Picking Up the Treasures I bought at the Auction!

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[@DieselCreek]

Merry Christmas everyone! It appears KZbin is having a bad day again, the video finished uploading hours ago and still hasn't finished processing the HD version. I hope its done by the time you read this!

[@richardthomas1743]

Just came up as a notice for me, "but still not HD" LOL .. Merry Christmas to you and your family !

[@minutemanmac]

I'll have to wait a bit longer! I had one a few weeks ago that took almost 10hrs for them to HD process.🤦‍♂️

[@andersbl02]

Well not after reading this 21 seconds of you posting this comment. Merry Christmas!

[@soltystoja]

Nope.. still 360p :P

[@nohandleleft]

Still no HD Mr Creek, but you know this from the dozens of other people that have mentioned it already :-D

[@zachsmith98]

HD or not, a Diesel Creek video on Christmas Eve is a must watch for me! Merry Christmas Matt!

[@danny88dh]

Amen to that bro I could say the same thing

[@cliffpalermo]

Yeuss

[@morrak666]

Second that (even though 360p is stone age)

[@SoleEpiphany]

1440p for me, must be KZbin being slow.

[@danny88dh]

I don't judge a good video by the video quality of KZbin its diesel creek! Long as I can make out what matt man is doing i like it

[@jmikronis7376]

I’m viewer 35,391 this morning. In Cajun country, I don’t even bother going to auctions, the people going to them know “exactly” what everything is worth and not a penny more. Once a unit is purchased, they flip them. I can’t compete with this environment, nor do I have funds to do so with.

[@brianrance]

Water Tank suggestion: stick it next to the container shed and throw some eaves and downspouts to fill it, then get a small pump, hose reel, and nozzle to have a little emergency fire fighting kit

[@ronburns6865]

My idea!!! it would give you water for power/steam washing for free... well as long as it would last! just need a good screen system and that tin roof would feed it really well!

[@nferraro222]

That Terex DID look pretty interesting, but man, "unique" and "uncommon" are great - right up to the moment when you need parts. Learned that, the hard way. Twice, since I'm extra stupid.

[@caveman31750]

You couldn't have said that better! I've learned that lesson a couple of times myself.

[@firesurfer]

For a second I thought you were talking about me. :) "Twice, since I'm extra stupid."

[@ivanolsen8596]

Worked for a bloke who bought 2 new D9 size Terex dozers, they sent him broke.

[@josephdougherty2399]

I once got one hell of a deal on a 4400 Ford backhoe ...when I went to get parts for it nothing was exactly right ....finally called the Ford tractor plant in Pennsylvania...talked to a guy and he had me looking all over it for bon existent numbers ...but everything seemed to have foil tags all over it with embossed numbers ... Come to find out....I had a prototype that escaped the factory ....and Ford wanted it back ...just told them to write the check and come get it....That never happened

[@idiotsavant7276]

My company makes those 1yrd blocks from left over mix, the only rebar in the whole deal is usually just the hook. Be careful around these blocks, left over mix isn’t always 100% good.

[@harveylong5878]

we use them for holding our bulk salt/sand at work. dirt cheap in our area. salt eats them, cheaper then cinder block walls/poured concrete walls

[@Jacob_6420]

Unless the mix is segregated it's fine. My old company However we put rebar in all the blocks

[@hiscifi2986]

The idea of re-joining those blocks with epoxied re-bar sounds good in theory, but you would have to drill all the ( 4.) holes exactly in the right position and parallel to each other..

[@idiotsavant7276]

@@harveylong5878 it’s like $150 a yard, the blocks go for like $100. For $50 more yeah, just do a wall

[@kaydog2008]

A great $5 dollar rain catchment tank. Just needs a round stand to set on wrapped with insulation and plumbing run to it from the roof with leaf screens and dirt clean out traps.😉👍

[@marckoolwijk2913]

2b@ the auction guys and girls used it as a garbage bin. Shows how they judge the merchandise.

[@calvincheney7405]

A very Merry Christmas to you & yours Matt. Very prudent of you & thanks for allowing us to vicariously participate through your auction adventure~

[@bukochan]

Always a good day when i see that diesel creek posted🤙

[@Rational_Party]

It turns out I don't like fixing things, my real hobby is collecting projects... I've been being pretty good at avoiding projects lately, but I'm sure it won't last. PS, I had a deuce. It was big and clunky and semi-useless, but I loved it. I'm holding out for an M1078 now... Good luck getting the deuce!!

[@josephdougherty2399]

Have friends with a well drilling business....those deuces are fantastic to put a well rigg on .. I'm in Michigan and the ground can tend to get a bit muddy and swampy here

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Thx for taking us on your journey. I like how you walked us through your thought process.

[@torgrimmyt3549]

Merry Christmas Matt! Thank you for all the presents you brought us this year!

[@kevinschroeder3889]

I can't wait until Christine drives over the camera at the intro. Merry Christmas Matt

[@mullerandre95]

At the risk of sounding like a tightwad I think you bought wisely at this auction. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@BlueDually4x4]

I agree with you, but my opinion of two stroke Detroit's is you would have to pay me to take it.

[@shaunfincham9431]

Great content as always Matt I always look forward to seeing your next instalment of the diesel creak and as always you never let us down on content!!! I would like to wish you and all the viewers alike a very happy Christmas and a very prosperous new year. Keep up the great work and and I wish you and the family to stay safe and well this holiday season

[@ohhpaul7364]

Merry Christmas to you and yours this holiday season. Thanks for making the videos that so many of us enjoy and sharing a part of your life with us.

[@kneedeepinit]

I feel your pain about high auction prices. For the last 2 years, I have been selling instead of buying. Not as much fun but the wife is happy

[@wfs000]

Keeping wife happy is a overall decent objective.

[@1leggeddog]

@@wfs000 happy wife, happy life

[@ThriftyGarage]

12:02 Rig Mats or ground protection mats go for about $300/panel new. We just did a video on our channel covering the costs and the pros and cons.

[@diesel_dude08]

Thank you so much for making these videos Matt! Merry Christmas to you and your amazing wife!

[@dianalafferty5735]

I watch your videos with my husband. The auctions are fun. Love to see your projects. You are so good at driving and fixing that heavy equipment. Have a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@RobKeenan826]

Merry Christmas Matt and Eva! Also thanks for an awesome year of entertainment

[@big64willie]

merry christmas Diesel Creek thanks for the past year ive been watching your awesome videos

[@DieselCreek]

Thanks, you too!

[@Dirt_mountain-earthworks]

My favorite of your gifts you picked up was the $5 water tank! :) Merry Christmas

[@clevelandmaker386]

@@DieselCreek Merry festivus to you and yours 17k for a blown motor lift? We need an intervention.... somebody s getting in the moonshine in the yard!! 5k at the most

[@juliussandor4355]

Great video Matt, everyone loves a good auction.

[@gomezadams9900]

Merry Christmas Matt & family. I am anxious to see you complete some of the many projects you've got going on. But I also enjoy watching you do the auction videos too. I find them interesting, so keep them coming. Hope you have a great 2022!

[@assessor1276]

Good wins at the auction Matt - and a safe, healthy and relaxing holiday wish to you and yours from Canada’s southern coast in Windsor, ON.

[@DirtPerfect]

was a good buy on the 120c I should have bought that !!!!!!!! and yes you should have bought big green 😜😃

[@pamike4873]

Oh, I don't think so, pal. The only equipment you're looking for is a double drum roller. Or a paver. Either is acceptable. Merry Christmas!

[@DieselCreek]

@@pamike4873 eewww asphalt equipment 🤢🤮

[@pamike4873]

@@DieselCreek That's about the size of it. Smelly, filthy, ugly...but dang does it make a decent driveway. I'm just guessing since I'd have to win the lotto to pave mine, but a guy can dream. Although I did the asphalt millings and that worked out better than I could have imagined.

[@DieselCreek]

@@pamike4873 yes I’ve got 100ton sitting at my place I need to put down

[@matthewpye506]

Got to love an auction video! Been a great year of videos matt! Gives me enthusiasm to get on with my projects! From one matt to another merry Christmas!

[@jimanderson4495]

Merry Christmas to you and Eva. As always…. Cannot wait for the next edition. Thanks

[@brianelliot2719]

I love going to auctions too (live) …mainly for woodworking tools. It’s like a toy store. What’s great about your videos is instead of spending 8 hours in the cold and rain, waiting for your interest item to come up, you get to see it all in an hour. It also doesn’t cost us anything, and we don’t have to explain to our spouse that it’s a great deal and we really need it. Those barriers would be great as the “boards” around a hockey rink to stop pucks flying … 🇨🇦

[@tonyburdick2298]

Of course, Matt still has to explain it to His wife.

[@HalfCutGarage]

Sometimes a man's ability to display self control is amazing in itself!!!!! Merry Christmas Buddy!!!

[@MrPhilbrooke]

Happy Christmas Matt to you and your family. Love watching your antics !

[@marvwatkins7029]

It's amazing how much Matt knows about so many aspects of all the mechanics of this equipment, especially considering how young he is. He must've grown up on these things.

[@DieselCreek]

Nope. Self taught. Started running stuff at 18.

[@jcalpha2717]

@@DieselCreek I appreciate the fact that you admit when you don’t know what you’re doing. Buuut, you ask questions and know who and where to get information to “Git ‘er Done”. Love your channel and content.

[@richardthomas1743]

Good morning and Merry Christmas to everybody and Happy New Year !!

[@DieselCreek]

Same to you!

[@Falney]

Those mini skidsteers are great for sticking on the back of a work truck and using them as a work horse for dragging stuff around. Nice and compact, they slip into tight spaces but I can't think of a reason for matt to get it other than "I want it". I used to ride one in a plant nursery, moving compost and horse muck around. They are mini work horses and pretty fun to ride.

[@andrewstratton806]

I think the asv 30 hp skid loaders are a better buy because you don't have to stand all the time and they are more powerful and lift way higher

[@Falney]

@@andrewstratton806 oh yeah definitely. But they wouldn't have fit where I was using them. While they aren't as good as their big brothers, they are still better than a bucket and spade

[@jazzerbyte]

Interesting collection of items! If the water tank didn't come with a lid, it would be good to cover it to prevent rainwater accumulating enough to freeze and burst the tank.

[@paulwilson757]

. You'd just leave the bottom valve open ... .

[@incidentshappen]

Those air tanks would make super offset smoker grills - usually those are old propane tanks, but air tanks would be safer - no risk of big boom from fabrication sparks

[@TheeAdventuresOfMatt]

Putting that crane on. Deuce and a half would be awesome too see. Thanks for another great video. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@danbartolini27]

So here's my suggestion. Put the water tank on top of one of you containers, put a gutter on the shop roof and feed it to the tank. Then run a line so you can have running water. Now I have no idea how much weight a container roof can hold but you can figure that out. I suspect you would have great water pressure 10 ft up with 500 gal pushing it

[@ferky123]

Water weighs 8lbs per gallon. That would mean that you'd have 4000 lbs on a however many square foot area. You can get consistent pressure with a water pump and an expansion tank. You'd also have to be able to refill it if there's a drought or it just doesn't rain enough.

[@danbartolini27]

@@ferky123 if it's empty, it's empty so what. If you watch the channel you know it Rais a lot there

[@PlayscBricks]

About 0.4 psi per ft. 10' gives him 4 psi. Not even though to flush a toilet.

[@jimmiller5990]

Pressure would be approx. 2 pounds for each vertical foot of water. Doesn't matter if the tank is 5 gallons or 1,000 gallons. In his area, Matt would need to be concerned about freezing. Love the channel!!

[@danbartolini27]

@@PlayscBricks??? Do you know how toilets work? It take 0 water pressure to flush a toilet. Now 4 psi to refill might be a little slow but Jim Miller says there's 2 psi per foot so if the tank is 10 feet off the ground that's 20 psi.... But that's what Jim Miller says not me

[@RobTuck1475]

Merry Christmas Matt and fam. Thank you for again for sharing all the great content. Take care and enjoy the holiday!!!

[@cadcad4974]

Merry Christmas Mat, look forward to 2022 & Diesel Creek videos!

[@ROD59]

Matt, Merry Christmas to you and your family, thanks for everything you do and show us all year long , let's see what this new year bring, so many machines so little time . How's meatballs doing .

[@joshuahenry1791]

Hell yeah keep doing the auction vids! Love checking out machinary even if you don't buy any of them. Merry Christmas to you Matt and Mrs Diva Creek. Oh can't forget Roscoe and Meatball! Happy Holidays y'all 🎄

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

Yes. My problem also. To many projects un-done. Merry Christmas everyone.

[@copper6600]

Merry Christmas Matt and thank you for your Super videos.Looking forward to your videos in 2022.

[@morg52]

At least in my experience, those concrete blocks are made of leftover, returned concrete. Not always the best quality concrete, with water cement ratios waaayy beyond spec. Be very careful and skeptical about the holding power of the cables or wires that you pick them up with. They don't go very far into the block and can pull out with no warning. A local contractor wanted to fly them with a tower crane from one place to another and fortunately asked a company, (Cemstone) representative. The rep said that they could just as long as there was nothing below it that they valued, as in life, property, etc. One cubic yard of concrete weighs about 4000 lbs, give or take. Those blocks are about three cubic feet shy of one yard.

[@firesurfer]

Dirt perfect just weighed his at 3500.

[@Pinz314]

They made those as well at the plant I worked. Some blocks where the worst quality. But I seen it happen that a full 13m3 load of high strength C60/75 came back at the end of the day and got poured into lego blocks.

[@greatrazors]

The concrete companies around here sell the blocks for $30 each.

[@wndr0412]

Merry Christmas Matt. Love the videos. Here's to a proporous new year.

[@reggiefaggart196]

Merry Christmas Matt, keep the videos coming in 2022. Be safe out there.

[@tonyburdick2298]

Happy Holiday to you and yours! I sure enjoy watching you running about on your "farm". I spent many hours wandering my FIL's salvage yard. He worked vehicles in among the trees in 20 acres of woods on his land having laid out roads all throughout it. A virtual playground for all the big boys who came out there to find parts. That's where I learned to drive a DC9 dozer, a cable driven backhoe, crane, articulating forks, and many other pieces of equipment most never get to experience. Your videos are bringing back many fond memories. Thank you!

[@edc6333]

I remember back in the early 80s I was on a housing development site, they had 2 huge Terex dual engine dirt pan scrapers plus a dozer to help push, they cleared a lot of material pretty fast.

[@coffee3million714]

Merry Christmas Matt. Thanks for all the great videos this year. Really helped me during lockdowns here in the UK. I wish you all the best for the new year 👍

[@aceadman]

Merry Christmas Matt, great work in 2021. Really tremendous growth of the channel and VERY interesting stuff. I knew you’d be good at this from the first time I watched you early on. But you’ve done even more than I thought! I’m happy for you AND for me, because I get the benefits of your success with more of your great content. Best wishes for 2022 and beyond. 👍👍😊🥂

[@astravanmk2]

Merry Christmas Matt. Thanks for the content as ever.

[@jeffkoog3240]

Merry Christmas Matt and your family. To bad everything went for a higher price than it was worth thanks for another vlog.

[@brentbosworth8845]

Thank you Matt for taking the time to film what you do and Merry Christmas to you and your family. Torching a pressure plate? LOL

[@notj5712]

Yea, those barrier pieces / blocks are just the concrete remnants. When you don't use your full yardage from at truck, they go back to the plant and dump it into forms they have standing by. You paid for the full load of concrete and they get some free barriers to sell. Only rebar in it is the hook. (If they even have hook)

[@rogercpate4386]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Matt and Eva, looking forward to 2022

[@Roboticus_Prime_RC]

I hauled a bunch of those concrete blocks for a store I worked for. The lady that was loading them used a wheel loader somewhere in size between your two. It had a chain draped over the bucket, and she could hook and unhook the blocks just by twisting the loader. It was the most impressive bit of heavy machine finesse I have ever seen personally.

[@leonvdm]

really impressive indeed, to some people, the machinery is just an extention of their limbs.

[@allan9603]

Yippie! Matt has more toys to work on, keeping us Merry and bright! Allan in Myrtle Beach

[@seanbeag7]

Happy New Year Matt and family, I hope 2022 will be a great year for you to get projects finished and I miss Church videos

[@jacoblarsen6880]

Merry Christmas, Matt! And thank you for the present of another Diesel Creek video today. Keep up the good work!

[@TheFurriestOne]

Ooh, working on that old pressure-plate at the end there, I'm excited to see that! Looks like those plastic barriers can be filled with water (or whatever) to weigh them down, bet you can find plenty of uses for them!

[@VSigma725]

That Terex dozer reminded me of a huge 8V-71 powered Terex wheel loader a big shopping center about a half hour away from my house uses for snow clearing. It's kind of overkill but I believe they got it real cheap from the nearby cement quarry.

[@SpawnofChaos]

It's only overkill until that first freak snowstorm 🤣 Should that ever happen the city will probably want to borrow it!

[@tommyhanlon8012]

A Very Happy Christmas to you and yours Mathew.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Matt may you and Mrs D/C have a Merry Christmas 🤶 🎅 and a Happy New Year. And don't forget the furbabies either 😉.

[@woodhonky3890]

Can't beat a giant skeeter farm for 5 bucks! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@miketanner1920]

Thank you for the videos brother Have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year Stop listening to the negative comments please Keep doing what you are doing k God bless take care Just saying

[@ottoscorch]

Merry Christmas to you and the wife , Matt.. been watching you for a couple years now . keep it coming

[@jamarie1972]

Merry Christmas Matt and all your subscribers. Have a safe one.

[@danieloutloud9151]

Well , I do think that some of my fellow viewers are right , the jeep , the abandoned church , the autocar truck , Christine , etc. , etc. so much that'd be interesting to see finished . I always watch whatever is posted as you are an easy going host that makes the channel work well so , Merry Christmas and wishing you the best .

[@soltystoja]

Wesołych Świąt! Zdrowia, kasy i słodyczy grabarz życzy :)

[@stacyg3802]

Have a Merry Christmas, thank you for the videos!

[@mdouglaswray]

Merry Christmas Matt! Here's to an even better New Year!

[@AaronBoggs]

Love the vids!

[@keithmatthews1673]

Auction prices seem very high. You have done quite well with machines that you just stumbled across so probably wise not to splash the cash unless you really want something!. Sometimes the best deals are the ones you dont make 🙂

[@alanwilliamson9350]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!!

[@davidhearne2990]

Merry Christmas Matt also your family and all your fans.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

@Diesel Creek you should really look out for a screener unit, a old jaw crusher and a tractor PTO powered whater pump you could wash a lot of gravel out of your namegiver - build a retention pond to recycle the muddy whater, to be honest you got all thats needed and more - then you can continue to build your highway to nowhere and other projects like the foundations for the shop you said you were gonna build with locally sourced ethically harvested bio fairtrade vegan stone - also would be really awesome to see the dragline crane work - if of course no enviromental entity gets all anally hurt by your dececration of nature... tbh id probalby help you restore whatever needs restoring just for the sake to finally have it done if i only was not living ~8 timezones away from you ...

[@natearonson1443]

Merry Christmas Matt! I've been to many auctions and I find the online transition very hard. You truly need to inspect things in person and have a decent idea what you're looking at!

[@bruceparker985]

Good times watch, thanks Matt. Merry Christmas

[@greywell371]

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!!! I'm looking forward to see you finish the road grader.

[@viperBSG]

Hi Matt! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Be Safe Be happy!

[@ranger175a2w]

Thanks from Texas Matt. Merry Christmas man!!

[@patamos7019]

Merry Christmas, Matt and family!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Thanks for the videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Have a Safe and Happy New Year as well.

[@TheAndo1990]

Merry Christmas Matt, cheers for the videos through the year. Heres to 2022 👍

[@kevinhunter6194]

Merry Christmas Matt! And Merry Christmas to everyone from my family to yours . Nova-scotia Canada 🇨🇦

[@jimfields6395]

Merry Christmas Matt. Appreciate your videos.

[@michaelatoz580]

Matt on the broken concrete block walls easy fix for you. Get the 2inch dowel repair they use for concrete road cuts with the 2-part epoxy glue for the dowels and run a bead between the 2 broken pieces. It will be just like new!!!!

[@edwardseth1230]

Merry Christmas to you n your Mrs, Matt.. May it be a good blessed year for the both of you.. Regards from Singapore, GOD BLESS.

[@46bovine]

Merry Christmas, Matt and Eva!

[@cliffleschyshyn1018]

Great thinkiing on your part about buying more projects, Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@chrispy3866]

Merry Christmas Matt. Glad to hear you will finish current projects before moving forward. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@craigwalker3445]

Merry Christmas to you and your family Matt. Thanks for a very entertaining and Educational year. all the best in 2022..

[@leighbradley7057]

Thanks for all your vedio Matt... From a small island in the UK still watching your vedios in evenings and still as good as ever..!!

[@freddishaw1031]

Good video as usual. Enjoyed learning how the auction works to some extent, Merry Christmas to you and the wife and Happy New Year.

[@raybignell]

Happy Christmas Matt. Keep em coming.

[@butchnelson5472]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the wife Matt. Hope you and all of us have a prosperous year in 2022! Butch Nelson. Apple Valley Calif.

[@scalph999]

I love watching your videos. They make me want to work on the junk on our property. Merry Christmas!!

[@dennishuntley7688]

Merry Christmas Diesel Creek to you n yours, have a safe n healthy holiday.

[@ilike2mow]

Merry Christmas everyone! Looking forward to the next project video!