Buying a Big Broken Bulldozer | Dresser TD25G

[@ScrappyIndustries]

I fixed the missing audio from the post yesterday. Sorry about that!

[@Jabbaholl]

I might just watch it again! Great Channel Sam. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos, I for one really appreciate it. Martyn from England 🇬🇧

[@davidcolesr.8628]

@@JabbahollI’m with You Marty

[@ronnie6689]

​@@Jabbahollyv❤5💤💤;😮

[@jakeford7688]

On the E model switch is there a ecm or pcm in that goes in the cab

[@velocitytransport9599]

People are starting to see the huge value in older equipment again. A machine like this is Gold

[@CoryTheesfeld]

It's good to see , but some people think there's more value in scraping them, which is sad and upsets me. I am 18 and have a 1953 international td9 crawler and saved it from being scrapped it's a very nice crawler, and it about 15,000 pounds with a loader, and it's a great little unit.

[@CoryTheesfeld]

I got it for free and have 550 dollars in it. Now it works. I still have a bunch of little things like servicing it, and that's about it.

[@ClausHinck-s5g]

Minimum requirements for ( really ) cleaning are a very powerful cleaning solution , 212° steam,and 4k. Psi spray pressure. !! AND the rest is YOU..🤪🙃😁..!! Subscriber and avid follower. " KEEP-ON, KEEP'EN-ON..!! " THE O'L COCK "

[@Rorschach1024]

Id drain that transmission to get that water out so it doesnt freeze in there and bust the transmission housing, not to mention corrode the gears and such while it sits in long term storage.

[@garymatthews1668]

In 1963, when I was 12, the farmer that I worked on put me on a International TD24 to pull logs out of the forest. He gave me about 5 minutes of instructions on the controls and cable winch. Worked on that about 2 months. Then summer he had me take it with a single spike deep plow and break up 60 acres. The thing did not have a blade. So was just a farm tractor. But what a beast. Most fun I had on a crawler. Nothing like the 310 case or the old model 20 cat he had.

[@seniorLu48]

I will begin by saying, there are two types of people; those who (talk) and those who (do). And the reason people who (do) gain so much experience is because they are willing to take risks, not afraid of hard work but also follow their dreams. People who (do) see far beyond what sits in front of them. So my friend, keep on doing what you're doing, this is an inspiration to all of us.

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

something to what you say there.

[@kenc3288]

There are actually 3 types of people.. Those who make it happen. Those who watch other people make it happen. Those who wonder what happened.

[@MikeThomasNYME]

And there is me, who watches some stuff happen, makes some things happen, but mostly doesn't know what is going on.

[@danielburke8350]

I love how closed-captioning gets things so wrong, but so right... When Sam lifts the ripper, revs that Cummins, and pulls away, the CC says "Music." 🙂

[@DieselCreek]

WHAT A BEAST 😍😍

[@IT_Dinosaur]

Love the casual drop in about Clinton & his big ole wrecking ball. Those guys are as much fun as watching you & Matt.

[@C_CEQUIPMENT]

My favorite machine!!

[@olivei2484]

There appears to be a bunch of Army truck repair manuals from WWII on Portlands OR CL if you are interested.

[@ScrappyIndustries]

It does seem like a really cool tractor

[@chrisduncan2626]

I liked Gino's phone call 😂. "Hello.......why?......well im not there so you're gonna have to deal with it" Sounds like me 99% of the time

[@allensandven0]

Did Sam just say “ it’s not that hateful “ …. I’ve never heard any of my project disparities so eloquently described ..❤😂

[@Sportinjected919]

Love seeing this channel grow, Sam has the best personality and knows his stuff!! Keep the long videos coming!

[@abduljaleelalashi1022]

I love the way you and Matt respect each other, It's your channel and your show, so you are talking and doing all that needs to be done.

[@traviswilliams9104]

Pacific northwest hillbilly would love this project. He rebuilds heavy machines from the ground up. Does fantastic work.

[@jackrichards1863]

So far it's been one bulldozer.

[@traviswilliams9104]

@jackrichards1863 that's more than 0 isn't it?

[@jackrichards1863]

@@traviswilliams9104 "..machines.." is more than 1 . NOT more than nil Travis'T'

[@davidohler5611]

Always like when you and Matt work together

[@michaelmcclure8673]

If I remember correctly, Warren on Western truck and tractor had one of those open. It was a mess but he got it done for his customer. 😊

[@philstreeter9703]

Sam, I hope you can save the old gal. She runs like a tiger and scoots along in forward pretty good. Water in the transmission is a killer. I personally think you should save it as it would be worth it with that sweet sounding KT. Great video.

[@hackandslash72o75]

Why did he keep burning that tranny up....?

[@deserttrucktractor2514]

ScrappyIndustries I would love to get a high resolution, straight on photo of that lubrication decal on the right fender of this TD-25G. Desert Truck & Tractor are IH/Dresser enthusiasts and we are building a IH/Dresser decal database for potential decal reproduction in the future to keep these awesome machines going and looking good. Yours looks to be in good shape and readable.

[@tda2806]

I love being able to get the popcorn out and watch one of your long format videos, 🖕to the KZbin algorithm!

[@burtsbass1]

In the mid 70's while on a huge job in Saudi Arabia, we had a Catt 966 with power loss in the tranamission. After I found a piece of the square white ring in the filter housing, I pulled the engine with the transmission and found the rings on some of the pressure plates of the planetary groups damaged. I replaced all sealings on the pressure plates and any other o-ring in the tranny including oil and filters. She ran just fine after the repair Long ago, time flies when you are having fun. Greetings from Sverige! Anyway, thank you for sharing this video!

[@art1muz13]

I hope you can save the old gal.. Great video.

[@larryschweitzer4904]

A long time ago we had a job that was running behind. We had 2 D8s & a D9 on it but needed another dozer for clearing trees and limestone. We had hit a hard seam of limestone that had to be blasted. Dad bought a TD25 at auction for fairly cheap. I ended up running it for a few months. It was actually a pretty decent machine.

[@davidohler5611]

I couldn’t have passed up on this either - what a beautiful hunk of old iron.

[@jackrichards1863]

Is aggravates me when somebody that knows better sits in a machine and burns up a transmission in a machine like this Dresser not bothering to check the transmission and top it off.

[@ScrappyIndustries]

I think water in the oil was its main demise. Not sure if you’re talking about me or the last guy but she is long gone either way.

[@jayjones6904]

Ty for saving her I'm retired but kills me too see stuff just rust into the ground God bless

[@rantmaker6427]

Scrappy you and your good friend Matt are the perfect team love how you help one another at the drop of a hat

[@MaryTaylor-o6c]

Great to see you & Matt together

[@luvtruckin]

The thing about your channel is there’s always the two for factor with Matt. Cool machine to bad about it’s issues.

[@flydieselair]

I worked at Cummins Ontario in Toronto in the late 70's and those KT,1150's engines were great. They were mostly between 450hp to 600hp depending on application They developed oil leaks at the front cover because it was aluminum and the engines had so much torque that it ruined the gaskets. When they put that engine into industrial machines were they operated at a steady RPM and had cast steel front covers, then they would really shine.

[@ScrappyIndustries]

I love the sounds of a KT always wanted one. They are neat engines for sure that’s interesting about the front cover

[@flydieselair]

@@ScrappyIndustries They don't sound like any other Cummins engine. The torque was so great that rear tires seldom wore out but came apart in chunks like on gasoline "A" train tankers and heavy equipment lowboys and float trucks. These trucks required lots of torque on takeoff and the K's had it in spades. These days trucks probably have as much or more torque and better tires for sure.

[@DieselFitter]

Use to work at Dressta aka Dresser dealership. Loved these older machines. Blue Ridge Tractor in Benton IL use to have a couple td25’s laying around that they sold parts off of. They might have some good finals and trans laying around some where. And a couple of TD 40s with KT 19 in them if want a bigger dozer lol.

[@jimmystuckey1412]

Friends of mine had one of those with a v shear on front and a bedding plow on back. Can remember being able to feel the thing coming down toe logging roads

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

I love these old dresser dozers, they were used in the fallout of Chernobyl to clean up

[@garymessina1609]

Maybe you will fix her up great video thanks Sam and Matt and everyone else

[@Thedudeabides803]

I have the same jumper back. Best thing I ever bought. Use it to plug in air pumps, Dewalt batteries, cell phone. Very handy and lots of power.

[@davidfist7801]

THat lowboy is awesome. Such a handy thing for a guy like you. You need to talk DieselCreek into buying one : )

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Thank you and Matt saving equipment.

[@user-cz3ey6hu2g]

Love the content! Between you and Matt you guys keep me entertained after work! ✌️

[@stephentreadwell8436]

Great video. It is good that you make logical decisions. The KT is a good engine

[@caesar1295]

Worked with a tower cranes for 32 years and the smaller cranes towers used M45 bolts to connect the towers and they torqued to 4,580 lb/ft and we got those type of torque multipliers to tighten the tower bolts looked almost as same as the one you have but a bit larger. Sure beat carrying a hydraulic pump, hoses, extension cords 200’ and a hydraulic ratchet wrench up the towers they were quite a bit heavier than the multiplier and Milwaukee impact. It saved about 3 hours of torquing depending on the amount of tower sections used for the under height hook of the tower crane. The first ratchet drills were powered by an extension cords 110V and the the battery powered ratchets came out after, every one loved those batter powered drill ratchets no more extension cords. Nice video bud.

[@jimbrewer2893]

Well, that went south fast! That Peter car didn't even strain pulling that load.

[@leeradford76]

I like your connection with big old machine salvage and restoration cool

[@ActionDigitalTimes]

great episode about pros and cons of old iron. see what the future holds for this tired worker. many thx.

[@Chronicle-in8vu]

Possibly engine out battery pack in then electric motors all round... Yeah when hell freezers over😅

[@markthomas4083]

“TD” stands for “touchdown”! Great video.

[@CaptianKaos]

What a Beast. Great find. Sorry it did not work out. Great torque gun. Cheers.

[@johnmccormick175]

Interesting video Sam your knowledge is impressive..thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@clydeacor1911]

The water in the transmission is probably years of condensation without ever servicing it. In Idaho I can haul mine complete on a 6 axle truck trailer, crazy you had to take the blade off with 7 axles. I know lot's of guys that put Kt19 cummins engines in TD25B and TD25C tractors.

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the video Sam.

[@GARDENER42]

Finally managed to drop in after seeing you in several of Matt's videos.

[@PeterBrown-r6g]

Looks like it could have broken seal rings on the ends of the fwd rvs clutch pack. This happens it will not allow pack lock up. The same thing happened on the old man's 25 Es exact same machine ,only with the IH 817 c motor. Good luck with it. Brownie Bridgetown Western Australia

[@randyclyde4939]

Great video, interesting and fun with Matt as well! Thanks for your time so far, hopefully it will be repairable at some point. Be well, be safe!

[@markwaltman1524]

Operated 2 dresser TD 20’s and a TD8 back in the 90’s. The 20’s were stout. They were all good machines

[@BrendtRoss]

me and my Dad used to use a trailer comproser with a jack hammer wth a blunt ent bit to knock pins ou of our dozers blades and tracks

[@khbow]

You and Matt make a great pair...I like what both of you do. Keep it up!

[@Rorschach1024]

Love how the top of the muffler levitates when the engine is revving....

[@russellsmith3825]

There is a possibility that someone used the co-op hydraulic fluid, there was a major issue where that fluid would cause the clutch and brake linings to delaminate, I had a 1370 case tractor come into the shop that would lose all steering and brakes because the lining material would block off the intake screen.

[@mattipeltola3285]

Not very experienced with heavy equipment, but on principle it's nothing special and I do have to agree on this. Wrong type of fluid could create some unexpected results (like getting lines delaminated); someone I know had something like this happen on one of their bulldozers (not really sure which make or model, something pretty old anyway) and they figured it out. Had a lot of stuff hanging in on the same hydraulics too, like the whole rear & drive was one single block similar to many wheeled tractors, it all stopped working properly and operating it was a pain, if at all possible. Thorough cleaning & rinsing of the whole hydraulic system together with fresh fluid and new filters in fact removed almost all issues (enough to operate) to forgo complete service, although they know at some point it probably is going down for good - no justification to fix such issues for the use the machine has, but "for time being it's good".

[@danielkennedy1524]

Great show! Thanks! Hope the turn proves profitable!

[@anthonybernstein9698]

Sounds like a good machine. It only has two problems, It can't go forward & it can't go backwards. I had a broken clock it told the correct time twice a day.

[@TCI425]

Engine sounds great, Sam. Patiently waiting on more of the old Mack.

[@ScrappyIndustries]

Its coming! Thanks for watching

[@georgetarabini6552]

Great videos, keep’em comin, thanks for sharing

[@mitchcardosi92]

I was interested in that torque multiplier until i googled it and found out that it’s almost 6 grand, yeah, I’ll keep my Milwaukee impact and apply heat if necessary

[@leol1682]

Enjoy the video Sam .love those oldy's .

[@garyfeltus9801]

Well sad ending to a lot of iron . If you fixed it . Then find a big project to use it on it would probably be worth fixing . Great video sam .

[@JohnObiro-sq4of]

I hope it works out for you Sam. Whatever your decision.

[@alanclark639]

Well that was a bit of a bummer Sam - but worth the effort - great that you have a friendly low boy operator, they are an arm and a leg over here just for normal pick up and drop without all the messing about dawn till dusk. Heavy iron scrap is making about £200 - 240 a tonne over here ( we're still metric ) I'm sure that there's a market to break it for many parts and then gas to cut her up - be interesting to see what road you take. Either way - considering the KZbin angle - there's guys like me with their tongues hanging out waiting to see the horrors inside that transmission!

[@ScrappyIndustries]

I agree we will see!

[@f75gunslinger]

I'd say that for the shape from everything I can see it'd be worth doing the job if you did it yourself . Paying someone else it'd rack up quickly . But she seems to run beautifully , and the running gear is in decent shape still .

[@wazza33racer]

what a location for the batteries..........whisky tango foxtrot. K series Cummins are an epic engine.......In Australia, there were and always will be, the best triple road train ( 130 tons gross) long distance engine. Oh wow, the milkshake in that filter........34.18

[@dennisroberts6698]

You win some, & you lose some, but with that motor you should do alright, sounds great, very impressive

[@bryancooper2699]

Too bad it turned out the way it did. I am sure something will come up and it will Either be repaired or parted out. Keep up the great work

[@jimmackey2909]

Thanks for the re-up. Cleared up some questions.

[@aaroncanfield4069]

I had a dresser doing the same thing with the transmission. It had the wrong oil in it from a recent service. Changed the oil and worked perfectly.

[@kevinvremanconstruction5845]

Nice video, Matt from Diesel Creek would be excited for this one.

[@kensnyder2248]

It’s a very good idea to have mat, from Diesel creek to help you

[@chatbrewster6630]

Came over from DC, Matt said to come check you folks out.

[@bobjohnson9012]

I vote to try and fix it ?

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Love the beginning of this video of you standing by this bulldozer and stating you MAYBE might own it, not sure...well I guess youo got the money end of it solved since you and your friend then went back to go get it all🙂Knowing how you are on Matt's videos every now and then and helping him, to see Matt on this video is awesome, to help you a bit🙂.the filters, YUCK, shame that there is so much major stuff wrong with her to make it worth saving, and as sadly as I have to say, think you will get more return parting her out than trying to save her and put more money into her than is worth it. heart sinking at this point, but this is reality . Great video, and Thanks to Matt and Gino both!

[@mischef18]

Well sure made for great viding bro, think Clinton @ C&C have one of these in up and coming videos. Be interesting to see what that one will need to get job ready. Safe travels. Ken.

[@ryanedwardson6541]

I'd love to see this one live, but.... the KT could go in Matt's auto car 😎

[@markthomas4083]

Easy to hit the “Subscribe” icon.

[@billprell6938]

It looks really nice from what I could see as it was going up it’s got a really nice floor plan too ! Good job. I’m sure your wife will be happy as can be!

[@tbbigrocker149]

The boys and there toys! I like that Torcup vt. puts my Milwaukee to shame

[@renem6441]

Sam that is one good sounding cat engine, hope you find a way to bring the dresser back to it’s glory! Thanks for sharing

[@Farmboyjason]

That's not a CAT. It's a Cummins.

[@iflifewaseasy]

The offset to left cab is the special NASCAR track making model. 😅

[@kevink4914]

Sure with cnc equipment would buy that dozer and make Kevin paint it up 🤷🏻‍♂️😉😂

[@chakrazoo]

hope ya get it running. very cool dozer. never seen one up here

[@robertdonaldson6584]

My late father was on the board of directors of Cummins Engine Co......

[@VanLoweLawnCare]

Sideling Hill. I love going out to Western MD. From Frederick County here

[@raymondhorvatin1050]

Too bad things didn't turn out like you hoped thanks for sharing

[@jackdawg4579]

Came over from "area diesel service" for a look, liking what I see so far!

[@landscapeone2957]

You will alright. You have a channel. Keep going. 😮😮😮😮

[@haolemoke8083]

All my old td25’s had a manual parking brake set with the brake pedal.

[@johnwenzel9252]

Enjoyed the vid, thx Andrew

[@stevenseitz8779]

Thats pretty cool seeing state equipment company on the binder

[@bruceletouzel5157]

thats the machine everyone needs

[@debcamp2359]

Great vid! ❤ the sidekick!

[@DannyFinley-qg9ct]

Great video! I use the torque up, rad guns, and hytorque at work, some are pneumatic, cordless and hydraulic. We try to use hytorque brand sockets, but when we can't we wrap the socket in several layers of duct tape in case they blow up. I have exploded several, its exciting. Sometimes if the torque wont break the fastener loose you can hold the button down to apply torque and hit the socket with a hammer to shock it. Our biggest drive is 2.5 inch hydraulic and can torque to 25,000 ft lbs! It's a little scary!

[@ScrappyIndustries]

Holy cow i didn't know 2.5" drive was even a thing

[@DannyFinley-qg9ct]

@@ScrappyIndustries Haha, yeah it's crazy. Im a mechanic in a power plant we have some pretty big equipment.

[@DeathHead1358]

Damn, 2.5" drive is a real beast. I used to work at a plant that made presswood pallets, we ran 9 1200 ton presses. We had a 1.5" drive Hytorque that was good for around 10,000 ft lbs, but I never got to play with that as I was the plant welder.

[@andrewthornbury8844]

As soon as you said Clark equipment I was like hey that's 15 minutes away from me lol

[@ScrappyIndustries]

I love that place lol

[@dalebailey1844]

Used to run a td15 clean the sceens and change the filter and problem with the oil in the tranny we used to have to change it all yearly, but it ran just fine afterwords

[@cgbrown55able]

I love that D8 ❤

[@abduljaleelalashi1022]

The fun of the matter is fixing the brooking beast and making it workable.

[@Mhurtle65]

Hope to see you fix this one....