Just a quick suggestion: Don’t waste your time and money trying to get the small engines going. They’re toast! I would adapt each piece of equipment to receive hydraulic lines from the mini excavator. Instead.

Y'all definitely got three project pieces there but they will be a big help over just physically doing the trackwork. Now it will be physical with some mechanical help trackwork. The ballast vibrator is the best tool out of the bunch as far as helpful. It's really hard to get ballast packed under and around the ties by hand. It takes an enormous amount of time and energy to do so. Nice old equipment. Really neat that y'all are going to fix and use this stuff. I always like seeing older equipment brought back to working order and put back to work instead of put on display and not utilized for it's intended purpose. Good video. Stay safe. -Wil 👍

Hope its possible to shoot some video of the equipment being refurbished. That would be very interesting indeed.

I wish you the best of luck with the new equipment.

Echoing earlier suggestions: replace the engines, concentrate on getting the hydraulic selector valves and cylinders operational. Save the engine restoration for your old age hobby. Or scrap.

It just goes to show one man's rusty old scrap is another man's classroom adventure. When does class start? God Speed ETR!

It will be neat to see these old pieces live again!

The first one looks like a Kohler engine, the second looks like a Wisconsin. Find a small engine guy with gray hair and they will get them going. When you shut them down, be sure to spin the engine until you feel it on the compression stroke, that way both valves are closed. Moisture can get in through the muffler and make the exhaust valve stick open. I wish I was closer to get those babies running.

Hopefully an old rail sub will recognize your new equipment and explain its proper use. Good luck getting the equipment to function.

That should be fun to restore and make work.

I love the ‘old’ stuff. Getting it to work will be interesting. Finding parts for those engines will be difficult I believe. It’ll be really interesting.

Nice haul. Now call Mustie1 to get those old motors running again.

It’s Amazing how well Technology has kept up in the Railroad Industry. So much Mechanization for the many jobs previously done by humans. 👍

Since you got those so cheap, I'd take off the engines and replace them with Harbor Freight units. They are reliable, cheap, and start every time. I wish you were closer to me, I work on and fix up stuff like that all the time, I would help get it all working.

Some lovely rainy day projects to keep the needle scaler and then small engine repair bench going. Hope any hydraulic issues are short and off the shelf to replace!

@edtompkins865

2 жыл бұрын

The hydraulics will probably be the easy part. Hopefully then engines all run. Worst case would be having to replace one of those as it will make them less of a bargain!

I’m pretty skeptical about the tamper and jack. Not only are they in bad shape, but I think they are likely poor at their job when in shape. But that tie extractor…it looks to be in better shape. Hydraulic lines and valves are easy to replace. Repowering it with a new pump is easy too. And it will save a ton of time and backbreaking work if it works. I’d focus on it.

Thatll be cool to see operating !

Best of luck on the refurbishment of your new equipment. Love the moment of realization on how you were filming. LOL! Keep up the great work.

Very informative ...

Dad at White Castle? LoL...

Looks like you got a couple free rat nests with those. Gonna take some work to get those antiques running reliably and fully functional I'm betting.

Good to see you're investing in more rail and tie equipment, but be careful when buying some of these used equipment. Not any good if you spend more in fixing than in actual use, especially when on a tight budget. Be safe guys!

jeez all that equipment looks ancient i imagine this is going to require a lot of maintenance to get those working again.

Great suggestion from David P.

Not sure if it is just me but when he switches from vertical to horizontal camera position My screen will not fill up as normal and the image is small.

@dock_yard1149

2 жыл бұрын

same

Like the old catsup commercial, "ANTICIPATION, ANTICIPAAAAATION, is MAKING ME WAIT. KEEPIN ME WAAAAAAAAAAITIN"

@gsigs

2 жыл бұрын

"Anticipation" is a song by Carly Simon. They used it in the commercial.

Totally love watching you guys bring old stuff back alive. I'm no gear head.but you guys could start anything. just cool.

Cool. I will be looking forward to the next video. I look forward to all your videos. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️

Always happy to see you guys post new content; thanks for keep it interesting ETR.

You are like the KZread channel Diesel Creek he is always fixing old and broken equipment

It is interesting watching you guys rehab the East Terminal Railway. I appreciate seeing railway services preserved. I'm sad that CSX began removing the rails into Bedford, Indiana a little over a week ago.

Congratulations on getting some nice track equipment.Once those machines are overhauled.It will make your jobs alot easier for maintaining the ETR.Keep up the great work on railroad.

Nice haul, and hopefully some great bargains. I noted that at least one of the engines didn't even have a recoil starter! That takes me back in time!

I will support you! Just got my mouse pad and T-shirt! The rest is up to you and the rest of your supporters. You are doing something all of us wanted to do.

My experience of undertaking maintenance of way with dated tools is you will not achieve a output in terms of ties replaced per day to justify the effort required . Don't bother repairing the gas engines just pipe the hydraulics to a pump which works. The tamping tool will be difficult to use in contaminated ballast.

I hope you can get it running and it is useful. I am a little worried 😧

LOL, when you realized it was in portrait and not landscape 🤣🤣

Ok I think I am right but you do you live in Michigan because I was watching your Christmas video and the weather was the same as here on Christmas. Keep up the great work to👍

Get your arms and back ready....those vibrating tamping heads are going to give you a good workout if you get them running..... good luck.

Rusty gold as the fellas on American Pickers say

nice saving them from being scrapped. i know you guys will get great use out of them

Good Saturday Morning ETR Nation.

Nice Haul!

I'm sorry but I enjoyed Graham's dad moment 😂

Lotsa elbow grease needed to “attempt” to get those machines running. & hydraulic oil seals & engine parts that may be difficult to acquire!!! Then they still need manual labor to operate! You guys really like tough projects!

@patricianoon8588

2 жыл бұрын

There are lots of places out there that have OLD parts for engines and hydro units

@edtompkins865

2 жыл бұрын

Hydro parts would be the least of my worries. Some engine parts might be a challenge, be some of those, liked gaskets, can be hand crafted.

Hope all this stuff can be put back to operating condition without too much effort or money. Safe travels

I suggest that you repower all 3 pieces with those cheap Preditor engines at Harbor Freight it will save you time and frustration. Then you can figure out the rest of the mechanics.

@funone8716

2 жыл бұрын

Time saved and money well spent with new engines.

@QuadMochaMatti

2 жыл бұрын

China junk

RJ Corman, here we come!

ccrx 6700 That's Railroadin! replied: "Yes, we sort thru them and the decent ones are reusable, they are called relay ties, and if your friends over at ETR would like to have some, have them get in touch with me. He is on youtube, contact him he is in SW PA

Weights about 65 pounds and don’t try to move with ur knee while it’s operating. It will shake all the fillings out of your teeth. However, it’s a lot better than tamping by hand.

I'll be very interested to see what it takes to get this equipment working again and to watch them working in anger 😊 Not sure what happened to the video aspect ratio, but it resulted in very limited image area. Please try to correct in future videos. Really enjoy this channel.

@leeklemetti1887

2 жыл бұрын

Take your phone and have the video settings adjusted for full horizontal view. It is not difficult to but if you are not aware of those things someone who does will adjust it easily.

Those power jacks weigh around 1200 lbs you may have to use your boom truck to set it on and off. I would also rebuild those cylinders before you try to lift anything.

You really need to work on the camera skills all I got was skinny pics or small square pics . 🤪 I do hope you can get the machines working, would be interesting to see how they work. Good luck 👍

Scores!!!!

I tried giving thumbs up and it says not allowed

Might be a cheap deal, but what you don't spent in money, you spend in labour getting it going. Echoing other comments: replace the engines with either new engines or hydraulics, get it going for the least amount of man-hours. Maybe donate the old engines to a club who can appreciate them 🙂👍

Homemade liquid wrench.. 50% drextron atf fluid/50% actone.. better than kroll.. put it in a old school oiler with a squeeze spout..

Hello to dad and son

4:37, now from half screen to 1/4 screen..... ah man.

Make them “live again!”

"TLC" Track Level Construction? With the internet today, if you haven't already, you'll find manuals for each piece. Restoring to operation? We'll be watching.

you ever think to turn the camera

Harbor freight for new motors

Correct grammar is My father and I …

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Scrap is on the way up again. I’ve been scraping here in scioto county, Ohio

Here is a video that shows a piece of equipment similar to one you showed in this video for lifting rail: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h2SbrbNrpMeteLA.html

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That is some old junk from the 60s or 70s I would guess.

There are KZread videos on how to shoot videos. Just a thought.

First 😜

While you have a better knowledge of the equipment than I do, IMHO, do some research before posting a video. You spent most of the video saying maybe, um, I think, possibly, etc.

Why on earth would you buy crap gear, when you don't even know how it works?

@funone8716

2 жыл бұрын

Why on earth did you ever try to drive a car when you didn't even know how to drive! Sounds silly like you do .

@fredspicker9403

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he doesn't know how it works but his dad probably does.