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  • This was all day Monday. Every thing worked after they took off the 50 ton weight and mounting brackets. The engine ran like normal after it was leval. Now the mess has to be cleaned up, could be another video.
    If not I will get back to my one thing and show you all the junk I bought at the last farm auction.

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  • @patodwyer721
    @patodwyer721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You always hear stories of fishermen talking about the one that got away, but you landed the biggest one of all Richard. This has got to be one of the best documentaries on TH-cam and you were there to capture it on camera.
    This was a once off. I doubt anyone will try this again. All well that ends well.

  • @outcastprojects6733
    @outcastprojects6733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Don't forget to show ud what the sight lools like once they leave! I hope they do a clean nice job for your boys fields sake.

  • @dj6769
    @dj6769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That’s why you don’t move heavy equipment when the ground is wet; I witnessed a D6 move after a long rain it sank to the belly pan and took a day to dig it out.😊

  • @ddocspeck
    @ddocspeck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Richard, thanks for documenting all of this.

  • @ask4george1
    @ask4george1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was freaking awesome, I love watching stuff like this.

  • @dadsvespa
    @dadsvespa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man that thing is heavy ! I remember watching a story about how the Germans built an indestructible tank during WW2, with armor so thick that nothing, could penetrate its hull, or turret , or tracks. Just one problem ...it was so heavy that it sank into the ground as soon as they tested it out !....just like this monster. lol.

    • @outerealm9928
      @outerealm9928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here's the tank: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus

  • @diveconjeff
    @diveconjeff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating series of videos. Thanks for sharing.

  • @donaldgibson3121
    @donaldgibson3121 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yikes! And I thought getting my John Deere stuck was a mess. Great video. Enjoyed it.

  • @wry569
    @wry569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great series of videos. Those guys were very nice to allow you to be that close and get the video. A nice mix to shorten the saga would be epic. Worth getting some pro editing help to produce a Tory from start to finish.

  • @kswaynes7569
    @kswaynes7569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This crane sure has boosted the views of your videos, great job Richard!

  • @mikethatguy27
    @mikethatguy27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    26 minutes of Video but 14 advertisements, Dang I thought I was watching cable Television.

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      @windage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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    • @gragor11
      @gragor11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Adblocker for youtube. what commercials?

    • @mikethatguy27
      @mikethatguy27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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  • @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
    @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came out quite nicely!!
    Thank you for the videos of them getting it out!!!

  • @budgillett9627
    @budgillett9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve really enjoyed watching this disaster! Thank you from Nebraska.

  • @davedunn4285
    @davedunn4285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A superb result all round guys well done

  • @sliderinc1
    @sliderinc1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like the beginnings of a nice fish pond

  • @matt2118
    @matt2118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lot a water, would be good to develop that spring. I wonder if they fired the operator that roller the crane over?

    • @frankdeegan8974
      @frankdeegan8974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not the operator, the foreman, or the person that made the decision not to use mats under the machine in the first place when moving something that size in an area without knowing what the subsoil is like. Well we see now what is under the surface in that area.

  • @teamidris
    @teamidris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Some folk saying it is ruined and as a plant fitter I can’t see why? It got in some wet clay, it happens a lot.

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's "A lot" in your eyes?

    • @teamidris
      @teamidris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ good question. If the machine works on solid ground never. If it works on unknown soft surfaces then several times in its life. *rollovers are mostly 45 degrees into a ditch. (And often me) Right over is rarer. Recovery seems to cause more damage? Folk in a rush would yank stuff out and cause real damage. One farm tried to claim warranty for a JCB gearbox case they split open dragging it out of a pit over a concrete dam.

    • @teamidris
      @teamidris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ sounds a real scenario because of the cost of measuring the chassis. NCB used to fully strip machines and go as deep as crack testing the crown wheels in the axels. No one does that anymore. So, it’s logical that rolled machines go for export good or bent.

  • @robertpendzick9250
    @robertpendzick9250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    We all need the serial number of the big yellow crane so we know to watch for it on the used market.

    • @bradmorgan1234
      @bradmorgan1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It will be listed as slightly used, one owner, no boom!! Lol

    • @angelajohnson6659
      @angelajohnson6659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Might show up on Craig's list too!lol listed as barely used one job few odds and ends bent and a few dents!

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not in the U.S., it'll be sent overseas where there's no oversight.

  • @izalman
    @izalman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watched all the vids, good work but could have been done easier. Once they got the thing the right way up, they should turned the superstructure and lifted the 60ton weight and tray off the track frame, then the ballasted end was at 90 degrees to the tracks. Then place the 60ton weight and/or the correct ones back on the superstructure brackets, this would place extra load on the dry track and ease the load on the wet / stuck track by a pivot motion.. The crane would have some sort of balance on the dry track and probably would have driven out of the mud using the timbers. Curious what all the engine smoke is?

    • @clivehorridge
      @clivehorridge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      izalman
      If it had a significant lean on it, then engine oil might have permeated the bores to cause excessive smoke, until upright enough for it to clear... just a thought.

    • @davidrenalds9454
      @davidrenalds9454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exhaust may have been full of oil from laying nearly upside down for so long- burning it out causing smoke

  • @ivanivonovich9863
    @ivanivonovich9863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So how did this equipment get here in the first place? That would be nice to know.
    Wet fields can spell disaster for any machinery, it just takes a fool to try to go across thinking it can be done.
    I've had a 58,000 GVRW (loaded) farm truck in so deep I could have used a periscope to see what was in front of me! The field boss said that the field was fine to drive across! That was the last time I believed him on that subject.

  • @davidrussell8689
    @davidrussell8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive to say the least . What an operation.

  • @stevefowler2249
    @stevefowler2249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job covering this story :) good to see that you are producing some money making videos. I don't know if you remember me, I drove out there to pick up some VI parts from Washington State?

  • @bigthumperfoot
    @bigthumperfoot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wonder what the recovery and clean up cost totalled up to....

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If you have to ask, you can't afford it. :) :)

    • @windage
      @windage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @rock of ages USA yep, she has to go back to factory dealer to get repaired and get re-certified...big money!

    • @fordnut4914
      @fordnut4914 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@firesurfer🙄

    • @patrickwilliamcasey9893
      @patrickwilliamcasey9893 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably alot more than some decent fucking mats and roadbed :'D

    • @patrickwilliamcasey9893
      @patrickwilliamcasey9893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @rock of ages USA they are super lucky if the damage equals out to $350,000
      A crane this size typically costs 8-10million dollars and each boom section can be worth up to 90 grand

  • @00nutt
    @00nutt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Dang that was an ordeal and a half!!!

  • @patrickwilliamcasey9893
    @patrickwilliamcasey9893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That should never happen to such a magnificent machine

  • @billcoley8520
    @billcoley8520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When something has a suction on it you can always tack a air compressor and blow air underneath which will help break it out

  • @TheInvoice123
    @TheInvoice123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    And yet they drove it onto virgin ground without first laying pads

  • @mrbluesky2050
    @mrbluesky2050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    can't see why the just didn't cut it up, thing will never see service again, worth more as spare parts ( non-weight bearing) than it is to test each piece for structural soundness, so cab, engines, motors, weights ( those that didn't sink!) rest,, scrap too costly to test, only to find alingment and stress fractures in almost everything from main structures to track pads.

  • @kdseidle8031
    @kdseidle8031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That farmer's gonna have a hole clear to china after that ordeal

  • @r.l.mashburn5246
    @r.l.mashburn5246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Coming soon to a Ritchie Brother's soon !

  • @MitzvosGolem1
    @MitzvosGolem1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job...
    That was a tough one.
    I got a D7 buried near Bay in muck. So difficult to get recovery stuff close to pull it out.
    Thanks

  • @larrywall1642
    @larrywall1642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All you guys saying this scrap, your nuts . It just got stuck in the mud, it isn’t damaged.

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you see it tip? It's junk that will be sold of in Honduras, Malaysia, or some other 3rd world pit where human life is cheap.

  • @astro1218
    @astro1218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What was the cost of this recovery ?

  • @morgansword
    @morgansword 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here at home in alaska, we have the same blue clay and it goes from doing good to complete meltdown and "who will pay for this" as it can get way more expensive to get out than its worth on some equipment. I ran a link belt boom crane doing drag line work and also dipping trash out of the lake we were working next to. I am glad that they got it out and its really more like a act of god than a intentional mess up. No one would do that intentionally nor do they need to be accused of it. All damages will eventually be worked out and that corn is back in mother earth so no loss there. I see more corn harvesting videos than most any other so it means "Jolly Green Giant" can come down in price....?.??... ,and maybe not/LOL

  • @chascarpenter5006
    @chascarpenter5006 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheers bud, enjoyed the video .Chas, uk.

  • @robertaiken8576
    @robertaiken8576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well it took long enough. Now if they put it back the way the field was before this fiasco.

  • @Goliath56
    @Goliath56 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an awful mess. Hope the restoration goes well

  • @rodgercottrill3342
    @rodgercottrill3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    U had a very exciting summer memories for ever.

  • @danielkeirsteadsr6939
    @danielkeirsteadsr6939 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    peanut butter n jelly squeezing up between the planks.

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well you make sure you tell everyone all about, never to much no it alls standing around, oh yes that’s you , kool crazy video, looks like back in the Day, probably weigh 50 pounds lolol, thanks y’all BigAl California.

  • @markgamble8377
    @markgamble8377 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing. What a disaster. How many escivators to screw in a light bulb?

  • @kingredleg6747
    @kingredleg6747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have never seen a machine destroy mud mate as if they were toothpicks.

    • @toosavvy3504
      @toosavvy3504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LetsDig18 swings mud-mats like toothpicks....
      He's a Mean Dawg ;

    • @woodennecktie
      @woodennecktie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      we use to warn the dispatchers for damage , and there came another 80 tons of broken matts out of the pitt we withdraw from

  • @steelem422
    @steelem422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dose the earth usually attempt to eat your machinery’s?

  • @fhuber7507
    @fhuber7507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you're goping to get something stuck... make it a 500 ton crane so its REALLY stuck

  • @gregorythompson2251
    @gregorythompson2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The end to quite the saga thanks Richard

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What the heck that thing just keeps going Down Down , the Matt’s are not long enough,LLLOl?L scetch, sketch, nice 👍 thanks y’all BigAl California.

  • @jonathancrissinger2301
    @jonathancrissinger2301 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow what a day.

  • @1995jug
    @1995jug 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lot of money changed hands on that project.

  • @doneckford1189
    @doneckford1189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whatever possessed the operator to run this thing into the mud like that?

  • @The320ibmw
    @The320ibmw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how much has it cost too get that out wow

  • @sliderinc1
    @sliderinc1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a heck of a machine I'd hate to pay that tow bill.

  • @lindadanielson7849
    @lindadanielson7849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great footage

  • @johnmcmickle5685
    @johnmcmickle5685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact is who ever told them it was a good idea to walk machine this large across natural ground without using matts needs to be fired.

  • @petenikolic5244
    @petenikolic5244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What were they thinking of getting a machine of that size into a hole full of somuch crap in the first place first hint of that stuff tnat maihine should have benn out the way PDQ

  • @dougstubbs9637
    @dougstubbs9637 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is the names listed in the credits the crane owners? If so, they had better White up a big cheque for the Bucking up that field.

  • @martinbenton742
    @martinbenton742 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now the clean up. Great job Richard!
    MB BAR RANCH

  • @danielkeirsteadsr6939
    @danielkeirsteadsr6939 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job on the video

  • @fsj197811
    @fsj197811 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a mess!!! Thanks for sharing. :-)

  • @DaleDirt
    @DaleDirt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Job you guys ....

  • @davidwindsor3601
    @davidwindsor3601 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well what did that just cost. Hopefully. Next time it get moved. Thay will move it minus weights and boom. I don't know. ???

  • @jerryc9627
    @jerryc9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Operator had nothing to do with sub soil he just did what he was told to not his fault

    • @seanworkman431
      @seanworkman431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would make him a yes man and not an operator

    • @jerryc9627
      @jerryc9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seanworkman431 without knowing sub soil conditions and being told to go that way doesnt make him a yes man accidents happen not his fault as a labor worked alongside and trusted lots operators out of 649

  • @bluetoad2001
    @bluetoad2001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent. finally made it out of the hole. prolly didn’t cost more’n a hundred dollars all together✅😎

  • @ShowCat1
    @ShowCat1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, I thought I'd never get that thing out of there.

  • @abdulhalim-cs1pu
    @abdulhalim-cs1pu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    no worries no one losing job here ,only no bonuses for 2021 the boss said

  • @adrianstoness3903
    @adrianstoness3903 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    aww the chatter of the duetz motors on those pioneer pumps eh

  • @chriscole1136
    @chriscole1136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the operator should be in a skid steer after that performance!!

  • @treeguyable
    @treeguyable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Paid almost $50,000.00 for a new tracked Bobcat yrs ago, thought it was un- stuckable. Ha! Got it out, but I was sweating.

  • @jackpontiac9409
    @jackpontiac9409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    All that time and effort to install a windmill?

  • @garybridger6707
    @garybridger6707 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was the gray slime sulphur? Now you know how to get a 500 ton crane unstuck!!

  • @gliderider7077
    @gliderider7077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Plant flowers on it and call it good! I can’t imagine the money they spent on recovery attempts.

  • @wmbwebb
    @wmbwebb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if any field tiles got broken? Sure is a lot of water.

  • @dank2265
    @dank2265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's the back story here
    Why was such a massive crane needed
    What is being built

    • @oldfarmjunk101
      @oldfarmjunk101  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch the rest of the videos.

    • @TheStefanskoglund1
      @TheStefanskoglund1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wind power project, the crane went to its side while moving between two different units.

    • @dank2265
      @dank2265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheStefanskoglund1 thank you

  • @mogwaifan7094
    @mogwaifan7094 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What caused the smoke? Burning hyd. motor?

  • @richardtruesdell8289
    @richardtruesdell8289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PLEASE don't zoom in so close, the video shakes too much!

  • @BeachBoyAAA
    @BeachBoyAAA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Engine may have been starved for oil at that angle. Rebuild.

  • @johnnyholland8765
    @johnnyholland8765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Someone would pay dearly for messin up my cornfield...

    • @rangerman375
      @rangerman375 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do, it's part of the lease for the wind tower.

  • @c165vin
    @c165vin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone needs to call the crane manufacturer to come and inspect their welds on the boom. It looks pretty crappy welding. Yes I understand that the crane is on its side,but maybe for the best with the terrible welding done on the boom sections

  • @joewatson5801
    @joewatson5801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many hands got fired?

  • @ihus9950
    @ihus9950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally that mess is on the done pile 👍

  • @peterp1158
    @peterp1158 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone explain what they're trying to do in this video?

  • @barrymcdougal4816
    @barrymcdougal4816 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A LOT OF HUMANS HAVE STRANGE THOUGHT PROCESSES ---- OR NONE.

  • @awatchmanonawall6188
    @awatchmanonawall6188 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice looking red crane

  • @mec4705
    @mec4705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blue clay will get you every time.

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of cours they could of laid some road plates on top ,or pipes, all looks like a waste of money, thanks BigAl California.

  • @bigredracer7848
    @bigredracer7848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looking backwards it's always easy to see The faults that other people do too bad we couldn't do that with politicians that we have an office now

  • @chrismoule1
    @chrismoule1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone tighten the fan belt,the extra air might give them a push

  • @donvoll2580
    @donvoll2580 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good day I guess there is limit to everything. Boy costly outfit. Thanks

  • @mojo6524
    @mojo6524 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    why was that machine out in the field? ah silly wind farm......

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where do the think it’s going , isn’t it wet every where , nice 👍 they need to do this in the hottest time of the year, lolol, BigAl California.

  • @theonlybuzz1969
    @theonlybuzz1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel sorry for the operator who has the task of removing the wooden matting. Not the easiest thing to do..

  • @anselb2000
    @anselb2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, what a mess that has been!

  • @kennethbrewer1743
    @kennethbrewer1743 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Weld spikes on the tracks and drive it out.

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The pads are 5 times to small, need to be 100 feet wide , then it might work, thanks BigAl California.

    • @patrickwilliamcasey9893
      @patrickwilliamcasey9893 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Big AL I second that notion, what has happened with alot of these wind projects is that they have run far over budget and subsequently costs are cut when creating a level and solid path for these huge crawlers to walk on. This compounded with a lack of local knowledge about the location of tile drains, ditches and culverts presents alot of problems in wet and temperate weather such as spring and fall, given that the ground goes much softer than usual.

  • @1topfueldrag
    @1topfueldrag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i’d hate to have the job of having to clean that crane

  • @tiredoldmechanic1791
    @tiredoldmechanic1791 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That ground is like peanut butter.

  • @christinamoneyhan5688
    @christinamoneyhan5688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Leave it up to an engineer to complicate an issue. Couple of farmers or Amish farmers would had it out in a couple days to a week. Engineers always have to over complicate an job.

  • @kennethmelnychuk9737
    @kennethmelnychuk9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crain?

  • @c165vin
    @c165vin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the biggest machine gets stuck, your screwed.

  • @recoveryrider6183
    @recoveryrider6183 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Must be a wind farm. Let me guess no mats? This seems to be common place stupidity.

  • @bozoone4464
    @bozoone4464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow.... would gate to make that phone call