Chris, Seriously this needs to be you back-up machine. Tier zero emissions, old school iron. Can't get any better than that. No problems like the new stuff today. Thanks for making the video of this machine!!!

She sounds “angry” Proper old weopon Love it. “Old is gold”

Damn she sounds good! I miss that raw diesel sound on the new equipment

When you need a hole dug with a quickness! Nice old Beast.

Starts right up, just like a good little 3306. I had an old Freightshaker with a 3306b. Most reliable motor I ever had in any truck. Not the most HP on the road, but that thing never EVER refused to start right away, even in bitter cold winter weather.

I had to watch this! When I was a kid this is the machine all the big pipe guys had. I was impressed then and still am! Simple, strong and reliable!

That era of 235's are arguably the best and most reliable excavators ever made. I just goddamn love that old iron. And listen to that sweet diesel roar!

Like your time with Charlie I know he is a good friend enjoy seeing all the older equipment serviceable.

Put many an hour in an old 235…they were a great old machine and quite productive!..hard AF on fuel but they could get a lot of work done with the fuel burned…this one looks like she’s DEF deleted!..haha!..great video!.👍🏻

Lol! Great point Charlie! That machine still looks to be solid! Love hearing that thing whistle. Thanks for sharing

Chris. 30 years ago that was the baddest excavator in the valley. Nothing! Would come close!

Chris had finesse even on that old piece of equipment. Wow. Skills to pay the bills.

This takes me back. I used to run an old 235 just like that. Big old machine.

Nothing is better than old iron. Those old cats will just keep on purring.

The old girl sounds sweet, could tell when operators changed by how smooth the machine did her thing digging, swinging and dumping. Chris is smooth handling.

One of my favorite Excavators!!! Learned on this when I was 16 years old!

Those 235s used to be everywhere. Have not seen one that clean in decades

Boy, uncle Charlie sure know how to send it! Haha I think he had you beat on a heaping scoop. Lol good ole machines. They sure don’t make them like they used too.

Charlie and you sure have a great relationship, banter is fun to listen to.. big Cat just purrs..

I can't tell you how many loads of logs that a 235 has loaded on me here in Oregon. Great machine.

Hey Chris that old timer can sure move a big bucket of dirt nothing wrong with how it works even with its age.

Another very good video and thank you for your time sending it out and keep your good work up

That machine has balls, listen to that thing rip!

Wow, Charlie takes a scoop when he digs!

Hey there Chris, you and Charlie sure do like to fill the bucket on the old girl and she still has an awesome growl for an old kitty. Top vodka as wade would say, stay safe ,Cheers and beers from Aus

My grandfather worked for CAT for 30 years. He helped build them big yellow beasts.

Was she tight, Charlie? You two are definitely a hoot!

Love the old cat runs like a champ ☺

That got damn Charles is a beast! Operator and equipment machanic

The sound off that old girl is fantastic 👍

Very good sound of the engine :)

Would be cool to see one of these old irons be rebuilt

Cowdenbeath Scotland,1981-82,Alistair operated one of these,we used to ride in the bucket back to his refuel point at end of his shift,great memories 💚🙏🏾

got too admit Charlie is pretty funny. love the old machine.

Cool piece, that fluid puddle under it showed up pretty fast

Great sound!!!

Now that old girl can pick up a bucket load of dirt!

Anyone else agree that 12:14 would have been a good thumbnail

LOVE the Gold Rush comment. To the seasoned, you can tell the sound and machines dont match! Quite often see teeth on a bucket one second and gone the next! The editing is shocking! ( watched every episode though).

The 235 was a very popular excavator. Was the workhorse for alot of companies in the 70's and 80's.

Nice Excavator Chris 🖒

That machine sure sounds good

Sure can tell which operator is truly connected to his horse. NIce machine

The good old 235 CAT great video

Motor sounds suuwweeet !!

As long as you take care of it, it should last a long time.

Look at the size of the boom cylinders, they're huge. The hydraulics on these old machines ran at about half the pressure, that's why the cylinders are so thick to get the force out of the fluid. Modern excavators have skinnier cylinders, but running at higher pressure they can generate the same force.

Put a Lot of seat time in these 235s.what a beast though

WHAWWW! what a machine! ♥

Very nice machine

I love operating those cat excavators it was a 325 and it can be operated very well and I miss that good sound

Beautiful

It’s like they say a cat has 9 life’s so it hard to put one down

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day

Cool cat exvcator

Old girl sounds and works good nice machine she would make a nice back up machine 💪🙆

My dad ran a 235 for a company he worked for .they are had a 235 B an a 235 C. They were good machines in there day. Before he retired they replacd them with cat 350's

Oh man that is one big sand box! Sand box for big boys. How fun would it be to play with big equipment there?!

Still better than a new Deere!!!

We all loved Tonka toys as boys but these guys make a living at it. Sitting in a cubicle now and wondering where I went wrong...

I really like the old school that's how the new school learn respect

Back in the day these machines were great. But running them now, God dang there slow compared to modern equipment. Still good units but wouldn't trade my new one for it.

Now that is a big boy toy lol

Looked to me like the more he worked it the better it ran.

A great old machine! ....13

Damn that thing sounds savage.

cat 235 is the first excavator i ever ran. i loved that old girl

Nice!

Good ole cats there good engines

I don't own any machinery... but I am here!

wow,thats sweet.

That's a good sounding engine there the 225 from that era had the little V8 caterpillar on them with no Turbo

I'VE come to a conclusion Chris....I been hangin out wit u and ur people way too long🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣luv ur LD 18 design ~!

That old gal purrs like a kitten

Runs well for a preowned.

The best oldtimer like liebherr

How smooth were the controls compared to the Volvo? I wouldn't expect them to be anything like it

I bet i got 20,000 hrs in a 235 an 245 , neither was that nice lol .Thanks for the vidjas Chris

is the 235's rotary swivel joint leaking.. i see a puddle under it @4:20 might be easier to fix when its NOT working daily.. could be a track motor hose or fitting oring to.. only a look above that heavy heavy belly plate.. huge hint.. figure out what thread the belly plate bolts are. use all thread with some coupling nuts with some 6" bolts welded to the coupling nuts to make them into giant wing nuts.. this will easily drop the belly plate.. you may want to use the welder to put a tack weld about an inch and a half from one end of the all thread.. so you can tighten the all thread against the threaded bracket making it harder to back out when loosening.. ps.. don't weld the bolts to the end of the coupling nuts.. so you can get a ratcheting box end wrench up the long piece of all thread and work the coupling nut with that till it gets to an easy spot.. make up 3 coupling nuts with bolts welded on for each piece of all thread.. so you can lock two together with a box end wrench on it to prevent it from backing out.. while unscrewing the one to lower the belly plate.. there was a video of i think ABOM79 or keith fenner pushing the inner sleeve out of a rotary swivel joint on their big press..

Ask Charlie to make videos again. I miss him haha

that's a sweet ole girl thing keeps on running

That thing sings!!

That ones been down the road n back a few times!!

Nice job at least

Chris can run that machine better than uncle Charlie

When you Google "Cat Excavators" the first thing that pops up is a link to John Deere excavators. I kid you not. LOL!

Time for a engcon on that 235

Your Valvos are nice Chris, but entirely lacking the cool factor of a Cat 235. Which of your excavators could that machine outdig? I assume the 160, but could it beat out a 210?

No quit in the old girl, is that a "tuned" exhaust?

Is there a way to delete def fluid and stuff on newer equipment and not have all the regulated crap on it?? Glad to see Charlie’s doing good and still has all his equipment. Does he still have everything or did he sell some of it?

So I see Chris Charlie loosens up the dirt. That upstream from the lake that you are cleaning out. So it will flow into the lake. Then you come in and charge by once to clean it out. Now I know who is actually collecting the the gold. Lol

Clean tracks daily ? never saw that before , does driving through a mud puddle count ?

When you buy an old machine how do you check the condition of the swing gear.... access panel/hole???

Im not a cat man. Over anything else. But i can say my brotherinlaw bought a 211 cat brandnew in 1983or84. And he also has a 235 and d6 and 950. But i do know this he only operator of the 211. And i believe he has 27 thousand hrs on it. Original pump. And he never touched ran the original bottom till 17 or 19 thousand hours. Runs machine daily still. The joysticks have all his finger and thumb area completely worn thru the joysticks. I guess you could say cats been good to him

1st excavator I ever ran 😱🙌✌️

At least he never need to be worried with any electronic on this old iron...

So this is what operators do in their spare time?

Or are you mining? 👍 "I'll make you a road to the bottom!"

A little bit bigger than the '250' eh?

I could spend a week at the beach with that girl playing in the sand!