Vintage Bristol 25 Bulldozer and Abandoned Excavator widening a steep track

The old Hitachi UH043 digger and Bristol Dozer are earning their keep fixing up my driveway

[@Sidrcride]

I'm an excavator operator, on my days off I watch excavation videos.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Watching a guy having a lot of fun and making a major improvement to his land. Great video!

[@gibbogle]

Marty is not only a great DIY mechanic, he's also a bloody good film maker.

[@patrickkelly7085]

He is the Andrew Camarata of New Zealand.

[@barrygrant2907]

It's amazing how machines moving dirt can be so entertaining.

[@ChuckHickl]

I appreciate many things about this channel and one of them is the fact that young, off gridders, get a tony taste of what it takes to work your property mostly by yourself. Lots of work and the road work is so far out of my skill set, it baffles my mind.

[@jeneloupreobrazhensky9830]

I love the boldozer so i keep following her or watching what update shes doing 😍

[@howdypotowty]

So majestic watching a mama excavator caring and teaching her young the ways of their species.

[@benwinstanley101]

Thanks again Marty ! You’ve put a lot of work into your land over the years .

[@deangentles4966]

barrel roll from the bees was great watch your videos all the time bristol looks like she is running great also a good job on the hitachi too

[@gibbogle]

Wasps

[@bobbtodd6302]

those two definitely deserve a nice mountainside retirement playing in the dirt. it warms my heart to see someone using and taking care of old iron instead of leaving them to rot into eternity

[@MrTomtom3d]

Well said, they all make a great team!

[@markwheeler202]

I love seeing these old refurbished machines being put to such good use!

[@buffsheeri]

me too

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

Another excellent job, well done Marty. I’m really enjoying watching your older videos. Sooooooooo deeply entertaining.

[@endutubecensorship]

Viewer: How does Marty pay for the fuel for these machines? Marty: G'day guys, I'm restoring this old mobile oil refinery I found off shore, it'll still make good fuel so.....

[@jackmorgan1677]

Look at his viewer- and subscriber stats. KZbin pays for all that Marty is doing, including the fuel.

[@user-xo6sw9xf3y]

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[@krakca]

@@jackmorgan1677 its the perfect symbiotic relationship. he can do cool stuff without the need of it being financially feasible and we get great content.

[@dansw0rkshop]

The machines probably don't take much fuel. It's pretty amazing what you can do with a gallon of deezzel.

[@alan1340]

I would suggest Marty is not doing life too hard ;) Perhaps he was comfortable in the first place. His well rounded speech suggests he has had a very good education.

[@andysaunders3708]

Hey, man - it's gerat to see these beasts working for a living. They work well, too! Glad they're not just for show.

[@petrolhead28]

Love these films and the fact that with some basic maintenance you bring these obsolete and unloved machines back to purposeful life. So easy to work on too. Good chunky engineering

[@wyojess]

These video are like ASMR for me, something about Marty's voice and the hum of the equipment just totally relax me, perfect Corona watching material, Keep it up Marty!

[@natanator3956]

You are so blessed to have found all this old machinery, I would love to come hang out up there with you and see what all you've done to the place.

[@jukeman57]

Huge improvement Marty. Good work. All that work getting the old machines back to good health has payed off immensely.

[@GHuber-xh5vv]

I have no idea how an excavator works, but I wtched the whole abandoned excavator playlist. It is quite impressing what you did. Well done.

[@trevorzzealley2670]

Love watching some one working difficult country with simple old equipment & turning out a really neat job .

[@TedBishop1]

Marty I really like how you have videos without music while you work. Love to hear the machines working.......Best wishes Thanks for sharing

[@demonsteeb5666]

I swear ! everytime i see Martys face in the sped footage he has a big smile :D

[@MartyT]

In my happy place 😂

[@sparkyinanissan]

So much fun to be had when you have machinery to take the strain. What you need is a hedge trimming attachment for the tractor. Cheers Marty.

[@tomlee7966]

love watching the old Iron work, thanks Marty

[@jeffreysheldrake7943]

Keeping it simple and steadily getting it done . Great to watch. One job I was on I was told by the foreman to stand and watch the backhoe. Well after a bit I'd nod off standing there . Good relaxation. I'd love to be poking about in that great little Bristol. Cheers from Queensland Australia

[@gibbogle]

I think Hitachi would love to see what you are doing with their old machine.

[@tillman1697]

Love all your vintage equipment. And that it's acquisition cost you almost nothing. Perfect kit for your hilly property!

[@stillwater62]

Marty, it looks like the old equipment that you salvaged, and repaired, is paying you back big time. You are a good operator, and mechanic. The equipment should serve you well for years. After you get your driveway to the correct dimensions, it will be easy to use the motor grader to keep it touched up. Great job, great video, and have a great day.

[@buffsheeri]

wow, considering that machine sat in the woods for so many years and now has new life and doing a ton of work is amazing

[@nguyenh4773]

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[@superchargerone]

amazingly useful to have an excavator in a rural setting. Love your videos.

[@fynbo1007]

It must have been a great gift to have these two equipment when you have these long roads and you can maintain then yourself. Thank you for sharing your amazing journey. Be careful and safe. God bless you and your family.

[@douglasharley2440]

dude, you are *MACHINEBOSS* !...lord of all things mechanical and master of the realm of work.

[@luis00903]

Thanks for sharing !!

[@volvogt21]

High drama indeed! It happened to me recently. I wish I'd thought of that commando barrel roll. 10 out of 10 for style

[@SXMP_FXR_7SXLO]

When was tht

[@swmas02]

Marty you are certainly putting those old machine to good use as well improving your property.

[@ewanstewart8011]

I still love the way that Bristol moves material, the blade is the ideal width for working on your narrow track

[@malancronje6805]

That bulldozer look like it was the first model that did not use steam, but it does the job. I am surprised at how well it works with that shallow blade. Its almost like a strong grader, it just needs the blade to tilt.

[@TrevorDennis100]

It does such a nice job of grading the track though. Much better than you'd expect from such a small dozer that looks to go back a few years.

[@raoulcruz4404]

I want one. 😁

[@Nomzai]

Oh man i laughed too hard at “the first model that did not use steam”

[@dextermuir7882]

You'd need to go back a couple of decades for the last of steam. My Mum's Dad , 'Herb' Nickalls (my middle name, German spelling), in Ealing, Canterbury, NZ, was a pioneer in that change. A Diesel factory-trained Engineer, he fled the Kaiser's call-up for WW 1, as far as he could, and serviced the first Diesel-powered heavy machines (tractors, dozers, road-rollers etc plus stationaries (generators etc.)) In NZ's South Island (and a known identity nationally). Ealing railway station/depot was kept busy, and Herb's 'herbs', the strength of his serviced machines awaiting delivery, were a blessing to the rail in Winter. Ealing is at the north end of a steep cutting leading up from the Rangitata river, and the rail was prone to icing, stranding north-bound rail. Herb used his machines to haul rail: Herb's 'herbs'.['Herbs' is a colloquial for fuel or strength]

[@stewartlee8858]

Look and sound like a busy bug and i like it lol.

[@lawrencewillard6370]

It is pleasure to be with you in your endeavours. I'm across the ditch from you, in a warmer climes. Admire your tenacity and the gear that you have ressurected

[@kerriblue1]

Plenty to do in your “bubble”, Marty. So much fun to be had while staying home!

[@animalian01]

I love to see old equipment still being used for what it was designed for.

[@rdeanbenson217]

great video, showing off your resources and talents, enjoyed the project, blessings!

[@garyburgmylifeandtimes6354]

Great job putting your newly acquired equipment to use. Ready has come in handy.

[@SMGJohn]

Amazing to me that such old equipment can still get the job done, I remembering seeing a North Korean TV documentary on them constructing some of the new skyscrapers in their city and most of their equipment is just a mashup of old Soviet 60s, 70s and 80s stuff from old diggers to dozers and loaders, but it got the job done. There cases in Russia were they still use 40 - 60 year old machines for anything, does the job quite nicely as long as they are well oiled and well maintained.

[@goprojoe360]

Marty, Id like to see you put a 360 degree rotating dozer blade on the end of the excavator. Now that would be handy 👍

[@amossnowdaharleyman9179]

Old equipment still doing a days work. Nice to see. Many people buy an old dozer or backhoe and work the crap out of it like they are factory fresh then get upset when they break a major,hard to find (if at all) and usually expensive used part. Slow and easy always wins.

[@chinosts]

Thanks for sharing Marty!

[@oilmaninpowell]

Its hard to imagine a world without the modern hydraulic excavator.

[@GaryT1952]

Great job Marty T! That's a real "white knuckle" ride up that grade, the slope and drop-off's are pretty severe for sure...keep your eyes on the road.

[@dan92677]

You're doing really well !! I am vicariously enjoying watching you, a lot !! Keep it up !!

[@billsmith5166]

Boy am I glad I found you! I'll be binge watching over the next few days.

[@stlevel15]

That was one of the funniest things I seen in a while (wasp nest stinging).

[@peterjohn63]

I'm so enjoying your videos, Marty,, much more entertaining than regular TV rubbish

[@OffGridAussiePrepper]

Thanks for the therapy...... no idea why but yeah.... I wish i cud live on one of ur mountain tops in a small cabin. Waking up to them views every morning would make life bearable.

[@walterkucharski4790]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX THAT WOBBLY BUCKET! IT DRIVES ME MADDER THAN I ALREADY AM! Cheers from Canada.

[@noyesclt2]

Whoooa.. adding in the drone coverage.. I'm nominating you for a filmography award!

[@jamesvwblack]

Damm that old stuff works well especially the Bristol! It’s more powerful than it looks ! Another fun vid Marty and looking forward to the grader !

[@bigdumbguy]

Looks like a Dino browsing on the greenery.

[@patring620]

Wish I could find an old digger in the woods near my house, then I wish I had the skills to get it going. Nice job with the smaller bucket. A tool for every job.

[@JohnSmith-ud9ex]

I have to say that with your voice, that smashing little dozer and its big brother that you should make a couple of kids episodes featuring all the noises and simple action that is the charm of these machines... That and the beautiful backdrop coupled with your calm voice would be very popular I would guess...

[@jimspeed1388]

It's always great to open youtube on a morning to find a Marty T video waiting.

[@allanbrown3493]

Great camera angles, makes the whole process so much more interesting. Thats really steep country.

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

That Bristol seems like a fun little dozer.

[@hiscifi2986]

Fabulous dozer and much better than a D9 for that job..

[@Lesnz2009]

You're getting quite the road building section there with the digger, bulldozer and grader, cool...also great how you the material you remove with the digger to help smooth the driveway...also leaving the vegetable matter to rot will help give the other plants some food, cool...

[@TorQue_WrenCh]

Nice job marty,Its really nice when you has those two around with a nice filming angle..

[@moistie]

It seems to me you're just having fun with your excavator and bulldozer. "I need a track over that hill...."

[@ivarwb4115]

Handy with the excavator and handy with the camera, too. Some nice filming here!

[@skyblue5133]

Gdgsh? !😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁hshs?

[@420sesamestreet3]

These vids are great there's something about watching progress being made, really enjoy them plus you live in a great part of the country too!

[@jackmorgan1677]

Marlborough Sounds, top of the South Island. Occasionally earthquakes, scary weather and mudslides though. But the vistas and clear water are out of this world.

[@glenpaul3606]

Nice excavator...you fixed it up good. Just need to get a thumb on it preferably a hydraulic one if possible. A popular you tuber Andrew Camarata has a similar older Hitachi excavator and uses it often. good machines.

[@stevehaken]

Amazing how quiet the old dozer is...

[@andrewhoggett8148]

nice seeing the excavator being put to work after sitting in the bush for so long

[@rond5661]

The old pieces of equipment do a great job for what you need it seems, nice job on upgrading your road.

[@cecilwood6376]

Excelente. A todo esto, en que parte del mundo vives? (Where do You live? Uk?

[@spotty4710]

I think people that know how old equipment works and know how to fix them and that live in remote areas should stay with the old stuff cuz there easy to fix you just need some special tools and if they braek down un like today's stuff you dont need a whole factory of people and equipment just ignore the broken thing and then you should pay like a million grand

[@freethought2296]

Amazing how much work you can do with machinery others thought worthless.

[@JD-tl7ld]

It's currently 6:38 am here. I can't sleep, and Corona confined, so I'm a captive audience. At least I'm easily entertained. Hola from O Hi O.

[@ddsr86]

Greetings from Indiana

[@alansmith4734]

Putting abandoned vehicles to use again, is fantastic! I hope that you find some abandoned dynamite, because everyone loves a "big boom"! =)

[@darthrevan2063]

Alan Smith that could actually be extremely dangerous cause from what I understand dynamite becomes unstable the older it gets. Look it up online. Saw an article on a guy who found some in one of his barns and decided to Carry it to a field to detonate it. Well let’s just say they were picking up pieces of him for a while. Now if it was “new” dynamite that be fun. Lol

[@ianrichardson3228]

I love wasps! Always visit them several hours after sunset, wear green/cam foul weather gear, and welding gauntlets. Take a large squirty bottle of carbaryl to share at the party. Don't go back for a week. Painting my traxcavator green also deterred them, and never be a blue rag to a wasp in the bush. ;-)

[@sappernz]

Almost a super highway. You will be able to put a toll on it.....

[@dougwilson1769]

Another great video

[@xaydemeyers3344]

Awesome video mate, but hell I hope you were ok after those wasps they can be very nasty

[@fava7753]

Good job there Marty . Both the machines have paid for Thier work and maintenance ten times over they have saved you a small fortune so far . Excellent that you've brought them back to life and putting them back to work . Just as it should be instead of sitting in the ground unused and rusting away . That was the job i used to do in the eighties heavy construction and machine maintenance , was happy as a pig in the old brown stinking stuff up to the eyes in oil and grease , happy days then for sure . Repairing them where they stood in the middle of nowhere . Old saying by one of the old hands that had worked in Australia , doing road construction , he emigrated out there then came back to England . Before I write this , keep it clean fellas , his words of wisdom when we didnt have certain parts were . . When in the bush , , improvise , , so that's what had to be done to get the machines up and running again . Cobble them together until we got the parts sent out to us . . Keep up the excellent work excellent channel Marty , top man .

[@djpuffthethird]

Both machines working a dream now . And so much done , good job

[@williamcarrigan1082]

That road is looking great 👍 wonderful job Marty!

[@puirYorick]

As you keep improving that track the cable T.V. truck will soon be able to brave its way up there to you if you're not careful. Then there goes your peace and quiet. 😉 It needs saying that your cinematography skills are quite impressive added to the rest of your abilities.

[@user-qz3vy3oe5l]

이 세진 때 다시 한번 가보고 싶은 쪽을 향해 있는 것 같은 느낌이 들어요 그리고 제가 너무 좋아요 그래서 저는 너무 좋아요 제가 너무 좋아요 제가 직접 만든 후 제가 좋아하는 것 중에 제일 많이 하는 생각이 너무 롤티 하고 잇습니다 제가 직접 본 글을 보고 싶은 생각이 ㅡ 토요일 아침에 일어나서 또 다른 사람 보고 넘 좋아요 그래서 저는 그냥 제가 너무 좋아하는 제 시킬 하고 싶은 마음에 너무 롤티 안하고 너무 롤티 너무 잘 잘 해요 나는 항상 제 너는 너무 님 진짜 잘 어울리는 것 같아서 너무 좋았어요 내가 너무 내 마음 복지화장지 보고 진짜 ᆢ 너무 잘 쓰고 있는 모습 그리고 또 한번 가보고 또 봐도 넘 이쁜 ㄴ

[@iansmartel5473]

All you need to find is an old flail cutter to repair and use. Bit of petrol in the wasp nest.

[@waitingonmarc]

If the public road works in my town were as efficient and entertaining as these videos there would be no more holes in the road.

[@scottfoster2487]

For a gasser dozer that Bristol seems to run awesome. Sure nice to when you have the right iron for road building and improvement.

[@alexduncan9941]

Another nice relaxing earthmoving video to start my Saturday...bloody hell I wasn't expecting that twist at 10:00!

[@ginggur17]

Such handy machines. A job well done.

[@leojones4536]

Great video again Marty , look forward to the next one

[@maxxcherry6955]

Hey Marty, get yourself some wasp spray , an keep it with you , just in case there's a next time. It works great !

[@russb3816]

I really love watching your channel. Thank you for the entertainment.

[@jancloddlafront9185]

very nice thank you. thorough, very entertaining. 243000 watchers, you deserve them. thanks again.

[@grantwise5735]

G'day mate Grant here from across the Tasman. I'm not in the industry but have always loved excavators and buy earthmovers magazine last 2, years. I love how you got the I thi k ex120 running after sitting in the bush for years and seeing what you do with her. I am a huge fan of old Hitachi excavators and would love to get an old Uho83 or similar to preserve and retire on our land. More videos please. Look after the old girl. Grant

[@h276wah7]

Love your work Brightens my day, especially during these circumstances Good on ya

[@marcryvon]

When I first saw that Bristol, I though, huuuum, this lil' toy is for moving soft soil only on a farm... Was I ever wrong. This a little hard working beast !

[@FlangeGasket64]

The Bristol Sounds like it is running sweet.

[@AdrianHeptinstall]

Great videos, thanks for the effort

[@brucelehuquet7733]

Degrey Dee Good job with the excavator

[@williamgraham8809]

Amazing use of one man's "trash " machinery to refresh your dreams!

[@XiQistheshit]

Love your videos Marty, but I can’t get enough, so please make more fast🙏😁