Part 2 of the Moto-Standard tracked forest machine Built in the early 1960's. Here we test it up hills and in mud and water. Subscribe to help my channel! Thanks for watching! /Richard
I bet there is a lot of work left in the ol'girl. She may not be the "beauty at the ball", but still has a ton to offer. I salute you for bringing her back to life, and to be useful again.
I'd really like to see the Forest Bear's underside. I'm really interested in the way it's put together. You can see the thinking with the spring adjusters in the back that you loosened up. VERY smart and practical. Thanks for the running test, it's always good to see how it runs in its native environment!!! Awesome!!
I love you too. You are a beautiful man. And I love your Forest Bear! That is a great machine. I am jealous! You did a wonderful job bringing this back to working condition. I may try to replicate this someday. Thanks for sharing.
Not only is this a most wonderful machine, but you sir, are an absolute breath of fresh air. Please keep doing these wonderful videos. I am figuring out how to build this in Lego Technic.
Wow! I'm in awe of this little machine. Part 1 had me impressed by it, but this video shows it can do far more than I thought. I see now what you meant by the box for your feet doing very well at keeping the operator clean and away from the tracks. Can't wait to see your next video! 🙂
Same here!! I would love to find something like that. Now I have a modern tractor on my family’s 28 acres but this would be awesome during the winter. Make a slide and bring in firewood. Use it to bring in logs to build fences. Of course just to have a hay day riding it!! 🤣
We could be neighbors and have a wonderful time tinkering and repairing old machinery - except you're several thousand miles away from me. My friends make fun of my 30 year old John Deere 318 tractor and my regard for old equipment to do small jobs. But simple old tools are elegant in their design, using age old technology. Your Forest-Bear is a perfect example of simple elegance. What a wonderful (and fun) find. I am thoroughly enjoying your channel with interesting machines and well edited videos. Thank you!!
Thank you! Yes, when posting videos like this there is always pepole writing coments that makes you want to live closer to them all. What a great time that would be. /Richard
It will get you places a SUV wouldn’t. Nice machine. Can you imagine how it was when it was brand new. Your English is better than my Swedish Love the ending bit.
Thats so nice, you must be very proud. I have fond memories of logging with my cousin using his rare Cushman Traxster, fiberglass body on hydrostatically driven rubber tank treads
This machine gave me some ideas. I need a mechanical mule for work on my own property and think I might build something based off this. Probably with a diesel powerplant, PTO, and the ability to power other tools via flatbelts to drive things like the lumber mill I plan on building. Thank you so much for the inspiration! I think I have my winter project picked out! 😁
Your English is just fine. I just found your channel, and love it. Also i love the Forrest Bear. Thank you for bringing this machine to me. Very nice. I look forward to seeing it again.
@Yesterdays Machinery - For skidding logs on the ground, I recommend a log skidding plate or a log skidding cone. It keeps the logs from digging in the ground and keeps dirt off the logs for when you cut them. Less dirt means your blades will stay sharper for a longer time. Log skidding cones can be made from broken plastic/urethane car bumpers and log skidding plates can be made from damaged car hoods for cheap.
Hi! Yes i got a log skidder. A glas fibre one and old ones made out of wood. Yes i am running a big circular sawmill, and dirt are not welcome. But logs from my forest i collect with crane. Most of the time i by logs because it pays better to work in the sawmill than out in the forest. This log was just for fire wood. Thanks for comenting! /Richard
I love the Forest-Bear. I can imagine how useful that is for you. Looks like you had a lot of fun trying this out. I wonder why the design did not prove popular. Thanks for the video. Dave.
There's nothing today comparable. In ruggedness, reliability, simplicity and usefulness. Things you could repair by yourself, without companies sueing you. I advocate for the right to repair. Sometimes I think we are going backwards.
I'm glad you showed it pulling a log. It looked great for a personal runaround but until you did that I was wondering how much work could be gotten out of it.
Your English is awesome and we love the bog stomping capabilities of your Forest Bear 😊 Keep up the good work, we look forward to seeing more 'Bear adventures ☺️
Having driven tracked vehicles in the Army for a short while, (M-113 and M-114 A1 E1) I've been delighted to see your efforts with the 'Forest Bear'. Not having 'log scissors' to use in my younger days, we would hook up a mule to the head of a log but would tie a coal shovel so that it smoothed out the transition between the sharp edge of the log and whatever it was being pulled over. Lacking the shovel, we would have to bevel the nose of the log for the same purpose. Either way seemed to placate the mule a great deal. Pleas continue your good work.
What a fantastic little machine - thanks for the videos about getting it running etc - fascinating and I can see how usefull it is going to be for you in snowy Sweden. Take care 🙂
Dear Yesterdays Machinery man. 👍👌👏 Simply fantastic again and as always (video and work). I absolutely love the Forest Bear (and not only because my nickname is a combination made out of a piece of my Surname and Bear). It's a very versatile vehicle and I'm pretty surprised that it is able to pull/log trees with such a relatively small engine. I hope that there will be a third part where we can see the modifications. This time I subscribed at last, because I don't want to miss anything new from your channel. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you. Post Scriptum: A absolutely loved to see your little daughter driving the DIY mini tractor. It reminds me so much....
Marvellous tool , those scissors or dogs as we call them ( get your fingers in the way and you're bitten ) will be a great addition. Your English is just fine , don't be doing yourself down . Great video 👍🇬🇧
What an amazing little machine: small in stature but with the heart of a lion! Your first video showed how it refused to die despite much neglect, and this one just how astonishingly capable it is following a little TLC. It's an absolute credit to its original designers and builders, and I'd love to think that one of them may someday find your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Marvelous little machine. It moves well across all sorts of terrain with minimal damage to the ground. Needs a snow plow and a sledge for Winter duty. Maybe a chisel plow and disc or harrow for garden use. Forest Bear is a winner. Great yt channel
Only thing I love more than this thing running over absolutely everything is how damn well it fits in that horse trailer. Everyone should like this video just on the premise of how much he had to move the camera in that bog.
Fascinating the machines that countries with serious winters come up with. I lived in northern Quebec and one of the most amazing places I visited was the Bombardier Museum of Motoneige. Machines like these were invaluable for exploring and living/working in areas with 6+ months of winter. Sweden is obviously no different. I can’t wait to see more of this thing lol.
I’d be welding me a little wrap around the back...lower back support to help you stay on the seat... help u keep from sliding off backwards!!! She’s a beautiful little beast!!! Noticed that you were just cruising along there around 1/2 throttle... just letting her cruse along!!! She’s got plenty of gumption for dragging some logs out for the firewood pile!!! That’s an awesome little skidded...love that it doesn’t make any ruts and it’s going to be awesome in the snow!!!
SIR, your English is very good and your abilities are outstanding . Please go with God one day at a time , in Jesus name amen ." THANK YOU GOD ALMIGHTY FOR OUR SALVATION IN JESUS NAME AMEN .
You are having a lot of fun with your little crawler. Looks so much better with the tracks tightened. Surprised with its power with a small engine. You made a great purchase.
Nice video! The MAG 1040 came with two different lighting generator setups depending on the year, either 6v 15w or later 12v 36w (both AC). My two wheel tractor with the same engine has the 12v version so i run a pair of 15w led work lights with a rectifier and capacitor, works great! The most common winch in Norway goes by the name "vossavinsj" and are not too hard to find, but they tend to be pretty expensive.
What a cracking little machine! You can see why, after WW2, ex-military Bren gun carriers/Universal carriers were so popular with farmers and foresters all over the world. Yours is better though with those wide 'go anywhere' tracks.
Found your channel and have subscribed. That's a lot of work to record and edit. Very professional result. Great little machine. Excellent work restorinng it to working oorder. Very useful machine. Much better than a quad-bike and mch more durable. Congratulations.
Old stuff is incredible. I think it is a modification of a Bradley. Sweet! I think you ought to make a wagon of some sort to get the whole family out there. Good work.
Great stuff. What a fun little machine. Looks so capable too. I'd love to build a slightly scaled down version of this that could fit in a pickup truck bed. But so glad you kept an original machine alive and are putting it to work!
When I was about 12, mid 60s, I found an ad in Popular Mechanics for plans to build a mini tractor like this. I sent away my $5 ($45 of today's monopoly money) and several weeks later they arrived. The "Plans" were right up there with X-ray glasses and decoder rings. I mowed 15 lawns for a useless set of pencil drawings. I still want one only this time I think I'll find one already built. They look like a great grandpa/ grandson project.
I really liked seeing you ride this machine through the beautiful forest! And the thought came to me "This is a good man, and if he should find Hansel and Gretel, I know he will help them!" Seriously, I respect the knowledge you have of the old machines and I hope good people like you will always keep the old ways alive. I've been to many old engine shows and watched with awe as the old hot bulb engines were started, wondering how long people would be around that could do that.
What an interesting machine! Very cool video. The Forest Bear could never be made in today's world, but it was a valuable and resourceful machine in it's day! It is amazingly capable and functional. Thanks for your videos and keep up the good work!
COOL TOY, NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE IN MY 67 YEARS! GOOD IDEA USING THE TONGS FOR GRABBING THE LOGS-IF YOU COULD INCORPORATE A WAY TO LIFT THAT END OF THE LOG A BIT AFTER YOU GRAB ON IT WOULD DRAG EASIER AND YOU'LD BE "GRAPPLE-SKIDDING" LIKE A "BIG DOG"! AND THAT LITTLE GIRL ON HER OWN LITTLE TRACTOR IN TOTAL CONTROL IS THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!
