civil engineering 1970 style! moving big pile of rubble to make new access road with old loader 

After assembling 800kg dumpers all day, coming home to this is just magic! Watching Muir Hill equipment just shows well-built lasts forever

I believe Andrew Camarata is in New York. Great video of some serious old Iron putting in a day's work.

I like seeing vintage stuff running; the bells and whistles on the new ones are slick but not having to update firmware is good too.

What a beast of a machine, definitely worthy of a "Rustoration"!!

Great stuff, I love your vids. You combine Camarata with ICWeld and Cutting Edge Engineering all in one.

Enjoy watching your videos here across the pond! Cheers

Great to see a Molly still working. I served my apprenticeship in the 60's on Muir Hill equipment. Then used them in the 70's when I become a plant operator in the Army.

At first I thought "Oh boy, Uncle Drew is driving!" And then realized the video was sped up. HAHA!

I guess i grew up on the stuff that's old iron now love seeing it being used i know boy has all new equipment he says can't get a lot of electrical parts with the chips and stuff says he has to wait alot least old iron didn't have all that crap and we made do Last mine I was at we'd have boys get on 70s crawler they would say there's to many levers lol I'd tell them to go get on standard shift tractor they would look and not even get it going ty for good memories

Hard to beat getting the old stuff out for abit of fun!

Hello Allistair. My brother owns a heavy civil construction company and they have a lot of new/newer equipment. In fact his company is just taking delivery of three new track hoes this month and they bought three new loaders a few months ago. However, his (and my) favourite loader is my dad's early 1970's Caterpillar 966C. It is the loader my brother and I first learned on (when we were both about 12 years old). It is rough, noisy and the levers are hard to push and pull (no pilot system) but it always starts, does what you want it to and never goes into limp mode. The emissions system consists of a turbocharger, a muffler about the size of a coffee can and about four feet of exhaust pipe to tie it all together. (i.e. very robust). It has glow plugs and if it has good batteries and it is plugged in, it will start in -30C weather without ether. I put hundreds of hours on that machine before I got my drivers license and several thousand afterwards. I doubt that the new loaders he just bought will still be around in fifty years. Ken

My Daddy taught me to drag off the top of the pile then scoop. It saved wear on the tires and was faster 80% of the time..... LOL

big blue has some big balls. im an ozzy and that loader is something ive never seen, loved that it was noisy

On this side of the pond that would be the prime example of: The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys!!!!! LOL

What a great bit of footage that is! You rarely see such old iron doing work except out in the sticks, but it's always a treat.

Great video, first loader I drove was a Muir hill B6000, then had a A5000 before moving onto telehandlers.

You worked the old girl like she has never done before, and she liked it! Love these vids!

Good to the old 10000lb ex military Henley fork truck as well.

Great , Absolutely Fabulous VIDJA’s ❤️🏴‍☠️🎥💯%🚜👍🏻

Awesome! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

That is an awesome piece of equipment, hard to beak old skool 😎

Thanks for the video

the idea behind this maschine is very good

My God… 😂 how Many machines do you have?!? is all af them yours?! I Love To se this! Really like Old machines, Traktors and loaders! Keep upp your Good work!

What a satisfying video. That Muir Hill took everything you gave it. I learned on a worn out 580B case. Oddly enough it had the same seat you had!!

There's one (a5000) on donedeal at the mo for parts. Worth a call for some of the brake components. Meant to be working perfect by the way... according to the ad 😅

The presenter's passion and enthusiasm for the topic is contagious. 😃

We had Dynahoes in NYC giant loud slow backhoe loaders . Nice channel 👍

That loader reminds me of my two Michigan loaders. Almost has the same single boom & cylinder design on the lift. Got nothing like that old trailer!

Nice loader !

What a brilliant video, the Muirhill loading shovel, what!! a useful peice of kit. So well built too army spec and also the dump trailer twin powerful rams . Keep the videos coming, I so enjoyed this one .👍👍

Thanks for the Video Allliscter, I drove one of these in Uk in 2001 had the back actor removed and the torque converter was bollocked in it but when she warmed up it was an animal to load with.

This old girl is a beauty! I'd love to get my hands on one in the states but I bet exactly 0 landed here.

Lovely old machine and well able to do a days work.

That thing is a beast!

Another nice murhill on dondeal at the mo. B5000. Up north too...

Great video 👍👍 A5000s will be increasing in value now 😂

I hope you get the time and inclination to do that great old girl up, c'mon, she deserves it man!

great video love it

good video great seeing that shovel work, its a Perkins 354 in them

The Loader is on my want list. The oldest 4x4x4 I saw was at a steam rally in Waddesdon, a military pick up from 1916 British army had them made for munitions and troop transport and could turn standard truck in the narrow lanes in France. Your Vids are always entertaining. Cheers

place where i worked years ago had an old muir hill loader exactly the same she was a good tool , didnt have the digger attachment on the back it had been taken off it was just used as a loading shovel loading Britus usually , she had crab steer the whole nine yards ,2wd&4wd was so far ahead of its time great thing to drive good to see one still grafting , that trailer would cost a fortune to replace and the replacement wouldnt take the pain or last half as long as that one will .great ladfs keep grafting .

thanks for the great content, best wishes from Florida, Paul

Old machines can still get the job done!👍

I watch Andrew like his channel and diesel creek I think your very cleaver man like your Content and the projects you do 👏 get a

Mate has same machine , except no back actor, can see the cut studs tho so obviously had one once. We changed diaphram , which mended brakes. Main two levers sticking atm giving trouble.also throttle binds on cross over tube , across the engine. Great tool tho. And often smokey bugger Loyd's loaders UK very good for help and spares.

I sure enjoy old iron at work. Close to my heart, as my newest backhoe was made in 1961!

I'll be happy to send you a few bottles of window cleaner for the old girl. Love the weld and fab videos the most, but anything Cooke does is pretty damn cool! Be safe Brother. Thomas, Mississippi, USA!!

Thanks!

Cracking old loader still earning its keep. Camarata would have broken the loader, trailer and tractor in that operation!! Welcome to Scotland. Aw the best big man.

Great video , I used to work all the time in your area, great people, I was always first in the queue to do the NI Jobs, my family ( Molloy) is from the south but i always preferred the North , I like the massive machinery you have, shipyard stuff it looks mostly , one of my customers was Pearson's in Wallsend I think I saw some of their kit in your shop they are part of BAE now , I follow Andrew Camarata and Matt at Diesel Creek

Awesome loader and trailer. The loader reminds me of Unimog trucks here in the states. Saw one on C & C equipments channel a while back. Great video as always thanks for sharing.

Would be cool to c it restored awesome vid

A farm up the road used to push silage with one of these ,it used to strip splines on the power steering pump ,it was actually power assisted rather than normal so still worked to some degree ,just very heavy.

We ran one from 92 to 96,good shovel with great geometry,only downside was no difflock and the 2 speed Allison transmission,had to rev it hard all the time.

She's still strong!

A Mollie, sweet tool.

Wonderful old loader...I want one! Loader and trailer both have lots of work left in them. Love the channel. 100k coming soon!!!

Be great to see the rest of the project.

Strange looking excavator but I noticed the 4WS . Seems to turn on a sixpence. Nice to still something old still getting the job done !

Mr Camarata is in the Saugerties NY area near the Hudson River. I love that A5000.

That loader works really well.. nice tight turns. Nearly as good as the LeTourneau😂

Yes the old loader is still useful, Basic systems often last bloody years. Maybe one day you can make the brakes work for your safety. But finding time is always difficult.

Muirhill the same as this on done deal , breaking for parts in Co Tipperary, just been listed. FYI was in awe of the work shops when we used to deliver cranks and tail shafts up to ye as an apprentice. 👍Finbar.

Very good, somewhat in the style of Matt at Diesel Creek. 😎🇬🇧

Camarata only in muir Hill heaven!

I hope your going to give the old a5000 😍some tlc❤ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great vid,shes a beast. Nice 70 series too Alistair,hope she doesnt give gearbox trouble though,you'd have to sell the engineering business to fix it.😉

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

We had the same type of machine over here in the States only a little bit lighter duty. C & C Equipment has a few for sale and a couple videos of working on them on here.

Camarata lives about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York city in New York state. Emulate Allistair, while honorable to wish to be like others, most people find comfort in being themselves the most. I have always enjoyed your work and vids, though, so do as you wish. RU-vidrs seem to be like the tides, they come and they go, each one bringing in some new and seeing the last of some of the old.

Yes watch Andrews videos been subscribed to his channel for a long time

My brother in law used to drive one of those when he worked on local estate, had a big log grab on the front

A mix of Camarata and Lets Dig 18 going on in this one 👍

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Where do you plug in the computer! Heh heh...I absolutely love that old girl, and as a bonus it appears the brakes even work. I have a 1950's Cat grader, whenever I fire that old girl up and do some work with it, I have a silly grin ear to ear. You can still get a full days work out of em, I love old Iron

Enjoyed the video! I think Andrew is in upstate New York

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it can do the work

Strange looking machine. But sounds good. And if it was built for the army should keep going.

Andrew is in NT.

camarata is in upstate New York, the Catskill mountain region.

Do you know anyone who could've welded the hole up on the front bucket of the a5000 😂... Great channel you should be at 100k in no time.

I’m thinking about you welding some taller steel plates on the side of the trailer so you can get double the amount on

Clarkson: Wait, what, have you asked the soil police? 😅

Fairly Agile for a Dinosaur 😆

Can u do a vid on using the back actor cheers

Andrew Camarata would have backed it off the cliff and spent the rest of the video showing us how he got it back up.

Looks like it is going to take a lot of fill if you are building a road down there to that field. That or are you going to be hosting the hill climb racing next year? 🙂

If you like the classics check out diesel creek and salvage workshop here on RU-vid!

Tractors and diggers good ☹🇬🇧

The clutch is ready to give up

I've always been all thumbs. A9000 sounds bloody nice! Would benefit from brakes but still useful around the yard. What engine did they have?

The loader is missing its back-up beeper - otherwise.......OSHA approved - 👍

Great video - Big fan of Andrew Camerata too. Almost time for the 100K celebration 😃😃

Any videos when your dad was contacting with the sand tyres

It's an Iveco loading shovel 🤣

that was a big ant hill to move. ha

Good for ripping barricades down .