If anyone wants more info on the stuff left in the truck 8:13 can be called “poly bells”. They Polymer deadend insulators 8:23 probably low voltage splices for triplex based on the size 8:25 It is called a neutral spool. It goes on the neutral. The d rings to the left of them are what the spools are mounted on(clevis pin thru spool) 8:28 fuse links that go in a fuse door that goes in a cutout 10:01 Fiber glass guy wire extension rod/ isolator rod. You probably have a 6ft one as that size is common(at least where I live). It goes in betweeen a “goat head” that is mounted to a pole and the preform wrap onto the guy wire A lot of the hardware in there is new 12:17 that is a called a CR reel that you moved. Those attach to a winch pto and pull old wire 14:05 Probably a throttle pedal, on a newer digger Derrick I operated, it had one of those. I think it is standard 14:11 the newer ones are pointed at a slightly shallower angle from what I’ve seen(just a comment on what I saw) 15:39 you may find air brake connections(glad hands or whatever other connecter they used) 16:35 probably for “shotgun sticks” or hot sticks or line hose(can be called tiger tails, guts, eels, or other things) 17:26 probably for hanging hardware off of but that is a guess. Some of the newer trucks i’ve seen that do work on my local utility have a hanger setup. 18:53 A hot stick would do some of the moving jobs on high voltage. At least now, wood would definitely not pass any safety inspections for live line tools 19:20 The augers are detachable and interchangeable. You can put a drive end wrench on there (needs a Kelly bar adapter and locking dog collar) for driving helical guy anchors but I assume your assumption of increasing capacity may be partially correct at least for older digger trucks. A 55 ft class 3 pole pentagon treated weighs about 2100 lbs but I assume 40ft class 3 poles were more common back then (950 lbs) Do not mistake helical guy anchors(also called screw anchors by some) with "bust anchors" or rock anchors. 20:03 that box has crossarm braces(wood things with metal attachments), pins for pin insulators, wedge clamps for triplex also called chicken catchers or whatever other name 20:15 that is a preform guy grip 20:30 cool snatch block! 24:57 I guess I didn’t need to explain what it was. The pto shaft on newer trucks is on the front bumper. That is where the winches are now. 26:29 for jack hammers, tampers, impact wrenches, and more. 28:37 automatic sleeve/splice 28:39 neutral d ring missing clevis pin 28:41 goat head guy hook combination 28:47 deadend shoes, they are usually an aluminum alloy of sorts I see bolt, maybe da bolts(all thread), and curved washers 28:53 probably for H taps( larger crimp connectors than you would see not in this realm) 29:03 machine bolts, those are long ones. Probably for hanging crossarms on poles. 29:26 you are correct. I see a stirrup in the badkground. A hotline clamp attaches to the stirrup. I also see some deadend clamps for smaller wire 29:31 not fuses, secondary crimps. You push the wire in the top and bottom(thru caps, penetrating them). Then you use a bg die to crimp them. I think they are 4 gauge and 2 gauge based on the color(6 is blue yellow is 1/0, red is 2, orange is 4, these are a few of the common sizes for triplex, you don't see 1 gauge a lot, also that is color coded green) 29:39 stirrup, I see an eyenut in background. To lower right are “hard heads”. You pound them in with a hanner(sometimes pre drill, sometimes dont. Usually not at least from what ive seen 29:43 hotline clamp 29:49 definntely not cheap. Your hand is over an eyenut and a conduit cap of sorts 30:00 H taps as I mentioned previously 30:11 crimps for smaller ground wire. I have a few but can't recall exactly the wire size they go on. You need what can be called a "pop tool". I have one with an O die and D die. O die, D die, and bg die are most common for crimps, with 840, N die, 350mcm, and a kearney die for small crimps following at least what my local utility does. 30:40 for outrigger pads 31:00 newer ones are composite, I have a couple along with the wood style. 31:22 I've only ever seen the 24x24 or whatever solid ones 32:51 not sure either. Could be for a light or for a tool of some sort are my main guesses 33:12 for hoists and climbing gear is my guess 36:58 I see a lot of smokers and vapers 37:09 a ratcheting wire cutter or conduit cutter but I assume condiut cutter due to the design and the speed of the blade 50:00 At least for the diesel trucks I see, the crane can be run on idle, with the throttle pedal used for increasing speed. 51:57 Don't use the pole guides primarily for pulling or lifting, they are not made for that. They are only made to stop the pole from moving around when being set - basically hold it stable. Use the turret winch and/or a hydraulic pole puller to pull poles. The pole guides are also not a grapple. 52:11 From what I've seen, the sling is about the center of the pole(balance I think is name) so that they can move it easily then have it already ready to set the pole. The guides are usually used a few feet above the sling. 56:42 also another thing to not do, there is a sling that is attached to the auger to help stow it. Also when stowing and unstowing it, try to keep the auger as close to vertical as possible so the sling and sling mounting hook doesn't experience a lot of force that it shouldn't(ive heard of many pins on the securement point breaking, but not sure if this is the cause) Also the long storage could be for holding rubber blankets, but those usually have a sophisticated container for them. While scrolling through the comments, someone mentioned that this was a corner mount digger derrick, which I didn't mention. The center rear/whatever its called mount is the most common. This corner mount is why the outriggers are asymetrical. Some other comments have mentioned the winch being for pulling wire overhead or underground which are possible uses, but I have only ever seen a sophisticated dielectric wire puller/underground wire puller mounted on a trailer so this wasn't my first thought. Some linemen call the digger derricks "line trucks". Some digger derricks have a pin on bucket, which at least this one doesn't have one included. Some of the center mount digger derricks(at least new ones) have a pole support for transporting 1 pole at a time without needing a trailer. BTW not a lineman, just someone who likes things related to the trades, engineering, and more that learns from others and the internet. I know many lineman(some not local) so if anyone has any questions, I can try to answer them myself or ask someone if I don't know. Great finds! Keep the hardware or sell it are my recommendations(although I am probably late to this video to have much say). Sorry if this comment isn't that clear or thorough or lists every possible use for something.
Those pincers on the oom are for stabilizing the poles only- thet are definitely not designed to lift or pull anything. You do all the pulling with the winch lines.
That long wooden tool is a TAMPER. It's used to compact dirt after the pole has been set. The spool of rubber hose at the back is a pneumatic or hydraulic vibrator also used to tamp dirt after pole has been set.
My uncle run a line truck probably about the time this truck was new. The hydraulic hose reel was also used with a hydraulic impact wrench. They put the crossarms, anchor cable bolts, etc on with them when setting up a pole before they stood it up.
@SalvageWorkshop in addition to a tamper, you can use it for all the tools you mentioned and more. I've also seen hydraulic chainsaws used with them. Give Clint a call at C&C equipment and he can hook you up with a bunch if hydraulic tools. He should have some since they come with a lot of his unimogs that he buys.
5:14 .. From my knowledge of these utility trucks, the reason they used Gasoline instead of Diesel, is because, when being used in remote locations (especially previous to the early 1980's), Diesel was much more difficult to source when it came time to refuel.
the rubber push button on the rear bumper was usually a hi/low remote throttle speed to reduce fuel burn while holding a pole in place , or other tasks that dont need full throttle
7:12 The Dunlop SP431 is considered to be a Premium commercial use tire. a set of 4 is well over $6000 list price. These are rated for multiple times of re-treading, but I don't think this examples has been retreaded yet, tire tread pattern is the Original Pattern. In most areas re-tread tires must be branded as such too.
I went to Baker's plant in Richmond VA a little before it shut down (late 90's). At the time they were down to just making vehicles for fire and EMS. I remember them saying that bucket trucks had been their bread and butter, but as more utility lines went underground (no one ever replaced an underground line with an above ground one) they felt that market was in terminal decline.
29:29 Those are heavy gauge connectors for copper or aluminum power lines, Instead of diameters they mark the with AMPS, They need a special hydraulic pump style crimping tool .. you use these instead of the large copper split bolts, to connect two high amperage wires together.
The hydraulic hose reel was originally used for a hydraulic handheld tamper to tamp the dirt around power poles. The wood pole in the top toolbox also looks like the standard tamping rod for tamping poles in
When you're setting the PTO try putting it in first gear and then set the PTO on then put your transmission back in neutral it should eliminate that grind.
The winch has less pulling force with larger cable spools because the distance between the cable coming off the spool and the axle of the spool is reducing the mechanical advantage as it increases.
Yes indeed. The motor driving the winch has a set torque that keeps the same number. If the arm(inches) get more the force gets less. 10(pounds)x1(inch)=10 Now its 2(inch), four layers of wire. Now 2(inch)x5(pounds)=10. Figures for explanation only!
The yellow reel is a take up reel. Example, winding up mule tape to pull a winch line through conduit so that the opposing truck can pull a cable or lines through a conduit. Wooden pole is a tamp rod to hep pack dirt around a pole you are setting. The wire wraps , wrap around guy wires or power lines being dead ended at a pole. The connectors are for dead ending power lines at a building. Back to yellow take up reel. You put to much pressure on it I can assure you it will literally explode and hurt someone. Winch in middle of truck is for pulling cables, power lines in man holes in town. Drive over the top of it and hook up and pull the cables to you. Bring back loads of memories and years of using one of these trucks. Like you, needs a diesel. Not sure but I think a Cummins will pretty much fit under the hood. Ours had a v8 Detroit. Slow moving but never gave any troubles. Good luck. Let us see what all you do with it.
Hey youngin' I'm a retired lineman It's called an Auger truck and it sets utility poles they're not telephone poles. The phone companies pay to run their line on our utility poles. Keep up the good work.
you dont want to bring up running the damn thing 30ft near the live lines, just the utility pole thing..... dont get within 10 feet of those damn utility poles with that damn thing
Great fine! You got lucky the transmission is also a remanufacture. Jasper provides rebuilt engines and transmission, I replaced a transmission in one of pickups with a Jasper rebuild. I also replaced a Chevy. 350 in my one ton 1 ton trucks. My Hi-Ranger bucket truck has remote hydraulic connection connections. I have used the remotes on the basket for operating a hydraulic pole pole saw as well as hydraulic 3/4 drill to bore holes for tree rods and cables. The Blackburn press clips are to connect electric service wires. You would strip back the cable end put each end in the connection and crimp them together. You do need a special press to make to make the crimp. I have (never tell the power company ) to disconnect house hold service wires so I could remove trees so I could fell trees, I did work with a lineman for a while. If you try this all cut the neutral wire the uncoated one, Most residential service usually does not exceed 220. You could install l a pole and light on your properties. If you work in a fiberglass bucket your safe. If you work around any power lines with the derrick you should be wearing lineman gloves with a rubber inserts, The galvanized bolts, nuts and bigger square washers our a great bonus, that stuff is expensive. I a salvage man too. I am always on the look out for abandoned poles and wrenching off galvanized hardware. The galvanized cork screw rod are anchors for poles. You twist them in the soil and connect a guide wire to a pole, The finger trap looking are used to connect lengths of galvanized cable together. If you have a electrician friend you just made his day there is probably a thousand dollars or more of exterior electric installation hardware on that truck. You hit the salvage lottery 12 times over with this truck. My bucket was a lineman's truck.. the long box are hole pole saws powered stick saws gas and hydraulic; Also a extension ladder might slide into them.. My truck had a long shovel a spoon to clear out deep auger holes. Try to salvage one. I have dug holes for customers flag poles and set a few poles for my electric fiends. As a true salvage guy always for trade, Got boxes of electric tape, cable, eye bolts turnbuckles etc. Never can have enough stuff in the shop even if you do not ever have a use you know that. Baker builds great stuff. The tall side tool box is for hanging your saddles and gaffs and ropes out of the weather hung on those hooks, Holan make premium equipment.. Wish I had a winch on my truck, I do have that receiver hitch on the rear made a vise on a receiver to slide in and out so it is not in the way, The top flat box are usually used to carry ladders, External air external power wow you scored. Just to be able to have outside lights. Repowered a log loader from a 454 to am Cat 3208 alot of red neck wiring other than that some replumbing hoses it worked fine. Scrap the Huber!! what a piece of poop. Love the channel you have great talent and a great appreciation for cool old machinery. I glad you are doing your best to rebuild machinery and tools, I just think that old stuff had just a certain class to them. They just are cool all the heavy castings with emblem just ca different time they built them to last. Great Site!
It looks like the front seat was once the back seat. There is no cover on the back of the seat so it was probably against the back wall of the cab. Both seats have a notch for clearance for a floor shifter so they probably used the same seat base. The rear seat probably didn't get much use so when the front seat got bad, they switched seats and didn't bother to switch seat backs.
could also be that both seats are originally front seats for a single row cab, but it does look like they switched the front and rear seats. Might be interesting to look at the back of the rear seats and see if there is a cover of some sort on the back.
The long boxes were for storing line hose guards or what we called guts for insulating the power lines from the boom while setting a pole. And guy guards for putting on the down guy wires.
With that truck you can install the power pole guy wire anchors for people to chain down various vehicles, trailers and equipment. To reduce theft . Anchors for propane tanks. Generators, motorcycles and atvs. You could install poles for shade cloth or poles for solar panels. Even poles for ham radio guys.
Typically that sheave for the bed winch would be used for underground pulls. You'd park the ass end of the truck over the manhole and the winch line would run straight down into the manhole. Inside the manhole you'd have another sheave/bullwheel to change the angle again to pull parallel to the duct without rubbing.
That paddle as you called it is actually a hand tamp for tamping the dirt down after they set the new pole.Also the yellow reel we call a caption reel. We use it for rolling up wire that has been cut down. Mainly on tare out jobs nobody really want to roll up a lot of wire by hand.
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I COMPLETELY agree, and trust me, I DON'T take that for granted! I truly appreciate every one of my viewers, and their amazing comments! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, lots more to come!
Those aux hydraulic lines are really handy. We have them on our fiber optic installation truck (an old power company service truck) and they're pretty handy. Ours doesn't have a big pulling capstan like yours does, so we use it to power one of those, a jackhammer, a tamper and a couple different saws. The saws aren't quite as flexible as a battery or gas powered saw, but they also don't have batteries or additional fuel types to keep track of which is also nice.
Awesome! Yeah I'm going to start looking for a few tools to use with the Aux hydraulics, I agree battery and gas tools are great, and i have them, but the hydraulic ones can just live in the truck and always be ready to use!
The yellow one was mostly used to pull fish tape to put wire through pipes underground & the smooth drum was for the rope to raise or lower stuff to the poles ! I'm ex ATT & Indiana Bell employee from the late 70's to mid 80's !
That was my thought too. It might be the actuator for that pedal in the rear control stand. There could be parts missing from an engine or carburetor swap.
More cable on spool lowers capacity due to diameter if the wire wound on the spool. Bigger diameter creates a larger torque working against the winch motor so capacity goes down to compensate.
Hey another good thing about the capstan and winches, is when you get stuck in rough terrain or even wild weather. Heck vehicle revovery should be better. Also a lot of those anchors, bolts, splices, strain reliefs, cable pullers. If you dont have a need for them , list them for sale or ebay. Heck the copper ground wire clamps are probably worth a nickel or two. Not a fan of gas or auto transmission, but hey you gotta run what you brung.
The pully are for the winches used when pulling primary cables in overhead and underground system , the u shaped hooks could have held an extension for the auger to spin in screw in anchors for back guying poles. The wooden arms with aluminum ends are cross arm braces. the wire u shaped items are preforms or deadends for hanging a span of wire. I just retired as a lineman and this all looks like the same we used . hooks were used to hang span wire , triplex , lamp wire , watch releasing the auger it will swing when the lock is removed and can swing wildly. Good luck with your "Digger Derrick"
It is called a corner mount digger derrick. The main reason for these units is to save manpower. The operator can get down and hook up items other than a rear mount digger derrick where the operator is parked in the seat all the time. They call the big outrigger on the side the digger derrick is mounted is a walking outrigger and the one on the other side is just a A frame outrigger. I sold hundreds of these only they were Altec which were electric over hydraulics to give you a smoother operation.TelElect has been bought and sold many times
Cool. Did you see the Allis Chalmers motor Matt got for his "Fat Allice" loader there? Got it at an auction where I guess they were selling off some army surplus generators. He got a Detroit 671 diesel at a similar auction. He paid 500 dollars for the Fat Alice motor. Thing runs great :-)
Congratulations to you and your wife on your 3rd child. 🎉 I am so glad that this video is working today as tried to watch yesterday and it just wouldn't let me watch?? So sat down with a coffee and going to enjoy 👍👍👍
This should TOTALLY help you install those telephone poles you have been needing to install!!! Haha And that front passenger side utility door you said “had a shelf” has an obvious PTO shaft that that aluminum capstan/roller in such cabinet fits on to pull wire.
Amazing truck: the big daddy of my ex AT&T F350. You were lucky to get the capstan: I had to buy mine to fit the winch. I don't think the hydraulics will work a hydraulic jack very well: the pressure is too low. If your truck is like mine, the auxiliary hydraulic ports are part of the main winch hydraulics, and max out at about 2000psi. Portable jacks tend to need from 5000psi up to 10000psi. My capstan drive is dedicated to the capstan: there is no drum winch, so it doesn't need a clutch like yours has, to disengage the winch drum when you are using the capstan. Since you have an auxiliary generator, rather than an inverter on the vehicle alternator, you don't need a continuous high idle (1500 rpm, in my case), so the rear accelerator pedal makes perfect sense. My high idle is electric, and operates when either the hydraulics or the inverter are engaged, but your hydraulic foot pedal system ideal for your intermittent use.
The winch will pull more on an empty drum due to the lower gearing,in the bush we were always aware of breaking the rope on a long heavy pull,but the D 8 would stall with a full drum,sooner than break the rope
Great find. I bet you can sell the fuse links and pole line hardware for at least half what you paid for the truck. Would have be nice if it was oil burner.
That winch & pulley is for pulling underground cable thru conduit & manholes. The long wooden rotted tool is for tamping dirt around a newly set pole so it remains straight.
With that cab you could turn it into a place to sleep out on the road , and those out riggers if you measure the distance from the crane to the outer tips of the outriggers you may find they are the same distance apart
It's a Pole Erection Unit. We had them in the Telephone Company, ours could also carry 2 or 3 poles for the day's supply. They replaced several 6 man gangs that were used before to manually dig stepped holes for the poles. The hydraulic cables could be connected to a Hydraulic Jack Hammer for concrete or rocky ground, also they might have used a Hydraulic Tamper to compact the soil around the pole. Which could have been the use of that flat bladed wooden tool. Each hole needed to be 5 ft or more deep.
6:30 Even if worst case scenario that old Kohler needs a full rebuild? You could do that in one afternoon!! :) As you know they were real workhorses, designed to run for days on end, I wager this is setup to draw fuel from the vehicle's main gas tank.
The long empty boxes in the bed are for ladder storage and tools. The ladder only needs to reach up to the climbing cleats. I think the brake pedal at the back is to arrest the swinging of the crane when lifting poles so you don't turn the truck over, power poles never being the same weight by nature heavier at one end.
52:30 .. Here it's common to use a "screw in" Anchors for the guy wires, You'd use your power Auger drive, to screw in the guy-tie, then attach the guy-wire to that! :) Google, screw in Anchors guy wires, to see a picture of a bunch of styles. .. But the foam seems like amore modern approach!
You should look into the issue with international engines and their cam bearings if they sit too long. If they sit too long its good to spin the oil pump while turning the engine over slowly, otherwise the bearing can stick and spin.
The winch in the front of the bed is for pulling power lines tight. They don't look all that tight because of he sag but there is actually a fair amount of tension on them. You can tell that by how much tension is on the anchor wires at the end of a pole run. The 2000' cable you mentioned on your other truck is to string through pullies hanging on poles and then pulling the line or cable back through them.
The Jasper tag on the bell housing probably means you have a rebuilt transmission also, Jasper does engines, transmissions and other driveline components. With the hydraulic reel, be careful its for hydraulic motors not cylinders, probbaly 5gpm 2500 psi.
That hydraulic line/reel will be very useful for you. While serving in the Army Corps of Engineers in the 90's, we had what was known as a "C" truck. It was a lite duty "back hoe". On board was multiple hydraulic tools including chain saw and jack hammer. If you can find those to carry in the truck you won't regret it.
Your best bet to free up those controls (or anything really)is to spray them down with some PB blaster or kroil. That way you get full penetration of your moving parts. 0:00
You could use that auger to drill some posts to stabilise the bank behind your shop. Put in some 12' conduit filed with concrete and going the same depth below ground as height above.
The capstan was used to pull strand wire with a rope, and was usually used either between poles, or at the end of several poles. ATO= auxiliary take off.
Nice find! The tall skinny shelf space was likely for a ladder, the wooden paddle was for tamping around poles. They must of either broke or never had the hydraulic tamper that those hydraulic lines are for.
A brilliant addition to your collection and can't wait to see you put it into use. You have been greatly missed but hopefully you and your entire family are well especially to your wife and new arrival. Looking forward to finding out what was under the cover and I just wonder if I am right what I think it might be.
The weight of the pole is supported by the cable, the claws are just for alignment, not for lifting. There is usually a mark on each pole at about 1/3 from the base, to show the position of the Centre of Gravity. You also need to dangle the Auger vertically, before you unlatch it from the boom. Best of luck with your hole drilling...!
Another great salvage - seems as if almost everything is still in excellent working condition too! And you have found jobs it can perform for you almost immediately after driving it 300 miles home...
Yeah I pretty much got the truck home and immediately did a job with it! It's going to need a service and cleaning, but after that it's going to be customizing it and setting it up for my needs! (maybe an engine / trans swap if i can find the right deal!)
Thanks Matt…man, you’re enthusiastic about that truck. You should be in sales… I think half of us are sold on buying one too… what I would do with it I have no idea 😊 Hadn’t seen videos for a while from you so glad to see this one 👍… the other Matts on TH-cam are good, but you’re the best.
I have been working around auger trucks in FL for 38 years. Yours is 1st one I have seen with the auger mounted at the back of the truck. it is also the 1st time I have seen the boom mounted off to one side.
Great truck! Just needs a few adjustments and alterations to be the best fitting tool for you out in the fields salvaging things! Refitting a diesel engine would be nice, but with the remade gas engine it could run for years on your type of usage. Great find, thx for showing to us! All the best for you, your wife and the newborn! 👍👍👍
The electric company will set the electric or power pole and install the power lines, transformers, etc. After the power company is finished, cable tv or phone will install their cables. Don't assume it is a "telephone pole". The long insulating rod looks like a guy wire insulator. The insulators below the toolbox are primary deadend insulators for the high voltage conductors to connect to a pole or crossarm. The round grey insulators can be used to mount the neutral to the pole or used on a guy wire if they do not use the long guy insulator. If a primary line failed and touched the top of the guy wire, it will insulate the bottom half of the guy wire in case someone touched it. The phone company provides a phone line of about 50 volts. Don't be confused with an electric company where their voltage could be 7.2/12.5 kV up to 19.9/35 kV. Telephone/cableman are want-to-be electric lineman. Electric lineman have one of the top dangerous jobs in the world. So, appreciate an electric lineman when they are out in the middle of the night when it is 100 or 0 degrees, rain or snowing out there getting the power back on.
You could not pay me enough to be an electric lineman. When working on 8KV they are not allowed even ONE mistake lest they end up with very serious injuries or death.
Great video, i was beginning to wonder what happened to you. That is (to me) an electrical power truck. The giveaway is the insulators, power fuses, and that fiberglass insulator rod. I worked with a very similar truck during my early traffic signal construction days. I think you'll find that, that pedal in the operators station is a remote engine throttle control.
Nice find, I could see all kinds of situations that rig could be used for. The hydraulics look to be very responsive, engine sounds awesome for a gas engine. Have fun with it, I’m sure we be seeing a rescue coming up using that truck. Thanks for the update young man, enjoyed the walk around.
Really miss your videos, Matt. Great information in this video and in the comments, too. Be sure you have some safety gear for that truck. A hard hat, gloves, safety glasses if those old winches go awry. Hope you start posting more frequently. I really like the construction and repair videos.
I'd like to second the many comments below that your videos are too few and far between. Gotta put out more content Matt to keep the junkies satisfied. Ha.
Hello sorry r, Rev. Paul, Eustis Florida. To repair the cable on the drum, pull the cable out full length. Then place a heavy weight dragging the cable on the drum while reeling in on the drum guiding the cable by hand to prevent any overlap. This process can be repeated as often as need to keep unused cable lubricated. PS new subscriber too:)
If anyone wants more info on the stuff left in the truck
8:13 can be called “poly bells”. They Polymer deadend insulators
8:23 probably low voltage splices for triplex based on the size
8:25 It is called a neutral spool. It goes on the neutral. The d rings to the left of them are what the spools are mounted on(clevis pin thru spool)
8:28 fuse links that go in a fuse door that goes in a cutout
10:01 Fiber glass guy wire extension rod/ isolator rod. You probably have a 6ft one as that size is common(at least where I live). It goes in betweeen a “goat head” that is mounted to a pole and the preform wrap onto the guy wire
A lot of the hardware in there is new
12:17 that is a called a CR reel that you moved. Those attach to a winch pto and pull old wire
14:05 Probably a throttle pedal, on a newer digger Derrick I operated, it had one of those. I think it is standard
14:11 the newer ones are pointed at a slightly shallower angle from what I’ve seen(just a comment on what I saw)
15:39 you may find air brake connections(glad hands or whatever other connecter they used)
16:35 probably for “shotgun sticks” or hot sticks or line hose(can be called tiger tails, guts, eels, or other things)
17:26 probably for hanging hardware off of but that is a guess. Some of the newer trucks i’ve seen that do work on my local utility have a hanger setup.
18:53 A hot stick would do some of the moving jobs on high voltage. At least now, wood would definitely not pass any safety inspections for live line tools
19:20 The augers are detachable and interchangeable. You can put a drive end wrench on there (needs a Kelly bar adapter and locking dog collar) for driving helical guy anchors but I assume your assumption of increasing capacity may be partially correct at least for older digger trucks. A 55 ft class 3 pole pentagon treated weighs about 2100 lbs but I assume 40ft class 3 poles were more common back then (950 lbs)
Do not mistake helical guy anchors(also called screw anchors by some) with "bust anchors" or rock anchors.
20:03 that box has crossarm braces(wood things with metal attachments), pins for pin insulators, wedge clamps for triplex also called chicken catchers or whatever other name
20:15 that is a preform guy grip
20:30 cool snatch block!
24:57 I guess I didn’t need to explain what it was. The pto shaft on newer trucks is on the front bumper. That is where the winches are now.
26:29 for jack hammers, tampers, impact wrenches, and more.
28:37 automatic sleeve/splice
28:39 neutral d ring missing clevis pin
28:41 goat head guy hook combination
28:47 deadend shoes, they are usually an aluminum alloy of sorts
I see bolt, maybe da bolts(all thread), and curved washers
28:53 probably for H taps( larger crimp connectors than you would see not in this realm)
29:03 machine bolts, those are long ones. Probably for hanging crossarms on poles.
29:26 you are correct. I see a stirrup in the badkground. A hotline clamp attaches to the stirrup. I also see some deadend clamps for smaller wire
29:31 not fuses, secondary crimps. You push the wire in the top and bottom(thru caps, penetrating them). Then you use a bg die to crimp them. I think they are 4 gauge and 2 gauge based on the color(6 is blue yellow is 1/0, red is 2, orange is 4, these are a few of the common sizes for triplex, you don't see 1 gauge a lot, also that is color coded green)
29:39 stirrup, I see an eyenut in background. To lower right are “hard heads”. You pound them in with a hanner(sometimes pre drill, sometimes dont. Usually not at least from what ive seen
29:43 hotline clamp
29:49 definntely not cheap. Your hand is over an eyenut and a conduit cap of sorts
30:00 H taps as I mentioned previously
30:11 crimps for smaller ground wire. I have a few but can't recall exactly the wire size they go on. You need what can be called a "pop tool". I have one with an O die and D die. O die, D die, and bg die are most common for crimps, with 840, N die, 350mcm, and a kearney die for small crimps following at least what my local utility does.
30:40 for outrigger pads
31:00 newer ones are composite, I have a couple along with the wood style. 31:22 I've only ever seen the 24x24 or whatever solid ones
32:51 not sure either. Could be for a light or for a tool of some sort are my main guesses
33:12 for hoists and climbing gear is my guess
36:58 I see a lot of smokers and vapers
37:09 a ratcheting wire cutter or conduit cutter but I assume condiut cutter due to the design and the speed of the blade
50:00 At least for the diesel trucks I see, the crane can be run on idle, with the throttle pedal used for increasing speed.
51:57 Don't use the pole guides primarily for pulling or lifting, they are not made for that. They are only made to stop the pole from moving around when being set - basically hold it stable. Use the turret winch and/or a hydraulic pole puller to pull poles. The pole guides are also not a grapple.
52:11 From what I've seen, the sling is about the center of the pole(balance I think is name) so that they can move it easily then have it already ready to set the pole. The guides are usually used a few feet above the sling.
56:42 also another thing to not do, there is a sling that is attached to the auger to help stow it. Also when stowing and unstowing it, try to keep the auger as close to vertical as possible so the sling and sling mounting hook doesn't experience a lot of force that it shouldn't(ive heard of many pins on the securement point breaking, but not sure if this is the cause)
Also the long storage could be for holding rubber blankets, but those usually have a sophisticated container for them. While scrolling through the comments, someone mentioned that this was a corner mount digger derrick, which I didn't mention. The center rear/whatever its called mount is the most common. This corner mount is why the outriggers are asymetrical. Some other comments have mentioned the winch being for pulling wire overhead or underground which are possible uses, but I have only ever seen a sophisticated dielectric wire puller/underground wire puller mounted on a trailer so this wasn't my first thought.
Some linemen call the digger derricks "line trucks". Some digger derricks have a pin on bucket, which at least this one doesn't have one included. Some of the center mount digger derricks(at least new ones) have a pole support for transporting 1 pole at a time without needing a trailer.
BTW not a lineman, just someone who likes things related to the trades, engineering, and more that learns from others and the internet. I know many lineman(some not local) so if anyone has any questions, I can try to answer them myself or ask someone if I don't know.
Great finds! Keep the hardware or sell it are my recommendations(although I am probably late to this video to have much say).
Sorry if this comment isn't that clear or thorough or lists every possible use for something.
Those pincers on the oom are for stabilizing the poles only- thet are definitely not designed to lift or pull anything. You do all the pulling with the winch lines.
Exactly
That long wooden tool is a TAMPER. It's used to compact dirt after the pole has been set. The spool of rubber hose at the back is a pneumatic or hydraulic vibrator also used to tamp dirt after pole has been set.
Interesting! I can see that! As for the hydraulic tamper / vibrator, that makes total sense... Now I want to find one of those for the truck!
My uncle run a line truck probably about the time this truck was new. The hydraulic hose reel was also used with a hydraulic impact wrench. They put the crossarms, anchor cable bolts, etc on with them when setting up a pole before they stood it up.
@SalvageWorkshop in addition to a tamper, you can use it for all the tools you mentioned and more. I've also seen hydraulic chainsaws used with them. Give Clint a call at C&C equipment and he can hook you up with a bunch if hydraulic tools. He should have some since they come with a lot of his unimogs that he buys.
5:14 .. From my knowledge of these utility trucks, the reason they used Gasoline instead of Diesel, is because, when being used in remote locations (especially previous to the early 1980's), Diesel was much more difficult to source when it came time to refuel.
the rubber push button on the rear bumper was usually a hi/low remote throttle speed to reduce fuel burn while holding a pole in place , or other tasks that dont need full throttle
7:12 The Dunlop SP431 is considered to be a Premium commercial use tire. a set of 4 is well over $6000 list price.
These are rated for multiple times of re-treading, but I don't think this examples has been retreaded yet, tire tread pattern is the Original Pattern. In most areas re-tread tires must be branded as such too.
I went to Baker's plant in Richmond VA a little before it shut down (late 90's). At the time they were down to just making vehicles for fire and EMS. I remember them saying that bucket trucks had been their bread and butter, but as more utility lines went underground (no one ever replaced an underground line with an above ground one) they felt that market was in terminal decline.
This is the perfect truck to use on a pole barn.
29:29 Those are heavy gauge connectors for copper or aluminum power lines, Instead of diameters they mark the with AMPS, They need a special hydraulic pump style crimping tool .. you use these instead of the large copper split bolts, to connect two high amperage wires together.
The hydraulic hose reel was originally used for a hydraulic handheld tamper to tamp the dirt around power poles. The wood pole in the top toolbox also looks like the standard tamping rod for tamping poles in
The hydraulic tamper will rattle the teeth out of your head
When you're setting the PTO try putting it in first gear and then set the PTO on then put your transmission back in neutral it should eliminate that grind.
The winch has less pulling force with larger cable spools because the distance between the cable coming off the spool and the axle of the spool is reducing the mechanical advantage as it increases.
makes sense. what he said just didn't seem right.
Thank you I was kind of cringing
Yes indeed. The motor driving the winch has a set torque that keeps the same number. If the arm(inches) get more the force gets less.
10(pounds)x1(inch)=10 Now its 2(inch), four layers of wire. Now 2(inch)x5(pounds)=10. Figures for explanation only!
@@AffordBindEquipment he just makes shit up most of the time😄
The long stick is a tamping tool when back filling the hole after the pole is set.
The yellow reel is a take up reel. Example, winding up mule tape to pull a winch line through conduit so that the opposing truck can pull a cable or lines through a conduit. Wooden pole is a tamp rod to hep pack dirt around a pole you are setting. The wire wraps , wrap around guy wires or power lines being dead ended at a pole. The connectors are for dead ending power lines at a building.
Back to yellow take up reel. You put to much pressure on it I can assure you it will literally explode and hurt someone.
Winch in middle of truck is for pulling cables, power lines in man holes in town. Drive over the top of it and hook up and pull the cables to you.
Bring back loads of memories and years of using one of these trucks. Like you, needs a diesel. Not sure but I think a Cummins will pretty much fit under the hood. Ours had a v8 Detroit. Slow moving but never gave any troubles. Good luck. Let us see what all you do with it.
I agree with the people who are saying that WE NEED MORE VIDEOS!! I can’t believe that truck is that old!! Totally Awesome!!!
Hey youngin' I'm a retired lineman It's called an Auger truck and it sets utility poles they're not telephone poles. The phone companies pay to run their line on our utility poles. Keep up the good work.
you dont want to bring up running the damn thing 30ft near the live lines, just the utility pole thing.....
dont get within 10 feet of those damn utility poles with that damn thing
I'll be 40 years old in two weeks. This truck is as old as I am. Impressive.
Pedal in the back is a hydraulic throttle that connects to that thin cylinder by the carb. Good find
Great fine! You got lucky the transmission is also a remanufacture. Jasper provides rebuilt engines and transmission, I replaced a transmission in one of pickups with a Jasper rebuild. I also replaced a Chevy. 350 in my one ton 1 ton trucks. My Hi-Ranger bucket truck has remote hydraulic connection connections. I have used the remotes on the basket for operating a hydraulic pole pole saw as well as hydraulic 3/4 drill to bore holes for tree rods and cables. The Blackburn press clips are to connect electric service wires. You would strip back the cable end put each end in the connection and crimp them together. You do need a special press to make to make the crimp. I have (never tell the power company ) to disconnect house hold service wires so I could remove trees so I could fell trees, I did work with a lineman for a while. If you try this all cut the neutral wire the uncoated one, Most residential service usually does not exceed 220. You could install l a pole and light on your properties. If you work in a fiberglass bucket your safe. If you work around any power lines with the derrick you should be wearing lineman gloves with a rubber inserts, The galvanized bolts, nuts and bigger square washers our a great bonus, that stuff is expensive. I a salvage man too. I am always on the look out for abandoned poles and wrenching off galvanized hardware. The galvanized cork screw rod are anchors for poles. You twist them in the soil and connect a guide wire to a pole, The finger trap looking are used to connect lengths of galvanized cable together. If you have a electrician friend you just made his day there is probably a thousand dollars or more of exterior electric installation hardware on that truck. You hit the salvage lottery 12 times over with this truck. My bucket was a lineman's truck.. the long box are hole pole saws powered stick saws gas and hydraulic; Also a extension ladder might slide into them.. My truck had a long shovel a spoon to clear out deep auger holes. Try to salvage one. I have dug holes for customers flag poles and set a few poles for my electric fiends. As a true salvage guy always for trade, Got boxes of electric tape, cable, eye bolts turnbuckles etc. Never can have enough stuff in the shop even if you do not ever have a use you know that. Baker builds great stuff. The tall side tool box is for hanging your saddles and gaffs and ropes out of the weather hung on those hooks, Holan make premium equipment.. Wish I had a winch on my truck, I do have that receiver hitch on the rear made a vise on a receiver to slide in and out so it is not in the way, The top flat box are usually used to carry ladders, External air external power wow you scored. Just to be able to have outside lights. Repowered a log loader from a 454 to am Cat 3208 alot of red neck wiring other than that some replumbing hoses it worked fine.
Scrap the Huber!! what a piece of poop. Love the channel you have great talent and a great appreciation for cool old machinery. I glad you are doing your best to rebuild machinery and tools, I just think that old stuff had just a certain class to them. They just are cool all the heavy castings with emblem just ca different time they built them to last. Great Site!
What a find!!! Probably the best condition I’ve seen for a 40 year old truck
A crew cab
It looks like the front seat was once the back seat. There is no cover on the back of the seat so it was probably against the back wall of the cab. Both seats have a notch for clearance for a floor shifter so they probably used the same seat base. The rear seat probably didn't get much use so when the front seat got bad, they switched seats and didn't bother to switch seat backs.
could also be that both seats are originally front seats for a single row cab, but it does look like they switched the front and rear seats. Might be interesting to look at the back of the rear seats and see if there is a cover of some sort on the back.
The long boxes were for storing line hose guards or what we called guts for insulating the power lines from the boom while setting a pole. And guy guards for putting on the down guy wires.
The yellow paddle wheel is used to pull on mule tape or rope through ducts.
Diesel Creek's latest video shows the power company using this style of truck with all its features.
I watched that video right before watching this video
With that truck you can install the power pole guy wire anchors for people to chain down various vehicles, trailers and equipment. To reduce theft .
Anchors for propane tanks. Generators, motorcycles and atvs.
You could install poles for shade cloth or poles for solar panels. Even poles for ham radio guys.
SOOO Many OPTIONS!
Looking at the shape of the two bench seats I would say that thety were swapped back to front.
Typically that sheave for the bed winch would be used for underground pulls. You'd park the ass end of the truck over the manhole and the winch line would run straight down into the manhole. Inside the manhole you'd have another sheave/bullwheel to change the angle again to pull parallel to the duct without rubbing.
That paddle as you called it is actually a hand tamp for tamping the dirt down after they set the new pole.Also the yellow reel we call a caption reel. We use it for rolling up wire that has been cut down. Mainly on tare out jobs nobody really want to roll up a lot of wire by hand.
I’ve read several of the comments & none were negative, all positive & what this or that did or does
You’ve got some nice subscribers be thankful.
Thank you Sir, for the video
I COMPLETELY agree, and trust me, I DON'T take that for granted! I truly appreciate every one of my viewers, and their amazing comments! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, lots more to come!
Those aux hydraulic lines are really handy. We have them on our fiber optic installation truck (an old power company service truck) and they're pretty handy. Ours doesn't have a big pulling capstan like yours does, so we use it to power one of those, a jackhammer, a tamper and a couple different saws. The saws aren't quite as flexible as a battery or gas powered saw, but they also don't have batteries or additional fuel types to keep track of which is also nice.
Awesome! Yeah I'm going to start looking for a few tools to use with the Aux hydraulics, I agree battery and gas tools are great, and i have them, but the hydraulic ones can just live in the truck and always be ready to use!
The yellow one was mostly used to pull fish tape to put wire through pipes underground & the smooth drum was for the rope to raise or lower stuff to the poles ! I'm ex ATT & Indiana Bell employee from the late 70's to mid 80's !
Great Video, to engage pto, put transmission into drive, depress brake, switch on pto, then shift back to neutral and finally release brake
Matt, You need to put the trans. in gear before you shift the P T O into gear. Then put the trans. in neutral, and you're on your way.
great vid,that plunger by the carburettor looks like a throttle control so when you use the auxiliary equipment the engine will rev up automatically
That was my thought too. It might be the actuator for that pedal in the rear control stand. There could be parts missing from an engine or carburetor swap.
Throttle control from the foot pedal at rear controls
Hydraulic throttle, works with that pedal back by the boom control.
More cable on spool lowers capacity due to diameter if the wire wound on the spool. Bigger diameter creates a larger torque working against the winch motor so capacity goes down to compensate.
Hey another good thing about the capstan and winches, is when you get stuck in rough terrain or even wild weather. Heck vehicle revovery should be better. Also a lot of those anchors, bolts, splices, strain reliefs, cable pullers. If you dont have a need for them , list them for sale or ebay. Heck the copper ground wire clamps are probably worth a nickel or two. Not a fan of gas or auto transmission, but hey you gotta run what you brung.
The pully are for the winches used when pulling primary cables in overhead and underground system , the u shaped hooks could have held an extension for the auger to spin in screw in anchors for back guying poles. The wooden arms with aluminum ends are cross arm braces. the wire u shaped items are preforms or deadends for hanging a span of wire. I just retired as a lineman and this all looks like the same we used . hooks were used to hang span wire , triplex , lamp wire , watch releasing the auger it will swing when the lock is removed and can swing wildly. Good luck with your "Digger Derrick"
*Great score on the new truck... PS: Congratulations to you, your wife & family on number three baby. 🙂.*
It is called a corner mount digger derrick. The main reason for these units is to save manpower. The operator can get down and hook up items other than a rear mount digger derrick where the operator is parked in the seat all the time. They call the big outrigger on the side the digger derrick is mounted is a walking outrigger and the one on the other side is just a A frame outrigger. I sold hundreds of these only they were Altec which were electric over hydraulics to give you a smoother operation.TelElect has been bought and sold many times
So much usefulness packed into a small space.
Cool. Did you see the Allis Chalmers motor Matt got for his "Fat Allice" loader there? Got it at an auction where I guess they were selling off some army surplus generators. He got a Detroit 671 diesel at a similar auction. He paid 500 dollars for the Fat Alice motor. Thing runs great :-)
Thanks!
Thanks David, I really appreciate it!
The box with the roller was for an extension ladder. And the other compartments will store cross arms, conduit, ground rods and other long items.
Nice collection of Binders
Congratulations to you and your wife on your 3rd child. 🎉
I am so glad that this video is working today as tried to watch yesterday and it just wouldn't let me watch??
So sat down with a coffee and going to enjoy 👍👍👍
Maybe that storage was for traffic signs and barriers. That's a great piece of kit you got there mate. Love, health and respect from Scotland UK.
This should TOTALLY help you install those telephone poles you have been needing to install!!! Haha
And that front passenger side utility door you said “had a shelf” has an obvious PTO shaft that that aluminum capstan/roller in such cabinet fits on to pull wire.
Amazing truck: the big daddy of my ex AT&T F350. You were lucky to get the capstan: I had to buy mine to fit the winch.
I don't think the hydraulics will work a hydraulic jack very well: the pressure is too low. If your truck is like mine, the auxiliary hydraulic ports are part of the main winch hydraulics, and max out at about 2000psi. Portable jacks tend to need from 5000psi up to 10000psi.
My capstan drive is dedicated to the capstan: there is no drum winch, so it doesn't need a clutch like yours has, to disengage the winch drum when you are using the capstan.
Since you have an auxiliary generator, rather than an inverter on the vehicle alternator, you don't need a continuous high idle (1500 rpm, in my case), so the rear accelerator pedal makes perfect sense. My high idle is electric, and operates when either the hydraulics or the inverter are engaged, but your hydraulic foot pedal system ideal for your intermittent use.
It’s the change in diameter that changes winch strength. It changes the mechanical advantage.
The two hydraulic lines on the reel were used for a hydraulic tapper to tamp the pole after it was set.
Pole jack for pulling a pole as well.
Dude, you must have been crazy busy, obviously people missed ya. Glad to see you..
Nice well-thought-out truck. Good find/fletch from the UK
That is an incredible piece of machinery.
It is in really great condition.
Must have been well maintained in the past.
Thanks for the great content.
I couldn't agree more! can't wait to clean it up, set it up for my uses and put it to work!
The winch will pull more on an empty drum due to the lower gearing,in the bush we were always aware of breaking the rope on a long heavy pull,but the D 8 would stall with a full drum,sooner than break the rope
glad you are back, been missing good material from your site for the last month
Great find. I bet you can sell the fuse links and pole line hardware for at least half what you paid for the truck. Would have be nice if it was oil burner.
That winch & pulley is for pulling underground cable thru conduit & manholes. The long wooden rotted tool is for tamping dirt around a newly set pole so it remains straight.
What a beast of truck. Nice find !
With that cab you could turn it into a place to sleep out on the road , and those out riggers if you measure the distance from the crane to the outer tips of the outriggers you may find they are the same distance apart
It already has a bed, all I need is a sleeping bag! lol
It's a Pole Erection Unit. We had them in the Telephone Company, ours could also carry 2 or 3 poles for the day's supply. They replaced several 6 man gangs that were used before to manually dig stepped holes for the poles. The hydraulic cables could be connected to a Hydraulic Jack Hammer for concrete or rocky ground, also they might have used a Hydraulic Tamper to compact the soil around the pole. Which could have been the use of that flat bladed wooden tool. Each hole needed to be 5 ft or more deep.
6:30 Even if worst case scenario that old Kohler needs a full rebuild? You could do that in one afternoon!! :) As you know they were real workhorses, designed to run for days on end, I wager this is setup to draw fuel from the vehicle's main gas tank.
The long empty boxes in the bed are for ladder storage and tools. The ladder only needs to reach up to the climbing cleats.
I think the brake pedal at the back is to arrest the swinging of the crane when lifting poles so you don't turn the truck over, power poles never being the same weight by nature heavier at one end.
52:30 .. Here it's common to use a "screw in" Anchors for the guy wires, You'd use your power Auger drive, to screw in the guy-tie, then attach the guy-wire to that! :) Google, screw in Anchors guy wires, to see a picture of a bunch of styles. .. But the foam seems like amore modern approach!
You should look into the issue with international engines and their cam bearings if they sit too long. If they sit too long its good to spin the oil pump while turning the engine over slowly, otherwise the bearing can stick and spin.
The winch in the front of the bed is for pulling power lines tight. They don't look all that tight because of he sag but there is actually a fair amount of tension on them. You can tell that by how much tension is on the anchor wires at the end of a pole run. The 2000' cable you mentioned on your other truck is to string through pullies hanging on poles and then pulling the line or cable back through them.
The Jasper tag on the bell housing probably means you have a rebuilt transmission also, Jasper does engines, transmissions and other driveline components.
With the hydraulic reel, be careful its for hydraulic motors not cylinders, probbaly 5gpm 2500 psi.
Great tool, well maintained it will earn it's keep.
That truck was in service not long ago. All those line parts (blackburns, Burndy splices, hot line clamps, etc) are relatively new.
That "diesel bleed pump" is throttle control that operates via that pedal under crane controls
For the PTO. put transmission in DRIVE before engaging PTO, then back to neutral
That hydraulic line/reel will be very useful for you. While serving in the Army Corps of Engineers in the 90's, we had what was known as a "C" truck. It was a lite duty "back hoe". On board was multiple hydraulic tools including chain saw and jack hammer. If you can find those to carry in the truck you won't regret it.
Your best bet to free up those controls (or anything really)is to spray them down with some PB blaster or kroil. That way you get full penetration of your moving parts. 0:00
You could use that auger to drill some posts to stabilise the bank behind your shop. Put in some 12' conduit filed with concrete and going the same depth below ground as height above.
The cable reel flips open to put a new coil of wire on it, then unwind it to install, or recoil old wire and remove it.
The capstan was used to pull strand wire with a rope, and was usually used either between poles, or at the end of several poles. ATO= auxiliary take off.
Makes sense!
36:14 That hose is a Premium Quality molded lower Radiator Hose for International 1700, 1800, 900 Series Trucks made from 1979 to 1981
Nice find! The tall skinny shelf space was likely for a ladder, the wooden paddle was for tamping around poles. They must of either broke or never had the hydraulic tamper that those hydraulic lines are for.
A brilliant addition to your collection and can't wait to see you put it into use.
You have been greatly missed but hopefully you and your entire family are well especially to your wife and new arrival.
Looking forward to finding out what was under the cover and I just wonder if I am right what I think it might be.
Man, no wonder my utility bills are so high. They spared no expense when building out that truck. What a great addition to your recovery tools.
The weight of the pole is supported by the cable, the claws are just for alignment, not for lifting. There is usually a mark on each pole at about 1/3 from the base, to show the position of the Centre of Gravity.
You also need to dangle the Auger vertically, before you unlatch it from the boom.
Best of luck with your hole drilling...!
Another great salvage - seems as if almost everything is still in excellent working condition too!
And you have found jobs it can perform for you almost immediately after driving it 300 miles home...
Yeah I pretty much got the truck home and immediately did a job with it! It's going to need a service and cleaning, but after that it's going to be customizing it and setting it up for my needs! (maybe an engine / trans swap if i can find the right deal!)
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Just stay with what you have, I doubt that you will use it enough to pay for the engine & transmission.
it was very goog time I spent on your today`s video, GREAT Work! See the next film
Thanks Matt…man, you’re enthusiastic about that truck. You should be in sales… I think half of us are sold on buying one too… what I would do with it I have no idea 😊
Hadn’t seen videos for a while from you so glad to see this one 👍… the other Matts on TH-cam are good, but you’re the best.
I have been working around auger trucks in FL for 38 years. Yours is 1st one I have seen with the auger mounted at the back of the truck. it is also the 1st time I have seen the boom mounted off to one side.
Great truck! Just needs a few adjustments and alterations to be the best fitting tool for you out in the fields salvaging things!
Refitting a diesel engine would be nice, but with the remade gas engine it could run for years on your type of usage.
Great find, thx for showing to us!
All the best for you, your wife and the newborn!
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Damn what a find! That first aid kit is pristine. It doesn't look like it has been used once.
The electric company will set the electric or power pole and install the power lines, transformers, etc. After the power company is finished, cable tv or phone will install their cables. Don't assume it is a "telephone pole". The long insulating rod looks like a guy wire insulator. The insulators below the toolbox are primary deadend insulators for the high voltage conductors to connect to a pole or crossarm. The round grey insulators can be used to mount the neutral to the pole or used on a guy wire if they do not use the long guy insulator. If a primary line failed and touched the top of the guy wire, it will insulate the bottom half of the guy wire in case someone touched it. The phone company provides a phone line of about 50 volts. Don't be confused with an electric company where their voltage could be 7.2/12.5 kV up to 19.9/35 kV. Telephone/cableman are want-to-be electric lineman. Electric lineman have one of the top dangerous jobs in the world. So, appreciate an electric lineman when they are out in the middle of the night when it is 100 or 0 degrees, rain or snowing out there getting the power back on.
You could not pay me enough to be an electric lineman. When working on 8KV they are not allowed even ONE mistake lest they end up with very serious injuries or death.
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Do mean crispy critter
@@dirtfarmer7472 or pile of carbon.
That's really cool! I was concerned though, that you said that the hydro fluid may have gas in it and then proceeded to use the hydro. 😮
Hooray! A new episode
Great video, i was beginning to wonder what happened to you. That is (to me) an electrical power truck. The giveaway is the insulators, power fuses, and that fiberglass insulator rod.
I worked with a very similar truck during my early traffic signal construction days.
I think you'll find that, that pedal in the operators station is a remote engine throttle control.
Nice find, I could see all kinds of situations that rig could be used for. The hydraulics look to be very responsive, engine sounds awesome for a gas engine. Have fun with it, I’m sure we be seeing a rescue coming up using that truck. Thanks for the update young man, enjoyed the walk around.
That truck is going to be an asset to the company and earn its keepyour videos are the best great explanations thank you Matt
27:48 Perfect for a smaller wire feed welder! 20 amps too
Really miss your videos, Matt. Great information in this video and in the comments, too. Be sure you have some safety gear for that truck. A hard hat, gloves, safety glasses if those old winches go awry. Hope you start posting more frequently. I really like the construction and repair videos.
This is an awesome machine I'm glad you were able to save it thank you for sharing this with us six stars
I'd like to second the many comments below that your videos are too few and far between. Gotta put out more content Matt to keep the junkies satisfied. Ha.
Really amazing truck.. practical.. service.. mobile workshop.. wow beautiful..thanks bro..
Hello sorry r, Rev. Paul, Eustis Florida. To repair the cable on the drum, pull the cable out full length. Then place a heavy weight dragging the cable on the drum while reeling in on the drum guiding the cable by hand to prevent any overlap. This process can be repeated as often as need to keep unused cable lubricated.
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Nice score !! This will come in very handy in the future I am sure !! That winch alone will be fantastic !!
That truck deserves a nice shed! Thanks.
Looks like you really got a winner with this set up - congrats.