Auction Buy, Cable Shovel Sitting 23 Years!!! (WILL IT RUN??)

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[RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

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.

[jamesstrickland]

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.

[MegaDonns]

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!

[PlanetMojo]

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!

[clifforddavies]

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!

[parkerray]

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!

[TheeAdventuresOfMatt]

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.

[ricksmith]

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 Amazing how we can buy 2X4's as cheap as the public can with all of the expensive equipment needed to yard

[sparkykw]

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. 😊

[donnal.oglesby]

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!

[andymack]

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!

[Flipper]

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

[TheHaroldnd]

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

[bettingru]

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.

[G-Man-kcnm]

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.

[Eric-gikg]

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

[bulletdgw]

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.

[ianpendlebury]

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.

[jeffreyplum]

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.

[kennethwoodall]

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!