Fascinating 22+ TON Engine - AIR START

Giant 2 stroke diesel that was originally used in a cotton gin.
Story of this massive engine.
This is a 110 HP 2 cycle 2 cylinder hot head oil engine manufactured by the Continental Gin Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
this engine was located in Yuma, Arizona, and was in use at a cotton gin from 1924 to 1949. SInce this engine has no load on it, it is pretty quiet, but folks said when it was in service and under load, it could be heard for over 12 miles.
It is started using compressed air and both of the hot heads are heated using torches, though I did not notice that when they started this.
Interesting Specs:
The weight of this beast is over 22 tons.
Each flywheel weighs 4260 lbs.
Bore is 14"
Stroke is 20"
It runs on a mixture of oil and diesel.
RPM 225
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gasengine.farmcollector.com/Fa...
This was at the Antique Farm Equipment Show in Tulare, CA.
11/17

[@Glockmog]

110 HP & 2725 ft-lbs torque. That's a pretty accurate estimate based on torque formula and my calculations. I counted 212 hits in a minute = 212RPM, 2725*212/5252=110.

[@prod.wwsq666]

NicE math skillz

[@svenokonomi2005]

Theres just something about a big engine going WUDAWUDAWUDAWUDA. The sound is so calming, I love it.

[@taofledermaus]

+Sven Okonomi thanks!

[@silkyroad9876]

+Sven Okonomi lol . I like the way you described the sound.

[@gwidongajowy6597]

+Sven Okonomi wuda zryje banie

[@ghizlanezizo1495]

huicd

[@pontiacman64]

+Sven Okonomi More like a BookaBookaBookaBookaBooka

[@disracenboi336]

if your engine has stairs, you're winning.

[@davesstuff1599]

I have an old 8N that I restored. It only has about 24 horsepower or so but over 1680 lbs of torque. These old machines are just brute force.

[@FlatBroke612]

Lol where did you come up with 1680ft/lbs for an 8N!!?? Hp=TQxRPM/5250. Ford rates ~90ft/lbs at 1500rpm at the PTO. That's works out to 25.7HP if it makes 90 ft/lbs & 1500rpm.

[@800lib]

BS

[@jondoe6618]

how to tell your engine is a beast. 1 it takes a engine to start it. 2 refer to 1 lol.

[@trainedwarrior502]

Look at most jet engines, they use APU to start, even power turbine APUs

[@LunarDelta]

Hell, most liquid-fueled rocket engines need a smaller rocket engine attached to them just to power the fuel pump. The exhaust from the mini-engine blows right into the turbine.

[@alexveldhuis6004]

Many Caterpillar engines had petrol powered starter motors.

[@john_nip_nop]

@@alexveldhuis6004 Exactly right - most Caterpillars have pony engines. Even a 35 hp D4 crawler.

[@bmanduprit2962]

“Hey buddy. How much torque she making?” “All if it”

[@Grabatire]

It's comforting to know there are people with deep pockets, who don't mind having a little dirt under their fingernails, who can provide the rest of us with a few minutes of the most soothing sounds an ear will encounter.

[@B1gR3dH]

Thank-you for uploading this. I love watching and hearing the old engines.

[@taofledermaus]

+B1gR3dH thanks!

[@johndelynn2940]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS How much torque do you think this engine has ?

[@johndelynn2940]

+Tor Arne Hustvedt Thanks man. Didn't click the "show more" tab to do the math

[@bryanmalick389]

I know nothing about engines but that cooler that looks like a fountain is awesome on the mesh and everything. I know that's not the whole cooler though.

[@noonsight2010]

Another attempt by Harley-Davidson to produce a lighter, sportier engine!

[@stevegrydzyn6038]

BUT, will it fit in a Buell frame?

[@leegenix]

Ha ha ha..I love it...and this is Harley's answer for a Moped type. LOL

[@biglightbt]

That has to be one of the most artsy engine cooling solutions I have ever seen.

[@thebuilder5884]

Fantastic, thanks for keeping it going so we can all enjoy it!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks for the nice words!

[@allenra530]

When I was in Peru in 1979 there were 3 of these running the city water system pumps;

[@the2120company]

this puff puff is like a song . i miss those electronicless era

[@Matrixtube69-2015]

+Piotr Niewinski Yeah, is like a great Makina Mix 2013

[@emdman1959]

110 unstoppable horse power, you guys that keep these old engines running are awesome, thank you for keeping history alive.

[@AwsomeVids83]

Yes it has only 110hp but it has 83.7yard tons of torque!

[@DBHHellhound]

+A. Zak even so. 110hp at 225 RPm is insane. Imagine at 5000 or 6000rpm

[@07zx14White]

I could sleep to the sound of that big two stroke diesel slowly chugging away if the small engine running the water pump wasn't running. Absolutely beautiful.

[@KayoMichiels]

Yo dawg, i heard you like Diesels. So i build a Diesel that start your Diesel.

[@lka1988]

Yo dawg, I heard you like Diesel diesels, so we built a diesel to help your diesel start your diesel!

[@KrisDouglas]

lka1988 Sadly it's a small petrol engine that starts it :P

[@k.g.r.longliveyisvan]

Yo dawg, i heard you like Diesels. So i build a Diesel to help your Diesel help your Diesels Diesel.

[@vonhudgins9060]

Engines of these types were used in the oil field to power the pumping unit,there may be some still in use running on well head gas

[@kennethnewton7931]

There are

[@worldtraveler930]

Thanks for posting this, I find it enjoyable.

[@GIGABACHI]

SWEET ! Thanks for filming and uploading !

[@Bayan1905]

It doesn't seem like a lot of power now, but in 1920 a Model T Ford only made 20 hp with its little 4 cylinder. In 1920 this monster was state of the art.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

HP is not important, how much torque??

[@8Jory]

Jeff H 110 HP @ 225 RPM works out to about 1.25 tons of torque...

[@FirstOnRaceDayCapri2904]

It has literally a tonne of torque.

[@fededevi1985]

Jeff H Do you understand that if you put some gearing to slow down a modern 100hp engine to 200rpm, you get the same torque as this beast in 1/100 of the weight.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

And about the same HP.

[@engnman1579]

Torque {ft-lbs} = {horsepower} X 5,252 divided by revs/minute In this case, T = {110} X 5252 divided by 225, or 2567 ft-lbs This is a handy equation; it works for any engine, any type, any size.

[@jtcrook32]

You forgot to convert revs/minute to revs/second because horsepower is ft-lb/s and you need to cancel that s. It actually comes out to 154,058 ft-lb.

[@hiddenworldforge374]

@@jtcrook32 No you don't. Horsepower is power over time; torque is power at any given time, not over a given stretch of time

[@jtcrook32]

@@hiddenworldforge374 Horsepower = (lb • ft)/s Torque = lb • ft Horsepower is torque per unit of time.

[@adamking240]

This is awesome. Thank you for keeping it restored.

[@MeadowFarmer]

Thanks for sharing. I've watched this video several times the past few years. Great piece of history. Hit and miss engines are more similar to steam engines than modern internal combustion engines. They allow us to see how steam engines were modified into internal combustion engines and then modern engines evolved from there.

[@johantemmink2659]

great clip folks!!

[@taofledermaus]

thanks

[@billville111]

. . . so you're sitting there with your girlfriend at the swap meet bragging to her how cool you are for restoring your little hit miss engine next to you, and this guy pulls up. . .

[@user-bx5tr3lo9c]

정말로 대단하다 잘보전.감사합니다

[@malcytull]

No you're not, I thought that too. I think these old engines are fantastic & I take my hat off to the blokes that are involved with them, I could watch & listen to them all day long. Thanks for putting this one up Jeff.

[@dustyroads834]

This engine reminds me of a 1956 420 john deere we had on the farm as a kid. It was 2 cylinder and had a big fly wheel. What torque that thing made. Thanks for the video.

[@RJ1999x]

Not a 420, you can't see the small flywheel on a 420

[@ChiefKandiyohi]

110hp... 3.5 million ft/lbs of torque lol

[@Phoenix88.]

More like 2568 lb-ft but yeah a lot.

[@ckane510]

Jeff N exactly!

[@user-se8nh3yu1e]

Plus the rotational mass

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Its a 2 cycle diesel engine not a hit an miss engine.

[@TheDragonsword123]

Install it in a Prius.

[@trainedwarrior502]

It would crush the Prius, I'd pay to see a Prius being crushed. a butt-ugly speed bump of a car, it must be powered on its ego, that must be why it's so 'fuel efficient'

[@southernstingray2743]

Awesome machinery from a bygone era!!Great vid matee!!Cheers from the Great Southern Land

[@panther105]

The cooling apparatus is pretty awesome just by itself. That cone thing is ingenious ...

[@07zx14White]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS I can't even remember how many years I've watched your channel (which is one of the best) and I see you on so many of the different channels I come across. Antique engines too? I forgot about these on your channel but found them again after binging on antique motors again. You got class brother.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks!

[@marshalllhiepler]

Hey, when you're done with that WIDE LOAD sign ... I'd like to borrow it for my mother-in-law's Mobility Scooter

[@prod.wwsq666]

XD

[@Les__Mack]

Thanks for bringing this video to me! I love these things.

[@scopex2749]

LOVE the beat of these big engines!!!!

[@themitchness]

110hp. I bet that thing has enough torque to relocate a city in one move. I'm curious as to how many times those wheels won in a fight against a human arm...

[@chadw4638]

if a 110 cant relocate a city, then this cant either.... its not hard to understand.... this has the energy output of 110hp..... it doesnt matter its tq output cause the tq and rpm equal 110hp....

[@racketman2u]

surely rpm is not irrelevant, because it is the time factor in work done ?

[@wereprobablyoutside4435]

Well...any 110 HP engine could move very heavy things, but as you said, very slowly.

[@chadw4638]

racketman2u its all about hp.... any other 110 hp motor can produce the same tq as this thing...

[@wereprobablyoutside4435]

Thank you chad, it's easy to gear something up or down to adjust how much torque and speed you want, as long as multiplying them together adds up to 110hp

[@screener545]

I dont care how much HP it has... When you have a diesel never mention the word horsepower... Its all about torque.

[@roadcaptainentertain3940]

When I was a boy and before air conditioning you could hear the hit & miss engines in the oil fields nine miles away just a poppin' on a quiet summer night .

[@timothymcdonald6913]

Geez! Big and impressive! Makes me want to do something! Maybe like build a thing! Really neat!

[@hddm3]

Man can't you just enjoy the show for Christ sakes

[@steveh3483]

Just thought I would mention, although this engine is rated at 110bhp, its torque is probably 1000's. Look at steam traction engines, 10nhp and about 3000 lb/ft. Connect something to those flywheels and they aint going to stop....

[@Aussie50]

oww, I remember older vids of this!, good to see you have filmed it Jeff!

[@ronaugustine3240]

Forget about it all and my face awfully is not in his mind to make it look.......thank

[@timmungenast]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@mastertek383]

110 hp and tons of torque. this will be invaluable if the power grid ever fails. Like a big CME that killed the telegrams back in the mid 1800's

[@thephantom1492]

+Will Hammer One issue with those engine is: inneficiant. I looked into them for a while, and the efficiency is quite low. They are however basically unkillable, you can feed them about the worst fuel quality and would still run fine. You can neglect the oil change yet it will be happy. This is why they are still used in remote location, like in oil field, where oil is cheap and labor very expensive. They can run for month on the same oil.

[@1959Edsel]

I think the cone-shaped fountain on the green engine is a low-tech radiator. Some water evaporates and that makes the remaining water cooler.

[@taofledermaus]

Yes, it's more of an evaporative cooling tower than a radiator. You have to replenish the water every so often.

[@spankeyfish]

***** Who needs constant loss lubrication when you can have constant loss cooling, lol.

[@RdClZn]

I find amazing how such an enormous creature had only 110HP! Technology gave a huge jump in the early XX.

[@charlesspears6086]

I love these big old work horses!!! Built to run slow and forever. They were built at a time when people knew not to put body parts in moving equipment.

[@o0julek0o]

Will this fit in my Honda doe? Mighty Car Mods

[@IrishEddie317]

Beautiful engine, but those guys walking about those flywheels made me a bit nervous. If that thing ever gets a bit of shirt sleeve or pant leg, you will be able to bury the remains in a tin can.

[@RJ1999x]

Survival of the fittest

[@joesphx19]

I really have to compliment highly the men who are preserving a great American manufacturing history. Not only the period pieces but the determination behind the building of a quality product. Maybe we will find the way back to a time when American built was the best there was. Thanks for posting.

[@crankysports]

That is so awesome. I love the water pump, and "radiator" such a simple design. cool that it takes two smaller motors to get and keep the big one going too.

[@Nighthawke70]

Without a doubt when it was in production, it had a much, much larger radiator system in place and it was steaming.

[@raymondo162]

Good to see they take safety seriously - with open flywheels at a level a stray four-year-old could grab 'em..............LOL

[@TheSonic10160]

+Raymond Ashby They would only do it once.

[@raymondo162]

Samuel Zelter That's OK. Just the one laugh would probably be sufficient.......maybe two

[@everettwilliams31]

+Raymond Ashby See if you can catch a spoke kid?

[@raymondo162]

+Local-Yokel NO NO NO !! Catching is for girls - "you need to head butt a spoke, kid........"

[@straitouttahell]

+Raymond Ashby nature was still selective at that time ;)

[@shacoclone3299]

They should put some friction or load on it just to see it in use instead of just free spinning.

[@akeshgeshan5958]

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[@davesstuff1599]

That is a trailer full of awesome right there.

[@sc0tte1-416]

Only 110 hp, crazy how technologies changed over the last 100 years lol, I bet it puts out lots of torque though which diesels do

[@t76d777f6d]

110 hp @ 225 rpm = 2550 ft/lb torque :)

[@NateWilson99]

Man, youre everywhere! Skaeven, vlogginlife, tasty glue, here... anyway, I thought the same thing! But I figured it was 110. Like, I took into account, 1920, they thought they were efficient until the next person made it MORE efficient, and so on, and now we have the machines we have today. We have an old generator, I want to say... mmmmm.... 40's or 50's. It was army of wwll. Ive been working on it. I "rebuilt" the carb, and put it back together, then, a man buying a mower from me came into the garage and said he liked it, I said, do you know anything about them? And he said, being an older gentleman, he said that when he was young, he had one like it, and it had about 1 horsepower. ONE. The engine itself is about 2 feet tall, and about 1.5 feet deep, and about the same wide. Its a beast to pull start, WITHOUT a recoil. Plus, the fact that I need to do carb adjusting, and the thing is so old that I cant find ANYTHING on it, nothing. Well, dang. This is long...

[@sc0tte1-416]

taiden Isn't tq supposed to be measured at 5252 rpm?

[@sc0tte1-416]

NateWilson99 lol I am, I think I recognize you from pugs videos actually. Yeah man, things have changed a lot in the last long while, even car engines...little 4 cyls making as much as big v8s used to, hell I even had a Nissan se-r I bought new in 03 that had 190 HP and back then it was faster than the majority of stuff that wasn't more than 40-50 grand, nowadays most cars have over 200 and that was just over 10 years ago!

[@vreference]

sc0tte1 5252 is where Horsepower and and Torque are equal (intersection). Below that RPM torque is always greater than horsepower, above that RPM Power is always greater that torque. I was a little excited when I was able to understand why this is the case after taking a bit of Calculus. This is also why you start seeing some relatively stratospheric power numbers (High compared to Torque) from high RPM engines, think: 20K RPM F1 or 1.2HP@29K RPM .15cc RC engines. The difference between this engine's rated 110HP and a 110HP 1.2L 4 cylinder is that this one can produce 110HP 24/7 for the next 30 years and If you ran the 1.2L at the rated RPM wide open (Ignore that it would quickly overwhelm the cooling system), there wouldn't be much left after a few hours.

[@rebeleagle75]

110 HP..... How much torque does it have

[@1946nimrod]

Sufficient!!

[@423FGFDFHFHV]

The large engine is 25 HP.

[@cobra02411]

Over 2,500... As least on paper. 110hp @ 225 rpm = 2,567 lb/ft torque.

[@dg-hughes]

All of it.

[@benjaminwhite7823]

the torque is what ever the velocity squared times the weight of the 2 flywheels is that will give you you torq of that engen

[@DB.KOOPER]

Reminds me of the Oregon Steam Up we go to every year... Love this stuff, although I gotta say the convenience of my Kubota is REAL nice LOL.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

You have to love the cooling system! I'm pretty sure that there are larger versions of this engine that simply have additional cylinders.

[@Bajwa1977]

very beautifull thing,very fuel efficient but poerfull engine,in pakistan running even now and amazingly running over used/drained mobil oil/engine oil of vehicles. chinniot city,punjab ,pakistan is still a main market of these cold start engines.

[@jacknastyface401]

when does the rest of the tractor get built?

[@rrich52806]

Not a tractor

[@charliechristensen8140]

Leigh Rich r/woosh

[@Mikej1592]

We were on vacation driving across Oregon and just happened on a show like this, it was really interesting seeing these antique engines and watching them run. Not even a stop on our route, just happened to see something going on and we stopped, glad we did. random local cultural events are awesum to find, even if you have no idea whats going on its still entertaining.

[@everettwilliams31]

I can see this engine running a sawmill of years gone by.

[@Frietpan]

water to air cooler, thats some performance parts there

[@scotterinsam]

+Frietpan Was wondering how that cooling system worked lol

[@te_piriti9220]

+Scotty R its evaporative - evaporating water refrigerates the return water

[@oscarzt1652]

turbo next.....

[@Frietpan]

the small engine is feeding it compressed air!

[@castirondude]

Is it a 2-cycle diesel? Then yea it wouldn't run without having a supply of compressed air...

[@huntermoody9152]

that old man with the white hair that is my damn neighbor here in Waterford wow thats cool

[@patrickschneider6174]

Waterford ... in where?

[@rev800man]

Crazy, one engine just for the water cooling and then another to get it started using air! Pretty cool stuff!

[@rkshireygames]

Usually the engine its self would either use thermocycle or power its own pump.

[@Polar1440]

Very nice pile of old iron well set up and displayed thanks for the hard work saving her old iron forever

[@RafaelCantarella]

Only 110 hp but can run for a century.

[@StarCoreSE]

+Rafael Cantarella Hopefully cause with that weight it doesn't need less than a century to do what a modern 110hp engine would do.

[@notirishrider7953]

+Star Core this engine produces 3400nm ... that is as much as 14l+ truck diesel engines today so its quite good for what it is .... and i honestly can see it still being used in some aplications

[@StarCoreSE]

NotIrishRider Torque alone doesn't matter, just like rotation speed. You can transform one into the other using gears. Power is what matters because it considers both torque and speed, just like watts consider both voltage and intensity.Of course it could be used, but with today's technology, you could get the same power out of a foetus-sized engine.

[@thephantom1492]

+REGGIN RETNUH Torque by itself mean nothing. You can apply more torque by hand with a lever than the most powerfull engine. A ferrari 458 produce 398lbft of torque. Take a 1 foot long bar, put 398lb at one end, and the other end now have 398lbft of torque trying to turn it. Take a 2 foot long bar and 199lb and you have the same torque. My cordless impact do 300lbft of torque. I can actually do more than that with a ratchet. What is important is the speed AND torque: HP = TORQUE x RPM ÷ 5252 Slow turning engine require massive flywheel as the inertia force is squared with the speed. Double the speed, you get 4 times the stored energy. Fast turning speed then require a smaller weight since it store more energy for the same weight. To make thing even more complex, slow turning engine require ton of energy to compress the air in the cylinder, while fast turning one have smaller cylinder, so require less energy to compress it. Now, All you need to do to make the fast engine turn the same belt is: use a smaller wheel, or use a gearbox between the engine and the wheel. This slow turning engine is rated at 225rpm, gasoline engines are usually 3000-3600rpm, diesel in the 1500-1800rpm, just need to adapt the wheel so the circumference*rpm get the same value, so it actually ends up with the same belt speed. This is actually acting as a gearbox.

[@joeyjoosse9301]

he is 110 hp but this engine has Giant flywheels for more power

[@PhunkDumpOfficial]

This thing must have enougth torque to tear apart a mid-sized container ship...

[@PhunkDumpOfficial]

fwupow Yeah, I know. I just think its kinda brutal and seems quite useless for usual purposes

[@krecikowi]

+PhunkDumpOfficial HP is not best way to tell what is the "power" of engine. If someone gives HP they should also say what rpm, torque etc.

[@perrogaruao]

+krecikowi hehehehe, smart comment my friend !!! i have 2 big caterpillar in my boat , aprox 800HP each one (weights like 2 tons each) , and people make fun of me because new outdboards has as much as HP as my CAT's and weight 1/10 .... What they dont understand is the HUGE torque those engines has, capable to propel a 30 ton boat full of people and water and fuel with no hesitation on almost any weather .... if you put the same amount of HP with outboards, i think will last few hours with that amount of load ......... this is a good way to understand the torque .........

[@Loebane]

+PhunkDumpOfficial 2568 foot lbs, if it makes 110 hp at 225 rpms.

[@PhunkDumpOfficial]

Loebane Thats about 3482 Nm for my european standart which is a fucking lot for its time. There will be smaller Engines that produce as much power but those turbocharged timebombs wont ever last close to a century...

[@6771Randy]

I LOVE WATCHING THESE OLD ENGINES RUN!

[@giuseppecalosso7704]

Great!thanks for your hard work to' mantain in operation such a pièce of tech hystory.

[@Exakta66]

Yeah, it's only 110 HP...but how much torque exactly? My guess is enough to tow a large schoolhouse across state lines...

[@blader98j]

+earl verity Well each flywheel weighs 4,260 lbs, so their combined weight is 8,520 lbs. torque=force applied x distance from the axis of rotation. each flywheel seems to be about 3 feet in diameter so the radius (distance from axis of rotation) is about 1 and a half feet. so 4,260 x 1.5= 6390 foot-lbs of torque per flywheel. So this engine has about ~12,800 foot-lbs of torque.

[@blader98j]

Oh and the RPM is 225. I'm not really sure what to do with that number, but that probably increases the torque.

[@Exakta66]

+slydog98j Actually, it's the crank radius that's the big thing...was trying to find a link to the whole formula, as I had to memorize it in college...found this though, will give you a better idea...I don't believe flywheel weight has anything to do with it, other than giving it more inertia...here's more... www.first-hand.info/EngineTorquePower.html

[@blader98j]

+Alan Jankowski Well my reason for including the flywheel weight, is that torque is the crank radius* x force applied. So I figured that if the flywheels each weigh 4,260 lbs, and were successfully rotating, that the engine had to be applying at least that much force. But I am not sure.

[@Exakta66]

+slydog98j Yeah, I can assure you that flywheel weight has nothing to do with torque, as it really doesn't generate any forces only stores them. I'm sure with those massive flywheels you can probably shut the engine down and it will spin for three minutes...but torque is largely determined by the force applied to the piston surface, which is largely determined by the temperature differences between ignition and end of stroke, multiplied by crank radius...here's more I found... s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.tutorfair.com/resources/attachments/f1d343c1d481b16e9667b64725055950c108fc90_1.pdf

[@rattmann36863]

Chug, chug, chug....all day long...

[@rexluminus9867]

Richard Mann. I could fall asleep within minutes. What a nice machine ! Thanks.

[@1anthonybrowning]

Old antique equipment is cool. One gets to see more of how these machines work.

[@DocTacDad]

I love these old putt putt engines! Thanks for posting

[@riparianlife97701]

140 women accidentally clicked on this video.

[@taofledermaus]

Docktor Jim haha!

[@Clockwork_Orangutan]

Lmao

[@jimajams7080]

not me. I love this.

[@riparianlife97701]

Katrina Hunt You're one of the good ones.

[@perrogaruao]

+Katrina Hunt 1857 man loves you now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@muddshshshark]

Fake! .. they didn't have video cameras in 1920.

[@rexluminus9867]

Mud Sh-sh-shark. Hahaha ! You 're as sharp as a shark. Hihihi !

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Thank You Again For Not Click Baiting Us. ❤ Love From Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@Evilliboba]

These guys show up at the Stanislaus County fair every year. Cool to see these old machines still running.

[@is1943]

An impressive engine would be good to hear it under load, thanks for posting.

[@malcytull]

I am definitely looking forward to more, thanks.

[@doutchesinse]

This is a really nice rebuild and the paint is perfect for a primer. Hard to believe these things still run so smooth. The good thing about the cooling tower is that you can NOT overheat even at high altitudes. A boil over requires an immediate shutdown. Damn! it looks and sounds so good. I used to love to listen to the corn sheller in Scotland, Ga running on kerosene after it got heated up on gasoline. It was a 4 cylinder with a big flywheel and used a horsehide belt to drive the machines.

[@spiritwalker6153]

This is quite possibly one of the coolest videos you have produced. I enjoy old technology.

[@taofledermaus]

thanks Ted!

[@spiritwalker6153]

@@taofledermaus You're welcome.

[@crankysports]

Jeff, you're into old engines too ? Sweet!

[@slimchancetoo]

Oh how I love these country shows. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much information about things you never knew existed. This thing sounds as if WANTS to stop ------------- but it never does.

[@willibill1]

Back in its day, that was state of the art,

[@RandyTWester]

Still is, if you want something to run for 20 years between overhauls.

[@denvera1g1]

using several hit and miss engines to start a large hit and miss engine, i love the dedication to character. There is a 6 cylinder Fairbanks Morse near my house thats almost 1.5 stories high, and longer than a standard diesel locomotive, the flywheel is about as tall as the first level of my house

[@simonjohnhinton1938]

they're still kids at heart only the toys have got bigger and more expensive lol.

[@drainocleanser]

Smoothest running engines in the world.

[@leegenix]

Wow..Look at those two huge Fly Wheels.

[@RODALCO2007]

Very nice engine, love the low revs.

[@n00gai101]

that is a gorgeous piece of machinery.

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

few people realize the sociological and philosophical significance of these engines

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

He's right you know.

[@cushman11firefighter18]

Nice engine thanks for upload

[@kamikazeratte]

It has only 110 HP, but due to its low speed it must have got an enormous torque... love the sound!

[@hondrifter]

Before looking at the comments I thought that this place looked familiar. I live in the next town over...lol. How funny is that!

[@vicsmotos3702]

They use one of these down the road from me at a cotton mill, you hear it all day everyday except for Sunday

[@passngas2]

So it is still in use? You should get a video of the sound of it under a load, I'd kind of like to hear it if you don't mind

[@aceklankb]

1:23 I thought the guy with the white shirt was about to hold on to the wheel and take a wild spin lol

[@rickhigson3881]

Wonderful! Thanks.

[@Soundcomplex]

Thats a motorized trailer! Brilliant in the rough countryside...^^