Moving a caboose is a big job. My dad was a railroad engineer and after he retired, had 2 cabooses put on his property. They had to be moved via lowboy truck and then lifted by a crane and put into place. My husband and I got married between those cabooses which was fun. Best of luck moving them to their new location.
My uncle in Dalton Georgia and an entire engine in his backyard sitting on some tracks. It was coal fired from the 1800's. IDK how much it weighed. He was a retired engineer. Also held the patent on the connector hooks for the trains we still use today.
I have an old love for cabooses because one of the earliest books that was read to me and then I could read was "the Little Red Caboose" a classic Little Golden Book by Marian Potter and wonderful illustrations by Tibor Gergely which was published when I was two years old. I am thrilled that HeavyDSparks could save two of these wonderful cars that lots of children got to know by reading many printings of the books or watching the end car on those long trains. So thanks Dave for bringing me back ❤
Dave, UP 25371 was moved to Cub Country there in Millcreek Canyon in October 1988. It was built in July of 1960. UP 25374 was built in April of 1962 and moved to that same location in Oct 1988. The Utah State Railroad museum in Ogden may be interested in them.
@@jilbertbIn Ely they have actually made old trains operable and public can ride them for a fee. Before my dad passed I took him on the ghost train which included a old west meal on the ride. Planned to take future rides but sadly dad passed. Dad also took many young scouts to Camp Tracy Wigwam , he loved scouting. Too bad scouts made a poor political decision.
I spent summers at Tracy Wigwam in the 70s. The train cars were not there at that time. It was a great place for scouts. I grew up less then a mile from the mouth of Millcreek canyon. Thank you for taking care not to destroy much. I could have used that fire would. Good job.
Saving history of a past Era! I remember watching the trains in the 60s with a caboose at the end. I really wish for the ways and things of the past when life was simpler. Amazing job, guys, and I love that you leave as little of a footprint when you leave as you can. Stay safe, God's blessings on you and your whole crew from Proctor Minnesota!
My dad was the guy who recovered train car from wrecks for CN he would have been proud of you guys getting those out of there with what you had to work with. He drove the Crain all over recovering trains and train cars, retired now along with his Crain 😀👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@SpokanePistolShooter if you're asking such a specific question chances are you already know the answer, we get it you've been there.. congratulations
I really respect how you all care for the environment that you are working in, and are taking that extra effort to leave as little damage as you can while essentially cleaning up the space and removing items that should not be there, or are not wanted there.
You can tell how much this place meant to you as a kid by how hard you try not to tear stuff up, and it’s good to see to because this is important to a lot of kids in that area and it’s cool to see you guys taking the time to take care of everything while doing this.. it’s awsome
Dave that's so awesome you have those two caboose, my father retired from the railroad with almost 40yrs of service. He hired in 1963 on the DT&I Railroad in Flat Rock MI long story too say but the railroad was sold to the GTW Grand Trunk Western Railroad in 1984. Who's parent company was CN Canadian National Railroad in the late 90's CN took back control of the GTW due to poor business decision's. Anyway I grew up with the railroad and I love anything that has to do with railroads, although l worked for Harley -Davidson for 24yrs until I broke my neck now in a wheelchair BUT it's all GOOD. Thank You for this Amazing Awesome video keep up with everything You do it's absolutely awesome 👍. God l would absolutely Love to have a Caboose in my yard always wanted one painted in my Father's railroad paint scheme in the DT&I Color's. Good Luck hopefully you restore them so that others will enjoy them.
Easy cheesy, lemon squeezy my left foot. You guys built a bridge when it was needed! You folks are the role models that are so desperately needed in today's world. Please keep doing what you do!
Hey, taking the steps off can help a lot. A friend purchased a few buggies from the Boston and Maine railroad. Because of bridge restrictions the railroad told them they had to cut them up. Mel took the trucks off and turned then on their side ! wide load !
Dave, Dave, Hanz, Alan, Bud, Bad Boy '&' your Entire Crew, once again seeing you all working together as a well-oiled machine is truly inspirational for all of us to follow, how proud you must be of the Professional Team you have built! Way back in the day as a young scout the camp was known as "Tracy Wigwam" I don't know why the name was ever changed, Y'all Be & Stay Safe & Well.
I worked on the rail road for 20 years at the roundhouse.. the best way to move them is to lift the body off of the trucks, which are the wheel carriages. Transport the body, separate the wheels from the trucks and transport the trucks separately from the wheels..good luck with trying not to sink into the ground too much!👍👍👏
I remember when i was little, My grandpa used to work for the Railroad in Mexico, we used to go to work with him and ride in the Caboose, It was very cool and an experience I will never forget. Very cool to be able to have one, but don't have the room for it.
With you guys moving an impossible to move train…..how could I not believe in the impossible? And the music you were playing was epic! Almost believed I was in the early 50’s!! This is why I continue to watch you!! ❤️❤️❤️😍
I am not watching this because I watched with my husband on his account. My husband is an Eagle Scout. He spent a lot of time at Camp Garland and Camp Russell in the 70’s. It’s nice to see that these cabooses are going to someone who appreciates their history at the camp. It’s sad that some bad apples in the BS made it so that people don’t even let their kids do scouting anymore. Thank you for taking these and not letting them die in the forest.
I use to be a maintenance guy at a place that had about 50 cabooses that were turned into motel rooms. Had electric, plumbing, air/heat, the whole nine yards. Did a lot of work in them cabooses!
I loved Casey Jones Junction as a kid. When I went to this camp it was literally the hub of all activity. This camp was amazing back in the day. If I'm remembering correctly this is where the trading post was and very near where we used to do the Kaber climb. Sad to see that it isn't like it used to be
Not really that expensive, it’s the moving that makes them such, $8000.00 to $15000.00 a car normally $25,000 to $50,000.00 in shipping an handling alone.
Man I get stressed out so easily and this just makes me admire these guys so much more. They did this deal like real men. They did what they had to do with no backing out even though this looked like the toughest recovery you guys ever did. Real admiration for you guys. I aspire to be as badass as you guys
Wow! I was just at Camp Tracy a few days ago for my first time taking a group of kids from my ward! Had a blast 💥. Such a beautiful camp. Wish I could have seen those cabooses in person! I think you should keep one of them in front of your shop. Many possibilities there!
I worked for SPRR in Ogden back in the 80's. I used a caboose as an office.. It had an oil fired stove, a refrigerator, a bed and a bathroom. Always thought it would be cool to have one of them on a property somewhere.
I am sure this has been said a Million times... Dave is truly the GOAT of Mans, man. I love these videos and all the task these guys take on. If I was 20 yrs younger, I would love to be part of his crew.
I rode thousands of miles in there UP Cabooses. You’ll notice they have hand bars I use to use to swing in and out of cupolas. There are slanted hand rails on outside by steps. These curved hand rails were designed to help trainmen board caboose while train is moving. We rode in cupolas and watched out windows to inspect train on curves. We watched trains for sparks and smoke caused by sticking brakes or hot bearings. I used to stand on rear platforms and toss ten minute fuzees to warn trains behind us that we were close to them. Station agents would hand us train orders written by train dispatchers to regulate trains.This was done using long poles with a vee at top with a string looped holding rolled paper orders. We would reach out and send a hand through the loop, sometimes at 70 MPH. The string loop would detach from pole and deliver orders to us. To accomplish this task agents had to stand very close to speeding trains and trainmen had to lean out aim hand through loop. It was scary and if you missed train had to stop and you walked or backed train up to get orders. If you missed there was an butt chewing coming..
Sir I well know you earned your retirement so make it long. For those who don't know, most freight is unscheduled, therefore your work was mostly unscheduled, which is a challenging lifestyle - 24/7, 365.
@@snookmeister55we lived by the phone. Usually had an hour and a half call to come to work, any time of day or night. I had to carry a lot of quarters for pay phones and call in every hour, then we got beepers, and then cell phones. I was one of the first of my peers to get a cell phone, most of my coworkers thought I was crazy for paying $30 a month then a beeper was $20.
@@barrywardle5683 Trust me I know about 1.5, 2 and 3-hour calls. Not a lot of people are willing to live their life that way, not to even mention what the work challenges entailed. Live long and healthy.
Have you guys ever heard about a Letourneau? We use them over here in the Redwoods to pick up logs. You can pick up an entire logging truck loaded with one of these
Ngl the tension going over the bridge was real. This is what I love about this channel!! Everything is real and the guys put it in the line with each recovery.
This is really cool 😎 I love your videos, I certainly don’t always get how you do all this so I really appreciate how you explain everything instead of assuming everyone knows and understand the mechanics of it. Just a 74 year old lady who used to be the only girl drag racing in a small town.👍
For one thing, trying to lift from the bottom is going to make the weight top-heavy. I would have used a spreader bar down over the sides and lifted from over top of it, thereby putting the cg higher.
@@datguymiller Like Ford 4.9, 300 cu in, a bullet proof engine, I got a 1990, still runs good on 5 cylinders but dam, the body rusts out. Cabooses were scaped because the crew was reduced to 3, then to 2 and now are experimenting with one, the engineer, the driver! Give ANY train the right of way! Eh?
Gotta say, what you guys do is so far outside my life experience, but it's always so dam interesting. At my age, I'd give anything to cash it all in to join a crew like yours and enjoy the hell out of every day I have left.
Thanks for sharing this latest adventure Dave. Pretty cool that you were able to do this and that the camp has this kind of meaning for you and you were able to help the camp out by removing the cabooses.
I recon you should keep one! Restore it to its former glory, and have a caboose that theoretically you could hook up to the back of a train and ride the rails. And eventually oneday buy a diesel locomotive, or recover one. To have a diesel behemoth and a caboose would be epic!
Hey David, you should really consider donating these to the Heber Valley railroad. They are a small but amazing museum. They would take good care of them and you’d be helping good people. I am a former conductor and if you ever need any help with these I’m willing to lend a hand! I live in Colorado but I’d love to help. I also have experience with restoring old RR equipment.
Rode in a caboose on Easter with the Nevada Northern Railroad out of Ely. Fun experience for the family. I know they couldn't afford buying it from you but if it came to it, donate to the Heber creeper guys or the Nevada guys.
For the trailer wiring 1) Put a little bit of Dielectric grease on each pin hole. 2) Scrape each pin even if they doesn’t look like they have rust on them. 3) If that still doesn’t work, use a 90 deg. pick (similar to dental picks but for mechanics) to bend the female end metal pieces of the connector out so they hold the male pieces tighter. 4) In a few situations from guys who run hotshot, I’ve heard of the electric brakes wearing down and grounding out randomly while driving. In this case, just throw a new Dexter brake assembly on there (no pun intended, sorry Dex). Thanks for all your fun content! We love watching you guys adventure on👍😁
You guys always manage to work things out 😅 Thank-you for being so careful with nature 😅 Hope there is part 2, so we can see the final results 😅 May God Bless 🙌 🙏 ✨️ all of you 🙌 🙏 Stay safe and warm 😴 💜
As a little girl I would always wave to the man in the caboose who would be looking out the door. Those precious men never failed to wave back. When they did away with the caboose and the steam engines the trains lost their magic. Thank you for rescuing those two venerable relics of a more gentle time (
Yes I agree. I love a good caboose but railroad companies are EXTREMELY CHEAP and HATE to spend money...it's expensive to upkeep a caboose so they decided to do away with them and steam engines and the extra men needed to operate them to save money.
I love the trains.. would make a really cool, place to put on land and rent them out as a train motel room . I love watching your channel.. I live in Columbus Ohio and I take care of my uncle. So watching let's me enjoy the things,I've never done through you guys.
I'm envious, we never had train cars/cabooses at my scout camp. We did, however, have some REALLY large trees compared to those you were removing. (We grow some big ones here in Washington!) Excellent job under some rather challenging circumstances, really liked your approach to minimizing the environmental damage.
Respect for trying to make as little of an impact as possible! I know many UA-camrs in this genre don’t care about the environment as much. Maybe some of that Eagle Scout showing :)
That save to stop the caboose falling over was incredible! Years of excavator work lead to the perfect reaction to what could've been catastrophic! Amazing work all around!
Nicely done. You saved two remarkable ready-built year-round all-weather cabins that have great childhood memories. I say you keep them both and make them into cabins so your children can build their memories as well.
WOW all you guys are amazing... the way you ALL work together as a team....as hard as this looked in the beginning, you got the job done... there is nothing that will beat you into submission.....great work Sparks mob......:)
The Railroad “Caboose” was the Most Iconic Car on the Railroad until they were mostly eliminated. Some Railroads still use them for Special Moves and MOW Crews.
Hate to say it Sparks butno matter how well you explain yourself there's still going to be people complaining. That being said .....the extent you're going to is absolutely amazing and everyone involved should be proud!!
Your epileptic cameraman missed several shots because he was filming a podcast where you describe things - What happened the cool videos you did over the winter, they where amazingly well shot and edited
@@PressStartOnce well fancy that… my very next question was would anybody happen to know the translation of whales vagina is in German? It’s for a School project..
So,...is the plural of 'caboose'..."cabeese'? I'd love to have one to sit on the back of my lot. Would be a great BBQ/party hut. I know of a couple here in Nor Cal, but no idea who owns them or if they are for sale.
Merriam Webster's, Encarta, Oxford and American Heritage all agree that the probable origin is the Dutch word "Kabuis, which entered the English language around the middle of the 18th century. It described the cooking galley on a ship.
Lol just skip them. Who cares about sponsor type...skip ahead. Problem solved. You people are annoying. Complain, complain...for things that you can skip. Cmon give me a brake.
Awesome video! This brought back such good memories. I attended this camp twice when I was a scout and took scouts multiple times as an adult or scout leader. I have always loved trains and the cabooses were always my favorite part of this campground.
Heavy D and team, y'all are great. Thank you for explaining the environmental impact and reasons for moving them. Y'all are fantastic. Diesel!!! Keep bathing in the creek, my friend.
A good place to list them or to look at listing or auctions of rail equipment is Ozark Mountain Railcar. That's where I always go to drool/dream about buying railcars.
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Moving a caboose is a big job. My dad was a railroad engineer and after he retired, had 2 cabooses put on his property. They had to be moved via lowboy truck and then lifted by a crane and put into place. My husband and I got married between those cabooses which was fun. Best of luck moving them to their new location.
Very sketchy and ethical the u guys got them out the, very good job to everyone
My uncle in Dalton Georgia and an entire engine in his backyard sitting on some tracks. It was coal fired from the 1800's. IDK how much it weighed. He was a retired engineer. Also held the patent on the connector hooks for the trains we still use today.
One secret to a long marriage is that you both have and keep a nice caboose. 😂
@KB-ke3fi they were steam engines if I had to guess depending on the size of them probably over 150,000 #
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I have an old love for cabooses because one of the earliest books that was read to me and then I could read was "the Little Red Caboose" a classic Little Golden Book by Marian Potter and wonderful illustrations by Tibor Gergely which was published when I was two years old. I am thrilled that HeavyDSparks could save two of these wonderful cars that lots of children got to know by reading many printings of the books or watching the end car on those long trains. So thanks Dave for bringing me back ❤
I read that book in 1981.
My childhood favorite book
Dave, UP 25371 was moved to Cub Country there in Millcreek Canyon in October 1988. It was built in July of 1960. UP 25374 was built in April of 1962 and moved to that same location in Oct 1988. The Utah State Railroad museum in Ogden may be interested in them.
Train museum in Ely, NV too!
@@jilbertbIn Ely they have actually made old trains operable and public can ride them for a fee.
Before my dad passed I took him on the ghost train which included a old west meal on the ride. Planned to take future rides but sadly dad passed. Dad also took many young scouts to Camp Tracy Wigwam , he loved scouting. Too bad scouts made a poor political decision.
Or Heber valley railroad. Would be cool to see them move again.
very cool to see this i hope Dave notices this comment @HeavyDSparks
I spent summers at Tracy Wigwam in the 70s. The train cars were not there at that time. It was a great place for scouts. I grew up less then a mile from the mouth of Millcreek canyon. Thank you for taking care not to destroy much. I could have used that fire would. Good job.
Saving history of a past Era! I remember watching the trains in the 60s with a caboose at the end. I really wish for the ways and things of the past when life was simpler. Amazing job, guys, and I love that you leave as little of a footprint when you leave as you can. Stay safe, God's blessings on you and your whole crew from Proctor Minnesota!
My dad was the guy who recovered train car from wrecks for CN he would have been proud of you guys getting those out of there with what you had to work with. He drove the Crain all over recovering trains and train cars, retired now along with his Crain 😀👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
that's crazy, i grew up going to this boy scout camp and have very vivid memories of those cabooses. Thank you for sharing this!
Same! I Cut my knee open so bad there.
Did any guys have vivid memories of your caboose or
I remember going there in the late 80's or early 90's, didn't they have a hand cart that you could move up and down a section of rail by the cabooses?
@@SpokanePistolShooter if you're asking such a specific question chances are you already know the answer, we get it you've been there.. congratulations
@@PrincessAddie14 Why are you on every comment just being a dick to people? I pray you find God and get rid of that hate in your heart. God Bless!
Mate, well done a
@19:39, that was pure skill and experience = BOOM = catastrophe avoided
I really respect how you all care for the environment that you are working in, and are taking that extra effort to leave as little damage as you can while essentially cleaning up the space and removing items that should not be there, or are not wanted there.
Scout motto "leave no trace" although some abide and others dont its a good thing to live by in life.
respect the environment? He was literally fined by the govt for NOT RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENT 🤣🤣🤣
They do care. But they care more about not getting sued by the state again. As would I or anyone else 😂
😂😂😂
@@zachX6452yeah. The environment they can see versus the environment they don’t see and don’t understand. It’s an interesting irony.
CONGRATS ON 3 MIL 💥💥💥
You can tell how much this place meant to you as a kid by how hard you try not to tear stuff up, and it’s good to see to because this is important to a lot of kids in that area and it’s cool to see you guys taking the time to take care of everything while doing this.. it’s awsome
Dave that's so awesome you have those two caboose, my father retired from the railroad with almost 40yrs of service. He hired in 1963 on the DT&I Railroad in Flat Rock MI long story too say but the railroad was sold to the GTW Grand Trunk Western Railroad in 1984. Who's parent company was CN Canadian National Railroad in the late 90's CN took back control of the GTW due to poor business decision's. Anyway I grew up with the railroad and I love anything that has to do with railroads, although l worked for Harley -Davidson for 24yrs until I broke my neck now in a wheelchair BUT it's all GOOD. Thank You for this Amazing Awesome video keep up with everything You do it's absolutely awesome 👍. God l would absolutely Love to have a Caboose in my yard always wanted one painted in my Father's railroad paint scheme in the DT&I Color's. Good Luck hopefully you restore them so that others will enjoy them.
I can only imagine how cool going to that camp in the 90’s would have been.
They need camps like that to be around so sad you could see it in his face when he said now we don't do anything... that was very disheartening
It was a blast. Not there but where I'm from. We lived on the edge.
Yeah and just imagine little heavy d and little Dave running around with you lol
@@josephprentice8354they may hv shut that part of the camp down sadly,but thiers still plenty of summer camps around the whole country..
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Easy cheesy, lemon squeezy my left foot. You guys built a bridge when it was needed!
You folks are the role models that are so desperately needed in today's world. Please keep doing what you do!
Hey, taking the steps off can help a lot. A friend purchased a few buggies from the Boston and Maine railroad. Because of bridge restrictions the railroad told them they had to cut them up. Mel took the trucks off and turned then on their side ! wide load !
Dave, Dave, Hanz, Alan, Bud, Bad Boy '&' your Entire Crew, once again seeing you all working together as a well-oiled machine is truly inspirational for all of us to follow, how proud you must be of the Professional Team you have built! Way back in the day as a young scout the camp was known as "Tracy Wigwam" I don't know why the name was ever changed, Y'all Be & Stay Safe & Well.
I worked on the rail road for 20 years at the roundhouse.. the best way to move them is to lift the body off of the trucks, which are the wheel carriages. Transport the body, separate the wheels from the trucks and transport the trucks separately from the wheels..good luck with trying not to sink into the ground too much!👍👍👏
I love how the best way to move anything railroad related without rails is basically "The hard way" by default
I worked for contractors cargo and that's how we did it
I remember when i was little, My grandpa used to work for the Railroad in Mexico, we used to go to work with him and ride in the Caboose, It was very cool and an experience I will never forget. Very cool to be able to have one, but don't have the room for it.
Lot memories. As a teen I worked for the Milwaukee rail road on caboose track. Cleaning, painting and suppling them for their runs. Ours were orange.
With you guys moving an impossible to move train…..how could I not believe in the impossible? And the music you were playing was epic! Almost believed I was in the early 50’s!! This is why I continue to watch you!! ❤️❤️❤️😍
Scout Camp memories, even 50+ years later, are vivid for me as I can see they still are for you Heavy D. Great work.
I am not watching this because I watched with my husband on his account. My husband is an Eagle Scout. He spent a lot of time at Camp Garland and Camp Russell in the 70’s. It’s nice to see that these cabooses are going to someone who appreciates their history at the camp. It’s sad that some bad apples in the BS made it so that people don’t even let their kids do scouting anymore. Thank you for taking these and not letting them die in the forest.
Thank you so much for saving these cabooses they're are history
I use to be a maintenance guy at a place that had about 50 cabooses that were turned into motel rooms. Had electric, plumbing, air/heat, the whole nine yards. Did a lot of work in them cabooses!
Loved watching HeavyD in his thoughts of process and progress. Thanks editor team once again.
Love to see the dedication demonstrated by getting these cabooses to a better place of use. JH
I love how nothing is off limits to your team. Reminds me of my good ol days. Keep it up!
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I loved Casey Jones Junction as a kid. When I went to this camp it was literally the hub of all activity. This camp was amazing back in the day. If I'm remembering correctly this is where the trading post was and very near where we used to do the Kaber climb. Sad to see that it isn't like it used to be
Definitely keep at least one. The rare collectability of having one at the shop or your home is priceless.
I agree. Keep one. It's not in bad shape.
Not really that expensive, it’s the moving that makes them such,
$8000.00 to $15000.00 a car normally
$25,000 to $50,000.00 in shipping an handling alone.
Man I get stressed out so easily and this just makes me admire these guys so much more. They did this deal like real men. They did what they had to do with no backing out even though this looked like the toughest recovery you guys ever did. Real admiration for you guys. I aspire to be as badass as you guys
Shit, they ain't working, they having fun playing with their big toys and helping peoples! Eh!
Wow! I was just at Camp Tracy a few days ago for my first time taking a group of kids from my ward! Had a blast 💥. Such a beautiful camp. Wish I could have seen those cabooses in person! I think you should keep one of them in front of your shop. Many possibilities there!
Good afternoon from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The caboose was used for the conductor’s office. I worked on the Union Railroad for 42 years. 🇺🇸
I worked for SPRR in Ogden back in the 80's. I used a caboose as an office.. It had an oil fired stove, a refrigerator, a bed and a bathroom. Always thought it would be cool to have one of them on a property somewhere.
Props on that advert - super creative and well done!
I worked up there in the 80’s. Sad to see the camp not being used, cool to see this action though.
Congratulations on 3 Million!!
I am sure this has been said a Million times... Dave is truly the GOAT of Mans, man. I love these videos and all the task these guys take on. If I was 20 yrs younger, I would love to be part of his crew.
I rode thousands of miles in there UP Cabooses. You’ll notice they have hand bars I use to use to swing in and out of cupolas. There are slanted hand rails on outside by steps. These curved hand rails were designed to help trainmen board caboose while train is moving. We rode in cupolas and watched out windows to inspect train on curves. We watched trains for sparks and smoke caused by sticking brakes or hot bearings. I used to stand on rear platforms and toss ten minute fuzees to warn trains behind us that we were close to them. Station agents would hand us train orders written by train dispatchers to regulate trains.This was done using long poles with a vee at top with a string looped holding rolled paper orders. We would reach out and send a hand through the loop, sometimes at 70 MPH. The string loop would detach from pole and deliver orders to us. To accomplish this task agents had to stand very close to speeding trains and trainmen had to lean out aim hand through loop. It was scary and if you missed train had to stop and you walked or backed train up to get orders. If you missed there was an butt chewing coming..
Sir I well know you earned your retirement so make it long.
For those who don't know, most freight is unscheduled, therefore your work was mostly unscheduled, which is a challenging lifestyle - 24/7, 365.
@@snookmeister55we lived by the phone. Usually had an hour and a half call to come to work, any time of day or night. I had to carry a lot of quarters for pay phones and call in every hour, then we got beepers, and then cell phones. I was one of the first of my peers to get a cell phone, most of my coworkers thought I was crazy for paying $30 a month then a beeper was $20.
@@barrywardle5683 Trust me I know about 1.5, 2 and 3-hour calls. Not a lot of people are willing to live their life that way, not to even mention what the work challenges entailed. Live long and healthy.
“Used to have 10 or 20,000 kids here and now we don’t do anything with them” is the sad part
Too busy watching UA-cam and playing computer games
Too many politics got into Boy Scouts and ruined it. It was an amazing program because of camps like these.
@@guyonabuffalo2391Exactly
what happened?
@@chyrt the camp shut down
Great Job to the whole crew, saving history. Hope y'all take the train rails with you for them to sit on at their new location
Have you guys ever heard about a Letourneau? We use them over here in the Redwoods to pick up logs. You can pick up an entire logging truck loaded with one of these
Ngl the tension going over the bridge was real. This is what I love about this channel!! Everything is real and the guys put it in the line with each recovery.
I wonder how much it truly weighs
That may be the first time I've seen him visibly SHOOK. The man knows his tools, that much is for sure
This is really cool 😎 I love your videos, I certainly don’t always get how you do all this so I really appreciate how you explain everything instead of assuming everyone knows and understand the mechanics of it. Just a 74 year old lady who used to be the only girl drag racing in a small town.👍
When the Heavy D drops, its time to listen! Thanks HeavyDsparks for making such a awesome channel!!!!!
For one thing, trying to lift from the bottom is going to make the weight top-heavy. I would have used a spreader bar down over the sides and lifted from over top of it, thereby putting the cg higher.
Those cabooses can be worth a lot, mainly because they are Union Pacific.
Why ? Did they not make a lot of them or something else?
@@ls1jeeper they made alot but scrapped almost all of them so there's very few left
Nothing but junk.
@@datguymiller Like Ford 4.9, 300 cu in, a bullet proof engine, I got a 1990, still runs good on 5 cylinders but dam, the body rusts out. Cabooses were scaped because the crew was reduced to 3, then to 2 and now are experimenting with one, the engineer, the driver! Give ANY train the right of way! Eh?
@@lotharschiese8559straight 6 ftw I got one too
Gotta say, what you guys do is so far outside my life experience, but it's always so dam interesting. At my age, I'd give anything to cash it all in to join a crew like yours and enjoy the hell out of every day I have left.
Thanks for sharing this latest adventure Dave. Pretty cool that you were able to do this and that the camp has this kind of meaning for you and you were able to help the camp out by removing the cabooses.
I love how Heavy D can recover anything, even remembering stuff from his childhood to add to his awesome collection 🔥
also the fact he always looks for the cleanest extract and not just jumping in to recovered what adds value to him! Keep it man!!
I recon you should keep one! Restore it to its former glory, and have a caboose that theoretically you could hook up to the back of a train and ride the rails. And eventually oneday buy a diesel locomotive, or recover one. To have a diesel behemoth and a caboose would be epic!
As a former railroad salvage/ cleanup guy, there are lift points to hook to and use a spreader bar. Lemon squeezey
As a railway engineer I love these types of videos!!! Awesome content!
I appreciate how careful you are to keep the environment healthy!
You only see what they want you to see😉
Hey David, you should really consider donating these to the Heber Valley railroad. They are a small but amazing museum. They would take good care of them and you’d be helping good people. I am a former conductor and if you ever need any help with these I’m willing to lend a hand! I live in Colorado but I’d love to help. I also have experience with restoring old RR equipment.
Why didn't I think of that? People film the Heber Valley Railroad and these cabooses are worth watching.
You guys always amaze us with your adventures.
Rode in a caboose on Easter with the Nevada Northern Railroad out of Ely. Fun experience for the family. I know they couldn't afford buying it from you but if it came to it, donate to the Heber creeper guys or the Nevada guys.
Always impressed with the equipment you have and the ability to use them so well. Kudos to your driving ability too!
For the trailer wiring 1) Put a little bit of Dielectric grease on each pin hole.
2) Scrape each pin even if they doesn’t look like they have rust on them.
3) If that still doesn’t work, use a 90 deg. pick (similar to dental picks but for mechanics) to bend the female end metal pieces of the connector out so they hold the male pieces tighter.
4) In a few situations from guys who run hotshot, I’ve heard of the electric brakes wearing down and grounding out randomly while driving. In this case, just throw a new Dexter brake assembly on there (no pun intended, sorry Dex).
Thanks for all your fun content! We love watching you guys adventure on👍😁
You guys always manage to work things out 😅 Thank-you for being so careful with nature 😅 Hope there is part 2, so we can see the final results 😅 May God Bless 🙌 🙏 ✨️ all of you 🙌 🙏 Stay safe and warm 😴 💜
Bro you should make a show room museum of all the stuff you have so people can come and check your stuff out that would be awesome ❤
As a little girl I would always wave to the man in the caboose who would be looking out the door. Those precious men never failed to wave back. When they did away with the caboose and the steam engines the trains lost their magic. Thank you for rescuing those two venerable relics of a more gentle time (
They did away with them when electronics came into play. Now the only caboose is a flashing strobe light !
Yes I agree. I love a good caboose but railroad companies are EXTREMELY CHEAP and HATE to spend money...it's expensive to upkeep a caboose so they decided to do away with them and steam engines and the extra men needed to operate them to save money.
I love the trains.. would make a really cool, place to put on land and rent them out as a train motel room . I love watching your channel.. I live in Columbus Ohio and I take care of my uncle. So watching let's me enjoy the things,I've never done through you guys.
The effort you put into your videos is outstanding!
I'm envious, we never had train cars/cabooses at my scout camp. We did, however, have some REALLY large trees compared to those you were removing. (We grow some big ones here in Washington!) Excellent job under some rather challenging circumstances, really liked your approach to minimizing the environmental damage.
Well it makes sense that Dave was a scout given his love to recover and clean the environment
Respect for trying to make as little of an impact as possible! I know many UA-camrs in this genre don’t care about the environment as much. Maybe some of that Eagle Scout showing :)
That save to stop the caboose falling over was incredible! Years of excavator work lead to the perfect reaction to what could've been catastrophic! Amazing work all around!
Nicely done. You saved two remarkable ready-built year-round all-weather cabins that have great childhood memories. I say you keep them both and make them into cabins so your children can build their memories as well.
I can see Alan taking one of the cabooses to his compound.... I think it will be a unique touch for it.
WOW all you guys are amazing... the way you ALL work together as a team....as hard as this looked in the beginning, you got the job done... there is nothing that will beat you into submission.....great work Sparks mob......:)
Wouldn't it be great if you had an army surplus crane? Probably make moving those things a lot easier!
Not big enough I would say it was a twenty ton crane 😊
Unfortunately, the army surplus crane is not quite ready yet for field work.
@@philipershler420 I think the Sparks Motors video might have been getting it ready. We shall see.
I've been watching you since Sin City Houseboat and I love your videos and the music you put with them...🤘...you guys rock
It will be interesting to see what concept they come up with for the old train cars!
It can and will forever be a paper weight :/ . Build a nice cabin out of them. What else lol ?
Building a lightweight sports car.
Theres one thing about you guys, you all got BIG kahunas!!!!!!!!!!
The Railroad “Caboose” was the Most Iconic Car on the Railroad until they were mostly eliminated. Some Railroads still use them for Special Moves and MOW Crews.
I’m so impressed with WHATEVER you and your team tackles . You don’t back down from from anything.
Hate to say it Sparks butno matter how well you explain yourself there's still going to be people complaining. That being said .....the extent you're going to is absolutely amazing and everyone involved should be proud!!
amazing move, Boy Scouts of America sure was a great time, even became Order of the Arrow back then.
I bet the men who put those rivets in never thought you could pop them out in seconds with a handy thing called a grinder.
You need some of those old military surplus steel landing mats to mate a suitable landing area on soft ground.
Just fly em out that's what the black hawk is for
I went to those camps as a kid, such a fun time for a little kid.
They would sure make a nice cabin back in the woods if a fella had the property the put them
Your epileptic cameraman missed several shots because he was filming a podcast where you describe things - What happened the cool videos you did over the winter, they where amazingly well shot and edited
Went to Wig Wam 4 summers in a row back in the 70's! Love that place!
Special mention to the person who invented the word “caboose”😅 content on point as per usual gents. Thanks again
Invented by the Germans in 1904, they named it Caboose, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.
@@PressStartOnce well fancy that… my very next question was would anybody happen to know the translation of whales vagina is in German? It’s for a School project..
So,...is the plural of 'caboose'..."cabeese'? I'd love to have one to sit on the back of my lot. Would be a great BBQ/party hut. I know of a couple here in Nor Cal, but no idea who owns them or if they are for sale.
@@wilbilt it's Cabooses
Merriam Webster's, Encarta, Oxford and American Heritage all agree that the probable origin is the Dutch word "Kabuis, which entered the English language around the middle of the 18th century. It described the cooking galley on a ship.
I've wanted an old Caboose Clubhouse since watching The Get Along Gang cartoon from the 80's 😍🍻
Can we stick to normal ads like this because some of your ads are getting outrageous.
Lol just skip them. Who cares about sponsor type...skip ahead. Problem solved. You people are annoying. Complain, complain...for things that you can skip. Cmon give me a brake.
went there so many times as a child to take my brothers up there for camping. lots of memories watching this
I used to work at a rail museum, we mived all our own rolling stock. Including cabooses like this.
Awesome video! This brought back such good memories. I attended this camp twice when I was a scout and took scouts multiple times as an adult or scout leader. I have always loved trains and the cabooses were always my favorite part of this campground.
As I grew up on a railroad I love old cabooses !! I'm 71 years old now and would LOVE to have one down the creek..
Your right. The right tools are necessary 😅
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent….to the end.
Heavy D and team, y'all are great. Thank you for explaining the environmental impact and reasons for moving them.
Y'all are fantastic. Diesel!!! Keep bathing in the creek, my friend.
A good place to list them or to look at listing or auctions of rail equipment is Ozark Mountain Railcar. That's where I always go to drool/dream about buying railcars.
I just love watching y’all do the seemingly impossible!!! Thank you for making these videos. 😊
Cool to see you are treasuring your childhood memories keep it up bro
i5 from Chester UK 🇬🇧👍
There are train cars in Oil City, Pennsylvania that rented and open train runs available.
Guys this was one of your best videos. I worked as college boy on PennCentral, when they still used Cabin Cars (cabooses)caboose. Thanks for memory.