Moving Concrete Pads with an OLD Wheel Loader ~ Part 8 ~ Rebuilding of "The Salvage Cave"

One of the biggest things you need A LOT of when you start getting into the all the large equipment I keep dragging home is: SPACE!
So today's plan is to make more of it out behind The Salvage Cave!
We'll move a couple LARGE concrete pads, dig out a Massive Mulberry stump, and build a large berm with all the left over dirt we dug out from the SWAMP we took care of in the previous video!
As with any project where you use old machines, there is always something to fix or maintain!
Today we use my 1965 Allis Chalmers 645 Articulated Wheel Loader, Gehl 5625sx Skid Steer, and my Clarke Wheel Loader Forklift!
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This is Part 8 of the series on Rebuilding "The Salvage Cave"
HAVE you SEEN this whole series?
Link to the PLAYLIST so you can watch ALL of the videos on The Salvage Cave Rebuild:
• RESTORING an OLD Shop ...
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I hope you enjoy the video, and I look forward to hearing from you in the comments!
As ALWAYS, Thanks for Watching!
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This building used to be a car repair shop. The extra space and room has been nice, but before I could use this shop as another workshop for the channel, a LOT of work needed to be done, including a new roof, better lighting, and much more! I have restored a variety of old tools and machines on the channel; now, it's time to restore an old shop. I spent the winter on this construction project, and I hope you'll enjoy following along. Join me on another adventure as I take an old, beat up shop and transform it into The Salvage Cave.
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0:00 - Using a Rolling magnet & clearing out around the building
2:21 - Digging out for the Concrete Pad
5:13 - Getting the Allis Chalmers 645 Wheel Loader ready for the Day
13:37 - Moving LARGE Concrete Pads
25:23 - Digging out a large Mulberry STUMP
32:34 - Adding a Drain for a natural spring
37:56 - Building a LARGE Berm behind "The Salvage Cave"
48:51 - Wheel Loader Problems
51:32 - I found a TOAD
52:01 - Finding the drain pipe
52:24 - Hand stacking the corner of the Berm
54:15 - Rain water draining through the Berm
54:43 - Next up on "The Salvage Cave" Rebuild
#ShopRestoration #TheSalvageCave #SalvageWorkshopOnSite

[@billforrest4205]

Next time you're going to need to shift a large heavy pain in the ass object like that slab of concrete, lift one end with the loader and throw a scaffold pole, steel pipe, log, or empty oxygen/argon/CO2 bottle under it to use as a roller. It worked for centuries before we invented the wheel, and it'll save you messing up all your hard work grading/levelling the site 😉It might take longer having to replace the roller every 10 feet or so, but it works!

[@SalvageWorkshop]

That is a great thought! I will definetly keep it in mind for next time! Not gonna be my last time moving something large, akward, or heavy!

[@user-sp8ew8yk9k]

My teeth began to itch as I watched him move the stove. He pulled, dragged, then leveled something with a shovel, but first he leveled everything with a rake. Is it really that hard to just put a stick in? Is it really that hard to just lift a chain? But he does everything "through the ass", perhaps this is the meaning of this "show".

[@hammathguy3995]

Another idea would be to lay a couple of 2x4s down as a sort of runner. That way he could push just as he did without the front edge borrowing in.

[@chess135]

@@user-sp8ew8yk9kmaby he doese what he think is best. You cant know everything, but you can try with your best plan. Maby its not good or it is. If we dont like it move to the next vid or the next channel. Its free for us but expensive as hell for him 😊

[@thomream1888]

A Hard man, not fearing hard work or nay-sayers, is a force of nature. Observe the Master! Great Job Matt!

[@addagwenlyn9662]

All one has to do now is run a heavy piece of equipment over the PVC pipe covering the spring and crush the pipe. I bet you're smarter than I'll ever be. But, with the flood history on this property, I would have graded the lot on an angle away from the building down towards the creek. That way all run off water flows away from the building.

[@tomp538]

Your problem solving and solutions bring back memories of a dear departed uncle of mine... thanks.

[@OLDDOG47]

Maybe a scoop of that gravel would have been a good idea where the spring meets the pipe.

[@MrGordy61]

Yep, and I would have covered that basin with several layers of plastic to keep the top fill from working its way into the basin. I am talking about basically the size of a standard trash bag. I fact a heavy construction grade trash bag would have been perfect.

[@terryrogers1025]

You have no idea how much I enjoy watching you develop this property young man, and what makes it even better is using salvaged equipment that you put back in operation. Thanks for the update.

[@SalvageWorkshop]

Thank you Terry! I appreciate the compliment! I enjoy what I get to do, and using the machines I've salvaged is just a bonus! Glad to have you along for the journey!

[@Farm_fab]

Area Diesel Service is a highly rated company that does the injection pumps. They may do injectors as well.

[@SalvageWorkshop]

We've already worked together... you'll see that soon!

[@waynep343]

Have you tested the new spring water for bacteria to make sure its not leach field septic run off water from homes above. Which would make dumping it into the creek a no no.

[@costrio]

When I was a kid, I could never afford Tonka toys. I think your videos are a pretty good replacement, and I've outgrown the toys. ;)

[@oheebatch_algorytmu]

I would recommend to shape the berm and seed it asap, ideally cover with straw to help grass germinate and minimize erosion before its roots establishment.

[@roberta4989]

It appears you drive to operate the heavy equipment like it was a car or pk-up truck with all the forward, reverse, forward, reverse. I don't wish it on you but ,maybe settle down a little...easy does it!

[@calvarybuilders5689]

Nice work redirecting the spring! A cedar fence instead of the berm? more yard space, profesional look! 🤔😃

[@oliverwilson6162]

Good man, toads are excellent! When I was a kid I used to keep a vivarium in the garden with the injured ones that had got caught in people's garden bonfires, lost a leg, a blind one, etc. Spent many a happy hour digging worms up for them

[@joeyrutherford1790]

Turn the antifreeze bottle sideways it will pour so much better. Keep up the great work

[@chrisbartrum3201]

That old Alis Chalmers's a beast. We come here cos your a true grafter and it looks like your intuition is paying off, but I still feel you work and try too hard mon amie.

[@tonyn3123]

I would recommend driving a tall stake next to the inlet of the drainage pipe. With the amount of loose material in the lot, it might get covered in a heavy rain event and give you a positive place to re-open the drainage by digging. Just my opinion for what it's worth. Thanks for the video.

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

Should've put some foil between soil and the corner of Your cinderblock-building to prevent soaking humidity in the blocks, leading to potential frostdamage - just sayin. Thanks for sharing!

[@daviddailey3857]

I hate to say it but that stump got you I never seen somebody hit us so many times and loosen it up and not pick it up makes me laugh stomp got you

[@fooddude9921]

I'm guessing the name of that first song was Wake Up Today's Gonna Be A Good Day?? That takes the record for most repeats in a song I think....lol

[@denniscooper6328]

Nice work swivel hips!

[@iteerrex8166]

That’s some good concrete. Can’t believe it didn’t break when you drove over it, coz the ground underneath it is still uneven. The place is looking better all the time 👍

[@Digital-Dan]

It's the kind of music that makes some people bop along with you, and drives some of us apeshit crazy.

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

Central California watching

[@pmcmahon83]

Great content, I have no idea what your doing sometimes but still enjoy watching. Just a small suggestion when you were putting water in the loader flip your container with handle side or longer side down when pouring. Believe it took me a long time to learn this, when someone showed me you stop getting that jerking pours. Keep the great content coming. 🤔😄

[@MrGordy61]

Absolutely even if it is just a small one quart oil jug, holding it on it's side gets the holes a whole lot closer before the liquid starts coming out. Often doing this removes the need for a funnel.

[@normmcrae1140]

Looking GREAT! Can't wait to see what you're doing INSIDE the shop! If you plant grass seed, Shrubbery (maybe some kind of native edible berry?) or something similar on the berm - it should help stabilize it, so rain won't be able to wash it away long-term. And it'll look better too!

[@archangel729]

I would have used a weeping pipe (pipe with holes in it ) and a sock on the pipe so the dirt doesnt get into the pipe also dug it down deeper put in crushed gravel under and over the pipe then your dirt never have to be redone for a long time . I think yours will have to be re done sooner rather than later , my opinion still love that loader mabe get some forks for it .

[@margaretwilkinson9140]

wonderful work young man! curl your bucket up when driving forward and it will lift the tree/stump.

[@dale5898]

Those are precast building panels. I used to build with those. I could see the welding points on the edge of one of those panels. The give away was the 45 degree edge on the panel in front of the man door.

[@jeff1176]

I never would have thought I'd be entertained by watching someone clear dirt from essentially a parking lot, but you made it entertaining. Thank you for that.

[@SalvageWorkshop]

Glad you enjoyed

[@SgtGoogleDad]

Funny as this may sound, choice of the Spanish guitar music was a great touch. Looked like the loader was dancing. Pretty cool IMHO great video. "YOU DA MAN" GREAT JOB !! Little details like choice of music and captions takes a good video to an outstanding one.

[@saliemi1]

Thank you Matt Salvage, I enjoyed the video. Maybe next time mix some straw with the dirt and build a mud wall... Just a suggestion... Hopefully your next video comes soon.

[@RustyNail5856]

looking good. Matt.

[@landrelarose745]

Matt, do you know what you need? It's an excavator. That stump would be out in half that time when one of those machines was used. Knowing that it's out, there's no reason for the purchase of an excavator. Perhaps you might want to pull out more rotted trees in the future, so perhaps an excavator would be an excellent addition to that fleet of machines.

[@benniemathews9624]

Thanks for the video, Matt. It’s good to have you back!

[@logicrollin7418]

Love the blues playing. I do at work also. Well done!

[@herbertbell9438]

I'd like to have a big shop with lathes and enough equipment to run old trucks etc through it , completely strip them down repair the bodies the chassis , completely redo the drive trains and suspensions. Have them come out the other side with new paint running like new. It might take nearly a full on factory to do something like that on a large scale but it would be pretty cool. Maybe update all of them to run o biodiesel or fix them up like the military trucks that can run on used motor oil and the like. Have them practical and sturdy and easy to fix and find fuel for. That would be really cool.

[@charlescastle5566]

Matt great job at the new shop. Sounds like you need to send the injectors and the pump to be rebuilt. The reason I say that is as low as the idle is any little air can get in the system and causing it to die. Got a question when are you going to get back on big red and the other tracked loader or are you going to bring them to this shop and finish fixing them?

[@frutt5k]

Big Red would have made work a lot easier....

[@chrisoakey9841]

You should leave the gap and concrete between as concrete is very weak if it is thin. I would suggest using plastic reinforced concrete so that whole joint has rebar knitted throughout. And with that beast to get tree stumps out, use a chain and lift them straight up.

[@tadeuszczernia5422]

You really need to build a pond. Good luck.

[@Mr_Springy]

Liked the video 👍🏻 Just an observation the soil piled up against the corner of building right at the very end of the video may cause a damp patch on the inside of your workshop.

[@Ivc406]

Well, you had me on edge,thought that first slab was going to halve in two, nevertheless good job all round,glad I came across this channel,regards from Scotland 👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dale5898]

You look ten years younger without the ball cap. Thanks for your hard work!

[@sissylee5399]

Maybe that offsets the mountain man beard lol

[@SalvageWorkshop]

lol... you should see how young look without the beard!

[@dale5898]

Whoa boy! A little at a time.

[@jamesazahn6842]

What a nice selection of equipment you have in your Fleet, and too, your new building. I very much appreciate your knowledge and wisdom you share, as well as, the projects you bring all of us along on. "Thanks" for sharing!

[@captjules6895]

check the trans release in the master brake cylinder. small ball sticks.

[@tillfradrich2449]

Hello, when you dug up the tree root with the wheel loader, I noticed that your tire pressure on the rear axle might be a bit too high. If you were to reduce the tire air pressure a bit here, you would have more propulsive power. 👍

[@rhondasweeney7271]

Awesome job whatever you're doing you amaze me. Bless you and your family and of course your 6 dogs

[@adanvaldcontreras4283]

I remember when I was a kid my dad was working at fiat-allis in Deerfield IL in the 70s.. wow.. cool to see that machine.. thanks for posting..👍

[@rbtgmnstcs]

As always, effective work and well planned!

[@don1031]

FWIW, with access to the equipment you have you should have no trouble raising the slab(s) to the levels you want. I have seen it done with car jacks and hi-lift farmer jacks but a wheel loader and skid steer ought to do the job just fine! Then build a frame around it to contain a concrete slurry mix that will run under the slab and, after it hardens, form a good base and effectively fill in the gaps around the slabs. A concrete company could surely advise you on the proper slurry composition and how long to let it cure. That would be interesting to your viewers as well, I expect.

[@brandenpatterson2776]

I kinda had this idea that this was gunna be kind of a boring video thanks so much for making me wrong great video had a little bit of everything I enjoy about this channel!

[@PAINFOOL13]

Another great Vid Matt. Much appreciate you sharing with us. Be Safe n Well 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@kevinknight470]

Lot looks much better, great job on grading for water. Hope that berm helps with the flooding issue that sometimes happens. Thanx for sharing.😃

[@288graf]

Good Job.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@larryt819]

Been watching you do all kinds of stuff and enjoy every minute of it. Some things scare me on how you didn't get hurt while others impress me. But all said and done I wish I could join you, but I will have to settle on watching you do the things I can no longer do do to health problems. So, I will set back and enjoy your next videos when they come out. So my friend be safe.

[@SalvageWorkshop]

Thank you Larry! I appreciate the support, and I'm glad to have you along for the ride! Lots to come!

[@robertjordan3270]

Really enjoying your work ethic Great video Thanks

[@georei]

Always enjoy your content. Took me a while to figure out what the music was when you were pushing the big slab. Either Slade or Quiet Riot Come on feel the noise.

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

It's always fun seeing folks give their old yellow beasts a good workout. Also, something about moving concrete pads just feels like dark sorcery. I mean, I understood that prefab panels are a thing, but it just seems weird to think of poured in place concrete being moved.

[@VetvsWorld]

Dude, don’t care what anyone else thinks, your content is interesting and you work your ass off doing some cool ass resurrections of ancient iron. Keep up the great work bro! By the way, sonny, I’m 52 and appreciate your work ethic. My only lament is wishing more of todays kids were like you rather than trying to make billions in crypto. Oh wait. Haha.

[@hollandduck79]

hello from the Netherlands . If I were you I would add a marking stick at the natural well or put a planter on top of it. because you don't want to accidentally hit the well with a wheel when you drive around there thanks for the video . Sincerely Hollandduck

[@phillipdickinson8557]

Matt you did a great job and installed drains I have done that more times then can count well done.

[@KittyCatInAMicrowave]

One can only appreciate these old machines, after all these years running strong and keep on running. How will modern things fare when they reach the same age?

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@usernamesreprise4068]

Your stalling problems on that loader, are simple fuel starvation, which is why it would run for a moment then stall and getting progressively worse each time you ran it, it isnt anything on the injection pump side , something on the supply side is semi blocked, check the system all the way from the tank (including as daft as it sounds the filler cap vent) right through the fuel filters and the lift pump as far as the injector pump. you can almost guarantee it is between those points.

[@josephcormier5974]

Nice job sir thank you for sharing six Stars

[@andreacrashe9894]

*That was rather relaxing watching dirt moving around...*

[@ronthacker211]

Good work.

[@geraldharkness8830]

i will give you 110% for effort you really are a hard worker..nothing gets in your way! well done.

[@dominickmilano9972]

Nice work 👍

[@michaeliverson1617]

Yes some things you will learn the hard way 😜

[@kenwood8665]

Keep up the amazing work

[@larrydavidson3402]

I really like how you reuse things, we all need to do this.

[@davidwhyld970]

I would have gotten advice from a drainage contractor rather than tried to cover something up which is gonna cost you time later down the line and do it properly rather than skimp and cover it over 😉 just saying !

[@chuckthomas8176]

Great. Shop is looking great..

[@charleswillsonpeale5739]

Don't get me wrong, this video is interesting but, in all honesty, I like when you go dig out old, abandoned stuff from the people's property they no longer want. I'd much rather go to a junk yard than a car show.

[@paulcorcoran7522]

Getting cement the hard way, but works.

[@nobuckle40]

This was a relaxing hour. Thanks Matt.

[@domenicodattilio7750]

I've been waiting a long time for this

[@mabloodhound]

great job.

[@wildbenny11]

Nice matt

[@KM_59]

Nice job sir!!

[@ericmcdonald2708]

good time for your roller

[@bettyclemson7972]

You have just made another place for water pool up

[@renem6441]

A lot got done excellent!! Thanks for sharing

[@keithwallington4966]

Coming along nicely good job done

[@davidbohner692]

Thanks!

[@fasteddygeerden]

Great video. Great to see the progress u make on your property. Looking forward to the next video!

[@deernutOO]

Think you can make better use of the curl up function of that bucket on the old wheel loader to gain more lift forces, for removing that stump for one thing. Another good video.

[@greypoet2]

Totally agree. More lifting force when you curl the bucket, especially if the bucket is resting on the ground. All the resistance to lifting is going to the ground not the linkage.

[@tomki6asp]

Pretty good music

[@eric_seguin]

Sorry your loader is down again but I'm sure you will get it up to help finish this project. Hard work has its rewards but you still have to work for them. Nice work. Thanks for the video.

[@robertmanley7556]

Very nice work !! It looks GREAT !! Another step in the right direction it is coming along very nicely !! 👍👍

[@donparker8246]

It's definitely coming together nicely. you've done a lot of work on that property. I can't wait to see it finshed. I love watching you videos.😀👍

[@oddtechman]

Love your can do attitude Matt. it's just awesome watching what you can do with what you have and making good if you dont have the right tool! Along with your feedback during the episodes makes it really enjoyable to watch If you ever need help with the diesel rebuild stuff at all Matt re what you said about sending stuff off to the professionals like with the injectors.. you should look up Area Diesel Service. They rebuild and service all kinds of stuff old and new and have helped out many other youtubers with projects on older machinery like 555 backhoes and older etc and may be able to help with your plant equipment

[@SalvageWorkshop]

I'm glad you enjoy the channel! I appreciate the support! As far as Area Diesel goes, we've already worked together... you'll see that soon!

[@oddtechman]

@@SalvageWorkshop awesome and thanks for the reply :)

[@Ghettochappy]

Great video man! 👌

[@charlesswann146]

Glad to see you finishing up the outside and the rest of the buildings infrastructure.. Keep it up looking forward to the work on the inside of the shop.

[@quadrapoint]

Where you have piled the dirt has now made the end for the swimming pool that will eventually form or you will have to put more pipes in through the pile

[@robertbartram5632]

another great vid thanks for showing

[@fredrikanehall7309]

Nice to see people work. Great job clearing the land. Just a tip, you should dig a hole and put a concrete sewage pipe standing up as a well and fill the bottom with rocks,gravel and fabric so it wont block up (and a sewage lid on top). Easy to flush clean if it get stuffed and will lead the water away fast. The water channel you were about to make with perforated holes. Yes the holes should be on the bottom, BUT you have to use fabric and gravel to make a "sausage", look up french drain systems. Perforated pipe in the middle, gravel around the pipe, atleast 1 foot around it all and fabric around the gravel so its like a sausage. Looh this up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIOncqWuhdJ-bpo

[@waltdenis9621]

Great content! Always a pleasure!

[@richardsurber8226]

I'm not sure, even with the equipment you have and the resource (slabs), I would have thought of this. Thanks for this stuff you produce

[@jomo350350]

i wait for the big rain.