they rolled ! very impressive
I've heard many stories of these dozers lost and seen in the Pacific islands.
Great find, good luck.
...dude...awesome! Can't wait to see this old gal running...you folks rock❕
Thanks Tom! We have more pictures that aren't in this video on our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc.
Grandpa, dad, and some uncles have had a TD6, TD9, TD14A, TD18. Then in the older series T20, TK30, TD40. All of them had blades for snow, manure, and dirt. 1 was a cable, all the rest were hydraulic. All the ones I saw were Holt? hydraulic. On TD6, TD8, TD14A. This was a very neat video. I want to see a video on the back story. A guy that was in town grew up around Roseau Mn told stories about pulling crawlers out of peat bogs, draining them, starting them up, driving them out of there. 1 was buried for 8 years. Nobody here would believe him. Now after seeing this Jim was probably telling the truth! I wish I could go hear and see it run, but it is during combining time. I would be shot if I went. Looking forward for the other videos.
Thank you from north east Montana.
That’s probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life
Mike Larry I think the got the idea from some guys in Russia , look for their vids .
Hi theres some great vids of the russian fellers pulling old ww2 tanks out thems bogs.an all are fully armed, as them went thru the ice..poor buggers.
Long ago I drove a 16 here in western Montana for a logging company. Everything looks the same except this one is a little larger. Excellent recovery
As a northern MN logger who's dropped a few machines in the swamps. A couple made it on my channel even. Great video!!!
G'day
Awesome fellas, Nice work getting that machine out the water.
That is the most incredible recovery I have ever seen. My salutes to everyone involved. I only saw 1 TD24 & it was quite a machine in its time
very cool. I could not help but think about that excavator breaking the frozen ground and sinking down next to the dozzer!!
Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing the rescue of some old iron.
That's quite something, how long has it been submerged & every roller/pin i saw was moving freely like it was greased and parked yesterday! Try that with something made in the last 20 years & see what happens lol
Also, getting it running likely will be an exercise in cleaning silt out and reassembling. Would be surprised if it's more than slightly stuck given the conditions it sat in.
43 years
43 years
Wow I'm all over this! Great job guys. Genuinely look forward to next instalment
That is just incredible, the swampy land preserve it well, it's still rolling, In the past they made thing to last, unlike these days when everything is so weak.
I don't know much about bulldozers or crawlers, but thanks for rescuing it.
Wow i am impressed of how good a shape it looks for being sunk
That was awesome. I’m from Abilene TX and don’t believe I can make the pioneer show but I would appreciate if y’all would make some videos of the restoration. There are tons of story’s of local equipment lost to rain storms at the bottoms of the lakes they were digging. It’s just cool to see one come back up
We will be posting more
Nice find and rescue. Big crawlers!
Thank you and just up in Perham!
1091 cubic gas start/Diesel engine I think!
Nice save!
Stop by and see it in person. Would love to see you at the show in August.
VERY AWESOME! Great job guys! Hope you have more video of working on it and hopefully started! Seriously one of the coolest videos I've ever seen
We have a second video on the channel of it running. check it out.
@@littleoak6129 ok great thank you!
That is one beautiful recovery rig.
Tow truck Jim has some very impressive equipment.
I plan on looking for this when I'm up at Perham this summer, Awesome find!
Check out our Facebook page Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc. Lots of pictures on there! Also Pioneer Fest August 14th -16th in Perham we'll be featuring The dozer. 99% chance it will be running. Come check it out!
Un-REAL! And the blade was even still up! The old Corn Popper may pop- again! GOOD JOB and the music was VERY fitting!
Thanks very much! Thanks for watching.
@@ducksp6405 Listening to 'Take The Long Way Home' now. Very fitting. I'll have to subscribe to keep an eye on the old popper. Looked like maybe an old Engineer machine.
@@lewiemcneely9143 that's what we thought. This one definitely took the long way. We're working on a follow-up video now. It'll have more background info, more commentary, and hopefully footage of the dozer up and running.
@@ducksp6405 There were TD-24's I think at Ft. Riley, Kansas. Twin stacks for sure. The old switchover engines with the 3rd valve. Straight drives too. I was there in 70 so it's been a while. It'll run again. The new stuff would look like a soup can if it'd been there half as long as that old rig. GOOD DEAL! Thanks, Duck!
If your not too far from Perham, MN. Come check it out during our show "Perham Pioneer Fest" Aug 15 and 16.
Great music and a worthy cause. Best of luck.
Thanks. We appreciate it.
Watched one a few weeks ago, where someone did the same thing with a Soviet era dozer. It came out in similar condition. Engine was free, steering clutches still worked.
I've resurrected a few, you definitely got a challenge there!
The Stalinetz artillery tractor? I saw that one as well.
Who went down in that swamp and physically hooked the chains?
I was wondering the same thing. What an absolute madman! 😱
One of the owners of the towing company that pulled it out. He's a licensed driver. Very brave fellow.
@@littleoak6129 i'll bet he was a vary cold fellow when he was done lol
@@imzackson he actually dove down in the summer. This video is made from two different winters. We found the dozer in 2018 and it finally came out the fallowing winter. The hole stayed open in the summer and he was able to dive.
That's awesome. I've heard stories of a backhoe that sunk in the muck in Western NY. I remember as a kid, you didn't let anything sit on that muck or you would be sunk. Not sure if it's true or not, but it would be fun to find it
A rotator is a cool truck and crane combo. Great video guys.
Definitely keep us updated on this. Make some more vids on it. Thats awesome.
Will do. 👍 Stay tuned. If you are able please come visit us at the annual Pioneer Fest in August at the Perham Pioneer Village.
@@ducksp6405 would love to. But from Australia.
We are in the process of putting together a more complete video of the entire recovery and some more background history. Hoping to have footage of it operating again as well.
I'm glad You got it from Your family and preserve it.
Love it so much of wat built America or the world in general as I'm lrish is lost gone been scrapped. Work hogs like that were so important expensive did so much but were replaced wore out & forgotten. Nice see some people care appreciate wat came before them top video rescue. Today generation society is all new shiny throw away that very little been saved or cherished cheers thanks.👍☘🇮🇪Godbless🙏
Excellent recovery of long lost machine! Fascinating!
How rewarding to recover something lost for over 40 years...? Wow.
I would hope that we can keep seeing more videos of this machine as you get it going 👌😎👍
We have second video in the works. Since we want to include footage of it running it'll be a little while yet.
Wow! Jims Towing is amazing.
Yes they are. Check out their Facebook page for other cool recoveries.
Take the long way home indeed.
Great job getting it out. I love videos like this.20.ton she is a beast in her day
Thanks. She is still impressive.
That is true determination for a cause that costs more money than it is worth. It is good to own lots of equipment that needs something to do.
Pretty impressive... truly enjoyed the adventure of the TD24 rescued...
Awesome video great work I look forward to seeing it get backup and going
I am so strangely enthralled by this
Fallow the project on our Facebook page. "Pine to Prairie Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Assoc." We have lots of pictures on there that aren't included in this video.
Eagerly waiting for the restoration video!!! Good job getting it out. 👌🏽👍🏽
This really makes my day seeing old iorn come up from the Dead
Glad we could make your day. If you can please visit us at the show in August.
@@ducksp6405 where is the show at in August
@@CASE-580L-MAN Perham Minnesota. Perham pioneer grounds. Check out our Facebook page in the description of this video.
@@ducksp6405 definitely am going to try to make it I love being around old equipment
@@CASE-580L-MAN we'd love to have you stop by the show.
Thanks for this. Bloody entertaining.
I can't wait to see the old girl running again I wish I could work on it and help,I love stuff like this!!
We had it running on gas last fall. This spring the diesel side will be addressed.
Please post more videos of progress this is awesome to see this and all the efforts in this video
We are putting together a second video now.
Jim's Towing looks like it is a very professional recovery service, nice to see it at work. My question would be, how did the recovery/tow truck's driver get those cables and chains attached to the dozer while it was still underwater ???
They are a great company! If they got this out, they can get anything out! One of the owners from Jim's is a diver. He went down in the summer and hooked up chains to 3 points. No visibility
@@littleoak6129 One Hellava recovery, glad I got to see it, would like to have seen the cable hookup as well, that must have been hard to get done.... Once again, Thanks to all who took part in the recovery video.
@@theshadow1559 thanks for the support!
ok , now i get it. I was wondering how or who got down there and hooked up the cables... I assume they hooked up the chains and left them up high with them floats/jugs to make it easy to attach to the tow truck. Where is the back story on this ? Like how did you know it was there and WHY was it there ?
@@warrenmichael918 it's a bit of a local legend. Most people in the area have heard about it through the years. It was constructing snowmobile trails and it broke through the ice.
I'm just curious, but is there any particular reason why this Dozer was recovered?
Was curious myself. I love old machinery, but how is it cost effective to retrieve this?
Probably negative 20k if you consider man and machine hours...
It was a local legend we wanted to prove true. if people hadn't donated their time and equipment then yes, it would have been very expensive and would not have happened.
@@littleoak6129 Well, consider the legend busted! :D
Vince was telling me about this today while he was towing my truck to Fargo, good job on getting it out.
Tell Vince thanks again!!! Great guys at Jim's towing.
This whole thing never would have happened without Vince and the crew at Jim's towing. Awesome people!
Vince and the crew are top notch cant thank then enogh.
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@@littleoak6129 .
In 1947 my dad got operate the first TD 24 introduced in the PNW-building logging roads-Morton WASH-I have pictures
I can't believe that thing still rolls.
Das awesome 🤙 prototype bullies of old are an incentive for today's modern earth movers..but good to see some people with the 'ole-school- enthusiasm' attitude..fond treasured memories.. would like to assist, but please do share updates in the or after the restoration..good luck.. kaapai presente 🦾✌️ Kia ora 👍😜
Awesome project! I’m a little jealous! It sure is rolling nice. I can’t wait to see more of it on here hopefully. I’m from Southwest MN and I’ve always heard stories about old cable dozers and stuff buried in swamps and sloughs in northern Minnesota
It will be on display at the Pioneer Village in Perham. We are planning on having it running for the annual show. It would be great if you could come and see it in person.
think about how many are in Alaska which was lost in permafrost as they build the high way
I live in SE Wisconsin about 25 miles west of Milwaukee. The "Milwaukee Road" railroad had a spur line that ran from Menomonee Falls , WI to North Lake, Wisconsin. This short line served the communities of Menomonee Falls, Lannon, WI., Sussex, WI., Merton, WI. and North Lake, WI . According to the local historian a steam locomotive and tender derailed just west of Sussex and rolled into a wetlands adjacent to the tracks. The word was the cost of salvage exceeded the value and the locomotive was left and eventually sunk out of site. Fact? Curious story?
a shot or two of ether buff out the rough spots should be ready for service in a couple days.
We had it running on gas last fall. Shouldn't take much in the spring to get it to switch over to diesel.
Nice, hope you do some videos of the restoration! Great job!
That is awesome to see come up and out of the dirt and water and on the trailer
The school in a small town about 30 minutes away from where I live bought a surplus p51 Mustang plane sometime around the 50’s. They bought it to work on in the shop class. Long story short they threw all parts and pieces of the plane into a big pit by the school in the 60’s once they were done with it. Then they filled the entire pit with concrete. The plane is still there to this day.