Im sure we can modernize it to make it last 4 months instead of 100 years
@fanatamon3 жыл бұрын
Great call.
@amnottabs3 жыл бұрын
the iPump Pro Max
@P4hko3 жыл бұрын
probebly just not enough oil for it to be worth it
@unorthodoxridez3 жыл бұрын
Put a bunch of emissions control on it it'll break down in 10 minutes
@bustercellillidari53253 жыл бұрын
yer send it to china they will shorten its lifespan.
@DarkMatterX13 жыл бұрын
Watching that central radial hub just pluggin' away near a century on is glorious.
@UltraGamma253 жыл бұрын
Things were built to last back then American Pride
@Rhifan013 жыл бұрын
So many questions. Thanks for posting this great reminder video.
@0xsergy3 жыл бұрын
@@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..
@UltraGamma253 жыл бұрын
@@0xsergy That's what I just said. You just want to pick a fight for no reason.
@0xsergy3 жыл бұрын
@@UltraGamma25 you said things were built to last, that's why i replied.
@evilbeetlekustomscreations49653 жыл бұрын
I don't know why this is in my recommendations but I love anything mechanical that still works
@captainsupermaket80033 жыл бұрын
Good to see another vw fan on the platform
@TohGahr3 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@DJ-3573 жыл бұрын
I think you just answered your own question
@893R6-w8t3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I guess we both hate GM products!
@RAMROD18473 жыл бұрын
Dont look at anything fiat thats 5 years old then.
@imchris50003 жыл бұрын
you know something is well lubricated when theres a 10ft puddle of grease under it
@Excitable1013 жыл бұрын
you take some and you give back some.
@greenlawnfarm58273 жыл бұрын
Its oil from the oil well. Some of it leaks nomater what.
@imchris50003 жыл бұрын
@@greenlawnfarm5827 the engine is not directly on a well
@greenlawnfarm58273 жыл бұрын
@@imchris5000 But you can see all the oil where the wells are.
@imchris50003 жыл бұрын
@@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
@NoStress90s3 жыл бұрын
this is the kind of thing that men will literally gather their friends for and drink beer while staring/talking about it
@jarrodkeiser94583 жыл бұрын
Yep
@Barbutt3 жыл бұрын
Sitting on milk crates.
@filmchild783 жыл бұрын
Pops another cold one: yep
@max0390rip3 жыл бұрын
Well look at it, its fuckin art
@Bash1nBra1nZ3 жыл бұрын
@@max0390rip agreed. I'm grabbing another beer
@thorkill82463 жыл бұрын
The building has disintegrated and the machine still works.
@skystryker23003 жыл бұрын
These were enclosed?
@IronBridge17813 жыл бұрын
@@skystryker2300 Well it isn’t normal for a working engine to just be outside for all the weather to get to it.
@3rdEyeGnosis3 жыл бұрын
Lmao. Derp
@RNCHFND3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jordanprice73443 жыл бұрын
@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.
@zurielo.23273 жыл бұрын
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.
@pr3modeling2393 жыл бұрын
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?
@applejack42253 жыл бұрын
Nothing weird in your comment, just accepting the inevitable reality of human mortality.
@Version1353 ай бұрын
Make sure you will be around forever too. Trust in Jesus
@imkeepinitreal12 ай бұрын
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.
@hunterprowsemrereviews91413 жыл бұрын
Perfect example of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
@paulsawczyc50193 жыл бұрын
And for God's sake - don't computerize it!
@johnnymcblaze3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@burntham87523 жыл бұрын
@@paulsawczyc5019 wtf, how would you computerize this? That makes no sense
@YeOldeKamikaze3 жыл бұрын
@@paulsawczyc5019 it needs facebook integration and a remote killswitch (also known as DRM).
@SalemikTUBE3 жыл бұрын
That was exactly what I was going to post. If anyone touches that it's fooked.
@duanelohr18693 жыл бұрын
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.
@chuckvan15683 жыл бұрын
Okay, so $365,000 per year. Not bad for not lifting a finger.
@adamrodgers91753 жыл бұрын
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.
@truckdriver31263 жыл бұрын
@@chuckvan1568 yeah some of these oil wells you'd be better off buying a 30 year old used car.
@alidycepaisley38293 жыл бұрын
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...
@owenkittredge34333 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@AKHyder013 жыл бұрын
Love watching old machines like this work. It's like poetry in steel.
@Syncopia3 жыл бұрын
That's like 3 generations of human life that pump has outlived
@vinaykhandka19933 жыл бұрын
And I love the sound too. I could very comfortably fall asleep under a tree hearing that putt putt sound.
@vinaykhandka19933 жыл бұрын
@Berzerker God After deep consideration I have decided to stick with the "Oil bath pump system" for now.
@KenPurcell3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather mentioned riding on the pushrods as a kid.
@Sphere7233 жыл бұрын
Your grandma rode a few rods too.
@SMGJohn3 жыл бұрын
@@Sphere723 Imao, people gonna get butthurt about your hilarious joke
@FishFind30003 жыл бұрын
@@SMGJohn the liberals are everywhere! peoples feelings just can’t take it!
@sebastiang94353 жыл бұрын
@@Sphere723 bruhhhhhhhhh
@greenfilly3 жыл бұрын
@@FishFind3000 imagine still caring about left and right Liberal progressive comics make much dirtier jokes and movies than conservative traditionalists btw
@methag-mm1he3 жыл бұрын
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.
@stacyhathaway40173 жыл бұрын
Based on all the overgrowth, I'd say that qualifies as green technology.
@drfoxx45963 жыл бұрын
I actually live near this particular one which is near Oil City, Oklahoma. I’m still surprised that it still works.
@floyd95723 жыл бұрын
I was actually curious if it was still in operation.
@randomness0193 жыл бұрын
Oil pumps ?
@willybones38903 жыл бұрын
So...is it oil or gas?
@gordonbickel71823 жыл бұрын
Hi from the original Oil City Pal
@daytonwintle60513 жыл бұрын
@@willybones3890 gas is just refined from oil. You don't pump gas straight out of the ground
@dieselrotor3 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I almost got a full year out of a Chinese made toaster once.
@anselpeneloperainblossom-s34893 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t count when you only eat toast twice a year.
@rickdworsky64573 жыл бұрын
Racists aren't Patriots
@hxhdfjifzirstc8943 жыл бұрын
You really have to try, to make a toaster that breaks in 1 year.
@hxhdfjifzirstc8943 жыл бұрын
@@rickdworsky6457 If I was racist, I wouldn't eat Chinese food... simply pointing out that Chinese goods suck has nothing to do with racism.
@anselpeneloperainblossom-s34893 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@lariardo Жыл бұрын
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.
@eherexx19653 жыл бұрын
A relic of the good old days when "made in America" really meant something.
@bruhpopoppoop27593 жыл бұрын
Very true
@katyungodly3 жыл бұрын
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!!!”
@katyungodly3 жыл бұрын
(Seriously, look up the legal requirements to label your product “made in America”, it’s ridiculous)
@Farm_fab3 жыл бұрын
These were fueled from the well, so there wasn't a need to bring in fuel for the engine.
@Farm_fab3 жыл бұрын
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.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZjPiIyrgM9jrqc
@TohGahr3 жыл бұрын
@@Farm_fab you mean vapors?
@jamminwrenches8603 жыл бұрын
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.
@Farm_fab3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@GamerTubeHD3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@msh68653 жыл бұрын
Financial security for the numerous generations that have owned those wells. Little to no environmental impact. Producing a product the market demands. Fantastic!
@northernzeus7683 жыл бұрын
I love when YT surprises me with gems like this. This is industrial and sublime simultaneously.
@soldierski16693 жыл бұрын
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.
@bansheemania16923 жыл бұрын
We're about in pa...I'm Lackawanna county
@soldierski16693 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@teddybetts32543 жыл бұрын
Back in the days when they used to build shit to last.
@fixedfocusmediaofficial3 жыл бұрын
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.
@realMaverickBuckley3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@midgetman42063 жыл бұрын
@@Fullmetalseagul the lucky ones that either had the maintenance or parts that just came together perfectly
@Daz9123 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@daddyo8243 жыл бұрын
Because it was built in 🇺🇸
@brandonhewitt23863 жыл бұрын
This just shows you companies can build stuff to last almost forever. They don't because there's no $$$$ in it.
@trustme76603 жыл бұрын
They could make things that last a life time but your right money is the problem
@grmasdfII3 жыл бұрын
You can trade performance for reliability - but most want performance, not just the manufacturers, customers, too.
@toordog17533 жыл бұрын
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.
@katyungodly3 жыл бұрын
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 😩
@chet22013 жыл бұрын
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.
@mrthebillman3 жыл бұрын
I imagine it's always well oiled.
@dustinworrick91733 жыл бұрын
🤣
@rupe533 жыл бұрын
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.
@rickdworsky64573 жыл бұрын
Until the well runs dry, anyway. Meanwhile, have you seen what's happening to the climate lately?
@flipflopsguy88683 жыл бұрын
😆 YOU MADE DAY 🏆
@flipflopsguy88683 жыл бұрын
@@rickdworsky6457 YEAH HENNY PENNY, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE SPRING TIME ! NOW GO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE SAHARA DESERT !
@danielnelson83043 жыл бұрын
“Oil that is..black gold...Texas Tea..”
@chetpomeroy13993 жыл бұрын
Jed Clampitt would agree!!
@senatorjosephmccarthy27203 жыл бұрын
Clampit Jed !
@brantgarratt98733 жыл бұрын
Next thing ya know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire!
@thetetons7443 жыл бұрын
@@brantgarratt9873 ya gotta move to beverly (hills that is ;p)
@remodelassets65233 жыл бұрын
Je’d Clampitt
@graham26313 жыл бұрын
1930's and still working? Well l know were that wasn't built.
@jeremyscott66413 жыл бұрын
Like really, can’t find much that last longer then 1 year.
@krzysiekv123 жыл бұрын
Id say it was engineered to work not to fail, regardless of where it was bulit
@mackk1233 жыл бұрын
@@krzysiekv12 it indeed matters where things were built. Some countries are better than others at manufacturing.
@krzysiekv123 жыл бұрын
@@mackk123 like where usa and germany 🤣
@XD-te6vj3 жыл бұрын
@Mick Mack Holy fuck. It's true. Uneducated 'merikuhns. What you "wrote" there is illegible.
@zerolatitude29233 жыл бұрын
Worked the oilfield all over the world. This gives me a woody! Thanks for sharing such a unique piece of history.
@DeadKoby3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes machines that lack complexity are the most reliable.
@aaronnekrin51503 жыл бұрын
Yup
@davecrupel28173 жыл бұрын
It's simple mathematics, as far as I'm concerned. The less complex they are, the less things there are that can go wrong.
@kfl6113 жыл бұрын
No computer chips or boards to go bad. But back then they designed things to last decades.
@pr3modeling2393 жыл бұрын
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.
@Soladaddy3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of work. Everything is 50 years old and parts are either made inhouse or found in Germany.
@mackk1233 жыл бұрын
We fought the wrong people in WWii Friday, March 24, *1933* _international bankers_ *declared war* on Germany.
@kmyerslp853 жыл бұрын
You work at Lake City Ammunition too? :p
@joeycmore3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@mackk1233 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@mackk1233 жыл бұрын
@@joeycmore also, search up the *1949 Memoirs of Bruno Baum*
@mindistorter3 жыл бұрын
I think this has been my favorite thing I’ve seen I KZbin all day.
@flipflopsguy88683 жыл бұрын
MY MOM'S STILL PUMPING IN 2021 AT 90 6/7/30 THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE !
@jasper10643 жыл бұрын
Inside voices please
@skeetsmcgrew32823 жыл бұрын
Saying your mom is "still pumping" is an unfortunate choice of words
@thecianinator3 жыл бұрын
@@skeetsmcgrew3282 you heard the man, his mom is still pumping
@bolsen19813 жыл бұрын
Yeah, i know. Tell her i said hi. And she still owes me 50 from last time ;)
@UltraGamma253 жыл бұрын
Oh my
@adeeponionbrah3 жыл бұрын
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.
@oldgysgt3 жыл бұрын
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.
@imkeepinitreal12 жыл бұрын
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!
@bwood63373 жыл бұрын
I'd be really interested to see a maintenance log for this thing.
@captainjohnh94053 жыл бұрын
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..
@bwood63373 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@timtonsley8823 Жыл бұрын
The cables are running over the only logs it's ever known.
@RandomJ20233 жыл бұрын
I am 44 years old, my grandpa (RIP) was a teen when this thing was working. Insane.
@cuddzilla3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Vid_Master3 жыл бұрын
(Donald Trump voice) Biiiillions and Biillions of gallons, weve got the best machines, theyre really fantastic
@dillonjackson53693 жыл бұрын
5 dollars.
@ascendingmaster35103 жыл бұрын
I’d say at least 3
@Fr8train0033 жыл бұрын
@@ascendingmaster3510 I was thinking more like 5 but what do I know
@L3_FR3 жыл бұрын
Heh, low ballers. At least 15 !
@digimon9163 жыл бұрын
Feels like im in a post apocalyptic video game and just restored power to an "ancient" machine
@tombey123 жыл бұрын
And kind of like playing Myst or Riven!
@FonicsSuck3 жыл бұрын
@@tombey12 man, that is going back
@TouhouFan3 жыл бұрын
Fallout or Metro be like
@allandulles71083 жыл бұрын
Peak oil is already here, so coming to a city near you.
@Thereis13 жыл бұрын
na son you just discovered a machine thats always been running
@dufus22733 жыл бұрын
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.
@hughthomas20063 жыл бұрын
What road was it on I'm headed that way in a couple of weeks I'll check and see while I'm there
@M.Godfrey3 жыл бұрын
Incredible, wow. Hats off to the guys/girls that took the time to recondition this old grunt back to life. Thank you for sharing.
@kellyjones8413 жыл бұрын
I suspect it's been serviced it's whole life, just not the " jiffy lube" way we think of nowadays.
@discombubulate22563 жыл бұрын
it's probably still running off the oil it's pumping and someone forgot to turn it off.
@Antistyla3 жыл бұрын
It would be so hilarious and still damn great.
@kayvalencia22233 жыл бұрын
Not quite the oil. It’s the gasses that come off the well.
@discombubulate22563 жыл бұрын
@@kayvalencia2223 either would not surprise me.
@chikechovis24993 жыл бұрын
You know the people/person who invented that thing is damn proud
@oweneckert84743 жыл бұрын
They’re dead. 😂
@jonjacobjingleheimerschmid37983 жыл бұрын
Damn dead....
@CPorter3 жыл бұрын
Back in the days when they made stuff that can be repaired
@pd1jdw6303 жыл бұрын
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.
@rickdworsky64573 жыл бұрын
Built to cause human extinction. Great job.
@pd1jdw6303 жыл бұрын
@@rickdworsky6457 yes, that’s true. But it’s engineered to last. Which we can’t say for most things build today.
@walterkersting62383 жыл бұрын
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,
@Neg-Ros3 жыл бұрын
Tell that to AOC...
@bombasticbuster93403 жыл бұрын
We need less of AOC, RESIDENT BIDEN, PELOSI.
@timothyhays18173 жыл бұрын
So cool still working. Still probably running on well gas.
@Renville803 жыл бұрын
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.
@royrice66562 жыл бұрын
Best video of how the pump jack works. All the way from the engine to the well. 👍
@tomtomtomato13 жыл бұрын
Keep the random footage coming thank you.
@gaildimick18314 ай бұрын
Can’t get enough of it, got to get one in my backyard. Thanks for the post.
@ericzerkle52147 жыл бұрын
Oil City Ontario Canada has some of these too. Very cool and cool old school.
@silverwiskers73714 жыл бұрын
Oil city Louisiana has 1 left
@freemanb363 жыл бұрын
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.
@oBseSsIoNPC3 жыл бұрын
appears to be a lot less complicated than the machines we use nowadays. Requiring a lot more maintenance, but producing how much more?
@YoureWrongImRightGetOverIt3 жыл бұрын
Almost 100x more efficient
@wezelofone3 жыл бұрын
a lot more
@craigfdavis3 жыл бұрын
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.
@oBseSsIoNPC3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@craigfdavis3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@libertyisnotfree91463 жыл бұрын
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!
@jshepard1523 жыл бұрын
Exactly. We're a lot dumber than those people were.
@stuartbensch83394 жыл бұрын
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.
@spasjt3 жыл бұрын
*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.
@coldspring6243 жыл бұрын
And you thought Honda's were good
@SD-unlimited3 жыл бұрын
I coulda used one of these oil wells to feed my MDX...
@lordyoseph533 жыл бұрын
Don’t make me swap my civic again.
@pak3ton3 жыл бұрын
@@lordyoseph53 oh, though the guy was talking about bikes :v I was like: yeah honda and yamaha da the best :v
@hellomjb3 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: It is a honda motor, that's why it's still running!!
@kyledavidson87123 жыл бұрын
My central power goes BWAHHHHHHHHHHH
@eggmanfryer3 жыл бұрын
That is the smartest thing I ever saw anybody do about anything ever.
@Calthecool3 жыл бұрын
That spiderweb of cables is amazing.
@punkrocker9153 жыл бұрын
thats a very cool setup. really slick how its all connected to one engine
@Josh-gc4pc3 жыл бұрын
This is the type of stuff I want in my recommend 👍
@joshcorvette3 жыл бұрын
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.
@OSUOiler5 жыл бұрын
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!
@N1ck0h3 жыл бұрын
Did you get some photos?
@ijs5373 жыл бұрын
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.
@ohaleceiffel3 жыл бұрын
Dust Bowl called, they want their pump back.
@mwalako3 жыл бұрын
Farming caused the dust bowl, not oil extraction.
@ohaleceiffel3 жыл бұрын
@@mwalako I meant it was from the era. not everything is a me 2 moment.
@a.person78253 жыл бұрын
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.
@raymondsimpson74333 жыл бұрын
Lol when I was younger I got to see a set-up like this in Batson Texas with the wooden oil storage tanks lol
@mcschneiveoutdoors36813 жыл бұрын
Hey.. I’m in Hardin County!
@raymondsimpson74333 жыл бұрын
@@mcschneiveoutdoors3681 lol I'm in Tyler County , you know Saratoga had museum with some old oil field stuff in it
@mcschneiveoutdoors36813 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@Austin8thGenTexan3 жыл бұрын
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... 🌷
@georgieippolito99243 жыл бұрын
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
@madsnoop73 жыл бұрын
Ok Mr Garrison.
@dougrogan3793 жыл бұрын
@@madsnoop7 I don't think he would get this joke but I do
@madsnoop73 жыл бұрын
@@dougrogan379 🤣
@samsien91053 ай бұрын
Thank you for share, amazing to watch, 1 engine can pull up to 7 pumps 👍👍.
@Le_Petit_Lapin3 жыл бұрын
KZbin recommends the oddest things sometimes.
@JiveCinema3 жыл бұрын
Yet here we are.
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this active central powered oil pumping line is still in operation
@bearb1asting3 жыл бұрын
Same
@bigdogbob8453 жыл бұрын
Well if it is, then don't tell Biden..........he wants to shut down ALL....OIL.... ANYTHING ! ! !
@TheScreamingFrog9163 жыл бұрын
@@bigdogbob845 Oh my! What will we do, without our precious oil?
@ApolloTheDerg3 жыл бұрын
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Pay out the nose to another country again yay, more war for oil!
@bigdogbob8453 жыл бұрын
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Well good luck flying across the country or the ocean in your Shiny New Electric Passenger Jet !
@Daniel-os9tb3 жыл бұрын
I got the Beverly Hillbillies going in my head while watching this.
@hxhdfjifzirstc8943 жыл бұрын
Black gold! Texas T
@guysthisisntreal.10573 жыл бұрын
Y'all come back now, ya' hear?
@jonburbridge29683 жыл бұрын
You must be a millennial
@ConnerV3 жыл бұрын
Everyone who thinks of oil wells thinks of some dumbass hillbilly’s.
@royrice85973 жыл бұрын
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”.
@dallasschneider45643 жыл бұрын
I lived on a lease with one of these in 1965 9 miles west of Iraan Texas!
@CuriousEarthMan4 ай бұрын
Really mesmerizing. So glad you posted this! Thanks!
@CDwaneStevens4 ай бұрын
Thank You
@SkinnyTrails3 жыл бұрын
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.
@propbraker3 жыл бұрын
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.
@kellyjones8413 жыл бұрын
That would be a site to see, and I mean that in a good way!
@MrBrettrx73 жыл бұрын
My friends uncle had a set up like this in Olean New York and put his daughter through college by pumping oil with it.
@dragonsbreath19843 жыл бұрын
I wish the rest of the 1930's were still working...
@ShmeegleSon3 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry, if we keep getting stimulus checks we’ll relapse into the Great Depression again
@dragonsbreath19843 жыл бұрын
@@ShmeegleSon which would be better than Weimar Republic.
@TexasScout3 жыл бұрын
Last one of these I saw operating was in Tulita Texas in the late 70s.
@peterhughes6143 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of The Dark Tower with all of the old machinery from ‘before the world moved on’. Awesome and kind of creepy.
@gettinghosed3 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1980's I saw an operation like this in Kentucky. Amazing. What depth and amount of production per day?
@SteamCrane6 жыл бұрын
Great to see it still running! Thanks for posting!
@johnlansing29023 жыл бұрын
As a apprentice I was greasing motors older than I was ..... Then sealed bearings came along.
@PublicWifi3 жыл бұрын
95% of the comments on this video and every other video with 10-100 year old technology "Boy oh boy! They sure built things to last!"
@nick_dizzle3 жыл бұрын
What a crazy setup 🤯
@morrismckinnon60476 жыл бұрын
How do you maintain these machines? I have a hard time finding parts for my 15 year old car, seals and bearings are impossible to find yet this thing is still running after 80 odd years!
@AmericanSirenProductions4 жыл бұрын
Some parts you gotta make yourself
@horsepower05393 жыл бұрын
I'd say somebody knows a pretty good Machinist
@dyslectische3 жыл бұрын
Simpel machine are easy to repair. Same with real old cars. The moment you have injection and ECU ion your machine you will be fuck .
@Baard20003 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanSirenProductions its better : you CAN make the parts yourself.... If ecu of injectionunit is fried....what to do?????????
@mackk1233 жыл бұрын
@@Baard2000 Replace it, but it's much harder to make an ECU than valve and some piston rings.
@justingauche64753 жыл бұрын
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.
@thinkpad43 жыл бұрын
Where is this located in Oil City, OK? I wanna see it with Google Maps
@Mountainmonths3 жыл бұрын
pretty ingenious setup actually
@makingithappen51783 жыл бұрын
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.
@kkarllwt3 жыл бұрын
there is a magazine called lowtechmagazine. See website. There is a mutipage article on these power transmission devises.
@TheBradass3 жыл бұрын
I thought I'd seen some old wells... Now I've seen an old well.
@Man0fMeans3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my ex wife - old, noisy, and can work 10 rods at a time
@VRChat_Degen3 жыл бұрын
They dont build them like they used to.
@RustyShackleford3823 жыл бұрын
Bahahahahahahaha! @manomeans you made my night
@duncandmcgrath62903 жыл бұрын
God love her !
@AleisterGrowly3 жыл бұрын
Best response to anything ever.
@ronindebeatrice3 жыл бұрын
I know her... super greasy too.
@OnefastAZfarmtruck3 жыл бұрын
That is so cool!!! Looks like it works just as well as when it was first installed
@HA-rp9dz3 жыл бұрын
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
@Randall_Genistrovia3 жыл бұрын
I love seeing some of the old functional pumps while driving down country roads here in Oklahoma. I'm in the Bartlesville AREA.
@Randall_Genistrovia3 жыл бұрын
@Mr. Davenport No friggin idea. That's a good ways away. I know that Covid hit Joplin pretty hard though.
@Randall_Genistrovia3 жыл бұрын
@Mr. Davenport Missouri. You asked about Webb City, that's pretty close to Joplin.
@Randall_Genistrovia3 жыл бұрын
@Mr. Davenport Oh I'm sorry. I've mostly lived in the Okmulgee area. Moved around here a year or so ago.
@warrenosborne17484 жыл бұрын
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
@daunteuflay48593 жыл бұрын
it just SOUNDS like the 1930s i love it
@bmaiceman3 жыл бұрын
Where is this located?? Does it still operate in 2021??
@Handl3sAreStupid3 жыл бұрын
"They don't make em like they used to" - Old men who spit in public
@defaultusername1233 жыл бұрын
* Bob Seger's "Like A Rock" plays in the background *
@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU3 жыл бұрын
That theoretical man is right though. I fucking hate modern corporations. All they do is spew liberal propaganda and create shitty products.
@flyguyphil72473 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@notyetdeleted63193 жыл бұрын
@@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
@flyguyphil72473 жыл бұрын
@@notyetdeleted6319 I think your confusing liberals with democrats