We bought the Cheapest Excavator in New Zealand.. Will it survive a hard days work??

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  • @ianwille5780
    @ianwille5780 Місяць тому +171

    Nice to see you and the neighbors getting together to fix a common problem for the both of you

  • @garyholt4445
    @garyholt4445 Місяць тому +73

    Marty, thank goodness you put up another video. I was starting to have acute withdrawal symptoms. I have an idea for a video but I will run it by you. As an avid viewer of your work, I would like you to do a “where are they now” video of the machines you have resurrected. You obviously kept the Hitachi excavator and TD9 bulldozer, but tractors, where do I start. There have been 2 barn finds but others like the swamp tractor, the David Brown, the Fiat, the Kubota 4WD, the one you rescued from the bushland. Surely you don’t keep them all on your property, you would drive your wife crazy.

    • @alexdehotot2712
      @alexdehotot2712 29 днів тому +7

      Have a look at a video of his from 8 months ago: "Teaching my son how to start my entire fleet of vintage machines" - I think he's kept them all

  • @ezio9010
    @ezio9010 Місяць тому +43

    Congrats on the 500k!

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  Місяць тому +23

      Thanks.. Not quite there yet, maybe by the end of the week

    • @andyca15
      @andyca15 Місяць тому +2

      @@MartyT Not sure what happened but I got unsubscribed, last video I was notified of was the "Mini Excavator vs. landslide" 3 months ago. Looks like UA-cam are gaming the system so they don't have to send out those expensive play buttons!

  • @donnaml8776
    @donnaml8776 Місяць тому +34

    I’m glad to see the neighbors care about the roads too. It’s great seeing you work together to get it done. I enjoy seeing you both working on the road, it’s very interesting.

  • @gazzafloss
    @gazzafloss Місяць тому +40

    You blokes are pretty competent operators, I've watched guys in nice new excavators stuff around trying without success to "train" concrete culvert pipes together accurately, it's a hand eye coordination effort and you blokes did it very well with a tired old machine, good one Marty, cheers from "the West Island".

    • @rimmersbryggeri
      @rimmersbryggeri Місяць тому +7

      If it was my council it would be 6 guys coming up to look at the hole for 6 hours and then going home without havein done anything. Do that for about a week and then not come back for another 6 months.

    • @GTTemperd
      @GTTemperd 8 днів тому

      Beauty👍 always good to get a it more life out of a good machine.
      Great spot too,nice country
      Cheers

  • @rimmersbryggeri
    @rimmersbryggeri Місяць тому +17

    The guy seemed very honest. Finding possible faults like the the oil possibly being thin etc. Very nice.

    • @markhorrell9213
      @markhorrell9213 Місяць тому +1

      I never sell anything mechanical without either fixing it or telling prospective owners what's wrong that l've lived with. I have been bitten by liars,live in a bush community and have picked up a bit of nous...but hate lies. Shit heads get short thrift out here.,particularly as most sellers are pretty fair

  • @Yutani_Crayven
    @Yutani_Crayven Місяць тому +26

    That diagnosis is exactly the kind of interesting stuff that I'm always looking forward to. The way you guys go about it is so wild. Simple, quick, and effective. Super cool.

  • @Tropategan
    @Tropategan Місяць тому +43

    Loving these videos.
    Ever since the excavator in the woods video. Top tier content.
    Thanks Marty.

  • @chrissmith7655
    @chrissmith7655 Місяць тому +21

    Hi Marty and friend, great video. Wish I had neighbours like you two here in UK. Many thanks, hope all goes well with repairs.

  • @terrytopliss9506
    @terrytopliss9506 Місяць тому +20

    Amazing how well these old machines last Marty. Thanks for the video.👍👍

  • @rednaughtstudios
    @rednaughtstudios Місяць тому +43

    You'd have thought Marty had picked the top of the South Island clean but no... ;-)

  • @SeanChYT
    @SeanChYT Місяць тому +7

    Amazing to see it getting to work so soon after purchase and getting the job done.

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 Місяць тому +8

    Good neighbours are worth their weight in gold. Looking forward to seeing the "fix up". Bloody useful machine.

  • @geotard
    @geotard Місяць тому +34

    At least its not stuck abandoned on the side of a mountain and requiring a rebuild in situ. Thats gotta be a bonus 😁

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  Місяць тому +15

      Exactly, it made it up the hill to mates workshop

  • @Crftbt
    @Crftbt Місяць тому +3

    It's great how this isn't just a sale video. The excavator is insected, transported, and put to use all in one video!

  • @jenniferogilvie5490
    @jenniferogilvie5490 Місяць тому +10

    Morning here in South Africa, super to have you as a neighbor Marty. Keep the videos rolling.

  • @markhorrell9213
    @markhorrell9213 Місяць тому +3

    Love the way its neighbors helping neighbors. This is what l grew up with. We'd borrow a dozer,they'd borrow a truck or tractor or would use our sawmill n We'd help build shed's etc. One hand helping the other.

  • @flowerstone
    @flowerstone Місяць тому +3

    I love seeing the construction on the road. Very well done on setting the culverts. Putting the “new” digger to the test. Trial by fire. This one was different in that the machine fired right up. Unusual. 😁

  • @pete_ski
    @pete_ski Місяць тому +2

    Great to see you and your neighbours working together and keeping access for all. Great to see!

  • @HenryKlausEsq.
    @HenryKlausEsq. Місяць тому +31

    I'm convinced this part of the world is home to more Renaissance Men than anywhere else. A symbiosis of the land only accommodating such people, and the people working with the land.

    • @wideyxyz2271
      @wideyxyz2271 Місяць тому +7

      You can find them in a lot of places around the world but you have to look hard.

    • @yak9147
      @yak9147 Місяць тому +4

      An impression I get of Marty, is that he is smart and very efficient with his efforts in a laid back, unrushed way. I had to look up the meaning of Renaissance man, as us bush Kiwis aren't quite so academic.

  • @everestyeti
    @everestyeti Місяць тому +5

    Nice seeing neighbours working together, looking at those tracks that why you clean then after each job saves a fortune. For its age not a bad digger, nice find. 👍

  • @Kiwitekediver
    @Kiwitekediver Місяць тому +7

    Almost at 500k bro! Well deserved. Thanks for the great content 🤝

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  Місяць тому +3

      Thanks mate

  • @brianwilliams1094
    @brianwilliams1094 20 днів тому +3

    somehow i'm watching this on friday evening despite spending 50+ hours a week running excavators. cheers mate

  • @GearheadStew
    @GearheadStew 25 днів тому +2

    A bit of a fixer upper, but I love seeing old equipment put back into use. I'm sure it will be a very handy machine for your neighbor.

  • @goptools
    @goptools 28 днів тому +4

    Looks like a nice machine. Started right up. Seems to run really well. Needs a little love in the undercarriage and some of the pins and hoses. Nice big, flat edge bucket. If its new life doesn't require daily hard usage, it should be fine for quite a while. Pretty neat how it was moved, first by barge, then by truck.

  • @kevinchamberlain7928
    @kevinchamberlain7928 Місяць тому +4

    The Kobelco reminds me of me: Totally clapped out with loose joints everywhere but can still put on a good show!

  • @PaulRansonArt
    @PaulRansonArt 12 днів тому +3

    Congratulations Marty on 500K subs. A great 'how to' channel for us armchair mechanics, builders, restorers and general couch potatoes 🤣🤣 Actually I'm off to the loft to look at the insulation that needs relaying. I didn't say I was going to do anything. Just look at it!

  • @rickdommett
    @rickdommett Місяць тому +9

    from Canada........ congratulations on having 500,000 subscribers, I have watched for a long time as I really enjoy how you do things.............cheers.

  • @bigalhudson
    @bigalhudson 24 дні тому +2

    In constant envy of people with playgrounds this big, but the cost of maintaining, not so much. That sounds like ten tons of fun about to cost more than the scrap value to get working reliably..Good luck 👍

  • @tolbaszy8067
    @tolbaszy8067 29 днів тому +3

    Very convenient living on a mountain of perfect road building material!

  • @liamedmondsthepossum
    @liamedmondsthepossum 20 днів тому +3

    This machine has spent all its life from new down the sounds. This at one point was Adrian Harvey's then was sold in the early 2000's ( i believe ) to the wells in nopera. It was then was brought with the property that the Mander's have now. It was then sold a couple of years ago to Lyle in Crail bay. I have personally ran this machine ( 4 5 years ago ? ) when the mander's had it and it was a good we digger for its age.

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  19 днів тому +3

      Good to know the history of it thanks

    • @liamedmondsthepossum
      @liamedmondsthepossum 19 днів тому +2

      @@MartyT your welcome I grew up and I'm from nopera so that helps. The track chains have also had a link taken out a few years ago.

  • @graemeswan633
    @graemeswan633 Місяць тому +8

    Was just thinking we must be due for another Marty masterpiece so I came to UA-cam and here it is

  • @memsb1
    @memsb1 Місяць тому +5

    Guy using the rake to clear around a culvert exactly like the one used by Post10. It always makes me smile to see you using Morris oil. From my small home town, all the way to the other side of the world. You should see if they'll sponsor you, might send you a few free drums!

  • @GARDENER42
    @GARDENER42 Місяць тому +66

    Just for once, I see a Marty T video soon after it's uploaded - it's 01;30 here in Blighty.😁
    ETA Why is it so rare to see thumbs on excavators outside of the US?
    Heck, they're just so flippin' useful.

    • @jimbobkirkwood828
      @jimbobkirkwood828 Місяць тому +5

      Alot do over here too. Iv noticed a lot of old machines like these never got them, probably weren't needed

    • @andrewradford3953
      @andrewradford3953 Місяць тому +2

      I thinking of adding one to my Hitachi ex75. It's even gpt the ear welded on the arm for it.
      I have a set of scrub grabs I made for handling green waste and compost. They do OK moving pine trees, but don't close enough to grip the logs. A thumb and bucket should be perfect for heaver eucalypt trees and logs.

    • @fugibubi
      @fugibubi Місяць тому +8

      M8 take the ukraine flag down. Its over they lost and we wasted all that money on crooks who offshore it

    • @trevorslater2746
      @trevorslater2746 Місяць тому +22

      ​@@fugibubiGo Home Orc 😅

    • @tutekohe1361
      @tutekohe1361 Місяць тому +3

      @@trevorslater2746😂

  • @remog38
    @remog38 Місяць тому +3

    Good find Marty thanks

  • @warrenvalentino5763
    @warrenvalentino5763 Місяць тому +2

    Great video!! Awesome job fixing the road!!

  • @Bar.65
    @Bar.65 22 дні тому +2

    Good day Marty … how come the videos have slowed down … I look forward to the restored vehicles and the manicure mountain terrain that you do.
    Maybe restore to sell, what ever you decide we are just glad to be able to watch. Thanks

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  19 днів тому +2

      I have rsi (mouse elbow) in both arms from all the editing, I'm slowing down the uploads for a while to let it heal

    • @Bar.65
      @Bar.65 19 днів тому +1

      @@MartyT
      Good day sir , and thank you for replying . I’m very sorry to hear about your predicament and Im quif sure your fans from all over wish a speedy recovery. Rest and a change of routines will help heal. I’ll try and be patient and await your next video.

  • @texasjetman
    @texasjetman Місяць тому +2

    Congratulations on the new / slightly used excavator. You will have it in good useable shape in no time. Looking forward to your handy tips on repairing and servicing

  • @Lex-Hawthorn
    @Lex-Hawthorn 16 днів тому +2

    Alright find that Marty, and a good job on the culvert mate.

  • @buddyreed2623
    @buddyreed2623 Місяць тому +3

    A lucky fix with the track. Hopefully the things that need to be fixed will not cost as much as the machine did. The hydraulics seem to be good picking up the culverts. Have good days!

  • @RANDALLOLOGY
    @RANDALLOLOGY 21 день тому +2

    Hey she may be old but she still works. With your magic it will work like new again

  • @ColinLennard
    @ColinLennard Місяць тому +2

    Team work Well done. Thanks for keeping us up to date with what is going on.

  • @MrDeancoote
    @MrDeancoote 29 днів тому +1

    Amazing machines would love to have a drive of one . Remember riding in the bucket as a kid , uncle would slew the machine at 360 ,,, dizzy dizzy 🙂. Looking forward to seeing you change the rad and service the machine.

  • @stephaniewilson3955
    @stephaniewilson3955 Місяць тому +4

    Good work! That machine is worth whatever your neighbour paid for it! (About twice over.)

  • @chrisdunham6119
    @chrisdunham6119 Місяць тому +5

    It would be great to see a restoration series on this

  • @TheWuFinancial
    @TheWuFinancial 29 днів тому +2

    Thanks for making so many cool videos.

  • @glyn1
    @glyn1 20 днів тому +2

    Well done boys Barry Blenheim

  • @WayneCoke
    @WayneCoke Місяць тому +2

    Another great save by Marty and neighbors. I think when I got it home I would steam or hot pressure clean so you could check it out better including the tracks.

  • @taurota1554
    @taurota1554 Місяць тому +4

    Outstanding and awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

  • @johnpartridge7623
    @johnpartridge7623 Місяць тому +3

    What a fantastic Country side view

  • @patallen5095
    @patallen5095 Місяць тому +3

    I think the neighbours see all the fun Marty has with his excavator and dozers, so they want in on the action too!! 🤣👍

  • @billyhaddock5540
    @billyhaddock5540 Місяць тому +2

    Marty T, good job helping ur friend buy a old Excavator. looks good, tracks sounds like a door aga, some replace parts and hoses she will be fine..

  • @edog4011
    @edog4011 Місяць тому +2

    very nice work with neighbor 👍👍👍

  • @iamahood1
    @iamahood1 Місяць тому +3

    I’m always wondering what you’re getting up to. Great update!

  • @downwash17
    @downwash17 Місяць тому +1

    Would love to see a video on what you have done for a living and how you got into fixing your old machines.

  • @Caelum-q7s
    @Caelum-q7s Місяць тому +12

    "Just clear a slip on the way up the hill". It can take months for the local council to organise something like that on a road.

  • @markbehr88
    @markbehr88 27 днів тому +1

    Very cool. Obviously needs some sorting. 👍

  • @johnwesner3935
    @johnwesner3935 Місяць тому +1

    Well Marty, I'd call that a success 😊 You actually got some work done before it broke! I'm seldom able to get much done without spending a ton of money. Good Job!

  • @stephen9937
    @stephen9937 13 днів тому +2

    It’s just men getting on in life….no worries mate..respect from Ireland

  • @kingmarz3635
    @kingmarz3635 Місяць тому +3

    It seems that people love this content
    Congrats

  • @Wil_Liam1
    @Wil_Liam1 Місяць тому +6

    It's contagious as Marty has now infected his neighbor with buying old heavy equipment that needs work !! 😆

  • @richardroscorla550
    @richardroscorla550 Місяць тому +32

    Instant like best vids on youtube learnt so much from watching well done mate .

  • @bruceleealmighty
    @bruceleealmighty Місяць тому +2

    Enjoyable video as always. Thanks

  • @kitty_s23456
    @kitty_s23456 14 днів тому +4

    Hey Marty, any update on the sons of Rambro & the rest of his family? You haven't posted on Rambro's channel for a long while. Hope they're still around.

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  11 днів тому +3

      Angry ram channel doesn't make any money for the time I put in so I don't bother uploading there.. Thunder wandered out of the forest for a visit yesterday, he's looking healthy

    • @kitty_s23456
      @kitty_s23456 11 днів тому

      @MartyT thanks for the reply! Glad to know that Thunder is still hale & hearty. 👍

  • @leonvdm
    @leonvdm Місяць тому +2

    nice excavator, plenty of life left, very useful for the years to come.

  • @crochetingaroundnewzealand
    @crochetingaroundnewzealand 23 дні тому +2

    That was good practice for now fixing up all New Zealand roads!! 😂

  • @lutomson3496
    @lutomson3496 Місяць тому +3

    I would have doubled up the culverts under the road, it will flood again not if but when and will wash out again with the same capacity there glad to see the excavator did a good job!

  • @Spitter-ud8jd
    @Spitter-ud8jd Місяць тому +3

    Marty's HOA Help Out All. The way neighbors in rural areas get along . I'm always there when they need me and they are there for me if I need them. 🍻

  • @humanstrain1
    @humanstrain1 29 днів тому +4

    Geez you boys did a nice job on that culvert. Two blokes with a clapped out of digger achieved in a few days what would take the council six months and $10 million.

  • @edanhayes1644
    @edanhayes1644 Місяць тому +2

    Marty you are a hell of an operator love ya work.

  • @karlmcdougall8330
    @karlmcdougall8330 28 днів тому +2

    Used to have one of these old machines on swamp tracks on a peat bog down south would say it'll always start better than a new machine slow but reliable

  • @daddybob6096
    @daddybob6096 Місяць тому +9

    Marty is the right sort of neighbour to have. Wish he lived near me, LoL.

  • @tony66au
    @tony66au 29 днів тому +1

    Good machine that needs a little love :-)
    Got to be 4 or 5 Video's in this project for sure!

  • @justinbrown2093
    @justinbrown2093 Місяць тому +2

    that's a clean excavator. Rams look good, engine sounds strong, barely run in 😊

  • @hamilton5175
    @hamilton5175 Місяць тому +2

    thats crazy, i have a kobelco k909 24 ton, and i have not changed the engine oil and dont think the prior owner did ether(probobly 14 years also sitting alot) but the oil look new. and everything just works,

  • @kylieking4901
    @kylieking4901 Місяць тому +3

    Bro Marty, that storm was when I started watching your channel, and what a journey since then. Keep up the good videos 👍

  • @michaellynskey7124
    @michaellynskey7124 Місяць тому +2

    Great job extending the culvert make the road better and more safer, Especially for larger vehicles.When are you going to buy some more equipment your videos are always decent to watch 🇬🇧🇮🇪.

  • @johnhampson7
    @johnhampson7 28 днів тому +2

    Gosh, I thought you'd slacken those tracks before climbing up that track, I was just waiting for one to break.

  • @newzealandearthmover4008
    @newzealandearthmover4008 15 днів тому +2

    Leaking slew ring, tracks buggered, leaking ram seal, movement in the boom pin, slop in the bucket pins, milky oil, needs new hoses. Mmm and your wanting $800. ... Would you take $350 😂😂😂 Good to see the old girl still working 💪

  • @MRrwmac
    @MRrwmac Місяць тому +2

    Great acquisition! I know you will “dig up” a lot of uses for it…haha

  • @TheAde71
    @TheAde71 Місяць тому +3

    Worth spending a few bucks on it especially hoses

  • @mercedesvan-doors34
    @mercedesvan-doors34 Місяць тому +3

    Most common thing in these is the right hand track drive to give bother/ get weak. Usually the centre rotation cylinder needs a seal or two.

  • @thesteampunkmachine9077
    @thesteampunkmachine9077 Місяць тому +3

    Almost at 500k I can't wait, you deserve it 🎉🎉🎉

  • @dougwilson1769
    @dougwilson1769 22 дні тому +2

    Another great video

  • @ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524
    @ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524 Місяць тому +4

    Truly a stunning part of the World.

  • @joshuahill5271
    @joshuahill5271 23 дні тому +2

    Buy an old bus lol plenty for sale in New Zealand and try and get it running, the bones on some of them are awesome just need a mechanical lookover.

  • @balboshrooms
    @balboshrooms Місяць тому +9

    Watching this here in Oklahoma, just before I go to bed. Cracking end to the day.

    • @phillovelace
      @phillovelace Місяць тому +1

      That makes 2 of us. From Wetumka myself.

    • @balboshrooms
      @balboshrooms Місяць тому +3

      @@phillovelace claremore here

  • @nightstorm9128
    @nightstorm9128 Місяць тому +2

    Looks like a tidy little machine,,

  • @Radzoso
    @Radzoso Місяць тому +11

    Just walking it back home... and as long as we're here, let's fix this culvert.

  • @johnfitzpatrick2469
    @johnfitzpatrick2469 Місяць тому +2

    G,day Marty T from Sydney Australia. Nice acquisition. After all that time sitting and after work load only rad leaking.
    🇦🇺🌏

  • @davidclarke3450
    @davidclarke3450 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for the video

  • @durizoyo2330
    @durizoyo2330 Місяць тому +5

    Hey Marty just an idea. You could host a charity event. Not super sure on the details. But if you asked your subs to come out and labor for a project, you'd have all sorts of strong and skilled lads looking to help. Wed get to shake your hand and have a nice day in the sun and meet some nice folks. All the while working for a local school or council to make a path, fix something, Eco work like planting trees or whatever else.

    • @t.r.l.4377
      @t.r.l.4377 Місяць тому +1

      excellent thought.........
      most of us hop in our private jets n fly a mile or 14K!
      😁

    • @janmodal6876
      @janmodal6876 Місяць тому

      NORWEGIANS HER 😂😂😂😂

  • @audas
    @audas Місяць тому +3

    Crawl inside that culvert and concrete those gaps to prevent it undermining it so quickly again - would only be a year or two and it will slip. Those gaps are a problem - dam up the top side.

  • @robertspray7472
    @robertspray7472 Місяць тому +9

    Cold beer, a Marty T video and bedtime in Indiana USA.
    Cheers mate

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  Місяць тому +1

      Nice.. Thanks for watching

  • @laenreklaw
    @laenreklaw 29 днів тому +2

    use it once, it pays for itself. Use it twice and it's solid gold

  • @mischef18
    @mischef18 Місяць тому +2

    With a bit of love it should be a great asset for your neighbour bro. Made for great viewing for sure. Beautiful day here in the Waikato with a nice breeze for the washing. Safe travels. Ken.

  • @Fintoolguy
    @Fintoolguy 24 дні тому +2

    12:14 is that vintage backhoe from the video 5 years ago? it's my favorite video from the channel

    • @MartyT
      @MartyT  23 дні тому +3

      Yes it is

  • @darrenhawken9766
    @darrenhawken9766 Місяць тому +2

    Thanks for sharing 👍💨💨

  • @TobyWild
    @TobyWild Місяць тому +5

    The audio at the end, you could sell that to Steven Speilberg for his next WW2 movie, that sounds like a broken Panzer limping across the battlefield :)

  • @allanmason7544
    @allanmason7544 Місяць тому +3

    really enjoyed that vid marty