Bucyrus Rescue Part 1

The first stages of rescuing this Bucyrus Erie shovel from its grave. It's not particularly accessible, and weighs around 30,000 lbs, so the only way to get it out to where it can be loaded is to get it operable right where it sits, and drive it out. Enjoy!
Part 1: • Bucyrus Rescue Part 1
Part 2: • Bucyrus Rescue Part 2
Part 3: • Bucyrus Rescue Part 3
Part 4: • Bucyrus Rescue Part 4
Part 5: • Bucyrus Rescue Part 5 ...

[@jmccracken491]

My late Dad was a Heavy Equipment mechanic and his favorite shovel was Bucyrus Erie. He always said get one fixed right and it was a pleasure to operate. I just wish he was living now for me to share these videos with. He would be so excited to watch this he would be pointing to this and that lever and telling me what each done. Love these a lot good job.

[@Granddad92]

I worked for Bucyrus-Erie in Evansville, IN 1968-1983 and remember the 15-B well. It went through several upgrades but was still being used quite a bit when I worked there. Their main manufacturing was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; they also had manufacturing in Erie, PA, Pocatello, Idaho, England and Japan. They owned Bradford (or Bradfoot, I don't remember positively) Gear Works, a foundry where most of our castings were made. Their claim to fame was they built the "Cadillac" of equipment. Everything was heavy-duty and built to last, which was the norm in those days of American products. Sometime in the mid to late 70's the Japanese manufacturers, subsidized by their government, started reverse engineering our products, adding their unique design elements and upping the quality while decreasing the heavy-duty, or longevity factor. We started doing the same in the very late 70's-early 80's but, it was too little/too late. Since the Japanese products were subsidized and built with smaller/cheaper materials the end product was cheaper so they caused B-E to fail economically. The Evansville plant was the first to close and eventually all facilities closed except the Milwaukee plant, which I think is still open today and is named Bucyrus. So, I really enjoyed this video and look forward to seeing the rest of the series.

[@jamielacourse7578]

This is my third time watching this. I'm amazed you were able to breathe life into it. And you are so right about excited gearheads.......and love your use of the Flux capacitor........

[@NickRatnieks]

In 1930 Ruston & Hornsby of Lincoln, England formed a joint venture with Bucyrus Erie to manufacture excavators as Ruston-Bucyrus.

[@TripleXclown]

Ok totally can't wait to see more! So happy you filmed later videos Horizontally!! Will enjoy seeing more videos!!

[@stephaneracicot791]

just a thought when we found an old bulldozer abondoned for 50 years or so we filled the whole motor up to where you put the oil into wich is the valve cover 15 galons of diesel and let it sit for a month broke her free and yes we started it after about two days of f... around,steering cluch was stuck got it loose enough to moove it out of the bush.

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

If this is your JOB job then you're a *really* lucky guy. Thanks for sharing x

[@RustyRescues]

lol I wish, no just do this to insure my financial insecurity.

[@gshock3092]

Great demonstration and documentary!

[@tonyfreeman5048]

Them old bucyrus machines were good and dependable. I worked a old cable tool years ago in the oil patch

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

I am the World's most unmechanical person, but I found this compelling viewing! From South Africa.

[@TripleXclown]

Stumbled upon this.. I hope future videos are filmed Horizontal not Vertical.. it really ruins the aesthetic when 2/3's of the screen is black

[@RustyRescues]

All further videos are filmed in landscape view. The whole video blog of this rescue started on the way there, very spontaneously, so just didn't think about it at the time. Never thought it would become this popular online honestly, mainly did it for friends and family that couldn't be there.

[@TripleXclown]

so glad you continued to share it!

[@RustyRescues]

@@TripleXclown thanks, will continue to try to do so in future endeavors; gotta' keep the old iron alive.

[@randalljames1]

if you know the hole that is blowing back, yank that plug..then try... makes a bunch of noise but you can clear the thing..

[@everybodysFavCowboy]

So me and my friends love watching these kid of videos and we really like how you actually talk and explain about everything

[@RustyRescues]

Thanks for the positive feedback, still trying to find a happy medium between talk and action based on viewer feedback.

[@Scottie1152]

Everybody’s Favorite Cowboy, Levi Hamersley I think you’ll find that’s “my friends and I”

[@DKTractors]

Love my Katz heater great video

[@ringgear1979]

dude love it! keep up the awesome work and looking forward to seeing more vids. can't wait to see the ol girl in person!

[@RustyRescues]

Thanks for the positive feedback! Hope to see you and Chris at the steam show this summer!

[@jimyoung7090]

Hard to hear the commentary over the background music!

[@RustyRescues]

Tried to improve that in later videos, learning how to edit these as I go.

[@ConstructionMachinesChannel]

Great video dude. Very informative. You have a lot of knowledge stored in your head. Looking forward to seeing the rest of videos about this machine.

[@seudechrist]

You are a future youtube star with series like this. You have my subscribe!!

[@Tabigrace89]

Awesome first vid! Can’t wait to see more.

[@JP-st2mk]

Nice video but I'm a little upset.... I spent good money on getting a larger computer monitor and this video only shows and less than a third of the screen. If you use a phone for a camera, please turn it on it's side. They are made to work that way, believe it or not!

[@RustyRescues]

All subsequent videos have the picture turned the other way, sorry for the inconvenience; first time for everything and learning as I go!

[@JP-st2mk]

@@RustyRescues NP.. I've watched the rest of the videos and enjoyed them very much. Nice job on the save and restoration.

[@RustyRescues]

@@JP-st2mk thank you!

[@v-g-z3689]

That background music sounds a little bit like "Clean your own Backyard" by Elvis Presley. That fits quite well i think :)

[@jefframblerman8268]

fabulous.. thank you..

[@pirates12343]

your background music is from the first Tremors movie.....that's awesome!

[@nathanbyrum7745]

Every time I see the brand "Bucyrus" I keep thinking "Billy Ray Bucyrus". . . ."Check out my crane, my flakey breaky crane, 'cause it makes me feel like such a man, so if you check out my crane, my flakey breaky crane, it might blow up and take my hand!" I know, I know, I should keep my day job. . . .

[@av8tore71]

I have an old HD3 out back, I thinks it's a 1952 or 53 but its a gas engine

[@RustyRescues]

Very nice! They're good machines. Going to rescue it?

[@hookblock211]

Great set of videos

[@edwardpate6128]

A lot of the Panama Canal was dug with Bucyrus steam shovels.

[@yettbnilrac]

Also made in England by the Ruston Company and known as Ruston Bucyrus .RB10 RB 15 etc

[@jamielacourse7578]

That's nice looking country....wonder where?

[@RustyRescues]

Central NY

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

Yes, our field of vision is wider than it is tall. Notice the shape of our eyes, and that they're side by side. It's like looking at the world through horse blinders. Phones have done the art of photography and videography a serious injustice.

[@RustyRescues]

Watch the rest of the videos.

[@AndyM.]

DUDEZILLA!!!! Where was the crane located? I ask because it looks like the area where my friend in Erie lives. She lives right off I90 and Hwy 460...

[@RustyRescues]

Upstate NY

[@lager6103]

Where was this ? Great video.

[@FanatOf80s]

Ничего себе!!! Экскаватор с БЕНЗИНОВЫМ двигателем!!! В первый раз такое вижу.

[@kenschultz743]

music way too loud cant hear your words

[@ВалерийПавлов-я6о]

как это так? экскаватор 100-летней давности и целый? у нас в россии ему давно стёкла поразбивали , разграбили , просто разломали и в конце концов сдали в метало-приёмку

[@markduncan6690]

That’s some music!

[@markduncan6690]

Alice Chalmers!!!🤷‍♀️

[@jay600katana]

I would have just filled the whole engine with automatic trans fuild mixed with acetone or liquor thinner and let'er sit for a week or two.

[@RustyRescues]

I use the old acetone and atf blend on a few engines, but this one I pickled with thin synthetic oil instead. It worked surprisingly well!

[@jimlepeu577]

Can’t stand vids in portrait, gave up.

[@larryalexander4833]

Please don't talk so much