FOUND IN AN ABANDONED MINE - BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

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This week on the #DriveForHistory, we're in our most talked-about exhibit - Homemade America. Today we fire up the Davis Motor Mine cart after a few "miner" repairs. Found in a mine in Northern California, the cart was built from a Harley-Davidson B-model and was used to haul ore out of the mine.
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@JonnyMudMower 4 года назад

Imagine how loud that would be sitting on that all day underground .

@JonnyMudMower 4 года назад

Robert Johnson ya it would be a constant headache at the least .

@rickdaystar477 4 года назад

What? I can't hear you..

@houstonhelicoptertours1006 4 года назад

To be honest...that's nothing compared to the noise produced by other mining equipment.

@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 4 года назад

The dirt walls would probably absorb a lot of that noise, and mines are usually ventilated.

@Mrshotshell 3 года назад

@@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 pretty much all mines are in hard rock and most soft material needs to be reinforced, usually more hard stuff

@denaldomagataco8409 4 года назад

That harley handles like it's riding on rails

@Chainspike101 4 года назад

Oh that was good haha

@charleychafin4882 4 года назад

Gotta say that was an awesome comment lol

@mattskustomkreations 3 года назад

WIN!

@Septic_Lemon547 3 года назад

Yea literally

@rickdaystar477 4 года назад

I wonder how the motor survived sucking mine dust into the carb with no air filter.

@purebloodheretic4682 4 года назад

I was just thinking the same thing, Very Dirty Dusty Environment down a Mine! I Guess K&N Filters weren't Invented yet!!😆👍

@ADITADDICTS 4 года назад

It was a placer drift mine, very wet conditions inside. I've never been in a placer mine that didn't have water coming from somewhere in it.

@rickdaystar477 4 года назад

@@ADITADDICTS That's an interesting detail thanks.

@ADITADDICTS 4 года назад

@@rickdaystar477 Not a problem. Now I haven't been on the inside of the davis motor mine due to the fact that it is eroded shut and has been for decades now. But the water seeping from where the portal used to be is fairly significant.

@EGGSHL 4 года назад

I could tell it was running rough. She could use a new piston. Maybe a valve idk. Oil could be wack anyways, but every engine deserves a rebuild

@larrytownley2231 4 года назад

If ya went back, and poked around that mine wt a metal dector, ya might find All kinds of parts !!!

@elonmust7470 4 года назад

Maybe even some pickers!!!

@jfk64kennedy95 4 года назад

that was Harley's precursor to the ROAD KING, the MINE KING.....

@marioncobaretti2280 4 года назад

harleys outlived all the other bike companys because they had the most torque to pull around fat biker chics .

@scottmartin356 3 года назад

That was before the Couch King!

@frankmarkovcijr5459 2 года назад

That would be so cool to drive down railroad tracks after you get permission of course and if it's standard gauge

@ElectricalDynamo 4 года назад

Man the old timers sure had style that is some cool stuff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻✌️

@robertedwardlee8227 4 года назад

*Boomers.

@purebloodheretic4682 4 года назад

*For Down a Mine they should have used a 'Shovel Head'!!👍😆*

@chetmatras5319 4 года назад

Hey i get it

@davegibbs403 3 года назад

Gold mine? How about a Pan Head?

@lostpony4885 3 года назад

Theres always a knucklehead somewhere.

@ADITADDICTS 4 года назад

Davis actually died from burning a lantern while working at the mine. He was found unconscious way in the back of the workings and died in the hospital a day or two later. The mine is about 2½ miles from our cabin.

@joeyknight8272 4 года назад

Wow

@ADITADDICTS 4 года назад

@@joeyknight8272 Yeah it was pretty foolish imo because he had a ventilation system for the mine that he either forgot to turn on or didn't think he was going to be in there that long and got distracted. Either way it could've been avoided.

@superbmediacontentcreator 4 года назад

So we will all visit you...

@ADITADDICTS 4 года назад

@@superbmediacontentcreator Party!

@KC9UDX 4 года назад

Forgot his canary

@chuckthebull 4 года назад

that's really cool. thanks for featuring it, I see you have some great cars in your exhibits too. I'm fascinated by the old model t flathead and how they got used in a lot of other applications by clever farmers and the like. I'm building up my Harley flathead in a customs 70s aftermarket frame and love the flathead design..might not be the most efficient engine but supper reliable and you can see why they made such great workhorses.

@MrJoseefus 4 года назад

totally OSHA approved I'm sure!!

@MrJoseefus 4 года назад

@jason9022 ok professor, it's called a joke, lighten up!!

@skyb8687 4 года назад

OSHA is in the city....MSHA is the mine OSHA

@elonmust7470 4 года назад

@Heads Mess OSHA comes to the logging woods....

@tommypetraglia4688 4 года назад

No regs until it became law in 1972

@gramursowanfaborden5820 4 года назад

it's ok, this thing pre-dates safety... by a pretty safe margin.

@theone2be33 4 года назад

Love how you start things up and tell the story. Brings the history to life and makes it relevant. 👍

@jmccormick1490 4 года назад

Rick from pawn stars: They made hundreds of these Davis motor mine cars. Everyone in Southern California has one in their garage. I'll give you 13 bucks and its probably gonna sit in my shop for 5 years.

@edwardmcguire5734 4 года назад

LOL! I can hear him saying that in my hear!

@michaelschaller7572 4 года назад

Yup ok shoulda just said “ coolest thing in the world found in a mine

@fraudexposure6318 4 года назад

Its called a "trammer"

@louf7178 4 года назад

Interesting. I always wondered why the "tram" at Disney (?) was called that (assuming that is correct to say).

@BennyTygohome 3 года назад

The thing I love about this channel, other than the awesome bikes, history, and rarity... you guys actually startup , run and operate these things. So cool!!!

@elishahmartinez1452 4 года назад

all this means that we need Harley Davidson powered ATV's.

@andefina5676 4 года назад

Necessity is the mother of invention, a fool crashes his bike, miner buys wreck, as he needs something to fit in narrow tunnels and move carts full of ore. Funny thing is it would have cost him almost the price of a brand new 1920 bike to set it up for mine work.

@scottmartin356 3 года назад

Never been a big fan of motorcycles, though I've had a few, but keep coming back to your channel because of the knowledge, detail and enthusiasm! A huge plus that you can start and run them! It's that kind of joy that reveals new interests in my life- keep having fun, it will keep bringing new fans!!

@robertdees2179 4 года назад

I seen several Harley Davidson powered chain saws in southern Oregon. At an old lumber camp

@ls6-ss413 4 года назад

I remember an aluminum Buick V8 powered chain saw a few years back. That was awesome

@craigapelbaum1629 4 года назад

It's nice to see history come alive. And it's nice to see old machines still work after many years.

@daviddonaghy6494 4 года назад

Nice to see a Harley that does something better than going down the road near my house at 2am without any mufflers.

@canadianrydz7057 4 года назад

Hahaha

@deckerhand12 4 года назад

Does it make you jealous that others have that and you don’t ? Go away Karen

@kasmathis6501 4 года назад

Did anyone else just kinda scroll past this video and RAPIDLY scroll back and yell at the top of their lungs “WHAT THE F*CK!” when they saw the thumbnail lol 😂 Edit: still a very cool and interesting video

@viking670 4 года назад

American ingenuity at its best and which must continue for it's survival....WWG1 WGA MAGA TRUMP 2020 !!

@plymouth-hl20ton37 4 года назад

You better wish in one hand and Trump in the other oh I said the wrong word s*** in one hand as a republican I'm voting for a Democrat screw Trump 20/20

@plymouth-hl20ton37 4 года назад

For its survival WTF

@lawnmowerdude 4 года назад

I would love to see a video of every single machine in that exhibit.

@garysmith5781 4 года назад

I love the ingenuity of old america😁

@gramursowanfaborden5820 4 года назад

i mean, "old" America is still less than 100 years ago in a lot of cases, "old" Europe is threefold and an order of magnitude older than that.

@paulosborne6517 4 года назад

I have a question - you said you fired it up and run it round your parking lot - how does that work? Unless your parking lot has rail track laid around it... 01:59

@diymatt 4 года назад

I feel like my 95 year old grandfather would have no problem moving his lawn with that

@bartschwartz7217 4 года назад

In New England they made iteams to use around the farm and carts to haul produce from the harbor to the warehouse not fast but the torque to pull ratio was approximately 3000 lbs so hook up a ranger bed with some weight not fast but made work life a lot easier

@bartschwartz7217 4 года назад

Maybe 1/4 mile each way

@dotlaj 4 года назад

My sister has a 1931 hd that used to be a pump for a milking machine on a farm in Iceland. It looks like new and running good to day but as a motorcycle haha😉

@MandoThingz 4 года назад

I swear I had a dream of walking into a motorcycle museum with the old wood, the classic tools, classic bikes, the items, you name it, it was in my dream 👀

@retosius7962 4 года назад

guess you could say they "struck gold" with this find. okey I leave

@kevinrogan9871 4 года назад

In most countries the use of a petrol engine underground is strictly forbidden, due to the very high potential for carbon monoxide poisoning of the miners. Only Diesel engines with scrubbers were approved for use UG in all the countries I have been a mine manager in.

@cpufreak101 4 года назад

this was back in an era before any of those rules existed lmao. it was found in an abandoned mine for a reason.

@ericheine2414 4 года назад

What a gem. Can you imagine getting off work after riding that thing. Looking for your bottle and some food. Hell yes!

@tiffanyglass2212 4 года назад

At the coop I work at we get a Iowa tractor magazine. That had a article about a home made tractor built in the 1950s that was powered by harley davidson flat head. had working hydraulics and PTO out put. The family was still using it. it was very cool.

@jakeclauson9863 4 года назад

Wheres Dale been? He should get in on a video or 2

@PhiddyPford 3 года назад

Sadly cancer... it sucks RIP Dale

@JoeRocket-sf6qs 4 года назад

Awesome stuff love the homemade,very clever.

@MM-fq9gi 4 года назад

what about El Chapo's tunnel bike lol

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 3 года назад

"No telling what this thing could pull" dereliction of duty my friend, hook it up to a truck, and then another one till it can't pull any more then tell us.

@daretolive9357 4 года назад

So cool ! I spent years building railcarts to ride on abandoned railroads, And still do. So I love this.

@marcconyard5024 4 года назад

Is there a boat anchor powered by a Harley in the collection?

@christianmotley262 4 года назад

Bahaha!

@victorslowik3786 4 года назад

Only if that mine cart could talk, the stories it would tell!

@KC9UDX 4 года назад

"Potato potato potato, potato, potato. Potato potato, potato potato potato potato. Potato: potato potato; potato potato potato, potato."

@rexjolles 4 года назад

Imagine all the fumes in that tunnel haha

@HaXaW5150 4 года назад

Well... Have we seen it all now? ; )

@michaelpage9883 4 года назад

@72tx340 4 года назад

You need a indian snowmobile

@WildBillFlysRC 4 года назад

The Snow blower with a 26 or 27 Harley engine was built by my buddy's dad Mr. Payson. It came from Maine.

@jesussavescars807 4 года назад

This is funny to see cause I just found a Harley like a 40/41 with a built in tiller was a farm bike may run will find out today Iam gonna post a video of it found it down in Ohio in a barn

@napoliinchavero680 4 года назад

Saludos amigo me gustan tus videos son muy interesantes

@DFDuck55 4 года назад

What makes this thing even more of an oddity than it already is, is that mines typically don't allow any type of internal combustion engines in them. They must have had an extremely efficient ventilation system in that mine to blow the carbon dioxide exhaust out. Normally any "engine" used in a mine would be steam, air, or water powered.

@kevinrogan9871 4 года назад

Diesel engines are approved for use underground, it’s not the carbon dioxide that is the problem but the carbon monoxide produced by petrol engines, NOx and particulates have to be scrubbed out of diesel exhausts but CO cannot be scrubbed from petrol engine exhausts, CO2 is not a poison but an asphyxiate - it was called black damp by the old miners

@DFDuck55 4 года назад

@@kevinrogan9871: My bad, I actually do know the difference between carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Not sure why I wrote dioxide. I have recently gotten a laugh hearing people say that when wearing a mask for China Virus you are breathing carbon monoxide.

@kevinrogan9871 4 года назад

My reply to your comment was not really about CO or CO2, but rather that most mechanized, trackless underground mines, which are in the vast majority, use diesel powered equipment. And yes there are strict ventilation standards requiring minimum air velocities and volume flow rates per kW of engine power underground but the use of petrol engines underground is strictly proscribed mainly for CO and obviously also because of petrol’s low flash point. So the Harley Miner would have been highly illegal not to mention a severe safety hazard, but of course not everyone adheres to good safe work practices.

@michaelgreve1578 4 года назад

It’s amazing what the people did back in the day I love the machines they way they were put together to work so much easier I would love to see everything in person where are you guys located

@geoffreyjones2000 4 года назад

I would love to know what make is the cooling fan, sir

@jimpeel 4 года назад

Regardless of the make it runs the wrong way.

@hyattbusbey3563 4 года назад

I will be coming to your museum when the world allows it again. Thanks for making these videos.

@kanethompson708 3 года назад

🤘

@marcuslambert2162 4 года назад

sweet machine ,definite necessity,who wanted to lug them carts up by hand & back.

@robfelt9283 4 года назад

What a great find. So great that you are able to share this with all of us.

@thehemiolds455 4 года назад

My type of Frankenstein machinery that I would ride on the street 🤟👌😎 hell yeah

@7980flh 4 года назад

Just when you think you've seen it all. Great stuff!!!!!!!

@testosteroneinc.3800 4 года назад

Never underestimate the enginuity of an American. 😜

@CharlesFlatBaby 4 года назад

Your museum is amazing. I've gotta make some plans to come down and see you guys and the bikes.

@davidmurphy5405 3 года назад

I'm same size as hulk hogan. Crashed my bike 87. 24 broken bones 24 orthopedic surgeries and 24 months I walked out of Prescott VA. I immediately gave my doc a picture of me on a bike riding with a cast still on. 33 years later I had to get a bicycle engine and all the accoutrements to equal the amazing 1900 two wheelers. The kids absolutely loved it and I sold it before I had some kids mom in the morgue explaining why I ever let them ride that thing.

@c.l.vanhorne117 4 года назад

LooKiN' foR a hiTch,...LooKs LiKe a PushCaR!...BeTTeR TracTioN MeBBe...(I TaKe iT by the BaLL hiTch on FRonT).

@patricktrous 4 года назад

I saw this in a mining video not to long ago. Ausome

@danielross9057 3 года назад

I've got the original operators embroidered leather jacket for this contraption but it's all mine..... Get it....

@Liam1H 2 года назад

That motor mine cart is downright elemental. The low profile fits its natural environment and the raw strength of all that Iron gives it the look of a bulldozer, minus its tracks. As always, thanks for making these vids. History is cool and motorcycle history is particularly cool.

@alexanders1445 4 года назад

This is some Metro 2033 energy here

@johnc.wunscheljr2873 Год назад

I live in the gold country 3 miles from where gold was first discovered in 1848. Colma caif . That is so cool🤠

@ChaChiVooDoo 3 года назад

That jet ski used to be mine. My late friends the Wendrich Bros built it in 1930. I sold it to the guy that sold it to you.

@jeffwormsley7425 3 года назад

Looking forward to visiting when the human malware is taken care of. One question? Who do I pay the dime to? ;^)

@chromeforme 3 года назад

Forget the motorcycle....I want to see the IDEAL WIFE. I'll send in my dime :)

@jacobg5122 4 года назад

Considering that a mining skiff (basically a passenger car but with no roof or sides) weighs between 1 and 4 tons, that extra transmission would be necessary for the low gearing.

@LordRustyMcAlpin 2 года назад

I met your doubleganger. look alike. he is a waiter in a restaurant here in Gun Barrel City TX. he works at lakeside Cafe. if you want to meet a man that looks and sounds just like you. I would love to be at dinner with you and him. and record it. being your camera team.

@gunarsagerry3502 3 года назад

It Will be fire up.. It will be fire up. It Will be fire up On and on and on and on................

@robedmund9948 3 года назад

Tell Mike Wolfe where that mine is! He's have those front forks for you inside a week!! WOW! That thing purrs!!

@davidwood1923 2 года назад

Super Cool Find... Thanks for Sharing... Oh .. and it Runs

@randyoregon3429 3 года назад

Saw a old pump in yollebolly driven with harley,never know what might find in old mining country!!

@bernardovazquez3098 4 года назад

👍👍🇺🇸

@dposer10 4 года назад

My god what happened to Harley, they used to make cool little bikes like that and now they really only make bikes for mc clubs and old men who wanna seem cool. And before someone says something yes i know they are making smaller displacement bikes now but the company has a image and its hard to break that image.

@richard4short5 4 года назад

Sort of appropriate that a Harley Davidson be found down a gold mine...

@jimpeel 4 года назад

The fan is running backward. It can't blow air over the engine if it runs CW. It may cool its own motor but it won't cool the engine.

@johnnieguitar5724 3 года назад

Great purchase by Dale! One of a kind. What's with the pinched exhaust pipe on the right side?

@paxvictori2385 4 года назад

It's not a mining cart it's a locomotive, yes it was made out of a mining cart, but it's purpose is to pull them, and since it's a motorized vehicle on rails that pulls things it's a locomotive/train engine

@Soulsmithing 4 года назад

So, uh, they were breathing the exhaust all day long in the mine? Hehe..

@mikejohnson5491 2 года назад

At a air museum saw a airplane with a v twin HD motor said the guy kept crashing the motorcycle so used the motor to build a airplane

@mariapugh4000 2 года назад

Love your clips and would love to visit your Museum one day.Here in New Zealand old Harleys were turned into Jiggers to run on bush logging trams to get the loggers in to the logging sites.

@vincentdarsch6429 3 года назад

Whoever designed this shouldn't have been working in a coal mine...

@lastv8270 4 года назад

People must /should subscribe to this channel they are true American historian's

@marknerren402 4 года назад

Joshua Hendy wheels. An original California iron works.

@metamaggot 4 года назад

"we take it around the block every now and then" ..with no steering?

@michaelbenoit248 4 года назад

Without tracks it's really hard on those flanged wheels, he should set up a little stretch of track in the floor of the museum for it, train wheels w flanges already take a beating for the love of God don't use it on concrete you'll kill the poor wheels, ute it in some dirt so you don't destroy the flanges. good luck trying to recreate the wheels for that cart tho, it can be done but it takes some serious tools to do it.

@tonyprebensen1527 3 года назад

The geared electric starter motor and the one way clutch sprocket it drives looks to be the same as my 1915 Studebaker

@uski59 4 года назад

Its a cool machine, but I wouldn't use it in a mine,.....youd suffocate

@BoopShooBee 3 года назад

I cringe when I see those open chains. I grew up with old farmers that had lost fingers and hands and arms and legs to those old machines. Health and Safety were new concepts in the early part of the last century.

@stevewheeler5097 4 года назад

Not only does the fan put some cooling to, I guess to the engine. But I could see where it would blow warm air at the driver which would be great in a cold mine shaft

@ponyboy4179 3 года назад

Y'all gotta get a miners cart in front of it it don't look right bc front pushes the coal cart or cold ect right just saying it make the set but is heavy but Is it museum ?