When I was young (1960's), that is what they used to dig trenches for street work where we lived. They called them "steam shovels" because steam power was actually still in use, and it was a generic name like 'steam roller'. We would sit for hours and watch them dig. Great memories!
I'm 63 and grew up around a lot of this stuff and our local "Field Day of the Past" in Amelia County Virginia has several of these among tons of Steam and other antique goodies and even though your new toy isn't Candy, it is Very Sweet. Major Score Matt. I'm proud of you Son.
I'm 73 Matt and knew a guy back when I was much younger that used a machine like this one to dig irrigation ponds here in South Carolina. You've got yourself a machine with many more years of life remaining. I hope you give it a full restore including new paint. Like someone else mentioned, these are the machines that built this country.
1968 I went around their factory in Grantham, and then used the factory heat as a thermal for gliding on cool days from the RAF base on the hill above.🇬🇧
These are f-ing cool old machines! Please restore her to her glory! I am 61 and I have Rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, and can no longer see because of glaucoma, and can no longer work or stand for extended periods. I live vicariously through channels like yours! Keep up the good work!
There’s an old timer in heaven right now with the same cigar he smoked as he ran that beauty. There’s a tear running down his rough face as he tells everyone “ That’s mine that’s my machine, isn’t she a beauty.” He is thankful you have taken her home, home to the farm where she is welcome. She lives another great life with Matt. So proud to follow someone that respects the past as much as you do. Thanks Matt.
I grew up in the UK in the 1950's , my father was into land drainage at that time. The Bucyrus B22 were made under licence in the UK under the name of Rushton Bucyrus and were known as the 22 RB. Excellent machines then , and yours seems to be as good now. Its good to see younger people like yourselves getting interested in these relics of my time and saving them for the future. Keep up the good work!
The brickyards around Fletton ran on the dragline version of those machines, known as 'Navvies' by the workers. They were so much a part of the scenery my brother did a watercolour painting of them. p.s. I would add it it was 'Ruston' ,not 'Rushton'. Ruston diesels of Lincoln.
@@HowardLeVert It is indeed Ruston, as in Ruston Hornsby. And the cable face shovel, and the dragline were indeed known as "Navvies" I operated a 38 RB face shovel in the 70's and it was almost 40 years old.
@@malcolmcrabbe865 Aye after the joint venture with Bucyrus erie in 1930, but they started out as Proctor and Burton in 1840, then became Ruston Proctor, then Ruston Hornsby long before that...
Love watching you bring the old stuff back to life. I love old trucks and used to do the same with them as your doing with the excavation equipment. Also, great video's
@@marinussnijder7941 when he has the time and money the major work will be done . Biggest issue was to get it running and brought home so it can be worked on .
A friend of mine and I looked this machine over for 4 hours a few days before the auction. The worked to free up the linkages and levers and determined that the pony motor had no compression. We also cleaned out about 5 lbs of mouse nests from the clutch housing. My friend bid on it for a while until the price got too high for him. I’m glad you got it running without too much difficulty. 😊
Love this video, brings back old memories. I'm 81 and started running a 22-B Drzgline when i was 15, cleaning drainage ditches for farmers. I went on to run one in the Army and as an IUOE member later. Then spent over 25 years erecting Marion Draglines around the world as a factory rep. Yesterday, 03 May 23, i happened to see a beautiful 22-B close go my house with a set of pile driver leads on it. These things are forever. Thanks for the memories!
I grew up in Logging country Oregon... My old friend actually sells logging equipment so I got to see equipment like this all the time and been on many logging landings..... Amazing how we can buy 2X4's as cheap as the public can with all of the expensive equipment needed to yard logs.....
@@darinhassett4708 don't know if any are around, I left Liberal Oregon for Florida 12 years ago.... The Californians took over and now look what you have? Very sad....
I love watching these episodes. Some of my favorites. Old equipment is just so cool. I can't wait to see this thing get a bath and some love. Great find.
When all three Ford trucks were parked up next to each other with the Shovel in the foreground, it looked like a Ford promo picture that you find in their brochures. GREAT video Mat, that shovel really seems an amazing unit - looking forward to many videos of you working on it!
These are very common (as RB 22's) in Indonesia until this day. Used for land drainage and (modified) as light lift cranes. Spares relatively easy to find and ingenious local workshops can make or re-manufacture parts. A popular workhorse. Great video.
@@zackly8993 All over Kalimantan, in land drainage and oil palm plantation operations. On small coastal ships and barges as light weight cranes (modified). Not in the cities; hydraulic excavators have taken over in that application. If you are Indonesian, then I was not trying to say Indonesia is backward....
As an Equipment Operator in the Navy and watching this kind of stuff is amazing, it would be awesome to be able to operate this old beast. Go back in time to be able to do what the Bees did would be awesome. Anything to do with heavy machinery is fun and I enjoy it. From driving tractor trailers to operating dozers and almost everything in between. You do some amazing work, keep it up
Great to see you as part of the next generation of people restoring these magnificent machines. It reminds me of the Fred Dibnah TV shows in the UK where he worked on Steam Engines and the restoration of other industrial machinery from the industrial age. There aren't many people left with those skills and knowledge.
Having had RB-22's and P&H's on barges as piling cranes- you have struck on something that is totally original, hasn't been hacked around and will be an absolute pleasure to work on, restore and use. Well done Matt - I'm jealous!
An excellent video, as always. The machine here in UK was the Ruston-Buckyrus, manufactured in Lincoln, England. My friend has the 10RB model, fitted with a crane jib. The most common model here was the 22RB, which is what you have there. The number actually described, not it's weight, but the capacity of the shovel, in cubic feet. UK models ran from the 10RB, right up to the 150RB, which was a giant machine. It is said that in the 19602, Ruston Buchyrus was the larges manufacturer of excavators in the world. Hope that is of some interest you you all!
You’re probably right about the weight, when Matt said that’s how much it weighed in tons, I laughed and thought there’s no way that thing weighs 22 tons. Maybe 22 thousand pounds but that would be pushing it, a backhoe weighs around 17,000 pounds so this thing might be closer in size. Capacity is more likely the size number.
Some of the old Ruston factory is still there in Lincoln. Several company’s working* out of a few of the old buildings. Most has been demolished though. ( have a look on Google earth, it’s next to B&Q store)
@@cwistyler3531 I'm in Kent. The Ruston company is British and manufactured the Ruston-Buckyrus machines. They even made their own engines, whereas the US models just used a cat engine that was supplied to them.
I looked up the weight on google and I was close, the problem I had was looking up a 15B instead of a 22B the latter weighed in at 46,800 pounds instead of the 26,000 pounds for the 15B. Quite a difference, looks like you win! It will be fun watching what you do with this (or these) machines in the future. This machine seems like it’s in really good condition, a good cleanup, lubricate all the chains and controls, service the engine and enjoy it. See you next week.
It warms this old man's heart to see the younger generations taking on the restoration of old equipment like this. My hat is off to you, gentlemen! All it needs now is a little paint lol.
Matt for your age to be so interested and able to get old machines running along with great awesome friends around the same age, with everything all moderen and computer driven, you are both so blessed to WANT TO to save and run these machines and save them. You and your friends, are always amazing with all the machanics you know to get these beautiful pieces of history running and working. I am 66 yrs old, and to see these machines run for the first time, I just get a kick out of them running and working. You have a great passion Matt, may it never die. Awesome video!
Wow. This thing is bonkers! It takes me back to when I was a kid and my grandparents and their neighbors had a bunch of old equipment on their land- when I was a kid I loved crawling over the old gear... This has been said many times, but it bears repeating: It is supercool that Matt is preserving all this old gear for future generations (and for kids to climb on and imagine and wonder and learn about How It Was.... Cheers!
Also... the shot at 30:30 is SO F'N COOL- with all the gear moving inside, and the whole thing trying to move, too... That's just great videography, imo. Nice.
i worked as a general mechanic and lube guy at a small demolition company in western PA for a few years and we had a 1944 link belt with a 3 cylinder Detroit and it had a small Clamshell demolition bucket setup for general debris removal and loading of small dump trucks while working in the burbs of Pittsburgh..no pony motor but looked a lot like you Erie Bucyris Find..it was old as hell but fun too run..once i figured out the clutches and levers it was a fun machine to operate..It always had to be serviced at every job site but i didn't care because even the old guys didn't know what to grease or adjust to run the machine correctly it was so much fun to service and run it is a true piece of history like the ones i see on you channel,keep finding these treasures and keep them alive..
My father-in-law designed and built this very machine. As a matter of fact, just about all shovel diggers, draglines, etc., manufactured by B & E (Milwaukee, WI) between 1940-1995-ish, were his designs. Fantastic machines.
My Dad ran those all his life. Cranes shovels excavators. Built a lot of the stone jetty’s around the shoreline in the town I’m in with a clam shell. He loved to set stone and He loved Bucyrus Erie because they were very rugged. He collected 10-Bs we had a few of those around home. He ran them all and could fix anything. I have seen him help people get those running many times. From 10s to 88s. He started running them after WW2 into the early 2,000s. He is gone but I got lots of photos and memories of growing up around those machines. Thanks for the video. You put tears in my eyes but happy ones. Thank you.
Love these first start/run videos. Seeing the old iron come back to life is just really satisfying. Am I the only one who caught the lowboy cruising past the weight limit 10 tons sign?…. I’m sure you were close 😂
I think that weight limit is only for bridges. If you go fast enough over them, all the weight is going forward, not down, so you don’t have to worry about it. Especially, like Mike ‘n Joy brought up, if it’s on a Sunday. Lol
You have some amazing friends there. Been along time since I have had friends like that. Makes you a very rich man. The shovel is in really good shape for its age and the amount of time it has sat. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for saving another "BE" Excavator. The SLOW load and unload at that over center point, "EXCELLENT" job by your Friend. Please show a video of you operating the controls. Like from a head mounted camera, like what each Lever does. It's a great looking shovel.
That name brings back memories. My dad used to haul diesel to Ray's business. His business was based somewhere around the New Kensington/Lower Burrell area of S.W. Pa. In fact, I'm pretty sure that very machine sat along Greensburg Rd. (Rt. 366) for a time. As the crow flies, less than two miles from where I type this. I wish pap was around to ask, he could fill in the blanks for sure. It looks very familiar. Really happy to see it going to a great home! Good luck with her, Matt!
Nicely Done! With the way oil prices are going up and up, this old iron is probably going to be the way to get work done. no hydrolic lines to pop and spray 900$ of fluid everywhere.
Price of steel is sky-high. I bet the cables needed for this unit to be safely operated will cost more than the hydraulic lines and oil. We'll see. Maybe Matt will tell us the cost of the cables.
My father had a 10 RB. and a 22RB . Back in the 50s 60s . 70s He was a drainage contractor here in Ireland 🇮🇪 .your bringing memories back .ours have gone to the scrapyard but well done 👏 Love to see a machine from today survive and start when she gets to that age
What an epic adventure. Great music, video editing and just the right amount of commentary and natural engine noise. I really enjoy watching you and your buddies bringing these old machines back to life. Peace
Reminds me of my early life watching irrigation channels being cleaned out with these machines - just love that you are purchasing and restoring them into working order. So remember the clang of the bucket. Thanks Diesel Creek for this.
What a great video. There’s just something that feels good when a bunch of guys come together, and get an old piece of machinery moving again, for a guy that truly appreciates and lives for bringing these units back to working order. A fun watch.
The first cat engine I worked on, was an old D6 in 1959, when the skinner threw a track in a slab pile. What a miserable job getting it out, because there was nothing to jack against to get the track back on. It had the same rope start pony engine that yours has, and it frequently was a bear to get started. Good memories.
This was by far the most impressive video I have seen in a long time. A true testiment of patience, hardwork, and friendship. You have set the bar high sir. Thank you for sharing this.
I oiled on and operated a 38-b in 1966 in a lumber mill. You have brought back forgotten memories. I was 16 yrs old and wide eyed.I can still smell the cab with the engine and drawworks surrounding me. Thank you so much for this vid.
👏👏👏 I applaud you gentlemen gee that thing's going to be almost 75 years old and is still runs the boy. They used to make good heavy equipment back then that would last forever if it was taken care of. Thank you boy. If you're paint and make everything look good, it'll look like new again.
I'll be watching the progress of this machine with great interest as they were so much a part of the scenery where I grew up as a child. Great work, Matt.
What a great job getting it running after it’s been sitting for so many years, I can’t wait to see it restored and operating like new again. Great channel keep up the great work.
I grew up watching my Dad operating a 22RB, brought back a lot of memories, wish my Dad was here to watch this with me, thank you so much for what you stirred up me in
Boys and their toys. I love all this sort of thing too. Just always struggled to survive. Let alone buy nice toys. Now old and existing on a pension. Chance long gone. But good to watch people that appreciate this old machinery.
You have definitely been a big inspiration on me to become a heavy equipment mechanic and I just started out on a field service truck and I can not tell you how much I love it and there is always something new with it thank you very much for being one of my inspirations on it ( I ordered a hat and hoodie)
Great to see the latest purchases heading home, that Mack that Scrappy Industries has is awesome, proper old skool sounds and love how it hauls the latest purchase! Look forward to seeing its restoration but any chance you could do a video on cleaning it and just seeing how it comes up?? 🤞👍
One thing I like about your journeys is the positive attitude you have dealing with older equipment. Your co helper didn't even stare at the camera when he was seen on video! Great positive attitude and getting these machines back to work. Great video
I'm 73 my old man had an Insley and 25D Northwest we used to dig ponds and ditches with draglines. These old machines can still do a lot of jobs, there just aren't people that no how to run them, ran one for a friend of mine about 10 years ago and showed him how to run it, was a lot of fun for me to get back at it again like riding a bike!
Love that you were able to get the shovel up and running! My biggest concern is the end credit teaser. Not sure how Christine is going to react to you bringing home another grater. She's already tried to kill you at least once.
The joy on your face when you get things started, gives me the biggest smile. The body work for it's age is so good, another fantastic addition to the Diesel Creek fleet. 👍🤗
Way to go Matt! I love it when the old iron fires off. Nothing can more satisfying when that old diesel starts. Can't wait to see your collection wearing new paint and out there doing what they were made for. Keep the videos coming.
What a pleasure watching your video on that ole Bucyrus Erie shovel. I've spent over 15 yrs working at Bucyrus Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania . Worked on the assembly line building them ole girls from 1968 to 1980 + in the shovel division. You have no idea the big ole smile yous put on my face and the ole ticker was a Twittering see that ole girl still a running after sitting all them years. Lots of luck on your adventures restoring her 😥🥰🇺🇲
Awesome Matt ,It's Great when you have people that know how to operate it ,that sounds like my bones moving in the morning ,I am as excited as you are to see it move under it's own power ,Thank goodness for Sam and His knowledge help ,I get the feeling Sam really liked that machine of yours
I was born and raised in Erie, and I can remember when the factory was still in operation. That was the time of the old 20-H. My dad made plastic injection molds for BE and he got one of the die-cast models. Still wish I had it. Here's wishing you all the best luck in getting that thing restored. She deserves it!
well.. built the country after you lot and the french had killed or drove all the native indians off thier own land. But you yanks are good at invading other nations territories 👍🏻
Awesome vid!! I spent a year doing what turned into a restoration of a '69 Bucyrus-Erie 30-B... Ol girl even passed certification first try... What a beauty!!
HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!!! I jumped up and started clapping when that pony came to life! That's a beautiful sound and smell! God bless the old equipment that will never die!
And I’m about to restore a 1968 Honda CT90. God knows how you go about restoring those Behemoths. That was one of the best Videos regarding machines, both Bikes and Cars that I’ve seen. I had no idea people were “Digging” (pardon the pun” these fantastic old Machines. I’d like to see it all prettied up and functioning correctly. Good luck.❤️
She's a grand ole dame, Matt! That Bucyrus Erie shovel will someday be one of your favorites, I predict. I am looking forward to seeing her at work on your farm and perhaps other places too (National Pike?). I hope you'll show us what you're doing to bring her back to operational shape. Another nice acquisition!
I think it’s great that you save these old timers from the big scrap heap in the sky, also I love your magneto test system, you save batteries with this method. One other thing is the semi-supervillains and their music for every situation you need a backing track for. 👏🎸🎶 as for the cat engine, it sounds solid apart from some mouse house furniture
I spent nearly 20 years managing a fleet of construction equipment. We had (2) 22B's, a 30B, a Kohring 305 and 405 and an American 197. Going through my old files recently I found some original color sales brochures on the 22B and some other 1950's and '60's equipment. I don't plan to toss it but I offer it to you if you have any interest. Enjoy your channel. John
Blood hell Matt!, its 1030pm here in Australia time for my bedtime...just seen you post up this new video.....I hate you right now cause now I have to watch the entire video cause i enjoy them that much. Thanks for the great videos, love your work please keep them coming.
That thing is awesome. Seeing that come to life is something special. Made in 1950. Started right back up in 2023. Tracking and all. Quality back then is unmatched
That was enjoyable. I've done a bit of equipment restoration myself, and I would happily take on that project too. Nice to have friends you can count on, too.
Greetings from across the pond in the UK, the collective knowledge you guys have must be worth a fortune. It's mesmerising watching you going to exactly what's required...and being so familiar with it. Excellent stuff and well done!
Im mostly a gas engine guy (diesels are weird (and a little scary) coming from my knowledge base), but when you have been around (and in) enough machines, especially ones built good and proper (as in to be worked on, maintained, lowest down time possible in all situations, not requiring some 'technician' to come out plug their laptop in so the computer can see a freaking string of characters before it accepts that the sideview mirror heater was replaced with the right part before it lets you continue harvesting.....John Deer....Im looking at you.....), it becomes second nature. The individual parts, how they work together, each function the sum of the linkages before it. And yes, it is worth all the money in the world if you NEED that machine working NOW to have a mechanic, and/or their team, ready to climb all over her bits and get her growling again! I hate seeing old machines rusting, and am very glad to see this ole girl out of that patch of grass getting ready to shift some earth again.
great video. Matt you are very lucky to have a bunch of guys like Sam that know their stuff around this old machinery. Oh boy another project but very savable.
I bought a sawmill with the same engine on it. It ran fine. They are a wonderful source of power, very durable and dependable. I don't use it after all it's just sitting there waiting for somebody. Very nice video. Great job.
Great 45 minutes spent, here in UK, before going off to work on my own old stuff. Can’t beat it - you lads are so capable; really loved the way you presented this. Good folk.
Matt I have the greatest respect for you! Because of your passion for restoration. I love all your content, because it's a bit of every thing. Have a great week✌.
Looking forward to the restoration of this machine, looks pretty darn good for the age. I'm also really curious about the the operation of this unit ( where all the controls are, etc.).
Me too. A head-mounted Go-Pro with explanation of each control that would allow you to see the result through the operator's windshield would make awesome content.
@@LisaMedeiros-tr2lz Gotta agree. Just a view from someone that had never even started a machine like this, or had any idea of the steps needed to start / run / operate it would be cool.
When I was young (1960's), that is what they used to dig trenches for street work where we lived. They called them "steam shovels" because steam power was actually still in use, and it was a generic name like 'steam roller'. We would sit for hours and watch them dig. Great memories!
I was just thinking how when I was a kid we used the term steam shovel too. Kind of like Kleenex.
Exactly and dogs would go crazy when they were running due to the escaping steam noise. We would hear the dogs before the shovel
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I'm 63 and grew up around a lot of this stuff and our local "Field Day of the Past" in Amelia County Virginia has several of these among tons of Steam and other antique goodies and even though your new toy isn't Candy, it is Very Sweet. Major Score Matt. I'm proud of you Son.
Same here bro. 7/5/1959.
We live close to each other. I'm in VA as well. Seen a lot of barn find goodies around here
I’m 72 and remember these from my childhood. Great vid!
I am 62 and I live in Prospect VA. I go to Vaughans in Amelia occasionally. Looking forward to the show in September.
I'm 73 Matt and knew a guy back when I was much younger that used a machine like this one to dig irrigation ponds here in South Carolina. You've got yourself a machine with many more years of life remaining. I hope you give it a full restore including new paint. Like someone else mentioned, these are the machines that built this country.
And built ours too 🇬🇧 🙌🏻
@@martiniv8924 And ours 🦘
1968 I went around their factory in Grantham, and then used the factory heat as a thermal for gliding on cool days from the RAF base on the hill above.🇬🇧
Wow. That's supercool... I've always wanted to go gliding (as a passenger, I suppose.) Cheers!
@@rl3898 SORRY TO TELL YOU. BUT THATMACHINE IS TOO HAVE TO GO GLIDING.
These are f-ing cool old machines! Please restore her to her glory! I am 61 and I have Rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, and can no longer see because of glaucoma, and can no longer work or stand for extended periods. I live vicariously through channels like yours! Keep up the good work!
Diabetes, heart attack, and a stroke. I love Diesel Creek, and all the diesels!!!
There’s an old timer in heaven right now with the same cigar he smoked as he ran that beauty. There’s a tear running down his rough face as he tells everyone “ That’s mine that’s my machine, isn’t she a beauty.” He is thankful you have taken her home, home to the farm where she is welcome. She lives another great life with Matt. So proud to follow someone that respects the past as much as you do. Thanks Matt.
Spot on brother!
Darn right
It's good to have friends that have the same compassion for Old Iron as you do... and are there to give you a hand
Gotta have some of a different opinion as well, just to talk some sense into you from time to time. 😂
Great show! Thanks for sharing!
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I grew up in the UK in the 1950's , my father was into land drainage at that time. The Bucyrus B22 were made under licence in the UK under the name of Rushton Bucyrus and were known as the 22 RB. Excellent machines then , and yours seems to be as good now. Its good to see younger people like yourselves getting interested in these relics of my time and saving them for the future. Keep up the good work!
The brickyards around Fletton ran on the dragline version of those machines, known as 'Navvies' by the workers. They were so much a part of the scenery my brother did a watercolour painting of them. p.s. I would add it it was 'Ruston' ,not 'Rushton'. Ruston diesels of Lincoln.
@@HowardLeVert It is indeed Ruston, as in Ruston Hornsby. And the cable face shovel, and the dragline were indeed known as "Navvies" I operated a 38 RB face shovel in the 70's and it was almost 40 years old.
Ruston bucyrus
@@malcolmcrabbe865 Aye after the joint venture with Bucyrus erie in 1930, but they started out as Proctor and Burton in 1840, then became Ruston Proctor, then Ruston Hornsby long before that...
I had the Dinky toy of the 22RB!
Love watching you bring the old stuff back to life. I love old trucks and used to do the same with them as your doing with the excavation equipment. Also, great video's
I second that 👍
You got to admit that old trucks and tractors take up less room and are easier to move from place to place than a cable unit .
All nice and good getting it running but were are these restauration video’s,
If it is rusty its not restaured.
@@marinussnijder7941 when he has the time and money the major work will be done . Biggest issue was to get it running and brought home so it can be worked on .
@@marinussnijder7941 you don’t know Matt if you are asking that! Lol
A friend of mine and I looked this machine over for 4 hours a few days before the auction. The worked to free up the linkages and levers and determined that the pony motor had no compression. We also cleaned out about 5 lbs of mouse nests from the clutch housing. My friend bid on it for a while until the price got too high for him. I’m glad you got it running without too much difficulty. 😊
Were the Jumper cables yours?
Answer the question 😂
Answer the god damn question!
They probably were
The jumper cables are not mine
Love this video, brings back old memories. I'm 81 and started running a 22-B Drzgline when i was 15, cleaning drainage ditches for farmers. I went on to run one in the Army and as an IUOE member later. Then spent over 25 years erecting Marion Draglines around the world as a factory rep. Yesterday, 03 May 23, i happened to see a beautiful 22-B close go my house with a set of pile driver leads on it. These things are forever. Thanks for the memories!
Semi old guy here. 22b.. 44000lbs. Plus how much is boom. 10000, or 20000 lbs. They fit within 80000 gvw. Without overweight.
They really are forever. Extremely tough machines
I grew up in Logging country Oregon... My old friend actually sells logging equipment so I got to see equipment like this all the time and been on many logging landings..... Amazing how we can buy 2X4's as cheap as the public can with all of the expensive equipment needed to yard logs.....
is there anylink belt or similar cable shovels i remember riding in one over by Galice Oregon my grandfather built roads for Glendale Plywood
@@darinhassett4708 don't know if any are around, I left Liberal Oregon for Florida 12 years ago.... The Californians took over and now look what you have? Very sad....
I love watching these episodes. Some of my favorites. Old equipment is just so cool. I can't wait to see this thing get a bath and some love. Great find.
When all three Ford trucks were parked up next to each other with the Shovel in the foreground, it looked like a Ford promo picture that you find in their brochures. GREAT video Mat, that shovel really seems an amazing unit - looking forward to many videos of you working on it!
These are very common (as RB 22's) in Indonesia until this day. Used for land drainage and (modified) as light lift cranes. Spares relatively easy to find and ingenious local workshops can make or re-manufacture parts. A popular workhorse. Great video.
Interesting!
In which Indonesia city this vehicle used?
@@zackly8993 All over Kalimantan, in land drainage and oil palm plantation operations. On small coastal ships and barges as light weight cranes (modified). Not in the cities; hydraulic excavators have taken over in that application. If you are Indonesian, then I was not trying to say Indonesia is backward....
As an Equipment Operator in the Navy and watching this kind of stuff is amazing, it would be awesome to be able to operate this old beast. Go back in time to be able to do what the Bees did would be awesome. Anything to do with heavy machinery is fun and I enjoy it. From driving tractor trailers to operating dozers and almost everything in between. You do some amazing work, keep it up
Great to see you as part of the next generation of people restoring these magnificent machines. It reminds me of the Fred Dibnah TV shows in the UK where he worked on Steam Engines and the restoration of other industrial machinery from the industrial age. There aren't many people left with those skills and knowledge.
And watching Fred climbing up chimney stacks on those wooden ladders strapped to them...pure insanity, but you had to love his spirit 😁
Having had RB-22's and P&H's on barges as piling cranes- you have struck on something that is totally original, hasn't been hacked around and will be an absolute pleasure to work on, restore and use. Well done Matt - I'm jealous!
An excellent video, as always.
The machine here in UK was the Ruston-Buckyrus, manufactured in Lincoln, England.
My friend has the 10RB model, fitted with a crane jib. The most common model here was the 22RB, which is what you have there.
The number actually described, not it's weight, but the capacity of the shovel, in cubic feet.
UK models ran from the 10RB, right up to the 150RB, which was a giant machine. It is said that in the 19602, Ruston Buchyrus was the larges manufacturer of excavators in the world.
Hope that is of some interest you you all!
You’re probably right about the weight, when Matt said that’s how much it weighed in tons, I laughed and thought there’s no way that thing weighs 22 tons. Maybe 22 thousand pounds but that would be pushing it, a backhoe weighs around 17,000 pounds so this thing might be closer in size. Capacity is more likely the size number.
@@Hoaxer51 I assure you it weighs 40-50,000lbs with the shovel, maybe more
Some of the old Ruston factory is still there in Lincoln. Several company’s working* out of a few of the old buildings. Most has been demolished though. ( have a look on Google earth, it’s next to B&Q store)
@@cwistyler3531 I'm in Kent. The Ruston company is British and manufactured the Ruston-Buckyrus machines. They even made their own engines, whereas the US models just used a cat engine that was supplied to them.
I looked up the weight on google and I was close, the problem I had was looking up a 15B instead of a 22B the latter weighed in at 46,800 pounds instead of the 26,000 pounds for the 15B. Quite a difference, looks like you win! It will be fun watching what you do with this (or these) machines in the future. This machine seems like it’s in really good condition, a good cleanup, lubricate all the chains and controls, service the engine and enjoy it. See you next week.
It warms this old man's heart to see the younger generations taking on the restoration of old equipment like this. My hat is off to you, gentlemen! All it needs now is a little paint lol.
The patina adds to its charm. That's just my opinion 👍
Looks like Mike Mulligans Steam Shovel.......one of my favorite books as a kid. Nice machine.
Love your videos, they are what inspired me to follow my career path into heavy and agriculture mechanics. Thanks for giving me the inspiration Matt!
Awesome!!
Matt for your age to be so interested and able to get old machines running along with great awesome friends around the same age, with everything all moderen and computer driven, you are both so blessed to WANT TO to save and run these machines and save them. You and your friends, are always amazing with all the machanics you know to get these beautiful pieces of history running and working. I am 66 yrs old, and to see these machines run for the first time, I just get a kick out of them running and working. You have a great passion Matt, may it never die. Awesome video!
Wow. This thing is bonkers!
It takes me back to when I was a kid and my grandparents and their neighbors had a bunch of old equipment on their land- when I was a kid I loved crawling over the old gear...
This has been said many times, but it bears repeating: It is supercool that Matt is preserving all this old gear for future generations (and for kids to climb on and imagine and wonder and learn about How It Was....
Cheers!
Also... the shot at 30:30 is SO F'N COOL- with all the gear moving inside, and the whole thing trying to move, too... That's just great videography, imo. Nice.
i worked as a general mechanic and lube guy at a small demolition company in western PA for a few years and we had a 1944 link belt with a 3 cylinder Detroit and it had a small Clamshell demolition bucket setup for general debris removal and loading of small dump trucks while working in the burbs of Pittsburgh..no pony motor but looked a lot like you Erie Bucyris Find..it was old as hell but fun too run..once i figured out the clutches and levers it was a fun machine to operate..It always had to be serviced at every job site but i didn't care because even the old guys didn't know what to grease or adjust to run the machine correctly it was so much fun to service and run it is a true piece of history like the ones i see on you channel,keep finding these treasures and keep them alive..
My father-in-law designed and built this very machine. As a matter of fact, just about all shovel diggers, draglines, etc., manufactured by B & E (Milwaukee, WI) between 1940-1995-ish, were his designs. Fantastic machines.
That’s awesome!!
@@DieselCreek I just showed this to my wife. She lost her s@#t!! She sent this video to her father. Can't wait to see what he says!
What did he say?@@williamkylelawrence1396
Have plenty of 20 mule powder for the frictions
My Dad ran those all his life. Cranes shovels excavators. Built a lot of the stone jetty’s around the shoreline in the town I’m in with a clam shell. He loved to set stone and He loved Bucyrus Erie because they were very rugged. He collected 10-Bs we had a few of those around home. He ran them all and could fix anything. I have seen him help people get those running many times. From 10s to 88s. He started running them after WW2 into the early 2,000s. He is gone but I got lots of photos and memories of growing up around those machines. Thanks for the video. You put tears in my eyes but happy ones. Thank you.
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Love these first start/run videos. Seeing the old iron come back to life is just really satisfying. Am I the only one who caught the lowboy cruising past the weight limit 10 tons sign?…. I’m sure you were close 😂
I saw the same thing. That whole setup's only 9.5 tons, right? 😂
I noticed that too lol
Must'a been *SUNDAY!* lol
I think that weight limit is only for bridges. If you go fast enough over them, all the weight is going forward, not down, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Especially, like Mike ‘n Joy brought up, if it’s on a Sunday. Lol
@@Hoaxer51😂😂
You have some amazing friends there. Been along time since I have had friends like that. Makes you a very rich man. The shovel is in really good shape for its age and the amount of time it has sat. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for saving another "BE" Excavator. The SLOW load and unload at that over center point, "EXCELLENT" job by your Friend. Please show a video of you operating the controls. Like from a head mounted camera, like what each Lever does. It's a great looking shovel.
That name brings back memories. My dad used to haul diesel to Ray's business. His business was based somewhere around the New Kensington/Lower Burrell area of S.W. Pa. In fact, I'm pretty sure that very machine sat along Greensburg Rd. (Rt. 366) for a time. As the crow flies, less than two miles from where I type this. I wish pap was around to ask, he could fill in the blanks for sure. It looks very familiar. Really happy to see it going to a great home! Good luck with her, Matt!
I think you are correct!
My grandfather was a coal miner and a shovel operator much of his life. This brings back memories from when I was a kid. God Bless you.
Nicely Done! With the way oil prices are going up and up, this old iron is probably going to be the way to get work done. no hydrolic lines to pop and spray 900$ of fluid everywhere.
Price of steel is sky-high. I bet the cables needed for this unit to be safely operated will cost more than the hydraulic lines and oil. We'll see. Maybe Matt will tell us the cost of the cables.
Your ability to resurrect old non-running equipment never ceases to amaze me Matt!
It’s a tribute to his love and care for what he is doing, and the remarkable way things were made back then! Both come together to make reality!❤
The ability of old machines to still function after many years astounds me more.
Why does this make me happy so much. Seeing old things come to life 😮
My father had a 10 RB. and a 22RB . Back in the 50s 60s . 70s He was a drainage contractor here in Ireland 🇮🇪 .your bringing memories back .ours have gone to the scrapyard but well done 👏
Love to see a machine from today survive and start when she gets to that age
What an epic adventure. Great music, video editing and just the right amount of commentary and natural engine noise. I really enjoy watching you and your buddies bringing these old machines back to life. Peace
Thanks! And thank the Semi-Supervillains for making the custom original music for the video!
Reminds me of my early life watching irrigation channels being cleaned out with these machines - just love that you are purchasing and restoring them into working order. So remember the clang of the bucket. Thanks Diesel Creek for this.
What a great video. There’s just something that feels good when a bunch of guys come together, and get an old piece of machinery moving again, for a guy that truly appreciates and lives for bringing these units back to working order. A fun watch.
The first cat engine I worked on, was an old D6 in 1959, when the skinner threw a track in a slab pile. What a miserable job getting it out, because there was nothing to jack against to get the track back on.
It had the same rope start pony engine that yours has, and it frequently was a bear to get started. Good memories.
This was by far the most impressive video I have seen in a long time. A true testiment of patience, hardwork, and friendship. You have set the bar high sir. Thank you for sharing this.
The best thing about some of your vids is the mates who come and help to get these machines up and running.
Very nice unit. Great to have that kind of crew to help out.
Great video,
Thank you sir.
A great purchase, fantastic addition to your collection
Some people collect coins and/or stamps.
Matt: .......... *#MINDBLOWN**!*
Matt:A fine edition to my collection
I oiled on and operated a 38-b in 1966 in a lumber mill. You have brought back forgotten memories. I was 16 yrs old and wide eyed.I can still smell the cab with the engine and drawworks surrounding me. Thank you so much for this vid.
👏👏👏 I applaud you gentlemen gee that thing's going to be almost 75 years old and is still runs the boy. They used to make good heavy equipment back then that would last forever if it was taken care of. Thank you boy. If you're paint and make everything look good, it'll look like new again.
I'll be watching the progress of this machine with great interest as they were so much a part of the scenery where I grew up as a child. Great work, Matt.
What a great job getting it running after it’s been sitting for so many years, I can’t wait to see it restored and operating like new again. Great channel keep up the great work.
Thanks so much!!
Matt saved another treasure. No sweeter sound than a V8 with open pipes! Can't wait to see the full restore.
I grew up watching my Dad operating a 22RB, brought back a lot of memories, wish my Dad was here to watch this with me, thank you so much for what you stirred up me in
Boys and their toys. I love all this sort of thing too. Just always struggled to survive. Let alone buy nice toys. Now old and existing on a pension. Chance long gone. But good to watch people that appreciate this old machinery.
You have definitely been a big inspiration on me to become a heavy equipment mechanic and I just started out on a field service truck and I can not tell you how much I love it and there is always something new with it thank you very much for being one of my inspirations on it ( I ordered a hat and hoodie)
Awesome!! Keep fighting the good fight!
Great to see the latest purchases heading home, that Mack that Scrappy Industries has is awesome, proper old skool sounds and love how it hauls the latest purchase! Look forward to seeing its restoration but any chance you could do a video on cleaning it and just seeing how it comes up?? 🤞👍
One thing I like about your journeys is the positive attitude you have dealing with older equipment. Your co helper didn't even stare at the camera when he was seen on video! Great positive attitude and getting these machines back to work. Great video
I'm 73 my old man had an Insley and 25D Northwest we used to dig ponds and ditches with draglines. These old machines can still do a lot of jobs, there just aren't people that no how to run them, ran one for a friend of mine about 10 years ago and showed him how to run it, was a lot of fun for me to get back at it again like riding a bike!
Love that you were able to get the shovel up and running! My biggest concern is the end credit teaser. Not sure how Christine is going to react to you bringing home another grater. She's already tried to kill you at least once.
Could get ugly when Christine finds another woman in the shed. 🤣🤣
Ah, Christine's the purtier one with the new coat of paint. 😉
The joy on your face when you get things started, gives me the biggest smile. The body work for it's age is so good, another fantastic addition to the Diesel Creek fleet. 👍🤗
Way to go Matt! I love it when the old iron fires off. Nothing can more satisfying when that old diesel starts. Can't wait to see your collection wearing new paint and out there doing what they were made for. Keep the videos coming.
What a pleasure watching your video on that ole Bucyrus Erie shovel. I've spent over 15 yrs working at Bucyrus Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania . Worked on the assembly line building them ole girls from 1968 to 1980 + in the shovel division. You have no idea the big ole smile yous put on my face and the ole ticker was a Twittering see that ole girl still a running after sitting all them years. Lots of luck on your adventures restoring her 😥🥰🇺🇲
Have to admit this one was special, always love the look on your face when these machines come to life.
Matt I am so proud of you and your friends for a job well done.👍👌
Awesome Matt ,It's Great when you have people that know how to operate it ,that sounds like my bones moving in the morning ,I am as excited as you are to see it move under it's own power ,Thank goodness for Sam and His knowledge help ,I get the feeling Sam really liked that machine of yours
I think Matt mentioned Sam has one like it.
I was born and raised in Erie, and I can remember when the factory was still in operation. That was the time of the old 20-H. My dad made plastic injection molds for BE and he got one of the die-cast models. Still wish I had it.
Here's wishing you all the best luck in getting that thing restored. She deserves it!
thats a HUGE thumbs up from me.. SO COOL!
I am pretty darn mechanically minded but I am in awe of your ability to get these 'experienced' mechanical marvels going.
It’s all just nuts and bolts 🤷🏼♂️
That shovel got a lot of TLC in its' life to look so good after all these years! Well done!
Always good to see the equipment that built this country come back to life. As the saying goes….. It might be old, but it ain’t dead yet!
I live by the saying "Old shit is built to last" and ill be damned if these type of videos dont prove that
well.. built the country after you lot and the french had killed or drove all the native indians off thier own land. But you yanks are good at invading other nations territories 👍🏻
Nice looking machine
Not just the USA
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I absolutely love these videos. They are better than any show on tv! I hope your inspiring others to save the old iron rather than scrapping them.
Awesome vid!! I spent a year doing what turned into a restoration of a '69 Bucyrus-Erie 30-B... Ol girl even passed certification first try... What a beauty!!
HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!!! I jumped up and started clapping when that pony came to life! That's a beautiful sound and smell! God bless the old equipment that will never die!
I love it how good friends just crack up when you shock yourself 😂
I love watching guys who know what they are doing bring old machinery back to life. It doesn't get any better than this.
Brings back memories, I worked the same model in Yorkshire England in1964 , clearing shale tips and old mine workings, happy days
And I’m about to restore a 1968 Honda CT90. God knows how you go about restoring those Behemoths. That was one of the best Videos regarding machines, both Bikes and Cars that I’ve seen. I had no idea people were “Digging” (pardon the pun” these fantastic old Machines. I’d like to see it all prettied up and functioning correctly. Good luck.❤️
She's a grand ole dame, Matt! That Bucyrus Erie shovel will someday be one of your favorites, I predict. I am looking forward to seeing her at work on your farm and perhaps other places too (National Pike?). I hope you'll show us what you're doing to bring her back to operational shape. Another nice acquisition!
The Vice Grip holding the door closed had me laughing, what a great video! Really enjoy following your adventures Matt!
I think it’s great that you save these old timers from the big scrap heap in the sky, also I love your magneto test system, you save batteries with this method. One other thing is the semi-supervillains and their music for every situation you need a backing track for. 👏🎸🎶 as for the cat engine, it sounds solid apart from some mouse house furniture
Respect to those that get these old machines up and running... Great vid.
I spent nearly 20 years managing a fleet of construction equipment. We had (2) 22B's, a 30B, a Kohring 305 and 405 and an American 197. Going through my old files recently I found some original color sales brochures on the 22B and some other 1950's and '60's equipment. I don't plan to toss it but I offer it to you if you have any interest. Enjoy your channel. John
Blood hell Matt!, its 1030pm here in Australia time for my bedtime...just seen you post up this new video.....I hate you right now cause now I have to watch the entire video cause i enjoy them that much. Thanks for the great videos, love your work please keep them coming.
hahah thanks for watching!!
Matt that’s one sweet shovel,good to have friends to help with the recovery 👍👍
Well done Matt. Seems like a pretty daunting job moving this rig to your property but you made it look easy.
Not a big deal. As long as it walked under its own power I knew we’d be okay! Then Sam put the hammer down and we were outta there!
That thing is awesome. Seeing that come to life is something special. Made in 1950. Started right back up in 2023. Tracking and all. Quality back then is unmatched
That was enjoyable. I've done a bit of equipment restoration myself, and I would happily take on that project too.
Nice to have friends you can count on, too.
Greetings from across the pond in the UK, the collective knowledge you guys have must be worth a fortune. It's mesmerising watching you going to exactly what's required...and being so familiar with it. Excellent stuff and well done!
Im mostly a gas engine guy (diesels are weird (and a little scary) coming from my knowledge base), but when you have been around (and in) enough machines, especially ones built good and proper (as in to be worked on, maintained, lowest down time possible in all situations, not requiring some 'technician' to come out plug their laptop in so the computer can see a freaking string of characters before it accepts that the sideview mirror heater was replaced with the right part before it lets you continue harvesting.....John Deer....Im looking at you.....), it becomes second nature. The individual parts, how they work together, each function the sum of the linkages before it. And yes, it is worth all the money in the world if you NEED that machine working NOW to have a mechanic, and/or their team, ready to climb all over her bits and get her growling again! I hate seeing old machines rusting, and am very glad to see this ole girl out of that patch of grass getting ready to shift some earth again.
Still admiring that sweet sweet truck!
great video. Matt you are very lucky to have a bunch of guys like Sam that know their stuff around this old machinery. Oh boy another project but very savable.
Beautiful old machine. As a kid in Ireland, used love watching in awe, as these in drag line variety, work.
I bought a sawmill with the same engine on it. It ran fine. They are a wonderful source of power, very durable and dependable. I don't use it after all it's just sitting there waiting for somebody. Very nice video. Great job.
It never gets old seeing you start equipment that has been sitting for years! Good job Matt!
That shovel needs and entire series dedicated to it. It's awesome.
Another mighty effort Matt. Cheers also to your 'buds'. You have a good bunch of guys there helping out. Thanks for sharing 👍
Great 45 minutes spent, here in UK, before going off to work on my own old stuff. Can’t beat it - you lads are so capable; really loved the way you presented this. Good folk.
Reminds of me and my friends back in my day how we came to gather help each other on are farms. Now 77 yrs old some still here most passed.
Pretty sure the next thing you should look for to buy is your own low-boy transport trailer rig! I love the vids. You are living the dream!
Matt I have the greatest respect for you! Because of your passion for restoration. I love all your content, because it's a bit of every thing. Have a great week✌.
Looking forward to the restoration of this machine, looks pretty darn good for the age. I'm also really curious about the the operation of this unit ( where all the controls are, etc.).
Me too. A head-mounted Go-Pro with explanation of each control that would allow you to see the result through the operator's windshield would make awesome content.
@@LisaMedeiros-tr2lz Gotta agree. Just a view from someone that had never even started a machine like this, or had any idea of the steps needed to start / run / operate it would be cool.
This has to be one of the most respected names of heavy equipment in the world ! Just amazing thanks for saving her
The knowledge, skill and persistence of this guy is impressive. He must also have a very understanding wife.
She is!! lol
I love this stuff!!! Thanks again Matt for bringing us along!
love watching you
get the old stuff running man