It's called a "Flextrac Nodwell" built in Calgary, Alberta. for offroad oilfield rig moving...the hitch is designed for a large sled trailer that hauls rig/road matting that gets laid down in trailer length sections that attach together to make a temporary road and oil rig pad in muddy terrain.
The Foremost Nodwell 240 is a multi-purpose two tracked vehicle capable of traversing a wide variety of adverse terrain conditions such as sand, mud muskeg, swamp, and snow. The 240 has a walking beam suspension allowing for a larger payload. The Nodwell 240 is transportable by the highway truck. APPLICATIONS Pipeline maintenance Power line maintenance Firefighting Cargo transportation Tree maintenance Excavation & snow/dirt moving Personnel transportation
Ok guys be very careful with those tracks. Don't get on top of a stump or turn on rocks, it will rip the tracks apart. Trust me, I've been around that style of tracks for a long time. These tracks are designed to go over wet unstable ground. Great looking rig. Have fun
You mean it goes between the links and rips the track apart or how it rips it? I was planning on building something similar for forest use in dried'ish area when wheeled vehicle can eat it self into the moss swamp mud mix if carrying load, hence need for something that can haul logs for cheaper price than already existing machines since on low (read zero) budget. Just trying to figure what kind of tracks to build and how durable those are in such environment where rocks and stumps are common.
PowerTraxx 10 or 18H model. It would have had an extending arm for sending workers up to high reach areas like towers in rough lands. What a beautifully perfect machine. Give it a custom workshop/generator hut.
Glad to see the nodwell TF360 went to a good home. Worked for company in Cali that had it and cleaned it up for a job that didn’t happen. We got from SE and probably had a digger Derrick on it originally. My dad had a small fleet of the slightly smaller 240s with drills on in 80’s and no they don’t float. Pictures of 3 big wreckers trying to pull one out with ocean tide coming in. Luckily they’re old school so changing fluids isn’t too hard. Engineered weak link when heavily loaded and abused is outer axle shafts. Axles in tf360 are a little light for machine as they were sourced from 240s I believe. Also word of wisdom the steel d sent grouses have a tendency to slide on lowboys and can make an interesting photo op and conversation with local highway patrol. Have fun and anxious to see the build.
Those phragemites are tough as hell and will be right back. They spread not only by seed but also by rhizomes below the surface, which when broken up (tracks) will spread. You can weaken them by constant cutting and burning and usually herbicides. Cutting before winter each year helps thin them also. I used to work in habitat mitigation and it would be a million degrees on an amphibious wearing ppe in the middle of an acre of these tall things, especially when blocking the wind/fresh air.
I used to work for the US Antarctic Program and there are several old Nodwells at McMurdo Station still in use today. They are intended to be slow with goobs of torque. You can usually out walk a Nodwell. I could just see a wrecker crane/winch or even an articulated crane on the back of that puppy with a flat deck in the middle.
Tracked machines like that are super common in the power line industry, especially in areas that have a lot of snow. They usually have a digger derrick or bucket setup on them. Company I used to work for had probably a half a dozen of those with a few different configurations. They're super cool and I always wanted to drive one!
@@TheAnnoyingBoss probably no malaria where they live, luckily it's still only a problem in countries close to equator. Ticks and lyme disease are getting more and more common even up north though.
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It’s a “Doodle Buggy” made in the 70’s by a company in Houston, tx. It was a test well rig. They came to our pasture in the Everglades when I was a teenager. I was so impressed by it I asked the operators about it.
@@worldsend69 I agree looks like an 18H to me we had one very similar to this model got it out of Canada and had a crane mount on ours for stacking small towers and such back in the 90's
Nothing like the wailing of a two stroke Detroit, along with the absolute opposite of what you would expect as far as movement. I love firing up my 6-71 for people who've never heard one, sounds so fast, moves so slow haha. That's a damn beautiful machine! Does it use air brakes to steer? Or was that just brake applications? Very interesting
This machine is awesome! Can't wait to see how it will do in snow. Have to add a xtra cab for the guys, to keep them from the elements (bugs). This will be fun.
That thing is every bit the beast that I thought it was when I bought it! I would have loved to have gone on that test drive with you guys! That's exactly what I wanted to do with it! I can't wait to see how you guys build it and get to use it on badass recoveries!
I’m a lineman and we use the same style track machine for our digger Derricks and bucket trucks when it’s snowy or muddy areas. Some do have a high and low range. They are big monster machines
Only issue dealing with fragmite like this is seeds are now on the rig going on the trailer and you'll be spreading it along the highway. Very invasive I believe it comes from India.
They are already everywhere in Utah especially along the Wasatch front. The birds and wind have transported them all over the west. The salt cedars/tamarisk trees he was running over are just as bad of an invasive species too.
I remember seeing them being sold as deer cover at an outdoors show about 10 years back. Thought they would be awesome but did get any. Fast forward they are all over Michigan’s freeways and lakes now.
Its definitely a flex track Nodwell. I grew up with these things. My dad built big power transmission lines up in northern Ontario and they had dozens of these rigs with cranes mounted for setting the big 80’ -100’ poles thru the muskeg. (Swamps) up there.
Basically an American version of the Sisu Nasu; although I would put a small crew cabin behind the driver’s cab, and have a good sized mobile workshop on the back; it would be great for those times like when they recovered all of that old earthmoving equipment and they had limited access to tools and parts because it was so remote.
@@digitalrailroaderneeds like a jack-off canopy and a winch so if need be it can one truck army or you can rip it off when you need to be light. Most of the time the crew will follow behind in a Polaris so a crew cab might be wasted
You could build a passenger and tool cabin on that pad in the middle. It would make a more comfortable ride to carry four people and extras! Fun Machine, can't wait to see the upgrades.
Nice find😊 I would suggest you consider adding a front and rear blade that has down pressure, tilt and extendable booms. You can use these to doze a pathway for your new machine plus a path for the recovered vehicle. Plus anchor you machine if you have a boom winch . Plus aid greatly in self extraction😊🇺🇸
That is a seismic survey drill rig . Used in the Canadian north Muskeg . A small drill rig was on the back and was used to drill the dynamite holes for the shots . The single cab gives it away . The drill mast would come down the non cab side of the rig and hang out front when folded to move it around . MANY of these up here in northern Canada . Great fun to have on the farm . Will do anything you ask of it ., Go anywhere you want it to go . Good score ! !
The reeds you were flattening. has a market value in the Netherlands of approximately $4,000. If you mow it and clean it and pack it into bunches. We often use it here on the roofs of houses.
Drove one of these Nodwells, with a diamond drill mounted on the back, the one I drove had a full 4 door cab on it. I'd say the biggest drawback of it was its feeble steering combined with the length... lots of back and forth in tighter places. The steering clutches accessed at the back between the tracks needed constant adjustment...
Looks like it was setup for some sort of drill rig, something they can bolt to the frame with a pony motor that would share diesel and hydraulic tanks with the main engine. We had a couple smaller one we called (L.A.R’s Limited Access Rigs) that would go to jobs where our normal international or freight liner rigs couldn’t make it too.
I live in the Scottish Highlands & used to operate machines (mostly boom & scissor liftsm telehandlers, 360 excavator, counterbalance forklift, etc). That machine looks similar to a Marooka. Our firm hired them to to Scottish Power for going out in the wilds to repair power lines. I had to weld poles & chain supports on the deck of one to allow technicians to ride on the back & not fall off.
Its a Nodwell built in Canada. Some were sold to Military. Oil Exploration in Canada made this Company alot of funds. Nodwell Brothers built units of several sizes and improved the track 😂 Nodwell. If you need parts try phoning Foremost in Calgary, Alberta.
It looks like a great Machine. I have a Nodwell 110 and it has been a great asset in our recovery fleet! Looking forward to getting a closer look at the old girl!
Put a flat tow truck bed on it with tilt. Have a tracked flat tow recovery vehicle for those times dragging isn't an option. Add a snorkel kit for deep emergencies and call it good.
I've seen custom builds EXACTLY like this on farms. They lay underground field tile with a tile plow attached to back of them, usually 4+ feet deep. They are absolutely massive machines.
I work in the Utility truck industry and we build a lot of heavy digger and aerial buckets on large Prinoth track vehicles and this may be a Prinoth or a PowerTraxx.
The swing out brkts. on the side of your low boy. Are for oak boards for wide loading. 2"×12ftrs. Throw them between the main beams of trailer. When not in use.
Put a snow cat blade on it for when you do winter recoveries Then make up extension wings to clamp on when you eant to clear those weeds with a forty foot plus pass.
Build some equipment mounts on that thing. A 3-point in the front and back, and maybe some kind of hydraulic arms on the bed that lets you hang for example bushhogs out on the sides. Imagine 2 bushhogs or one really big one in the front that's maybe a fot wider than the tracks and then one bushhog hanging out on each side.
What a beast of a machine. Looking forward to seeing what mods you make, and seeing your first rescue with it. Any idea what kind of incline it can take?
Looks like a Nodwell (now Foremost). They made a lot of custom vehicles for special purposes. May have had a Seismic drill rig or something on the back. Go Canada!
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Just a thought. If you want something that pretty fast, good for snow, & float on water, then why not purchase one of those military amphibious tanks!!! They come with tracks or an 8x8. Here in California (specifically Camp Pendleton in San Diego) we have them.
@@jeremycochran1237 My Google Fu is coming up completely empty on the cab still. If it's a one-off, it looks to have been done really well and with some very specific features in mind.
@@gw0004 The 240 is a lot smaller than this beast. So it's definitely in the 320 class size wise. But still, having looked at every Nodwell picture on the internet at this point, the cab is very custom and that's the interesting part.
The local to me utility company has one of those that’s for setting poles is real soft swampy areas. One side has a rack for carrying pols and the other side has a boom lift with a auger.
It looks like a Nodwell, a piece of equipment uses in oilfield maintenance. They can go almost anywhere and were built to transport equipment across tundra in Alaska and the Arctic.
Yep. Looks to me like a TN110 that's been customized. Someone ripped the OG cab off and stuck a single cab from a telehandler or something. Possibly for a small crane for field stuff. The machine is so big itself would provide more than enough surface for a medium sized crane to operate on top.
with winter coming you just got one of the only machines that could get thru last winters snow with ease. if we get hammered again this year your in good shape for recovery's that thing is ridiculous in the best way .
The phrase "he who dies with the most toys wins" comes to mind, but that is quite a machine. Curious to see whether you and team can put it to a variety of uses, or whether it serves mainly a rather narrow set of purposes.
@HeavyDSparks - another method, would simply entail hydraulicly "drop/raised" Road Wheel Dually-Sets, with each corner of the machine, having individual HYDRAULIC motors mounted via the axles between the dually sets
Get it going faster yes.. for sure - it would need to move faster to get in/out of areas in less then a day heh.. I would also consider making the fuel tanks larger - or adding a refueling option to fuel other Diesel vehicles.. Id also stick a decent diesel generator on it - not as part of the existing gear train but a whole separate diesel generator - to provide remote power anywhere you go - add some nice lighting including a couple big telescoping lights to light up the night.. - then probably some kind of arm / boom device for lifting / hauling things up with its own winch.. Then storage for ropes / chains / snatch lines and blocks - cables and other recovery gear.. - maybe add Heating/cooling with a small mini-split unit heatpump - and perhaps a little passenger shack with decent seating... Yea adding all that would make it heavier.. but bonus is it has everything it could need in a one vehicle - kinda like how the Hemet can have everything on it..
Just when you think you can't find another awesome vehicle that I have never seen you come up with something better every single time awesome purchase bro so many possibilities
They had a few vehicles like that during the oil boom in Wyoming during the late 70's early 80's and yes they went anywhere including over fences so a lot of ranchers up around that area hated them. When you got one stuck in the snow I don't think I need to tell you guys what it would take to get it out. Good luck with it and I hope it works out for you.
It’s for sure low ground pressure. To bad the frame isn’t long enough for a roll back. That would make a awesome roll back for getting people out of the snow in the mountains
Honestly love the piece of equipment. That 6'x6' area behind the cab with the small grate walls would be a great enclosed area for crew 4 to 6 guys. Just a place to keep crew out of elements and then a flatbed behind it.
This brings back memories of a track beast I used to operate. It was made in Japan I believe, the tracks was rubber, stood about 5.5 feet tall and it had a dump bucket on it. We got it because a job we was on had 4+ feet of pure mud and it was the only thing that could haul out the muck from the track hoes. Thing was a beast and nothing stopped it and the real beauty was the tracks was designed where none of the mud would get under the tracks, so we never had to clean them at night because it would have froze to the ground. You want a serious beast for your job that is what you need and makes this look like a toy by comparison!
Invasive Phragmites seem to be everywhere. They have decimated the Cat Tails. You could tow a wide Roller to flatten stuff. Ball hitch high on the mid deck.
Big D, That's something! I never knew Diesel Dave was a Skeeter Eater 😂....Still waiting to see how you're going to apply this amazing vehicle to your recovery business, after the modification mode of course....keep surprising everyone! 💪🤙🚌🤠
Some US Army vehicles, like the Scorpion, had tires for roadwheels like this beast. It makes the tracks run quieter and more smoothly than something like a bulldozer that runs steel wheels on steel track.
I'm afraid I have to disagree; I compared Dave's new toy to the prinoth after seeing your post, but it doesn't match up. It looks similar, but the prinoth uses a steering wheel, while this has twin sticks and the tracks don't have the tank or heavy plant appearance the prinoth has. I looked up Dave's suggestion of its being a Nodwell 320 and I have to agree with him; the tracks, wheels etc and the overall layout strongly implies nodwell 320 with a modified cab and whatever else it had was stripped in lieu of repurposing
There should be a 2 speed output shaft on the transmission. It appears to be an FN-22 long track which has the front drive sprockets for approach angles instead of the track ending at the frontmost tire
That thing is an absolute beast. I didn't seem to even register when it was knocking down trees in a marsh instead of a road. That should work great for your next salt lake recovery.
I use to work in the Alberta Oil fields and I have seen machines like this with tip up, small Derrick drillers on their beds. They were typically used to drill water wells for use with fracking. I'd look in the area of Oil and gas track vehicles.. Its odd cause it sort of looks like a TEREX GENERAL Derrick or crane tracked vehicle. Tracks look VERY similar, but the chassy is too wide. Worth a look, like you said maybe some one took one of them and Franklinstined it.
That thing is a beast ! Add a snorkel so the motor can be underwater, and maybe a crane on the back, and a cab with comfy couches for the crew in the middle.
Useless as the tracks would come apart asap. Just belts and bars that break if you sneeze on them. Machine can't push shit, they made as tundra crawlers, load em up and forget slowly ahead on moss and snow
Sonic drill rig, maybe? The rig that did some drilling for Parker Schnabel on the show Alaskan Gold or Yukon Gold on the History Channel. The track system looks very similar! The base around the same size (a BBBeast)!!! Its PSI downward force is like 68 lbs Per Square Inch of downward force (after you put like a 10,000 lbs drill rig onto that platform)!!!
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It's called a "Flextrac Nodwell" built in Calgary, Alberta. for offroad oilfield rig moving...the hitch is designed for a large sled trailer that hauls rig/road matting that gets laid down in trailer length sections that attach together to make a temporary road and oil rig pad in muddy terrain.
We used them on power line construction that fmc and m4m5 high speed tractors in fla swamp
Yep I remember seeing those out in GP and Fort Mac, absolute units, badass machines for sure
During my 26 years in GP I made 14 trips to Ft. Mac on jobs.@@LongHaulRego458
So cool! I’m from Alberta and live in Calgary! Shout out! 🇨🇦
The Foremost Nodwell 240 is a multi-purpose two tracked vehicle capable of traversing a wide variety of adverse terrain conditions such as sand, mud muskeg, swamp, and snow. The 240 has a walking beam suspension allowing for a larger payload. The Nodwell 240 is transportable by the highway truck.
APPLICATIONS
Pipeline maintenance
Power line maintenance
Firefighting
Cargo transportation
Tree maintenance
Excavation & snow/dirt moving
Personnel transportation
Ok guys be very careful with those tracks. Don't get on top of a stump or turn on rocks, it will rip the tracks apart. Trust me, I've been around that style of tracks for a long time. These tracks are designed to go over wet unstable ground. Great looking rig. Have fun
You mean it goes between the links and rips the track apart or how it rips it? I was planning on building something similar for forest use in dried'ish area when wheeled vehicle can eat it self into the moss swamp mud mix if carrying load, hence need for something that can haul logs for cheaper price than already existing machines since on low (read zero) budget. Just trying to figure what kind of tracks to build and how durable those are in such environment where rocks and stumps are common.
PowerTraxx 10 or 18H model. It would have had an extending arm for sending workers up to high reach areas like towers in rough lands. What a beautifully perfect machine. Give it a custom workshop/generator hut.
Think the PowerTraxx 10S-H, it does not have the gap in the wheels for the 18h.
Looks like it at least
I believe your right on 18H we had one in Indiana with a crane set up Came out of Canada
They're out of Whitefish Ontario
You think so? I believe there are many companies producing these type of special purpose tracked vehicles, and they can be astoundingly similar.
Glad to see the nodwell TF360 went to a good home. Worked for company in Cali that had it and cleaned it up for a job that didn’t happen. We got from SE and probably had a digger Derrick on it originally.
My dad had a small fleet of the slightly smaller 240s with drills on in 80’s and no they don’t float. Pictures of 3 big wreckers trying to pull one out with ocean tide coming in. Luckily they’re old school so changing fluids isn’t too hard.
Engineered weak link when heavily loaded and abused is outer axle shafts. Axles in tf360 are a little light for machine as they were sourced from 240s I believe.
Also word of wisdom the steel d sent grouses have a tendency to slide on lowboys and can make an interesting photo op and conversation with local highway patrol.
Have fun and anxious to see the build.
Cant wait to see them try to rescue this when they eventually get it stuck.
Right! Just a matter of time and they will find a way to get it stuck!
A twin rotor heavy lift chopper 😎
...when! ..... exactly, not if 👍👍😂😂🙊🙉🙈
@@hulkthedane7542Oh you guys are just being really mean. 😂
Yeah, that'll be a 4 part episode 😂
Those phragemites are tough as hell and will be right back. They spread not only by seed but also by rhizomes below the surface, which when broken up (tracks) will spread. You can weaken them by constant cutting and burning and usually herbicides. Cutting before winter each year helps thin them also. I used to work in habitat mitigation and it would be a million degrees on an amphibious wearing ppe in the middle of an acre of these tall things, especially when blocking the wind/fresh air.
Seller was straight up sporting a Matt's off road hat. What a salesman, he knew what he was doing.
i said dave was trying to one up the joneses (matts off road) before i seen your comment and that hat 😂
The owner has his own youtube as well for offroad recovery lol look up bent off road recovery
@@fukkyoutube likely outbid Matt during the Auction
The food attendant at the food stop was wearing a DDE ( Daily Driven Exotics) hat.
@@fukkyoutubeSeems like they’re not doing the same thing to me. I think Sparks just has a bug for old heavy iron.
Major thumbs up to the production team who edit these videos together. Always amazing work. Thanks Guys !
The edits with Sparks in the cab were hilarious. So good when they come out of nowhere and you don't expect it.
I legit thought I had a stroke..
@@xandercheney2277😊 Io
Honestly it was a bit too much. Turn the goofiness dial back a notch.
all good, imao @@Diabolos1
Looking like he was tripping b*lls had me dying
I used to work for the US Antarctic Program and there are several old Nodwells at McMurdo Station still in use today. They are intended to be slow with goobs of torque. You can usually out walk a Nodwell. I could just see a wrecker crane/winch or even an articulated crane on the back of that puppy with a flat deck in the middle.
Tracked machines like that are super common in the power line industry, especially in areas that have a lot of snow. They usually have a digger derrick or bucket setup on them. Company I used to work for had probably a half a dozen of those
with a few different configurations. They're super cool and I always wanted to drive one!
I wouldnt want to get malaria or something with all them bugs
Those are cool...til you see a fan boat with boom and bucket attached to it flying by you at 180 dBs
@@TheAnnoyingBoss probably no malaria where they live, luckily it's still only a problem in countries close to equator. Ticks and lyme disease are getting more and more common even up north though.
Looks similar to an FMC for power line construction.
The company local to me has small ones used to maintain the line right of ways, they mainly use medium duty trucks on huge balloon tires
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It’s a “Doodle Buggy” made in the 70’s by a company in Houston, tx. It was a test well rig. They came to our pasture in the Everglades when I was a teenager. I was so impressed by it I asked the operators about it.
yep I think its an older PT18 or something@@worldsend69
Nope, my moms old daily@@worldsend69
@@worldsend69yep youre right. I searched doodle buggy on google and pics of mini bikes came up
Modified PowerTraxx 10S-H.
@@worldsend69 I agree looks like an 18H to me we had one very similar to this model got it out of Canada and had a crane mount on ours for stacking small towers and such back in the 90's
Nothing like the wailing of a two stroke Detroit, along with the absolute opposite of what you would expect as far as movement. I love firing up my 6-71 for people who've never heard one, sounds so fast, moves so slow haha. That's a damn beautiful machine! Does it use air brakes to steer? Or was that just brake applications? Very interesting
Use it to drag one of your buildings 12 feet over so you can get it down the gap into the back yard.
that is a PROFESSIONAL GAP to keep the wannabe drivers from wanting to take anything OUT OF THE LOT!!! ;) SECURITY MEASURES :)
Theres no way that lil drive way is there only rear yard access
@camscustoms7518 You're right, just looked at it on Google maps, they have a large side driveway too.
Nope you can go around the outside of the buildings seen it in other videos, think they just use that entrance for show.@@cammos
@@cammosThe north side of their yard has an entrance with at least twice the width. The gated part just looks cooler.
This machine is awesome! Can't wait to see how it will do in snow. Have to add a xtra cab for the guys, to keep them from the elements (bugs). This will be fun.
That thing is every bit the beast that I thought it was when I bought it! I would have loved to have gone on that test drive with you guys! That's exactly what I wanted to do with it! I can't wait to see how you guys build it and get to use it on badass recoveries!
I’m a lineman and we use the same style track machine for our digger Derricks and bucket trucks when it’s snowy or muddy areas. Some do have a high and low range. They are big monster machines
Only issue dealing with fragmite like this is seeds are now on the rig going on the trailer and you'll be spreading it along the highway. Very invasive I believe it comes from India.
They are already everywhere in Utah especially along the Wasatch front. The birds and wind have transported them all over the west. The salt cedars/tamarisk trees he was running over are just as bad of an invasive species too.
What about Quagga Mussels? HA HA HA
I remember seeing them being sold as deer cover at an outdoors show about 10 years back. Thought they would be awesome but did get any. Fast forward they are all over Michigan’s freeways and lakes now.
Its definitely a flex track Nodwell. I grew up with these things. My dad built big power transmission lines up in northern Ontario and they had dozens of these rigs with cranes mounted for setting the big 80’ -100’ poles thru the muskeg. (Swamps) up there.
I operated them with hyd cranes those crickets and m4m5 high speed tractor's with cranes digger derricks and stuff for irby
Obviously you will have to add a big crew cabin behind you somewhere to carry all the boys and equipment .
Basically an American version of the Sisu Nasu; although I would put a small crew cabin behind the driver’s cab, and have a good sized mobile workshop on the back; it would be great for those times like when they recovered all of that old earthmoving equipment and they had limited access to tools and parts because it was so remote.
My duck hunting gear!!
Or a hydraulic crain....
@@digitalrailroaderneeds like a jack-off canopy and a winch so if need be it can one truck army or you can rip it off when you need to be light. Most of the time the crew will follow behind in a Polaris so a crew cab might be wasted
"WOW" What a machine!!! That'll come in handy for certain recovering!!!
You could build a passenger and tool cabin on that pad in the middle. It would make a more comfortable ride to carry four people and extras! Fun Machine, can't wait to see the upgrades.
Nice find😊 I would suggest you consider adding a front and rear blade that has down pressure, tilt and extendable booms. You can use these to doze a pathway for your new machine plus a path for the recovered vehicle. Plus anchor you machine if you have a boom winch . Plus aid greatly in self extraction😊🇺🇸
That is a seismic survey drill rig . Used in the Canadian north Muskeg . A small drill rig was on the back and was used to drill the dynamite holes for the shots . The single cab gives it away . The drill mast would come down the non cab side of the rig and hang out front when folded to move it around . MANY of these up here in northern Canada . Great fun to have on the farm . Will do anything you ask of it ., Go anywhere you want it to go . Good score ! !
The reeds you were flattening. has a market value in the Netherlands of approximately $4,000. If you mow it and clean it and pack it into bunches. We often use it here on the roofs of houses.
Dang what is weed again
Dave ...
Casey's off road recovery has one very similar to this one... maybe he can help ... he uses it around Sand Hollow all the time.
When Dave yelled to the bugs “get him boys!” I literally laughed until tears rolled down my face, great editing nice job lads.
Looking at the wear on the seat, I think it’s done more hours than what’s on the gauge!
Could just be sun cracked, not like it was stored inside since the 70s just sayin
Drove one of these Nodwells, with a diamond drill mounted on the back, the one I drove had a full 4 door cab on it. I'd say the biggest drawback of it was its feeble steering combined with the length... lots of back and forth in tighter places. The steering clutches accessed at the back between the tracks needed constant adjustment...
Looks like it was setup for some sort of drill rig, something they can bolt to the frame with a pony motor that would share diesel and hydraulic tanks with the main engine. We had a couple smaller one we called (L.A.R’s Limited Access Rigs) that would go to jobs where our normal international or freight liner rigs couldn’t make it too.
I live in the Scottish Highlands & used to operate machines (mostly boom & scissor liftsm telehandlers, 360 excavator, counterbalance forklift, etc). That machine looks similar to a Marooka. Our firm hired them to to Scottish Power for going out in the wilds to repair power lines. I had to weld poles & chain supports on the deck of one to allow technicians to ride on the back & not fall off.
That is a Mud Puppy. Usually that have drill rigs or saw arms mounted to them. A lot of power company’s use them.
Its a Nodwell built in Canada. Some were sold to Military. Oil Exploration in Canada made this Company alot of funds. Nodwell Brothers built units of several sizes and improved the track 😂 Nodwell. If you need parts try phoning Foremost in Calgary, Alberta.
It would be awesome to outfit this thing with a massive tilting flatbed and some hydraulic winches for snow/mud recoveries!
It'd make a great delivery wagon - hauling equipment or supplies into a hostile environment, never mind recovery...
needs a snow bower :)-
I was just going to comment the same. A large tilt deck that you could haul anything anywhere.
Can you put tracks and improve a guys electric wheelchair?
Definitely needs a higher gear set. But that thing will be unstoppable!! Can’t wait to see it in the snow.
It looks like a great Machine. I have a Nodwell 110 and it has been a great asset in our recovery fleet! Looking forward to getting a closer look at the old girl!
Can't wait to see what you do with this. Add a cabin with seats for the crew and a boom and winches.
Put a flat tow truck bed on it with tilt. Have a tracked flat tow recovery vehicle for those times dragging isn't an option. Add a snorkel kit for deep emergencies and call it good.
I've seen custom builds EXACTLY like this on farms. They lay underground field tile with a tile plow attached to back of them, usually 4+ feet deep. They are absolutely massive machines.
Odd, they call corrugated drain tube "tile", for those curious. Definitely could have been a tile rig!
What is the tile ?
Originally made from clay "tiles". Also used on concrete foundations, called weeping tile.
I work in the Utility truck industry and we build a lot of heavy digger and aerial buckets on large Prinoth track vehicles and this may be a Prinoth or a PowerTraxx.
What an absolute unit! Stoked to see more of this!
The swing out brkts. on the side of your low boy. Are for oak boards for wide loading. 2"×12ftrs. Throw them between the main beams of trailer. When not in use.
Matt's going to have Bomb-Bee envy!
Looks like a 1989 nodwell FN60 crawler carrier they put drill rigs on them try looking in Canada for one
Imagine the WD-40 your gonna need 😂
Definitely a 55 gallon of grease machine
Put a snow cat blade on it for when you do winter recoveries Then make up extension wings to clamp on when you eant to clear those weeds with a forty foot plus pass.
Crazy piece of equipment ! More to follow I hope ? Thanks for sharing !
Build some equipment mounts on that thing. A 3-point in the front and back, and maybe some kind of hydraulic arms on the bed that lets you hang for example bushhogs out on the sides. Imagine 2 bushhogs or one really big one in the front that's maybe a fot wider than the tracks and then one bushhog hanging out on each side.
What a beast of a machine. Looking forward to seeing what mods you make, and seeing your first rescue with it. Any idea what kind of incline it can take?
Crop circles! HeavyD an alien????? Love that machine!!
Looks like a Nodwell (now Foremost). They made a lot of custom vehicles for special purposes. May have had a Seismic drill rig or something on the back. Go Canada!
Great name for it... "The Thing". Dave's look so happy.
Y'all need to give the production boys a raise. Super good cinematography, great music, excellent editing and overall super production. Love your work and new vehicle. 👍
Just a thought. If you want something that pretty fast, good for snow, & float on water, then why not purchase one of those military amphibious tanks!!! They come with tracks or an 8x8. Here in California (specifically Camp Pendleton in San Diego) we have them.
Almost certainly a nodwell, but that cab is something else. Never seen anything like that before.
After looking up a nodwell I'd have to agree
@@jeremycochran1237 My Google Fu is coming up completely empty on the cab still. If it's a one-off, it looks to have been done really well and with some very specific features in mind.
Nodwell model 240 custom built by Foremost
@@gw0004 The 240 is a lot smaller than this beast. So it's definitely in the 320 class size wise. But still, having looked at every Nodwell picture on the internet at this point, the cab is very custom and that's the interesting part.
Definitely designed to carry a drilling rig laid down along side that cab for transport.
The local to me utility company has one of those that’s for setting poles is real soft swampy areas. One side has a rack for carrying pols and the other side has a boom lift with a auger.
It looks like a Nodwell, a piece of equipment uses in oilfield maintenance. They can go almost anywhere and were built to transport equipment across tundra in Alaska and the Arctic.
Yep. Looks to me like a TN110 that's been customized. Someone ripped the OG cab off and stuck a single cab from a telehandler or something. Possibly for a small crane for field stuff. The machine is so big itself would provide more than enough surface for a medium sized crane to operate on top.
with winter coming you just got one of the only machines that could get thru last winters snow with ease. if we get hammered again this year your in good shape for recovery's that thing is ridiculous in the best way .
When Sparks slammed those windows shut through their cries of help! 🤣☠
please make an update video as soon as possible!!!! this is the coolest thing ever!!!!
The phrase "he who dies with the most toys wins" comes to mind, but that is quite a machine. Curious to see whether you and team can put it to a variety of uses, or whether it serves mainly a rather narrow set of purposes.
Both. It will serve a narrow set of purposes but it's the Diesel Bros. You know they're gonna put that thing to work, a LOT
actually the saying is "he who dies with the most toys, still dies"
@HeavyDSparks - another method, would simply entail hydraulicly "drop/raised" Road Wheel Dually-Sets, with each corner of the machine, having individual HYDRAULIC motors mounted via the axles between the dually sets
Its like a snow cat mixed with chuck Norris
So a Norris Cat, or a Snow Chuck?
Lmao .. well put
@@1216jimmyzlmao ...Snow Chuck l😅
@@1216jimmyzyeah a snow chuck!😂😂 that’s a badass name. 😂😂😂
Yeah
Get it going faster yes.. for sure - it would need to move faster to get in/out of areas in less then a day heh.. I would also consider making the fuel tanks larger - or adding a refueling option to fuel other Diesel vehicles.. Id also stick a decent diesel generator on it - not as part of the existing gear train but a whole separate diesel generator - to provide remote power anywhere you go - add some nice lighting including a couple big telescoping lights to light up the night.. - then probably some kind of arm / boom device for lifting / hauling things up with its own winch.. Then storage for ropes / chains / snatch lines and blocks - cables and other recovery gear.. - maybe add Heating/cooling with a small mini-split unit heatpump - and perhaps a little passenger shack with decent seating... Yea adding all that would make it heavier.. but bonus is it has everything it could need in a one vehicle - kinda like how the Hemet can have everything on it..
Just when you think you can't find another awesome vehicle that I have never seen you come up with something better every single time awesome purchase bro so many possibilities
That thing is a beast I bet you will be able to do all kinds of recoveries with that thing that's awesome
What about that log you picked up in the left track?
They had a few vehicles like that during the oil boom in Wyoming during the late 70's early 80's and yes they went anywhere including over fences so a lot of ranchers up around that area hated them. When you got one stuck in the snow I don't think I need to tell you guys what it would take to get it out.
Good luck with it and I hope it works out for you.
It’s for sure low ground pressure. To bad the frame isn’t long enough for a roll back. That would make a awesome roll back for getting people out of the snow in the mountains
I'm sorry do you think that's not something they could manage to modify?
@@000622477 it would require ALOT not only lengthening the frame but also the drive line the tires/rollers and the tracks
Honestly love the piece of equipment. That 6'x6' area behind the cab with the small grate walls would be a great enclosed area for crew 4 to 6 guys. Just a place to keep crew out of elements and then a flatbed behind it.
Dave sees it immediately:I’ll take it.
This brings back memories of a track beast I used to operate. It was made in Japan I believe, the tracks was rubber, stood about 5.5 feet tall and it had a dump bucket on it. We got it because a job we was on had 4+ feet of pure mud and it was the only thing that could haul out the muck from the track hoes. Thing was a beast and nothing stopped it and the real beauty was the tracks was designed where none of the mud would get under the tracks, so we never had to clean them at night because it would have froze to the ground. You want a serious beast for your job that is what you need and makes this look like a toy by comparison!
Invasive Phragmites seem to be everywhere. They have decimated the Cat Tails. You could tow a wide Roller to flatten stuff. Ball hitch high on the mid deck.
Big D, That's something! I never knew Diesel Dave was a Skeeter Eater 😂....Still waiting to see how you're going to apply this amazing vehicle to your recovery business, after the modification mode of course....keep surprising everyone! 💪🤙🚌🤠
What an Awesome Find for yall. Thats gonna save alot of lives and property. Yall ROCK.
That’s taking tire tracks to a whole new meaning
Some US Army vehicles, like the Scorpion, had tires for roadwheels like this beast. It makes the tracks run quieter and more smoothly than something like a bulldozer that runs steel wheels on steel track.
This is a wicked addition
Its called the Prinoth Panther. We used a ton of them in marshy conditions in brazil and Louisiana. Just contact company they have tons of info
It looks more like a nodwell 320 then a prinoth panther if you look at the tracks but the both look awesome
I'm afraid I have to disagree; I compared Dave's new toy to the prinoth after seeing your post, but it doesn't match up.
It looks similar, but the prinoth uses a steering wheel, while this has twin sticks and the tracks don't have the tank or heavy plant appearance the prinoth has.
I looked up Dave's suggestion of its being a Nodwell 320 and I have to agree with him; the tracks, wheels etc and the overall layout strongly implies nodwell 320 with a modified cab and whatever else it had was stripped in lieu of repurposing
@@johngaytes-ex7nt look up Powerbully 18T and see how that compares to this machine.
Might be a modified Mirk?
@@mistertoad5286 now that you mentioned it it does look like a mirk
There should be a 2 speed output shaft on the transmission. It appears to be an FN-22 long track which has the front drive sprockets for approach angles instead of the track ending at the frontmost tire
One definitely needed mod: air intake snorkel! Water holes can go deeper than one might think... 😜
That's a Mud Puppy Crawler Carrier, typically has a V8 Detroit and weighs 25000 LBS. They were usually mounted with mud pumps fo drilling rigs
Looks awesome, always love tracked vehicles. Can’t wait to see more of it.
Those nodwells are used in alaska on the geophysical crews for oil exploration built by FMC in Canada..unstoppable in the snow
Dave screaming about the bugs had me giggling out loud!! Haha
My face is wet with tears of laughter, I had to rewind multiple times when Dave said to the bugs “get him boys!”
That's one mighty impressive machine Dave! Keep in mind that those tracks are for soft ground, so be careful rolling over rocks or stumps...
That thing is an absolute beast. I didn't seem to even register when it was knocking down trees in a marsh instead of a road. That should work great for your next salt lake recovery.
I use to work in the Alberta Oil fields and I have seen machines like this with tip up, small Derrick drillers on their beds. They were typically used to drill water wells for use with fracking. I'd look in the area of Oil and gas track vehicles.. Its odd cause it sort of looks like a TEREX GENERAL Derrick or crane tracked vehicle. Tracks look VERY similar, but the chassy is too wide. Worth a look, like you said maybe some one took one of them and Franklinstined it.
well, you could always clad it in armor and put a real big gun on it.
Wow 😳 now i know how the big sister Big Bambi looks of bambi from Mats Offroad rescue. I wish you guys a lot of Fun with this beast of a machine.
That machine is what my childhood dreams were made out of...
Dave I've hauled something similar for power companies here in TX and LA. They usually put a boom and bucket to reach power lines in Swamp areas.
Y'all are just having way too much fun! I'm jealous. 🤣
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Looks like a PowerTraxx PT18
Need to make a box for the back that looks like a turtle shell and call it the turtle because it's not going anywhere to fast!
That thing is a beast ! Add a snorkel so the motor can be underwater, and maybe a crane on the back, and a cab with comfy couches for the crew in the middle.
Just imagine how well that would work for clearing land if a dozer blade was added to the front using the winch to raise and lower the blade.
Useless as the tracks would come apart asap. Just belts and bars that break if you sneeze on them. Machine can't push shit, they made as tundra crawlers, load em up and forget slowly ahead on moss and snow
That's the coolest machine!! Floating could only make it cooler. Snorkels, water tight compartments... good score guys!
The editor didnt have to do him like that 💀
Sonic drill rig, maybe? The rig that did some drilling for Parker Schnabel on the show Alaskan Gold or Yukon Gold on the History Channel. The track system looks very similar! The base around the same size (a BBBeast)!!! Its PSI downward force is like 68 lbs Per Square Inch of downward force (after you put like a 10,000 lbs drill rig onto that platform)!!!