Another 20 minutes of my life gone in a flash! Most of the TH-cam channels I watch have deteriorated over the past couple of months, but Squatch just keeps getting better. Thank you sir. BANISH THIS THOUGHT FROM YOUR HEAD: " It doesn't make financial sense restoring these old crawlers"
You are truly an inspiration. You've made my life harder because I'm restoring a John Deere and you're constantly making me ask if I'm doing things with the same level of perfection you do. The answer is no, but I'm spending a lot of extra time trying. Thanks for your inspiration and your willingness to share your knowledge.
Project prioritization - I think it's important for us viewers to remember that you're not doing all this work for us - you're doing it for YOU, and we get the pleasure of coming along for the ride. Thank you for letting us watch you work on these fantastic old girls.
Squatch253, you are an amazingly articulate person! I swear you were an English grammar major in college.Your videos flow nicely and never get boring. Great job. :-)
Here in the UK, locked down, you have cheered me up, as always it's a pleasure listening to you. You have well developed skills in talking to the camera and make the information interesting, I am already looking forward to your next upload :-)
I could listen to you all day your knowledge surpasses your age and even though some of us are older we still have a lot to learn keep passing on the knowledge. Go in the house thank your mom and dad because they raised one hell of a good son!
In this video Squatch teaches us all how to be a millionaire! Step 1, start as a billionaire. Step 2, acquire a love for tracked antique machines of any brand/color. Step 3, painstakingly restore tracked machine of your choice. Step 4, you're now a millionaire, congratulations!
To buy a D2 or not buy, you covered this subject very well. This is very subjective - perhaps the best way to approach it is to list the key items as you did in your presentation as to where the high restoration costs would be incurred. The next step is to then assess parts availability / cost and then make an assessment from that base data. The restoration community always has passion / challenge factor and their is no rational economic measure available for either. If we did restoration based on pure economics everything would be in the scrapyard!
Good insights into the hobby - same deal with cars - I loved Model A Fords when they could be had reasonably but then they got expensive and hard to find. I like your thought about doing one thing well and when it gets to be like work, it is time to do something else. Great video - keep up the good work.
Nice plug for Nowthen, Squatch! A lot of great thoughts and input on old equipment repair and restoration. It is definitely handy to have a spare (or two, or three) parts tractors sitting out back so you can round up all the necessary (GOOD) parts. That is how I got my F20 running. Great video! Hope that the PCC's for 5J 1113 figured out.
I could listen to you talk about these machines all day long and come back for more . Even though I cut my teeth on . IH . I still like the old Oliver's. Good video tthank you.. 😊😊👍👍💥🌎🍻
Evan Kibbe Same here, grew up on IH, just picked up an Oliver 70 back in December. Pretty much like them all, even JD, I just don’t like the JD fanboys.
@@justinstearns9723 i have a few brands. My every day work horse is a 706 gas then a 1800 Oliver . I have a super 77 and a 88 . And a 770 . And 2510 jd . And last fall I picked up a 7600 ford for scrap. But i decided it's in to good of shape to scrap. I have a ford back hoe delisle. Lots of projects. Hope your having great day
Understandable. Grandaddy had a farmall down in Tennessee, while up here in Southern Indiana, J-D was just a lot more common so we had a '39A and a '41H. Really didn't see many Farmall's up here for whatever reason. The 2nd most common ones around here to me has always seemed to be Oliver's with 3rd being A-C's I've only seen one M-M in actual use in my life and I'm 52. Seen them at county fairs & such, but only that one in use. We did have a neighbor down the road with a D-4 that my Pappy helped the guy rebuild.
Liked what you said about ‘good enough ‘. As a retired aircraft mechanic we used to have a big banner hanging on the wall that said ‘good enough is not good enough’
"My name is Squatch. . . . . . . And I am a Caterpillar Addict." "Welcome Squatch!" . . . . . "Once you admit to your addiction, that is the first step to getting HELP ! " LMAO, :-).
I'm on my 34th step in a 12 step program myself. Caterpillar's Anonymous Transgressions (CAT). OMG, OMG, OMG ... I just saw it, make that the 35th step.
I understand about the whole "I keep to what I know, and what I got parts for". I am a wiz on SH-60B Block 0 Seahawks, and I can work on Bell and Kaman, but... yeah, I work best on Sikorsky Helicopters.
On a lighter note.. anybody else catch the metal cut-out Squatch standing by the left of the X231? It's balancing on bike wheels it looks like !! 12:10
I looked and looked but did not see it. Then looked some more for 10 minutes, between 12:00 and 12:30, thinking "Am I in the right video ?"....... Good thing it wasn't a snake. When I finally saw the dark outline that didn't belong on the white sheet, I got it.The Squatch head is against the white sheet, under the green book "150".
It's 9 months later, so if I don't get a response, I understand. Has Squatch had an encounter or sighting of a bigfoot? Does anyone know? Just curious. Tony.
John Steinbeck wrote “The Grapes of Wrath” about people who left Oklahoma during the Great Depression and The Dust Bowl, twin disasters of the ‘30s. In setting the scene of the time, exactly the time of the tractors featured on this channel, he wrote about how tracts of land were repossessed by the banks and “tractored over” into lager farms. Maybe Squatch’s Cat is the one described here... “The tractors came over the roads and into the fields, great crawlers moving like insects, having the incredible strength of insects. They crawled over the ground, laying the track and rolling on it and picking it up. Diesel tractors, puttering while they stood idle; they thundered when they moved, and then settled down to a droning roar. Snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking their snouts into it, straight down the country, across the country, through fences, through dooryards, in and out of gullies in straight lines. They did not run on the ground, but on their own roadbeds. They ignored hills and gulches, water courses, fences, houses.The man sitting in the iron seat did not look like a man; gloved, goggled, rubber dust mask over nose and mouth, he was a part of the monster, a robot in the seat. The thunder of the cylinders sounded through the country, became one with the air and the earth, so that earth and air muttered in sympathetic vibration. The driver could not control it- straight across country it went, cutting through a dozen farms and straight back. A twitch at the controls could swerve the cat', but the driver's hands could not twitch because the monster that built the tractor, the monster that sent the tractor out, had somehow got into the driver's hands, into his brain and muscle, had goggled him and muzzled him, goggled his mind, muzzled his speech, goggled his perception, muzzled his protest. He could not see the land as it was, he could not smell the land as it smelled; his feet did not stamp the clods or feel the warmth and power of the earth. He sat in an iron seat and stepped on iron pedals. He could not cheer or beat or curse or encourage the extension of his power, and because of this he could not cheer or whip or curse or encourage himself. He did not know or own or trust or beseech the land. If a seed dropped and did not germinate, it was nothing. If the young thrusting plant withered in drought or drowned in a flood of rain, it was no more to the driver than to the tractor.” Josh Steinbeck won the Nobel prize for literature. After reading the above you can see why. Stay safe...
it’s not important what model of tractor. Any one will do in your imagination as you read that passage. It’s an abstraction. But, I am curious as to how you know that.
I feel the exact same way about Farmalls. I grew up driving red tractors: H, M, 966, and 1086. That sticks with you no matter where you go in the future.
In 1955 Mississippi, at 7 yo, I learned to drive on a "Cub". When I was 10 and could reach the pedals a little better, I was planting and plowing with it. Thank you, my Granddaddy !! At 12 yo, I got to drive the Super H. I never drove the steel-spike-wheel F20. If you drove that all day, you had forearms like Popeye. My Granddad parked it under a shed when he got the Super H. I guess I am "Red" too.
I really appreciate your time and effort in preparing videos. Your comments regarding parts, motivation, etc I readily understand and appreciate. Thanks again for all your efforts and videos.
Proper mindset in regards to projects. The very moment you've become bitter with it...it's going to bad. So stepping back, is the smart, sensible solution to the problem.
Number 1, thank you for putting out a video today! I'm afraid that now you'll now get comments like this: "Hey Squatch253, I found this D2 that seems to me to be a bargain. If I pay your expenses to my relatively nearby state, could you come and assess it?" 1) Refuse unless you get paid an reasonable assessment fee. 2) If you're back to work and work isn't on the railroad, don't go blowing off your weekends like that. Maybe you could advertise yourself as available to assess D2s and D4s for sale at Tractor / Crawler shows that you already go to. I can see it now, sellers pay for you to assess their D2s and D4s. If the crawler is in decent shape, sellers get to attach a sign with your picture saying, oh, "Thumbs up from Squatch253 of TH-cam." along with a list of things you found wrong or cannot assess without disassembly.
Thanks for all the info. Simply put, if you want to restore crawler tractors, you're in it because you really like it and have a passion for it. The only thing about the money is just how much you have on hand to spend or what you're willing to budget. But good tips on how to spend most wisely.
Kyle Christ I loved the video on the RD6 crank and piston sizes, and why she has such a slow “cackle.” I clearly demonstrated to me how low speed engines maintain torque under load.
@@charlesward8196 , makes you stop and pick your jaw back up. I too was Spellbound by that video. CAT knows what they are doing !! "Full speed" = 600 RPM ? WTH ?
Squatch, my dad was into the John Deere DeBuke series crawlers. I'll say this, if you don't have equipment to lift with, pull various parts, and parts sources it is going to be a bigger job than expected. I've been through it.
I'm not color blind, I have my preferences. I've owned a lot of tractors, and I'll own many more. I'm more model specific, Like I wanted a Fordson Major, I'm not interested in other Fordsons. I want a Ford 641, I'm looking for a Super 88 Oliver diesel, I want a Minneapolis Moline U302, the list goes on.
Thanks for the insight as far the reasons what you stopped working on the X231 project, I had figured you had good reasons. The other parts about why you didn't have John Deere or why no D4s I just assumed was like most of us you had just been used to having them around from the memories of family or using them as a youngster . To me the machines are attached to a time we remember as a happier or special moment. Each of us fondly remember things and associate tractors or cars with them. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos. Thanks to Kenny Kizzle for recommending your channel to me. Hopefully one day maybe I could meet both of you at a show . Have a great day
I understand what you are telling us very cool you are one heck of a person I see nothing wrong with this can't wait for the next video god bless you and your family
I really appreciate your time spent explaining all the details of restoring all the old equipment. There are a lot of people jumping in to restoring everything under the sun and simply selling it or junking it making harder for others such as yourself as you have explained on this video and other videos about all parts need to be saved due to not being produced anymore. I grew up a vintage Volkswagen nut and couldn't bring myself to use anything aftermarket. I'm now trying to gather all the information I can about an old generator I acquired 99%complete and still turns by hand but looks like one of your projects lol. The little details of older equipment is a lost art. Hopefully I will be able to bring it back to life it's a 1942 military 5KW with the willys 4 cylinder flat head. We'll see if there are any fold over locks internally. Keep the videos coming
Thanks Toby. Even though I'm not a crawler owner, I'll know what to look for while looking around the shows. Was raised on H and M also but enjoy them all. Use a Allis b for small chores and it could use some TLC. Have watched your videos for a couple years and they are very helpful. I have a video from 86 or 87 at Portland Indiana with a D6 pulling a plow. What a beast. The sound is drop dead wonderful. Thanks again for the videos.
God I love your program keep up the good work I'm proud of you PostScript At the age of 35 I was forced out Aldi mechanical because of deteriorating health I'm not even 60 years old yet it takes me 5 minutes just to sit down in my car and that does not include closing the door. I thank you for letting me enjoy your program.
Great explanation on why one gets into a particular brand. I wasn't interested in tractors at all until my father in law though I should have one. So he gave me a seized up Super MD that he had standing on his farm. 15 years have gone by, and now we've lived on the farm for twelve years. 😄 Guess I've brought home at least 40 tonnes since then... But still no Cat's.
Your story sounds very much like what got me both into Dodges and into Rugers. Growing up my dad had several dodges and I spent much of my youth fixing and building old wreck dodges to put on the road. At one time I owned well past a dozen and right now I own three, counting the Jeep. That and there's few things sweeter than the roar of a Thermoquad on a Mopar v8. With Ruger, it started with an inheritance and just skyrocketed from there. I honestly never planned to have a safe full, next thing ya know... I also agree with you *completely* on staying with one project, especially if you are inside an engine or transmission. Nothing I hated more in my time with Chrysler dealerships being bounced off a transmission for an oil change or interior job or anything else. I repeatedly had to explain to advisors, managers, owners etc that hey, you want a good job done well, *leave me alone*, only for that to repeatedly go in one ear out the other. I imagine you get that a lot at your day job as well. Anyway, enjoying the content regardless of what you work on.
Squatch: John Deere is too expensive Also Squatch: crawler tractors are the most expensive ones to rebuild. Also also Squatch: buys 5 tractors to rebuild one tractor.
Well i am also in to farmall s case and caterpillar and i just got a d8 running for the first time in 30 yrs with that being adjust i am looking forward to rebuilding d8 and d9s . D8s and d9s if you have to pull the crank in the diesel you need a over head crane a broderson 180 would do to pull the engine other wise you are doing an inframe overhaul the crank shaft alone in a d8 is at least 1500 lbs the heads are about 600 plus, i was lucky on my d8 that crank was in spec and it was siezed by over heating and an. In frame over haul was a nice way to go, just the engine in a d8 is a round about 3 tons the whole machine is 43 thousand lbs the blade is 12 thousand lbs
Yup I agree with you there. Once start into a brand you get said parts to keep them going. And then switching or being into 2 brands heavy take another large pile. Correct answer on value is maybe, maybe not. Get it a ton in the gravely world too.
Thanks for sharing. I grew up with IHC Farmall Ms and Hs and then my dad bought a Case 1030. We had an old Oliver Super 77 also. When I was a teenager The neighbor had a farm sale and they had an H John Deere on it. It went for $700 and it was running. I had a bid on it and felt the disturbance in the force. I found out from my dad minutes after he would have disowned me had I came home with that old two cylinder JD H. In the mean time I have passed up many opportunities to own tractors my dad had owned. I regret that. At the time it did not seem important to me. Now it is.
Great yak session and thanks for the insights into how you plan your work and projects. The items that go into a purchase assessment are valuable too. Finally - certainly hear you on the green vs red question. I started out hell bent for the Ford N series tractors ten years ago. Even set up my TH-cam handle based on getting an 8. Then I drove all over hell's half acre looking for a reasonable one. Hundreds of miles and a couple dozen hours and couldn't find anything I liked In my neck of the woods up here in middle Ontario, Can. Then ran into a Ferg TEA20 practically in my back yard for the right money. Didn't even know they existed til I read up on the collapse of old Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson's business dealings. Thought - ok, it's TEA time I guess and here I am ten years later having a blast with it. Life just does that to you sometimes. Unfortunately watching your channel has got an itch going for a little crawler like a TEN or FIFTEEN and I can feel the embers flaring up into the beginnings of an obsession. Casual perusing on the interweb tells me collecting hen's teeth might be easier...These schemes never bode well for the domestic peace around my place either LOL. Wish me luck!
Same in the car world, just because it's rare doesn't mean it's valuable. A slant six cuda costs as much to restore as a hemi but its worth is not even close. As far as no JD green tractors, i don't see you guys needing any lawn mowers. 😁. Stay safe and thanks for sharing.
I worked on my uncle’s farm from about 8-16 years old. At Christmas, we would have bought JD underwear if it would have been available. Grew up in the red river valley. Like hearing your accent, you just need to yah, you betcha thrown in once and a while. From the terrain, looks like central MN.
A very considered response to the " is it worth it?". My late fitter always said, if you buy anything with a multi cylinder diesel, even if its running, complete and operating correctly allow £1,000 ( $900) probably to get all the oils, filters and set up the engine as it should be. Over 5 machines, I have found this to be correct, - just on the engine- usually a bit more, and thats with operating kit.
I have 5 total....2 Olivers, a 77 and 770, a Farmall H, a DC3 Case, and an unstyled A John Deere. I understand your reasoning about having parts on hand, but I tried to pick ones that are in good running condition. Not totally successful with that, as I did overhaul the 77 Oliver. That was a good learning experience.
All well said. I doubt any of this makes good sense, especially financial. I bought a Cub sight unseen based on pictures and the expectation it was worth it on usable parts alone. I hope not to need another for parts, I looked at an IH crawler and almost bought it but I know right now I really have no space, but one day. I would love a D2 and know it is pure vanity. Who knows, I really didn't need or expect to get the little tractor I have. What is it worth? Nothing to anyone but my own happiness. At that price, it is worth it. Keep up the journey, it is pure joy to watch.
Enjoyed your story. I just took early retirement from Navistar (International Truck & Bus). Was a Quality & Reliability Engineer on numerous medium duty engine programs. Too bad Navistar bought the HUEI injector technology from Caterpillar. Reliability was dismal. Was not involved with the Caterpillar/Navistar joint venture with building their dump trucks though. Too bad International had to sell their AG business off in 1986 to survive. Would have been great to be a part of developing tractors and other AG equipment.
Good information and great videos. I have in my possession a 1944 Farmall A. Really wanting to bring it back to working condition, trying to find parts is unreal. Trying to find manuals is also unreal. Would you have any points of contact that might have donor parts? Tim
You said that you get asked a lot of questions about potential buys based on the reasons you stated, could I then ask you, when completed, even though I know you won’t sell it, what would a fair price be on the d2 you are currently building when finished and please don’t be shy. I know you will have a great 2022 as there is so much goodwill and encouragement out here from all your diligent followers who embrace you as the person and the content of your videos, so rest well and all the very best from Australia
I really liked your comment of why no D4's and it dose make a lot scene to me. I went to look at one 955 Cat what quickly became two when I got there ... doing research I found that one 955C was a D4 and the other 955E was a D6 and not even three years apart. I then ran across a third 955C D4 for parts but ya can't save them all. Likewise, to add D2's to the list of my projects would be a bit much at this point and not a practical idea .
Excellent video your absolutely right about what you said on pricing old machines that have sat for years. Another thing to consider when you are looking at machines that have sat a long is the fuel system and gaskets and seals get all dried out and leak or would run without a huge expense. I am a heavy equipment mechanic in west central Minnesota here and I seem to always buy machines that need major rehab for own farm it gets addicting and expensive too. I am a sucker for a cheap purchase price machine that turns into a money pit.I bought a Ford 555 backhoe and rehabed it I ended up putting new injector pump and injectors. It's nice watching you and your dad with the Kubota and backhoe. Keep up the great videos 👍👍👍👍
Hmm. Given what you just wrote,for the sake of your own sanity,stay away from any boats of anything bigger than a runabout. A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money. I suppose aviation restores are even more pricey.
@@squatch253 Having worked on the waterfront on a 1969 wood hull pleasure yacht,95 tons or so,I would say that is a conservative number. Hmm. Plane. Airplane. Can someone come up with an acronym for just how expensive even a Piper Cub is to restore,much less a bigger airplane ? Stick with what you know. Tractors. The nice thing about tractors vs.women is,you can always have another one and the first one won't complain. Just don't have your dad say that in front of your mom. Please.
Just goes back to what you grew up with, I have a Farmall 504 that was handed down to me from my father. We had a Yamaha 3 wheeler that I grew up riding. My dad drove a Ford F150. Today I ride a Honda VFR, have a Ford 5000 and a John Deere mower, and the best truck I have ever owned is a 2001 Silverado. I love them all but yet somehow I have a soft spot for internationals, Yamahas, and Fords. Go figure.
You should do more videos like this. Think it does good to your channel, "behind the scenes"/"after hours", more or less, shop talk. Would you and or your father consider getting any more Farmall's? Something like the "MD" or 400 series?
Another 20 minutes of my life gone in a flash! Most of the TH-cam channels I watch have deteriorated over the past couple of months, but Squatch just keeps getting better. Thank you sir.
BANISH THIS THOUGHT FROM YOUR HEAD:
" It doesn't make financial sense restoring these old crawlers"
Most hobby's don't.....
I agree with rick 👍
You are truly an inspiration. You've made my life harder because I'm restoring a John Deere and you're constantly making me ask if I'm doing things with the same level of perfection you do. The answer is no, but I'm spending a lot of extra time trying. Thanks for your inspiration and your willingness to share your knowledge.
I like that quote. There is no good enough, it’s right or not. 👍
They say the only thing more expensive to work on than Green paint is Yellow paint. :-) Looks like you wound up not dodging any bullets there. lol
Project prioritization - I think it's important for us viewers to remember that you're not doing all this work for us - you're doing it for YOU, and we get the pleasure of coming along for the ride. Thank you for letting us watch you work on these fantastic old girls.
Squatch253, you are an amazingly articulate person! I swear you were an English grammar major in college.Your videos flow nicely and never get boring. Great job. :-)
I'm just happy to see that the old Chalmers crawler is still on the place.
Here in the UK, locked down, you have cheered me up, as always it's a pleasure listening to you. You have well developed skills in talking to the camera and make the information interesting, I am already looking forward to your next upload :-)
I could listen to you all day your knowledge surpasses your age and even though some of us are older we still have a lot to learn keep passing on the knowledge. Go in the house thank your mom and dad because they raised one hell of a good son!
In this video Squatch teaches us all how to be a millionaire! Step 1, start as a billionaire. Step 2, acquire a love for tracked antique machines of any brand/color. Step 3, painstakingly restore tracked machine of your choice. Step 4, you're now a millionaire, congratulations!
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@@Murphyslawfarm Morning Murph! Happy Sunday!
@@lukestrasser And happy Saturday to you Luke mate
@@squatch253 that's the alternate description I think. Short answer versus long one!
Luke Strasser in
Keep up the good work sir. Worked as a welder in the lokal catdealer in my youth, love these machines. I like the way you think and do things.
To buy a D2 or not buy, you covered this subject very well. This is very subjective - perhaps the best way to approach it is to list the key items as you did in your presentation as to where the high restoration costs would be incurred. The next step is to then assess parts availability / cost and then make an assessment from that base data. The restoration community always has passion / challenge factor and their is no rational economic measure available for either. If we did restoration based on pure economics everything would be in the scrapyard!
Good insights into the hobby - same deal with cars - I loved Model A Fords when they could be had reasonably but then they got expensive and hard to find. I like your thought about doing one thing well and when it gets to be like work, it is time to do something else. Great video - keep up the good work.
Just wanted to say thank you for putting these videos together. I look forward to every one.
I love this channel. #1 in my books and I like the afterhours format as an addition. Keep them coming.
Listening and learning, it makes sense what you say. Interest is much like a virus. Many thanks for spreading it!!
Nice plug for Nowthen, Squatch! A lot of great thoughts and input on old equipment repair and restoration. It is definitely handy to have a spare (or two, or three) parts tractors sitting out back so you can round up all the necessary (GOOD) parts. That is how I got my F20 running. Great video! Hope that the PCC's for 5J 1113 figured out.
I could listen to you talk about these machines all day long and come back for more .
Even though I cut my teeth on .
IH . I still like the old Oliver's.
Good video tthank you..
😊😊👍👍💥🌎🍻
Evan Kibbe Same here, grew up on IH, just picked up an Oliver 70 back in December. Pretty much like them all, even JD, I just don’t like the JD fanboys.
@@justinstearns9723 i have a few brands. My every day work horse is a 706 gas then a 1800 Oliver .
I have a super 77 and a 88 .
And a 770 . And 2510 jd .
And last fall I picked up a 7600 ford for scrap. But i decided it's in to good of shape to scrap.
I have a ford back hoe delisle.
Lots of projects. Hope your having great day
Understandable. Grandaddy had a farmall down in Tennessee, while up here in Southern Indiana, J-D was just a lot more common so we had a '39A and a '41H. Really didn't see many Farmall's up here for whatever reason. The 2nd most common ones around here to me has always seemed to be Oliver's with 3rd being A-C's I've only seen one M-M in actual use in my life and I'm 52. Seen them at county fairs & such, but only that one in use. We did have a neighbor down the road with a D-4 that my Pappy helped the guy rebuild.
Liked what you said about ‘good enough ‘. As a retired aircraft mechanic we used to have a big banner hanging on the wall that said ‘good enough is not good enough’
Never too late to start restoring John Deere tractors! I like the Squatch After Dark Q & A, hope more will follow! 🇺🇸🚜👍
"My name is Squatch. . . . . . . And I am a Caterpillar Addict."
"Welcome Squatch!" . . . . . "Once you admit to your addiction, that is the first step to getting HELP ! "
LMAO, :-).
The good thing is he dose not have a women to tell this so keep going Squatch
I'm on my 34th step in a 12 step program myself. Caterpillar's Anonymous Transgressions (CAT). OMG, OMG, OMG ... I just saw it, make that the 35th step.
Who wants to overcome an addiction to Caterpillar? The gold standard among machines.
Thanks...always a pleasure to listen to you talk....
I understand about the whole "I keep to what I know, and what I got parts for". I am a wiz on SH-60B Block 0 Seahawks, and I can work on Bell and Kaman, but... yeah, I work best on Sikorsky Helicopters.
Thank you for all the effort you put into the videos! They are great and I look forward to them. Keep doing what you are doing!
On a lighter note.. anybody else catch the metal cut-out Squatch standing by the left of the X231? It's balancing on bike wheels it looks like !! 12:10
Once you pointed it out, it is sitting on the numerals:”253.”
I looked and looked but did not see it. Then looked some more for 10 minutes, between 12:00 and 12:30, thinking "Am I in the right video ?"....... Good thing it wasn't a snake. When I finally saw the dark outline that didn't belong on the white sheet, I got it.The Squatch head is against the white sheet, under the green book "150".
It's 9 months later, so if I don't get a response, I understand. Has Squatch had an encounter or sighting of a bigfoot? Does anyone know? Just curious. Tony.
John Steinbeck wrote “The Grapes of Wrath” about people who left Oklahoma during the Great Depression and The Dust Bowl, twin disasters of the ‘30s. In setting the scene of the time, exactly the time of the tractors featured on this channel, he wrote about how tracts of land were repossessed by the banks and “tractored over” into lager farms. Maybe Squatch’s Cat is the one described here...
“The tractors came over the roads and into the fields, great crawlers moving like insects, having the incredible strength of insects. They crawled over the ground, laying the track and rolling on it and picking it up. Diesel tractors, puttering while they stood idle; they thundered when they moved, and then settled down to a droning roar. Snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking their snouts into it, straight down the country, across the country, through fences, through dooryards, in and out of gullies in straight lines. They did not run on the ground, but on their own roadbeds. They ignored hills and gulches, water courses, fences, houses.The man sitting in the iron seat did not look like a man; gloved, goggled, rubber dust mask over nose and mouth, he was a part of the monster, a robot in the seat.
The thunder of the cylinders sounded through the country, became one with the air and the earth, so that earth and air muttered in sympathetic vibration. The driver could not control it- straight across country it went, cutting through a dozen farms and straight back. A twitch at the controls could swerve the cat', but the driver's hands could not twitch because the monster that built the tractor, the monster that sent the tractor out, had somehow got into the driver's hands, into his brain and muscle, had goggled him and muzzled him, goggled his mind, muzzled his speech, goggled his perception, muzzled his protest. He could not see the land as it was, he could not smell the land as it smelled; his feet did not stamp the clods or feel the warmth and power of the earth. He sat in an iron seat and stepped on iron pedals. He could not cheer or beat or curse or encourage the extension of his power, and because of this he could not cheer or whip or curse or encourage himself. He did not know or own or trust or beseech the land. If a seed dropped and did not germinate, it was nothing. If the young thrusting plant withered in drought or drowned in a flood of rain, it was no more to the driver than to the tractor.”
Josh Steinbeck won the Nobel prize for literature. After reading the above you can see why.
Stay safe...
Wow yeah !! Thank you ! I had never read this ! Now I have to go find it.
They weren’t D-2s Steinbeck was writing about. They were RD-8s.
it’s not important what model of tractor. Any one will do in your imagination as you read that passage. It’s an abstraction. But, I am curious as to how you know that.
Enjoyed the history of how you got involved with what you have ty 👍💪
I feel the exact same way about Farmalls. I grew up driving red tractors: H, M, 966, and 1086. That sticks with you no matter where you go in the future.
In 1955 Mississippi, at 7 yo, I learned to drive on a "Cub". When I was 10 and could reach the pedals a little better, I was planting and plowing with it. Thank you, my Granddaddy !! At 12 yo, I got to drive the Super H. I never drove the steel-spike-wheel F20. If you drove that all day, you had forearms like Popeye. My Granddad parked it under a shed when he got the Super H. I guess I am "Red" too.
I really appreciate your time and effort in preparing videos. Your comments regarding parts, motivation, etc I readily understand and appreciate. Thanks again for all your efforts and videos.
Thank you for the video. I appreciate the perserverance you show when you produce your videos.
Thanks for all the video's!!! You are very smart on that old equipment 👍👍
Proper mindset in regards to projects. The very moment you've become bitter with it...it's going to bad. So stepping back, is the smart, sensible solution to the problem.
I really enjoy your videos, and leaving a few lights off made for a real after hours feel!
Thank you, and Snr for your increased video output during this lockdown period. As always top quality and very informative content.
Thanks for that detailed insight Squatch 253, very interesting.
Number 1, thank you for putting out a video today!
I'm afraid that now you'll now get comments like this: "Hey Squatch253, I found this D2 that seems to me to be a bargain. If I pay your expenses to my relatively nearby state, could you come and assess it?" 1) Refuse unless you get paid an reasonable assessment fee. 2) If you're back to work and work isn't on the railroad, don't go blowing off your weekends like that.
Maybe you could advertise yourself as available to assess D2s and D4s for sale at Tractor / Crawler shows that you already go to. I can see it now, sellers pay for you to assess their D2s and D4s. If the crawler is in decent shape, sellers get to attach a sign with your picture saying, oh, "Thumbs up from Squatch253 of TH-cam." along with a list of things you found wrong or cannot assess without disassembly.
Thanks for all the info. Simply put, if you want to restore crawler tractors, you're in it because you really like it and have a passion for it. The only thing about the money is just how much you have on hand to spend or what you're willing to budget. But good tips on how to spend most wisely.
My Dad would always say “Good enough is not enough, only the best will do “.
Thanks for a great explanation of how things are. I sure enjoy your channel. Keep it up!
I loved the format on the Q&A.
Just wanna say thank you for the great content and keep it coming 👍
Great video! Lots of information for education, hope you do more like this!
Lots of sage advice there Toby! Thank you! :-)
I would love to see a video of recovering another RD6
Kyle Christ I loved the video on the RD6 crank and piston sizes, and why she has such a slow
“cackle.” I clearly demonstrated to me how low speed engines maintain torque under load.
@@charlesward8196 , makes you stop and pick your jaw back up. I too was Spellbound by that video. CAT knows what they are doing !! "Full speed" = 600 RPM ? WTH ?
Its not how long a video is but how interesting it is. No complaints so far.
Very cool Squatch! Thoroughly enjoyed!
Squatch, my dad was into the John Deere DeBuke series crawlers. I'll say this, if you don't have equipment to lift with, pull various parts, and parts sources it is going to be a bigger job than expected. I've been through it.
I'm not color blind, I have my preferences. I've owned a lot of tractors, and I'll own many more. I'm more model specific, Like I wanted a Fordson Major, I'm not interested in other Fordsons. I want a Ford 641, I'm looking for a Super 88 Oliver diesel, I want a Minneapolis Moline U302, the list goes on.
Just figured out the Moss-Man figure. Sometimes takes me a minute.
Boy! You really let loose! LOL! Enjoyed every minute of it!
Experienced answers here, well done
Love your Bucyrus Erie sign. Along with Northwest the best cable excavator made.
You just about wore a path around your shop during this video. Good subject and interesting POV. Thanks
Thanks for the insight as far the reasons what you stopped working on the X231 project, I had figured you had good reasons. The other parts about why you didn't have John Deere or why no D4s I just assumed was like most of us you had just been used to having them around from the memories of family or using them as a youngster . To me the machines are attached to a time we remember as a happier or special moment. Each of us fondly remember things and associate tractors or cars with them. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos. Thanks to Kenny Kizzle for recommending your channel to me. Hopefully one day maybe I could meet both of you at a show . Have a great day
Great video, learned a ton of info thanks
I understand what you are telling us very cool you are one heck of a person I see nothing wrong with this can't wait for the next video god bless you and your family
Liked the video and would watch more of them but please stand still.
I really appreciate your time spent explaining all the details of restoring all the old equipment. There are a lot of people jumping in to restoring everything under the sun and simply selling it or junking it making harder for others such as yourself as you have explained on this video and other videos about all parts need to be saved due to not being produced anymore. I grew up a vintage Volkswagen nut and couldn't bring myself to use anything aftermarket. I'm now trying to gather all the information I can about an old generator I acquired 99%complete and still turns by hand but looks like one of your projects lol. The little details of older equipment is a lost art. Hopefully I will be able to bring it back to life it's a 1942 military 5KW with the willys 4 cylinder flat head. We'll see if there are any fold over locks internally.
Keep the videos coming
Thanks Toby. Even though I'm not a crawler owner, I'll know what to look for while looking around the shows. Was raised on H and M also but enjoy them all. Use a Allis b for small chores and it could use some TLC. Have watched your videos for a couple years and they are very helpful. I have a video from 86 or 87 at Portland Indiana with a D6 pulling a plow. What a beast. The sound is drop dead wonderful. Thanks again for the videos.
God I love your program keep up the good work I'm proud of you
PostScript
At the age of 35 I was forced out Aldi mechanical because of deteriorating health I'm not even 60 years old yet it takes me 5 minutes just to sit down in my car and that does not include closing the door.
I thank you for letting me enjoy your program.
I’m into ford tractors because I grew up driving a 600 loved it. And IH TD18’s grandpa had 2 for logging in the 50’s
Great explanation on why one gets into a particular brand. I wasn't interested in tractors at all until my father in law though I should have one. So he gave me a seized up Super MD that he had standing on his farm.
15 years have gone by, and now we've lived on the farm for twelve years. 😄 Guess I've brought home at least 40 tonnes since then... But still no Cat's.
You don’t have to worry about making long videos. I will watch every minute.
Your story sounds very much like what got me both into Dodges and into Rugers. Growing up my dad had several dodges and I spent much of my youth fixing and building old wreck dodges to put on the road. At one time I owned well past a dozen and right now I own three, counting the Jeep. That and there's few things sweeter than the roar of a Thermoquad on a Mopar v8. With Ruger, it started with an inheritance and just skyrocketed from there. I honestly never planned to have a safe full, next thing ya know... I also agree with you *completely* on staying with one project, especially if you are inside an engine or transmission. Nothing I hated more in my time with Chrysler dealerships being bounced off a transmission for an oil change or interior job or anything else. I repeatedly had to explain to advisors, managers, owners etc that hey, you want a good job done well, *leave me alone*, only for that to repeatedly go in one ear out the other. I imagine you get that a lot at your day job as well.
Anyway, enjoying the content regardless of what you work on.
Squatch: John Deere is too expensive
Also Squatch: crawler tractors are the most expensive ones to rebuild.
Also also Squatch: buys 5 tractors to rebuild one tractor.
Those blasted pre-chambers sound like a real headache! Great vid, you pace like I do! Goddess Bless from Zorba!
Well i am also in to farmall s case and caterpillar and i just got a d8 running for the first time in 30 yrs with that being adjust i am looking forward to rebuilding d8 and d9s . D8s and d9s if you have to pull the crank in the diesel you need a over head crane a broderson 180 would do to pull the engine other wise you are doing an inframe overhaul the crank shaft alone in a d8 is at least 1500 lbs the heads are about 600 plus, i was lucky on my d8 that crank was in spec and it was siezed by over heating and an. In frame over haul was a nice way to go, just the engine in a d8 is a round about 3 tons the whole machine is 43 thousand lbs the blade is 12 thousand lbs
Ford was my first experience. Just sold an 8N I restored. Restoring a 66 4000 right now.
Yup I agree with you there. Once start into a brand you get said parts to keep them going. And then switching or being into 2 brands heavy take another large pile. Correct answer on value is maybe, maybe not. Get it a ton in the gravely world too.
Thanks for sharing. I grew up with IHC Farmall Ms and Hs and then my dad bought a Case 1030. We had an old Oliver Super 77 also. When I was a teenager The neighbor had a farm sale and they had an H John Deere on it. It went for $700 and it was running. I had a bid on it and felt the disturbance in the force. I found out from my dad minutes after he would have disowned me had I came home with that old two cylinder JD H. In the mean time I have passed up many opportunities to own tractors my dad had owned. I regret that. At the time it did not seem important to me. Now it is.
Informative, nice video.
Great yak session and thanks for the insights into how you plan your work and projects. The items that go into a purchase assessment are valuable too. Finally - certainly hear you on the green vs red question. I started out hell bent for the Ford N series tractors ten years ago. Even set up my TH-cam handle based on getting an 8. Then I drove all over hell's half acre looking for a reasonable one. Hundreds of miles and a couple dozen hours and couldn't find anything I liked In my neck of the woods up here in middle Ontario, Can. Then ran into a Ferg TEA20 practically in my back yard for the right money. Didn't even know they existed til I read up on the collapse of old Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson's business dealings. Thought - ok, it's TEA time I guess and here I am ten years later having a blast with it. Life just does that to you sometimes. Unfortunately watching your channel has got an itch going for a little crawler like a TEN or FIFTEEN and I can feel the embers flaring up into the beginnings of an obsession. Casual perusing on the interweb tells me collecting hen's teeth might be easier...These schemes never bode well for the domestic peace around my place either LOL. Wish me luck!
Good discussion
Same in the car world, just because it's rare doesn't mean it's valuable. A slant six cuda costs as much to restore as a hemi but its worth is not even close. As far as no JD green tractors, i don't see you guys needing any lawn mowers. 😁. Stay safe and thanks for sharing.
Thank you!!!! 5U 3369 has a home made blade some day I'd like to go original CAT!!!!!
I worked on my uncle’s farm from about 8-16 years old. At Christmas, we would have bought JD underwear if it would have been available. Grew up in the red river valley. Like hearing your accent, you just need to yah, you betcha thrown in once and a while. From the terrain, looks like central MN.
Been to that Dutch shop just north of Versailles,MO?
Field of yellow in all brands.
well said, buddy. keep up the good work.
A very considered response to the " is it worth it?". My late fitter always said, if you buy anything with a multi cylinder diesel, even if its running, complete and operating correctly allow £1,000 ( $900) probably to get all the oils, filters and set up the engine as it should be. Over 5 machines, I have found this to be correct, - just on the engine- usually a bit more, and thats with operating kit.
Great review for me. Worked on mining equipment for 40 years. Been
Been looking to get a johndeere 450 with a 6 way to use on .y retirement ranch. Learned so much from you on how to evaluate a d price a purchase.
Totally Agree - when your hobby/passion (moline prototype) becomes a job = you need a holiday from it.
Appreciate video work !!!!!!!!!
I have 5 total....2 Olivers, a 77 and 770, a Farmall H, a DC3 Case, and an unstyled A John Deere. I understand your reasoning about having parts on hand, but I tried to pick ones that are in good running condition. Not totally successful with that, as I did overhaul the 77 Oliver. That was a good learning experience.
All well said. I doubt any of this makes good sense, especially financial. I bought a Cub sight unseen based on pictures and the expectation it was worth it on usable parts alone. I hope not to need another for parts, I looked at an IH crawler and almost bought it but I know right now I really have no space, but one day. I would love a D2 and know it is pure vanity. Who knows, I really didn't need or expect to get the little tractor I have. What is it worth? Nothing to anyone but my own happiness. At that price, it is worth it. Keep up the journey, it is pure joy to watch.
Enjoyed your story.
I just took early retirement from Navistar (International Truck & Bus). Was a Quality & Reliability Engineer on numerous medium duty engine programs. Too bad Navistar bought the HUEI injector technology from Caterpillar. Reliability was dismal. Was not involved with the Caterpillar/Navistar joint venture with building their dump trucks though. Too bad International had to sell their AG business off in 1986 to survive. Would have been great to be a part of developing tractors and other AG equipment.
Good information and great videos. I have in my possession a 1944 Farmall A. Really wanting to bring it back to working condition, trying to find parts is unreal. Trying to find manuals is also unreal. Would you have any points of contact that might have donor parts? Tim
You said that you get asked a lot of questions about potential buys based on the reasons you stated, could I then ask you, when completed, even though I know you won’t sell it, what would a fair price be on the d2 you are currently building when finished and please don’t be shy. I know you will have a great 2022 as there is so much goodwill and encouragement out here from all your diligent followers who embrace you as the person and the content of your videos, so rest well and all the very best from Australia
Good one! Squatch.
Totally getting the ' it's not a job thing' on the prototype... never forget that's just a hobby..
Towing a D6 home on the road is a great idea! (For a video, anyway) DO IT!
It makes sense to say 'get to' over 'have to'. I therapist I know says that thinking you have to creates anxiety and a negative mindset.
I really liked your comment of why no D4's and it dose make a lot scene to me. I went to look at one 955 Cat what quickly became two when I got there ... doing research I found that one 955C was a D4 and the other 955E was a D6 and not even three years apart. I then ran across a third 955C D4 for parts but ya can't save them all. Likewise, to add D2's to the list of my projects would be a bit much at this point and not a practical idea .
Greeting from the UK
Excellent video your absolutely right about what you said on pricing old machines that have sat for years. Another thing to consider when you are looking at machines that have sat a long is the fuel system and gaskets and seals get all dried out and leak or would run without a huge expense. I am a heavy equipment mechanic in west central Minnesota here and I seem to always buy machines that need major rehab for own farm it gets addicting and expensive too. I am a sucker for a cheap purchase price machine that turns into a money pit.I bought a Ford 555 backhoe and rehabed it I ended up putting new injector pump and injectors. It's nice watching you and your dad with the Kubota and backhoe. Keep up the great videos 👍👍👍👍
Hmm. Given what you just wrote,for the sake of your own sanity,stay away from any boats of anything bigger than a runabout. A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money. I suppose aviation restores are even more pricey.
@@squatch253 Having worked on the waterfront on a 1969 wood hull pleasure yacht,95 tons or so,I would say that is a conservative number. Hmm. Plane. Airplane. Can someone come up with an acronym for just how expensive even a Piper Cub is to restore,much less a bigger airplane ?
Stick with what you know. Tractors. The nice thing about tractors vs.women is,you can always have another one and the first one won't complain.
Just don't have your dad say that in front of your mom. Please.
yeah that is why I love those Red Tractors
Just goes back to what you grew up with, I have a Farmall 504 that was handed down to me from my father. We had a Yamaha 3 wheeler that I grew up riding. My dad drove a Ford F150. Today I ride a Honda VFR, have a Ford 5000 and a John Deere mower, and the best truck I have ever owned is a 2001 Silverado. I love them all but yet somehow I have a soft spot for internationals, Yamahas, and Fords. Go figure.
Walking around the shop looks great. Much better than a talking head for a nice long ramble.
I enjoy your site. I also applaud you for the way you keep your shop and the work benches. Do you have children to take over someday?
You should do more videos like this. Think it does good to your channel, "behind the scenes"/"after hours", more or less, shop talk.
Would you and or your father consider getting any more Farmall's? Something like the "MD" or 400 series?