Rescued Digger & Dozer Build a new Road to my Mountain home

[@bob_thebuilder]

$6k for an engineer and surveyor to lay out the new road, or, Marty with a door wedge, a spirit level and a rag!

[@andrew40]

That's pretty close to how hiking trails are laid out, and for the same reason.

[@SoleEpiphany]

Don’t forget the rubber band and paper clip, this guy does amazing repairs and work. Better than most television in my opinion😉

[@gerry-p9x]

Sheesh guy had a drive cut from back alley here in town between permits studies fees st least 20k. For a block long. Lane. Uggggh

[@hfraat25]

All done in 28 mins 34 seconds with otherwise scrap machines and a bit of string. Well done .MrT😂

[@sheph7]

If a government job, 5 years for environmental impact statement, 5 years to build, 50 people driving 50 pieces of equipment, and 50 million in tax dollars.

[@garyholt4445]

Marty, as a long term subscriber to your KZbin channel, I have watched the videos where you have rescued the Hitachi excavator, the TD9 bulldozer, the David Brown tractor with the trailing blade, the Fiat tractor and the roller and you have used them all in making this video. Your knowledge and ingenuity amazes me. Machinery that others had abandoned or written off that you then resurrect and bring back to working conditions. Often just the simple things that previous owners should have done like flushing a radiator to fix an overheating problem or simple things like changing oils, filters and lubricants and put these machines back to work.

[@allenmkent9141]

Dude! 28 minutes of road construction is not enough for us who appreciate the effort you put in to your resurrected machines. As a retired self-made construction engineer, surveyor, heavy equipment mechanic/operator, welder, building roads and landscaping, I and the majority of your faithful followers can easily digest a 2 - 3 hr video of you knocking your way thru the brush on a side-hill with your gems.

[@FPVsean]

This is the content I originally signed up for on this channel, just marty out maintaining his property in rescued and serviced equipment, it's just pure bliss to watch! I love all your content mate everything you post is a gem, especially fixing or servicing stuff, but the property maintenance stuff is just bliss! So happy you still put out this type of content

[@gooseypig84]

Well written, bro. Summed it up just right.

[@c0nd0rill0]

Marty, I am from Russia and watching you several years. I am always delighted to see how the seasons change: it’s summer for us, it’s winter for you, and vice versa. Your talent for repairing and understanding cars is amazing. I always look forward to new videos. Thanks for the content. Cheers ^)))

[@morgansword]

I have watched you for some time. Walking through terrible thick brush to get to the power station you built from a washing machine parts. Its not been handed to you and when you and friend went after those first couple machines.. again packing tools and fuel to get those crippled machines out was marvelous hard work. Ya kept it down to single lane road and depending on how much of this mountain you own, maybe houses will spring up so your quiet freedom is threatened but the kids will love having more kids... hard trades for sure. Your no longer a kid and if you saw this years ago... hats off to you Marty. Happy holidays ahead

[@MartyT]

A small price to pay to escape the rat race 😉

[@VadoVoodoo]

@@MartyT Oi! We're not ALL rats! :)

[@spencerrobinson2719]

You get a lot out of that old equipment

[@watersipper1116]

@@VadoVoodoo And not all up to racing any more.

[@MrBen-uk]

@@MartyTwish I had the skill set great video

[@MrTrollHunter]

So good to see these good old machines being used for what they were made for instead of sitting around, rotting away in some forest like they were before you rescued them

[@willybeeish]

Great watch, thanks. Sitting at home in the UK, overfed and lazy after Christmas, I feel guilty. Hope you and the kids have a lovely holiday. Bill B 🙂

[@gooseypig84]

Jesus Marty! You cut in a side drain with an old tractor better than some grader operators are capable of with their CAT G's! And those views from ground level next to the cut as the tractor and blade(!) passes over ... Spielberg level brother! I love watching the stuff you get up to. It provides an escape to a life we probably all have dreamt of living. Chur bro.

[@richardphelan8414]

I remember when you brought the old digger out of the wood that has been a long time ago ,No laser level used here for elevation a T square and a wooden wedge and your off building roads ,a tip of my hat to you Marty ,you are a true Renascence man ,I Wish your new subscribers could have see where your equipment has come from and how you rescued it ,the Dozer and the digger , Awesome video with Drone shots thanks Marty

[@beetrootboy9301]

New subscribers are able to see where his equipment has come from as he has provided links to all those videos, showing how he has salvaged each one in the description above. Good thinking eh? 👍

[@wolfpreist]

I remember those videos... when I first saw them I remember looking up that machine, and it was over $100k new. And Marty got it for a tune up basically. *labor not included *

[@llr8958]

I like seeing these older machines that were left for dead, go back to work, and serve their purpose once again.

[@TrevorDennis100]

The David Brown and blade is working like a half decent grader for you, and the 10° wedge and level made for a half decent survey tool. That's Kiwi ingenuity for you. Way to go Marty.

[@fsj197811]

Nice to see old equipment getting to come out and play like they did in their younger days. As well as saying 'thank you' for saving them. Thanks for sharing!

[@Equinox601]

I feel like all of your acquisitions and restorations have been leading up to this video. It must be very satisfying.

[@boltyk1]

so maybe all of them are just a pieces of initial plan :)))

[@gazzafloss]

Marty, you're a one man road building gang. I can't imagine how much time and how many guys leaning on shovels a local government council gang would require to do a job like that. Well done!

[@patring620]

Through video editing, you take what I know to be pretty routine and mundane dirt moving work and keep it interesting. Your presentation skills have been improving for years. Nice job, mate.

[@aronhoward919]

Envious! I only spent a month in NZ but is one of my favorite countries!. Did get to go to the Gathering in 98 and wish i could live there? UK citizen with American wife and kids! But many would envy me too? SW Florida is my home. But iv met many self sufficient people in my life but you really have it under control! Respect brother!

[@rednaughtstudios]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1088">18:08</a> Weihelm scream. Marty's editing is going to the next level.

[@robt2151]

Just at the point when attention was beginning to wander ...

[@madmax82988]

Not quite close to the spelling and not even close to the Wilhelm scream.

[@terryfromsouthcarolina4601]

There is something satisfying about watching old machines doing the work that they were intended to be doing. Knowing it was Marty doing the saving of the machines makes it even better. I loved the goat crashing the party with a photo bomb! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and have a safe and prosperous new year. Cheers Terry

[@jukeman57]

You know Marty, you have spent a lot of time and effort getting those old machines running right, but by gosh, look at all the work you’re getting down with them. Brilliant mate.

[@philyew3617]

Fantastic result Marty, well done, and at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1370">22:50</a> the job clearly got approval from the inspectors. Your skills and ingenuity are just next level. Also your belief in getting the 'old iron' back to work shows what can be achieved with machines other people have given up on. 👍 Hope you and the family are having a happy holiday with just a little break from the work.

[@linasvelavicius330]

"The road to success is not always paved" Excellent job Marty, in this case it's literal. Good to see your rescued digger earning it's keep. Happy holiday days to you and your family.

[@prodkey]

It’s great to see you using all of the older equipment you brought back to life! Well done on that and your new road! Bravo!

[@oddtechman]

Thanks for taking us along for an awesome journey this year, Marty! Found you purely by chance based on my viewing history early on in 2024 and do not regret it one bit! Love the light humour and your presentation of your channel and look forward to seeing what 2025 has to offer. Many thanks once again and hope you and the family had a nice peaceful fun xmas together. Happy boxing day! (here in the uk)

[@JDAfrica]

Woohoo! Merry Christmas Marty!

[@fuelboy]

Great dirt work. Gotta be fun putting those old workhorses to work after bringing them back to life!

[@paulw3182]

The Hitachi Excavator is my favorite but the Dave Brown's are a close second - the machines paid for themselves. The wedge of wood to making a site line off a bubble level t-square is a no nonsense way to grade without an expensive laser level. Simply a great idea, the wedge reminds me of a fixed nautical sextant arc. What is great, now you have a bypass road for machinery to park, and not block the main road. One thing, there is one large pine that half of the root ball is cut off on the high side of the bank, worry that it might come down in a storm, while you lost some trees you gained some board feet of lumber and or fire wood. Wonderful Job.

[@petegraham1458]

Good to get that road in shape , it won’t be long until your daughter starts driving , I know that may come as a shock but it seems you turn around and suddenly they area young adults! Love to see the Bull terrier enjoying the build too ! They area wonderful breed so smart and happy to be part of everything a family does. Nice to see some of the old girls you rescued working on the project and running like champs! Merry Christmas to you and your family , looks to be a nice summer day to be out working , thanks for bringing us along!

[@alfadoofus]

It's good to see the old iron you saved paying you back with some work . I really like how you do things with minimal equipment and film it all making it look easy .

[@gregdrmax]

Brilliant! Keep your eyes peeled for quartz veins. “There’s gold in them thar hills”

[@jonmarshall1502]

It staggers me that you make this look easy and done with a lot of common sense, and yet contractors with all the gear, consultants, cones and millions of dollars take forever to get anything done in this country. Either you are an earth moving superhero or they are seriously taking the piss. Hope you had a great Xmas break. And a safe new year Marty.

[@JoeTheLion60]

I watched a company paid 4million to make a park - spend about 2 months just moving piles of dirt back and forward from mountain to mountain - obviously not needed but they needed to occupy the time to justify the payment

[@deancoley7987]

The plough on the back of the David Brown is awesome and the proof of the pudding is easy to see, great work and skills involved

[@00nutt]

Marty builds a super road through the mountains with equipment everyone wanted to throw away!!! Great job Marty!!!!

[@taxpayer1980]

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1088">18:08</a> Goat is screamingly satisfied with the new road

[@caveweta1]

Marty, this video was remarkable. Amazing what you can do with the simplest handtools. And the recycled machines. Channelling the spirit of the men who dug the Homer Tunnel. We salute you.

[@GearheadStew]

Love seeing the old rescued/resurrected equipment being used as intended. Marty is obviously a very skilled operator as well, he makes it look easy. 👍

[@dougallmcmillan8970]

I have stopped being surprised at your range of practical abilities. You are a genuine achiever. Hope you had a wonderful family Christmas.

[@walterkucharski4790]

Good job on the road. I also live on a mountainous wooded area but would need drilling and blasting to build a new road through solid rock not like the loose rock you have. Cheers!

[@durizoyo2330]

I really like the camera work and drone shots in this one. Thank you marty for the videos.

[@SeanByrne]

The dollar value of that road is insane. Have you priced or estimated what such a road would cost to put in? It just shows you what one person can do given time. Very inspirational stuff.

[@MartyT]

I have no idea, guessing over $60k based on the time I put into it

[@glennandrew4339]

@@MartyT It would have taken over a year and cost in excess of $400,000 if the NZTA had anything to do with it ?

[@bobfreeman9574]

Yeah well over $400k when you consider the cost of a judder bar .

[@doncollins9331]

And the zillion cones!​@@bobfreeman9574

[@zarb88]

what is a judder bar

[@iNireus]

Happy Christmas, Marty and family. Nice one again!! I still couldn’t envisage the final Road until it was made, no matter how much you explained, justs shows us that creatives come in all spheres of life. Love it

[@badstreff]

What an awesome late Xmas pressie, some mint Marty T content to finish the year with. You have a great eye for filming and I love all the action shots and getting up close and personal with the equipment (and dirt/rocks lol). Great work Marty! Happy holidays to you and your whanau.

[@jamesthompson8008]

Marty, THAT is AWESOME work!! And more than that, there's a SOLID educational lesson there for both those wonderful kids. IF you can think & come up with the idea, are willing to plan & sacrifice, & put the time & effort into alternative means, you can create & build whatever you put your mind to!! AND do so WITHOUT going broke, or into unending debt. From a casual observer here in the USA, THAT is an amazing Christmas gift for them! Hoping the family had a great Holiday!

[@puggawompy]

Who needs the Ministry of Works.... when you have the Ministry of Marty. Wish I had you as a neighbour when we still had a farm and needed some road/track work done. Love your work! And not a single orange road cone in sight or 15x safety / observation clipboard holders standing around per kilometre scrolling through facebook.

[@calvarybuilders5689]

Bravo!! Working with two of my favorite rescued machines!!! Looks like your biggest job yet! Well done Marty!

[@MrGaryparker]

It's amazing to have all your own equipment and know how to use it. Imagine for someone who doesn't, to have this work done.

[@danielboughton3624]

Those drag blades are super handy as are farm tractors in general. The first road I cut I didn't have a farm tractor and had just a straight blade on an old d6. I had rented a construction tractor to break up some basalt so I trenched the up hill side and then stuck a d6 track in that trench and pushed it all flat. Now I have a smaller dozer with a 6-way so I just push the trench side to the angle and then finish the whole mess with the farm tractor. There are no rocks where I live now at all and it is flat as a pancake. Pushing anything is pretty easy but then you have to get rock from someone who ships it in and that makes roads expensive.

[@michaelfoort2592]

I know you're not looking for praise but some of your viewers might not appreciate your level of proficiency as a excavating operator. Your road building is so impressive! We live in a similar environment and I've had first hand experience with road building in a forest

[@paulwilson6421]

Awesome job! I think it would be really cool for the viewers to see maybe a drone video of all your fleet of trucks/equipment lined up that you have rescued and restored back into service, just a thought, thx for all your content, from your two biggest Canadian fans, Paul and Rodie (meow!) 🇨🇦

[@darrellbarr3019]

Those old pieces of iron are truly amazing, to go from total abandonment to hard working equipment again just amazes me! The amount of money you’ve saved building that road must have been a pile. Good job Marty!

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Another fine bit of YT content Marty T. Happy that your new track is in place for the start of the New Year. ✅

[@Wairoakid]

Good work Marty. Hope you didn't find any wasp nests.

[@VadoVoodoo]

Or spiders! Brrrrr!

[@nospin1394]

So many good things to say Marty T~ of course the content, the many different camera views(that must be a pain in the….to do)and then the editing! Condensing months of work to under 30 minutes. You could put out a lot of the b roll for us to enjoy? I’d watch anyways. Cheers

[@mattshaw6828]

Love watching your repaired gear in action. Most of the chainsaws I use for my business I have rebuilt.

[@timeflysintheshop]

Lots of good camera placements in this video, and I especially liked the FPV bits of you working the controls. For those of us who have never had the opportunity to operate any heavy machinery, it is great to see!

[@stuartpickles6907]

Don't stop making videos until there is a four lane highway to your home.😅

[@MartyT]

Im going to need bigger machines 😅

[@stuartpickles6907]

I'm here for it!

[@stevea9604]

You are a dirt sculpturer of extraordinary skills 👍🏻🤩👌🏻

[@buttonmonkey6845]

Great vid Marty, love watching you do these projects, could watch them for hours (any chance of an extended directors cut?😊) your land is so different from where I am. We are rolling hills of clay/sand / chalk mix with fields and not many trees. Hope you and your family had a great Christmas. 👋🇬🇧😁

[@greggb1416]

Marty, I am lovin “your take” on the modern day laser grading station…, hahaha…! That wedge and spirit level square are “genius”, it don’t get much simpler. That ole’ excavator is working great, and worth its’ weight in gold. Great video, Thank you sir.

[@KubotaManDan]

The David Brown & rear blade worked nicely. When I lived on a rural hillside property I found an Oliver one bottom plow that worked well for rain culverts, it was a tow behind plow with a trip line for engaging the moldboard in & out. It was $20 at a farm auction & weight was near 600 lbs. Your right to salvage the older machines & accessories they are much more heavy duty and seem to last forever. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year too!

[@MarvinHowell-k4u]

Where you live is a beautiful place. It reminds me of my home here in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Merry Christmas.

[@iwant2chgmyworldi863]

Pure paradise to me. Love Pigeon Forge=Cades Cove.🥰

[@charliemartin-k7m]

The Great Smokey Mountains, The Appalachian Mountains & the Cohutta Mountains are very pretty and very old, between like 800 Million years old - 1 Billion Years old.

[@flowerstone]

Love this stuff. Building the road with salvaged equipment. Excellent!! 😀

[@worldsend69]

Marty T videos always leave me with a sense of achievement

[@russw5301]

Another excellent example of your amazing skills of rescuing older equipment and putting it to excellent use. Having watched the restoration of the equipment and now seeing it in use it is truly an example of your wonderful ability and dedication. Great work and great watching. Looking forward to much more.

[@pete_ski]

Saw you had another video up, so made a coffee and sat down to enjoy. What a great way to enjoy Boxing Day morning. Thanks for the video, hope you and yours have a great Christmas break.

[@wazza33racer]

Rescue excavator is getting the job done nicely. Building good, or better roads is a massive quality of life improvement on any property. Roads are the arteries of progress and prosperity. When I lived on a farm, in western NSW, the 4km driveway from the main road to our farm house was so bad, that when it was really wet, only a John Deere 150hp tractor could get through the mud. The change it made, when that driveways was fixed by a Cat grader was enormous. As always, its very often the drainage that makes or breaks a road.

[@willtricks9432]

A project worth the time and effort on the road and the continual search for the tools to do the job. As ever, thanks for the up load and sharing your endeavours. Cheers

[@Stumpyblue]

What’s a Christmas and Boxing Day without power tools, hey..? Nice one Marty! 🙂

[@TheJapanChannelDcom]

That pick just munches the rock, doesn't it. The right tools make all the difference, don't they.

[@MartyT]

I couldn't have done it without the pick

[@knottyal2428]

"We don't need no stinkin civil engineers!" Just Marty with a level and his full set of vintage earth movers. Merry Christmas everyone around the world, watching our favourite NZer do his stuff.

[@MrPat-UK]

Thanks Marty for these uploads, made the Xmas a little more enjoyable and fun to watch, Hope your festivities at home went well, and if I haven’t already, happy new year to everyone else,and to you and your family and friends, much appreciation to you all.

[@ToreDL87]

Way to remind us you're a Kiwi without telling us you're Kiwi, and at Christmas no less! Rescues abandoned antiquated machinery with more slop in every moving part than all the balljoints & tie rod ends most of us will ever go through in our lifetimes. But not with enough ether to unsub what working running time the engine has left, just for views, that's easy mode for anyone with enough ether at hand. You then proceed to get it up to functional standards & specifications (at least for what you need it for), and just to make sure nobody can accuse you otherwise you use it to build roads up mountainsides (rather than the flats most other antiquated machinery channels do). THEN, you literally make "walkthrough recap" videos out of the lot of it, but without the 40 minute life story padding most KZbinrs do. Can confirm, watching enough of your videos gives people A LOT of the info they need to diagnose similar issues with similar machinery & equipment, and in such a way most of us don't ask questions. Merry Christmas, Marty! And thanks for everything so far!

[@MySierraNevadaLife]

I Love seeing the rescued machines from videos past putting in good work. Very inspiring!

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I'm glad we see them again on this channel and its sad many other channels on here will get something running and we will never see the machine again.

[@leoford1969]

thanks,,,, from one of your favourite kiwi KZbin watchers 😁 I do watch all your videos and I will try to support every video you make,,,, I'll do my best Marty. all the best for the new year coming,

[@MartyT]

Thanks mate, very generous of you.

[@pmiller7886]

Beauty job there Mart, as fine a road as any could wish for. I think calling it a track does it a disservice, thats a road mate, and a fine one, all on the cutting edge of cheap. Be proud💪

[@scratchypants1]

I'm not an operator, but that is some nice looking dirt. My land (St. Lawrence Valley / Quebec) is all clay interspersed with an occasional, Toyota-sized boulder.

[@paulwomack5866]

Is that a morraine? Silt/Clay with erratics? (I'm remembering my school geology!)

[@renegade6785]

Merry Christmas 🎄 nice work with this old Iron !!! Greetings from Germany

[@ogreatmaster8334]

Nice project. That old excavator you rescued out from the woods is a great machine.

[@Wheelloader__]

Cool video Marty. The back blade does a nice job. I have one of them and a box blade. Perfect tools for driveway maintenance.

[@MOAJackson-u9f]

Out Freakin Standing! Awesome job Marty! 🎉🎉🎉. Those old work horses showing just how valuable they really are! 🙌🏻

[@SweetDreams-wt7vo]

Well done! Looks great. Your 'can do, let's do it' attitude is amazing. No problems, just solutions. Season's greetings and best wishes from Galway City on the West Coast of Ireland. Slán

[@donmiller4260]

Woke up about an hour ago. Now sitting at work waking up enjoying another of ur videos. Keep up the awesome work love seeing old Iron revived and put back to work

[@williamd6967]

Amazing job Marty!You have to be tough as nails to build roads through this rocky mountain terrain! William USA

[@dbabyzo]

Got some real scenic views on that road!

[@fredsimmons2793]

Marty sure had those machines eating right out of his hands.Superb work.

[@lonhoschar1943]

Great job on the new drive!! Really enjoy all your videos. I find it very interesting and relaxing to watch you work on your property and the old machinery you've rescued and use to do it with.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Entertaining and educational, big earth works, road building and hydrological tit bits. All on rehabilitated machinery and on a super tight budget. Nice work Mr. Marty T!! Happy new year too.

[@cereus57]

Awesome to see rescued equipment doing their intended jobs well!!

[@jonnafry]

Great to see you teaming up with your rescued and revived machines and doing some excellent works. All the best for the year ahead and look forward to more of this mint content.

[@mischef18]

Your toys are real handy when it comes to putting in and fixing ya tracks bro. Anyway complements of the season to you and your crew. Safe travels y'all. Ken.

[@paulwomack5866]

Great to see all the machines you've acquired and bought back to functionality finally doing the work they were made for.

[@lint2023]

All the different shots with the camera are great. I enjoy all the videos.

[@kingwood4357]

Nice job on the road, looks great, enjoy seeing the old iron still getting the job done. 👍

[@kenknight4560]

The Marty T Road Dept. in action! All the equipment for less than the price of a new small truck. Awesome engineering and grading.

[@toocat2000000]

Excellent video !! I wish I had a better visual of the before and after . I can't quite compare the new with the old . Nevertheless , I loved every minute .

[@Monkeysic]

Putting that equipment to work! Quite the project! Now you need a rock crusher to make your own gravel to top dress the track! Looks awesome! I believe you said those goats are wild?

[@MartyT]

Those are feral goats

[@QualityCraftsmen]

Amazing that you salvaged This equipment from the forest! Well done.

[@Panchosoto]

As always an excellent job.... consult all that hill is your property.... Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱👋

[@BRI33NOR]

Getting the digger and dozer home and in working condition was a very shrewd move. Going to pay off big time more and more in the future. You earned it.

[@joerodrigues3816]

Great video mate thanks again for sharing this with us all