More power! Bigger is better.

[v8dave]

I have always been fascinated by machinery. The bigger the better. I've seen several comments by other posters about watching heavy equipment at work. I'll bet you also don't mind being stopped at a railroad crossing either, as long as you aren't too far back in the line. Oh, and airplanes too. Ever been around a pilot when an airplane takes off or a plane flys low overhead? All conversation stops until the event passes. Ahhh, life is grand!

Anyway, to the point.

Your tractor need a little more power? Have a look at this beast. Might be a little difficult to add steering though.

 

[DannyD]

hhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm, now that is an engine. Does it come in Kubota ORANGE though?

 

[Junkman]

I can't wait to hear what brand oil that they recommend and what the oil & filter change recommendations are... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Wonder if they are going to use Amsoil and a Fram filter.. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Dargo]

Love it!! It has more "low end" torque than anything I've ever seen! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ...maximum power at 102 RPM!

 

[Bob_Skurka]

yea, but what kind of milege does it get per gallon?

 

[kensfarm]

You know it's big when you have not one.. but two built in ladders for each piston/cam compartment.. that's big!

 

[JayC]

<font color="orange"> yea, but what kind of milege does it get per gallon? </font>

Mileage? It is probably measured in inches. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Boondox]

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yea, but what kind of milege does it get per gallon?


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You mean how many gallons per mile, don't you? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Pete

 

[slowrev]

I would like to see the lathe used to make the crank.

In the US we would build an SUV around this engine /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ben

 

[v8dave]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I would like to see the lathe used to make the crank.

In the US we would build an SUV around this engine /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ben)</font>

Ben, you made me laugh. That is good, yes, we would have an SUV with that engine in it.

 

[hobbyfarm]

So...
Where's the starter? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Or, do you just pull a rope? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PBMAX]

Saw somthing about this on Monster Machines or some such a while back... If I recall correctly,they use it in ships... So wouldn't it be knots per gallon? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif or as some one asked Gallons per knot? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[v8dave]

Where is the starter?

Interesting question. On more modest sized, multiple thousands of HP, locomotive and marine diesels they use compressed air to start the engines. Blow air into a cylinder and use it as an air motor to get the crank turning.

Ones I saw in a power plant used compressed air from a 500 gallon sized tank. It had its own smaller diesel engine to run a compressor to charge the tank. Kind of surprised me, I thought they would have used the generators, as electric motors, to spin the engines to get them started. These generators were at a REA site and were only used as supplemental generators on the already up grid. So, there was electricity present for the "motors."

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( So...
Where's the starter? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Or, do you just pull a rope? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

You hook the rope to a dozer