Hey. It's not Saturday! I'm at work today. Now I gotta hide in the bathroom for 48 minutes to watch the new released video!!!! 😂

Boy, this was a walk down memory lane! My Dad was a contractor that bought one of these for a big job in Bakersfield (they were manufactured in Calif.) in the early 60's. It just sat in the back yard and I'd play on it, turning the motor and dumping the hopper - we'd fill the hopper with water, dig a little ditch and set up our army men with the Germans down in the "canyon" with little cardboard bunkers and stick trees. Then we'd tilt the hopper to "bust the dam" and watch as the little grey men got washed away! I hadn't thought about that for over 50 years! Thanks for bringing these buggies home! Put a smile on my face remembering the old days. You can dunk that leaky float in hot water and watch for where it bubbles (the leak will bubble as the air inside heats up and expands). After you mark the spot, a dab or solder will do the trick (after you bake the gas out of the float.) Those Wisconsins are one of the best industrial engines this country's ever made!

Hey Matt: As far as the engine smoking a bit, remember you put 2 stroke gas in it, so that's most likely the cause. What a fun find! Enjoyed it!

Matt, If you have a float with gas it, dip in hot water. You will get a stream of bubbles where the leak is. Point the leak down so the gas will pee out of the float. Clean the spot where the leak is with fine sand paper and solders. Check with hot water to see if the float is real fixed, Stan

That's the beauty of this channel, Matt. You got heavy equipment, trucks, mowers, saws, splitters, a mill, a power rake and now a cement buggy. Coolest channel of all.

Generic name for them on a concrete job is a "Georgia Buggy" . Use to see them all the time before concrete pump trucks came around. That's when men were men and sheep were scared.🍻

Interesting bit of trivia: The first CVT was actually designed in 1490 by Leonardo DaVinci. The first patent for one was issued in 1886 and they actually started getting popular around 1910.

Definitely the type of unit that deserves full restoration.

You can fix the float by baking it in an electric toaster oven to get the gas out. Then use flux and a soldering iron to reflow the solder. Used to do that in the 70’s

I’d love to see this blasted and restored ❤

I think this buggy would be a great candidate to fully restore and make it a show piece to drive around at shows!

You find some amazing pieces of industrial history Matt. 10/10 for seeing potential and not scrap value 👍

The joy in your face when these old beasts come back to life makes this video entirely worth watching. The joy and passion you have just puts a smile on my face... Love this channel, been watching you for many years...

One of my favourite episodes - seeing an ingenious machine back working - ‘beating the heck out of a wheelbarrow’- the whopping when she starts is always a magic moment

Ah, the glorious "tremmie." They'd get raced around on multi-story buildings, sometimes going over the edge, sometime with the operator still aboard. Very much replaced by the modern articulated concrete pump. (Some Unions mandated them right into the 80s.) You almost never ran them straight into a spot, you canted them in, so as to start the turning of the dolly wheel before the need. If at a meet, like the Steam Show, for someone to ride in the bucket--this is not a good idea. If they sit on the edge, they are way in front of the balance point. If they sit back, they wind up folded up into the bottom of the dump bucket (there are OSHA and Shop Rules on this aplenty as a result).

Matt, it's nice to see you still giving screen time to the smaller, quirkier stuff here and there, especially as you expand your operations and acquire more better, more bigger things. Some folks like me will always be drawn to the small-engined weird stuff, so I appreciate it. Looks like some good, sketchy fun! Cheers!

It isn't every day you see a grown man this happy. 😂

I ran one of these for my Dad who was a concrete contractor. We used them to pour alleyways. The trick was to slam on the brakes, spin the dump bed and reverse the wheels while they were in the air at the placement location. There is a learning curve to operate them, but we tuned them up some so they were fast and fun for young men. At the end of day, you knew you had worked because during a pour the delivery was non stop and we used multiple units with passing lanes. We used those until concrete pumps became available.

Three wheel power trolleys were very common in markets and factories between WW1 and WW2 in England and Australia. They were a bit larger than that one and had a single cylinder diesel. They were/are bullet proof and ran for many years.

Hi Matt, I think the small pieces of equipment are just as important as the big. They still show the history and tell a story. I hope to see more like this

Gotta admit it's pretty cool to see a way back in the day Georgia buggy living again. Not to mention another win for those antique Wisconsin engines, it seems like the ones that don't quit never quit. Edit: Turning it into a motorized beer trough sounds like a damn good minty idea👌

Wow! Never seen anything like this before. Quite a unique find! I vote for full restoration.

I love it! It steers like the old school bumper cars. It's much faster than I figured it would be. I think you should give it a nice paint job, slap some Diesel Creek stickers on it, and use it to cruise around at the auction & shows. BTW, you could probably still buy OEM rings for the pistons. That and a valve job would probably cure most of the smoke & give it a bit more power.

That would make a good wood hauler when you get the wood boiler!

Great videos, from Kountze Tx. My son (43) and I (70) watch you them and discuss them the next time we see each other. You’re doing what I used to do , I had my son helping me changing turn table gearboxes when he was 10 or so. We appreciate you so much, we’re dragging my grandson into the fold, but girlfriends keep getting in the way. 👍👍👍

How am I suppossed to get my own projects done when Matt posts another cool video.

watched you for years I come home eat my food and watch Diesel Creek its part of my day at this point haha

That little thing looks so fun and dangerous! Like, by the time the ambulance staff rolls you into the emergency room, you'll still be laughing. 😆

I live in Melbourne Australia and I can remember back to around 1953. A 6 foot concreate sewer main was been laid under our street. They had a huge concreate mixer which dump trucks would tip sand and rock in a hopper on one side and an army of these motorised dumpers would be filled with mixed concreate to be transported to end of the sewer pipe. The workers were all Italian migrants and as a 10 year old boy I had never heard anyone speek anything other than English, I was fascinated by these people. Your video reminds me of times long passed. Thank you.

Mid-week upload!? YES!!!

The bad float can be soldiered/repaired easily. It must be cleared of all fuel, washed in soapy water water, drained and dried then carefully soddered to reseal the float. Careful with a torch flame.. 😊😊

Looks like it’s well engineered and has impressive traction. I never expected it to go as fast as it does.

Your enthusiasm is infectious! For those whom have spent time reconditioning a neglected piece of equipment we can relate. So much satisfaction involved. Thank you Matt for sharing your knowledge, time and sticktoitiveness in bringing us these awesome rescues.

Nice piece of history, nice toy. I agree it fits perfect to a BBQ as a cooler filled with ice and beers in the bucket, Matt.

They used to make a railway station tractor unit that worked like that, they would pull three or four baggage trolleys. You’d see them on major stations in UK, they’d have the drive wheels at the front.

In the 70’s i operated a real similar machine. We had about a 15 ft wide X about 200’ runway and at first it was a real challenge to keep it running in a straight line. After running it for about a week you found out it was ALOT better than a wheel barrow.

6:59 I had one, I did actually use it at a flee market and used it to haul dirt to my backyard, I was going to have to haul about a dozen wheelbarrow loads of dirt, but I had my wheelbarrow with a motor. I used it one year for hauling rocks clearing out a fence row, where the farmers had stacked all the rocks over the years. I paid 100 dollars for it at a garage sale, played with it a couple years and sold it for 400. Made money on it and got to use it. I very seldom sell my stuff, but I had my fun with it. 😊 I shall add mine had a Wisconsin engine on it and it was HOT SOB sitting on top of that engine on a hot day

I’m 72 years old and worked as a mason for 40 years of it. I’ve actually ran a couple of these back in the day and they were a real workout. If you had any baby fat, it would be gone after running one of these for a couple days. A couple tricks to running these is to go about as fast as they would go and when you got to where you wanted to dump it you would let off the gas which would shift some weight forward, then you spun the steering wheel a 180 degrees and hit the gas. This would move the weight forward and you could spin the wheel to dump it as fast as you could, it was a coordination thing that once you figured out made it not so bad to run. When Whiteman put hydraulics on these for forward and reverse, and for dumping them it was a real game changer, plastic hoppers also made cleanup a lot easier.

New favorite way to watch this channel is in half speed. Matt sounds hammered.

17:00 The pulley tells you which way to wrap the starter cord , there is an angled side and a more vertical side. That is where the knot on the rope goes

Just one thing, don’t think the turning radius is tight enough 😊 well done! Give it a pressure wash then show us on the next video. That thing would look great all done up with new decals and a load of ice and beer in the hopper!

38:03. The guys that ran those were masters of what they did. Just the guys on a Bob-cat that can back up, spin around 180 on two wheels, take off dump their load and come back and it again, all day long.

That thing was designed for people using shovels. Years ago we used them to transport concrete through large factories for machine footings. They were a godsend for us that had been using wheelbarrows.

To get "irrationally excited" is a wonderful thing, Matt! May you never lose that sense of satisfaction and wonder!

Growing up in NYC, I remember seeing armies of these little guys pouring concrete to areas that the trucks and chutes couldn't reach...brings back memories...

Matt: The Parts Machine, should get a Diesel engine, and turn it into the "Drink / Merch "GoKart" and use it for flea markets & Driving around the Richie Bros grounds.

A Part of me wants to see that fully restored with a bright red paint job and the Diesel Creek label on the side of the bucket. Now THAT would make a good merch' buggy for the steam show!

Matt, I've got a pretty good boneyard of old Wisconsin's (mainly 2 & 4 cylinder THD/TJD & VE4/VF4, but I think there's a couple one pot A series ones in there too). If you ever find yourself in need of some of the unobtainium there, feel free to reach out. Also have quite a bit of Ford SOS stuff, which is pretty much all unobtainium at this point, should you ever have a need for it. As far as this machine goes, it depends on what you wanna do for it. if you do a full resto, a dingle ball hone & a fresh set of rings would probably clean up the smoke & would last for as long as you need it. If you want to run it regularly & hate the rope start, throw a new Honda in it. Would have to adapt your clutch & that trick throttle set up to it, but I'm sure it could be done.

I love that little cart!!! Such a cool beer wagon for parties!!! Can't believe how well she carried all that stone...

I would love to see you do a full restoration on the running machine and the non running one do a twin cylinder predator motor swap and turn it into the motorized beverage cooler

So long as the three wheeler curse doesn't cause you any harm, that is a solid win right there!

Cool new toy. That could be made into a yard service vehicle by adding tool racks, jump pack,compressor, welder and fuel tanks.

This is an interesting one! I know I say it a lot but it stands true every time- Thanks for sharing the journey with us.

That's a really nifty little buggy! In honor of Lawrie's similar beast, I hereby petition for naming it "Pennsylvania Humpty".

Thanks for showing more videos Matt. Fight the old stuff, its fun. Neil

This is one of the coolest things you’ve shown yet! Never seen anything like that. Operates like an old bumper car from the fair, in terms of the steering and whatnot. Very fascinating. I agree it would be so cool to have that at a party as a cooler. And also as a merch wagon like you mentioned. Are you planning to clean it up at all? Maybe do a whole restoration with paint like you did with the Galion? Either way, I hope to see it in person one day!

I remember watching a crew use those machines to drive concrete up a ramp and dump it into wall forms for my Grandfather's house foundation. I was probably about 10 yrs. old and I'm 76 now. Thanks for the memories.

I needed one of these back in the day. Using a wheel barrow that was full of concrete down a hill was absolute fun for me (not) helping my step dad setting up footings or forms for him. This would have made life so much easier.

FYI: If you will put your knot on the rope in the slot on the pulley and wind your rope around it, it will be a lot faster than spinning your motor backwards to wind it on. That's how we did it old school.

Just like a kid on his first go cart ! Love it Matt.

It is definitely designed for concrete. The shallow angle at the lip and the narrowing means rock and dirt will pack as they move forward. It is a really nice piece of history.

Oh man. The memories of the oil field. I had one of these engines I used hooked up to a gear a circulating pump. I don't know how many times it was under water. Drained, cleaned and refilled fluids and fire off first pull. Great engines.

The second hopper buggy needs a Yanmar single cylinder air cooled diesel. It would be a fitting swap for the channel, and they're horizontal shaft like those are. I've been wanting to get my hands on one for a while to power a mower.

Matt, I used to have this goofy contraption of a riding lawnmower that worked the same way. It was piwered by the single front wheel, and for reverse youd just turn it past center. It was called Big Mow. Had a 6hp Tecumseh engine, and two teeny tiny blades under the 26" deck. The two speed transmission worked kinda like a drill press, but you turned this knob thingy and it would tighten one belt and loosen the other. I wish I'd have kept it.

For its day and time I'd bet that this concrete buggy was quite innovative. The best part of these videos is seeing the joy on your face when you get something that looks like junk running.

It may not be of much use, but you had lots of fun playing with it, and that was great to see. It's good that you find and care for these mechanical curios!

Matt you should try restoring it for the steam show. It’d be the perfect conversation starter and merch wagon.

That one deserves a maximum beautification. I can just see a nice two stage paint job, some decals, maybe a replacement of all the original labels and such. Nice.

Man this looks like an absolute beauty of a little machine. Yes it could use some creature comforts as the cog lock but it seems to be a nice little zipper for dry sand, mud, smaller gravel and indeed concrete. And as you've said, a beer cart would also be cool. Another vote for full restoration! Make that puppy shine bright like the proud little power buggy it used to be!

Over in the UK similar units were very popular, for a large variety of purposes of hauling dirt, coal and other things around. The channel Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels has quite a few videos on some units which he recovered and restored. They're really good fun to play around with :)

I like the "Merchandise cart" idea, and cold refreshments, maybe bottled water with your logo on it to give out at steam shows

I remember my dad worked for a construction company, they had these old dumpers called "Kal-trucks" with the old Wisconsin engine never forget those old buggies!

This is BY FAR the most interesting episode that you’ve done for a while. Yes please to more things like this and it would be great to have an episode dedicated to cleaning it up and doing a rustoration

I can recall seeing those being used on construction projects. I worked for a glass company right out of high school in 1975. It's really cool to see one again.

What a fantastic piece of equipment! It's ridiculously simple and I love the fact that you can access any part of the engine by just rotating it. Damnit I'm gonna be on the hunt for one of these now!

Another tip for old floats is submerge them in water and watch for bubbles.

Awesome find!..looks like it goes pretty fast 😂..I could see why they stopped making them..looks like it could tip over easily

Beats the hell out of a wheel barrow!

Matt, I had a riding mower someone gave me when I was a teen. It had an oval frame with 2 idler wheels at the back, 2 Clinton 3hp engines, 1 mounted on the deck for the single blade, the other was for the drive wheels much like yours. But the engine did not rotate. The steering shaft went straight down to the wheels. To reverse, you just turn the steering 180 degrees. We had a blast doing backwards wheelies with it. I have no idea what brand it was or what even happened to it. But man, it was weird and fun.

My neighbor had a concrete track buggy, and I loved playing with that thing. It was a very useful piece of machinery. I have never seen anything like these. This is a really unique design. These are a cool find.

Your buildings/garage as well as equipment are phenomenal. Your ability to build and repair equipment are also phenomenal. You are the man! Keep those videos coming.

Congratulations on your quarter-ton two-stroke sit-and-spin :) I love that you left it running even when you hoisted it into the air with your excavator bucket to dump out the hopper!

I can see it now. Matt throws a party and the guest are standing around and saying where’s the drinks and where did Matt go? And Matt comes putting around the corner in his drink buggy with all the drinks iced down! 😂 👍

I could just imagine you going down a shopping Isle filling your hopper full of groceries. Buckets of fun.

That thing looks fast. Really fast....quick steering.....no ROPS......an insurance company nightmare.

Can you imagine how much fun the lads had using these things on jobs?! The look on your face when you get things running always cracks me up! Absolutely brilliant

That Ax to grind comment. Just wow. Caught me COMPLETELY off gaurd heh.

Looks so fun to drive Matt 😂 43:52 @Diesel Creek

Good for you Matt for preserving these dumpers, interesting finds are not always big hunks of metal, and as you say should be great for touring steam fairs and auto jumble sites.

Bonus video!! Thanks Matt! Those brass floats are pretty easy to repair. Just clean them up with water, then re-solder to repair the leak. If you need to drain the float you can either de-solder the seal or drill a small hole, drain and solder it back together.

When you went..EEWWWW..all I could think of was Jim Varney. Know what I mean Vern?..Cool machine

That is a sweet little dumper !!! Love it ! Grtz , Jean , France.

I love hearing the old Wisconsin and Clinton engines run they have such a distinct sound. Glad to see another piece of old iron live again.

ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE YOUR VIDEOS POP UP!!!

6:27 I do believe that to not be an axe, but a drywall hammer... the bill side would be for scoring the sheetrock...

Matt now that the buggy is revived, restore the paint and seat and take it to Deck the Barns. A buggy full of presents and Santa in the seat.

I worked for a company called Mellon Stewart back in the late 80's on a 28 story highrise in Orlando. The company was out of PA. We had 5 of these we used to get trash out of the building. Done the buckhoist to the loading dock dumpsters. My crew would full 3 to 4 dumpsters in a day with these.

Fun ride, good video. And memory of pulling a starter rope on those old engines from my early teenage days/ 40's and early 50's are precious. Recoil starters were appreciated.

We used to rent power buggys back in the day. You find the coolest stuff. Nice video.

Love it! Hey, Matt, how about sending the parts engine over to James Condon and see if he can work his magic on it? Then you can have TWO carts to cruise around the steam show with!