My father and uncles work for the Van Buren county road commission up in Michigan back in the 1970s . The plow trucks for plowing snow on the roads in the winter time had huge v plows on the front they were bright orange 5 yd dump trucks with bottom plows also attached to the underbelly of the truck. These trucks at high RPM were loud and scary looking to a child watching them come towards you. And nothing at all could you could stop them from completing their job clearing every road in the county. We ended up buying a 56 in the 1980s for our farm use. " as a teenager I learned to operate this truck quite easily fore we used it year-round on our farm. We would use the grader underbelly plow to level our long gravel driveway in the summer and snow removal in the winter .we would fill the dump box full of fire wood that we cut or sand and gravel that we needed to apply on various areas of the farm .we ended up selling it years ago and it still is in use on another farm today serving the same purpose it did for my family .if I had this boom truck I would restore it and put a flat bed on it to haul anything I wanted and take it to local truck and tractor shows also .😊

That truck definetly deserves to be roadworthy again. Good vid.

Why didn't you prime the carburetor

This is a testimonial to these old engines and their resilience! It's amazing how when you first started it it actually was idling on its own! Great video!

I felt so happy to see the old girl pull herself out of years of neglect! Hopefully she's getting restored to her former glory and being looked after on her dotage!! 😁😁😁

Those International R lines were very popular in the 50's and 60's ! My grandfather had one with that straight 6 engine. Excellent truck !

I love these old American trucks and pickups and it fascinates me how robust they are, starting after decades abandoned. Great content. Thank you. Best wishes from New Zealand. I look forward to more footage. Good luck.

oh man I Love old internationals. I just watched someone else dig one of these, almost exact trucks too, out of the weeds. It was used in the Oil industry and used for Drilling . Had what looked like the attachments and all the equipment attached to the rear ... it was a Beast . I rem driving one of these old trucks when i was a kid, uncle had a few and some were turned into Forklifts, Massive forklifts for Logging, was a thing in Northern Canada. They would remove the cab from the front and slide it to the rear and stick on the lift and whatnot to the rear and would drive backwards. A lot of them were all controlled with levers, no steering wheel , all hydrolic, however ya spell it. I must have driven a dozen of those home made forklifts, and they were Huge.. So much fun to drive and operate when your 8 years old :) They made do with what they had back then, thats for sure .. Great memories these trucks bring back . Cheers .

I would think checking electrical system like coils, points, ground, etc would be right after oil check/ change. Of course you’ve got to see if it will crank a little. That will be one heck of a truck if it’s totally restored. One mean machine.

That was a great place to end it. Can't wait for the next episode !

Really nice find. I saw the factory split exhaust, with right mufflers it will have great exhaust note.

Yikes, it has some seriously square rear wheels! 😄 Small wonder, after sitting out there for all these years. Good job returning this beast to life, and good luck with the restoration job!

There's something really satisfying about even watching a video like this. While it's easier to wake up some of these old workhorses than newer vehicles, it still takes some effort to get that far. Hope she makes herself useful as a street legal tow truck

Anyone who can get an old truck like this to run again is a very good mechanic!! I admire his skills. I like that old truck!!

Nice rig. Good job getting it running. Look forward to the next one.

God Bless! I don't know who's more thrilled! You for getting it going or us for being lucky enough to see it happen !a big thanks...

Good job on getting the old truck running .I hope that you are able to restore the old truck to the former glory, that it had, in years gone by; both mechanical & cosmetic.

There you go clean and adjust those points. Good luck with the make shift tab in the distributor. You need a squirt bottle for filling the fuel bowl. A old Ketchup bottle from a restaurant or a flea market works great.

Beautiful truck thanks for saving her. Used to drive in the late 70s__a '57 rdf190, straight6 petrol, twin stick with tandem drive pulling a logging trailer. 280 mile round trips.

That's a cool truck. I love internationals. I'm so happy that people give to love to trucks that are in need!

Hope you do more videos like this. Love your channel man. 🇺🇸

The Red Diamond engine came in various sizes from 318 to 501. Most were 372, 406, 450, or 501. Peak hp was around 3000, and peak torque around 1600.

One of My favorite trucks growing up,town dump trucks! 1957 international dump trucks,cool!

What a great effort and success ! And a celebratory camera smack at the end. Hope to see how you progress getting this International on the road. Really enjoyed this, so thank you.

I would also like to know what happened to the people who was going to work on the tractor and what suddenly happened to them that they just had to abandon such a project that back in the day would have been extremely expensive and probably very necessary to operate the farm? 🧐😉

Perfect! I hope the camera is OK for the second video! Great work.

Eventually Id love to find one like that to haul my Farmalls to shows! Great find!

The simplicity is remarkable when compared to todays vehicles. I used to work on vehicles ALL the time. Now I rarely open the hood and then to jump start something.

No matter how many times he says "let's fire it up" and it doesn't, at least he keeps at it. He also is very innovative in trying to get this old truck back to life.

You can crank it until you burn the starter, check the electrical. File the points, then worry about the other stuff . Great find.i like it

I love that truck. Glad you got it running

That’s awesome. Keep the videos coming. Thanks for sharing.

Man way back in 1974 I worked for a large concrete construction road pavers. They had a few old. Corn binders hauling concrete on with mixer tanks on back. They were rough but worked. Thanks from. Sc.

Get spark first/ Crank it over without plugs and get oil pressure up/ refit plugs and get running by tipping fuel down carb save all that messing

Good looking truck , nice find 👍👍🇺🇸

I HAD to sub to you mate , Love watching old gear put back to running order . And im all about Learning things . Thank you for doing what you do good sir. Cheers.

Those old IH gas inline 6 cylinders are just about indestructible.

Beautiful old truck thanks for saving her, drove a '57 RDF 190 Straight 6 petrol, twin stick, with a tandem drive, pulling a tandem axel logging trailer back in '77s__ the truck was 6 months older than I was.

Awesome video ! Thank you !! Nice old truck!!

Well done! It's a miracle the windows weren't shot out over time!

Very cool!!!!!!!

I love how you literally had to cut down trees to rescue it 😂 i think it's great youre saving these old rigs. They dont make em like they used to!!!! Understatement.

There was a truckie in Australia that converted one these R190s to a tilt bonnet and put a Detroit 6V71T in it. One of the best looking truck's of the time, late 50s. Hope you can tidy it up.

Awesome video mate thanks for sharing your story another one saved Wayne Perth Australia

Pretty darn cool that it started and moved !!!!

Lovely old truck and in good nick,look nice with some paint on her.

This is an awesome find. The whole scenery looks amazing..im jealous

Que caminhão com estrutura ótima aí merece uma mecânica Cummins diesel um forte abraço dos brasileiros

Hell yeah!!!!! She has a whole new life brother!!! Great job!!! I love seeing this

The truck knocking the camera before the video ends was absolutely captivating. Like the dead coming back to life to haunt the living on the road

This track made a marca and presence in los Caminos de la muerte en Los Yungas Bolivia.What a memories!! GREAT JOB!!

I really liked it very cool, love the camera fall, just keep on truckin. Well done.

We had one like this with a dump bed on it. My Dad also used it to haul coal, gravel, sand, just anything to make a dollar. I drove it in the fields at a very young age. My Dad would put it in low range and low gear, then set the hand throttle for me, then step out on the running board so I could drive! One thing that sticks in my mind was the electric Arvin heater. Instant heat on those cold mornings. No waiting for the engine to heat up. We used it hard. Pulled stumps with it. Got tractors out of the mud with it. Just a workhorse.

Brilliant old Inter R190 ,,king of the road in the early 60s ,,, from memory they had a 405 cu in motor ,, Big rig in Australia in its day.

Great, we want update on that truck! Very nice video too, subscribed 😊

Cool Tow Truck ! thanks for not giving up.

History of machines. It's going to be a great work truck.

kudos for getting this antique truck running. as you can see there are plenty of antique out there if you can Put in some TLC to get them running.

I subscribed and love that old Binder,now you have GOT to go back and get the IH tractor!Bring it home and put it back together!

Оживили , какой Приятный Звук МОТОРА , МОЛОДЦЦЫ !!!😊

Good call on the siphon bulb and nice work getting it running!

incredibly sporty. What a lovely truck!

Now THAT is what you call a good video end!😋

I love it. I enjoyed it. It’s always fun getting these old trucks running again. After you pulled out. I saw you knocked the camera down at the end of the video. But still good job getting it running.

Well , you sure kept working on this ' old girl ' until you finally got her going again. Kudos for your perseverance. Great video.

I am impressed it ran so good. Usually when they sit a long time, they run but they run poorly because the valves are stuck or the carburetor is gummed up

I hope that you can get it on the road again, those International trucks are cool !

Great effort getting that oldie going again! Good job! Have fun! 👍

0:44 oh I REALLY like the body lines and stance of that truck! That one I’d be proud to repower and keep in my fleet!

I was going to give you guff over that broken spark-plug, but you came through like a thoroughbred, lol, except for cleaning the points right off, did you really think there was a chance the points didn't need it?,🤭, and you missed the wench-shot after immediately talking about it, but I'm sure that sort of stuff will get better with time,🙏, awesome video, thanks for sharing.

I woulda checked the points first. Thanks for the video !

Awesome video awesome truck awesome ending.

I would made this my daily. put an diesel engine in it and some comfort stuff, paint it.... better than any suv hahaha

I love watching old vehicles drive out of their grave.

Sounds great!

Old is gold That till date they still crank and smooth sound reveals the highest degree of engineering marvel. Modern vehicles life span is 15 years or 5 lakhs kilometre All the best

It’s not like you couldn’t see what it needed after the first visual look see. Wetting the carburetor with fuel really helps. A little startling fluid for a kick. Not much experience but you’ll get there.

What a truck! Good find

That is a way cool truck, love the old bikes, cars and trucks👍

Just a tip... fill the carb ahead of time through the vents, saves on the starter. Running over the camera was a great ending.

Got to love old school technology . I love the old trucks

if i had to guess id say a r220 with a red diamond 450 and if im right you got a hell of a combo there that motor wont get much for mpg but will pull anything you will probably need pulled just remember that motor should never turn faster than 1800 rpm if it is a 450 but will do it all day at 100% duty cycle wish i could get my hands on a r160 for a reasonable price

You should save the tractor that was behind it too!! And what's up with that 70-72 ford truck in the background!? Also you ran over the camera😂

I hope y'all can save him. After all that time, he deserves it!

i have a 1970 IH school bus. i think it has that same motor. guy i got it from said its a 406. they drove it from Cailfornia to Pennsylvania. said it got 6 mpg! gas was cheap back then.

Love this adventure. If you try this at home; bring plenty of fire extinguishers. Expect the carb to leak like a sieve, rodents to have chewed on the wiring, the exhaust to leak in all the wrong places. Expect the clutch to be froze and the brakes locked up, no oil where there should be and water where there shouldn’t.

With all those pines what part of the south are you in? Some folks have all the luck. Sure wish I could find something like that. Is the body in decent shape? Sounds like it runs good and no smoking. Some new tires and a little fixing up and you will have a good truck.

WOW GUYS ! SOUNDS AWSOME !

Awesome video Man !!! Love that truck !!!!

Good job 👍

That's a sweet truck!

Love how the video ended with you hitting the tripod 🤣🤣🤣

SUCSESS ! I SEEN IT .. CANT BELIVE THAT WORKED 😳. And you discovered how AIR BREAKS work. I would take the IH Tractor and junk the truck.

Great mechanical engineering capabilities with those gyes. Salute to you

Great video what a cool site witht he trctor split in too and it holding half

Awesome truck. Would love to own something like that in a bit of a smaller version

Old skool R series from back then. Was still a popular truck when IH discontinued the model.

I grew up in an R 200 with an RD 450,,, My Dad worked that old gasser from 1968 into the mid 90's, I learned how to drive truck in that

When doing that so you don't burn the start up fill the fuel bowl first through the vent on top

Great subject (very old truck) great video (Detailed, but not overly) and congratulations on geting it running. Sounds wonderful! Would make a good, "Bombing around the property doing work stuff" vehicle.