The Snow Engine at Florida Flywheelers Antique Eng
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Topic: The Snow Engine at Florida Flywheelers Antique Eng
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Subject: The Snow Engine at Florida Flywheelers Antique Eng
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 4:08am
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 8:34am
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WOW,,!!! Amazing piece of equipment made so many years ago,,,,
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Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 9:10am
| Thank you for sharing that video. Very interesting to see that equipment operate. There is a natural gas compressor station close to where I live that used to have snow engines running compressors. Not sure if they were that large since it was at it's peak of operation in the 1900 - 1930 year range. There are pictures of the engines being hauled in sections using teams of horses that number at least 40 and some use of steam traction engines too. Never was able to see any of the engines running up close though. |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 11:40am
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400 HP and a fantastic torque - and at a 120 RPM - seems everything now is high RPM to get anywhere near that power . But shear weight of the unit and it all being machined to be parallel is amazing , ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 1:40pm
| Yes, Thank You for sharing the video, very interesting |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 3:25pm
Is that what's on Shameless's machine? ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 7:08pm
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Beat me to it John... when it said snow engine, you can guess the first thing that came to mind... ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2020 at 11:14pm
| that is one interesting engine, thanks for posting it. and like Floyd and John thought, I kinda wondered if'n I should get one of them for my machine? |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 9:45am
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I found some old pictures from back in 2001 when Allis was the feature tractor, the club was beginning to assemble this monster https://s33.photobucket.com/user/Joecdeere/slideshow/Snow%20Engine%20Assembly" rel="nofollow - https://s33.photobucket.com/user/Joecdeere/slideshow/Snow%20Engine%20Assembly ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 2:54pm
| Sure have a lots of money in cement. That would have been a expensive project |