Preserving history! The National Pike Steam show.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Glad weather cooperated and folk showed ups.

[@MrDfbwa]

I really enjoy all your videos but I especially like these vids of the heavy equipment show. My dad ran heavy equipment his entire working life, from the early 50's to the mid 80's, and I can easily imagine that he has run or at least could run just about everything there. He described himself as a dragline operator in his early years, and a crane operator before he retired, and ran just about everything else at one time or another. Keep up the good work!

[@shabadoo24]

That's why the old operators have big hands. Pulling and pushing on levers.

[@kenlee5509]

4:55 What I thought was an unintentional bucket drop turns out to be the most gentle and smooth way to drop dirt! Take lessons from that man!

[@williamburdon6993]

Very cool , those cable operated shovels were pretty sweet!

[@kenmurray4232]

Must have been quite satisfying to see all the hard work on Christine being used again. All that old equipment is what helped build America. It should not be forgotten. Great video Matt.

[@tomki6asp]

Think about it, these machines built America. Top notch music. Thanks Matt

[@DieselCreek]

Thank you! And thank the Semi-Supervillains for making the music!

[@jurgenkuhlmann9194]

The drone footage is just amazing, thank you! What I can learn is this: it's not Devious Donald who made America great - it's this giant machinery! For what looks like an assortment of Tonka Toys from above is just huge!

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

What a work out running the old iron shovels , looks like an Olympic Event to me . It’s really great that the galion grader is moving under its own power again ! Looks really Great !

[@garywotherspoon5037]

Matt, it was a pleasure going to this show and taking in all the displays and demonstrations of equipment. It also was a pleasure meeting you and the guys at the meet and greet. I had one of my sons and a grandson with me and we all had a blast. Especially when we saw Ole Christine working. At that time, we didn't know she was to that point yet. See you next year hopefully.

[@ChainsawFPV]

Running that is a perfectly timed dance. That's a cool rig.

[@FloridaJack]

As an Oiler on a Bucyrus Erie 88B back in the early 70's .... got a little time in the seat ... always nervous I was gonna mess something up. Always respected my Operator for giving me that time.

[@sallyannefrancis8647]

That old guy knew what he was doing !!! Excellent bet he had a ball !!! Taught you !!! Love It Thank you for your channel !!! Love this !!!! Christine Was Amazing"!!! Do not forget the oldies may be able to operate it but they can not mend it like you!!! Loved this Thank you !!

[@manuelve1998]

Throw some pepper grains into the rad to stop the leak. Temporary fix that sometimes you forget you did a year later and it’s still holding!

[@beakittelscherz5419]

Heavy duty Machinery retirement Sandpit. Where you can relax and hang out with your machinery friends... Perfect.

[@rbmccloskey]

Matt, You are doing very well for your first time in the seat of a shovel. Remember, it demands a great deal of hand and foot interaction, you will get used to it, just takes time.

[@jeffreyplum5259]

My grandfather was a shovel operator in West Virginia for many years. These machines reminded me of seeing him strip mining coal as a young kid. Thanks Grandpa Plum. God bless you.

[@keithlincoln1309]

This is what built America! Absolutely love it!

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Modern machines are nice and all, obviously if you've gotta be using them for any kind of time there's no comparison. However, just seeing those old cable shovels do their thing--they seem almost alive, you know? SO MUCH is going on, all at once. Feels like you really gotta have your payin' attention pants on to run one of them. Thanks for taking us to the show today, Matt.

[@marcomcdowell8861]

I was mesmerized watching that gentleman working those controls.

[@TheTorkerman]

Amazing, Hydraulics made the design of machinery so much easier thank the clutch and cable era. They really are machines that built the world. Cool

[@rogerebert5122]

Even when those machines were state of the art, building America was not easy. 🇺🇸

[@roberthetrick633]

I 'M going to try to get out there next year,if I'm still mobile. I was born in E.Pa. coal country with my dad driving a Euclid dump in the open pit mines. I drove semi for 44 years and need to drive a Euk. and maybe a dozer while I still can

[@fredygump5578]

I'd like to see a real project done like a historical re-enactment, with all period correct machinery. It'd be interesting to see how these machines work together. Re-creating how these machines interact on a project seems like a really big part of the history of these machines.

[@xedasxedas]

Some want to make it great again. Those machines made it great the first time. The proud of that man controling that old "earth mover". Damn.

[@ElijahMargolis]

Reminds me of the book Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. 😃

[@gregbrown4962]

The bucket on that old shovel was just an extension of the operator's arm. If you noticed he was 100 percent Lazer focused on the bucket. The operation was automatic to him. It didn't matter if there had been gauges, buttons & dials or cables levers & pedals. He put the machine through it's paces effortlessly.

[@angelobaglio9225]

Sono meravigliose da vedere, un tuffo nel passato

[@robertvanroekel1558]

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[@thomaslyon2112]

That’s really cool to watch the old machines work ! When I was in grade school (mid 60s) ( south KC,MO. Area) they were building the interstate system about 1/4 mile from my school. I would just watch an daydream all day long,watching all the heavy dirt everywhere working. Very fond memories

[@jexsmx6608]

excellent clip! steam show is like a sand pile for big kids and their toys. draglines, shovels and trucks were gone from the northern pa mines a couple years before i could get to work them, but that's ok. its great that you were able to find someone willing to teach the basics of shovel operation. double bonus for his fostering the ojt. learning from the experienced ops is certainly the way to go. same applies to the grader. mastering all of christine's versatilty - a machine that can do all the grading, ditching, etc. - could lead to the machine paying for itself. tks for the drone footage.

[@deanbarr5740]

Hey Matt, I always enjoy this event. The guy that was teaching you too operate the Shovel was truly a master at this. His generation and the ones before him are who carved this Country. I bet he has moved tons and tons of dirt in his lifetime. I also enjoyed your drone footage at the end. Ole Christine looked to be the newest and shinniest equipment there. 👍👍

[@bret5676]

Fantastic drone footage, thank you for a glimpse into the show!

[@marklelohe3754]

The drone footage showed a Michigan loader. Brought back a memory of my Godfather who bought a new Michigan Hough back in the 60's to work in his limestone quarry. That was some beastie of a machine.

[@firewalker1372]

Such cool equipment, reminds me of that children’s book/animated short “Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel”. It’s real nice to see these machines alive and well doing what they do best. Like a bunch of kids digging in a giant sandbox, gotta love it.

[@born2soon]

God Bless Captain Kangaroo!

[@cheeto4493]

Also "Are You My Mother?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6nSXmquq5p0apo I always remember those two books when I think of steam shovels

[@samuelgrogan6443]

was just thinking about this! Was one of my favorites as a very small child, funny how the obsessive has progressed over the years.

[@oacartg2183]

@@born2soon and Mr Green Jean thank you very much

[@ernestcoombejr.3047]

Watched those old machines many times as a kid growing up in the 40's and 50's!!!!

[@ctmc1976]

'I had the great opportunity to run Northwest 25's and 6's and Gallion and Cat graders along with a mix of Euclid, MRS, LeTreaneu (sp), other assorted NON power steering and or hydraulic assisted stuff. All back in the1950's and 60's while in the SeaBees. Great memories come back watching this show.

[@goodoledays1355]

Awesome watching all this old iron and the old fella working the shovel was incredible to watch! Back when men were men and this country was sustained by hardworking folks like him💪 love the content brother

[@garybarrett6581]

thats a great sand box!!! thanks for taking us along!!!!!! l will be wafchin you build your shed!!!!!

[@big64willie]

its cool seeing these old machines that helped shape America! glad to see they got some life left in them!!

[@r1mein54]

Thanks for another fine view of life of resurrected old machines.

[@Military-Museum-LP]

Matt in the end you were getting the hang of the shovel!

[@richmill6043]

Real men operated that old equipment! 👌👌👍Thanks Matt for Sharing. Lime the music with the drone footage. 👍

[@aviator97msncom]

I operated a big Michigan like the one at 25.23 while in the army deployed to Honduras. Loved that machine. Used to rip loads of rock out of the side of a mountain while waiting for the next quarry blast. Never broke down, always started right up and did its job. Even though it had over 10,000 hours on her. No cab just like that, was the summer of 1988.

[@peterharms3851]

Fascinating watching the chap operate that cable shoveL, all machines must have had their own idiosyncrasies and peculiarities that the operators must have become so in tuned with. A great glimpse into the machines that did so much to build, develop and mine the USA. Great stuff, thanks.

[@td4dotnet]

Absolutely! This guy was part of the machine! Artisan operator :-)

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

Each machine even if they were the same model. Each machine was hand built and is slightly different than the one that rolled off the line ahead of it and after it.

[@crabmansteve6844]

Man that older fella on the shovel as so smooth.

[@fourhillsfarm]

Hey Matt, it was really nice to meet you there. My first time at that show, I was quite impressed. Definitely something for everybody. Plenty of shade, benches to sit down and take a break, live music, good food, pay whatever you can afford at the gate. I will go back.

[@TRG972]

Always great seeing the old iron working again. Hats off to all the folks that moved those shovel levers back and forth all day long.

[@Random12231]

Oh man, I am drooling at that green Euclid dozer at 20:23. What a beast. And twin Detroits to boot. What a beautiful sound that must make.

[@mikejenkins9135]

Thanks Matt a great tribute bringing back old iron back in those days you definitely earned your pay smell the feel of old machinery that's what Built America today

[@pw6211]

Grate to see old plant working . The grader is coping well . Has her shaft joint got a worn cup . My Respect for the old yokers mounting them for 12 hr shifts grow . Built the world without ego

[@ihrescue]

You're right tough to get the hang of it. Practice practice practice. God seeing Christine operating. She sounds good. Great video Matt.

[@paulcostello9778]

Amazing to see all these tried irons still working.

[@michigangeezer3950]

The Michigan Steam Engine and Threshers show is in my area at the end of July if you're interested in actual steam.

[@john7414]

Christine after being so cantankerous during the process behaved like like a lady at the show. You should be proud of her and all your hard work paid off. Great work !!! she needs a diesel creek decal LOL

[@DSharpVII]

A lady in the streets but a freak in the shed!

[@buttertoast8039]

@@DSharpVII 😅😅😅😅😅

[@YurtFerguson]

She only dislikes him lol. She's nice when other people are around.

[@andybrooks7228]

It's amazing how far these machines have come over the years.

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

It’s awesome to see these very old girls working and actually digging.

[@willb3018]

Those old mechanical/cable shovels are a blast.

[@OzMat]

They were still using the dredge type of these machines, digging dirt or aggregate from old Thames river beds to the west of London back in 2005 when I was working there in the U.K. An old Scotsman called 'George' who was well into his 70s but still working operating excavators. He told me that his father taught him how to operate them in the 1950's by standing beside him in the cab with a spanner, which he used to hit George's knuckles if he grabbed the wrong lever or was to slow to grab the next lever needed for the next movement of the machine. This made him a fast and good operator.

[@m40mclean9]

I love watching old iron do what it was made to do is cool

[@azertyytreza8947]

It’s like a sanctuary for heavy equipment! I love it!!

[@tomneubert5767]

First off what a great job you did on Christine, Watching all the old equipment it brought back memories back in the late 50's when i watched them build US 169 through my town in southern Minnesota and seeing some of that equipment being used. I would sit for hours watching. Great vidio again and keep us updated on new shop

[@douglasvannuys]

I grew up near a strip mine about 20 mins from you in Ohio and I can remember these vintage dragline and shovels out there working so well. Albeit they were at the very END of their life cycle (probably beyond lol) But man I sure enjoyed this opportunity to see them in action again. Sure took me back to my childhood. Thanks Matt!

[@markknister6272]

You need orange ‘spenders! And a belt. They help. Hats off to those who came before. Equipment operators!! Appreciate the drone footage. 👍

[@kallenbridges8471]

The clips of christine grading dirt might be super satisfying, but all i can look at is the play in that steering shaft U-joint.

[@charlesmair26]

Great to see the old stuff being kept alive for the next generation; well done, folks.

[@johnmccormick175]

Thanks for sharing Matt great video.The old machines that built the country are amazing.So were the guys that designed them...take care and stay safe.

[@gerryclark2063]

Love watching the free play in the steering joint on Christine (Minute 16-18)

[@trebsr]

I wanna make it there some day. I love tired iron and watching it work

[@nolantorrence7124]

I just wish there was a way we could listen to all the stores this old iron has to tell. i’m glad I’m not the only one who loves old iron!

[@mikeharmon4193]

reminds me of my favorite book as a kid Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel

[@8056443232]

I'm old, so naturally I enjoy watching old machines operated by other old timers. Thanks.

[@randybarnes8454]

Christine said the same thing. Cool video Matt, thanks. Stay well.

[@slhtmb]

Reminds me of Fred flintstone down at Mr Slates rock quarry. Yabba Dabba Do!😀

[@maxobara1496]

The joy on your face tells it all!!👍🇺🇸

[@GarethPierce69]

Jeez, working that bucket excavator looks about as easy as knitting fog!! Good on you for getting as far as you did!

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

The mad skill the operators had back in the day... clutches and cables.. wow, they really knew the craft. These and the good men that ran them built America... I love that at least a little bit is preserved and is kept running👍👍

[@eddiepatterson5025]

It was soothing to see Christine grading the earth 🌎. I’m sure those machines took a lot of more physical work to operate than the new ones these days. Nice run on the shovel machine Matt. Have a Blessed One Sir.

[@KB-gs8zi]

Hey Matt /// Chris & Mike !!!! Thanks for a great show of the ""OL"" Equipment !! Have a great week & Thanks again !! 🙃😉😛🤔🤔🤠😎😮👍👍👍👍👍

[@garymessina1609]

Well I do have sweet spot in my for these old pieces of equipment I started digging with a Koring Triple 6 air over nothing else like it but I glad for Matt and Mike and Chris they deserve it so fun digging

[@bradpiovesan8550]

I can only imagine how long is took to dig back then. Hats off to those original operators.

[@horstszibulski19]

So this is like a museum where once a year is a big meeting where people can bring their own toys? Sounds great! 😉

[@steveperyer4850]

That operator was so smooth on that big northwest shovel. He had some seat time in it for sure. Great video, and looks like fun to operate the equipment of long ago

[@jamesragus1577]

I was waiting for him to take a sip from his coffee cup as he swung to dump! Smooth!

[@mdouglaswray]

THANKS for taking us along. I'd probably never get a chance to go to this so it's wonderful to see it by video! Have a great weekend Matt!

[@abushman5938]

The old digging machines are definitely cool but I love watching the dozers and other earth moving machines. Their raw power is awesome.

[@jakealter5504]

Bulldozer’s definitely have a lot of power

[@michaelkoch2109]

A big playground for big boys playing with big toys! 😉😁👍💪😎 Greetings from Dresden! 😎

[@jailbreakgamin1966]

great vid !! thanks for takin us along ... that gentleman Jim machine looks like it uses a quart of oil per truck load of dirt .. lol great to see Christine up and runnin!

[@garymucher4082]

When you see all this older equipment and how they worked in their days, and than realize that most of them were designed and built without any CAD programs or computer design assistance. Amazing capabilities of how man designed everything to work together so well. And seems they are still capable of doing that job as well... Thumbs Up!

[@ssnoc]

That older guy running that shovel was impressive - guy knew his machine for sure 👍

[@flash80D]

Thank you. I'd rather run a Northwest shovel than eat when I'm hungry 🤠

[@chadtaylor1530]

Very cool to see how far we've come with technology!!!

[@SuperIanjohnson]

Every year, I look forward to your visits to this show, Matt; I have watched the last four, I think, and every year, you make a great video of the show. I would love so much to visit myself, but, it is about 5000 miles too far for me ! I am just an old guy who loves old machines with a laptop and too many dreams. Thanks for making me happy again, Matt. All the best to you, young man !

[@peterharms3851]

And I must add that from another old guy on the other side of the globe, that your thoughts and comments are shared. 🇦🇺

[@justinmyslive4108]

You should do a complete restoration on that Larane shovel along with the Autocar. It would look nice on a trailer of that Era being pulled by that Autocar

[@fredspindor1624]

It's so Cool to see Christine back on the Job She is tooling right along its made a Great project you've worked on a lot of equipment in between I'm ready for you to have the shop so you can do even more, the Lorain looks like a lot fun I larned the Gradall on a Warner Swaycey stick you had to Dance with her Good Times Thanks again

[@micahhenry4998]

We loved the drone footage at the end I didn't realize that there were so many different drag line machines Matt u have the best old equipment channel

[@willb3018]

Yes ..that drone footage was great.

[@XxDeltaProneXx]

Looks like the steering u-joint on christine needs some attention. Nothing ol matt cant handle. Other then that great build and amazing to see old iron working again. Keep doing what you're doing bud. Thanks for the great vids and looking forward to the next project.

[@TripleJDigs]

Hey Matt I’ll bet you’ll have a collection like this some day the way you’re headed! Thanks for sharing this every year, never would of know about it without your channel!

[@dmetzger24]

It is truly amazing to think that most of are world was built by machines like theses

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

That was a lot of fun watching the old boy operate that shovel. I think he has done it once or twice before. He does make it look easy. Having operated a few different machines, I can appreciate how well he is doing what he is doing.

[@danne77sthlm]

Its still amazing, every year, to see this. And I know how hard it is to drive things like this, haha, old haylift we had, 2 brakes, 2 levers to push either back, forward or neutral, that was hard enough to coordinate lifting, brake,and go sideways on the rail in the ceiling with about 1 ton of haybales, so utmost respect to the ones that makes this look easy!

[@dsumner7]

@16:51 If you've ever lived on a dirt road...just to see one come along was "super satisfying"! ;-)) My brother owns one but I've never driven it, can only imagine how much fun it would be!!!

[@CPthetooladdict]

Really cool so much American history!