Love the farm videos. My speculation on the dirt is that you're gonna build out your equipment shed. You've mentioned you want to expand it, and you've moved some stuff from there. The farm looks so nice and congrats on the new calves. Bottle feeding can be very hard, good luck with your new heifer. I really like these longer videos, I was actually quite surprised that it was as long as it was. Felt like only a few min. Thanks, Chris, for sharing with us all.
I heard Betty laughing when you said you weren't sure if she could knock those little pines over. I had a 977 in the eighties and she could keep up with my 8220 Terex dozer on hardwood trees and stumps. Keep up the good work! I love seeing old machines still working and not scrapped!
He's mentioned a few time equipment shed was too small and that he was going to extend it left where his uncle had some stuff, so with all of that - . A shed for Fred n Barney with room for bam-bam n pebbles when he buys them 😅...
Betty is more efficient at clearing than an excavator digging each one individually. I think Betty needs a C&C equipment make over. What do you think Chris???? I am sure both channels would benefit and a deal could be arranged to make it less costly. Betty just needs some repairs and a spray paint and she would be more reliable to use and look good as well. I would be surprised it has not already been discussed between the channels.
Man, You've got to have respect for the "Old Timers" that ran those machines day in and day out !! Ya know it... lolol... Ya did pretty damn good though Chris !! Great as always !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the Next !! I think I know what your gonna do ??? we'll see though... Have a good one !!
To get the bucket to dig in better you need to lift the back of the bucket off the ground a little with the lifting chain. At the time of watching you use the machine the chain was left slack across the back of the bucket allowing the front to skim the surface of the soil. it is used the same way as when you crowd the bucket on modern excavators. I used to service and repair a pair of these machines in the 70s early 80s that dredged the local river and the local council hired our drag lines along with our operators. I spent many hours working on these machines but was never any good trying to run one, and I feel you aint doing a bad job seeing you go from modern stuff to using really old school equipment really really well. took me back to another lifetime watching this post and enjoy all of your post that you put on RUclips. well done keep posting and we will all keep watching. Thank you.
He could be going to use clay for the farm shed extension or maybe doing his second cabin just wait and see all will be revealed in due time when his ready to spill the beans
I Have a feeling the pad is to accommodate an new equipment shelter.. You mentioned a while back that you were planing to expand the existing one.. Right?
It looks good. Betty did a great job, as we age little things break and get stuck. The drag line did better than I thought in the clay. I knew it was hard the way the backhoe was pulling.
I worked on the AC on a B& E drag line in a coal mine. It had a 83 yard. bucket had two 3000 hp MG sets that powered DC electric motors. The operator sat in a really comfortable chair and usually had like house slippers on. It was one smooth operating machine. He could run it through a cycle without ever stopping the motion. Oh and it walked no tracks. Had to drag an extension cord around. 4200 volts.
It seemed like when you would pick up on the back of the bucket cable, it dug down deeper than when you left a lot of slack in the cable and it kind of laid in the bucket.
You should just sell the 350, & bring the Drag Line to your next project. Take a look at photos of the equipment they used to build the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. I think you will enjoy it.
Watching that drag line load looks like a old scraper pan. Also watching the backhoe work in that same hole as the drag line really puts the size of it in perspective.
The guys who ran those big old machines grew up on whittling sticks and operating levers for most mechanical things. You grew up with joysticks and buttons. Both a wonder of human coordination. The former closer to the peak of human learning, the latter science over matter. You'll get it, LD18.
As I grow older, I remember watching those old drag lines being positioned on tractor trailers at the Bucyrus Erie, the old place sat across the old Marx toy factory in Erie Pa
A Idea, of the Farm what new to Building. To this Work Start You the old Machine from Your Equipment. On the Areal pull out You a pair Trees with the Dozer. Then Start You the Dragline and break the Ground Surface, and Work farther with the old Deere, the hard Ground to break. Then make You with the Dragline a Hole. It is to see that You have a great Fun, by this Private building the old Machine to Start and Drive. Thanks for this Wonderful Video. 👍
Just a FYI, in my area and most likely yours AC Delco Batteries are made by two different manufactures, Johnson Controls and some other questionable manufacturer. We told our supplier to only deliver Johnson Controls made batteries when ever possible. Johnson Controls own brand is Interstate and the one you showed was not manufactured by Johnson Controls.
If you used that drag line 10 hrs a day for 2 days, you would be smooth as the older operators. LOL Next time you clear trees use the backhoe attachment. I did it at the VA working in the ground shop and it works really well.
Since it's been sitting , check to see if the fuel is draining back into the tank or there's a cold fuel leak. Seems like you have to pull fuel up before it will run .
Hey Chris !! Yepper as it's time to extend the pole barn out to make room for your expansion of machines & have a place out of the weather to work on them !!! You made a reference to it when you were cleaning out the barn where the culvert pipes are lying !!! GOOD to see ""BETTY"" up & running even for the short time that you used her !!! Matt (D/C) would like to run the dragline too if he was closer to you & Mike (DP) would do the same as he has his dragline parked by the fuel station !! 👍👍👍👍👍
Setting here i would say it has lost prime and ya may want to check and see if it has a check valve for drain back . of fuel . It's been sixty plus years since i worked on them . But the ones we had had Detroit power .
Hey Chris, Machinery names: You now have a Barney & Betty and a Fred! When will we see Wilma & Bam Bam??? Love the old toys! Great video. Thumbs up! Stay safe. Jim
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My best guess the building pad is for a new big heated drive in shop, to work on and store your equipment in comfort, inside and out of the weather.
Trees? Betty said, hold my beer!
Betty didn't even bat an eyelid!
That's funny
BETTY: "oh, was that a tree? My bad"
CHRIS: "Good girl"
would love to see a customers face if you rolled up on a pond job with them old machines 🤣
I say He's starting the addition for the covered storage to protect machinery.
80x140 seems about right.
Love the farm videos. My speculation on the dirt is that you're gonna build out your equipment shed. You've mentioned you want to expand it, and you've moved some stuff from there. The farm looks so nice and congrats on the new calves. Bottle feeding can be very hard, good luck with your new heifer. I really like these longer videos, I was actually quite surprised that it was as long as it was. Felt like only a few min. Thanks, Chris, for sharing with us all.
My guess is the equipment shed too. Cute calves too!
Don't make Betty angry, you won't like her when she's angry...
I heard Betty laughing when you said you weren't sure if she could knock those little pines over. I had a 977 in the eighties and she could keep up with my 8220 Terex dozer on hardwood trees and stumps. Keep up the good work! I love seeing old machines still working and not scrapped!
Betty just laughed at those trees LOL
Who votes for a bigger, better shop and equipment storage or another cabin?
. . going with cabin.....
He's mentioned a few time equipment shed was too small and that he was going to extend it left where his uncle had some stuff, so with all of that - . A shed for Fred n Barney with room for bam-bam n pebbles when he buys them 😅...
Equipment storage.
I say greenhouse.
Cabin. He gave a clue awhile back...
You have one hell of a nice operation. Keep up these videos man.
Definitely going to build the pad for the equipment shed add on. 😊
Agree, definitely needed😊
Run you another start button to the back of the drag line so you don’t have to get in and out and can also hit it with starting fluid as needed.
This right here is what I did on every piece of equipment I own .
My thought exactly !!!! IF it takes you over an hour to get a piece of equipment started, you have wasted too much production time !!!
@wilburfinnigan2142 These are toys , but you're correct, hard starts takes the fun away.
Betty is more efficient at clearing than an excavator digging each one individually. I think Betty needs a C&C equipment make over. What do you think Chris???? I am sure both channels would benefit and a deal could be arranged to make it less costly. Betty just needs some repairs and a spray paint and she would be more reliable to use and look good as well. I would be surprised it has not already been discussed between the channels.
I know Chris just spent a ton of money on the transmission . This is a farm toy that he hasn't played with in a while.
Go Betty, Go Betty. She's still a looker, well at least to this old man.
I cant wait to see this shop build.
Man, You've got to have respect for the "Old Timers" that ran those machines day in and day out !! Ya know it... lolol... Ya did pretty damn good though Chris !! Great as always !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the Next !! I think I know what your gonna do ??? we'll see though... Have a good one !!
To get the bucket to dig in better you need to lift the back of the bucket off the ground a little with the lifting chain. At the time of watching you use the machine the chain was left slack across the back of the bucket allowing the front to skim the surface of the soil. it is used the same way as when you crowd the bucket on modern excavators. I used to service and repair a pair of these machines in the 70s early 80s that dredged the local river and the local council hired our drag lines along with our operators. I spent many hours working on these machines but was never any good trying to run one, and I feel you aint doing a bad job seeing you go from modern stuff to using really old school equipment really really well. took me back to another lifetime watching this post and enjoy all of your post that you put on RUclips. well done keep posting and we will all keep watching. Thank you.
Totally agree with that.
LOL. Most people go fishing or golfing in their spare time, not Chris!! Let’s get on the old iron and get digging.
He could be going to use clay for the farm shed extension or maybe doing his second cabin just wait and see all will be revealed in due time when his ready to spill the beans
Makes you really respect the old timers who worked these machines 8 hours a day.
Looks like the seat time practice is coming along nicely with the drag line. The backhoe gave a nice scale as to the size of the drag bucket. Thanks
Congrats on the new Moo Moos Chris!
I Have a feeling the pad is to accommodate an new equipment shelter.. You mentioned a while back that you were planing to expand the existing one.. Right?
You know it's not the equipment that makes a operator, it's the operator that makes the equipment and Chris is a operator
Thank you for giving us a glimpse of how things were done many years ago. Love the videos.
Betty is faster then the 220 for “ timber”
Looks like you are getting the hang of that drag line
Living the dream one relic at a time ❤
It's great to see the old equipment operating and doing a job.
It looks good. Betty did a great job, as we age little things break and get stuck. The drag line did better than I thought in the clay. I knew it was hard the way the backhoe was pulling.
Must be putting in that helicopter pad. 😉 It beats the drone
You’re adding on to your existing equipment storage.
Remember how thrilled you were when you got that backhoe and some of the work you did with it. Didn't take long to get good with it. Nice unit still!
Heck yeah ! I love the dirt videos but I also love the side projects! Love the videos Chris keep em coming 👍
JpayDirt calls that ‘Start you bastard’😁
Start you bastard is a name on the start fluid we have it as a brand in Australia and one called aero start and case have one to
I think that when you work with that old excavator with that basket you have more viewers than with any other machine
I operated one of those. But it was a jcb 3cx done a few miles on one to job sites
poor betty gets the cosby sauce on a empty stomach
Pick up on the back of the bucket helps it dig deeper
Great home video thanks Chris1 question Seen the cows but where's Winslow??
Winslow is a small town in Cheshire, England, I think you mean Winston, Chris's Dalmation, who is cute !
@@mrbluesky2050 :) Winston is probably in his run out pen.
Nice to see the old stuff working
If I was a betting man, I would say it's time for Mr. Ed to find a home.
I worked on the AC on a B& E drag line in a coal mine. It had a 83 yard. bucket had two 3000 hp MG sets that powered DC electric motors. The operator sat in a really comfortable chair and usually had like house slippers on. It was one smooth operating machine. He could run it through a cycle without ever stopping the motion. Oh and it walked no tracks. Had to drag an extension cord around. 4200 volts.
You are actually looking pretty good. 😊
Are going to finish the extension on the equipment shed
dragline not getting fuel, no smoke. Need one of us to come down?
Wow, still quite the master of the backhoe, like riding a bike?
It seemed like when you would pick up on the back of the bucket cable, it dug down deeper than when you left a lot of slack in the cable and it kind of laid in the bucket.
Lovely to see you using the dragline Chris .
You should just sell the 350, & bring the Drag Line to your next project. Take a look at photos of the equipment they used to build the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. I think you will enjoy it.
Man leave cab confused, determined man re-enter with hopes of a beautiful good cold start. - As read in the PBS nature documentary voice
My guess is a place to store and, or work on equipment inside.
You might consider adding a fuel priming pump to that engine (and a remote starter fluid injector).
new equipment shed
That was my first thought.
Extension to existing Equipment Shelter.
@@wackyack3165 More accurate answer. :)
Watching that drag line load looks like a old scraper pan. Also watching the backhoe work in that same hole as the drag line really puts the size of it in perspective.
I think it's for base for barn extention for you equipment
Impressive operation of the drag line!! 🙂
Think would had that big d 7 out of the shed for pushing out those trees
That’s like loading Barney and Fred with teaspoon I’d wait till you have the tonkas of today home
Equipment shed addition.
With practice! But isn’t a drag line more for ponds,rivers etc. where it’s softer? I was impressed you did that much in less than an hour!
So a Mystery project a pad for something, I thinks it's going to be an addon for the equipment storage.
Betty handled those trees pretty easy. Awesome having two new calves
First real job for the Drag-Line
Happy Sunday morning to you all… saying hi from a hot Victoria Australia
Is that backhoe the one that had the snake in it and you were trying to get it out? Thank you and have a great day.
The guys who ran those big old machines grew up on whittling sticks and operating levers for most mechanical things. You grew up with joysticks and buttons. Both a wonder of human coordination. The former closer to the peak of human learning, the latter science over matter. You'll get it, LD18.
great video .....looks like you're having fun!
Betty didnt even flinch!!!!!
great video. You were getting pretty good at the end. I think you could load Barney with the drag line.
As I grow older, I remember watching those old drag lines being positioned on tractor trailers at the Bucyrus Erie, the old place sat across the old Marx toy factory in Erie Pa
I like the old equipment. Can you imagine using a drag line these days? Those guys had to work a long time to dig a hole!
A Idea, of the Farm what new to Building. To this Work Start You the old Machine from Your Equipment. On the Areal pull out You a pair Trees with the Dozer. Then Start You the Dragline and break the Ground Surface, and Work farther with the old Deere, the hard Ground to break. Then make You with the Dragline a Hole. It is to see that You have a great Fun, by this Private building the old Machine to Start and Drive. Thanks for this Wonderful Video. 👍
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Just a FYI, in my area and most likely yours AC Delco Batteries are made by two different manufactures, Johnson Controls and some other questionable manufacturer. We told our supplier to only deliver Johnson Controls made batteries when ever possible. Johnson Controls own brand is Interstate and the one you showed was not manufactured by Johnson Controls.
My guess is the addition of the shed you have been talking about for a while....
If you used that drag line 10 hrs a day for 2 days, you would be smooth as the older operators. LOL Next time you clear trees use the backhoe attachment. I did it at the VA working in the ground shop and it works really well.
imagine using the dragline to fill the new Dump Truck
That's cool watching you push over trees with the dozer.
Try keeping the back of the bucket up a little bit more while you're dragging it in
i wonder how you would like a modern drag line like the ones used for mining gravel in dredge ponds from Liebherr and Sennebogen
Every time I watch your videos I am convinced of your art and professionalism. Continue to delight us with your creativity!🤔🪃🦣
Send the cow that rejected her calf to the sale.
Getting good at the dragline.
120 X 240, heated floor, 16 foot ceiling, + antiques, =
MUSEUM!!
Old timers man cave.
When do we open?
Betty is a beast
"BETTY"🤗 let's gitter going!
your skill of being a heavy machine operator is really amazing
Sometimes Chris you just need more quaters
The more u use it the better u get. Antiques like that built the hoover dam.
Hey, getting pretty good on that dragline!
Got a feeling the guys who used to drive the dragline 5/6 days a week back in the day suffered with a bad back
I ached from watching him...
Since it's been sitting , check to see if the fuel is draining back into the tank or there's a cold fuel leak. Seems like you have to pull fuel up before it will run .
You should wire a start button near the motor.
Hey Chris !! Yepper as it's time to extend the pole barn out to make room for your expansion of machines & have a place out of the weather to work on them !!! You made a reference to it when you were cleaning out the barn where the culvert pipes are lying !!! GOOD to see ""BETTY"" up & running even for the short time that you used her !!! Matt (D/C) would like to run the dragline too if he was closer to you & Mike (DP) would do the same as he has his dragline parked by the fuel station !! 👍👍👍👍👍
Guessing the bays will be wider on the equipment shed extension for easier dozer parking. Or are you able to Factor in steel beam open front.
Nice to see you putting that old dinosaur of a dragline to work.
Looks more like play time than work,good job all you had to do is practice for a while.
Setting here i would say it has lost prime and ya may want to check and see if it has a check valve for drain back . of fuel . It's been sixty plus years since i worked on them . But the ones we had had Detroit power .
Does the dragline have the seatbelt safety lockout engaged or disengaged?…..
Betty was my late moms name...not much to look at but could cook, clean and pump out babies like no other.
That sure is some nice looking clay would be good for a pond dam.
Hey Chris, Machinery names: You now have a Barney & Betty and a Fred! When will we see Wilma & Bam Bam??? Love the old toys! Great video. Thumbs up! Stay safe. Jim