This is truly a magnificent accomplishment. You folks have given the world a great gift by making sure this machine is preserved and operating for the future. Well done.
id rather see it restored with correct paint and allll labels,,,,it would last longer then and not just look like some junk piece of crap to others who dont know the history they are looking at,,,,but its yours,,,,do as you like,,,its proly not gonna have love next time after all of us are gone and will proly go to the scrap man then,,,
That is truly some HEAVY WORK !! Beautiful job Sir..............I am happy to see that your Holt 120 didn't make it into the scrap runs of W.W. 2, She is a very important piece of American History. From what your team has accomplished, She will live on another 100 years. Hopefully............. I had an M-29 Weasel in the mid- 2000's. The track weighed 300 lbs. per side and it had 32 bogie wheels in total. Very fun but very labor intensive. Although once it was finished, it ran very well.
i hope you chaps had as much pleasure restoring this wonderful beast as i had watching this film,thank you very much , i think we have one of these in england, it turns up at the great dorset steam fair most years
wow thanks for the upload. What a machine. Good to see the few old machines that are left are being brought back to life. Warms the heart to see history being revived for the future generations
Could you only imagine how futuristic this must have looked back then. I think that is something we have lost it's impossible to be surprised as much as the past could have been so many new technologies and inventions the number of newly created large machines is basically zero and what we have now they just don't look lime anything we haven't seen before.
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! Thanks a lot for rescuing restoring making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved people.
there is a smaller version of this tractor that came back from france after the first WW we found it in a shed in kent (uk) it is now restored and is in east of england. It has same frame but has a 4 cylinder engine
What a marvellous machine! -- a half-track steered with a giant wheelbarrow-wheel! I can now better understand the problems faced by the designers -- and crews! -- of the early tanks. Great kudos, gentlemen.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! What a find! What a success. Magnificent! Congratulations and Thanks! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Quelle trouvaille! Quel succès. Magnifique! Encouragements Félicitation et Merci!
I recognize the engine in that Holt tractor. It's out of a 1977 Honda Civic! I'd heard that that engine was used in large tractors, like the 1975 Caterpillar D10, but I didn't realize they put them in tractors from the early 1900s too! Lol
This truly is a RARE machine. Think of all the other old odd machinery that got melted for scrap. I am glad there are two of these beast alive and running in the world. These were used in World War 1 to pull stuff. There's a publisher out there that has two books on the history of these old girls. They truly are Amazing. Developing 120 horsepower at Low rpm. Thank you for restoring this old girl. She is Lovely.
Love the thinking back then. Lets build this GIANT roof on this thing... Where should we put the drivers seat? Uhhh. Half way hanging out under the roof.
Ah the good old days of arm-strong power steering, most people don't remember the hazards before power steering, broken arms were not uncommon. What is the weight of this tractor and what is the bore and stroke? Amazing video, brings back memories of some of us seniors. Thank you for your time and efforts in this project.
Just think of the work this tractor could do with a plow or a big disk behind it as compared to what horses could have done this is a monster of a machine I'm sure glad it's been saved
I have to personally thank you for doing what you all did. This is a mammoth project to make this track machine go again. God bless you for saving our history as many young would of just called this task to great. How did you find the Holt ??? Keep up the great work too.
Thank you for the kind words. It was a fun project and a good learning experience. A friend of ours found the tractor in Fairbanks, Alasks. If I recall correctly, he had heard rumour of it from a buddy and started to ask locals around town until he found someone who confirmed it existed and knew where it was. It took him a while but he managed to make a deal with the old owner and he brought it to us to restore it. Now it lives an easy life in California where it can be enjoyed by all.
Wow! What a terrific video! Have you guys noticed the whole time that the cooling fan wasn't spinning like it should be? I'm just so amazed that it made it on the trailer. This "would have" been such a great treasure (if the gas (or water) didn't burst out at the end) and could make it to the tractor show at the county fair. Is that where it was going?.
I love old machinery. You had to be a REAL MAN back then to operate something with so many heavy moving parts just waiting to grind the clumsy or inattentive operator into mincemeat
You no doubt know of the Holt that was restored here in Australia some years ago. it was used to haul trailers loaded with wool bales from Out back New South Wales, Willcania, to railheads at a time when there were no roads and wool had been carried by dray s pulled by teams of horses. One thing i find interesting about holts is they all seem to have exhaust stacks and no mufflers.
Thank you. For the tracks, we had to make wooden patterns and have new sets cast at a foundry. Then we also had to machine them to fit. It wasn't cheap.
Sweet Engine , now all you need is some power steering fluid replace the fan motor seems like the switch to turn it on is broken and replace the bearing for the steering wheel there seems to be a bit of slop there :)
Believe it, or not, that is the differential/drive gear of this tractor. It's just a TON bigger and open rather than enclosed. Still the same idea with a pinion and ring gear but a little different. Rather than acting as a true differential, there are manually operated clutches in the gears that allow for power to be split between both sides.
What kind of spark plugs does that beautiful beast use? Also, isn't that a magneto ignition? One thing I like about old machines like this are the big pto flywheels. I'm intermittently searching for a vehicle of some sort with the extra shaft going through the water pump, the mag, and whatever else. I just love to see the extra shaft do it's thing while the engine runs. Much more entertaining than the belt drive system, but unfortunately, less economical. Great video! Absolutely love the design of this machine. Very reminiscent of steampunk art, but better.
What's the capacity of that engine? If it was the same rating system as our "60HP" Dennis from 1916 I would guess at 18 litres. But somehow I suspect it's even more than that?
I don't remember the exact number unfortunately, but if I recall correctly, it was almost 35L. It's a very big engine. Effectively a 6 cylinder version of a 75.
The first guy to own this had a 200 acre farm..............He could only farm 10 acres because it took 190 acres to turn it around.............lol What an awesome machine! Tractors have come a long long way.................................................
I’ve always thought of the times when men used this equipment I can only imagine that in that era these examples are similar to dinosaurs, compared to today’s nimble machines, it probably amazed them as it amazes us now.
Powder River You're correct. Many actually feared these crazy new machines that they didn't understand. Many areas actually made laws that steam tractors and other things had to towed by horses when being moved from location to location. They were not allowed to operate on public roads until several years after such machines became common and more understood.
What's funny is that thing is still more than capable of earning its keep. It may be far far larger than a modern tractor of similar drawbar pull but there's no reason it couldn't go right back to work again. THey built those things like tanks.
Mick - Replying to your comment of being born back then - Well me too { UK } i use to love the tv show the " Waltons " when i was a child - Just felt like home to me ?? Odd
Yes it is. I was part of the group that was hired by Tom Madden to rebuild it. Paso Robles is where he lives and his native museum so when it was completed, that's where the truck at the end of the video took it.
So, there was no belt for the fan to help keep the radiator cool so as not to blow like that? Though I do understand it is not like a belt you could go to a parts store or online to simply buy.
Azri'el Collier We had made a brand new belt for the fan that morning and put it on the tractor. However, as we found out the tensioner wasn't hooked up correctly so the fan wasn't spinning properly. We also didn't have the water tank done yet. So since we were already late getting it on the truck, we just plugged the ends and ran it since we knew there was tons of water in it. It never got too hot, we kept a close eye on it despite a plug popping out. When it was unloaded at the show, a couple of our guys went with it and put the finished water tank on and got everything fixed and working.
They had tensioners back then? Did not know that. Just thought it was set up a fixed system, belt on, bolt everything in place, good to go. Went to the link site and saw it running in the show and looks and sounds great. Ya'll did a great job. Love to see old tech up and running.
Great restoration job. I've never seen one of these before, but were there many made as is seems so difficult to operate, and so dangerous with all those unguarded moving parts. Also was it useful as a tractor as it seems to want to stall just getting it to move?
Thank you! There were very many of these types of tractors around WW1. This tractor was one of the largest versions so not as many were made but they still saw significant use. Relative to tractors of the time, this tractor is not hard to operate and is actually very simple if you've had the chance to drive it around a field once or twice. As for all of the moving parts, that was pretty average though we didn't have all of the guards on in this video. The tractor was very useful for pulling large artillery pieces, large farm implements, or roadbuilding. This very tractor was used to build rail lines up in Alaska. The reason you see it stalling is because we had just finished installing brand new tracks on the tractor and new tracks tend to be very stiff. After a few hours of running, it will loosen up and start much easier.
Thanks for your reply, really interesting thanks for the info, I guess it was state of the art back then. Like I said I've never seen one before so probably none were ever brought over here to the UK. Looking forward to seeing more videos of it. Great job.
There are a few of the smaller models around there. They were used in WW1, mostly in France I think. But i have seen videos of a few around in the UK, just have to find them.
my question is how the hell does it steer? does it decrease speed to one side of the tracks when turning that front wheel, I wouldn't think it'd rely on that little thing up front
What I am wondering is if the radiator you are fixing with new tubes fit a 1905 Buda-Lanova engine ??? The unit is a enclosed power engine diesel. The nameplate says it is a truck engine if I remember correctly. The Holt is one sweet running machine you guys have worked on. The engine has compression release, does it not ??? Good luck and thanks for saving our history too. vf
This is truly a magnificent accomplishment. You folks have given the world a great gift by making sure this machine is preserved and operating for the future. Well done.
This tractor now is located at the Paso Robles pioneer museum
@@Wage_gap_gaming probably never to run again unless they run equipment regularly ..some museums are scared to run equipment
Fantastic sound! It is wonderful that you managed to restore such a beautiful and historically important machine.
What a beast.
No wonder you always used to see Old Timers with missing fingers and stuff.
I just love the sound off the engine. They built that to last for years. Thank you for restoring this beast. Thank you for the video of this beast.
-Years- dekades
How absolutely magnificent! The soundtrack to this video alone is pure gold!
LOVE that you didn't fully restore it (paint, etc), it's a survivor and it should look like one!
@@Tadfafty You could spray it with anti-corrosion fluid that would protect it yet leave it looking much the same?
id rather see it restored with correct paint and allll labels,,,,it would last longer then and not just look like some junk piece of crap to others who dont know the history they are looking at,,,,but its yours,,,,do as you like,,,its proly not gonna have love next time after all of us are gone and will proly go to the scrap man then,,,
That is truly some HEAVY WORK !! Beautiful job Sir..............I am happy to see that your Holt 120 didn't make it into the scrap runs of W.W. 2, She is a very important piece of American History. From what your team has accomplished, She will live on another 100 years. Hopefully.............
I had an M-29 Weasel in the mid- 2000's. The track weighed 300 lbs. per side and it had 32 bogie wheels in total. Very fun but very labor intensive. Although once it was finished, it ran very well.
@ DRH: If that's you in the picture ..... Thank you for your service.
You have to call OSHA a week in advance just to stand 10 feet from the thing. I love it A++
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OSHA is BS!
i hope you chaps had as much pleasure restoring this wonderful beast as i had watching this film,thank you very much , i think we have one of these in england, it turns up at the great dorset steam fair most years
WOW Hat's off to all of the guys that got her running. That radiator is amazing!! Great video thank you for all of your work.
The ''120'' was a fantastic maskin!!!!..... the engine maravelous!!!.... Bravo for them!!!!!.....
Great video! Keeping the old iron running is becoming a lost art.
I'm thrilled just to get my lawnmower running!
Snatched from the decaying clutches of time. Great to see what the fruits of hard work and capable hands can accomplish! Thumbs up!
there is a cat gasoline 5 abandoned near me in north alabama,,,,id like to see someone get it going again,,,,seems to be all complte,,,
wow thanks for the upload. What a machine. Good to see the few old machines that are left are being brought back to life. Warms the heart to see history being revived for the future generations
Nice video
Great machine
V Good restoration 😄🤠
Could you only imagine how futuristic this must have looked back then. I think that is something we have lost it's impossible to be surprised as much as the past could have been so many new technologies and inventions the number of newly created large machines is basically zero and what we have now they just don't look lime anything we haven't seen before.
THE VANDAL ... It was futuristic in the manner of not being steam driven as the previous ones of 30+ years earlier.
An amazing piece of history
Nifty neato! That woulda been tons of fun. Nice job!
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! Thanks a lot for rescuing restoring making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all involved people.
Absolutely amazing,well done to the guys that got this up and running. A great video,thanks for uploading it.
Happy 100 th birthday! Looking good for its years.
Very cool! Amazing old equipment
Amazing machine! thanks for reviving this fantastic piece of history !
Love it. Thank you for your dedication to this project.
Wow 102 years old nice 👍
there is a smaller version of this tractor that came back from france after the first WW we found it in a shed in kent (uk) it is now restored and is in east of england. It has same frame but has a 4 cylinder engine
you know its an old tractor when the engine is a kick start
Awesome video so thanks for posting bro.
I like machines that require operators to have 40 years + mechanics engineering knowledge to adjust 5 knobs and 8 valves before moving 5 feet.
Eric Mumford ---sir it was not quite that dad as l remember it. Lol, lol maybe for trains.
Separates the real.operators from the children playing in the sand
Wery nice that somebody save this kinde of machinery🇩🇰👍😎
Good job
What a marvellous machine! -- a half-track steered with a giant wheelbarrow-wheel!
I can now better understand the problems faced by the designers -- and crews! -- of the early tanks.
Great kudos, gentlemen.
Love the senior equipment.
if it has a lower speed, id like to see it used,,,,sometimes these things not in lowest gear can get away from you....
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! What a find! What a success. Magnificent! Congratulations and Thanks!
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Quelle trouvaille! Quel succès. Magnifique! Encouragements Félicitation et Merci!
All those safety barriers and signs and emission control features must have driven the old timers crazy!
Nice old beast....A million ways to get killed, dangerous looking, I love it
What an incredible machine!
Was a modern marvel in it's day
The start of the caterpillar company.... wow, what a sight.
I recognize the engine in that Holt tractor. It's out of a 1977 Honda Civic! I'd heard that that engine was used in large tractors, like the 1975 Caterpillar D10, but I didn't realize they put them in tractors from the early 1900s too! Lol
This truly is a RARE machine. Think of all the other old odd machinery that got melted for scrap. I am glad there are two of these beast alive and running in the world. These were used in World War 1 to pull stuff. There's a publisher out there that has two books on the history of these old girls. They truly are Amazing. Developing 120 horsepower at Low rpm. Thank you for restoring this old girl. She is Lovely.
Love the thinking back then. Lets build this GIANT roof on this thing... Where should we put the drivers seat? Uhhh. Half way hanging out under the roof.
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Ah the good old days of arm-strong power steering, most people don't remember the hazards before power steering, broken arms were not uncommon. What is the weight of this tractor and what is the bore and stroke? Amazing video, brings back memories of some of us seniors. Thank you for your time and efforts in this project.
Love it! I'm building a 1.35 scale one from Roden ww1 towing the Howitzer and limber
Brings tears to my eyes so beautiful sounds amazing guys
Just think of the work this tractor could do with a plow or a big disk behind it as compared to what horses could have done this is a monster of a machine I'm sure glad it's been saved
This is better than Mad Max and Star Wars together!!! ;-)
I have to personally thank you for doing what you all did. This is a mammoth project to make this track machine go again. God bless you for saving our history as many young would of just called this task to great. How did you find the Holt ??? Keep up the great work too.
Thank you for the kind words. It was a fun project and a good learning experience. A friend of ours found the tractor in Fairbanks, Alasks. If I recall correctly, he had heard rumour of it from a buddy and started to ask locals around town until he found someone who confirmed it existed and knew where it was. It took him a while but he managed to make a deal with the old owner and he brought it to us to restore it. Now it lives an easy life in California where it can be enjoyed by all.
32 dislikes?Looks like these people don't know anything about HISTORY then
Andrew Jowsey 70 now😠
105 almost 120
How amazing
I love the tune she plays, but I bet the driver looked forward to stopping at the end of the day! (80 years ago)
Wow. I honestly didn't think it would be that high geared!
i wonder if it has a lower range?
Wow! What a terrific video!
Have you guys noticed the whole time that the cooling fan wasn't spinning like it should be?
I'm just so amazed that it made it on the trailer. This "would have" been such a great treasure (if the gas (or water) didn't burst out at the end) and could make it to the tractor show at the county fair.
Is that where it was going?.
Doesn't know if it wants to be a steam roller, a tank, a tractor........
hi this is a very good video 10 out of 10 bob in the uk
That thing is cool
I love old machinery. You had to be a REAL MAN back then to operate something with so many heavy moving parts just waiting to grind the clumsy or inattentive operator into mincemeat
Love that "power steering" !!! LOL !!! Beautiful old BEAST !! Love it !!
Magnificient and it must have huge Torque;)
How is it steered. A combination of steering on the front wheel and the ability to lock one set of tracks over the other ???? Very interesting
what a Magnificent monster
You no doubt know of the Holt that was restored here in Australia some years ago. it was used to haul trailers loaded with wool bales from Out back New South Wales, Willcania, to railheads at a time when there were no roads and wool had been carried by dray s pulled by teams of horses. One thing i find interesting about holts is they all seem to have exhaust stacks and no mufflers.
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omg dude new track chains where would you even begin to look for those awesome
Thank you. For the tracks, we had to make wooden patterns and have new sets cast at a foundry. Then we also had to machine them to fit. It wasn't cheap.
i was going to buil;d something in a game i play but forgot
it was a fork lift.... thanks for reminding me without even knowing it
Driver is very skilled.
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It’s a shame it’s all gone now! Allen had all kinds
of neat old stuff around in the day
Eine Super Traktor, sehr schöner Film :-)
Great sounding engine with Armstrong power steering I see!
Sweet Engine , now all you need is some power steering fluid replace the fan motor seems like the switch to turn it on is broken and replace the bearing for the steering wheel there seems to be a bit of slop there :)
They know their stuff, really,
What is the purpose of the big rotaing wheel behind the driver? Just a flywheel or a connection for driven equipment behind the machine?
Believe it, or not, that is the differential/drive gear of this tractor. It's just a TON bigger and open rather than enclosed. Still the same idea with a pinion and ring gear but a little different. Rather than acting as a true differential, there are manually operated clutches in the gears that allow for power to be split between both sides.
@@TheIronRanch Thanks for explaining, I was wondering about those too,
now I know.
I just subscribed to your channel and hello from New Hampshire.
The old beast had to take a leak after getting itself on the trailer
Damn... That thing looks Steampunk AF!
The most dangerous and beautiful vehicle on UA-cam
magnifique engin, bravo !
I think it needs power steering! :-)
Great job getting it running again!
What kind of spark plugs does that beautiful beast use? Also, isn't that a magneto ignition? One thing I like about old machines like this are the big pto flywheels. I'm intermittently searching for a vehicle of some sort with the extra shaft going through the water pump, the mag, and whatever else. I just love to see the extra shaft do it's thing while the engine runs. Much more entertaining than the belt drive system, but unfortunately, less economical. Great video! Absolutely love the design of this machine. Very reminiscent of steampunk art, but better.
It was getting hot ! Need fan belt?
Amazing
What's the capacity of that engine? If it was the same rating system as our "60HP" Dennis from 1916 I would guess at 18 litres.
But somehow I suspect it's even more than that?
I don't remember the exact number unfortunately, but if I recall correctly, it was almost 35L. It's a very big engine. Effectively a 6 cylinder version of a 75.
100 Years old today.
its wonderfull
Lot easier to steer when it's mooving
when your steering wheel comes adrift - that is a real problem!
power plant sounds strong
👍👍👍 from Germany!
The first guy to own this had a 200 acre farm..............He could only farm 10 acres because it took 190 acres to turn it around.............lol What an awesome machine! Tractors have come a long long way.................................................
I hope they are delivering that to me!
How much for the Mack Truck Sign on the Barn I would love to have that !!!!
Not for sale, sorry. Glad you like it though!
I’ve always thought of the times when men used this equipment I can only imagine that in that era these examples are similar to dinosaurs, compared to today’s nimble machines, it probably amazed them as it amazes us now.
Powder River You're correct. Many actually feared these crazy new machines that they didn't understand. Many areas actually made laws that steam tractors and other things had to towed by horses when being moved from location to location. They were not allowed to operate on public roads until several years after such machines became common and more understood.
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What's funny is that thing is still more than capable of earning its keep. It may be far far larger than a modern tractor of similar drawbar pull but there's no reason it couldn't go right back to work again. THey built those things like tanks.
Mike Smith And what a shit hole America is!
Mick - Replying to your comment of being born back then - Well me too { UK } i use to love the tv show the " Waltons " when i was a child - Just felt like home to me ?? Odd
When you absolutely, must, without a doubt pick up and move the court house out of the town square!
Was it named the "120" because that would be the circumference of your biceps after driving that thing around for a week?
Wow.now this is my favourite bank robbery escape car
This reminds me of something out of one of y childhood Richard Scarey books.
Isn't this tractor sitting in the paso robles pioneer museum
Yes it is. I was part of the group that was hired by Tom Madden to rebuild it. Paso Robles is where he lives and his native museum so when it was completed, that's where the truck at the end of the video took it.
I had a feeling it was, I used to live in paso
So, there was no belt for the fan to help keep the radiator cool so as not to blow like that? Though I do understand it is not like a belt you could go to a parts store or online to simply buy.
Azri'el Collier We had made a brand new belt for the fan that morning and put it on the tractor. However, as we found out the tensioner wasn't hooked up correctly so the fan wasn't spinning properly. We also didn't have the water tank done yet. So since we were already late getting it on the truck, we just plugged the ends and ran it since we knew there was tons of water in it. It never got too hot, we kept a close eye on it despite a plug popping out. When it was unloaded at the show, a couple of our guys went with it and put the finished water tank on and got everything fixed and working.
They had tensioners back then? Did not know that. Just thought it was set up a fixed system, belt on, bolt everything in place, good to go. Went to the link site and saw it running in the show and looks and sounds great. Ya'll did a great job. Love to see old tech up and running.
Should have backed up in a straight line, then backed the trailer up to the tractor.
Great restoration job. I've never seen one of these before, but were there many made as is seems so difficult to operate, and so dangerous with all those unguarded moving parts. Also was it useful as a tractor as it seems to want to stall just getting it to move?
Thank you! There were very many of these types of tractors around WW1. This tractor was one of the largest versions so not as many were made but they still saw significant use. Relative to tractors of the time, this tractor is not hard to operate and is actually very simple if you've had the chance to drive it around a field once or twice. As for all of the moving parts, that was pretty average though we didn't have all of the guards on in this video. The tractor was very useful for pulling large artillery pieces, large farm implements, or roadbuilding. This very tractor was used to build rail lines up in Alaska. The reason you see it stalling is because we had just finished installing brand new tracks on the tractor and new tracks tend to be very stiff. After a few hours of running, it will loosen up and start much easier.
Thanks for your reply, really interesting thanks for the info, I guess it was state of the art back then. Like I said I've never seen one before so probably none were ever brought over here to the UK. Looking forward to seeing more videos of it. Great job.
There are a few of the smaller models around there. They were used in WW1, mostly in France I think. But i have seen videos of a few around in the UK, just have to find them.
I will keep a look out from now on at the rallies. If I find one I will take some photos and let you know.
my question is how the hell does it steer? does it decrease speed to one side of the tracks when turning that front wheel, I wouldn't think it'd rely on that little thing up front
What I am wondering is if the radiator you are fixing with new tubes fit a 1905 Buda-Lanova engine ??? The unit is a enclosed power engine diesel. The nameplate says it is a truck engine if I remember correctly.
The Holt is one sweet running machine you guys have worked on. The engine has compression release, does it not ??? Good luck and thanks for saving our history too. vf