@@UltraGamma25 nah, people took CARE of their shit because they wanted it to last. nowadays people don't change oil for 20k kms cause the dealer told them too then they're surprised by engine trouble at 150k..
@@IronBridge1781 Can I ask you a question? Does this machine run on its own? Where is the fuel from it coming from? The comments make it seem like it's just an abandoned machine that just never stopped pumping
I don't know why but there is something admirable yet sad about a machine that has been running for this long... the building is gone, the people who made it are gone, yet it's still chugging along fulfilling it's one and only task... I don't know, maybe I'm weird.
Like Wall-E, 800 years later, still collecting trash and stacking it up on a planet long forgotten... I wonder how long this thing will still be pumping along after humans cease to be?
You’re not weird. Fascinated by these things! My grand dad worked for the Waggoner Brothers Ranch in the 50’s & 60’s. The Triple D. Driving out to his home back then near what was the hamlet of Grayback, TX, in Wilbarger County, we’d drive over lots of low lying rod lines running pumps like these. The most fascinating thing was the big band wheel that had dozens of lines coming off of it to run those things! To a 5 yr old kid, it was huge and loud in that big corrugated metal building! I was mesmerized by the big band going round& round! So cool ! No one lived within a few miles of that place, and at night, we were lulled to sleep by the old gas powered, single cylinder engines that ran the pumps. They made a rapid, irregular pop sound. Ran those wells faithfully 24/7. I Gus they probably ran off the ‘drip gas’ that came out of the well casing running to the tanks. Wonderful sound I can still hear in my mind.
@@paulsawczyc5019 Haha. If this was an old john deer engine, the company would have sent out some goons with sledgehammers to crack it open like a prohibition still.
Had a friend in college, his grandfather gave him 10 oil wells to stay in school. The oil wells produced enough to give him nearly a thousand dollars a day seven days a week. And this was the 1980's. Needless to say, he bought the beer for all of us. Before you go off on this , read my comment below . I am so sorry all, I just stupid didn't know.
I'd hope so, I've been with some who have tons of money, But you are buying lunch or beer...my old boss was like that, had a farm, had started and owned the company for years, at the end sold the company and his share was 25-30 mil. The other boss was nicer and would constantly buy lunch and booze, him I didn't mind paying for. If we went out to lunch and the boss showed up after us he would pay, He was a good guy for that.
Was that $1,000/day all profit or were there maintenance expenses taken out of that? There's a bit of a paradox there as with that kind of cash you can skip out on school. Mathematically, it isn't needed, even with the occasional economic downturn, so long as you aren't too extravagant with your expenses. Yet, school was a part of the deal to have the cash flow from the wells...
@@alidycepaisley3829 If his family was not the operator but just the subsurface land owner then the $1000/day was all his because the operating expense would have been taken out already. He would still have taxes but he would get to take a depletion allowance tax credit from the US taxes it is currently 15% but in the 70's it would have been 23%. Yep oil & gas wells can be money machines and land owners really make out with no risks.
@@FishFind3000 imagine still caring about left and right Liberal progressive comics make much dirtier jokes and movies than conservative traditionalists btw
The fuel to run these was natural gas, or propane that is available at the well head. Ever seen an oil well fire? That's the gas burning, not the oil. m.th-cam.com/video/CglWYuKj0xE/w-d-xo.html
Natural gas and propane are considered gaseous in most circumstances. Only when pressurised to hundreds of psi and cooled does it become a liquid and therefore produces vapor. In it's natural uncompressed state it is not a vapor. So no he does not mean vapor.
@@jamminwrenches860 propane is used as a refrigerant in AC systems in the US, and germany uses a combination of propane and natural gas in refrigerators. As you said, it must be compressed to properly function.
@@Farm_fab (Working in the german AC Industrie) Most of the AC units today run on CO2 (R744). The Propane, Helium, Amonia and other R gases are solowly getting banned because of the danger to the enviroment in case of a leak. Using propan as refrigerant is efficient, but extremly dangerous. There where multiple bad incenets with propane AC units, resulting in giant explosions, big bills and the loss of lives. Today, at least in germany, there are almost no propane AC units left. Most common is CO2 and amonia for industrial use. Cars, refrigerators and other "small" ac units run on R134a or R1234yf. Helum is used in the medical field and for cooling of Super and quantum computers.
It reminds me of a old guy who was the only one left around to run and fix a old Mill grinding base, he was on call until his death at 92, and sadly no one else bothered to learn anything about the Mill so it shut down months after his passing.
mrthebillman ... the moving parts above ground need to be lubed on a regular basis... and some of that is to flush out the dust / dirt so that doesn't cause more wear.
@@mackk123 WTF? Trust me jackass, there was nothing wrong about fighting Hitler, Imperial Japan or Mussolini... turn off your screen, take off the tinfoil hat and read some history, written by historians and not some anonymous douche who changes the story every other week.
@@joeycmore Have you heard of the *Holodomor* enacted by bolsheviks such as GENRIKH YAGODA of the NKVD which killed millions of Ukranians in the 1930's?
Amazing, I ran across this same setup while hunting in PA woods. Had what was left of a Model A truck chassis with everything stripped off of it. I came across one of the things at 1:23 and later came across a "web" of the rods, I followed them back to where the truck frame and engine were. Had no idea this is what it looked like, BTW you can still see vaper coming out of the well tops.
@@bansheemania1692 I'm from Erie, I want to say it was around Scranton, it was about a 4 hour drive and another 3 into the mountains on a logging trail, this was the late 80s and I was a teen, so my memory is a bit washed. it was rough country and you needed a 4x4 to get in, we would set the camper up and stay at least a week. The area was riddled with house sized rocks and caves, how in the world they ever got a 20s -40s truck in those woods was beyond me. It was near 30+ degree slope of shale at the first one I found. HAD to be a hell of a job getting that equipment placed, it prob covered 2000 yards or more.
Now “Made in America” means “maybe 50% of the materials used to manufacture this came from the US, and as a bonus we’ll slap the US flag on the packaging and charge DOUBLE!!!”
They still do but they are specialty things that come at a premium price that most people don't want to pay. I have some new stuff that is even better than my vintage stuff, but I spent a lot on it. Most people don't seem to be aware that some companies still make top quality stuff. Not all companies do though. You can't spend a lot making something when most people don't want to pay for it. People even think the lower end products are too expensive. A lot of people are cheap and a lot of companies had to adapt. Sad but true.
@@fixedfocusmediaofficial Maybe with some things but Expebsive cars die quickly, white goods, certain Black goods too (TVs etc). Shoes don't seem very hardy either. I agree though that you can buy some things at a higher quality but most people get the budget Chinese version and wonder why it dues after a couple years.
@@realMaverickBuckley they’re build to a lifespan acceptable to the consumer. If people wanted fridges that lasted 20 years they’d build them. They don’t because their customers don’t want a 20 year old fridge.
Financial security for the numerous generations that have owned those wells. Little to no environmental impact. Producing a product the market demands. Fantastic!
Probably wouldn't be very interesting. It is a hit and miss engine with roller lifters. It doesn't have a water pump or true radiator, only a big water tank. If they use hard water, it will scale up, but a gallon of white vinegar every year or so takes care of that. Oil "system" is probably a drip oiler, so only need to top off the reservoir. And big, plane bearings on the axle..
@@captainjohnh9405 I don't expect it to be particularly complex I'm just curious to see what it took to keep it in operation for almost a century and if any significant modifications had been made.
Thanks for the opportunity to see this simple and clever pump system! I have enjoyed the things this crude has provided throughout my life. Please continue to create interesting videos.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 let’s not forget how the Chinese don’t really care about American intellectual property rights... My wife has a Facebook page that is dedicated to Chinese vendors that lift images of clothes from local designers and sell cloths that aren’t even close.
Ist there a movie about that related to the light bulb and market agreement between manufacturers to only make lightbulbs that have a small lifetime so they had to be replaced.
After you buy from a brand and their product is garbage, you can move on to another brand and never give them a dime again! Sadly most brands in stores are all owned by the same 2 or 3 companies so it doesn’t really make a difference 😩
The K.I.S.S. principle is the first thing they teach you in engineering school. Or was, 25 years ago. Keep It Simple, Stupid. Unfortunately, these days, that's long gone.
55 yrs ago 13 yrs old I pumped oil leases In Kentucky. Old hit and miss , rod lines to Jones Jack's. One lease had 29 wells From circle/power. Wells 480 ft.t.d. Just under Chattanooga Black shale. Made 100 barrels every 90 days. Had Allstate moped with bicycle peddles. Had several leases I pumped for investors and promoters.
My dad used to have nine powers in Southern Illinois. The wells were about 1000 feet deep. I was in charge of four of the power houses when I was about 21. One was a 30hp superior that ran a vacuum pump that pulled gas from about four leases that ran the three other powers. I had two leases with 25 horse superiors and one lease with a 20hp superior. As the lease gas gave out we busted up the old superior engines to sell the cast-iron. I would give anything to have one of those old engines again. The only problem we had with them was the magneto had to be repaired occasionally and in the winter time the gas line would freeze off. Then I would have to walk the line and thaw it wherever necessary. That was back when the oil business was crude.
When I was a kid in the early 1950's some of the oil fields in our area had this kind of drag-line pumping system. The each line would make a low squeaking noise as they moved back and forth on their supports. At night time it sounded like a thousand ghosts softly crying in the darkness. REAL spooky.
Big fan of these too! My grand dad worked for the Waggoner Brothers in the 50’s-60’s southwest of Electra, TX. Goin to the house they lived in was out in the middle of the oil fields and we’d have to drive over those cables in places. Thought that was so cool ! Loved listening at night to the single cylinder gas engines that powered the pump jacks back then! It was good to read your post!
I’ve never seen a multiple pump like that. If and when these wells run dry the whole setup should be moved to a museum. Perhaps the Oilfield Engine Society should be told of this setup. Edit: it seems this was once a common way to pump oil before the introduction of the modern pump jack. Still, I hope that this setup is preserved as a working exhibit somewhere.
My Dad, Jack Freeman, would of loved your videos. He lived in the Graham area and spent a lot time in the oil field doing drafting work in the 80's & 90's after he retired.
I love your videos! Thanks for documenting some of the last of these. I saw a lease in the mid 1990s near Avant, Oklahoma that had several rod line pumps. Haven't seen any since.
It’s beautiful. Pumping oil so efficiently and elegantly; I could watch it for a long time. Also notice the surrounding ecosystem, nothing is dying of cancer, nothing is wrong with this natural resource that we as a nation need fir our survival and security,
What few people today realize is how smart, creative and inventive people who lived long ago were. The technological knowledge base that has been built over time makes the earlier people smarter and more resourceful because they had to create more with less!
Always been interested in the old west, industrial revolution and early 20th century booms. Wish we were able to save so much from going out of country, but technology definitely didn't help. Cheers to America, and the hardworking men who made it happen.
Something similar was used here in Sweden, in the late 18th century and into the 19th century. But here water wheels and wooden rods were used that were joined together, in long distances through the forest to run smithies and sawmills.
*THE definition of built to last.* Plus, this video is proof the oil and gas industry is not killing the planet. Nature is flourishing all around this thing without difficulty. Also, if the apocalypse begins, rally here and build walls fast! You'll have electricity and can use that to have electric fencing in time as well as heat during the winter.
Had one like this in Kern County on a City Services Lease purchased by Occidental Petroleum in the 80s. It flowed from pumping units, down wooden troughs tank farm.
Used to work in the Kern oilfields, North of Oildale. This is true. The lease I worked at they would flow the oil down the troughs into a creek bed and it flowed downhill to a collection area, I’m guessing they did it in the early 1900’s at this location. Used to walk in the creek bed and could uncover the very old soil soaked soil.
My grandparents moved into their house in the mid 50’s that had a Fedders window unit air conditioner. My grandmother passed away in 2004. We went to clean the house and plugged in the AC and it fired right up and cooled immediately. That amazed me and everything was built that way back in the day.
@@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU why would a giant corporation, promote liberal views, liberals dont like giant corporations, dont det that confused with modern democrats, its the conservatives who have always been for big buisness.
@@flyguyphil7247 it’s just a thing they do get public favor and more importantly, so they cover their ass while they bribe politicians to make the market even more restricted
This video made me go outside and hug my 1983 Mercedes 300 turbo diesel. 305k miles, looking a bit banged up, but still purrs and loves the open road at 85 mph. No smoke, either... 🌷
There's something peaceful about watching a nearly century old piece of machinery still doing it's job, 24/7, rain or shine, off, far away from people, almost 100 years after it was first fired up.
Thanks! I thought of one of these I saw in Oklahoma as a kid and thought I would never see one again! Wow!, 👍👍👍 They work great on shallow oil wells.Engine is a Fairbanks- Morse 503 or 739. I took care of these in west Texas for 32 years but they were deep wells and used a big pumping unit. Engines run off the well’s own natural gas. Someone has to check them everyday- me, the “pumper”.
@@raymondsimpson7433 sigh.. I wish I lived in Tyler Co.. at least you have hills! I hunt in Saratoga. I will have to look for that. Thanks for the heads up!
People watching have no understanding what the are watching taking place. There are a hand full that might really appreciate a narration explaining. Many thanks for your time
That is such an amazing system. Especially for 1930. The fact its pumping oil makes it even better. I'm sure if water was as valuable back then as oil, we would see some crazy contraption like this, purpose built for it but that wasn't the case.
lol "older is better!" yeah nah this is reliable and simple but the output is nothing like what we have today. just because it uses old tech doesn't make it "classically great". I admire the old style machines though.
@@craigfdavis Oh I am sure modern technology is producing more. I am just curious how much difference there is in efficiency. We tend to make things more complicated, bigger and more powerful, but there is a threshold when it is too much. Agricultural equipment is a great example for that. They went too far with that one.
@@oBseSsIoNPC I agree. The production output can skyrocket, but with the farm equipment example, sometimes we just need a reliable tractor. Depends on user needs, I suppose.
Christ they made shit to last forever back then.... why? Because their lives literally depended on it.... we have a LOT to learn from these brilliant men!! Great vid, ty
When I used to go visit my great-grandfather in Kentucky ran a few lease locations for people and then replace the pipe when the time came. One of these lease locations had a machine He called round and round It was solid cable hooked to three independent pipe welded oil units that would pump out the oil basin for the day in under 15 minutes till it needed refilled. They were all hooked to hard solid cable that pulled them to pump. This was up till mid 2000's then he officially retired. It was cool to witness the old school way
And I thought finding one of the old pumps in North Dakota was a cool find, clacking away perpetually... This was a rather ingenious design and it's cool that it's still operating (much less producing) in the modern age. Thanks for sharing this
Is it possible to get access to this property? I'm assuming you probably know the landowner. I am in Central OK and would like to photograph and video any rodline systems that I can find before they disappear. I haven't had a chance to go through all of your videos but it sounds like this is the only surviving one you know of, correct? Just let me know; I'd be interested in reaching out to the landowner or the well operator and seeing these. Thank you!
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Im sure we can modernize it to make it last 4 months instead of 100 years
Great call.
the iPump Pro Max
probebly just not enough oil for it to be worth it
Put a bunch of emissions control on it it'll break down in 10 minutes
yer send it to china they will shorten its lifespan.
Watching that central radial hub just pluggin' away near a century on is glorious.
Things were built to last back then
American Pride
So many questions. Thanks for posting this great reminder video.
@@UltraGamma25 nah, people took CARE of their shit because they wanted it to last. nowadays people don't change oil for 20k kms cause the dealer told them too then they're surprised by engine trouble at 150k..
@@0xsergy That's what I just said. You just want to pick a fight for no reason.
@@UltraGamma25 you said things were built to last, that's why i replied.
I don't know why this is in my recommendations but I love anything mechanical that still works
Good to see another vw fan on the platform
Same here!
I think you just answered your own question
Yeah I guess we both hate GM products!
Dont look at anything fiat thats 5 years old then.
you know something is well lubricated when theres a 10ft puddle of grease under it
you take some and you give back some.
Its oil from the oil well. Some of it leaks nomater what.
@@greenlawnfarm5827 the engine is not directly on a well
@@imchris5000 But you can see all the oil where the wells are.
@@greenlawnfarm5827 but can you see the bullwheel and rod holders all have lakes of grease no where near the wells? they were well oiled machines
The building has disintegrated and the machine still works.
These were enclosed?
@@skystryker2300 Well it isn’t normal for a working engine to just be outside for all the weather to get to it.
Lmao. Derp
@@IronBridge1781 Can I ask you a question? Does this machine run on its own? Where is the fuel from it coming from? The comments make it seem like it's just an abandoned machine that just never stopped pumping
@ranchofundo this is a natural gas pump if I’m not mistaken. It’s running off of the natural gas that the well itself produces.
this is the kind of thing that men will literally gather their friends for and drink beer while staring/talking about it
Yep
Sitting on milk crates.
Pops another cold one: yep
Well look at it, its fuckin art
@@max0390rip agreed. I'm grabbing another beer
I don't know why but there is something admirable yet sad about a machine that has been running for this long... the building is gone, the people who made it are gone, yet it's still chugging along fulfilling it's one and only task... I don't know, maybe I'm weird.
Like Wall-E, 800 years later, still collecting trash and stacking it up on a planet long forgotten...
I wonder how long this thing will still be pumping along after humans cease to be?
Nothing weird in your comment, just accepting the inevitable reality of human mortality.
Make sure you will be around forever too. Trust in Jesus
You’re not weird.
Fascinated by these things! My grand dad worked for the Waggoner Brothers Ranch in the 50’s & 60’s. The Triple D.
Driving out to his home back then near what was the hamlet of Grayback, TX, in Wilbarger County, we’d drive over lots of low lying rod lines running pumps like these. The most fascinating thing was the big band wheel that had dozens of lines coming off of it to run those things! To a 5 yr old kid, it was huge and loud in that big corrugated metal building! I was mesmerized by the big band going round& round! So cool !
No one lived within a few miles of that place, and at night, we were lulled to sleep by the old gas powered, single cylinder engines that ran the pumps. They made a rapid, irregular pop sound. Ran those wells faithfully 24/7. I Gus they probably ran off the ‘drip gas’ that came out of the well casing running to the tanks. Wonderful sound I can still hear in my mind.
Perfect example of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
And for God's sake - don't computerize it!
@@paulsawczyc5019 Haha. If this was an old john deer engine, the company would have sent out some goons with sledgehammers to crack it open like a prohibition still.
@@paulsawczyc5019 wtf, how would you computerize this? That makes no sense
@@paulsawczyc5019 it needs facebook integration and a remote killswitch (also known as DRM).
That was exactly what I was going to post. If anyone touches that it's fooked.
Love watching old machines like this work. It's like poetry in steel.
That's like 3 generations of human life that pump has outlived
And I love the sound too. I could very comfortably fall asleep under a tree hearing that putt putt sound.
@Berzerker God After deep consideration I have decided to stick with the "Oil bath pump system" for now.
Had a friend in college, his grandfather gave him 10 oil wells to stay in school. The oil wells produced enough to give him nearly a thousand dollars a day seven days a week. And this was the 1980's. Needless to say, he bought the beer for all of us. Before you go off on this , read my comment below . I am so sorry all, I just stupid didn't know.
Okay, so $365,000 per year. Not bad for not lifting a finger.
I'd hope so, I've been with some who have tons of money, But you are buying lunch or beer...my old boss was like that, had a farm, had started and owned the company for years, at the end sold the company and his share was 25-30 mil. The other boss was nicer and would constantly buy lunch and booze, him I didn't mind paying for. If we went out to lunch and the boss showed up after us he would pay, He was a good guy for that.
@@chuckvan1568 yeah some of these oil wells you'd be better off buying a 30 year old used car.
Was that $1,000/day all profit or were there maintenance expenses taken out of that?
There's a bit of a paradox there as with that kind of cash you can skip out on school. Mathematically, it isn't needed, even with the occasional economic downturn, so long as you aren't too extravagant with your expenses. Yet, school was a part of the deal to have the cash flow from the wells...
@@alidycepaisley3829 If his family was not the operator but just the subsurface land owner then the $1000/day was all his because the operating expense would have been taken out already. He would still have taxes but he would get to take a depletion allowance tax credit from the US taxes it is currently 15% but in the 70's it would have been 23%. Yep oil & gas wells can be money machines and land owners really make out with no risks.
My grandfather mentioned riding on the pushrods as a kid.
Your grandma rode a few rods too.
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Imao, people gonna get butthurt about your hilarious joke
@@SMGJohn the liberals are everywhere! peoples feelings just can’t take it!
@@Sphere723 bruhhhhhhhhh
@@FishFind3000 imagine still caring about left and right
Liberal progressive comics make much dirtier jokes and movies than conservative traditionalists btw
I actually live near this particular one which is near Oil City, Oklahoma. I’m still surprised that it still works.
I was actually curious if it was still in operation.
Oil pumps ?
So...is it oil or gas?
Hi from the original Oil City Pal
@@willybones3890 gas is just refined from oil. You don't pump gas straight out of the ground
These were fueled from the well, so there wasn't a need to bring in fuel for the engine.
The fuel to run these was natural gas, or propane that is available at the well head. Ever seen an oil well fire? That's the gas burning, not the oil.
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@@Farm_fab you mean vapors?
Natural gas and propane are considered gaseous in most circumstances. Only when pressurised to hundreds of psi and cooled does it become a liquid and therefore produces vapor. In it's natural uncompressed state it is not a vapor. So no he does not mean vapor.
@@jamminwrenches860 propane is used as a refrigerant in AC systems in the US, and germany uses a combination of propane and natural gas in refrigerators. As you said, it must be compressed to properly function.
@@Farm_fab (Working in the german AC Industrie) Most of the AC units today run on CO2 (R744). The Propane, Helium, Amonia and other R gases are solowly getting banned because of the danger to the enviroment in case of a leak. Using propan as refrigerant is efficient, but extremly dangerous. There where multiple bad incenets with propane AC units, resulting in giant explosions, big bills and the loss of lives.
Today, at least in germany, there are almost no propane AC units left. Most common is CO2 and amonia for industrial use. Cars, refrigerators and other "small" ac units run on R134a or R1234yf.
Helum is used in the medical field and for cooling of Super and quantum computers.
It reminds me of a old guy who was the only one left around to run and fix a old Mill grinding base, he was on call until his death at 92, and sadly no one else bothered to learn anything about the Mill so it shut down months after his passing.
I imagine it's always well oiled.
🤣
mrthebillman
... the moving parts above ground need to be lubed on a regular basis... and some of that is to flush out the dust / dirt so that doesn't cause more wear.
Until the well runs dry, anyway. Meanwhile, have you seen what's happening to the climate lately?
😆 YOU MADE DAY 🏆
@@rickdworsky6457 YEAH HENNY PENNY, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE SPRING TIME ! NOW GO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE SAHARA DESERT !
I love when YT surprises me with gems like this.
This is industrial and sublime simultaneously.
Based on all the overgrowth, I'd say that qualifies as green technology.
Reminds me of work. Everything is 50 years old and parts are either made inhouse or found in Germany.
We fought the wrong people in WWii
Friday, March 24, *1933* _international bankers_ *declared war* on Germany.
You work at Lake City Ammunition too? :p
@@mackk123 WTF? Trust me jackass, there was nothing wrong about fighting Hitler, Imperial Japan or Mussolini... turn off your screen, take off the tinfoil hat and read some history, written by historians and not some anonymous douche who changes the story every other week.
@@joeycmore Have you heard of the *Holodomor* enacted by bolsheviks such as GENRIKH YAGODA of the NKVD which killed millions of Ukranians in the 1930's?
@@joeycmore also, search up the *1949 Memoirs of Bruno Baum*
“Oil that is..black gold...Texas Tea..”
Jed Clampitt would agree!!
Clampit Jed !
Next thing ya know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire!
@@brantgarratt9873 ya gotta move to beverly (hills that is ;p)
Je’d Clampitt
Amazing, I ran across this same setup while hunting in PA woods.
Had what was left of a Model A truck chassis with everything stripped off of it.
I came across one of the things at 1:23 and later came across a "web" of the rods, I followed them back to where the truck frame and engine were.
Had no idea this is what it looked like, BTW you can still see vaper coming out of the well tops.
We're about in pa...I'm Lackawanna county
@@bansheemania1692 I'm from Erie, I want to say it was around Scranton, it was about a 4 hour drive and another 3 into the mountains on a logging trail, this was the late 80s and I was a teen, so my memory is a bit washed. it was rough country and you needed a 4x4 to get in, we would set the camper up and stay at least a week.
The area was riddled with house sized rocks and caves, how in the world they ever got a 20s -40s truck in those woods was beyond me. It was near 30+ degree slope of shale at the first one I found. HAD to be a hell of a job getting that equipment placed, it prob covered 2000 yards or more.
A relic of the good old days when "made in America" really meant something.
Very true
Now “Made in America” means “maybe 50% of the materials used to manufacture this came from the US, and as a bonus we’ll slap the US flag on the packaging and charge DOUBLE!!!”
(Seriously, look up the legal requirements to label your product “made in America”, it’s ridiculous)
Back in the days when they used to build shit to last.
They still do but they are specialty things that come at a premium price that most people don't want to pay. I have some new stuff that is even better than my vintage stuff, but I spent a lot on it. Most people don't seem to be aware that some companies still make top quality stuff. Not all companies do though. You can't spend a lot making something when most people don't want to pay for it. People even think the lower end products are too expensive. A lot of people are cheap and a lot of companies had to adapt. Sad but true.
@@fixedfocusmediaofficial Maybe with some things but Expebsive cars die quickly, white goods, certain Black goods too (TVs etc).
Shoes don't seem very hardy either.
I agree though that you can buy some things at a higher quality but most people get the budget Chinese version and wonder why it dues after a couple years.
@@Fullmetalseagul the lucky ones that either had the maintenance or parts that just came together perfectly
@@realMaverickBuckley they’re build to a lifespan acceptable to the consumer. If people wanted fridges that lasted 20 years they’d build them. They don’t because their customers don’t want a 20 year old fridge.
Because it was built in 🇺🇸
Financial security for the numerous generations that have owned those wells. Little to no environmental impact. Producing a product the market demands. Fantastic!
I think this has been my favorite thing I’ve seen I TH-cam all day.
I'd be really interested to see a maintenance log for this thing.
Probably wouldn't be very interesting. It is a hit and miss engine with roller lifters. It doesn't have a water pump or true radiator, only a big water tank. If they use hard water, it will scale up, but a gallon of white vinegar every year or so takes care of that. Oil "system" is probably a drip oiler, so only need to top off the reservoir. And big, plane bearings on the axle..
@@captainjohnh9405 I don't expect it to be particularly complex I'm just curious to see what it took to keep it in operation for almost a century and if any significant modifications had been made.
The cables are running over the only logs it's ever known.
Thanks for the opportunity to see this simple and clever pump system! I have enjoyed the things this crude has provided throughout my life.
Please continue to create interesting videos.
Amazing. I almost got a full year out of a Chinese made toaster once.
It doesn’t count when you only eat toast twice a year.
Racists aren't Patriots
You really have to try, to make a toaster that breaks in 1 year.
@@rickdworsky6457
If I was racist, I wouldn't eat Chinese food... simply pointing out that Chinese goods suck has nothing to do with racism.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 let’s not forget how the Chinese don’t really care about American intellectual property rights...
My wife has a Facebook page that is dedicated to Chinese vendors that lift images of clothes from local designers and sell cloths that aren’t even close.
MY MOM'S STILL PUMPING IN 2021 AT 90 6/7/30 THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE !
Inside voices please
Saying your mom is "still pumping" is an unfortunate choice of words
@@skeetsmcgrew3282 you heard the man, his mom is still pumping
Yeah, i know. Tell her i said hi. And she still owes me 50 from last time ;)
Oh my
Back in the days when they made stuff that can be repaired
Feels like im in a post apocalyptic video game and just restored power to an "ancient" machine
And kind of like playing Myst or Riven!
@@tombey12 man, that is going back
Fallout or Metro be like
Peak oil is already here, so coming to a city near you.
na son you just discovered a machine thats always been running
it's probably still running off the oil it's pumping and someone forgot to turn it off.
It would be so hilarious and still damn great.
Not quite the oil. It’s the gasses that come off the well.
@@kayvalencia2223 either would not surprise me.
You know the people/person who invented that thing is damn proud
They’re dead. 😂
Damn dead....
I am 44 years old, my grandpa (RIP) was a teen when this thing was working. Insane.
This just shows you companies can build stuff to last almost forever. They don't because there's no $$$$ in it.
They could make things that last a life time but your right money is the problem
You can trade performance for reliability - but most want performance, not just the manufacturers, customers, too.
Ist there a movie about that related to the light bulb and market agreement between manufacturers to only make lightbulbs that have a small lifetime so they had to be replaced.
After you buy from a brand and their product is garbage, you can move on to another brand and never give them a dime again!
Sadly most brands in stores are all owned by the same 2 or 3 companies so it doesn’t really make a difference 😩
Sometimes machines that lack complexity are the most reliable.
Yup
It's simple mathematics, as far as I'm concerned.
The less complex they are, the less things there are that can go wrong.
No computer chips or boards to go bad. But back then they designed things to last decades.
The K.I.S.S. principle is the first thing they teach you in engineering school. Or was, 25 years ago.
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Unfortunately, these days, that's long gone.
55 yrs ago 13 yrs old I pumped oil leases
In Kentucky. Old hit and miss , rod lines to Jones Jack's. One lease had 29 wells
From circle/power. Wells 480 ft.t.d.
Just under Chattanooga Black shale.
Made 100 barrels every 90 days. Had
Allstate moped with bicycle peddles.
Had several leases I pumped for investors and promoters.
Keep the random footage coming thank you.
My dad used to have nine powers in Southern Illinois. The wells were about 1000 feet deep. I was in charge of four of the power houses when I was about 21. One was a 30hp superior that ran a vacuum pump that pulled gas from about four leases that ran the three other powers. I had two leases with 25 horse superiors and one lease with a 20hp superior. As the lease gas gave out we busted up the old superior engines to sell the cast-iron. I would give anything to have one of those old engines again. The only problem we had with them was the magneto had to be repaired occasionally and in the winter time the gas line would freeze off. Then I would have to walk the line and thaw it wherever necessary. That was back when the oil business was crude.
That is absolutely nuts. I wonder how many times each pump head has cycled. How much oil this unit has pumped out of the ground.
(Donald Trump voice)
Biiiillions and Biillions of gallons, weve got the best machines, theyre really fantastic
5 dollars.
I’d say at least 3
@@ascendingmaster3510 I was thinking more like 5 but what do I know
Heh, low ballers. At least 15 !
Worked the oilfield all over the world. This gives me a woody! Thanks for sharing such a unique piece of history.
When I was a kid in the early 1950's some of the oil fields in our area had this kind of drag-line pumping system. The each line would make a low squeaking noise as they moved back and forth on their supports. At night time it sounded like a thousand ghosts softly crying in the darkness. REAL spooky.
Big fan of these too! My grand dad worked for the Waggoner Brothers in the 50’s-60’s southwest of Electra, TX. Goin to the house they lived in was out in the middle of the oil fields and we’d have to drive over those cables in places. Thought that was so cool ! Loved listening at night to the single cylinder gas engines that powered the pump jacks back then! It was good to read your post!
1930's and still working? Well l know were that wasn't built.
Like really, can’t find much that last longer then 1 year.
Id say it was engineered to work not to fail, regardless of where it was bulit
@@krzysiekv12 it indeed matters where things were built. Some countries are better than others at manufacturing.
@@mackk123 like where usa and germany 🤣
@Mick Mack Holy fuck. It's true. Uneducated 'merikuhns. What you "wrote" there is illegible.
They had some of these in the east texas field. the ones i knew about were in the kilgore area. still there? couldn't say.
What road was it on I'm headed that way in a couple of weeks I'll check and see while I'm there
I’ve never seen a multiple pump like that. If and when these wells run dry the whole setup should be moved to a museum. Perhaps the Oilfield Engine Society should be told of this setup. Edit: it seems this was once a common way to pump oil before the introduction of the modern pump jack. Still, I hope that this setup is preserved as a working exhibit somewhere.
My Dad, Jack Freeman, would of loved your videos. He lived in the Graham area and spent a lot time in the oil field doing drafting work in the 80's & 90's after he retired.
Incredible, wow. Hats off to the guys/girls that took the time to recondition this old grunt back to life.
Thank you for sharing.
I suspect it's been serviced it's whole life, just not the " jiffy lube" way we think of nowadays.
I love your videos! Thanks for documenting some of the last of these. I saw a lease in the mid 1990s near Avant, Oklahoma that had several rod line pumps. Haven't seen any since.
It’s beautiful. Pumping oil so efficiently and elegantly; I could watch it for a long time. Also notice the surrounding ecosystem, nothing is dying of cancer, nothing is wrong with this natural resource that we as a nation need fir our survival and security,
Tell that to AOC...
We need less of AOC, RESIDENT BIDEN, PELOSI.
Oil City Ontario Canada has some of these too. Very cool and cool old school.
Oil city Louisiana has 1 left
That spiderweb of cables is amazing.
if I was working there I'd grab a chair and put it on top of the main gearbox shaft so it rocks me to sleep on break
Ok Mr Garrison.
@@madsnoop7 I don't think he would get this joke but I do
@@dougrogan379 🤣
What few people today realize is how smart, creative and inventive people who lived long ago were. The technological knowledge base that has been built over time makes the earlier people smarter and more resourceful because they had to create more with less!
Exactly. We're a lot dumber than those people were.
Always been interested in the old west, industrial revolution and early 20th century booms. Wish we were able to save so much from going out of country, but technology definitely didn't help. Cheers to America, and the hardworking men who made it happen.
TH-cam recommends the oddest things sometimes.
Yet here we are.
We don’t make them like they used to do.
Sometimes for the better.
But I think this time. This is build better then anything that came after it.
Built to cause human extinction. Great job.
@@rickdworsky6457 yes, that’s true. But it’s engineered to last. Which we can’t say for most things build today.
That is the smartest thing I ever saw anybody do about anything ever.
Dust Bowl called, they want their pump back.
Farming caused the dust bowl, not oil extraction.
@@mwalako I meant it was from the era. not everything is a me 2 moment.
I got the Beverly Hillbillies going in my head while watching this.
Black gold! Texas T
Y'all come back now, ya' hear?
You must be a millennial
Everyone who thinks of oil wells thinks of some dumbass hillbilly’s.
Great to see it still running!
Thanks for posting!
This is the type of stuff I want in my recommend 👍
Something similar was used here in Sweden, in the late 18th century and into the 19th century.
But here water wheels and wooden rods were used that were joined together,
in long distances through the forest to run smithies and sawmills.
there is a magazine called lowtechmagazine. See website. There is a mutipage article on these power transmission devises.
thats a very cool setup. really slick how its all connected to one engine
I wish the rest of the 1930's were still working...
Don’t worry, if we keep getting stimulus checks we’ll relapse into the Great Depression again
@@ShmeegleSon which would be better than Weimar Republic.
*THE definition of built to last.*
Plus, this video is proof the oil and gas industry is not killing the planet. Nature is flourishing all around this thing without difficulty.
Also, if the apocalypse begins, rally here and build walls fast! You'll have electricity and can use that to have electric fencing in time as well as heat during the winter.
And you thought Honda's were good
I coulda used one of these oil wells to feed my MDX...
Don’t make me swap my civic again.
@@lordyoseph53 oh, though the guy was talking about bikes :v
I was like: yeah honda and yamaha da the best :v
Plot twist: It is a honda motor, that's why it's still running!!
My central power goes BWAHHHHHHHHHHH
Can’t get enough of it, got to get one in my backyard. Thanks for the post.
Had one like this in Kern County on a City Services Lease purchased by Occidental Petroleum in the 80s. It flowed from pumping units, down wooden troughs tank farm.
Used to work in the Kern oilfields, North of Oildale. This is true. The lease I worked at they would flow the oil down the troughs into a creek bed and it flowed downhill to a collection area, I’m guessing they did it in the early 1900’s at this location. Used to walk in the creek bed and could uncover the very old soil soaked soil.
That would be a site to see, and I mean that in a good way!
Best video of how the pump jack works. All the way from the engine to the well. 👍
Last one of these I saw operating was in Tulita Texas in the late 70s.
My grandparents moved into their house in the mid 50’s that had a Fedders window unit air conditioner. My grandmother passed away in 2004. We went to clean the house and plugged in the AC and it fired right up and cooled immediately. That amazed me and everything was built that way back in the day.
"They don't make em like they used to"
- Old men who spit in public
* Bob Seger's "Like A Rock" plays in the background *
That theoretical man is right though. I fucking hate modern corporations. All they do is spew liberal propaganda and create shitty products.
@@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU why would a giant corporation, promote liberal views, liberals dont like giant corporations, dont det that confused with modern democrats, its the conservatives who have always been for big buisness.
@@flyguyphil7247 it’s just a thing they do get public favor and more importantly, so they cover their ass while they bribe politicians to make the market even more restricted
@@notyetdeleted6319 I think your confusing liberals with democrats
This video made me go outside and hug my 1983 Mercedes 300 turbo diesel. 305k miles, looking a bit banged up, but still purrs and loves the open road at 85 mph. No smoke, either... 🌷
I wonder if this active central powered oil pumping line is still in operation
Same
Well if it is, then don't tell Biden..........he wants to shut down ALL....OIL.... ANYTHING ! ! !
@@bigdogbob845 Oh my! What will we do, without our precious oil?
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Pay out the nose to another country again yay, more war for oil!
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Well good luck flying across the country or the ocean in your Shiny New Electric Passenger Jet !
There's something peaceful about watching a nearly century old piece of machinery still doing it's job, 24/7, rain or shine, off, far away from people, almost 100 years after it was first fired up.
This is the kind of thing the aliens will be scratching their heads looking at... after they destroy us of course.
ever read "The Screwfly Solution"? 😉
@@Danny_Boel what does sterile insect technique have to do with alien anthropology
As an alien I do not understand this at all. What is it even doing? Is its job to make power or to take power, or both? WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!
@@dracovenit9549 Oh great! we've been conquered by the Pakleds...
The oil... they understand energy.
So cool still working. Still probably running on well gas.
I lived on a lease with one of these in 1965 9 miles west of Iraan Texas!
Thanks! I thought of one of these I saw in Oklahoma as a kid and thought I would never see one again! Wow!, 👍👍👍 They work great on shallow oil wells.Engine is a Fairbanks- Morse 503 or 739. I took care of these in west Texas for 32 years but they were deep wells and used a big pumping unit. Engines run off the well’s own natural gas. Someone has to check them everyday- me, the “pumper”.
Lol when I was younger I got to see a set-up like this in Batson Texas with the wooden oil storage tanks lol
Hey.. I’m in Hardin County!
@@mcschneiveoutdoors3681 lol I'm in Tyler County , you know Saratoga had museum with some old oil field stuff in it
@@raymondsimpson7433 sigh.. I wish I lived in Tyler Co.. at least you have hills!
I hunt in Saratoga. I will have to look for that. Thanks for the heads up!
Really mesmerizing. So glad you posted this! Thanks!
Thank You
"Texas Tea"
People watching have no understanding what the are watching taking place. There are a hand full that might really appreciate a narration explaining. Many thanks for your time
Never knew this existed. Nifty.
I thought I'd seen some old wells... Now I've seen an old well.
Reminds me of The Dark Tower with all of the old machinery from ‘before the world moved on’. Awesome and kind of creepy.
That is such an amazing system. Especially for 1930. The fact its pumping oil makes it even better. I'm sure if water was as valuable back then as oil, we would see some crazy contraption like this, purpose built for it but that wasn't the case.
Back when they built things to last 100 years.
My house turns 120 next year.
it just SOUNDS like the 1930s i love it
I’d love to have that in my living room
same, i could watch it go all day
pretty ingenious setup actually
appears to be a lot less complicated than the machines we use nowadays. Requiring a lot more maintenance, but producing how much more?
Almost 100x more efficient
a lot more
lol "older is better!" yeah nah this is reliable and simple but the output is nothing like what we have today. just because it uses old tech doesn't make it "classically great". I admire the old style machines though.
@@craigfdavis Oh I am sure modern technology is producing more. I am just curious how much difference there is in efficiency. We tend to make things more complicated, bigger and more powerful, but there is a threshold when it is too much. Agricultural equipment is a great example for that. They went too far with that one.
@@oBseSsIoNPC I agree. The production output can skyrocket, but with the farm equipment example, sometimes we just need a reliable tractor. Depends on user needs, I suppose.
That is so cool!!! Looks like it works just as well as when it was first installed
Christ they made shit to last forever back then.... why? Because their lives literally depended on it.... we have a LOT to learn from these brilliant men!! Great vid, ty
Thank you for share, amazing to watch, 1 engine can pull up to 7 pumps 👍👍.
When I used to go visit my great-grandfather in Kentucky ran a few lease locations for people and then replace the pipe when the time came. One of these lease locations had a machine He called round and round It was solid cable hooked to three independent pipe welded oil units that would pump out the oil basin for the day in under 15 minutes till it needed refilled. They were all hooked to hard solid cable that pulled them to pump. This was up till mid 2000's then he officially retired. It was cool to witness the old school way
And I thought finding one of the old pumps in North Dakota was a cool find, clacking away perpetually... This was a rather ingenious design and it's cool that it's still operating (much less producing) in the modern age. Thanks for sharing this
Is it possible to get access to this property? I'm assuming you probably know the landowner. I am in Central OK and would like to photograph and video any rodline systems that I can find before they disappear. I haven't had a chance to go through all of your videos but it sounds like this is the only surviving one you know of, correct? Just let me know; I'd be interested in reaching out to the landowner or the well operator and seeing these. Thank you!
Did you get some photos?
I love seeing some of the old functional pumps while driving down country roads here in Oklahoma. I'm in the Bartlesville AREA.
@Mr. Davenport No friggin idea. That's a good ways away. I know that Covid hit Joplin pretty hard though.
@Mr. Davenport Missouri. You asked about Webb City, that's pretty close to Joplin.
@Mr. Davenport Oh I'm sorry. I've mostly lived in the Okmulgee area. Moved around here a year or so ago.
Reminds me of my ex wife - old, noisy, and can work 10 rods at a time
They dont build them like they used to.
Bahahahahahahaha! @manomeans you made my night
God love her !
Best response to anything ever.
I know her... super greasy too.
What a crazy setup 🤯