I would just like to tell you thank you for your videos because I've just lost my son in the last 28 days and my wife in the same amount of time 21 days apart and I just wanted to tell you thank you for your videos cuz she used to sit and watch them with me and just laugh as much as I do when I just want to tell you God bless you and thank you for everything you do and the content and your videos cuz I needed laughter and I love laughter and I love life and she did too and I just wanted to tell you thank you God bless you and your family
This reminds me of what the old British Top Gear show did for me. I'm sorry for you're loss pal and I hope you continue to find these types of people and things to help you along day by day
Yeah, these are cool! And YES on the flathead! The metal/body looks pretty solid just from quick flashes on camera. Derek should should find a flat head and build it right. That would be a COOL rig!
As a young man on my Uncle's dairy farm in Zutphen Michigan I spent WAY MANY Hours on an identical Melroe 600. I got very very good and slipping and sliding around the farmyard. The single most scary thing that happened with it was when my uncle put a car battery in it and that battery couldn't handle the beating and pummeling. One day the hydrogen gas escaping the battery found a spark and it blew up. Well the battery is under the seat and boy did I exit in a hurry! Very glad the thing didn't have a cage on it! The battery looked like an accordion! The escaping acid of course did significant damage over the next few days. The drive belt was ruined, the electrical wires were all destroyed, and almost all the paint was completely stripped. Lesson was don't save a few bucks on the battery because it will cost you big time in the end! Great to see you working on the old girl!
When you said you wished you could ask your grandfather...that hit close to home. Mine passed 12 years ago and not many days go by where I don't have something I'd like to ask. He taught me everything I know.
I had a line trimmer like that. Replaced the fuel lines 5-6 times. Rebuilt the carb twice. Finally chucked the thing and bought a Ryobi (which was the cheapest thing on the shelf, exactly the same criteria I used to buy the original one). Should be fine. I got a good feeling this time.
Honestly who doesn't just click like before you see the video? This guy has been my favorite since he dug out Betty White. Cheers Derek, Jessica, and the boys!
I was the Maintenance man at a 342 unit apt complex in Rochester Minnesnowta in the mid 80's, i used a 610 Bobcat with a unheated cab for snow removal in the winters, it was the most reliable machine we had and it did a Great job! Thanks for the memory!!
This one meant a lot to me. My Grandfather was a tool and die machinist at Bobcat in Spokane until they closed up production in the early eighties. The garage was littered with silver foil Bobcat logos. He was so handy. He taught me how to use a lathe on his un-serial numbered Shopsmith also.
Pay day and VGG upload is pretty much epic. My grandpa is 95 and he's not doing all that well so this hits me in the feels. I'm sure he is watching over you guys.
There are some questions Id like to ask my grandpa too................but I cant......................I do wish this country had a lot more people like you and your family You sir are America At least what America needs to be You have a work ethic Most folks nowadays dont even understand what that means I salute you
@@langer24106 Listen, I had to wait long for dinner as the restaurant can't seem to keep cooks around. They work there a week and quit (likely claiming safety) to get on unemployment that pays like around 800 a week.
@@superchuck3259 I've been in the industry a long time, most restaurants pay very poor wages and expect you to work your ass off. They're most likely losing cooks because they offer low pay and/or they have a terrible work environment. You can't just work a week and get unemployment. That's just some stuff restaurant owners say to defend their horrible business practices.
@@jamesdagmond The issue is that with the unemployment and the 300 covid bonus the workers are making 700-800 bucks a week to not work. Yep, I know something has to give. Maybe wages need to increase to 1000 a week. Seems reasonable.
I have watched all the VGG videos in sequence -- basically about 2 1/2 years since he started. Derek just gets better and better. All the down home qualities we loved about him all along have come around and blossomed and NOW, watching these "family farm" videos, I have seen the heart of this man. The ending of the C50 video made me cry. The light filter that gives that golden glow, the moody music that suits perfectly just makes me want more and more. Thanks for celebrating the American farmer, Derek.
It's crazy how Grandads influence a guy more than Dads do. Pretty sure my Gramps just didn't like my old man hahaha, but me...fishing, chopping wood, working on cars and trucks, he was all about it and dragging me along. I miss that guy. Thanks for making me smile today man!
Dad's are usually consumed with making enough money to feed you little brats while retired Grandaddys have plenty of time to teach you how to fish. And that's the way it should be, or at least is.
Something I never knew, my grandfather had a falling out with my grandmother when my father was a kid. I've seen the man all of maybe 4 or 5 times in my life.
Absolutely loving VGG family farm history month. Reminds me so much my my family’s farms in northern Montana. God bless your grandfather. He raised some good seeds
Ever since your tribute video to your grandpa, a guy was thinking he would enjoy seeing a derelict skid steer being brought right back around while I drink my cold snack. As usual you don't disappoint. Thanks again for all the quality content.
6 years from now, when your nephew starts a TH-cam Channel: "Yeah, so my Uncle drove this up here, and he was gonna put a tarp over it, but that never happened... and he was gonna restore it, and I guess that never happened...."
My dad and my uncle were both in the concrete construction business and I remember when they went together and bought a new 610 when they first came out. It was just like this one except it had a white cage on it. We worked the hell out of that thing in the concrete business and the snow removal business. It’s really surprising how much work they would do. It was a total game changer from doing everything by hand. It was a good little machine, hardly ever had to do anything to it.
Love Derek going to the farm and working with Chris on these old vehicles and let's not forget the young man helping out. Love these videos VGG keep up the good work!
I know you have a plate full already, but a restoration of the rig would put smiles on a lot of faces. I remember several Mustangs back in the day but never saw a Bobcat that vintage. Your grandpa may have hated it but he would smile down on you for taking the time to restore it. Best wishes from Iowa.
Love this one the most. I enjoy hearing about your time with family and especially your grandfather. I grew up on the same Bobcat and have fond memories trying to ride wheelies with it when dad wasn't looking. Thanks for sharing your memories with us Derek.
I was at Costco and i'm coming in and dudes coming out rocking the VGG cap- I see and I'm like yeahh- rocking the in the air hand pistol salute- He looks at me and he's like- "I don't know..." with the head shake. Made my day- Derek you tha man- thanks for the Rona escape-
My late grandfather had one just like this with a cab cage when I was young, a lot of fond memories, I didn’t actually know what make it was until this video, thanks!
Absolutely love watching you fix this type of thing. Tractors you name it. I’m a small motor mechanic by trade which means there’s lots of this stuff that I don’t know a whole lot about it but it’s fun watching you make all the mistakes/fix it by mistake so I know what to or not to do lol. ❤
I've got a '72 610; it's a great little machine. We rebuilt the VH4D, replaced most of the hydraulic lines, and the electrical system. We use it pretty regularly around the property.
Farm-Rite equipment in Dassel MN will have parts and info for you. They are a bobcat dealer with their own salvage type yard, and they are super to work with. Very knowledgeable and just good people.
I watch you every chance I can. My wife always knows when I am watching you, I laugh my butt off the whole time. Farmers just do whatever it takes to keep going. Tape, wire, bailing twine.
Gotta love those Wisconsin engines. Got a international skid steer with a ve4d. That intake/exhaust manifold design works great for boiling the gas in the carb
Seeing the attention this old Melroe is getting makes me smile; I love seeing old machines get revived like this! Thing is I’m actually interning at Bobcat right now, and seeing the difference over 60 years in compact loader technology can make is mind blowing!
Good job thanks for sharing enjoyed watching nice to see your son taking interest in that work that makes memories like when you worked with you Dad and Grandfather take care hope you and your families had a wonderful weekend
Hah hah... it’s Friday I got home from work not long ago... I’m in my shop right now was just gonna head back to the house to do something with the wife, now that i see one of my favorite youtubers had put a video out... she may have to wait a hour. I’ll lie, and hit myself for doing so. I’ll tell her that I’m working on a part of one of my cars and I’ll go see her in a hour 😆😆I’m really enjoying this video at my desk. Hopefully she doesn’t decide to walk on over here to see what I’m doing. Oh boy...... BIG LOL. I wouldn’t do that to her she’s everything. Im about to walk in after this comment and watch this and see her after. Can’t lie to the love of your life. funny jokes though 😆😆
Mine's a 400 w/twin cyl, cast iron Bendix carb, I rebuilt the governor, a new ball bearing. am making new throttle rods w/ positive ball type ends. Ordered new needle/seat from Mike's carb shop, super good hyd' system, good clutches, burns oil but who cares, does the job. Next winter we'll clean, sand down and paint. Good luck with yours.
Oh man, what you said about your grandpa when you let him know that you had rebought the skid steer was priceless! Truly did remind me of something my dad would have said. Like, why did you have to bring it back!? I already got rid of it once!
Well, I guess that is where I come in. Something I been meaning to ask Derek. Because I am sure he has ran into and successfully gotten a vehicle off of a person of this type. They seem to be more in the country styled zones than else where. I know a man, loves trucks and specific cars, vans and motorcycles. He has a lot of them. One property has 78 dodge trucks on it. Ranging from the late 20s to 1973 or 76 if I remember right. Even has one of those early jeep versions or so it looks anyway. Anyhow, there are some Fords 30s models, trucks and cars laying about on some of his properties. Problem is, he won't part with them that I can dicern. He is one of my favorite humans. Yet, certain things, like the old fords with flat heads (one of them is buried in parts, for other 30s fords) he doesn't seem to want to talk about selling. Other things he is happy to get running and drive them about and through the fields and use to take things to the dump and what not. I need to know what tactic Derek uses. I don't want to lose a good compatriot over it. Anyhelp from anyone would help.
@@MrSaturdayNightSpecial Dale, I am also a hoarder. I have three old Ford trucks and an old Fairlane. It seems often people knock on my door and/or people I know want the vehicles I have. They also want to give half what I paid for them, want the ownerships and titles figured out, explain to them what I am going to do with them. And I never asked them! I find comfort in just seeing and looking at them. Yet they think since I have four, I should cut them a deal. It’s that guy’s business. There are 1000s of old cars out there besides his. Sorry, just saying is all...
I started working as an apprentice plumber in 1969, and the concrete contractor on the project had one just like that. He was a big man and looked like he was sitting on a toy. When he got stuck it looked like he was trying to move it with his body as he shook the levers. Pre seatbelts, safety bar, roll bar, and diesel. At one time they had a cage on the cab with no escape if you tipped over forwards, as happened to a friend while back filling a basement. He could smell gasoline and with the front blocked by the wall he was trapped and thought he was going to be burned to death. Anyway they revolutionized the constitution industry!
I've got a Melroe 500, same as 600, or 610, except for the engine. I would like to restore it but, I use it almost every week, and at 70 plus I'm not worried about rops, my ole Harley I ride does not have it. Thanks for the videos, keep em coming.
Ohhhh WoW! Grandpa had one of them at the feed mill to load Fertilizer spreader. U used to sit in his lap and drive while he ran the foot pedals for me . It ran on propane. It got sold with the mill along with the grain trucks when he sold in 95. Picture of me and my cousin riding in the bucket framed up at the hunting cabin. Good stuff.
My dad bought a 1979 bobcat 721 (deutz diesel) about 22 years ago from a small farmer. It's been a pretty good machine. Just replaced 8 of the hydraulic hoses that have been leaking. Re-sealed one of the lift rams. Alternator, and battery as well. We hardly use it now other than for snow removal. I'm doing my best to keep it going because it's special to me, and having a diesel that old is pretty cool too. The machine looks very similar to yours.
I was a service manager for Melroe Bobcat for 11 years and those clutch machines like you have is what I learned on.... If you ever need any info let me know
On the first Bobcats, they actually used bars from a jail for bucket teeth. The Melro brothers built for their own use but everyone who saw it wanted one
If your channel isn't exactly what America is all about, I'd be living in the wrong country! Just having the content you show is something for the younger generations to get positive feed, and not all the hyped up BS and moral-less garbage. You're a true asset to the times. We would love to see more of the farm, on the road or basically whatever you feel to do. I'm trying to keep up with you. Don't let that worry ya though, keep on driving.
I would just like to tell you thank you for your videos because I've just lost my son in the last 28 days and my wife in the same amount of time 21 days apart and I just wanted to tell you thank you for your videos cuz she used to sit and watch them with me and just laugh as much as I do when I just want to tell you God bless you and thank you for everything you do and the content and your videos cuz I needed laughter and I love laughter and I love life and she did too and I just wanted to tell you thank you God bless you and your family
Mann I'm sorry for your loss bro
Continue to be strong willed
So sorry for you terrible loss. It is nice of you to post. Derek has touched so many of us in the same way.
Sorry for your loss brother keep your head up
This reminds me of what the old British Top Gear show did for me. I'm sorry for you're loss pal and I hope you continue to find these types of people and things to help you along day by day
I'm diggin on these family heirloom revivals.
flat head next!
Also a great way to get a guy learned up on some historical factuals!
Yeah, these are cool! And YES on the flathead! The metal/body looks pretty solid just from quick flashes on camera. Derek should should find a flat head and build it right. That would be a COOL rig!
Same
Like ZZ Top sang
Just cruisin' slow down the bou-le-vard
With Precious and Grace in my Flat Head Ford
I'd watch a full rebuild of this!
💯 YES!
Sorry got excited.
I would love to see a full rebuild
Plzzzzz
Yep. This would be a epic series.
100% I would!
As a young man on my Uncle's dairy farm in Zutphen Michigan I spent WAY MANY Hours on an identical Melroe 600. I got very very good and slipping and sliding around the farmyard. The single most scary thing that happened with it was when my uncle put a car battery in it and that battery couldn't handle the beating and pummeling. One day the hydrogen gas escaping the battery found a spark and it blew up. Well the battery is under the seat and boy did I exit in a hurry! Very glad the thing didn't have a cage on it! The battery looked like an accordion! The escaping acid of course did significant damage over the next few days. The drive belt was ruined, the electrical wires were all destroyed, and almost all the paint was completely stripped. Lesson was don't save a few bucks on the battery because it will cost you big time in the end!
Great to see you working on the old girl!
When you said you wished you could ask your grandfather...that hit close to home. Mine passed 12 years ago and not many days go by where I don't have something I'd like to ask. He taught me everything I know.
Your Grandpa's "I hate that thing" brought back some memories. Sometimes you just get tired of working on a machine.
Doesn't look to fun to work on.
When?
@@mph5896 bobcats to this day are horrendous to work on
I miss my grandpa too! :)
I had a line trimmer like that. Replaced the fuel lines 5-6 times. Rebuilt the carb twice. Finally chucked the thing and bought a Ryobi (which was the cheapest thing on the shelf, exactly the same criteria I used to buy the original one). Should be fine. I got a good feeling this time.
Honestly who doesn't just click like before you see the video? This guy has been my favorite since he dug out Betty White. Cheers Derek, Jessica, and the boys!
I always do😊
@@jimmyjames6576 we can't go wrong placing our faith in the quality of a Derek video!
Every time!! It’s VGG what’s not to like?
@@jeffallen5387 Yep!!
Absolutely do
The farmer in me loves videos like this thrown into the mix.
Glad you enjoy
Living on my family farm with lots of old farm equipment I can totally relate.Grest content
Likely lots of farmers or ex-farmers on this channel. I’m one too ! 🤔
My gramps was a farmer and fixed his neighbors equipment as a side job.
I was the Maintenance man at a 342 unit apt complex in Rochester Minnesnowta in the mid 80's, i used a 610 Bobcat with a unheated cab for snow removal in the winters, it was the most reliable machine we had and it did a Great job! Thanks for the memory!!
This one meant a lot to me. My Grandfather was a tool and die machinist at Bobcat in Spokane until they closed up production in the early eighties. The garage was littered with silver foil Bobcat logos. He was so handy. He taught me how to use a lathe on his un-serial numbered Shopsmith also.
If Derek owned a Battery factory he would be his best customer .
He probably would still have trouble finding one that worked
The Battery Club for Men, he's not only the battery club president, he's also a client...RIP Sy Sperling
To go handles R us
Folks should just send him brand new batteries!
He should get a battery sponsor!
He'd go broke getting rich.
Pay day and VGG upload is pretty much epic. My grandpa is 95 and he's not doing all that well so this hits me in the feels. I'm sure he is watching over you guys.
my best to ur grandpa!
There are some questions Id like to ask my grandpa too................but I cant......................I do wish this country had a lot more people like you and your family You sir are America At least what America needs to be You have a work ethic Most folks nowadays dont even understand what that means I salute you
Most folks I know have a good work ethic. Don’t be so negative.
@@langer24106 Listen, I had to wait long for dinner as the restaurant can't seem to keep cooks around. They work there a week and quit (likely claiming safety) to get on unemployment that pays like around 800 a week.
@@superchuck3259 I've been in the industry a long time, most restaurants pay very poor wages and expect you to work your ass off. They're most likely losing cooks because they offer low pay and/or they have a terrible work environment. You can't just work a week and get unemployment. That's just some stuff restaurant owners say to defend their horrible business practices.
@@jamesdagmond The issue is that with the unemployment and the 300 covid bonus the workers are making 700-800 bucks a week to not work. Yep, I know something has to give. Maybe wages need to increase to 1000 a week. Seems reasonable.
Watching Derek have fun and work on cars makes me forget about all my problems thank you Derek
I have watched all the VGG videos in sequence -- basically about 2 1/2 years since he started. Derek just gets better and better. All the down home qualities we loved about him all along have come around and blossomed and NOW, watching these "family farm" videos, I have seen the heart of this man. The ending of the C50 video made me cry. The light filter that gives that golden glow, the moody music that suits perfectly just makes me want more and more. Thanks for celebrating the American farmer, Derek.
I need to watch those in sequence as well. You can learn a lot about a fella when you watch their growth in a public medium like video.
This week we'll see if this abandoned skid steer will make it 700 miles home in a snow storm!
With no heater, as usual!
@@greyhairedphantom4038 And no brakes
Wee doggy, Get it!
@@thecelticprince4949 well, 12.7% brakes
At least he can plow at the same time :)
Where should we lose these at? " I usually set them on the tire" That really hits home Derek.
Where did I put those fancy new magnetic parts cups?
Oh that's right I filled them with a random assortment of bolts from some project somewhere that I'll get too.
I could easily be my garage
It's crazy how Grandads influence a guy more than Dads do. Pretty sure my Gramps just didn't like my old man hahaha, but me...fishing, chopping wood, working on cars and trucks, he was all about it and dragging me along. I miss that guy. Thanks for making me smile today man!
Funny how that works. I'm closer to and think more like my grandpa than my dad.
Dad's are usually consumed with making enough money to feed you little brats while retired Grandaddys have plenty of time to teach you how to fish.
And that's the way it should be, or at least is.
Something I never knew, my grandfather had a falling out with my grandmother when my father was a kid. I've seen the man all of maybe 4 or 5 times in my life.
Looks like the typical ole Wisconsin Robin engine that was on a bunch of our old farm implements. Brings back memories.
Same here Marco well said I sure miss my grandad aswell
Absolutely loving VGG family farm history month.
Reminds me so much my my family’s farms in northern Montana. God bless your grandfather. He raised some good seeds
Old tractors, flannel shirts and pole barns make me happy.
Dereks the only guy that would drive a skid steer home at freeway speeds.
Don't underestimate us alcoholics
The ole George Jones
Hell yeah he would
I run my lawn tractor on the main road in front of my house....That's,,,, fine.
great.....
Yep he would
Ever since your tribute video to your grandpa, a guy was thinking he would enjoy seeing a derelict skid steer being brought right back around while I drink my cold snack. As usual you don't disappoint. Thanks again for all the quality content.
Sounds like Grandpa would only enjoy it because some other poor bugger was doing it.
Man that Busch can and air freshener at the end made a guy smile! Y’all keep up the good work
6 years from now, when your nephew starts a TH-cam Channel: "Yeah, so my Uncle drove this up here, and he was gonna put a tarp over it, but that never happened... and he was gonna restore it, and I guess that never happened...."
I was thinking the same thing.
It will be sitting there in 10 yrs with 5 gallons of gas in the tank.
Pretty accurate
Lmao
"He thought about disconnecting the brand new battry he put in it, but nah."
i have a m444 stuck in my backyard with torn tarp on it as i write this
THAT WAS THE BEST AD I EVER SEEN ON U TUBE IT WAS HEART WARMING LOVE VICEGRIP GARAGE BEST YOU TUBE CHANNEL .
Thank you
Weekend projects like this with the family with a regular (constant) healthy dose of cold snacks is about as good as it gets!
Next Derek will take a Ditch Witch from Puerto Rico to the farm while using scuba gear
🤣😂🤣
If the keys can be located.
😅😁🐷🐮🐰🐸😅☺
@@coblass Keys, we don't need no stinking keys, hot wire it!
@@coblass Nope... Probably not
What you have there is a 600 or 610, great in their time! Any questions let me know I'm a bobcat mechanic and have touched quite a few
My dad and my uncle were both in the concrete construction business and I remember when they went together and bought a new 610 when they first came out. It was just like this one except it had a white cage on it. We worked the hell out of that thing in the concrete business and the snow removal business. It’s really surprising how much work they would do. It was a total game changer from doing everything by hand. It was a good little machine, hardly ever had to do anything to it.
Love Derek going to the farm and working with Chris on these old vehicles and let's not forget the young man helping out. Love these videos VGG keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Worthington Ag Parts up there in Minnesota has oodles of parts for them
The only channel i have the notifications turned on been watching for a long time best channel to watch on youtube
Greetings from the UK, this is definitely one of the best TH-cam channels on the interweb!
I know you have a plate full already, but a restoration of the rig would put smiles on a lot of faces. I remember several Mustangs back in the day but never saw a Bobcat that vintage. Your grandpa may have hated it but he would smile down on you for taking the time to restore it. Best wishes from Iowa.
I would love to watch a full rebuild on this. A guy really enjoys these videos
Love this one the most. I enjoy hearing about your time with family and especially your grandfather. I grew up on the same Bobcat and have fond memories trying to ride wheelies with it when dad wasn't looking. Thanks for sharing your memories with us Derek.
Watching from Croatia bud, looking forward to every video! God bless you
That old ford on the hill, would love to see some more of that.
Me too!
Saw that truck last week . Hopefully it will get some fixen
Derek should do a full restore on her, she'd like that
I was at Costco and i'm coming in and dudes coming out rocking the VGG cap-
I see and I'm like yeahh- rocking the in the air hand pistol salute-
He looks at me and he's like- "I don't know..." with the head shake.
Made my day-
Derek you tha man- thanks for the Rona escape-
My late grandfather had one just like this with a cab cage when I was young, a lot of fond memories, I didn’t actually know what make it was until this video, thanks!
Derek how do you ever get a word in when your brother is around I mean he never shuts up!
🤣
I love all the cuts when they're pulling the seat off, his brother must be talking but you can't have that on video 😋
Good job old stuff never dies
Guy is a real chatterbox. 😁
I think that when you are as big as he is, you just don't need to say much...
Frfr
Getting VGG notifications is like getting a text from your best friend
Only better.
This old farm content is great. Especially when it involves a few other family members.
Your videos remind me of working on old cars and trucks with my grandpa, love it.
Derek, You have such a great work ethic. You seem tireless and keep your sense of humor no matter what. God bless you and family!
A tour of the farm would be interesting.
I feel the dust, rust, bird poopies, sand and hay particles in my eyes throughout my computer screen when ur brother compressed air it "clean".
"Beat on more than a cabin screen door" this is why i watch
yeah, when the kids keep going in and out, classic!
Someone did 900 on it!
Good morning sir.
A very beautiful thing
and the most beautiful thing about the whole machine
is the roll bar.
Thanks for your vid's, is one thing. But I lost my whole family, so thanks for the vidios,is another!!!!!😮😮😮😮
Absolutely love watching you fix this type of thing. Tractors you name it. I’m a small motor mechanic by trade which means there’s lots of this stuff that I don’t know a whole lot about it but it’s fun watching you make all the mistakes/fix it by mistake so I know what to or not to do lol. ❤
Yet another great episode, loving the family working together and the memories of your Grandpa!!
I've been a bobcat tech for 18 years. I was hoping you'd make a video on that rascal.
I’ve been a zip tie tech for 18 years as well
Ive been a bailing twine instructor since '89! 😏
@@jaymarleno8958 🤣👍
I been sayin f*ck it and puttin duct tape on shit since 91
I have been trying to fix stuff the right way for 25 years, get frustrated and half a** it until it kind of works.
I've got a '72 610; it's a great little machine. We rebuilt the VH4D, replaced most of the hydraulic lines, and the electrical system. We use it pretty regularly around the property.
Farm-Rite equipment in Dassel MN will have parts and info for you. They are a bobcat dealer with their own salvage type yard, and they are super to work with. Very knowledgeable and just good people.
I watch you every chance I can. My wife always knows when I am watching you, I laugh my butt off the whole time. Farmers just do whatever it takes to keep going. Tape, wire, bailing twine.
Your work ethic is admirable, Derek🤙🏼
Thank you
That all farmer family right there. Strong back bones
LS swap it!!!😂
@@ViceGripGarage Napa auto parts has nearly any part you need for Wisconsin enging including bendix/zenith carb
I have a 1973 610. I d love to watch the restoration of this thing. I'm seeing a lot of the same issues I've solved or need to solve.
Hands down you have the best videos in any automotive out here on TH-cam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is that your brothers kid helpin out' ? love when the young fellers just stand around soaking in that knowledge.
Gotta love those Wisconsin engines. Got a international skid steer with a ve4d. That intake/exhaust manifold design works great for boiling the gas in the carb
😂 mint
Seeing the attention this old Melroe is getting makes me smile; I love seeing old machines get revived like this!
Thing is I’m actually interning at Bobcat right now, and seeing the difference over 60 years in compact loader technology can make is mind blowing!
That's cool, I'm in production
The finishing touches, a cold snack and an air stink cover upper
Good job thanks for sharing enjoyed watching nice to see your son taking interest in that work that makes memories like when you worked with you Dad and Grandfather take care hope you and your families had a wonderful weekend
I have watched your videos for awhile now and i really enjoyed them Derek ! Wishing you and your family all the best in 2024 !
“‘Oppositely’, is that even a word?” That’s our Derek... always making sure the grammar is under careful review!😉
Keep up the excellent work, my man!
Also... Chris's overconfident "Yeah!"
Derek is the original word-a-later...
Theres a place called bolens parts and supply, he sells parts for the old wisconsin engines. I rebuilt my tr 10d last year. The place is in mass.
Just told the wife no Netflix and chill tonight.. I'm going to be busy.
Thanks for watching
Hah hah... it’s Friday I got home from work not long ago... I’m in my shop right now was just gonna head back to the house to do something with the wife, now that i see one of my favorite youtubers had put a video out... she may have to wait a hour. I’ll lie, and hit myself for doing so. I’ll tell her that I’m working on a part of one of my cars and I’ll go see her in a hour 😆😆I’m really enjoying this video at my desk. Hopefully she doesn’t decide to walk on over here to see what I’m doing. Oh boy...... BIG LOL. I wouldn’t do that to her she’s everything. Im about to walk in after this comment and watch this and see her after. Can’t lie to the love of your life. funny jokes though 😆😆
Mine's a 400 w/twin cyl, cast iron Bendix carb, I rebuilt the governor, a new ball bearing. am making new throttle rods w/ positive ball type ends. Ordered new needle/seat from Mike's carb shop, super good hyd' system, good clutches, burns oil but who cares, does the job.
Next winter we'll clean, sand down and paint. Good luck with yours.
Oh man, what you said about your grandpa when you let him know that you had rebought the skid steer was priceless! Truly did remind me of something my dad would have said. Like, why did you have to bring it back!? I already got rid of it once!
That was cool Derek I will look through some of my old parts books for any carburetor rebuild kits
I’m thinking we need some flathead Fordage on the channel!
100% correct. Nothing like an old flathead!
Well, I guess that is where I come in. Something I been meaning to ask Derek. Because I am sure he has ran into and successfully gotten a vehicle off of a person of this type. They seem to be more in the country styled zones than else where. I know a man, loves trucks and specific cars, vans and motorcycles. He has a lot of them. One property has 78 dodge trucks on it. Ranging from the late 20s to 1973 or 76 if I remember right. Even has one of those early jeep versions or so it looks anyway. Anyhow, there are some Fords 30s models, trucks and cars laying about on some of his properties. Problem is, he won't part with them that I can dicern. He is one of my favorite humans. Yet, certain things, like the old fords with flat heads (one of them is buried in parts, for other 30s fords) he doesn't seem to want to talk about selling. Other things he is happy to get running and drive them about and through the fields and use to take things to the dump and what not. I need to know what tactic Derek uses. I don't want to lose a good compatriot over it. Anyhelp from anyone would help.
@@MrSaturdayNightSpecial Dale, I am also a hoarder. I have three old Ford trucks and an old Fairlane. It seems often people knock on my door and/or people I know want the vehicles I have. They also want to give half what I paid for them, want the ownerships and titles figured out, explain to them what I am going to do with them. And I never asked them! I find comfort in just seeing and looking at them. Yet they think since I have four, I should cut them a deal. It’s that guy’s business. There are 1000s of old cars out there besides his. Sorry, just saying is all...
I just so happen to have one of those engines laying around and it runs.
You should start with @vicegripgarage
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Maybe @Vice Grip Garage
I am a trucker. And I'm loving that old freightshaker!!😍😍😍😍id love to see more of it!
I'm so glad that you are going to restore the thing. Please post the rebuild. I'd watch that all day long.
A guy was surfing the TH-cams for something interesting. Found it.
Welcome to the channel
Yes sir you sure did ! Go back an watch some previous videos and u will be stuck on here half the night cause you don't want to stop watching, haha!
Seriously where's a guy been that you haven't seen the greatness??? haha
Thanks for the welcome, but a guy's been around the channel for a while. I never miss an episode.
you’re gonna be hooked!
Seeing Chris sitting in the seat reminds me of myself on a riding mower! They just don't give a guy enough room!
I started working as an apprentice plumber in 1969, and the concrete contractor on the project had one just like that. He was a big man and looked like he was sitting on a toy. When he got stuck it looked like he was trying to move it with his body as he shook the levers. Pre seatbelts, safety bar, roll bar, and diesel. At one time they had a cage on the cab with no escape if you tipped over forwards, as happened to a friend while back filling a basement. He could smell gasoline and with the front blocked by the wall he was trapped and thought he was going to be burned to death. Anyway they revolutionized the constitution industry!
I've got a Melroe 500, same as 600, or 610, except for the engine. I would like to restore it but, I use it almost every week, and at 70 plus I'm not worried about rops, my ole Harley I ride does not have it. Thanks for the videos, keep em coming.
Ohhhh WoW! Grandpa had one of them at the feed mill to load Fertilizer spreader. U used to sit in his lap and drive while he ran the foot pedals for me . It ran on propane. It got sold with the mill along with the grain trucks when he sold in 95. Picture of me and my cousin riding in the bucket framed up at the hunting cabin. Good stuff.
You’re the man Derek
thank you
a guy got a little misty with the ending there seeing grandpa's flag and beer on his skidsteer. good on ya bro.
I missed the flag, good catch. I had to rewind to see what you were talking about.
You showed grandpa what you bought and he replied, "I hate that thing."
I wouldn't get rid of it either. Just because it was his.
My dad bought a 1979 bobcat 721 (deutz diesel) about 22 years ago from a small farmer. It's been a pretty good machine. Just replaced 8 of the hydraulic hoses that have been leaking. Re-sealed one of the lift rams. Alternator, and battery as well. We hardly use it now other than for snow removal. I'm doing my best to keep it going because it's special to me, and having a diesel that old is pretty cool too. The machine looks very similar to yours.
Love the way you mix it up with a little bit of everything
"Knocking noise?" Well, there's that missing nut, bouncing around in the intake.
Vice Grip art: patriotic air freshener and an empty Beer can... gets all the feels!!
Spent many hours with the sound of a Wisconsin v4 humming away swathing grain as a kid
I was a service manager for Melroe Bobcat for 11 years and those clutch machines like you have is what I learned on.... If you ever need any info let me know
How come your Brother is so quiet.And the young fella looked at you sometimes like you had a third eye. Gotta Love It.
You and Jessica should rebuild this with the kids!
A great way to start the weekend with Derek and VGG
On the first Bobcats, they actually used bars from a jail for bucket teeth. The Melro brothers built for their own use but everyone who saw it wanted one
My brother has a newer Mustang down in TX; I have yet to pilot it.
Wifey and I really enjoy the videos with your brothers in them!!
Rewatching old videas! Be nice to see this pulled from the new grave and cleaned up!
A few cold snacks and a VGG video now that's a Friday night.
Man I LOL’ed when your brother tipped forward pulling it out of the barn ! He was probably thinking , “I wished I weighed a little more right now “ 🤣
Just what i was thinking! Or "i bet roll over protection would be nice about now"! 🤣😆
I do think id have been screaming a little bit more when i raised my hand the first time and he kept pulling! Lmfao
Omg I almost freaked out thinking he was going over! 😳
5:47 for sure! "Stop?" "Yeah"
“Since these super start batteries don’t last n that one looks fairly new, I’m gonna put a super start battery in it.”
If your channel isn't exactly what America is all about, I'd be living in the wrong country! Just having the content you show is something for the younger generations to get positive feed, and not all the hyped up BS and moral-less garbage. You're a true asset to the times. We would love to see more of the farm, on the road or basically whatever you feel to do. I'm trying to keep up with you. Don't let that worry ya though, keep on driving.
Perfect restoration piece for your shop maintenance and also family.memories