I bought an ARMORED SKIDDER!!! From the Ritchie bros auction!!

In this video i show an armored skidder that i purchased from the arizona ritchie bros auction

[@quintonbartolotta]

What should we do with this odd piece of machinery?

[@jefferyyoung6836]

Do you need a mine service rig? That thing would work as a repair truck for off road vehicles.

[@Skidderoperator]

Water cannons & hose reel. Instant skidgine. Fight fires.

[@The_Painter31]

@@Skidderoperator That's exactly what I was thinking, an advance station rig for those what if moments.

[@marbleschili7085]

It hauled drug's up here. S.H.T.F. Buggy.

[@Skidderoperator]

@@marbleschili7085 DRUGS ARE SHT

[@chriscurtis4148]

Isn’t this a small world. I literally loaded that onto the trailer yesterday. Never thought I would have seen it in the you tube. Have fun with the new toy.

[@quintonbartolotta]

What was it used for?

[@chriscurtis4148]

Was drill support rig for exploration drilling. Sometimes skidders are good for more remote location where roads can not be cut to drill pads. Hauls water and drill rods and what ever else they need.

[@chriscurtis4148]

I’ll be loading your second one tomorrow. The smaller timberjack one I believe.

[@Skidderoperator]

No AC, no windows. Cab is an old JD G3 model, looks like.

[@Noelzsazsa]

That's tripping very unique bit of equipment and it turns up again here

[@chriscurtis4148]

It’s a drill support rig. Hauls water and the lower part is the rod storage area. Came out of Hermosillo mezico.

[@loghog4392]

Bet you're right.

[@rodrod383]

yea for core drilling in gold and silver mines.....you use a lot shorter rod for that drilling

[@rp1645]

YES commenters 😊 you are probably right 👍 on what it's use was. I also thought it was some kind of wild land Fire fighting big rig, work with the Dozer crews on clearing and wetting the back burn area and carrying the equipment instead of Forest fire crews have to carry in a backpack. 😊

[@Kickn_NZ]

You finally found that machine that hauls Rosie O'Donnell around. Well done.

[@joelwarthen1135]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mgreene9177]

About 5 or 6 of these came out of Hermosillo, Mexico and went to the Chandler, AZ. They came from Layne subsidiary of Granite Construction. Layne does dewatering, mineral exploration, and other types of drilling. It's a drill support rig for the coring crew. There is 3 of these at the Layne shop in Elko, NV.

[@digger1825]

I work for granite construction as a foreman Small world

[@Machines.In.Action]

This thing looks like it's straight out of a Mad Max movie! Next project: strap a flamethrower! ❤‍🔥

[@brucegarrett7232]

Yes do an extensive investigation on this topic. These videos are for every kid that had a Tonka Toy no matter what the vehicle was and never got away from them!!

[@troytheconsumeroflargequan3254]

Lube delivery truck for diddy.

[@daveR0berts]

You would need a whole squad of them, good start though 💦

[@tdotw77]

😂😂😅👍🏻👌🏻🤦🏻‍♂️

[@alexmikhael5061]

that one is already worn out, there is still a whole squad of them, that was what an '07 ??? and looked like that??? like it was spent 1 milion miles inside the diddy compuund'ing ;) lol hahhaha well yea... (numbers exxagerated!)

[@jrcarroll3496]

Add a pump and a couple water cannons it would make a badass wildland fire rig!

[@quintonbartolotta]

Yes it would!

[@bradlilly8603]

I have seen something similar used as a firefighting rig for forestry

[@rp1645]

YES that's what I thought as a second guess 😊 carry the gear Fire lines crews then don't have to back pack in say the portable pumps. It could carry a big fold out water tank for dumping its water, then run to the water supply like a road big Fire ( Tender) does. We in the west coast call all wheel tankers ( Tenders) the Aircraft are called the Tankers. It's that way so radio communication doesn't get mixed up. I maintain and drive a 1500 gallon Tender in my state if DNR wants to contract a big mobilization of Fire Rigs. We also have a F-450 (4 door) brush rig with 300 tank and pump mounted on the rear. We have a small forest fire hose on a big hose reel, Compartment on each side with all the different fittings. The 1500 gallon Tender has 1000 feet of (5") storz hose. It also has pre connect beds on side above pump panel

[@digger1825]

That's what I just posted, great minds think alike😅

[@TimothyCarey-fg9gm]

Put some water monitors on it and use it to fight fires

[@txviking]

I definitely would enjoy seeing more of this beast.

[@pilotleader]

Appropriate for Halloween - a Frankenstein of a machine - with its mix of components, it is a John Fear! 😁

[@quintonbartolotta]

Love it!

[@bobw7018]

The tanker of terror!

[@oxyfee6486]

I was a painter at John Deere and Timberjack in Woodstock Ontario Canada, I have painted thousands of skidders, as well as ever other piece of forest equipment on the planet. This looks so cool, sometimes they retro fit them for field work and maintenance vehicles. They have to be able to reach the interior of wicked rugged terrain. Glad I found this video. 👍🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@bishopcorva]

At first glance I thought it was a super heavy duty wildland brush fire rig. Made to go into places before the fire dozers get there. Such a truck built on a skidder platform would make a good bit of sense to use because trees and brush up to eight to ten inches thick it would just be able to drive right over and through. Wrap the tires in skidder chains for extra grip, or wrap them in X-12 or X-14 tire chains so there would be less concern of sharp rocks, stumps and whatnot pushing through even those thick skidder tires. On the right side of the back, looks like it has spaces for three or four people to stand and operate hoses, possibly similar on the left side. Railing on the left side looks like it could fold down to expand the platform up top maybe? Now that seeing the interior of the box, yeah, swung over to part of a exploratory test drill rig set. Probably had four or five units as the set to go out into the wilds of central or southern Mexico to Central/South America. Perhaps not just for the oil industry but mineral extraction to select a mine site.

[@rp1645]

YES my friend that's my thoughts on what it's use was. Both your ideas are exactly what my first thought were 😊

[@gilsongeiss5749]

Plataforma de alta mobilidade de exploração geofísica de Sismografia por perfuração adição de explosivos detonação e registros das ondas sismicas

[@dalebailey1844]

with no glass make sure to find a good good good tarp for the cab to keep it from ruining the computer. It snows up there in Prineville.

[@Skidderoperator]

Cheap plexi could be put over window holes.

[@AP-uo5fm]

That would be a handy machine to fight forest fires!

[@FarmerTom-bz6tn]

This skidder should be converted and retrofitted into an offroad winch truck/tow truck. Add hydraulic outriggers/stabilizers for winch duty and tow truck duty. Winches front, rear, and sides.

[@Paul-o2p]

Then sell it to Casey.

[@TUMBLINJEST]

@@Paul-o2p LOL, yuou know dont you eh.

[@GirlyItsluxnaxr]

It's a ARDCO AMT Service buggy. Look it up. It would be perfect for doing relief work in NC. Samaritans purse could use it to supply the housing supplies up where there are no bridges and very bad roads. Think about it.

[@ricklarouche4105]

Coyote’s smuggling wagon! 😂

[@Lovesfreewill]

I dubb thy green glorious toy the sage brush service truck...and a 1kw 12 cyl. cat powered generator would snort diesel like coke through that feed pipe ...I appreciate these vids you fellas and Cascade heavy guessing and rescue, put out, I grew up in harney county and now live in Multnomah and homeless...with cause,however, soon to be presenting the causes outcome and public theroy of exclusive execution to its concludabillity (2)=MC(2)

[@bobw7018]

I have absolutely no clue what I would use this beast for, but I would LOVE to own this. Probably for emergency situations as a fuel tanker for our pumping equipment in the field. and a heavy service road call unit.

[@localcrew]

Those tires are LIT!

[@jrcarroll3496]

It's from Mexico, so it's not a manual transmission. It's a Mañuel transmission 😂

[@rodrod383]

I sí what you did there

[@joelwarthen1135]

🤣🤣🤣

[@raykaufman7156]

And they're gonna use it in the next Mad Mex movie...

[@duru2882]

Its a 1994-96 cab of a Timberjack 450, maybe a 60’s Series, just the cab the Fran is something else

[@guyincognito1431]

Incorrect. it is clearly a Deere cab and not the deere cab used in the later TJ's. The hinges tell me it is from a g series so very likely a 748g3 based exclusively on the fact that it was by far the best selling of the gs.

[@duru2882]

@ one and the same,John Deere bought out Timberjack, they both use that cab style

[@MikeInBendOregon]

It's a really cool skidder. Whoever built it put a lot of thought into designing it and utilizing space. It would be REALLY cool if it was a factory CAT unit with a 3406B in it... Congrats on your KW video getting 100,000 views.

[@Derf1313]

Tough truck! Fun purchase, lol!

[@AHomelessDorito]

Neeeeeed more videos of this badass unit

[@tumblw33d2]

Off-road oil field or timber harvesting service rig, racks on right side hold drums for lubrication, fuel tank on top.

[@robertelmore3571]

That's a nice dual cab patrol in the background 👌

[@Retr0racin]

Wow Ritchie bros are still around, I worked for them for awhile in 1984 doing an auction of alaska pipline equipment in Tacoma WA.

[@EatCarbs]

Interesting.. glad it's still running. Thanks for the video

[@G-Man-kc2nm]

My first impression is that could be used for fighting forest fires. I don’t know how big the water tank is however, supplies, tools personal. Just my thoughts. Cool toy!

[@jeffclark2725]

Thumbs up great video,great service truck to be,Casey would make an off road recovery rig with it

[@vburke1]

That thing would make a helluva service truck.

[@corpnut2906]

definatly a support rig i wonder if they used it to refuel other units using that tank.

[@aaronwilcox6417]

Seen one like a week ago I-90 in Idaho being transported. It was an fire management outfit.

[@Bigdaddyslasher]

Looks like an over built service truck. All the slide out platforms so they could drive up close to whatever and work on it. All the tool boxes for anything and everything they needed for servicing mining equipment and extra fuel.

[@quintonbartolotta]

Im leaning that way as well

[@diavlosforce5819]

she is geared down real low it looks like it has a transfer case like on 4x4's and it will have gears in it too high and low ranges, id say it should do around 25mph or more. id say the transfer box could have electric solenoids to shift the ratios i think they would have originally had a powershift trans fitted to it with a proper johndeere made diesel fitted. i think the detroit and throttle pedal was from a semi truck hence why it has freightliner written on the pedal.

[@charliemeyer4651]

Please find out more about this strange rig. Very unusual and one was not enough so you had to buy two of them ?? I guess you need to have one to raid for spare parts.

[@georgesprangers2395]

Seems like a drill rig service rig haveing the torches, barrel racks, fuel tanks and toolboxes on it.

[@deezelfairy]

Maybe the tanks for diesel for mixing ANFO blasting agent?

[@SandyG3TX]

@demolitionranch good firetruck for the resort.

[@57WillysCJ]

Well you could put in a Mad Max movie or one about zombies and play whack a mole with them. More than likely most of the crews were hispanic so all of the spanish on there. As to it being usefull change those tanks to hanfle water and set it up for fire fighting either for the state or NFS.

[@ewanstewart8011]

That was fat Als toilet commonly known as the thunder box 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@hooXpoo]

L O L They told deer wear to go with that Cummins, and how it was getting there better. Be great for yard service work. Battery jumper, refueling, towing, tools, torches, air compressor with 3 massive out side tanks and a lot more. Like it was made for it :)

[@Ddabig40mac]

Neat tractor!

[@alleydog4309]

With that blade on the front and that water tank I bet it was a forest service truck. Can that tank be for diesel fuel instead?

[@Brimstone667]

yessss totally want to see more

[@FarmerTom-bz6tn]

I think he should've welded the battery cables in place. Or pour molten lead all over the terminals. LOL

[@rp1645]

The housing on back of engine could and this is my Humble opinion 😊 could it have been a PTO for the water pumping that ran off the Engine if its a manual transmission then the Highest gear, like a Fire engine 🚒 had. Just guessing Sense it carries water. The flammable liquid connection with shut off on back, with what people are saying it was a drill rig support vehicle ( heavy duty ) that that was for the Liquid that went in the drill hole. Or it could be for the mud lube for drill rigs. ?????? Im just thinking of how that might have been a heavy duty service big rig.😊

[@edsimon7771]

The top racks hold 55 gallon drums. The rack slides out to load them.

[@trailerparkwarrior3367]

That machine is giving me mad max vibes

[@davidmassey9171]

My daughter said, Robert is HOT!😂

[@Brimstone667]

my guess is that it was turned into a loggin fire engine, sweet find none the less

[@paulthiessen6444]

This seems like a “get out of trouble” vehicle. Must be for a mine as there is so little clearance for the rear wheels, it does look off road.

[@Brimstone667]

is it a 24volt system

[@stevecadman137]

Service truck for a logging camp or drill rig, I'm guessing.

[@jamesritter623]

When I watch these videos I find myself asking the universe how and why 😂

[@thomasfletcher760]

Off road heavy equipment recovery rig ?

[@snakehead5444]

Doesn’t seem to have any rear suspension travel at all.

[@KevinThomas-kxtphotography]

As you have two you can create an off road track and race them. 👍😎

[@d6c10k4]

Put some water cannons and spray nozzles on it and sell it to the local fire department for wildfire use.

[@Joelontugs]

Is that a series 60?

[@Skidderoperator]

Pull everything off the back 1/2. Add a 1500 gal water tank.

[@benjocaz45]

It’s armored? This guy has the opportunity to do one of the funniest things

[@DaveJohnsonad5nm]

These were built for the rainforest gold mines in Brazil. 😂, I have absolutely no idea what it is.

[@tims6104]

Put a winch on it and help Casey out 😅

[@KevinThomas-kxtphotography]

Fit a Zacklift on the back 😊

[@Ma_Deuce_338]

Wait and Casey will buy it anyway! No need to do anything to it!

[@markchodroff250]

It’s a maintenance vehicle for support for mining Gold with water cannons, yes in parts of Central America!

[@justiningram2380]

That’s for off road drilling core samples

[@rodneydaniels4357]

I've seen things like that with seismographic crews

[@davemurphy2774]

I am thinking the same... I worked Seismic for 45 years... It could be used for forest fire fighting support where it's not to swampy!

[@rab6453]

A ranch fire engine add a few nozzles and more water tanks ,

[@planitmc1204]

Its going to be a bit€h to resell its so specific to its industry my best recommendation paint it red add hose cannons and sell it to the forest service for bush fire fighters

[@teddybear0076]

Do you still have them !!!

[@duru2882]

Just the cab, homemade dash, but the steering wheels legit ( original!

[@cdsparksart4440]

I like how they used pipe wrench jaws to make hooks

[@teddbrown4262]

Those compartments all have paint unscratched. That says there wasn't anything kept in them. Who knows

[@bobbypeck1999]

Was it for blasting in a mine

[@paulc.sachsejr.7209]

24 volt?

[@silverman785]

I would turn it into a beer truck

[@CraigAllen-re9bf]

Put a water pump on it ....a hose reel...some spray bars....a bunch of fire hose....fire hand tools ...a generator and led lights.....And contract out to fire service....nice rig.....

[@nutmagnet22]

Possibly built on a Franklin chassis rather than a Dear John? If so,the t case is worth half of what you paid for the whole machine.

[@Boga217]

The tires and drivetrain you've already made your money back.

[@888johnmac]

obviously it was Mad Max's service truck .. lol

[@Redman77913]

What's the ballpark price range that you spend on that big thing

[@larryjohns8823]

He said $5000. Looks to be a great investment...😊

[@robertpeters9438]

Someone in the arctic might want it. But the shipping would kill the sale.

[@shawnhanns4893]

Make a off-road wrecker , and if you have to, you can put ice chains or bear clause on it you stole them five grand

[@quintonbartolotta]

That would be sweet

[@jayandry3392]

Clause? In the contract? Lol

[@craigwalker6513]

standard battery clamp torque is 290 ft lbs so your close.

[@michael86oct11]

lol how many big pieces of equipment of that size do you know of that only takes 1 small battery!!! you knew better than that lol

[@quintonbartolotta]

I definitely did know better haha

[@andyklos2785]

Looking at the shape of the tires they were worth 5 G's the rest just happened to be attached to them.

[@MrHiddeous]

Can you please make a short Video of Chopped Nissan Patrol??

[@davoupnya3202]

Yard truck ?

[@chrismartin223]

Try to track down a bit of the history of this rig. Why such a huge and slow rig, "just" to transport some "water", welding equipment and some drill-pipes??

[@seanmccafferty2197]

It’s forestry green it’s probably some kind firefighting equipment….

[@geraldgreen23]

I worked for the company in mexico that owned it.

[@EatCarbs]

Thanks for the video

[@shannisgeorge]

Put a platform on back and make a party mud truck

[@teddybear0076]

Did you pay $5 G for both !!!??

[@ShaneSwartz-l1x]

That is not a range box it is a transfer case, it has a drive line going forward to the front diff or even a pto.

[@patrickgordon7138]

Lets see more content on them!

[@docho4913]

It’s All most looks like a gamma goat

[@MADDOG13R1]

Awesome deal for $5k

[@alleydog4309]

Ok, change my comment below…. Service truck for remote drill rig sites.