Lima 604 Cable Shovel First dig! Caterpillar Power

[@ScrappyIndustries]

Nice job Frank! You picked it up quick and it sounds great

[@73DiamondReo]

@@ScrappyIndustries can’t wait for you to try it out!

[@ScrappyIndustries]

@@73DiamondReo i agree!

[@texasjetman]

Absolutely Excellent job Frank

[@WillSmithHitandMiss]

Thank you for bringing it to the show, it was awesome to see and ran great ! I hopefully have some nice footage.

[@73DiamondReo]

@@WillSmithHitandMiss looking forward to it. We went back late yesterday and fixed the air compressor. Ran really well

[@HistoricMachines]

Nice addition to your collection. The large size of that machine makes you look like a young boy operating it.

[@christophersmith483]

That's just made my day! A VERY impressive machine - the engine sound is really nice. All credit to you all for giving it a second chance!

[@TheSynthnut]

That beast cycles pretty fast and sounds sweet too. Top work rescuing it.

[@regal105]

It’s amazing how you can resurrect stuff without hydraulic hoses without much trouble

[@73DiamondReo]

i don't know that it was that simple and is far from being 100% operational but i was at least able to move a bit of dirt

[@jaygraham5407]

I am a Lifetime Member of Steam O Rama. Been there several times

[@johnsecord9697]

Thanks Frank! Congratulations to you, your grease gun, Kroil and your oil can. Getting all of the air controls up and working again is a miracle.thanks for the video.

[@texasjetman]

That Kroil is awesome stuff. I buy it by the gallon and add it to my sure Shot sprayer Won’t pay $10 for a can of WD40 ever again

[@johnsecord9697]

My cheapskate brew of choice is a gallon of WD40 with a quart of ATF added

[@KennethDuBord-bc2wo]

That D 13000 sounds like it is working effortlessly.

[@filobeto1691]

Frank it appears that machine has decent speed. If you were just loading trucks with fill I don’t think the ol’ girl would be to far behind a similar size excavator.🤷‍♂️ Really cool to see that machine back in the ring.

[@73DiamondReo]

@@filobeto1691 check out the rough and tumble video loading trucks with the Lorain

[@mariotorres6287]

Great job there, Frank!! I'm excited and look forward to seeing you at the show with your "new" shovel!! You did a great job saving and bringing it back to life!

[@73DiamondReo]

@@mariotorres6287 thanks Mario

[@geneshepherdsr]

That ole girl sounds great plenty of power that cat sounds really good quite fast at digging also you got it down pat

[@80evgeniy]

Excellent work, Frank!

[@gregwhite7957]

That ole girl is a digging son of a gun. Thanks for sharing. Take care and stay safe.

[@burtsbass1]

Great job saving this beauty!

[@Stahodad]

That works very smoothly.. I like it.

[@adriannettlefold9084]

Definitely fell on your feet with this one Frank.

[@JohnBennett-cw1ri]

Good to see it back in action, love the tyre bump stop. Thanks from 🇬🇧

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

That's awesome Frank! 😁👍 Glad you're getting the bugs worked out 🔧

[@73DiamondReo]

Thanks Zane

[@MarksPhoto]

Nothing sounds better than a low RPM Cat working.

[@waltergorzkowski7246]

You got it working great Frank. Sounds great too.

[@Jeremy-q3g]

That seat is plush but it also looks terribly uncomfortable at the same time. Sounds good!

[@73DiamondReo]

@@Jeremy-q3g yeah it’s too low

[@o.o-vt1rc]

​@73DiamondReo I was just thinking a custom bar stool could be cool. Probably not as good an idea as it seemed at first.

[@hurricanedaniel]

looks like shes running really good for a old girl frank. good job

[@mikebougher3731]

Looks like the old girl still works pretty good. 👍

[@PeterBel-Ford]

Pretty good hand at those controls, CAT engine sounding useful !

[@johnpoeta3320]

your good on that machine for sure

[@73DiamondReo]

Give me a bit. Once I get the controls working right we can pick up the speed and get more of a rhythm.

[@johnpoeta3320]

@@73DiamondReo your doing good now

[@littlejason99]

Looks like you got a nice seat installed! LOL

[@texasjetman]

That’s awesome. Man that’s a monster. Thank you for sharing and doing what you do. Truly saving machine history. So dang awesome. Can’t wait to meet you at a show someday. It will be such an honor. 🤠. Yes already subscribed and follow and try to always comment

[@ttyR265]

Man..that thing can really move some earth. Love seeing you guys (you, Sam, Matt, et all) getting these old machines back into working condition for demonstrations. When are we going to see the "gang" get together and do a big earth job with only vintage equipment? That'd be awesome.

[@73DiamondReo]

We’ve talked about it

[@golfy808]

Gees she's like new!! Powerful

[@D8PETE]

Looking and sounding good Frank!

[@Scentlessapprentice9]

That D13000 sounds really nice! Boom it up some though to ~45degs Steel frame putty windows look sooo cool. 👍

[@73DiamondReo]

I have to make the front window frames. I was taught to only boom up high enough that the bucket clears the face or load a truck. I don’t see any advantage of booming up higher In this situation

[@andedavi]

The old girl can still move some dirt!

[@wwfeatherston]

Great seat- that's got to be an improvement on the original!

[@dannyboy7086]

now that was awesome

[@merlinmonson2133]

Very nice!

[@walterlamb4756]

Very impressive, great video!

[@rw3dog]

Lookin good

[@TCI425]

Looks like you're getting her dialed in pretty good. Sounds great too. I'd have come up to the show this weekend but have a pretty busy weekend between the grader and backhoe. Maybe next year.

[@DeweyCheatumNHoweLLC]

I see you found a seat for it. Looks like it might be a big upgrade from original.

[@o.o-vt1rc]

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the bark in the cat.

[@ferdinandocappelletti6740]

beautiful

[@ferdinandocappelletti6740]

i like old Lima excavators, similar of Bucyrus

[@aarondwyer3746]

A Modern Day sensitive new Age Fella Rory

[@neilmcintosh1200]

That hungry monster takes big bites.

[@eladfitz5673]

Lovely to see it in action. How many pounds of welding rods do you think were added on the shovel?

[@73DiamondReo]

That bucket has seen some action !

[@stevem3413]

To me most of the fun is working on them

[@73DiamondReo]

I enjoy that too

[@jdhinckley1954]

That is just so cool! I love seeing this old iron back in operation. How many yards is the bucket?

[@73DiamondReo]

1.5

[@bladerunner6282]

i have to admit i know nothing about these machines, but it appears to be working pretty well! ...could probably could use AC and cruise though. ha!

[@73DiamondReo]

I wouldn’t mind a/c. They make plenty of heat 😂

[@paulhammond7489]

Enjoy steam-o-rama

[@nippinkoi8924]

Wen did you put on walk way ? Great to see it working 👍🇬🇧

[@73DiamondReo]

@@nippinkoi8924 the two weekends between moving it and the show

[@jaygraham5407]

Saturday you will be at Gerhart's????

[@73DiamondReo]

@@jaygraham5407 yes sir. Play on the 80d a bit and we have something to pick up from there also

[@jaygraham5407]

@@73DiamondReo been to Gerhart's several times. Lots of fun

[@jaygraham5407]

We always leave Steam-O-Rama early Saturday morning to go to Gerhart's for the day.

[@jaygraham5407]

Beautiful day for Gerhart's

[@jamesmcgee2447]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@PeterBel-Ford]

When is the 2400 arriving 😉

[@73DiamondReo]

@@PeterBel-Ford someone find me one with a shovel and I’d be interested

[@PeterBel-Ford]

@@73DiamondReo Might just know where there is one, leave it with me and if I get positive feedback will let you know. May take a while as am currently travelling on business 👍

[@bradleydass3075]

Someone painted it to look like a B-E. Oh well. Lima’s colors were red & gray. One thing at a time. I’ve got a model 25 dragline and someone painted it yellow. Retired & sick of yellow.

[@Uswesi1527]

Age means nothing. The most important factor is operator and operation.

[@Sojourning_]

I be more gentil with the operation of this slip stick, we used them when I was yet a young man. slow and steady, It's not a Hydraulic shovel. your pressing it to hard, I more used to hearing the Murphy engines.

[@73DiamondReo]

You’re really not going to like how I run my other shovels. 😂

[@flash80D]

C ya Sunday after gerharts Saturday. Looking good Frank!!! B safe ​@@73DiamondReo