Tonka Truck Graveyard - Part 2 (Meet Jim)

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On 11/22/15. I was in the area and decided to stop by and see my friend Jim Griffin the owner of the Tonka Truck Graveyard. Watch Part 1-6 to see what is new at The Tonka Truck Graveyard and Share and Subscribe to be the first to see new original videos coming out in the very near future. Thank you.

[@larrykrise3609]

this is awsome,jim.im 85 now and have been finding a toy here and there to restore.i have 24 restored my new hobby.bless you.

[@cj1613]

Those are some nice tshirt tool box pockets you have one love collecting lives on through our generations

[@clementevaldez1271]

I have the big rigs from early 50's and early 60 's jeeps....ilove them....

[@fredbalandran3182]

That’s great you have those tanka toys enjoy them bless your heart

[@trevmac8362]

glad i was a kid in the 70's..loved my Tonka trucks although i only had one or two..they were expensive for my mom to buy..so much better than I-Phones that kids have today..they also helped develop a kids imagination..

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

I grew up in the early 2000s and I played with some of the 30+ year old Tonkas that my uncles and cousins had when they where younger.

[@gearjammer4779]

Trev Mac I woulda much rather had an i phone back in 69 than my Tonka fire truck .

[@mrfirefox197]

"tonka trucks Built to last"

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

I can't get over my love for Tonka trucks. Growing up in the early 2000s I played with older ones that my relatives gave me. I don't have many trucks but some of the ones I do have are 30+ years old. I don't play with them anymore but I still have them in my backyard as "yard art." I like to say that it's my old retired construction company and that they abandoned there vehicles.

[@67horsepower]

cool video.. I collected these as a kid I'm 38 now & still have them all .. best toys ever...

[@anbernicguy]

Graveyard of Golds for us collectors.

[@jackieharris2854]

Very nice... good luck to all you do my husband is a heavy equipment Operator and he is just now getting into collecting. It was fun watching your video and we hope to meet you one day.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

That is so cool! I own quite a few of those, from the early 60s. I have a dragline, 3 jeep gladiator pick up, one dump truck, and a mint in box wheel loader. Tonka's are great chilhood toy's. Love them! That's a great collection there! Wow!😎👍

[@AlvinBrown]

JIM I am so glad you have given these beauties a home i remember as a kid i would get at least 20 different types of Tonka Toys for Christmas,however back in 1996,when i was placed in the states care unfortunately when i was placed with the state as a kid i lost everyone of my tonka toys,but i do hope that someone is taking care of them now

[@robertspruill3067]

Wow 😮😊

[@p1973ify]

Lovelly colection, you could do a museus regarfing the tonka trucks, today I bought One on a flee market and i hope to buy more to restore it, there are lovelly trucks kind regards

[@edylcnostrebor9722]

wow Jim thank for talking to me Today ,its always good to talk to a Brother thank you .May God Bless you

[@rjc7289]

Has that collection ever been appraised? I'm surprised he leaves a lot of those trucks to rust outside in the elements. Still, this sure brings back some memories of my youth when I used to play with Tonka trucks on a regular basis. One of my favorites was a Chevron tanker-trailer that you could fill with water and dispense through a little black rubber hose as though you were dispensing fuel oil. Then I had a black-and-beige 4WD with wheels you could detach. I think I also had an orange flatbed with a crane that could swivel from side to side. I'm also certain I had a crane with a scoop you could raise and lower and pick up dirt with. Being a kid in the seventies and eighties was about as awesome as it could get! I regret not keeping those trucks. They would've looked cool on display shelves in my house.

[@thirsteekid]

I grey up playing with these Tonka trucks as a kid I'm 40 now. A few years ago a friend of mine here in NYC got hired to clean out a basement he told me when he entered the basement he could barely open the door behind was thousands of packed from floor to ceiling all Tonka trucks in boxes. All on the walls were shelves with all the jeeps fire trucks he mentioned all the first tonkas on display to make a long story short it took him all day to clear the basement and loaded everything in a big uhaul truck n took them to a dumpster. When he got home later that evening he said he saw on the news a reporter at the dumpster where he had thrown away all the boxes of Tonka trucks there were several guys on camera hoping in the garbage bin taking the boxed Tonka trucks out. When he told me this story about 6 months later my heart sank and I thought he was lying to me and inlet insisting for him to tell me if it was a bad joke. He was then told me the owner of the house had paid him 500 dollars to empty out the basement. I still call him a dumb sob till this day. I have ever met a person as retarded as my friend Damien Hollingsworth.

[@ahelpfulplace]

Love this. Thank you for the videos. What awesome man. Seems peaceful there. :)

[@salsuper4605]

I WISH I WAS. A KID AGAIN.

[@Roberto231973]

A Pitty he leaves them rot. Better restore them and give them an new life

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Think it was 1963 when they made the first Mighty Dump Truck. I reckon with all those parts we could slavage a few and re do them :). Nice story and a nice guy wonder what will become of it when he passes.

[@christopherkennedy314]

I totally get this 🤗

[@petec3857]

Hey Jim ever seen a 1965 black tonka truck I have one but I haven’t seen another one so it’s got to be rare color

[@max6525]

Saludos Jim tienes el lote mas grande de heavy equipment que hay .

[@galexeqe]

He might have a ton of Tonka toys but a collection is only worth the same as the care you take in preserving it Therefore he also has a ton of rusting crap

[@smarleyjoe3569]

yep let people restore them or watch the rust slowly melt them away

[@gearjammer4779]

Youre a good guy Jim!

[@alexandergomezcornejo3872]

Señor si sabé valorar eso tonka pero los niños de hoy supieron lo que es jugar como antes se jugaba

[@dacrd]

I like how his shirt says ROB

[@sulaeman1750]

Wow. I wish I were there. I love cars of can. Here in indonesia find them is really hard.

[@gmoney1061]

OMG, a TONKA graveyard?! Wow! My brother had the road grader and I had the big dump truck! If only the young ones of today knew the toys we had! 🥳👍🏾😎😆🤟🏾

[@rjc7289]

I hope they find and prosecute the assholes who stole Jim's trucks.

[@tomference4618]

..wondering if you can help me with a 2013 tonka firetruck wiring circuit board? Trying to understand where the two lights and speaker connect.

[@DOXXED.....0_0]

Douh bro its my dream

[@mamoruchiba3301]

It just like a real car junkyard

[@jimmyc6686]

C'mon guys.... don't steal his trucks.

[@clementevaldez1271]

Sad to see so many just left out to rust rot....I would buy a cheap tool shed at least to preserve them.....what a shame 🫠

[@Blue-xv8og]

FOR SALE! We are selling the whole collection. To make an offer please email us at- [e-mail]

[@jimboyclassmate2283]

paps pls share some of your toys its my toys also from the old school days

[@lynharrison1]

Hi there. Does anyone know how I can contact Jim. I have a very rare Tonka Military Construction set he may want for his collection. Thanks in advance.

[@fatlarry1184]

Just send it to Jim Griffin Mira Loma....he'll get it!

[@SERENAJANELOPEZ]

taets. so. cool

[@ronwhite3220]

¿Por qué alguien querria tener una gran colección de camiones clásicos pudriendose enel patio? Se supone que son piezas que deben conservarse para que las generaciones futuras las disfrutemos y aprendamos del pasado.

[@carloswilson284]

How can i buy some of those Tonka's?

[@westcoastgoose]

Fantastic! I myself collect Tonkas. Tell me, does Jim ever sell any?

[@Blue-xv8og]

+westcoastgoose No. But he has given them away occasionally.

[@cc.Martinez.951E]

i been there

[@fair2middlin]

Where is it?

[@austinweber1988]

do you have any update videos of these?

[@Blue-xv8og]

Yes!

[@laurarosencrance6963]

Can I have some

[@philkenjiplaysgamer4774]

how many tonka he has

[@Blue-xv8og]

851 last count on Nov. 2015

[@fredbalandran3182]

Leave Jim’s toys alone