Abandoned digger and Vintage Bristol Bulldozer widening corners on a steep track

I cut a 4wd track up my hill 20 years ago with a 5 ton excavator, some of the corners have always been too tight so I'll use the Hitachi UH043 and Bristol 25 Dozer to widen some of the bends

[@John_Brown_33]

Marty, you have an excavator, bulldozer, road grader, backhoe, and multiple tractors. I think we can all agree that your winning at life...

[@MartyT]

Haha.. I didn't have many toys in my sandpit as a child, I'm making up for it now

[@kariryals1276]

My 13 year old son runs double the equipment but a lot bigger😂🚜🔧⚙️🔩

[@donttreadonme4355]

@@kariryals1276 sure

[@haydona1845]

@@kariryals1276 Who asked. Literally no cares except you

[@BR1GADIER]

@@MartyT "many toys in my sandpit" sounds like an alternative description of someone dim, like "BR1GADIER is a sandwich short of a picnic!"

[@lolbr6818]

I grew up in a dump truck. My Pop & me would make multiple trips from rock crusher to job site, miles & miles. You live on the best road building material Ive ever seen & Ive seen a bunch. Its so handy, no dump truck needed.

[@richysee]

The A70? dozer engine seems to have lots of low end torque so no need to rev it excessively while working. What a great machine that Bristol dozer!! I really like these fix-it videos and the way you go about doing the repairs.

[@FJ80Coop]

Man I love watching someone else do the work for a change !! 😁

[@demandred1957]

I bet it feels so good to finally have the equipment, to fix all the things that have been bugging you for years.

[@JohnSmith-ud9ex]

Just watching those two old and abused machines doing what they were made to do brought a smile to my face. You should be really proud of yourself Marty. The Hitti is making less slop noise than a lot of much newer machines and the Bristol is a happy little bugger = ) Thank you !

[@BruceBoschek]

It has been so much fun watching you rescue the digger, fix it up and now put it to good use. Thanks for sharing these wonderful videos.

[@brianmoore5498]

that hitachi looks like fun to use. the bristol has a nice low heavy smart design to put all its weight on a level behind the blade. it can really push! truly beautiful country. my wife and i dream of a back country life in nz. thank you

[@mals231]

I started watching your channel with the abandoned digger video, and I haven't missed one since, it's so great to see the progress, and nice to see you getting great use out of all the machines you have repaired! Keep it up, these videos make me so happy.

[@jjcactusandsucculents-open2156]

Really great to see the old fixer uppers back to work. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@virtuestreams2616]

It is awesome watching these old, previously abandoned machines work again. Well done Marty!

[@davidtaylor8304]

You're on your way to reshaping the world and all with your trusty old dinosaur kit, bloody marvelous.

[@bigbird2100]

I think I speak for most of your KZbins what a great way to spend in lock down thank you Marty👍

[@Mike.Howard]

Good job as usual. Love the Bristol - she really can move a decent amount of dirt for an old girl!

[@animalian01]

shows no matter how old the equipment, it can still be used for what it was designed for and although they may not have all the bells and whistles of the newer equipment they will still do the job

[@lesl6145]

Thanks for the opportunity to get outdoors during this time of confinement!

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[@1425race]

Another great vid Marty, especially the drone shots of the countryside in the first bit. Whoever is doing your photography is a pro - really interesting camera angles really show off our beautiful Kiwi bush to your overseas viewers as well as keeping the content interesting for us engineering fans. More please.

[@puirYorick]

It's wonderful being master of all you survey and the virtual king of your own hill. I'm envious. It's beautiful country there.

[@reelMn]

Reminds me of my ancient UH061 12 tonne Hitachi. Huge travel in the operating levers. I like that quick hitch bucket change. Mine takes about 15 min for 2 people.

[@smillsy23]

The old Bristol was the perfect tool for the job. Looks great!

[@AK-47ISTHEWAY]

Funny thing I don't remember subscribing to your channel, but I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed this video and I'm going to go back and watch a lot of your previous ones 👍

[@iksexplorationsfollower2588]

That little dozer sure comes in handy as to having excavator.

[@allensandven0]

Marty T your land is absolutely beautiful, I watch the channel just to see the landscape. Has me wanting to pay a visit to your territory (NZ) right? Well I wouldn’t hold it against you if you didn’t tell anyone where your spot is , it’s perfect just as it is . Well just keep the videos coming so the rest of the world that’s stuck in traffic if we get out of quarantine alive makes a man re-think his priorities to include an old digger and some dirt on the top of a mountain . Doesn’t take long to sort that out !

[@DiHandley]

It’s in the north of the north island. Bay of Islands area. Really beautiful country.

[@oscargoldman85]

@@DiHandley I disagree. this is the Marlborough sounds (top of the south Island) Marty admitted it before (the oysters give it away)

[@brianhoxworth3881]

The land reminded me of the north western part of the United States. The dry, arid parts of Washington or Oregon.

[@allensandven0]

@@brianhoxworth3881 ha I just happen to have my spot of sand in the desert of south central Wa I’d trade it off in a Seattle second for something down under !

[@adamlives]

13:22 I didn't appreciate how steep the grade was till that camera angle. I see your point now! Good job.

[@fynbo1007]

It is very interesting to follow your journey with your equipment and your wider roadways. It’s so different of what I is used to. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey. God bless you and your family.

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

You are a very skilled man and a gifted cameraman and filmmaker. I always enjoy your videos.

[@topotone]

That is a cool shot when you’re bringing down the bristol, with the amonita amuscaria mushroom in the foreground. You planned that, right? You’ve got an awesome piece of property there. Crazy fun watching those machines...particularly in fast motion. Great drone shots. Thanks for sharing.

[@hiscifi2986]

That Bristol has got a good Silencer, could hardly hear the engine, just the track noise, and the clink of stones rolling down the hill...

[@iksexplorationsfollower2588]

Marty, you are so luck to live in such a beautiful part of the country on the world, I keep forgetting what a great country sideside N.Z. has. Miss it. Keep up the good work.

[@gtfkt]

That's a nice mountain you got there, lucky guy.

[@jonka1]

Very impressed with your production. Gentle and atmospheric.

[@glennallen8225]

So cool. I ran excavator for 12 years building logging roads here In BC. Retired now, but still enjoy watching a great operator in action!

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

Am I the only one that keeps waiting for him to show up with a tunnel boring machine or mining equipment?

[@Glasrandkante]

"Well, who would have thought, I just found 500 Pounds of dry, useable TNT laying in the forest nearby"

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Marty seems to be more about making a road be he could use a piling machine here to really stabilise that area with some corrugated metal sheet piles 😂

[@Porty1119]

I've got a couple LHDs/scooptrams/boggers/whatever you want to call them, but they're in New Mexico!

[@ThePreyMantas]

Haha. He's got to finish the grader 1st, then he's getting a crane! :)

[@TrevorDennis100]

@@WhiskeyGulf71 He has that grader now, and we know how graders produce corrugations. They don't do that wobble board thing when grading construction sites, so I assume it is a deliberate setting they use for drainage. They are a pain to drive over, but not so bad if you can do 80kph or more. The Australian 'Outback Truckers' show demonstrates how nasty corrugations are. They shake the load loose and make bits fall off, and must be murder for the truck and driver. When you think of the hundreds of Ks they do every day, you have to feel for them.

[@denisehorsfall6008]

That Bristol is brilliant. 70 years old and can still do the jobs it was designed for - just takes a bit longer than something more modern.

[@vinceboon2993]

It's like going to ask your grandfathers advise and he puts his newspaper down and says it's not a problem and dose it.

[@midwestjuan2263]

Perfect place for mountain biking:) lovely place to live. Thanks for your videos.

[@__DA___]

Jeeze Marty, hope the wife appreciates how clever and handy you are! Sat up til 3 the other morning watching. Wish had found you during Lock-Down! Thanks for the content, bro.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Hard to believe the 70 year old Bristol performed so well. After the cooling system "field" repair, I was giving it a few small tasks before she would need another work over. She did well. You did well too, and you obviously plan out your projects and set the time, which is good practice and the way to go.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Marty T. 👍👌👏 Well done again. You know, some people have a wheelbarrow, a shovel and a pickaxe (or is it crossaxe?). Some go bigger... a lot bigger! ;-) :-) Those rescued machines work really impressive! Congrats! Congrats also for having such a wonderful property. Something like this wouldn't be payable in Germany. Best regards, luck and health.

[@treebuzzard5796]

Drone footage was stunning & i like the way your getting great use out of the old iron..you've earn't it after all the effort you put into each bit of iron.

[@cereus57]

Love the views of your little slice of the world, gorgeous views! I just got all 7 cylinders on my backhoe rebuilt and got them all back in, hydraulics can be a pain but when it works it makes life so much easier! (Especially on your back!!)

[@ApprenticeGM]

Great video Marty - excellent to see you really working those old repaired machines hard. Having snow-boarded the slopes around Queenstown in the 90's, and taken hire cars up similar steep slopes with hairpin bends, no guard rails and 3,000' sheer drops in snow and ice, I thought that was one of NZ's national sports (hairy hairpins) - you've made that curve too easy, it'll increase traffic to your property lol!

[@T1M083]

Only recently came across your channel. Got to say I love it as I'm a tinkerer myself only chainsaws and small engines at the moment. Whereabouts is your property as its what dreams are made of. Isolation at its best. Cheers

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Marlborough Sounds, Nelson Province, top of the South Island, New Zealand.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Your video perspectives are spectacular. You are also a good video editor. And of course the subject matter is always well presented and interesting. Good job! Thanks.

[@MartyT]

Thanks mate

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

@@MartyT Not trying to start a dialogue but want to say your video's are the only ones I watch twice. For instance, first time I missed the huge mushroom when you drove the grader up.

[@kirk467]

Just the work you have done with the excavator, it’s worth making all the repairs to it! Maybe clean the trees hanging over the road so the grader isn’t hitting them! Looks great Marty!

[@antonkneubuhler9206]

Those machines have payed for themselves ten fold love your work

[@lynneperg6853]

What beautiful country. That drone footage shows the elevation really well. I ducked and scrunched when you showed the underside of that big machine. Rolling over your camera was inspired. You make handling that equipment look easy but I'm sure it's not. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Thanks for another great video. Stay safe and healthy.

[@teddyhammack2195]

Great work with oldies .

[@gregkieser1157]

Fantastic - I watched it twice in a row.....that Chaimberlain is a lovely old thing....far more effective than one would think.

[@rocketboyty]

Marty, you are in so much trouble when your wife sees this video. "What do you mean you fixed the road with the excavator and bullie, you didn't even touch the rusty thingy (road grader) in my parking spot?" =P

[@jmac1099]

oh yeah i almost forgot about that.

[@MartyT]

Haha I'm getting there, found a few issues I'm working my way through

[@rocketboyty]

@@MartyT there appears to be an issue, i double checked and there doesn't seem to be any video of the rusty thing restoration work. =P

[@ThePreyMantas]

@@MartyT They're not "issues", just compromises. Make it easy on yourself my friend, just submit and get it over with! :) lol

[@Worldslayer85]

what a difference it makes when you have the right tools for the job. great to see the Bristol being used! (Y)

[@petrturcovsky7035]

I can not believe the sound of that Bristol engine, sounds great. Beautiful part of the world you live in mate not like busy Sydney ;)... have a great weekend.

[@_chipchip]

Petr Turcovsky You’re only a few hours flight away mate, pop over sometime!

[@petrturcovsky7035]

@@_chipchip It's on the list mate :)

[@paulhitchcock9760]

Well, the engine was designed for use in a middle order family car as well as the first postwar generation of London taxicabs. The mechanical refinement now the water pump has been repaired seems a little less improbable knowing this background

[@Lou1ouze]

Thanks Marty for all these good upload. Very nice channel indeed. You seem very happy with your lifestyle coming all together and proving you right. I got myself an old backhoe JCB 3C for dirt cheap, the confinement helping me tyding her up. If all going right I sould be owning an old isolated farm and only working 28 hours/week I think that's the way to go. cheers from france

[@graham.l6604]

Watched this at 3am while feeding my 3 week old son. I think your voice soothes him :)

[@fava7753]

Good to see the machines being put to work . Good job sorting the run off and the camber , raised height a bit on the bend . Well done Marty . Keep up the excellent work .

[@pgs8597]

Good little video. Not too many of us can use a dozer and excavator to landscape the driveway. Cheers Peter

[@Jay-vu9nd]

Dang the first scene was "Mr. Atennborough's documentary kinda" beautiful. Good camera work there mate. And obviously great work with these lovely machines.

[@86dunc]

Could watch you all day! Thanks!

[@lonnieharris6197]

Love all of your old equipment it works well for you , you do a super job

[@nickdonaldson8993]

Beautiful piece of country you live in. Thanks for sharing.

[@jeffsmith6857]

Great job keeping the sounds on during the time lapse stuff! nice touch

[@terrortorn]

All this useful work done by scrapped vehicles. This guy needs a tv show.

[@craigsudman4556]

Nice work Marty, I love that you have put new life into these discarded machines. Great video, thumbs up.

[@nickidewet7711]

I like the different angles you used in this video, especially the drone footage from high above! It gives a nice perspective. Good job on the corner earthworks.

[@keithlilly4007]

Looks like you finally got some rain. Good job, don't forget the drainage gullies!

[@sion023]

Beautiful building stone just coming out of the ground, so many possibilities...

[@kerryburke3864]

That little dozer is a beast. You have acquired a little ripper. Cheers.

[@northdakotaham1752]

That backhoe looks like one of those pieces of equipment that once you have and start using it, you wonder how you ever got along without one.

[@MartyT]

You are spot on, it is a very handy machine

[@chinosts]

I could of watched you doing this and chatting about it for hours..

[@peterwooldridge7285]

Wow, that is some spectacular looking country

[@BarnStangz]

Great work Marty! I can't help but think how far those machines have come... They were lucky that you breathed new life into them! They are made to work and it shows! It's so nice to have the right tool for the job!

[@mikeohandley6765]

That's really beautiful country there. It reminds me of the Cascade mountains here in Washington state.

[@kenleach2516]

Great seeing both machines doing a great project. Love the birds, I am a kiwi in the UK... lovely to hear

[@t.w.3]

Great video. Amazing to see how the good old machines are up for the work if you take care of them. Nothing beats a good old bulldozer for clearing out an area. Greetings from Thor in Norway.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Wow that’s an exquisite part of the world you have there. Love this channel, straight from harvesting honey to working your rescued machines! 👍

[@Roltstorm1]

I know this is way late to the party with this video but ive just got to comment on these drone shots you add into your videos, ive been watching everything youve put out lately and I love the content but the place you live in is so beautiful. I live in british columbia canada and ive known quite a few people from or who've been to NZ a lot and they all say how similar the places we live in are and ive got to agree. The part of BC I live in is not quite like this but if you travel up the coast a bit its very similar. Cheers and thanks for these videos

[@tony66au]

Nice work Marty, great to see all the gear in use!

[@Wheelloader__]

With that digger and Bristol you could put a road pretty much any where you want. I love your videos. And that sure is some pretty country there. I live between two mountains in central Pennsylvania. It's a little like where you live. Stay safe Marty. Awesome video.

[@peternash6206]

You don't get away with that mate - you've gone and bought something else and it's BIG - that is why we watched you widen the track!! Watch out for the next episode.......

[@tomlee7966]

great video show us more of you working these machines i love watching the work

[@bobw7066]

Another well done job with your wonderful old machines.

[@petemiller519]

I really like that pick on your excavator. I think I'll might make something like that for my backhoe. Where I live it's nothing but boulders, and that thing would come in handy. Love the ol' dozer. Cheers from Canada.

[@justinrayguitars6024]

Found a dozer just like yours for sale but unable to do anything about it under the current situation. Hopefully we will get over this and I can go check it out.

[@CrusaderSports250]

You can't get it but then neither can anyone else at the moment so have patients and stay safe , will watch your vids when you post them 😀.

[@nadkram1]

Really like that little Bristol.... good to see it still going strong.

[@roverdad]

This was my first time watching this channel (subscribed). I’m not sure how the KZbin algorithm picks random videos but i’m glad it found this one. I now have a few more hours of this lockdown to spend watching the previous vids. Be safe and thanks for sharing.

[@philip2639]

I have to say the Bristol is my favourite of your acquired vehicles.

[@jessekoch3480]

I dont know why but as an engineer I find this guy fascinting.

[@edwardsheehan3376]

Great dawn chorus you blessed with Marty.

[@drchrisdavies2941]

Looks like you have a great place to live Marty, it is a bit similar to our remoteness in Snowdonia!

[@kirk467]

Marty, you operate like a professional brother, looks great!

[@TheChristpv]

MartyT your land looks so beautiful, want to see a video of your land from the bottom to your property, and the roads leading to your land, can you vlog one for us, loved your old machines in good condition to your need. hats off to your hard work

[@davida.p.9911]

Looks great! Lots of hours and years still left in those old girls

[@kirk467]

It’s so beautiful there, I love the beautiful scenery where you live! I’d love to visit there someday!

[@jasonholloway6418]

An absolute weapon of a setup Marty! Making me miss working at home in the Marlborough and Tasman areas! Over the Melbourne rock that's for sure, keep it up bro

[@scottcrankton2354]

When I was eight I wanted to grow up and be Marty T. Now at 55 I want to retire and be Marty T. Keep up the good work!

[@berniemiller4704]

I’m living vicariously through you and your misfit toys. Thanks for the entertainment I love it.

[@THX-vb8yz]

This so cool that you take obsolete (in the modern world) and putting them to work. I don't know.... but I bet both bulldozer and excavator are smiling.

[@Anonymousxxiiii]

Great content and machines which is why I always come back to watch your videos nevermind the great cinematography. Great work you have done with the machines so far Marty. I'm up here in sunny Ireland working on my JCB 3cx I bought a year ago. I've replaced all her bushes, pins and seals and redone all of her oils and filters. I've also just got the front axle completely reconditioned as the 4wd was disabled. Was expensive but worth it. I've also broken out the paint and given her a good once over. She'll last another 50 years now. Great content and keep on trucking mate.🚜😃✌️

[@MartyT]

Nice one mate, sounds like a goody

[@Anonymousxxiiii]

@@MartyT My grandads got a house that needs building on so I'll be driving the JCB on the back road about 3 miles to the site. I've also recently bought a cherry picker to do all of the roofing bits such as the slates, fascia board, soffit boards, guttering and cleaning the roof. You could say I've a mountainous job ahead of me but don't worry. 😱😆✌️

[@westie4ageturbo.749]

I think its great you are getting it done with the old gear. And doing it well I am keeping my old ihi excavator going just but it is too bloody useful, just this week jot a new track and was suprised how cheap they are Really enjoying watching you get these old machines, get them going then work them!

[@gregdronet6467]

I always enjoy your videos Marty. Hope everyone is doing well down there.

[@FlangeGasket64]

Love watching the old Bristol working.