Proof that a lot of folks never outgrew playing in the dirt just their Tonka's got a lot bigger and way more realistic 😄

You NEVER have to apologize to me Matt, I know you have a life and there are other things to do than make videos! Thanks for taking the time you do. I appreciate it!

Getting that forgotten old girl moving again, having it as your work AND play rig is something to be proud of... and it shows. THANK YOU !!

For me Matt, one of these shows brings back memories of our younger day. We got up before we could see, started up the daily driver to work, the seats cold an windshield covered in dew that dripped on everything including you as the reason that seat was wet was the condensation dripping from the ceiling and it was chilly till you got to the job. Standing on the sled of a Washington Yarder that skidded timber for a half mile away across the canyon that part of the crew dropped off at and walked down the steep hills to where trees that had been fell were waiting for men to wrap a steel choker around and one man in the crew called a whistle punk would give that first signal that was a long and short would blow so you raised up the rigging nice and tight... chokers dancing from the heavy butt rigging, spread out by heavy steel barrel swivels and one choker each hanging down and soon came the " Toot toot and the haulback drum would drop into gear and drag the butt rigging that was attached to a heavier line called the main line would freewheel with you feathering the brake so it would float in the air keeping the chokers from dragging on tops of trees and high spots on the ground..... it sailed back fairly fast and waiting for the different signals to slack the mainline and slow down some allowing men to grab those chokers before they hit the ground. Those men grabbed those steel rigging lines and put their backs into it so that the choker they were holding could be wrapped around different logs laying there waiting to head to the landing. Usually three large logs that were like thirty plus feel long would hang freely and hopefully clear of the ground. The signal long sent for you to pull them to the landing, and if they drug along the ground then the whistle punk would blow signals to slack the line more or tighten more to clear the hang ups. This could get really long but you get the idea. These shows are more than just junkie equipment buy more stories of the men who built america many years ago. Most of us are dead now from the time thats gone by as we were just young men in the fifties and are now in late sixties or more... I'm 73 and one of the young ones of those days as most are dead now as the equipment shown is over a hundred some of it and your grand parents before you worked on them. Thanks for a yesterday Matt. I assume that this is way too long now

I saw a random post made by a guy who attended this event on a Caterpillar group on Facebook… He took several pics of Cat equipment but one stood out to me- it was of some guy in a blue button-down shirt on a 977 with no ROPS… I was like “Hey, that’s Matt!” 😂

Knowing these machines helped dig the footings for this great nation, and they are still here digging. That place is more like a moving history museum. Awesome! I've got to go there one of these days. Thanks Matt.

When I was a kid, our house was across the street from a junkyard that was full of this old iron. My favorites were the huge Euclid dump trucks. The junkyard dogs were always chasing us out so our time on them was limited. Haha.

All grown up and boys will still play in the dirt with their toys. How great is that.

It's awesome to see so many young people there to keep this old iron alive as the old timers pass on. It actually gives me hope for the future.

Let's face it, we never grow out of playing with toys. It's just that our toys get bigger. All I have is a tractor with a backhoe and front loader. And I am always looking for a chance to dig something.

love the intro music, Earthmoving gets in your blood and is in their for life, old machines like that built the foundation of the world and respect to those who appreciate, maintain and keep those old pieces of iron alive, thanks for sharing

I’m sitting here, iced up after knee surgery, feeling a bit sorry for myself. Not anymore, this is just brilliant to watch and you can feel the enthusiasm! Great vid, Matt

That little Euk rock truck is sweet too. When I started working underground there was plenty of that cable stuff still used at the smaller quarries.

Matt, you’re doing a great job balancing family, work and KZfaq - and I reckon I speak for many fans of the channel when I say that you’ve got your content nailed 😎 Loved seeing (and hearing!) so much classic plant doing what it was built to do, and the bluesy track over the outro was the icing on the cake. Keep doing what you do, brother 🤟🏼

Living here in Lorain Ohio and seeing those old Lorain shovels still out there makes me proud. Richard thew, the inventor of the thew shovel is buried next to my property

I think I could describe this event as a Big Boys Sand Box! I love this place and Matt thanks from my heart for taking us along.

Like a bunch of kids playing in a sand box ….. I love it , your on sand and my group is on water ! It don’t get any better ! Lol !

It was great to meet you there Matt. That 977 is so much bigger in person than it looks on the videos. This was a great show and surprised me how much there was to do and see there. I will be back again for sure.

This is great! I wish they would make more period movies...this place calls for a movie showing America just after WWII and featuring these machines. Thanks for posting and taking part!

That is a heavy metal festival where the machines that changed the world for mankind are celebrated. Never mind the Grand Canyon, next time i visit the states i am going to Brownsville . Thanks for the show around.

You know what, Matt? You never have to apologize, you take out of your time and effort to show us things some of us would never get to see or experience in real life, so my thanks to you and others that keeps this up and make these machines running like mad dinos roaming the earth again :)

Glad to see that you had a good time. The old girl is running well! That is a well deserved tribute to your work and talent. Stay safe.

I return to this Vidio a lot just to watch the drone coverage. As i child, I grew up watching the Eisenhower interstate network being built. so much of the construction equipment shown was there as we traveled along the I-75 corridor through Ohio and Kentucky. Thanks for bringing back some great memories for me. James

What a wonderful collection of cool old iron, can't get enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........Thanks for posting!!!!!!

Thanks for filming this, Matt..!! I could spend all my time at shows like this one. Running and watching heavy equipment operate has always been in my blood. 💪😎

I love seeing a new video popping up as im on a binge of the older videos. Can't get enough of diesel creek

It's not beating a dead horse matt don't forget you have international viewers where I'm from such old equipment is unfortunately sold for scrap. So to even witness this is truly bringing me joy

I wish I could see all that old equipment, I love them! I got an old CAT D6-9U, and a Deere 644A, both are great machines!

Planning on being there next year! Your video's have made it a "must see" for my son and I.

Olde Timey construction LARPing. nice. love the equipment.

i saw them old shovels and instantly thought of a story i loved as a kid. Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel. i really hope i can get to this show someday. i love the old iron. thank you Matt.

That thing is a beast. You now have the toy we all want and you have a sandbox to play in. Life couldn't be better.

Anyone who doesn’t appreciate a 977 has never ran one or doesn’t work in the construction field. They will push their hearts out!

Dude , your intro song makes me feel like I'm about to sit down and watch my favorite show on tv. Besides that, love what you do and enjoy watching your vids. Keep it up.

Enjoy the video, looking at the equipment of the olden days compared to big shovels and 400 ton haul trucks. Things were simpler in the olden days and I think we were happier. Stay safe my friend.

Love seeing these old pieces that you don't get to see in real life anymore. The only time I ever got behind the wheel (?) of a piece of construction equipment was in the Army. The Triple Nickel (555) construction unit was building a location for our howitzers and one of the guys piloting a large bulldozer, let me operate it. Doubt he knew how memorable that was for me, but thank you stranger, whomever you are. Really wanted to get my hands on the Unimogs they used as well.

Some how I knew Matt had his eye on a shovel, dropping a hint of what's to come. Great job Matt.

I just love a good diesel creek video in the morning! I never tire of watching your content and seeing what you up to next. Keep up the good work!

Please keep doing what you are doing. Love the videos. I understand you are very busy and you keep family first. Thank you for all you do.

Machine like these built the world we live in Keep em rolling boys

This is amazing! I'm used to the antique ag shows, but seeing all this is incredible. I may be a bit biased, since I've worked for Cat for 20 years, but nothing sounds better than a Cat diesel waking up and working.

Cool to see those old shovels in action! :D Lots to see, and lots of work to do! Enjoy the show! :D

Bloody brilliant!! I can still remember old steam shovels and steam cranes in use, by crikey I'm getting old, 😂😂. First dozer I drove was a petrol start, diesel run cable operated Cat, cable arms down each side, for the life of me I cannot remember the model No, it was a real beast. Last dozer I drove was the mighty D11, pushing coal on the heap over 20 years ago, and getting pushed over the side from behind by cheeky young bucks, 🤣🤣🤣. All good memories. The only thing that changes over the years is the size of the kiddy sandpit, 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for posting 👏👏👏 👋👋👋

As a younger chap, i use to work with RB22 all the time on road projects through the heart of Scotland it was great to see those old machines in action again thanks for that

Loved the teaser at the end "Look, Mere, we're making money with it!" :-)

Love seeing these machines that helped build our country!

Thanks again Matt always good. We made it to the show. Was great to see you and your buddy Mike. We will probably come to the spring show 2022. It was a bit hot and humid but still a good time. Have a great day.

WOW, LOVED WATCHING YOU UNLOAD EQUIP. GET HOLD OF IT LIKE IT BELONGS TO YOU. NEVER GO WRONG. YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF THIS.

Another great video as always keep up the great content always good to see another video some lovely old machines out there 👌

Missed the steam show this year usually my dad and I go every year. Wish I could have come to see you there.

2.8.24 love to watch all. Happy Thursday to all. be safe .,.. I am 84 years old. 2.20 your KZfaq site is now showing 734k subs.

Hey Matt, congrats on being part of the show. You obviously study a lot, work hard, have a good disposition, and are kind and considerate. This was a nice reward.

Old boys and their big Tonka toys gotta love it

That looks like one heck of a show! Must have been a lot of fun for everyone. :)

I was raised on equipment like that I used to strap four by fours to the pedals and put pillows behind me they taught me how to run all kinds of equipment like that it's been my life ever since I'm real partial to the old stuff good video thank you

it was good meeting you. I made the video at 8:52 the model 6 you were cleaning out has steering issues. it was stuck trying to turn left the whole time. Cant wait until the may show. Ill be posting my video soon.

Love the vidos even here across the pond in england 😃

Seems like a pretty popular event. I was eating while watching it so I started thinking of how nice it would be if you could get BBQ'd food there. Even better if you could camp overnight.

We never really grow up at heart. As kids our Tonka trucks were powered by lemonade and bologna sandwiches that Mom made us...as adults they're powered by diesel fuel and memories! Great video Matt!!

If anyone is interested in old iron this is a great show of old iron working. I drove from Akron, Oh to check it out. I was always fascinated by big machinery as my brothers and I watched the expressway go in between Akron and Youngstown back in the early 60's.

Man that’s a great show! I just couldn’t get to this one! But I’ll sure try to make it to the next one

Early hip hip. Love the content each time. Thanks for posting.

Some amazing equipment There that cat 933 is Stunning lots of Bucyrus Erie Shovels Pretty Cool 7:48 @Diesel Creek

Great to see so much machinery working as it should. Chill and I hope things settle down for you Matt. Thanks for sharing your world with us all.

I love the old stuff but can’t wait for you to get rollover protection on that machine. It will be so much more safer

It's like a giant sand pit for adults! lol

It's a giant sandbox! It reminds me of when I and my cousins were kids, and we used to play in the dirt underneath my uncle's porch, with our Tonka backhoes and dump trucks.

Yep I’ve got to get to that show!! Every video I’ve seen of this show I see something new each time!! Very very cool

Need a huge pile of dirt moved? Put on an antique equipment show and get a bunch of visitors to do it for you with their own machines.

Fantastic, wish we had something like that in Australia!!!

Very cool Matt, thanks for letting us have a glimpse at the goings-on a lot of very nice older equipment

Matt, a lot of big machines, some making big hills into small ones and small hills into big ones. My youngest Grandson would be in 7th heaven to go to that show, and old Gramps would enjoy it right along with him.

I'd love to see paid work being done with this old iron. I'm thinking a crew using a full set of machines of the same vintage. I know it'd be slow and inefficient compared modern machinery, but it would be really interesting to see how the strengths and weaknesses of the different machines affect how they they can efficiently work together to complete a project.

I wonder how they decide the area for shows like this “that spot of land requires digging up” 🤣

Thanks for another video from the old Iron playground. Real neat that you finally got a piece out there to play.

I am from South Eastern Ohio, and my Grandfather was one of the many welders that helped build the Big Muskie.. And lived/grew up near the Muskie and the Gem of Egypt..I still find them fascinating and your videos always brings up good memories of taking drives and watching those incredible machines in full operation!

How in the blue hell does anyone dislike your videos?

Wooooo damn it Matt I been going through DC withdrawals , shakes n sweats .😁👍🏻 I might need counseling 😳

Every time I watch Matt’s channel I want to buy a dozer. Pretty cool how delicate Matt can be with the big dozer next to that shovel. Shows some great skill as a heavy equipment operator.

Awesome video. Brings back a lot of memories of watching equipment working when I was a youngster. Thank you.

It's good to see Health and Safety hasn't caught up with this event, Never would happen like that in the UK. ( public mingling with heavy Plant )

So Matt, how exciting was it to finally have one of your own pieces of equipment be part of the show? 😁

Thanks for the video!! Have seen this Show and others advertised but had no idea this Show was this extensive!! Very impressive and thanks for sharing!!

That little Euclid @24:15 with the Detroit (and the deaf guy driving it) is the coolest machine there !

Watching this I Sweden 🇸🇪 and I just love that Greta sticker!

It's been a while year since the last one? The only thing missing was an exasperated looking Eva! Am I misremembering, or did Matt aquire a dragline to restore at one point? Or was the truss too mangled?

Back when I was a kid (I'm 72) I played with Model Trains. As an adult I became an Engineer and Mechanic on a steam tourist railroad. I also played with Charles M. Doepke (Model) construction equipment and became a Heavy Equipment operator and Mechanic. For many years I had a 1961 Autocar 2 drive axle tractor and lowbed to haul my Allis Chalmers HD-7. Do I see a pattern here?? I enjoy your channel and also watch squatch253 and jonathan w. I love your ranch and your many projects. Out here in Nevada shade is king. Stay safe and keep a clean rag handy.

BRILLIANT into and outro Footage. Really gave a sense of the feel of the event and the fantastic amount of old machinery there.

It’s curious, what day did you go? I went Saturday and it was the third time I have been to it to it and it was amazing! After that we went to the Kopper Kettle, amazing food and then to the bunker hill shootout pull. It was a great day.

That old 977 sounds good! When I saw Gino pull up with it on the back, I said to myself boy I certainly know who’s that is! Lol. Little wet this show but everyone managed as always. I was suprised I had my jeep in the mud lol it took me a while to clean er up!

Matt cool 😎 seeing all of the machines that had a part in making this beautiful country of ours,!!!! Thanks for sharing this awesomeness with us looked like a fun day for you! And also showing us your operating talents with unloading the piece of equipment it was truly great 👍!!!!

GREAT to see these old machines at work 👌👍 thanks for that ❤️👍👍

Ol’ Peg would approve!! “HOW DARE YOU!!!”

LMFAO!! Taken (howdareyou) for a ride perfect. Great job thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing great video Matt Just before I went into the Air Force many moons ago I worked for a company that sold all this equipment and this sure did bring back some great memories thanks again.

We got a show like this in Sweden with all American equipment just like this! Nice you got to be a part of it!

35 min video and 5 min after upload there’s a thumbs down. Really lmao.

The, “Greta,” sticker, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Loved watching grand old machines work.

It is nice to go to shows, it is even better if you can take part in them.