Auction Buy, Cable Shovel Sitting 23 Years!!! (WILL IT RUN??) 

I'm 63 and grew up around a lot of this stuff and our local "Field Day of the Past" in Amelia County Virginia has several of these among tons of Steam and other antique goodies and even though your new toy isn't Candy, it is Very Sweet. Major Score Matt. I'm proud of you Son.

I'm 73 Matt and knew a guy back when I was much younger that used a machine like this one to dig irrigation ponds here in South Carolina. You've got yourself a machine with many more years of life remaining. I hope you give it a full restore including new paint. Like someone else mentioned, these are the machines that built this country.

A friend of mine and I looked this machine over for 4 hours a few days before the auction. The worked to free up the linkages and levers and determined that the pony motor had no compression. We also cleaned out about 5 lbs of mouse nests from the clutch housing. My friend bid on it for a while until the price got too high for him. I’m glad you got it running without too much difficulty. 😊

There’s an old timer in heaven right now with the same cigar he smoked as he ran that beauty. There’s a tear running down his rough face as he tells everyone “ That’s mine that’s my machine, isn’t she a beauty.” He is thankful you have taken her home, home to the farm where she is welcome. She lives another great life with Matt. So proud to follow someone that respects the past as much as you do. Thanks Matt.

When I was young (1960's), that is what they used to dig trenches for street work where we lived. They called them "steam shovels" because steam power was actually still in use, and it was a generic name like 'steam roller'. We would sit for hours and watch them dig. Great memories!

I grew up in Logging country Oregon... My old friend actually sells logging equipment so I got to see equipment like this all the time and been on many logging landings..... Amazing how we can buy 2X4's as cheap as the public can with all of the expensive equipment needed to yard logs.....

Love this video, brings back old memories. I'm 81 and started running a 22-B Drzgline when i was 15, cleaning drainage ditches for farmers. I went on to run one in the Army and as an IUOE member later. Then spent over 25 years erecting Marion Draglines around the world as a factory rep. Yesterday, 03 May 23, i happened to see a beautiful 22-B close go my house with a set of pile driver leads on it. These things are forever. Thanks for the memories!

These are very common (as RB 22's) in Indonesia until this day. Used for land drainage and (modified) as light lift cranes. Spares relatively easy to find and ingenious local workshops can make or re-manufacture parts. A popular workhorse. Great video.

It's good to have friends that have the same compassion for Old Iron as you do... and are there to give you a hand

Having had RB-22's and P&H's on barges as piling cranes- you have struck on something that is totally original, hasn't been hacked around and will be an absolute pleasure to work on, restore and use. Well done Matt - I'm jealous!

As an Equipment Operator in the Navy and watching this kind of stuff is amazing, it would be awesome to be able to operate this old beast. Go back in time to be able to do what the Bees did would be awesome. Anything to do with heavy machinery is fun and I enjoy it. From driving tractor trailers to operating dozers and almost everything in between. You do some amazing work, keep it up

Why does this make me happy so much. Seeing old things come to life 😮

I grew up in the UK in the 1950's , my father was into land drainage at that time. The Bucyrus B22 were made under licence in the UK under the name of Rushton Bucyrus and were known as the 22 RB. Excellent machines then , and yours seems to be as good now. Its good to see younger people like yourselves getting interested in these relics of my time and saving them for the future. Keep up the good work!

Love watching you bring the old stuff back to life. I love old trucks and used to do the same with them as your doing with the excavation equipment. Also, great video's

Looks like Mike Mulligans Steam Shovel.......one of my favorite books as a kid. Nice machine.

My father-in-law designed and built this very machine. As a matter of fact, just about all shovel diggers, draglines, etc., manufactured by B & E (Milwaukee, WI) between 1940-1995-ish, were his designs. Fantastic machines.

I love watching these episodes. Some of my favorites. Old equipment is just so cool. I can't wait to see this thing get a bath and some love. Great find.

When all three Ford trucks were parked up next to each other with the Shovel in the foreground, it looked like a Ford promo picture that you find in their brochures. GREAT video Mat, that shovel really seems an amazing unit - looking forward to many videos of you working on it!

Thank you for saving another "BE" Excavator. The SLOW load and unload at that over center point, "EXCELLENT" job by your Friend. Please show a video of you operating the controls. Like from a head mounted camera, like what each Lever does. It's a great looking shovel.

That name brings back memories. My dad used to haul diesel to Ray's business. His business was based somewhere around the New Kensington/Lower Burrell area of S.W. Pa. In fact, I'm pretty sure that very machine sat along Greensburg Rd. (Rt. 366) for a time. As the crow flies, less than two miles from where I type this. I wish pap was around to ask, he could fill in the blanks for sure. It looks very familiar. Really happy to see it going to a great home! Good luck with her, Matt!

Great to see you as part of the next generation of people restoring these magnificent machines. It reminds me of the Fred Dibnah TV shows in the UK where he worked on Steam Engines and the restoration of other industrial machinery from the industrial age. There aren't many people left with those skills and knowledge.

Love these first start/run videos. Seeing the old iron come back to life is just really satisfying. Am I the only one who caught the lowboy cruising past the weight limit 10 tons sign?…. I’m sure you were close 😂

It warms this old man's heart to see the younger generations taking on the restoration of old equipment like this. My hat is off to you, gentlemen! All it needs now is a little paint lol.

This was by far the most impressive video I have seen in a long time. A true testiment of patience, hardwork, and friendship. You have set the bar high sir. Thank you for sharing this.

An excellent video, as always. The machine here in UK was the Ruston-Buckyrus, manufactured in Lincoln, England. My friend has the 10RB model, fitted with a crane jib. The most common model here was the 22RB, which is what you have there. The number actually described, not it's weight, but the capacity of the shovel, in cubic feet. UK models ran from the 10RB, right up to the 150RB, which was a giant machine. It is said that in the 19602, Ruston Buchyrus was the larges manufacturer of excavators in the world. Hope that is of some interest you you all!

Your ability to resurrect old non-running equipment never ceases to amaze me Matt!

I oiled on and operated a 38-b in 1966 in a lumber mill. You have brought back forgotten memories. I was 16 yrs old and wide eyed.I can still smell the cab with the engine and drawworks surrounding me. Thank you so much for this vid.

These are f-ing cool old machines! Please restore her to her glory! I am 61 and I have Rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, and can no longer see because of glaucoma, and can no longer work or stand for extended periods. I live vicariously through channels like yours! Keep up the good work!

Matt for your age to be so interested and able to get old machines running along with great awesome friends around the same age, with everything all moderen and computer driven, you are both so blessed to WANT TO to save and run these machines and save them. You and your friends, are always amazing with all the machanics you know to get these beautiful pieces of history running and working. I am 66 yrs old, and to see these machines run for the first time, I just get a kick out of them running and working. You have a great passion Matt, may it never die. Awesome video!

Wow. This thing is bonkers! It takes me back to when I was a kid and my grandparents and their neighbors had a bunch of old equipment on their land- when I was a kid I loved crawling over the old gear... This has been said many times, but it bears repeating: It is supercool that Matt is preserving all this old gear for future generations (and for kids to climb on and imagine and wonder and learn about How It Was.... Cheers!

I grew up watching my Dad operating a 22RB, brought back a lot of memories, wish my Dad was here to watch this with me, thank you so much for what you stirred up me in

My father had a 10 RB. and a 22RB . Back in the 50s 60s . 70s He was a drainage contractor here in Ireland 🇮🇪 .your bringing memories back .ours have gone to the scrapyard but well done 👏 Love to see a machine from today survive and start when she gets to that age

My Dad ran those all his life. Cranes shovels excavators. Built a lot of the stone jetty’s around the shoreline in the town I’m in with a clam shell. He loved to set stone and He loved Bucyrus Erie because they were very rugged. He collected 10-Bs we had a few of those around home. He ran them all and could fix anything. I have seen him help people get those running many times. From 10s to 88s. He started running them after WW2 into the early 2,000s. He is gone but I got lots of photos and memories of growing up around those machines. Thanks for the video. You put tears in my eyes but happy ones. Thank you.

Nicely Done! With the way oil prices are going up and up, this old iron is probably going to be the way to get work done. no hydrolic lines to pop and spray 900$ of fluid everywhere.

Good friends doing good things!! Thanks for sharing your talents and adventures!!!

Really loved this one! The big rigs from the 70's were so cool- great memories! Thanks for including info on the scrappy boys Mack - real cool!

My grandfather was a coal miner and a shovel operator much of his life. This brings back memories from when I was a kid. God Bless you.

I love the sign weight limit 10 Tones at the 40:10 mark lol

22 RB in Scotland were used as cranes in construction sites,then put on drop balls in quarries Mainly Dorman air cooled engines powering them. Also widely used in hard rock quarries on face shovel . The rock, if it could fit in the bucket it would usually go through the crusher without jamming

Love your videos, they are what inspired me to follow my career path into heavy and agriculture mechanics. Thanks for giving me the inspiration Matt!

You have some amazing friends there. Been along time since I have had friends like that. Makes you a very rich man. The shovel is in really good shape for its age and the amount of time it has sat. Thanks for sharing.

Wow!!! Those old machines do something for the heart, totally amazing!!! Thanks for sharing.👍👍

Matt I am so proud of you and your friends for a job well done.👍👌

The best thing about some of your vids is the mates who come and help to get these machines up and running.

Thank you . I love seeing old stuff up and running.

Nice new (old) digger addition. You're getting quite the collection. Looking forward to seeing them restored and operating. Great video. Thank you Matt.

That's pretty cool. I love seeing the 50's and 60's stuff. Seeing the mechanical solutions that have now been replaced by electronics gives you a sence of how crazy good mechanical engineering was back then. Thanks for bringing us along.

Sitting and watching your efforts to troubleshoot and finally getting Pony Motor alive is worth a big smile. Then getting the crane to function brought another smile. Great Video. +++++

The stuff you restore is incredibly entertaining! Please keep up the awesome content Matt... send all the luck form Canada

Definitely enjoy watching you guys get all this old equipment figured out and back running, hope to be able to do stuff like that myself eventually

Great to see the latest purchases heading home, that Mack that Scrappy Industries has is awesome, proper old skool sounds and love how it hauls the latest purchase! Look forward to seeing its restoration but any chance you could do a video on cleaning it and just seeing how it comes up?? 🤞👍

Somehow I had gotten the idea that diesel powered equipment left neglected would be hopelessly damaged. From sites like Matt’s I have now figured out that diesel equipment presents perhaps less problems in rehabbing it than gasoline powered. And, diesel engines seem to be able to go far more hours before a major tear down and rebuild is in order. I’ve put this knowledge to good use. I’ve bought two diesel John Deere large lawn tractors for not much money each. One had a bad fuel pump and the other both a bad fuel pump and oil and hydraulic leaks. Each had about 1000 hours and this was used by the JD dealer to talk the owners into a trade in as any tractor with that many hours was “not worth fixing” and both were pushed onto the scrap area. I have both running fine and these same Yanmar engines go for thousands of hours on power units and in boats.

That truck pulling the low boy and the shovel sounds amazing 😮 love that sound 39:28 @Diesel Creek

Great video. Boys and their toys!!!! I really like it when these old machines get saved and as a plus run. Thank you.

What a great video. There’s just something that feels good when a bunch of guys come together, and get an old piece of machinery moving again, for a guy that truly appreciates and lives for bringing these units back to working order. A fun watch.

What an epic adventure. Great music, video editing and just the right amount of commentary and natural engine noise. I really enjoy watching you and your buddies bringing these old machines back to life. Peace

i love it it gives oozes nostalgia from the fifties and my own childhood ,and comics i read as a child i love them ,so glad there are people like you appreciate them too.

Great 45 minutes spent, here in UK, before going off to work on my own old stuff. Can’t beat it - you lads are so capable; really loved the way you presented this. Good folk.

Love the sign at 40 minutes (turn around point) that states "10 ton limit"

Matt saved another treasure. No sweeter sound than a V8 with open pipes! Can't wait to see the full restore.

Thank You for bringing it back to life. Fantastic 😊

Reminds me of my early life watching irrigation channels being cleaned out with these machines - just love that you are purchasing and restoring them into working order. So remember the clang of the bucket. Thanks Diesel Creek for this.

Very nice unit. Great to have that kind of crew to help out. Great video, Thank you sir.

Restoration preservation of tomorrow’s grandchildren’s inheritance you guys are just simply fabulous amazing. Keep it going. You inspire us all.

the cable shovel is awesome. your friend's mack is awesome. i had a great time watching this. thanks!

Always good to see the equipment that built this country come back to life. As the saying goes….. It might be old, but it ain’t dead yet!

A great purchase, fantastic addition to your collection

Hi there, greetings from n.ireland!, I know nothing about these machines but love restoring stuff. Your patience and enthusiasm is awesome, really enjoyed watching this👍

I was born and raised in Erie, and I can remember when the factory was still in operation. That was the time of the old 20-H. My dad made plastic injection molds for BE and he got one of the die-cast models. Still wish I had it. Here's wishing you all the best luck in getting that thing restored. She deserves it!

Love that you were able to get the shovel up and running! My biggest concern is the end credit teaser. Not sure how Christine is going to react to you bringing home another grater. She's already tried to kill you at least once.

The joy on your face when you get things started, gives me the biggest smile. The body work for it's age is so good, another fantastic addition to the Diesel Creek fleet. 👍🤗

Matt, great videos on the recovery and restoration of this great shovel. Took me back to 1975 when the US Army trained me to operate this. Thanks. Keep wrenching.

i worked as a general mechanic and lube guy at a small demolition company in western PA for a few years and we had a 1944 link belt with a 3 cylinder Detroit and it had a small Clamshell demolition bucket setup for general debris removal and loading of small dump trucks while working in the burbs of Pittsburgh..no pony motor but looked a lot like you Erie Bucyris Find..it was old as hell but fun too run..once i figured out the clutches and levers it was a fun machine to operate..It always had to be serviced at every job site but i didn't care because even the old guys didn't know what to grease or adjust to run the machine correctly it was so much fun to service and run it is a true piece of history like the ones i see on you channel,keep finding these treasures and keep them alive..

I'll be watching the progress of this machine with great interest as they were so much a part of the scenery where I grew up as a child. Great work, Matt.

What a great job getting it running after it’s been sitting for so many years, I can’t wait to see it restored and operating like new again. Great channel keep up the great work.

This has been my first Diesel Creek film and I loved it....subscribed. Nice one matey.

What a pleasure watching your video on that ole Bucyrus Erie shovel. I've spent over 15 yrs working at Bucyrus Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania . Worked on the assembly line building them ole girls from 1968 to 1980 + in the shovel division. You have no idea the big ole smile yous put on my face and the ole ticker was a Twittering see that ole girl still a running after sitting all them years. Lots of luck on your adventures restoring her 😥🥰🇺🇲

Way to go Matt! I love it when the old iron fires off. Nothing can more satisfying when that old diesel starts. Can't wait to see your collection wearing new paint and out there doing what they were made for. Keep the videos coming.

Matt, this shovel is a great find and you are a lucky devil, but let's all give a round of applause for that fireapple-red Mack with the E9. If that isn't the greatest diesel V8 of all time I will eat my own shoes.

I love it how good friends just crack up when you shock yourself 😂

I absolutely love these videos. They are better than any show on tv! I hope your inspiring others to save the old iron rather than scrapping them.

Loved the vice grips holding the door closed. Looking forward to seeing this unit get a new lease on life. Great job as always Matt

Have to admit this one was special, always love the look on your face when these machines come to life.

HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!!! I jumped up and started clapping when that pony came to life! That's a beautiful sound and smell! God bless the old equipment that will never die!

Respect to those that get these old machines up and running... Great vid.

Great job on acquiring this unique old style shovel. I look forward to hearing more update videos of it getting restored, hopefully replacing the broken cable so we can raise and lower the bucket.

Another mighty effort Matt. Cheers also to your 'buds'. You have a good bunch of guys there helping out. Thanks for sharing 👍

Matt that’s one sweet shovel,good to have friends to help with the recovery 👍👍

when i was a kid i got to tour some the really big Diesel Electric versions of cable operated shovels. i live near oil shale quarries that were still active until like 2010 or so and during that time my dad was working in the forestery service and had access to the quarries to plan re-forestation in areas where the quarry had finished digging. the biggest machines were the draglines and those could pick up like full size pick up truck in its bucket.

This was a great video seeing an old shovel come back to life. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Congratulations and cheers! 👍😊

I love seeing you give new life to old stuff. It's like hanging out with a buddy that knows his stuff. Fun, familiar, and entertaining, and you might just learn something.

I love this stuff!!! Thanks again Matt for bringing us along!

That shovel got a lot of TLC in its' life to look so good after all these years! Well done!

What a sweet heart! I am amazed that you gentleman are able to get something running for sitting for that long! Good on you😉

captivating...enjoyed it...felt like i was really there doign the work and gettign it running and loading.

One thing I like about your journeys is the positive attitude you have dealing with older equipment. Your co helper didn't even stare at the camera when he was seen on video! Great positive attitude and getting these machines back to work. Great video

Great video Matt.Nothing better than seeing a great piece of equipment back in action .👍👍

That was enjoyable. I've done a bit of equipment restoration myself, and I would happily take on that project too. Nice to have friends you can count on, too.

Matt,. You have got a real good channel. I really enjoy watching you work with the old machines and bringing them back to life. I think this would be a nice project for you to repaint. You made Christine look mighty nice.

Wow, what a way to top off my Sunday morning! It is a joy to see you help these Beautiful Girls come back to life! Thanks' Mat as always. Mickey, I'm sure you were grinning ear-to-ear all the way to the farm! I was.