Witness a forgotten John Deere 350B swamper wake up after thirty silent years, with a dead tree wedged beside the tracks and a stump blocking its escape route.
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Fights corrosion, frozen hydraulics, and a stubborn pony engine to resurrect a Caterpillar D8H that last ran when dial-up was new.
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The old HD11 sat silent for years, but with oil, ether, and determination, Diesel Creek coaxes the engine back to life. One more machine saved from the scrap heap.
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These two Allis-Chalmers crawlers tell one of survival, improvisation, and the strange beauty of imperfect restoration.
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Ever heard of Big Hog? It was the world’s largest mining shovel, so massive that when its job was done, they buried it under a hundred feet of earth.
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Follow the revival of two historic TD-18 crawlers as they start for the first time in decades. A tribute to 1940s engineering and the passion that keeps old iron alive.
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A sight unseen Caterpillar D8H tested patience with freezing mornings, leaking pony motor fuel, weak batteries and stuck brakes. After two long days of problem solving, careful warm up routines and field repairs, the 82,000 pound dozer finally roared back to life and climbed home under its own power.