They’ve got one in front of the AACA museum in Hershey that’s bigger, but this one is way older. Hella cool. You don’t see things like that down here (because you don’t see snow down here).
That style of axle shaft is called a Tracta-joint. Very old school. They were great for rear axles, but horrible for front axles. They were phased out for double cardan joints.
There is a plow blade missing from this truck. The vertical piece of stock behind the passenger side of the truck is for the wing blade. It would be raised & lowered by the wing man who would ride shotgun. That blade would come down to push snow coming off the main blade up front & push it off the road. It would be neat if you could find that blade & have it restored to the vehicle? That’s if you plan on keeping it? There must be a museum interested in keeping it? Or a private collector?
I was just going to say it’s missing a wing. lol. Still see a couple of these here in northern Montana when it gets real bad. Winters have been real mild of late though.
The plow was shaped that way so it could be used as a battering ram against deep snow drifts. Walter used Waukesha engines. That one may be their 700 cubic inch displacement that made 180 ,HP. Had 4.5" bore with a 6.5" stroke.
The headlights were mounted up high on the roof above the huge plow wings and blowing snow. Silas, get a becon to fix the holes on the roof or at least plug them. Inside that cab looks too pristine to let water run in. I'm from Pennsyltuckey and in front of some of the Township Buildings here they'll have one of these huge wedge plows parked as an ornament with the name of the township painted across the front to let tourists know just where they are then landscape around it. Might work for your yard advertising? 😊
It’s wild but those old fixes V plow Walters and Oshkosh’s usually aren’t rusty at all because while they saw lots of snow they never really saw salt…back in the day in places that needed a fixed V plow like that they just plowed and maybe put down some cinders on hills in some towns if it was real icy / hard packed snow. Pretty much Anywhere the snow was high enough to break those things out salt wasn’t gonna do any good so even after using it on roads became common they still didn’t see much of it for the same reasons….these things weren’t the trucks that came through and pushed a few inches of snow back and spread salt behind to melt the tiny layer of snow still left on the road….these were out either ramming their way through 6’+ tall snow drifts to make a path for the grader to get through or they had them over on the shoulders knocking back 8’ tall ice-packed windrows.
The State Park I worked at as a kid had one of those! Exhaust stack came through the hood. What a beast it was. Didn't get much use on the Parkway, did get brought out for the Blizzard of 77
1978 I didn’t go to school but 1 day in a whole month. Happy about that. We had ice like 8 “ thick on spots water flow across the roads. 77 we did get some great snowfalls but not like that 1 month in 78.
Took three to run it, the driver , wing man, and one on the back shoveling sand on corners and inclines They had no real hydraulics to run augers and sanders A small hand pump to lift dump body and wing
My dad was a shoveler on one of those during wwII. He was still in high school and doing his part during the war. This was in west Pennsylvania on route 22.
Used to have one of those back in my day, but that was in the 70s an it looked new still, man i miss that ol truck.thanks for the walkaround an giving a spark to some ol memories for an ol man
So blessed to have seen this post and read these knowledgeable, decent comments!!! Thank you. I love old machinery and vehicles. We need to go back to building them like that!👍👍👍
No plastic anywhere. All steel, thats one heavy beast. Must've held the road in snow like an actual tank. That theres so little rust it must've been parked indoors for most of a century.
I love when seats are nice simple shapes in older work vehicles. A good upholster can make those into something really nice, usually if you dont do pleating and stuff like that it can come out really cheap and choose to make it soft or more firm depending on how its layered inside. Hardest part is finding the good upholster
@@AdventuresMadeFromScratchI was just thinking how cool this truck would be in a movie plowing cars out of the way. Just think two rows of cars plow going between the two rows cars shooting off to the right and to the left at the same time it would be something to see that is for sure.
Be more interesting if the right person purchased it for total restoration as a museum piece. Only thing missing is the wing plow, or by chance do you have that as well.
Don’t cut or scrap the truck. I think it will sell on the internet. They are getting very rare. The problem is you may get more in scrap but there are guys in snow county that restore them. They are just very powerful machines
@@AdventuresMadeFromScratch I get it please if you can hold on to it they getting few and far between. I truly understand you have a business to run and you need to make sound decisions. I also love the old farm trucks. However what you’re doing makes you the most money. If there was a market for selling they wouldn’t be going to scrap. All I think of when I see the old trucks or vehicles or equipment is this. Someone rubbed nickel’s together to buy them. They had to make some big decisions on what to do to save or get the money. Take care and I enjoy your videos
Take a loss and sell it for the sake of “history”, or make money on it? I have a family to feed so charity won’t cut it unfortunately. Plus most guys who claim to be buying it to “preserve it” haul it straight to the shredder and make bank. I’ve seen it happen so many times.
I completely understand your position on this. The reality is you need to feed your family. With Marge equipment it takes a special person to invest the money spend at least 10k to ship it. The same goes for old fire apparatus. They bring nothing when sold . Unless it is a department that owned it at one time. Unfortunately as many old equipment ends up being scrapped. Very sad but true. The dollar’s will drive the decision. Keep up the good videos and showing old stuff from days gone by. Take care.👍👍
You've got a beautiful WALTER to start with. It appears to be complete with very little rust. If you can afford it that truck would be a wonderful candidate for a restoration. I wish I had it. It would be the trophy in my barn. Envious in CENTRAL TEXAS
A few decades ago I was the Heavy Truck Manager for the largest truck dealership in Alaska...Walter's was one of the brands I represented. Not just plow trucks but airport Crash Fire Rescue trucks too.🎉
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! I hope that this sturdy old beast will end in a museum or put to work again! Congratulations 🎉 for the purchase. Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.
Glad you saved this piece of history. Awesome truck ghat deserves the be saved the earlier models like this are extremely rare so u have a beaut. Enjoy that piece of history and save it. If you ever want to sell it. Let me know.
I saw another one on a different YT channel, just a few days ago. It looked nearly the same, except it was a righthand steering, and had a milk crate as a driver's seat.
Pretty sweet man. Would love to get it going and gift it to my dad for his farm place. He already has a gravel truck or 2 just needs the plow part lol.
Ideal commuter vehicle . Easy to split lanes in traffic.
Hahaha
Thinkin parking would be a breeze too! 😊
Bob n weave like mad in that old pos ! 116 mph fast as she’ll go !! Caaaash Munyuns jit ! 😮
Mad Maxx drove one of these.
Mythbusters built one like it. Split 2 lanes of cars. Awesome episode.
That's the coolest old plow truck I've ever seen 👌
They’ve got one in front of the AACA museum in Hershey that’s bigger, but this one is way older. Hella cool. You don’t see things like that down here (because you don’t see snow down here).
lol how many have you seen? 3?
I used to drive one of those with the exhaust through the hood. At night plowing with it the pipe would glow red hot
😂 and keep you warm👍
Factory Windshield defrost
Bad ignition timing? Probably had to do frequent valve jobs.
@@rustirab3465 No it had regular maintenance. The exhaust was a straight pipe
Wish I could see in action
It was a 568 c.i. big block 6 cylinder. They were manufacturered from 1930 to 1951 The Jimbo Fisher Company made these engines in Cleveland Ohio.
Thanks for the info so cool. Tell us more about reliability and longevity please
Holy hell. That's massive.
Gas with a turbo
2 or 4 stroke?
That style of axle shaft is called a Tracta-joint. Very old school. They were great for rear axles, but horrible for front axles. They were phased out for double cardan joints.
Thats really interesting might have to do research into it, never seen something quite like it
Reminds me of the Tatra that was popular in WWII and post war. I don't know much about earlier vehicles though :/
I thought it called de Dion.
@@Cheetahtos that refers to the suspension component. I'm referring to the axle shafts.
Thank you for not saying u-joint
Man between the leaf springs and the blade, looks like it was designed by an old railroad worker!! Very cool.
it may have been.
There is a plow blade missing from this truck. The vertical piece of stock behind the passenger side of the truck is for the wing blade. It would be raised & lowered by the wing man who would ride shotgun. That blade would come down to push snow coming off the main blade up front & push it off the road. It would be neat if you could find that blade & have it restored to the vehicle? That’s if you plan on keeping it? There must be a museum interested in keeping it? Or a private collector?
I was just going to say it’s missing a wing. lol. Still see a couple of these here in northern Montana when it gets real bad. Winters have been real mild of late though.
Those Walter truck where work horses in their day. Awesome truck. Thanks for sharing
The plow was shaped that way so it could be used as a battering ram against deep snow drifts. Walter used Waukesha engines. That one may be their 700 cubic inch displacement that made 180 ,HP. Had 4.5" bore with a 6.5" stroke.
And tons of torque?
What a beautiful old truck. You should fully restore it. And, thanks for saving her.👍👍
The plow truck in the movie 'Untouchables' was a '29 Walter.
Perhaps the same Walter we are looking at now.
The Walter that was in that movie belonged to my neighbor. He passed away and someone from the east coast bought it and it's in a museum now.
THAT is some random trivia.
Walter and a Frink V plow. Very rugged setup. Them suckers would plow out 5 foot drifts before breakfast
The headlights were mounted up high on the roof above the huge plow wings and blowing snow.
Silas, get a becon to fix the holes on the roof or at least plug them. Inside that cab looks too pristine to let water run in.
I'm from Pennsyltuckey and in front of some of the Township Buildings here they'll have one of these huge wedge plows parked as an ornament with the name of the township painted across the front to let tourists know just where they are then landscape around it. Might work for your yard advertising? 😊
I’m glad I’m not the only one who refers to where I live as ‘Pennsyltucky’!
I visited a town in Pennsylvania I'm thankful they did not try to make me do their landscaping
Gotta keep these pieces of history from disappearing!! They have stories to tell.
And, we're likely to need them again..
It’s wild but those old fixes V plow Walters and Oshkosh’s usually aren’t rusty at all because while they saw lots of snow they never really saw salt…back in the day in places that needed a fixed V plow like that they just plowed and maybe put down some cinders on hills in some towns if it was real icy / hard packed snow. Pretty much Anywhere the snow was high enough to break those things out salt wasn’t gonna do any good so even after using it on roads became common they still didn’t see much of it for the same reasons….these things weren’t the trucks that came through and pushed a few inches of snow back and spread salt behind to melt the tiny layer of snow still left on the road….these were out either ramming their way through 6’+ tall snow drifts to make a path for the grader to get through or they had them over on the shoulders knocking back 8’ tall ice-packed windrows.
Everybody needs to read this! This is how it used to be because it worked and people had common sense.
The State Park I worked at as a kid had one of those! Exhaust stack came through the hood. What a beast it was. Didn't get much use on the Parkway, did get brought out for the Blizzard of 77
That's 78
@@Anthony-vq1wn western ny had one late January 77 as well.
1877?
@AngierManNC I may be old but I ain't that old! Lol
1978 I didn’t go to school but 1 day in a whole month. Happy about that. We had ice like 8 “ thick on spots water flow across the roads. 77 we did get some great snowfalls but not like that 1 month in 78.
Took three to run it, the driver , wing man, and one on the back shoveling sand on corners and inclines They had no real hydraulics to run augers and sanders A small hand pump to lift dump body and wing
My dad was a shoveler on one of those during wwII. He was still in high school and doing his part during the war. This was in west Pennsylvania on route 22.
@@davemcconnell8630 I travel old 22 and 22-30 everyday
When snow was snow and we got a lot of it 😊
What is it now
What is it now
@@lorenzo6045 what is it now you ask?
Lol, about 60° with a 80% chance of Rain.
Used to have one of those back in my day, but that was in the 70s an it looked new still, man i miss that ol truck.thanks for the walkaround an giving a spark to some ol memories for an ol man
Do not crush that truck. It is almost 100 years old,and is very technically advanced for its age!
Someone accrued the funds to buy this truck during the peak of the depression, do not destroy it please.
Yes I agree he should not crush this one, however this guy probably will.
Beautiful old beast. I'd think that it's ultra rare and probably worth a pretty penny. Truly an old workhorse.
Being a truck fanatic that's one of the coolest 😎 thanks for sharing
THAT IS AN AWESOME TRUCK!!! SURE HOPE YOU GET IT RUNNING AND EVERY THING WORKING. THEN MAKE A VIDEO OF IT WORKING.. REALLY COOL.
those blades had to be huge! snow was deep, even in NY
I love old trucks and machines.they were what made and maimtained America
I stayed Michigan for a few winners and they had V plows and that's what the plows called awesome truck Thanks for sharing it❤
No frills bare bones all work truck. 😉👍👍
Now that was a work truck!!!
Wow so amazing plz seve the Walter do not scrap it should be restored
That is a beast.
I hope that driver enjoyed Christmas with the family
Hope you don't cut it up!
Get it operational!! Bet it throws snow pretty well ...
A piece of history right there. Good luck with the restoration!!!
So blessed to have seen this post and read these knowledgeable, decent comments!!! Thank you. I love old machinery and vehicles. We need to go back to building them like that!👍👍👍
Good evening Silas, you're going to need this big truck this week. If you still have it. Awesome big snow truck.
No plastic anywhere. All steel, thats one heavy beast. Must've held the road in snow like an actual tank. That theres so little rust it must've been parked indoors for most of a century.
Wonder if thats worthy of a museum? Maybe that axle is similar to a Unimog (aka Portal gears)
That's what I was thinking!! 😮
Definitely is, you can see where the driveshafts enter the wheel housing separate from the wheel bearing just based on the angle
I love older stuff. Very cool.
Thanks for sharing.
Could you imagine being stalled out and having this coming straight for you?
Thank you for saving it.
I love when seats are nice simple shapes in older work vehicles. A good upholster can make those into something really nice, usually if you dont do pleating and stuff like that it can come out really cheap and choose to make it soft or more firm depending on how its layered inside. Hardest part is finding the good upholster
The wear on that clutch pedal is INSANE! How many times over the years it would have to have been pressed to get to that point. Nice find!
You give that thing some love, and it will outlive anything made today.
That is a nice plow
What a awesome purchase! SO cool! Hope you plan on keeping this monster. Such a unique vehilcle. In such remarkable shape for it's age.
I’m considering keeping it so I can ram cars with it for fun 😆
@@AdventuresMadeFromScratchI was just thinking how cool this truck would be in a movie plowing cars out of the way. Just think two rows of cars plow going between the two rows cars shooting off to the right and to the left at the same time it would be something to see that is for sure.
Be more interesting if the right person purchased it for total restoration as a museum piece. Only thing missing is the wing plow, or by chance do you have that as well.
Those trucks were beasts.
"its nice and orange" why did that have me cracking up 😂
"It was made to work"
That's a beautiful sentence.
Don’t cut or scrap the truck. I think it will sell on the internet. They are getting very rare. The problem is you may get more in scrap but there are guys in snow county that restore them.
They are just very powerful machines
It’s been for sale with no luck. Extremely expensive to ship
@@AdventuresMadeFromScratch I get it please if you can hold on to it they getting few and far between.
I truly understand you have a business to run and you need to make sound decisions.
I also love the old farm trucks. However what you’re doing makes you the most money. If there was a market for selling they wouldn’t be going to scrap.
All I think of when I see the old trucks or vehicles or equipment is this. Someone rubbed nickel’s together to buy them. They had to make some big decisions on what to do to save or get the money.
Take care and I enjoy your videos
Why would anyone in their right mind scrap a piece of history like that?
Take a loss and sell it for the sake of “history”, or make money on it? I have a family to feed so charity won’t cut it unfortunately. Plus most guys who claim to be buying it to “preserve it” haul it straight to the shredder and make bank. I’ve seen it happen so many times.
I completely understand your position on this.
The reality is you need to feed your family.
With Marge equipment it takes a special person to invest the money spend at least 10k to ship it.
The same goes for old fire apparatus. They bring nothing when sold . Unless it is a department that owned it at one time.
Unfortunately as many old equipment ends up being scrapped.
Very sad but true. The dollar’s will drive the decision.
Keep up the good videos and showing old stuff from days gone by.
Take care.👍👍
Ever since i learned about snow fighters i fell in love, love old tech
What a beast! Beautiful!
Snow kings kept runways clear in Iceland, impressive seeing them work, staggered behind the first. The pile of snow stayed until June or July.
90 years in the snow and she isn’t even rusting, incredible
It can still plow with the best of them. What a tank.
Super nice. Also that condition is so nice to work up with. I have not seen this kinda vehicle yet
Looks like a aluminum cab and bed love that old truck and that plow
Everything about this is incredibly cool!
Absolutely Amazing! Great find!
Amazing condition considering what most modern plow trucks look like in just a few years. Heck, that thing looks like it’s ready to go right now.
THATS A BEAUTIFULL SNOW TRUCK..I HOPE YOU CAN GET IT RUNING IS IT GAS OR DIESEL..ID USE THAT GINGERLY
It’s a gasoline engine
@@AdventuresMadeFromScratch do more junky treasure hunting in the cars please!!!
You've got a beautiful WALTER to start with. It appears to be complete with very little rust. If you can afford it that truck would be a wonderful candidate for a restoration. I wish I had it. It would be the trophy in my barn. Envious in CENTRAL TEXAS
A few decades ago I was the Heavy Truck Manager for the largest truck dealership in Alaska...Walter's was one of the brands I represented.
Not just plow trucks but airport Crash Fire Rescue trucks too.🎉
That's a beast
It is rust free because salt was not in use on the roads at the time. Usually sand or fine stone grit was used for grip.
Beautiful brand new looking interior
One of the best plow trucks every made wish I was around to drive one of those ❤❤ drive the new ones today but that was the best of the best
That is a sweet find. It's in excellent shape for its age. A good clean up,service,paint and ready for work. 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
The doors still work better than some 2023s
Highly doubt thar
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! I hope that this sturdy old beast will end in a museum or put to work again! Congratulations 🎉 for the purchase.
Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.
That lead paint used back then really repelled rust....
Some one needs to put that gem back on the road it would definitely be cool seeing it work again
Your ready for the zombie apocalypse with that
Looks like a locomotive snow plow
Beautiful classic ❤❤❤❤
Amazing piece of automotive history. Id restore it mechanically and put it back to work! Love creative plowing machines.
That plow looks exactly what i need on the front of my semi when traffic wants to get stupid.
I love that cool old truck ❤
I'm amazed at all the people who have knowledge about this vehicle.
Great looking old truck mate looks
Great in side too
Back when they actually used a plow 😊
Remember seeing them used in the 80's, but never after that!
Would be cool to see restored
Love to see a bringing this truck back to life vid
A very unique truck!
Glad you saved this piece of history. Awesome truck ghat deserves the be saved the earlier models like this are extremely rare so u have a beaut. Enjoy that piece of history and save it. If you ever want to sell it. Let me know.
The lack of rust is probably because it was only used in the winter in an area that doesn't use salt on the roads
My mother's oldest brother used to have one of these old Trucks That little 6 cylinder hurricane engine has just as much power as a 350 vortex.
I love those old V plows
I currently work on hwy plows and this is flipping cool.
I saw another one on a different YT channel, just a few days ago. It looked nearly the same, except it was a righthand steering, and had a milk crate as a driver's seat.
💯😢I miss old technology
Anyone else notice the pinel hitch on the back that rotates foe off road use? That's cool as heck!
Gotta be from up north those plows are huge
Awesome plow truck
What a Wonderful truck, I love it 😎👍
Pretty sweet man. Would love to get it going and gift it to my dad for his farm place. He already has a gravel truck or 2 just needs the plow part lol.
In the early 60's our town's highway department was still using one.
Deserves to be used in a Hollywood action movie!
WOW ! Thank you for sharing !
That needs to be restored or kept in that shape to be admired that machine won’t ever quit