50 year old Drott excavator startup

Cold starting our 40 EC Drott excavator (20 ton). Powered by a 4-53 detroit diesel. This unit was my dad's. He used it to dig a pond on the property, and that was about it. I pulled it out of retirement a few years ago to dig out a huge stump from beside the shop. Its done a LOT of sitting for the 20 years we've owned it. I've personally only run it maybe 6-8 hours. So little in fact that I'd forgotten where the kill lever was! Its fun to operate though.

Видео 50 year old Drott excavator startup канала Heavy Iron Acres