Start up, Run and Shutdown of the 600 HP Snow Engine at Coolspring - June 2013

[@jesseamaya4413]

3 cylinders, 6 combustion chambers, 1 connecting rod, 10 ton flywheel, and over a century old and still running. How could sombody NOT love and appreciate the skill and dedication that went into this machine.

[@ffarmchicken]

It just amazes me all the math, casting and machining that went into these huge old engines.

[@braybraymaster77]

Correction, this engine has 2 cylinders, 4 combustion chamber. Trust me, i go to this show every year. Also the flywheel is 18 tons, it in total being 140 tons.

[@inyobill]

@@braybraymaster77 I saw the two valve gear sets and was curious about that. Second speculation was direct-drive positive displacement pump.

[@asdeenambros7601]

Old is gold

[@Mishra14Sonu]

What is the job of this engine?

[@hillbilly4christ638]

Thanks to the men who saved this engine. What an incredible piece of history.

[@wazza33racer]

truly a remarkable example of mechanical mayhem. The fact it still exists and runs is an amazing achievement.

[@zincwick99]

Built and maintained by oily men for 200 years. Great joy watching and listening to this marvelous engine. Then there is the smell of it.

[@harrybarry2659]

Hoo-Ray to all volunteers and Museum staff for preserving this magnificent machine. I was sick for the 2021 show. Hope to attend next year. I live in North East, Pa., not far from Cool Spring.

[@PSUK]

A 63 year old Mech Eng from the UK here. What a wonderful machine. When engineers built to quality, not to price.

[@Bendigo1]

When things were built to work and keep working instead of fall apart so the owner needs to buy another every couple years...

[@llamamanism]

That immensely heavy flywheel shows no run out at all and the oil grooves cut into the slides demonstrate fitting skills from a bygone age. The whole engine looks just like a Stuart Turner model scaled up, truly amazing.

[@JUANKERR2000]

The truth of that immense flywheel was the first thing that struck me, superb engineering.

[@fixt100]

@@tiberiu_nicolae i bet if you invested the same amount of gold/human lives (allowing for inflation of course) you could build a pretty nice pyramid....

[@ffarmchicken]

Yup, I was thinking of the machining to get that thing true. And they were able to do it so long ago with just slide rules.

[@gomerromer7708]

@@ffarmchicken Yes, and those slide rules were pretty versatile. I knew a mathematics prof at the U. of Minn. once who got terribly constipated when he was on Oxycodone after knee surgery. It was bad, but he was able to work it out with his slide rule!

[@josephastier7421]

@@gomerromer7708 Pencil

[@TachiTekmo]

Love watching the external cams, rockers, and most of all, that huge flywheel!

[@deafmusician2]

That was my fav too!

[@mmmcquoid]

what a master peace it make me feel proud that we as a human race is capable of such works and accomplishments. Bravo and thanks for showing this magnificent machine.

[@isacchris1]

night watcher We make much more intricate and complex machines than that a car transmission has more parts inside it than that engine!!

[@jimmeisch6654]

White people

[@magnusqwerty]

A nice piece .....

[@oldnick4707]

@@jimmeisch6654, true, and look who still appreciates it! lol To think, some of their kids are playing video games and listening to fuckin rap. Turns my stomach. Merry Christmas though buddy!

[@deletevil]

Sometimes I think white people themselves are alien technology :D -from India

[@ralfflade6653]

Ich bin begeistert, ich mag diese Art von Technik, schön das so etwas erhalten und gepflegt wird

[@roninselman6772]

What a bizarre machine! Totally steampunk! What on Earth was it used for??

[@mattberg916]

An amazing piece of history. The tooling to build this must have incredible for the time

[@94XJ]

Incredible. I could listen to that for hours

[@LUrzidil-rn7nd]

yes, i could watch porn for hours, too ... but maybe it is unhealthy ... too much ...

[@2008born1]

kind of song for my ears jaja

[@747er]

Wow! What a fascinating and huge machine! Love the sounds it makes, almost like it is alive!

[@lucyvalente8266]

It is Alive!

[@tabithagorrell4446]

Absolutely love the sounds

[@sudampatil6249]

​@@lucyvalente8266 se de dedee de 3 wee 3 were ß SS s de wee e de wee ji hu hu hu यज्ञ गुघ दे

[@emitindustries8304]

I love this machine. It's astounding to watch its steel smoothness and wonderful rhythm. A great piece of technology, and excellent skill and true dedication in keeping it running.

[@scottadams1061]

😀 That’s a WORK OF ART!!! I ran large stationary diesel and gas engine electric generating plants from 1977 to 2000 and 2007 to 2017. Of all the engines I ran, we had two 1948 Nordberg 7 cylinder in line 4 stroke diesels. They were about 25to 30 feet long and 13 feet high from the bottom of the oil pan to the top of the rocker covers. 12 ton, 8’ diameter flywheel. Nominal speed 327 rpm. After closing the fuel racks it took a full 5 minutes for them to come to rest. Modern technology is wonderful but the men that built these behemoths didn’t have computers, CNC and the like. They were impressive engineers! Too bad this film wasn’t narrated. It would help a lot to explain the cam/valve mechanism, lubricators, governor, etc. Even with my background a little info would be helpful. Nonetheless, great video. I hope these old engines are preserved indefinitely!

[@lucasnikunen7571]

these kind of engines, right here, are the reason im so obsessed with engines.

[@barbbullock5167]

I have always been fascinated by machinery of all kinds. These Snow engines are something else, and if you listen carefully you can here it whisper " I'm special, I'm special..."!

[@vijaykumar-wd3du]

Great engineers.I love beautiful melodious sound of these engines.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Imagine the guys sitting at a drafting table, using a slide rule and pencil to design all the moving parts that go into this awesome machine. All this stuff, started as an idea in someones head, and had to be worked out on paper, before it was forged and milled in a foundry somewhere, then assembled. That engineers brain, and imagination, are the most amazing things of all. Can we see a picture of him please.

[@fuckyoutubengoogle2]

That is one primitive beast. I saw elsewhere it weights in at 140 tons. A 140 pound gas turbine could produce the same power. A lot more than this was done with designs on paper and slide rules like the atom bomb, nuclear power plants and ships, or the mach 2+ airplanes of the 50's and 60's though by the mid 60's there was probably some very limited use of computers. I don't think CAD was a thing until at least the late 70's and probably not a full substitute for blueprints for another decade.

[@davidpawson7393]

​@@fuckyoutubengoogle2 Which is more efficient ? A 12hp 150cc scooter B 300hp 80,000 pound semi

[@fuckyoutubengoogle2]

@@davidpawson7393 Gee dude, what do you think?

[@fuckyoutubengoogle2]

@@davidpawson7393 My car's engine can achieve 38.5% efficiency which is probably far in excess of this old beast. Do you know what this engine does at best?

[@dlallwine]

This engine was manufactured by the Snow-Holly Works of Buffalo, New York, and is serial number G329. It has two tandem 24 inch bore x 48 inch stroke cylinders that are double-acting. Total displacement is 86,800 cubic inches or 1,423 liters. The rated output of the engine is 600 hp at 100 RPM which yields a torque value of 31,500 ft-lbf.

[@cmsracing]

Great job filming, you got all the stuff I would have looked at if I had been there!

[@jarnailbrar6732]

Yes, great filming. Thanks for taking risk of being so close.

[@nikson1520]

Verdade porque tem uns caras que filmam mal demais.

[@picobyte]

Indeed good video, shows all the interesting bits and takes the time for it.

[@pauldeblok72]

I've watched the engine my self this year, beautiful museum! grt. from the Netherlands.

[@moikechan]

Some dude builds a 6.4 and gets 600hp for 5 months before it ends up in a scrapyard. This thing makes 600 hp for 200 years and still runs like new.

[@thenderson5509]

My Tundra will still be running in 200 years.

[@milesromanus7041]

Good luck fitting this in a car tho

[@irey1978]

They don't build them like they use too.

[@oldnick4707]

40,000ft.lbs. of torque!? Yeah, I don't think yer in the same league bud.

[@henrycomputer1403]

600 then is not like what they call 600 now. Torque

[@heffoandjuff5903]

The sound that this magnificent engine makes is music to my ears.

[@Blackoutfor10days]

Beat box

[@LUrzidil-rn7nd]

true, it even sighs like the people, women in the porn :D f*cking with all effects :D

[@rbrakib353]

@@Blackoutfor10days ,

[@boyfriend4446]

The sound is music

[@michaelosolosax]

Reminds me of Tchitty tchitty bang bang

[@joachimsudergat3924]

What a monster, genius. And today you can handle a 600 hp engine with your hands. Technic is incredible.

[@josherickson6862]

Does a modern engine have 39,000 ft lbs of torque on just cylinder pressure alone?

[@stephenfestus9268]

Wow...a truly amazing piece of machinery, and the most impressive scene is the close up of the moving crankshaft and connecting rod. Great video.

[@devendrajitsinghbumrah3084]

My salute to the team, who together keep this horizontal engine in running condition in the era of high speed vertical engine.

[@billsteele7842]

How can over 1200 people not like this? They must be jealous!

[@4swe]

About stupid greens... 😟

[@JT-SE-OHIO]

Amazing engine. Hats off to the staff that keeps her going. Not knowing anything about it's lubricating needs I would expect some lube on the lobes of the cam, the slides on the rod, and a few other areas where metal is rubbing metal. If my Grandfather was still alive he would be saying the same thing. He over greased all has farm equipment.

[@theshepkita]

These big old engines always seem to have a nice beat.

[@dehoedisc7247]

It's called Ultra Low "rpm".

[@b.w.s.k.3894]

2:18 letthebodieshittheFLOOR letthebodieshittheFLOOR

[@elespiritudeltigre9526]

@@dehoedisc7247 no, it's called stationary engine

[@kenneththompson1809]

Where's Fred Astaire when you need him.

[@davecrupel2817]

Thats the beauty of sub-500 rpm. Low speed, ultra high torque.

[@richardteale8203]

The best tour of the snow engine I've seen to date! Well done thanks!😉

[@Deamos33]

Does it make ever lasting gobstoper's as well?

[@kenhotaling7050]

My comment exactly!

[@MrRichard57000]

Ask an ompaloempa

[@oldnick4707]

ALWAYS return the Everlasting Gob-stopper!

[@baselkipris1528]

Frankly, it is a wonderful thing ... Greetings and respect for all these heroes who designed these beautiful machines and have all the respect .. accuracy, efficiency and beauty and everything is perfect..As a thermal turbine engineer I loved this technology very..Thank you for all the creators

[@bfarm44]

Such a beast of beauty it must never be left to expire at all costs you will never replicate it. I always dream of something smaller yet similar to have on my own property. I rebuilt a vertical steam engine and when asked why I went through so much by my significant other I merely sat in my chair and smiled as she runs doing nothing more

[@MrNobody2828]

Bfarm 44 just sit there and smile at her is the best answer. Smart man!

[@brybish]

Just love the mechanical beauty of these engines.

[@RODALCO2007]

What an amazing piece of heavy duty engineering. Great video.

[@GzeeBRII]

Hey. hows going?

[@ryonbrand7885]

These old engines are so cool! The most important thing to remember when looking at the horsepower is that back then, they used to measure how many horses it could replace, and a horse has roughly 13.5 horsepower, so multiply 600 by 13.5 and you get the modern horsepower of this engine.

[@herejust4cars723]

pfff torque is the real deal here. A lot of torque!

[@jamespowell7302]

Hardly... 1 HP is rather more than a horse can produce for any length of time on a gin, but not 13x. Go do the math- climb a flight of stairs, time yourself. 33 000 ft lb/min is 1 hp, and you can (on average) manage about 1/5th that at 1/10th the weight of a horse. James Watt didn't want to be embarrassed by any hay burner. A 600 HP engine like this- well, it's no direct comparison, but if you pull an indicator card, do the area of the card using a planometer, to give MEP, then use PLAN/33000 thats your HP...which is 600 HP. It would take a bit more than 600 horses to do the work- probably 660, but not 13.5x the number. (3x, perhaps, because the engine doesn't get tired... but still not even close to 13 x)

[@ryonbrand7885]

If you put a horse on a dynamometer, they produce roughly 13.5 modern horsepower, back in the day though, horsepower was measured as 1 horse = 1 horsepower. Modern horsepower is calculated mathematically, rather than just, “This steam engine can replace 200 horses, it makes 200 horsepower.” Horsepower back then wasn’t calculated the same way.

[@ryonbrand7885]

@@jamespowell7302 this realistically produces something more along the lines of 700 horsepower, although it would have to be hooked up to a dynamometer to find out, and I don’t think anyone makes one that can handle 30-40 thousand lb-ft even at just 100 rpm

[@jamespowell7302]

"The Horse Power Unit was introduced by James Watt, the great improver of the steam engine, for the purpose of calculating the power of his engines. He had ascertained by experiment that an average horse could develop 22 000 ft pounds of work per minute, and being anxious to give good value to the purchasers of his engines, he added 50% thus obtaining 33 000 ft lb/min which is the unit of horse power, by which the power of steam and other engines are estimated" (A Text Book for Stationary Engineers, W.G. Beaver, 1933) There is NO DIFFERENCE between a Horsepower in 1807, and 2022. A Horsepower is defined as 33 000 ft lb/min. Is, has been. (or .746 kw, if you are metric like I am...)

[@zaklynch1047]

Have seen the one in Florida operate many times! It’s a few minutes from my house. They are incredible and extremely powerful! The fly wheel is 12 tons!!!

[@rijumonsjb]

How does it work? How many pistons, what's the displacement, what cycle it follows. Im curious to know friend

[@amftpt]

Where in Florida is it located?

[@zaklynch1047]

Mark Failla It is located in Fort Meade, FL. Florida Flywheelers antique tractor club is the group who maintains and runs it. Look up Florida Flywheelers on Google and it will be on there.

[@zaklynch1047]

Riju Mon It’s a twin cylinder four stroke. It fires on both side of the pistons. Not sure of displacement.

[@amftpt]

@@zaklynch1047 Thank you.

[@timgreen4137]

What an amazing symphony of mechanical sounds!!!

[@ziiofswe]

Clearly a high performance engine. It even has a roller cam!

[@steveskouson9620]

And, they say a roller cam and rockers are a new idea. If I'm not mistaken, the exhaust valves are water cooled. I'd LOVE to visit, and see this engine running. steve

[@mareksumguy1887]

Bruh it doesn’t even have v-tech! POS.

[@CadeRankin2006]

What is a roller cam.

[@mareksumguy1887]

Evertech Gamer it’s called a google search engine... use it!

[@jimmotormedic]

And it's direct injection too!

[@Currawong]

Magnificent! The energy that is moving that main rod back and forth must be huge!

[@MrPantss]

Great video, well filmed, captured all the components nicely.... thanks

[@justicelut]

An amazing feat of engineering getting this old engine up and running. Well done!

[@MadScientist267]

Seriously doubt it ever wasn't in running condition.

[@davidcanoa6435]

That machine sounds like a well-organized musical band greetings 🇵🇪🇵🇪

[@andrewmack4830]

Very Clever men - getting this wonderful machine working again. well done

[@garychandler4296]

I love the way this engine says "I love Schnitzel", "I love Schnitzel", "I love Schnitzel"....

[@john34261]

and it's funny too

[@randyruppel6727]

HAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! It does sound like it

[@zacharyleger2292]

It does indeed. I love schnitzel too

[@shinichikudo7577]

Great.... Jetzt hab ich hunger.... XD

[@garychandler4296]

@@shinichikudo7577 Javhol, meine freiunden!

[@scopex2749]

Im a lifelong engineer and OH BOY I would love to see and hear this up close THATS MUSIC to an old engineers ears that would put me to sleep!

[@emdman1959]

Just imagine the machines it took to build something this big.

[@oldnick4707]

The vertical turret lathe that turned that flyweel for instance! Big-boys! lol

[@deborahworks6616]

@@oldnick4707 AMEN!

[@StephenGachara]

The Chester press in England.

[@thatguy.mp7950]

a few large lathes and casting equipment.

[@dikjaygojay2967]

@@oldnick4707 ke ujung

[@katapotis]

Heavy metal rock bit. Music to my ears

[@41novar]

Amazing! It sounds like a musical Symphony!

[@pranshusharma0777]

Symphony for mechanical Engineers. Love from India Brothers.

[@elliottsmith3632]

Love these big machines. Just wondering what it took to build them. How the shafts were made? How those big nuts were made?

[@johngnipper8768]

On some big ass old lathes.. when labor was not much.

[@Bryan-wq9vq]

That big wheel comes off it wouldn't stop till he got to Chicago very fascinated thanks for showing it I find it amazing y'all let people get so close to it

[@curtgivens8943]

Amazing I've seen scale models run and they are impressive enough but it is wonderful to see a full size in operation

[@jameswoods7276]

This thing deserves a recording with no other sounds put in a mechanical sounds relaxation compilation. Or remixed into a techno / house mix. I'd be happy with both.

[@tonyv8925]

What an awesome machine of beauty! I could listen to this run all day...mmmm

[@kangaroostew0077]

In a Local Historical Village there are some biggish old engines on display and running but they have a big fence around them for safety. Amazing how they are engineered so well and the huge flywheels are so true

[@robertgift]

Bravo, volunteers! Thank you. Music to my ears. Wish someone could explain what everything is. Where is thexhaust?

[@DIY-valvular]

If you take a look at second 50, you can see the camshaft in all it's extension. You will see the valve rockers. Those located at the upper side are related with the admission manifolds. The opposite rockers at the lower side controls the exhaust valves. The exhaust manifold is canalised under the engine.

[@paulraffeljr7159]

Love these engines we have one of the last surviving twin tandem snow engines at the Buckley Old Engine Show. We currently have it turning on compressed air, but we are in the process of getting it running under its own power.

[@stevensapyak7971]

5.23.22. ……..Buckley Michigan™️❓

[@klingest]

beautiful sound it has

[@dehoedisc7247]

Chug Chug Thump, Chug Chug Thump

[@TheHighwayman7989]

It's amazing to see how tech has grown, cause we have 600 horse power engines in 5-7 liters instead of 20+ liters

[@haydenc2742]

biggy shiggy boomp clack, biggy shiggy boomp clack, biggy shiggy boomp clack got a beat your can dance to!

[@SteamCrane]

@M14497 Yes, fires twice per revolution, all 4 ends in 720 degrees.

[@annmaryIM]

This is no machine It's alive! Love the beautiful sound and rhythm I would like to see and hear her without al those people yelling and making noises!

[@funny36ful]

600hp 3 million torque! Awesome stuff.

[@davidroberts6594]

Nothing about this is osha approved, just pure machine! All cool stuff, we maybe going back to this stuff in the future

[@sambo9855]

Enough torque to shift Earth's rotation lol.

[@deletevil]

Is it true? I mean, please tell.

[@sambo9855]

@@deletevil no not literally dude, it's kind of like a Chuck Norris joke.

[@bobcooke2176]

@@deletevil hi

[@rmdhndwi]

@@deletevil lol

[@b3j8]

Oh man don't say stuff like that. Some conspiracy dude will read it and go off on a rant, "That...THING, is causing GLOBAL WARMING!!!"🤣🤣

[@badonmar]

This is very amazing machine for me. I would like to know how it was designed and produced.

[@guskuratlejr9228]

Roller Cam on this early technology what wonderful craftsmanship our true men and women had in the.past

[@joemAwesomeMan]

Awesome machine! That's going in my big engine play list :)

[@guyonet3328]

Doesn't she sound just superb? Thank's, and what an engineering marvel!

[@raja4521]

I'm wondering the size of the machines used to machine it's parts in those days without CNC or any tech

[@matthewhburch6198]

We, modern people, frequently drastically underestimate the capabilities of our ancestors. There used to be many tricks of the trade used by engineers and machinists which we have no use for any longer. For instance, if you want a large flat piece of iron, one way to do it would be to make a mold, and fill it with molten copper and iron. Keep them liquid and allow the metals to separate. The copper is denser than the iron. After a while, let them cool. The copper will stay liquid while the iron hardens. Viola. Flat iron stock as big as you want it. VERY expensive and resource intensive, but doable even in primitive early industrial times.

[@JohnDoe-jl3em]

@@matthewhburch6198 thanks for letting us know

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Amazing piece of engineering. Thanks for posting this.

[@flaplaya]

Amazing how true that massive flywheel turns. Who were these people who could cast a 20 ton flywheel? Because they don't exist today around here... 600 HP and 100,000 Ft/Lbs of torque, maybe more. Great old machine!

[@ziiofswe]

We rarely _need_ these huge engines anymore, since we've moved on to different solutions. One of few exceptions is in cargo ships. those engines are on a similar impressive scale. (The Wärtsilä engines for example.)

[@flaplaya]

ziiofswe I wonder who turned the 3000 MW rotors for the Three Gorges Damn in China.. Lots of applicable applications today other than steam engine flywheels . :)

[@Gigaguenther]

surely it must have been machined after casting. and people back then had a lot of active experience in manufacturing large wheels since large flywheels for steam and gas engines or driving wheels for steam locomotives were in high demand

[@ROTAXD]

fla playa truly amazing especially since it's two seperate pieces.

[@mwiz100]

There's actually videos on here of GIANT lathes. I've actually seen one of a lathe which machines the drive shaft for a cargo ship. The tool holder for that thing is actually a carriage which the operator sits on and drives it back and forth!

[@vegabondartist7215]

Beautiful It's amazing to see it still working.

[@charliefunboy5210]

Forgive me, but I still don't understand what this engine was used for. I read the article in the Gas Engine Magazine. It was wonderful reading about the dismantling and rebuild, but what did it do? Am I right in saying that it was used to Compress Natural Gas into tanks or underground fields for later distribution to homes and businesses? And does it also run on the same Natural Gas that it is designed to compress? Thanks.. sorry to be so ignorant about these things

[@wgrenning]

This was used to pump natural gas from the gas fields in northern Pa to the Buffalo, NY area. Opposite the engine cylinders on the other side of the crankshaft is a reciprocating compressor cylinder. It is totally enclose with no exposed parts so it is not really shown in the video.

[@charliefunboy5210]

Thank you so much for your response. Now I understand. I wonder how different the engine ran once a load was placed on it. Thank you again. Great video!

[@ArnoldsDesign]

Hard to believe it's been almost ten years. I always wondered the size of the lathe required to turn down these flywheels, or if the OD's are cut right on the machine at low speed. If you look at all the flywheels in the show, none of them appear to runout at all.

[@mqbitsko25]

Remember when your shop teacher told you not to wear any loose clothing or jewelry? This is why.

[@trexmidnite]

This is why smoking weed all day is not good

[@Moletrouser]

stromsky58 - not a problem, they could just stop the engine really quickly; shouldn’t take more than a few minutes.

[@redsquirrelftw]

Probably good idea to tie back long hair too. :o

[@TonboIV]

@@trexmidnite In my highschool, I think the teachers probably smoked more weed than the students!

[@johnwood6857]

A magnificent machine. Keep them tinkered up And run another 80 to 100 years. A job very well done. Thanks

[@paulbookbinder4899]

Sorry for a newbie question, I have been looking for a schematic diagram of this engine online and have not found one yet. What is the reciprocating portion seen from 2:27 to 2:32 - is that simply the "north" end of the piston rod, or does it power something else? thank you, Paul

[@bobw7066]

The whole piston and shaft assembly moving back and forth is classed as reciprocating, when it comes to a point anything that moves back and forth is classed as reciprocating such as a petrol engine etc.

[@Crosshair84]

That is the end of the connecting rod. That does several things. It rides on a lubricated "sled" similar to what you see at 4:37 and supports the piston inside the cylinder. The piston and connecting rod is water cooled. The hot water comes out that "far" end and drains away to be cooled. Cold water goes in on the end near the crankshaft.

[@southernnutcase]

you know everyone jokes about the whole doomsday scenarios and what not, and how the "preppers" are going to be the only well off ones, but i don't think that's true. i think the real people who would be well off, and set to rebuild the world are these engineers who can make these old machines dance and sing in musical harmony :)

[@dehoedisc7247]

hahahahahahaha Are you smoking Opium?

[@burcescucristian4662]

Iiii

[@EnponAlbeno]

It's surprising the little differences between this engine and it's twin in Rollag, MN. The splash shield on the end, gear driven lubricator instead of chain, the lubrication pipe in the rod support bearing between the cylinders, all very different. This one also runs faster, sounds like it has better rod seals in the heads. This one sounds better than the Rollag 600 Snow. Thanks for posting this video. Hope to make it out to Coolspring one of these years.

[@Renville80]

EnponAlbeno there’s one at Rollag? Where? I thought the DeLaVergne was the biggest engine there?

[@hogsworthhammer9211]

Awesome engine, outstanding engineering!

[@terryrose6208]

Just a side note, anything Stihl built a long the lines of trimmers and chainsaws before 2010 is fairly reliable. Then they started to redesign some of their stuff. I work on some of this equipment on a regular basis. It does not hold up to previous equipment. Wears out quicker and Is less reliable.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I have an older 85 hand held blower and ordered the vacuum for it. The shop guy ordered parts for an 86. The 86 parts are a toy compared to the 85. Didn't realize they cheapened up till I could see the stuff side by side. You're dead right. Stihl is right in there with the rest of them. BLESSINGS, Terry and Thanks!

[@terryrose6208]

@@lewiemcneely9143 You're welcome my friend. God bless.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@terryrose6208 I didn't realize it was so bad till I had both parts in front of me so I could compare. You're dead right. But what do we expect. I thought better of Stihl but it goes the way of the world. Be BLESSED yourself and Happy Pappy Day in the bargain!

[@terryrose6208]

@@lewiemcneely9143 Thank you.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@terryrose6208 Thank YOU!

[@chuckg2016]

Could go to sleep to that rhythm, yessir.

[@andrewwilson8317]

Forgive me if this sounds a stupid question but are all the pistons on a common piston rod and inline? Is it a four or two stroke engine? Looks like it uses a lot of technology from stem engines? I did see drawings of a double expansion steam engine that used a common piston rod but never a gas powered engine, very interesting. Thank you.

[@sethfoulk9540]

Yes double acting 4 stroke. Power stroke at every end of the stroke. Yes 2 pistons acting as 4 connected on 1 rod. Pumps natural gas and it takes some of the natural gas it pumps, to run off of! Ingenious! Huh!

[@mikeday62]

Which end does the snow come out of...?

[@RANDOMMekhaniks]

+Mike Day haha

[@Gigaguenther]

you clearly have no idea how an engine like this works. the snow goes IN not out

[@mikeday62]

Gigaguenther, I kind of suspected this....but was not sure. Thanks for the heads up! :)

[@walton609]

lol

[@fatdaddyhandy]

Mike Day a

[@samuelberghuvud5527]

I just love the slow hissing these large old engiens make when they start up or run super slow I can *feel* the sent of the lubricant oil

[@RaimundoNonato-nk9sc]

Abençoado! E o mecanismo está até hoje! Essa mecânica é maravilhosa!

[@arthurmagalhaes661]

@Raimundo semelhante ao usado na funicular de Paranapiacaba.

[@dharm.chaudhary6153]

Engineering is truly gentle and lovable

[@kevintucker3354]

Now it just needs 6 big train engine turbos on the intake and turn the fuel metering all the way up and watch this thing rev up to 500 rpm!!

[@patrickskelly7520]

Can anyone explain what its use was for? How did it drive a PTO or any other functional driving system? Really ahead of its time.

[@mh87351]

600 hp and how much torque? must be something ungodly amount awesome stuff.

[@tedbacks6365]

80 rpm... 40000 ft/lbs? :D

[@b43xoit]

31,500 ft-lbf www.coolspringpowermuseum.org/Exhibits.htm

[@aliali-vs3vz]

آج کے دور کا انسان گاڑی کو سلف سٹارٹ کرتا ھے اور دیکھتے ھی دیکھتے گاڑی اور جہاز آنکھوں سے اوجل ھو جاتے ھیں یہ سب کچھ نسل در نسل محنت کا نتیجہ ھے اور اللہ رب العالمین کی عطا ھے۔

[@bugatti_bolide3322]

It sounds like music! only true engine lovers will understand XD

[@huntsbychainsaw5986]

Every engine sings its own song and this one is just singing to the oldies. Lol!

[@ahmedshaheenredcar21341]

i agree with u its amazing music orchsrtra

[@ahmedshaheenredcar21341]

in our village my grandfather owned a corn miller he put a salmon can on the exaust pipe it was making nice music to advertise the village people that the shop working i was a chiled and loved that ❤☺☺

[@bugatti_bolide3322]

@@ahmedshaheenredcar21341 That's really cool! :0

[@ahmedshaheenredcar21341]

@@bugatti_bolide3322 yes it was nice days ❤

[@AllisonAndrew98]

What a treasure, in one sentence old is gold!

[@BluntForceTrauma666]

That was nuckin' futz! I don't think it would be possible to have more ways to lose a finger, hand or arm even if that was the intended goal. An OSHA inspector would spontaneously combust if he walked into a plant and saw something like this running today! Very cool though...

[@ROTAXD]

BluntForceTrauma666 it's likely that an osha inspector or an epa inspector would immediately start asking where to pick up his bribe.

[@cjack56]

Back then you actually had to have your wits about you when you were near one of these beasts. "Safety guards? We don' need no steenkin' safety guards!"

[@gregorysampson8759]

Back when people were responsible enough to look out for themselves instead of having government hold their hand.

[@morsonj]

@s Hence, the reason there has been a population explosion. Too many fucking warning labels and not enough common sense. Take all the labels off and let Darwin sort it out.

[@machobunny1]

Then by all means, invite the entire staff of OSHA over. Get some fire extinguishers first.

[@KreativeFotoVideo]

Amazing work

[@hughvane]

Bored and/or frustrated housewives must not watch this. Seriously, I love the total disregard for personal safety exhibited in this video. "Ethel, look away Ethel!"

[@Engineer9736]

Lol i was thinking the same. That guy standing on a ladder against the wall next to the flywheel, and all the people on top of the engine ready to accidently fall between the moving metal parts. That was a near-horrorscene. But a nice heavy engine.

[@TimmithyZERO]

Natural selection. If you are unable to stop yourself from sticking your hand in the flywheel, you probably wouldn't have lasted long anyways!

[@dougalexander7204]

Bravo to the men and perhaps women involved in this volunteer effort. Restoration of living history is essential. Now I’m curious, a natural gas pump eh? Pushing back in the ground for storage or compressing it for LP.

[@wgrenning]

Pipeline compressor for the Buffalo. NY area

[@minitwitter]

The biggest wheel that I've ever seen.