This is machinery at its purest. Every single detail of it steals my heart. That low RPM sound is so very sweet to my ears. I'd love to smell the grease, oil and fumes. I must be careful now, the wife may become suspicious. After a couple of hours, that operators back must hurt crazy. Wonderful video, very appreciated.
Nearly as difficult as driving a team of draft horses trained for logging operations. Big powerful and when they go they go at a run from a standing start. You must keep up and avoid having a log dragged over you .you can be on either side of the log or if you're crazy you can stand on top.
That sound is awesome!! You're also right about working on that all day. It would beat a person half to death. I have a 1952 Oliver crawler/dozer that I use occasionally. A couple hours on that and I can hardly walk. Well, I'm getting old too, LOL. But those old machines were not comfortable by any means.
absolutely perfect! From the time of do it right or go home in a stack of shoe boxes! Back when a lost finger was a dock of pay and someone saying I bet you don't do that again!
Many of us still had to be born and these machines were already working, it is incredible and they still work. Great video and thanks for teaching the real mechanics.
And that's why so many early farmers and construction workers were deaf or hard of hearing. Looks like it might have been hard on the back as well, but what a gorgeous beast it is!
@@billhartl6601 -- Holt 45 is a 5 ton. It has a 425ci or 7.0L engine. Unfortunately I don't know the HP or torque specs. I believe Holt made this model from 1919 until 1925 or so. Wish I knew the torque spec though....
I like to think about the person who was able to get that when it was brand new and had never worked a day. Imagine how lucky that person would have felt to be able to have such a fine piece of new machinery
Great video and that Holt in a true Gem! I have a 59 JD 730 diesel row crop tractor that I plow with for about a week every year with and its like being set free out in the field, the sound, the air all the smells it certainly just gives your mind a true rest!
The two piece bottom frame rail was really ahead of its time. That was the start of the D-11. Great video. I would be all over that piece of equipment. Looking, drawing diagrams. Awesome
I love that the only concession to the fact a human has to drive this are that there’d is a place to put your bottom and that the clutch levers are vaguely next to it!
Yeah, talk about spartan.... LOL. The driver looks like hes whipping a horse at times... an iron horse. Lot of character in that machine... thats for sure.
I really impressed how well and quick he slewing clutches work,I do'nt know why I thought early machines suffered from poor steering, Probably my vague understanding of WW1 British tanks which was very crude in that department. Best and Holt had a head start and considersble expertise. Brilliant video
@@pvtimberfaller Steering with braking each side of a differential subtracts power because the stalled driver causes increase in the rotational speed of the opposite free driver. In effect you change up to a higher speed but less powerful gear to the free driver. The secret is to allow momentum, then snatch on the brake lever in several short stops rather than just drag on it and rely on the engine alone to power the free driver around. External brake bands are a little self-energising in forward direction. They tend to be less efficient in reverse. Modern machines with hydraulic motors add power to the free driver in a turn. It is indeed wonderful stuff. It is terrifying to imagine what that machine would do to a driver going over a crest then dropping down on the other side. Sitting so far rearwards of the centre of pitch motion, the driver would be launched. There is a lot of exposed mechanism just waiting to embrace him on landing.
Yeah I do know a wee bit driven D8's of most vintages day after day to earn me corn !together with Fiat's, Trak marshalls and Landini/MF on the farm, In fact early British Tanks had 2 bokes each with a spanner in hand nick named "lefty and righty"
No engine sounds sweeter than low RPM and muffler free. A days work on this tractor would be a DAY'S WORK!. But imagine how much more you get done with this and a plow than a team of horses.
I sure love looking at older equipment and seeing all the hazards no guards around moving parts. Yet the old timers made it and lived to tell the story. Unlike people today that have to have “hot”stamped on there coffee cup from McDonald’s.
Fun fact: the coffee from that infamous lawsuit was between 160-180F. You could try dumping a cup of that in your lap just to see what happens. Also lots of old timers didn't make it or ended up maimed for life. All it took was a little fatigue and a miscalculation.
I would love to visit and meet this guy. This guy could probably fix anything. People like this are far and few between. Very good video, thanks for sharing 👍🏼
What a marvellous machine, built before Push-Rod Lubrication. 60 years ago I ploughed a 40 acre field with a Fordson Major that had the same Sprung Seat, we merrily bounced from dawn to dusk.
If my dad was still alive? I know he would be out there with you!! He was in construction for 44 years!! Started as laborer all the way to an operator.
Here we see the origins of the continuous tracked vehicle which Ben Holt of Stockton Ca. later named the "caterpillar" tractor. Holt was in mostly continuous competition with CL Best tractor company until their merger in 1925 to create the Caterpillar Tractor Company, now one of the largest heavy equipment manufacturing corporations in the world.
Such a shame that I live so far away from your location. I would just love to come and see your great old iron. Have to admit I am jealous of the old track machine.
Ah the good old days when machines were machines. Back before Osha, emissions, egrs, dpfs, computers. Never will you find a dozer built today that will last 100 years from now.
@@feedthecownow You sir took words right out of my mouth. Common sense has long gone in today’s world. My father , uncles, grandpa etc grew up working in coal mines . I cld only imagine men now days using equipment like this or what they had to do and use just to provide for there families.
@@johnjohnson-sm3yf Underground coal miners were extremely lucky to reach retirement age before MSA got involved. If a blast in the mine didn’t get them the coal dust in their lungs did.
@@imd1b4u More correctly it is a Caterpillar tractor… (Holt changed their name later (it also formed the basis for the first generation of German tanks (before they were panzers))).
@@imd1b4u The German A7V reply was built on the tracks and runners of a German manufactured Holt crawler - it wasn’t a copy of the English tank (although the Germans did operate a lot of captured English tanks).
Cool tracks, I'd be a bit nervous to say the least going in reverse with that flimsy seat. One bump or buck to knock you off and you get crushed under a track if you aren't quick to recover.
It's kind of hard to imagine now, but approximately I'm 100 years ago, a bunch of farmers in a barn somewhere we're looking at that machine when it was brand new thinking about how high-tech it is. I'm sure they weren't using the term Hi-Tech, but that's what they were thinking.
The sight and sound of history of track layer machines! How far have we come. Computer software junk! Give me the older version and I will be happy 😊! They still do the job! Just you have to use your head and some good old muscles! No emissions crap . The good old days.
I would love to be a fabricator for this sort of operation, restoring and replacing the parts until they are all in a museum and there's a replica on the road.
This is machinery at its purest. Every single detail of it steals my heart. That low RPM sound is so very sweet to my ears. I'd love to smell the grease, oil and fumes. I must be careful now, the wife may become suspicious. After a couple of hours, that operators back must hurt crazy. Wonderful video, very appreciated.
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Boy, you gotta be a real man to drive that thing around all day. Holy cow.
You should see someone run an old clutch over brake drag line!!!
Nearly as difficult as driving a team of draft horses trained for logging operations. Big powerful and when they go they go at a run from a standing start. You must keep up and avoid having a log dragged over you .you can be on either side of the log or if you're crazy you can stand on top.
Thats when men were men and sheep were scared!
@@cumulusvapes7 Definitely 😁👍 It Makes Me Laugh is really Nice
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Man that is too cool ! Love seeing history moving under its own power.
What a sound! So cool to see these actually working. I can't imagine actually working a whole day on one of these back then though
That sound is awesome!! You're also right about working on that all day. It would beat a person half to death. I have a 1952 Oliver crawler/dozer that I use occasionally. A couple hours on that and I can hardly walk. Well, I'm getting old too, LOL. But those old machines were not comfortable by any means.
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I love the open, raw mechanicalness, I don't think that's a word but I don't know how those engines lasted in the environment they lived in.
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I am sanctioning this to now be a word. Every time someone uses it on television you get a nickel. Truly a genius word. Cheers…
@@michaelvinciguerra4369 thank you Michael. I expect that the nickels will flow in a river of silver to my door.
Never knew that word existed yet i fully understood straight away
absolutely perfect! From the time of do it right or go home in a stack of shoe boxes! Back when a lost finger was a dock of pay and someone saying I bet you don't do that again!
Many of us still had to be born and these machines were already working, it is incredible and they still work.
Great video and thanks for teaching the real mechanics.
That is one sweet sounding engine. Might be a bit much having to listen to it working all day but sweet just the same.
And that's why so many early farmers and construction workers were deaf or hard of hearing.
Looks like it might have been hard on the back as well, but what a gorgeous beast it is!
Engine must have a boat load of low end torque
@@billhartl6601 -- Holt 45 is a 5 ton. It has a 425ci or 7.0L engine. Unfortunately I don't know the HP or torque specs. I believe Holt made this model from 1919 until 1925 or so. Wish I knew the torque spec though....
@@mmm365 -- Awesome, thanks!!
Go away with that Negativity! LoL!
I like to think about the person who was able to get that when it was brand new and had never worked a day. Imagine how lucky that person would have felt to be able to have such a fine piece of new machinery
WOW! Incredible,,, best action video in a long time. The man knew how to operate his tractor from top to bottom. WOW! again, thanks
Great video and that Holt in a true Gem! I have a 59 JD 730 diesel row crop tractor that I plow with for about a week every year with and its like being set free out in the field, the sound, the air all the smells it certainly just gives your mind a true rest!
The old popper??
Everyone should have one of those!
The two piece bottom frame rail was really ahead of its time. That was the start of the D-11. Great video. I would be all over that piece of equipment. Looking, drawing diagrams. Awesome
That engine is a site!!!! Wow goes to show that it don’t take all that technology and wiring and sensors to make an engine run💪
Imagine what the builders of that machine would say if they saw a current track tractor.! Their accomplishments of that era are amazing tho.
Probably wonder why there built so cheap. Those guys intended things to last.
@@devindraeger9769 modern machinery is objectively better in so many ways.
nothing better to end a day, then watching and listening to old iron work,
What a beast! Sounds absolutely beautiful too
I love that the only concession to the fact a human has to drive this are that there’d is a place to put your bottom and that the clutch levers are vaguely next to it!
Yeah, talk about spartan.... LOL. The driver looks like hes whipping a horse at times... an iron horse. Lot of character in that machine... thats for sure.
I really impressed how well and quick he slewing clutches work,I do'nt know why I thought early machines suffered from poor steering, Probably my vague understanding of WW1 British tanks which was very crude in that department. Best and Holt had a head start and considersble expertise. Brilliant video
Early caterpillar crawlers were pretty snappy too
If I recall correctly tanks had two steermen and had to change gears to turn. Look up the tank chats/British tank museum channel.
@@pvtimberfaller Steering with braking each side of a differential subtracts power because the stalled driver causes increase in the rotational speed of the opposite free driver. In effect you change up to a higher speed but less powerful gear to the free driver. The secret is to allow momentum, then snatch on the brake lever in several short stops rather than just drag on it and rely on the engine alone to power the free driver around. External brake bands are a little self-energising in forward direction. They tend to be less efficient in reverse. Modern machines with hydraulic motors add power to the free driver in a turn. It is indeed wonderful stuff. It is terrifying to imagine what that machine would do to a driver going over a crest then dropping down on the other side. Sitting so far rearwards of the centre of pitch motion, the driver would be launched. There is a lot of exposed mechanism just waiting to embrace him on landing.
Yeah I do know a wee bit driven D8's of most vintages day after day to earn me corn !together with Fiat's, Trak marshalls and Landini/MF on the farm, In fact early British Tanks had 2 bokes each with a spanner in hand nick named "lefty and righty"
Dang that sounds so great! Simpler times!
A California original still in the same county as its birth place! Fantastic.
No engine sounds sweeter than low RPM and muffler free. A days work on this tractor would be a DAY'S WORK!. But imagine how much more you get done with this and a plow than a team of horses.
I think that in it good days it ran a little smoother that this.Not that now it doesn't run well.Those things were built to last.
That is an awesome machine! Dusty, Dirty, and Dangerous but looks like a whole lot of fun!
Just love to watch her moves.
Early 1900's and still runs!
For such a big old machine , nifty in the right hands , lovely slow - down big cylinder engine note .
I sure love looking at older equipment and seeing all the hazards no guards around moving parts. Yet the old timers made it and lived to tell the story. Unlike people today that have to have “hot”stamped on there coffee cup from McDonald’s.
Fun fact: the coffee from that infamous lawsuit was between 160-180F. You could try dumping a cup of that in your lap just to see what happens. Also lots of old timers didn't make it or ended up maimed for life. All it took was a little fatigue and a miscalculation.
@@shawnbottom4769 Yup, survivor bias. The old timers who were killed by their tractors aren’t here to talk to us.
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Ah, the exhilaration of ancient rusty iron coming to life!
I would love to visit and meet this guy. This guy could probably fix anything. People like this are far and few between. Very good video, thanks for sharing 👍🏼
What a marvellous machine, built before Push-Rod Lubrication. 60 years ago I ploughed a 40 acre field with a Fordson Major that had the same Sprung Seat, we merrily bounced from dawn to dusk.
Music to my ears.
amazing low end torque, its not even working hard ,love it 👍
ONE HELL OF A COLLETION
It runs so darn nice! Like it's supposed to.
If my dad was still alive? I know he would be out there with you!! He was in construction for 44 years!! Started as laborer all the way to an operator.
I love the sound of that old girl!! You are braver than I, that seat looks a bit unsteady, easy to fall from.
What an impressive machine.
It almost has a menacing look to it.
Damn! that ole girl sure ran good! and the torque!!
Seeing the driver so far off the back makes him seem like having a space for the driver was just an afterthought in the design of this giant machine
They sound so good when they're workin' hard as they can
Woo-hoo! You go Brian Baker!
Get some!
Keep them alive !! Pure heritage
Here we see the origins of the continuous tracked vehicle which Ben Holt of Stockton Ca. later named the "caterpillar" tractor. Holt was in mostly continuous competition with CL Best tractor company until their merger in 1925 to create the Caterpillar Tractor Company, now one of the largest heavy equipment manufacturing corporations in the world.
The Holt family still sells Caterpillar equipment out of San Antonio, TX.
Technology at its rawest...........love it !
wonderfull machine! Thanks for sharing. Cheers from France
That thing sounds great!
Good to see the old machines working today.nothing like them.
I was just at a great antique Small engine show in Waterford California at our friend DJ's place and there was a holt 👍
Such a shame that I live so far away from your location. I would just love to come and see your great old iron. Have to admit I am jealous of the old track machine.
Beautiful sound.
I love how the magneto is 4 horseshoe magnets with a rotor inside.
Operator has to be agile, athletic, and focused. Quite a dance - while "seated."
Telephone magnetos have a very similar construction.
Love the tiller steering.
Beautiful Sound! 👍❤️
That is so cool love them old machine
what a wonderful machine.
Love the cup holder.
Beast of a machine
I love this sound
Wow what a machine
Ah the good old days when machines were machines. Back before Osha, emissions, egrs, dpfs, computers. Never will you find a dozer built today that will last 100 years from now.
That is what I was thinking. No covers no safety stickers just people with common sense using it. The days before lawyers and punitive damages
@@feedthecownow You sir took words right out of my mouth. Common sense has long gone in today’s world. My father , uncles, grandpa etc grew up working in coal mines . I cld only imagine men now days using equipment like this or what they had to do and use just to provide for there families.
@@johnjohnson-sm3yf Underground coal miners were extremely lucky to reach retirement age before MSA got involved. If a blast in the mine didn’t get them the coal dust in their lungs did.
@@imd1b4u More correctly it is a Caterpillar tractor… (Holt changed their name later (it also formed the basis for the first generation of German tanks (before they were panzers))).
@@imd1b4u The German A7V reply was built on the tracks and runners of a German manufactured Holt crawler - it wasn’t a copy of the English tank (although the Germans did operate a lot of captured English tanks).
Cool tracks, I'd be a bit nervous to say the least going in reverse with that flimsy seat. One bump or buck to knock you off and you get crushed under a track if you aren't quick to recover.
Something about old iron that i just enjoy
I love thiff old stuff.
That old cat just screams smooth.
It's kind of hard to imagine now, but approximately I'm 100 years ago, a bunch of farmers in a barn somewhere we're looking at that machine when it was brand new thinking about how high-tech it is. I'm sure they weren't using the term Hi-Tech, but that's what they were thinking.
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One wild ride ,
Amazing video! Great machine and super engine sound! Thumbs Up & Subscribe
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that " Safety Starter " is genius .
Sou fascinado por máquinas antigas... São simples duráveis... onde passa chama a atenção. Na minha concepção melhores que as novas.
Amazing wonderfull maschin!
Don't fall off the seat when you're going backwards!
Was thinking the same. Those things was build before they invented the word "safety regulations"
if happen,its unlikely that NTSB&FAA will be involved in thorough investigatio..
Simple times Low rpm rhythms to my ears ❤️
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The sight and sound of history of track layer machines! How far have we come. Computer software junk! Give me the older version and I will be happy 😊! They still do the job! Just you have to use your head and some good old muscles! No emissions crap . The good old days.
Nice sounds
Amazing. And a petrol engine too!
I'd love to ride one of that!
what a beast!
She’s a wild bit of kit lol
I Love it 😁 Because all the Differents Gears and the Belt driving the Radiator Fan That's One-Massive Four Cylinder BTW I Wonder From What Year is it
I would love to have this lol
Very cool.
A smooth running engine
I would love to be a fabricator for this sort of operation, restoring and replacing the parts until they are all in a museum and there's a replica on the road.
That is one healthy engine
How did they keep pushrods, rockers, and valves clean and oiled working in the dirt like that?
I couldnt imagine having to ride on that thing all day bouncing around like that. Tough men in those times.
This man is know in the area for obtaining items by less than legal means.
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It runs and drives!!!
Verry nice♥️♥️
very good
Not at Thang wrong with that!!!
Old iron is still kicking
(Posted by Rick Pickell) She's definitely one bare bones piece of equipment.
Is the guy sitting or standing? Just messing, I love seeing this stuff
Salt and iron, awesome!
Sounds like a Tiger growling. NIce