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Need an engine fi=or your dredge? Look at these!

Postby golden optimist » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:02 pm

This is a link to one of Matt's videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmXLLqTnSs This is neat stuff! I'm planning on joining him on his next outting. I love to old stuff like this.

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Re: Need an engine fi=or your dredge? Look at these!

Postby golden optimist » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:27 pm

I just talked to Matt and watched it again! This is american ingunity! I love it!

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Postby art120 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:03 pm

ya thats a nifty video for sure..sure shows ya how far we've come and what this great nation has done for the world..
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Re: Need an engine fi=or your dredge? Look at these!

Postby russau » Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:21 am

over in Illinois they have one of these events latter in the summer and the place is packed with old tractors and impliments similar to these .
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Postby Matt Mattson » Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:31 am

What was most amazing to me, was that the last engine (flywheel alone weighs 12 tons) type is still being used today. Backs up turbine and diesel engines in the gas fields, each throw of the pump throws a 55 gallon drum . . .
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Postby Hoser John » Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:54 am

We have HUGE steam powered olympics/show/parties here in Redding couple a times a year. My ol'bud Jim Rotta started this club,and many other car orgs too. :o Steam blows--and it was good-John :lol:
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Re: Need an engine fi=or your dredge? Look at these!

Postby golden optimist » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:12 am

Here's a link I got off of the alaska forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3kG3QrK ... re=related

Watch it all the way to the end. It switches to movie in the middle.
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Re: Need an engine fi=or your dredge? Look at these!

Postby Matt Mattson » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:40 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEZjknUrUpw

This was the companion video: American Power II: Tractor Technology
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Postby Bonaro » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:29 pm

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Re: Need an engine fi=or your dredge? Look at these!

Postby russau » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:26 am

VERY COOL engine indeed! BUT they failed to have mounted the waterpump and and air compressor for the dredge!
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