I’m thinking in 40 years we’ll be watching Chris walking some young fellas around his place telling stories of every piece of equipment and what it’s done and how it ended up there.
The coal mines shut down in the 60's. Just very little left to see of the old time operations. That was my stomping grounds growing up. My late grandfather James Clark Butler, taught us grand kids how to drive on the old mine roads, lots of aqua blue water holes back in the hills that we'd go fishing in. Awesome to see some of the old iron from a place we use to roam as kids.
There’s still some hanging around here in WV, in my 25 years of life I’ve never seen them move but, they remain on maintained gravel lots fenced in and couple with tarps over the cabs some Fiats and others Komatsu D445As, just waiting for that next big coal market boom to hit where they’ll be put back to work which actually might happen as the industry is picking up and a lot older equipment is getting pushed back into service especially trucks.
Oh the stories this guy could tell you.... This is a man that has a mental memory of each peice of machine he has owned and goes to show the patience he has for each
That is an absolutely amazing beast of equipment - to see her start that easily. Can't think of much she wouldn't shove out of the way. I'm thinking trees would move on their own
Where to begin: this gentleman is a treasure! I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. He loves and knows his equipment intimately and I think was "selling it" pretty well! Don't you you need a 20+ foot bladed dozer? Like Robert said, he could have kept up with the 550! It was obvious this gentleman enjoyed having you and Robert there to share in his passion. Question is - did you come home with a piece or two, or three?
Equipment was cool.... Doesn't hold a candle to the owner! Pure gold. I'm excited when I come across people like him, reminds me of 2 people immediately, my grandpa and the owner of the farm that I worked at growing up. Knew a lot about everything and with stories for days. Good video Chris
Chris this video ranks up there with one of the best I’ve found so far. Thankyou for introducing us to this gentleman! I’m certain while you were editing the clip around 32:20 you must’ve darn near fell out of your chair with laughter! Well done thank you for sharing these adventures with us!
The stories you could hear from an old timer like that, man oh man, and the things you could potentially learn from the experiences he has had. Fun video sir, thanks for the tag along sir.
Yeah. Once put in a garden for an old guy that had worked in the machine shop of the Skunkworks for Lockheed. He'd started out as an apprentice and worked his way up to lead or supervisor, been a while. Fascinating man to talk with. Saw me putting in a garden for his neighbor and asked me how much for him. I cut him a deal since I had the machine there already. Hell of a nice guy with great stories.
What a character, he had me laughing out loud the whole time. You could send him videos to narrate for you, it’d be highly entertaining, thank you for sharing this with us.
the old man is remembering a surprising percentage of names, places, times and tweaks on the machines. Reminds me of the knight guarding the grail in that Indiana Jones movie - choose wisely!
One of the best videos you have shown about equipment. That low idle with a straight pipe sounds incredible. That man has forgotten more than most have learned. "What year is this" "what year was Abe Lincoln born" lol, yes, its been setting awhile.
The stories that could be told sitting with or wandering around his property with this dear old gentleman - a little (and big) boy's dream time. Great lot of old machines from through the ages. -
I did my diesel fitting apprenticeship back in the 80’s on these tractors here in Australia. The 31 was a very nice machine, hardly ever gave problems unlike it’s bigger brother the 41 which had weak final drives. If I recall the 31 was between the cat D8 and D9 and the 41 was between the D9 and D10. Brings back memories.
If I remember right, the problem with the 41 was that they used the same rear-end as the 31. It was great in the 31, but the bigger blade on the 41 ripped out the rear-ends right and left.
I didnt see much of anything sitting there that looked like they were ready to scrap, i saw a lot of equiptment that needed to be revived and put back to work
I worked on the 41B Fiat-Allis (not Atlas) dozer extensively at Island Copper Mine on Vancouver Island British Columbia (1975-1979). Tripple rippers were intalled on our units. Cummins VT1710 V12 supplied the power. To service the transmission flip the operators seat up and drop down inside the chassis. The Fiat company bought into Allis-Chalmers and continued to manufacture heavy equipment. These units were phenomenal!
Wow this guy has some amazing old iron and funny stories lol. I'd love to spend a day or two listening to him talk. 18 ponds!!! Sounds like an addiction.
Great video, Chris. He is a hoot. I could listen to him tell stories all day. I wish you could have pushed some dirt with the dozer. He has a crop of machines growing. He gets around better than I can. I don't know if I could crawl my way upon to the dozer. I would have tried. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Looking up this dozer and a 13 year old Letsdig18 video comes up. What a lovely and interesting Gentleman and great collection of machines. I think it's called heaven. Thank you all.
OMG These are so cool Chris!! I hope someone takes these and restores them or at least put together a couple and put them back to work!! Where is Deisel Creek, C&C Eguipment They need these !! Thanks for taking us along Chris!!!
I was mesmerized by that Fiat moving all over that long leaf pine in the beginning and somehow managing to stay alive! That place is great! Never in one spot have I seen so much old equipment turn over and start.
That gentleman is the spirit animal for every kid who dreamed to be a heavy equipment operator ❤❤❤❤ What incredible stories he must have with those machines and their adventures. Thanks for sharing. PS: Hopefully you are able to get one of those beasties on the farm.
That 31 really was a monster! It was the Mother of monsters (at 70t), and the 972 was Daddy (at 64t). I think his favorite was the Leibherr 641. "See how smooth that is?". He must have pushed a lot of pond dirt with that one. It started right up. I want it. To think what I could do with that machine. I can't imagine what it would take to transport that 31. It would take two lanes. You would have to have a lead and sweep vehicle to redirect traffic. It is really meant to live in one place its whole life. Even the 641 is 50,000 lbs.
What a fantastic video. I was sucked in from the start to the end. I truly liked the walk around and the cold starts. I like your other videos but this one stands among your best. ‼ I cannot give it enough thumbs up. thank you
The kind of guy you never get bored of listening to. Those machines - just WOW - They'll be still running when the new machines of today are in the scrapyard.
Hi guys this is Col Donnamarie Fuentes Dumont Lavallee and I am a retired army air corp special ops combat pilot and a retired extremely very huge equipment operator and transport rigger and equipment transport rigger and I am very impressed with your videos I really 💕 love Fiat atlas equipment and I love 💕 noth Weston,Bucyrus Erie komatzu,Yale loaders,Massey Ferguson,and the old International Hough American crains Manitowoc Crain equipment and I can go on and on I love old vintage machinery I have a lot of time on all of them and when I get the chance I go to my military base and fly my 2 vintage fighter bomber air craft that's what I 💕 love to do the most is fly and go into combat mode and let it all out I must say you all do a epic and outstanding professionally and amazing videos and it shows everything is perfect and I will be watching more when I get the chance to get on my computer and enjoy your videos I am slowing down but I try to get time for all the things I 💕 love to do I want to say I hope you and your family stay safe and well and healthy and hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow and have a epic spring and summer my 💕 love to All of you COL Donnamarie Fuentes Dumont Lavallee
Great Video Chris. My Pop was a subcontractor for several GC's here in the Memphis area for many years. Two of the gc's owned liebherr dozers,(721 & 731) liebherr excavators ( 936 & 942) & liebherr crawler loaders . ( 631B) my pop actually got where he liked Liebherr equipment..& owned & operated a 621B Loader with 4 in 1 bucket ( pedal in the floor operated the 4in1) & a 721B Dozer . 2 of the best machines he owned . Mack
Dammit Man !! That first dozer was a Beast !! What did he say it burned an hour 22 gl.?? WOW !! lolololol... Man, that loader did sound like it ran really good though !! Wish the Excavator would have fired up !! Would have liked to seen it run, dig a bit... You heard him Chris, He's waiting for ya to get the low boy and come back to get that loader !! lolol... Was making the sale to Robert wasn't he...lolol... Good stuff man !! Great as always Chris !! Happy Easter, And, On too the Next. ...
That is one fine southern Gentleman he knows his equipment like the back of his hand , I think if got Charley and him together it would be a weeks worth of content.
When the world comes to an end - Chris will clean everything up! Looking forward to the rest of this story!! Chris is having a lot of fun!! Stay safe, Jim
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Seeing the old equipment is one thing, hearing the backstories is a whole 'nother thing. Thanks for sharing.
He knows his equipment and loves each piece.
@@danielcollier4401 You could hear that in his voice.
@@Vickie-Bligh exactly
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
I’m thinking in 40 years we’ll be watching Chris walking some young fellas around his place telling stories of every piece of equipment and what it’s done and how it ended up there.
lol was thinking the same thing.
We can only hope! I know I’ll still be here waiting for that video.
None of the computerized stuff will start though.
I pray to Christ you are Right & I’m still Sucking Oxygen and able to Watch it Right Here. Or hopefully a Different Platform
@ryansnyder7622
The coal mines shut down in the 60's. Just very little left to see of the old time operations. That was my stomping grounds growing up.
My late grandfather James Clark Butler, taught us grand kids how to drive on the old mine roads, lots of aqua blue water holes back in the hills that we'd go fishing in. Awesome to see some of the old iron from a place we use to roam as kids.
There’s still some hanging around here in WV, in my 25 years of life I’ve never seen them move but, they remain on maintained gravel lots fenced in and couple with tarps over the cabs some Fiats and others Komatsu D445As, just waiting for that next big coal market boom to hit where they’ll be put back to work which actually might happen as the industry is picking up and a lot older equipment is getting pushed back into service especially trucks.
Oh the stories this guy could tell you.... This is a man that has a mental memory of each peice of machine he has owned and goes to show the patience he has for each
That is an absolutely amazing beast of equipment - to see her start that easily. Can't think of much she wouldn't shove out of the way. I'm thinking trees would move on their own
Hopefully Chris takes one dozer home to get running. Would love to see it get put to work! Look out for cats in the excavator lol
Maybe c and c equipment 👍
@klaatu barada yeah I know. Atleast not as big as a d11 so chris could more likely make it work
Where to begin: this gentleman is a treasure! I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
He loves and knows his equipment intimately and I think was "selling it" pretty well!
Don't you you need a 20+ foot bladed dozer? Like Robert said, he could have kept up with the 550!
It was obvious this gentleman enjoyed having you and Robert there to share in his passion.
Question is - did you come home with a piece or two, or three?
I wondered if he was subconsiously "not selling" when he kept on mentioning a package deal...
Not a chance !
Oh trust me there is nothing gentle about this man
@@tristansageman3576u sound like u know him or something.
Quite the character. Love talking with guys like him. so many stories to tell from a very interesting life. Thanks for sharing.
He has an awesome property. We used to purchase pine needles from his place in candor. It's been a while, but the same equipment is still there.
Equipment was cool.... Doesn't hold a candle to the owner! Pure gold. I'm excited when I come across people like him, reminds me of 2 people immediately, my grandpa and the owner of the farm that I worked at growing up. Knew a lot about everything and with stories for days. Good video Chris
Oh man, I bet Robert just loved being bossed around by that old fella. 😂
Chris, you are definitely a very lucky man (earned it). The opportunity to see and operate all these wonderful pieces of equipment.
Chris this video ranks up there with one of the best I’ve found so far. Thankyou for introducing us to this gentleman! I’m certain while you were editing the clip around 32:20 you must’ve darn near fell out of your chair with laughter!
Well done thank you for sharing these adventures with us!
The stories you could hear from an old timer like that, man oh man, and the things you could potentially learn from the experiences he has had. Fun video sir, thanks for the tag along sir.
Yeah. Once put in a garden for an old guy that had worked in the machine shop of the Skunkworks for Lockheed. He'd started out as an apprentice and worked his way up to lead or supervisor, been a while. Fascinating man to talk with. Saw me putting in a garden for his neighbor and asked me how much for him. I cut him a deal since I had the machine there already. Hell of a nice guy with great stories.
Hat tip to the grand gentleman who is keeping this fine machinery running.👍👍👍👍👍
What a great visit! You made his day and he made yours! and ours! Thanks for bringing us along!
Every time you went to start each piece of equipment, I kept waiting for Diesel Creek to say, "Contact." 🤣
You have right 👍😂😂
Matt just bought another grader & a dragline .
@@jjMcCartan9686 spoiler alert. 😂
He probably would have had a field day there
🙂 Reckon he'll have the twitches when he sees this!
What a character, he had me laughing out loud the whole time. You could send him videos to narrate for you, it’d be highly entertaining, thank you for sharing this with us.
the old man is remembering a surprising percentage of names, places, times and tweaks on the machines. Reminds me of the knight guarding the grail in that Indiana Jones movie - choose wisely!
Amazing collection, your friend I bet could tell story’s for days about his adventures with this equipment. Thanks for an Easter treat!
I am in Coshocton Ohio. My husband watches your channel and thought he heard our town mentioned!!! 😮❤
Same here watched it and heard the same thing. I am in West Lafayette!!!
Sat for 10 years 30 year old machine, starts right up. Can't wait to see the new battery equipment in 30 years.
.... 🤣😂🤣 they will find in the next 30 years to have more radiation, pollutes and carcinogens then any other equipment made.
@@Fatamus Yeah, and still blame it on Trump.
@@williamking6531 has trump done anything wrong ever!
Yes.@@markhenry6486
@@williamking6531 is that admission, which is the first one I've ever heard, from a trump supporter or otherwise?
One of the best videos you have shown about equipment. That low idle with a straight pipe sounds incredible. That man has forgotten more than most have learned.
"What year is this" "what year was Abe Lincoln born" lol, yes, its been setting awhile.
Great video! The old timer was absolutely thrilled to have a couple of like minded guys to show his property and machinery.
Clint will be all over that. Another project for C&C
Gotta love the old iron!!
The stories that could be told sitting with or wandering around his property with this dear old gentleman - a little (and big) boy's dream time. Great lot of old machines from through the ages. -
That ole guy was great !! I liked hearing what he had to say about everything
as you were getting into the cab and sitting down i was thinking "Watch out for a cat"🤣
Back in my early construction career (1960's) we called those machines a 'Fat Alice'...lol
I did my diesel fitting apprenticeship back in the 80’s on these tractors here in Australia. The 31 was a very nice machine, hardly ever gave problems unlike it’s bigger brother the 41 which had weak final drives. If I recall the 31 was between the cat D8 and D9 and the 41 was between the D9 and D10. Brings back memories.
I believe the 41 was a D10 equivalent and the 31 was between a 10 and a 9 because this thing dwarfes a 9h of the same era
@William Underwood please tell me, what level was the FD 50 like D11T?
If I remember right, the problem with the 41 was that they used the same rear-end as the 31. It was great in the 31, but the bigger blade on the 41 ripped out the rear-ends right and left.
I think Chris found his doppelganger pond-builder/equipment-connoisseur of his future.👍
Nothing beats old school
Old school teachers used to carry a yard stick
Those machines look like they are ready to scrap. Amazes me everytime that they still start and run after sitting for years and years.
Go see what Diesel Creek revives.
I didnt see much of anything sitting there that looked like they were ready to scrap, i saw a lot of equiptment that needed to be revived and put back to work
@@dankreoger611 👀🤗🤗🤗 already did
These older machines are mostly if not completely mechanical so there’s nearly nothing that can stop them.
It’s like a “Petting Zoo”! You get to touch everything.
That fella had the best time showing off his collection, you definitely made his day! Nice to see some of it still started and a few operated!
What a treat listening to that Gentleman, font of knowledge and wit,They don't make the cloth he is cut from anymore
I think Chris needs one of these in the fleet, for those Big Jobs. Pair it with a Volvo 500 while he's at it
I worked on the 41B Fiat-Allis (not Atlas) dozer extensively at Island Copper Mine on Vancouver Island British Columbia (1975-1979). Tripple rippers were intalled on our units. Cummins VT1710 V12 supplied the power. To service the transmission flip the operators seat up and drop down inside the chassis. The Fiat company bought into Allis-Chalmers and continued to manufacture heavy equipment. These units were phenomenal!
She Huffed and Puffed and was Begging to be Put in Gear to Show Off her Mechanical Capabilities. 👍🙏
This needs to join your fleet Chris. That’s a beast!!!!!!!!
Wow this guy has some amazing old iron and funny stories lol. I'd love to spend a day or two listening to him talk. 18 ponds!!! Sounds like an addiction.
You know the way it started , there can't be anything wrong with the engine. I love how it surges !
Great video, Chris. He is a hoot. I could listen to him tell stories all day. I wish you could have pushed some dirt with the dozer. He has a crop of machines growing. He gets around better than I can. I don't know if I could crawl my way upon to the dozer. I would have tried. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Treasures in NC! What a fun day......even in the rain! 👏👍✨❤😍
Don't tell Diesel Creek , he will have a heart attack reaching for his wallet !
Do tell "The Chieftain" so he will thighten them tracks some. Ha ha.
If I had the money and space I'd be like this old man. I love these old monsters.
Bet that guy has a MILLION great stories to tell. I could sit and listen all day.
Nothing like running them big beast . After running them everything else feels like yard equipment. Nice!!
I like this old man. Seems very genuine.
I love listening to these old guys talk about the equipment.
It amazes me how he just stands there waving his cane reciting where all the controls are and tricks to start them.
Boy Chris...that is a monster of a dozer. Imagine the topsoil it can remove on a pond job....moving site to site would be hell.
These aren’t typically “site hoppers” they spend their career in one location because they are a nightmare to move
Holy found! What kind of monsta dozers! And big surprise: Liebherr R 972
Looking up this dozer and a 13 year old Letsdig18 video comes up.
What a lovely and interesting Gentleman and great collection of machines. I think it's called heaven. Thank you all.
That guy has some gems ❤
He kept everything running that’s awesome
Great video. I enjoyed the tour. Your friend took me back to when a handshake would seal a deal. Day's long gone.
OMG These are so cool Chris!! I hope someone takes these and restores them or at least put together a couple and put them back to work!! Where is Deisel Creek, C&C Eguipment They need these !! Thanks for taking us along Chris!!!
That is a wealth of knowledge and I am sure some wonderful stories!
Amazing how older stuff starts right up after sitting for years and if that was a new machine that sat 10 years it would be a nightmare
The oldtimer cracked me up around 32:23 😂
'oh that's sweet! SWEET! ain't that sweet or what?!'
He loves Liebherr, that's for sure. Many pieces there would make good restoration projects.
That old man is a hoot!
that cummins started right up 1150 cubic inches of torque. what a beast.
Wow awesome crawler!👍👍 the story are the best of all !
thank you !you made that older man very happy !👍👍
That is a dying breed right there! We gotta see some more of the place and the ponds that he built.
Your host has a fantastic sense of humor....
What a great personality. Quite a character!
Wow! That was amazing. Seeing those old girls start up and run is awesome. Puts a smile on your face for sure.
you know that's going to be Chris in fifty years in his farm, awesome property and really nice gentleman!
I was mesmerized by that Fiat moving all over that long leaf pine in the beginning and somehow managing to stay alive! That place is great! Never in one spot have I seen so much old equipment turn over and start.
Perfect project for Matt from Diesel creek!!!!!!
This fella is quite the character!
That gentleman is the spirit animal for every kid who dreamed to be a heavy equipment operator ❤❤❤❤
What incredible stories he must have with those machines and their adventures.
Thanks for sharing.
PS: Hopefully you are able to get one of those beasties on the farm.
Probably couldn't find parts for alot of those machines amazing as long as they sat that they started up thanks for sharing CHRIS 👍😎
Seems like a nice man,heavy duty equipment,awesome that they can even start.🙂
That thing is an absolute BEAST
That tree branch was looking for an eye to poke out!
damn that is a beast of a dozer
That 31 really was a monster! It was the Mother of monsters (at 70t), and the 972 was Daddy (at 64t). I think his favorite was the Leibherr 641. "See how smooth that is?". He must have pushed a lot of pond dirt with that one. It started right up. I want it. To think what I could do with that machine. I can't imagine what it would take to transport that 31. It would take two lanes. You would have to have a lead and sweep vehicle to redirect traffic. It is really meant to live in one place its whole life. Even the 641 is 50,000 lbs.
Boy that started you had a smile from ear to ear like a kid in a candy store
OLDIES BUT GOODIES !!!! The machines now days will NEVER be able to sit like that and start and run in years to come!!!😍😍😍😍😍 A LIVING MUSEUM !!!☺☺
What a fantastic video. I was sucked in from the start to the end. I truly liked the walk around and the cold starts. I like your other videos but this one stands among your best. ‼
I cannot give it enough thumbs up.
thank you
The kind of guy you never get bored of listening to.
Those machines - just WOW - They'll be still running when the new machines of today are in the scrapyard.
That’s a lot of old iron. Very interesting
Hi guys this is Col Donnamarie Fuentes Dumont Lavallee and I am a retired army air corp special ops combat pilot and a retired extremely very huge equipment operator and transport rigger and equipment transport rigger and I am very impressed with your videos I really 💕 love Fiat atlas equipment and I love 💕 noth Weston,Bucyrus Erie komatzu,Yale loaders,Massey Ferguson,and the old International Hough American crains Manitowoc Crain equipment and I can go on and on I love old vintage machinery I have a lot of time on all of them and when I get the chance I go to my military base and fly my 2 vintage fighter bomber air craft that's what I 💕 love to do the most is fly and go into combat mode and let it all out I must say you all do a epic and outstanding professionally and amazing videos and it shows everything is perfect and I will be watching more when I get the chance to get on my computer and enjoy your videos I am slowing down but I try to get time for all the things I 💕 love to do I want to say I hope you and your family stay safe and well and healthy and hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow and have a epic spring and summer my 💕 love to All of you COL Donnamarie Fuentes Dumont Lavallee
Great Video Chris. My Pop was a subcontractor for several GC's here in the Memphis area for many years. Two of the gc's owned liebherr dozers,(721 & 731) liebherr excavators ( 936 & 942) & liebherr crawler loaders . ( 631B) my pop actually got where he liked Liebherr equipment..& owned & operated a 621B Loader with 4 in 1 bucket ( pedal in the floor operated the 4in1) & a 721B Dozer . 2 of the best machines he owned . Mack
I enjoyed that it wasn't long enough, and that old man was brilliant, he could tell a story or two, hope you go back there
that fellow has a lifetime of stories and makes it fun to look around at all that equipment and it some big equipment, wow
seems like a honest hard worker, there harder to find all the time
This could be the future captain kleeman 😮
And what a good boy Robert is ,he did as he was asked ,bet he learnt much that day 😊
Dammit Man !! That first dozer was a Beast !! What did he say it burned an hour 22 gl.?? WOW !! lolololol... Man, that loader did sound like it ran really good though !! Wish the Excavator would have fired up !! Would have liked to seen it run, dig a bit... You heard him Chris, He's waiting for ya to get the low boy and come back to get that loader !! lolol... Was making the sale to Robert wasn't he...lolol... Good stuff man !! Great as always Chris !! Happy Easter, And, On too the Next. ...
Wonderful video. Could listen to a man like that all day. Great stories and very experienced. Thank you
You can feel the 🌎 move with that running
Now that’s a yard full of fun 🤩
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Love ❤️ the back story to all the equipment. It's been awhile since I have seen a fatalice running.
That is one fine southern Gentleman he knows his equipment like the back of his hand , I think if got Charley and him together it would be a weeks worth of content.
I just love hearing the old timers story's. This equipment is definitely well built and can move some dirt.
When the world comes to an end - Chris will clean everything up! Looking forward to the rest of this story!! Chris is having a lot of fun!! Stay safe, Jim