Heavy Machines powered by GM diesels or Detroits

[KQQL IT]

[C10 - C90 Bill]

I believe that would mow my fields with no problem, lol.

Bill

[KQQL IT]

The song that could sing...

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Yeah, the R-Model with the 6-71 was running around back in the 80's. Even then I questioned if it was original or not. I would had guessed it was owner installed, but I never got a chance to talk to the driver.

I used to ride in a '70 R-700 with an 8V-71 and a 5 X 4 Trans. That was one heck of a truck. It had little short mufflers on the Dual Stacks and sure sounded sweet.

Bill

[big_r101]

I wonder if a 6-71 could be installed in a 73-87 truck, that would be pretty sweet.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by big_r101

I wonder if a 6-71 could be installed in a 73-87 truck, that would be pretty sweet.

In a 2-Ton Truck, it would be a tight fit and a lot of custom work, but it is possible. A 6V-53 would be a better choice. A 4-53 was actually a factory option in certain years of that era.

Bill

[Cape Codder]

Heavy at 30'00 lb's and has a 671




The blue one behind it has a 471. Both belong to my brother

[mrolds88]

Don't forget the military especially in WWII http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com...oit-diesel.htm

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Great Link there mrolds88.

If only half of American industries, had half the pride that they had in their corporation, it sure would be a different country today.

Bill

[Oregoon]

Don't know if you guys have ever seen this video, but it's a good one.

Sounds almost exactly the same as the 6V92 in the International I used to drive, though I had two sticks and a 48' trailer behind me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVjXwS8HzFw

[C10 - C90 Bill]

There are actually 2 or 3 videos of that truck out there.

Good to see it again.

It sure does sound sweet.

What year and model was your IH?

Also was it a 5 X 2, 5 X 3, or a 5 X 4?

[Oregoon]

I don't know what year it was--company rig--but I'd guess early 'eighties by the cab, though it had a later model fiberglass tilt-nose on it. It had a 6V92 and a five and four. I think the transmission came from an older truck, as did the pad suspension.

It had a stretch frame and three axles, though the steer was set-back, and it rode like a punch to the kidney. No a/c, hotter than all get out in summer, and a rattle-trap.

I learned a lot about trucking in that old thing, and when I finally moved up into a then-new Freightliner FLD, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

Nowadays, I miss the old girl, though I miss a lot about trucking in the 'nineties. Nowadays, there's not much fun in it.

[JustTom]

I started working for a small City DPW in 1975.

They had an ancient 20 year old WABCO 555 motor grader, powered by a 6-71 that was only run by 1 operator in 10 years.
No one else was "allowed"to run it.
I conned the old guy, Jack, into showing me the ropes, letting me run it some, kinda like unauthorized OTJ training.

That was near the time that the last dirt roads in town were paved, so the grader sat a lot.
Management kept it around for odd jobs and plowing snow.

I was very junior in seniorority, but I weaseled into a spot where I worked ALL the overtime using it to plow snow!
Overtime was assigned by seniority, but I was the only one who could/would run it. Old Jack preferred his OT in a nice comfy dump truck.

Yeah, it was difficult to operate if you didn't like operatin', but the main complaint was the noise.
It had a 5 or 6 inch straight pipe, no muffler.
I loved it.

I woke generations of people ( we plowed at night if possible) with it.

It had, I think, 12 forward gears so you could always find a gear to run it wide open.
And it ran best wide open.

Looked just like this, except it was municipal orange.



Tom

[Oldflyboy]

I am new to the forum. I made a couple of posts here because I am hunting a V-12 GMC 702. I want to make a heavy ratrod.
Anyway I made a living working on some heavy engines for 41 years. Our heaviest one weighed 320,000# without the turbocharger. Just a wild guess it weighed 10,000#. It produced 4100 bhp @ 330 RPM. A V-10 2 stroke Dresser-Rand pipeline compressor. The V-10 holds 2200gallons of oil. I posted pictures of a 2000 bhp being overhauled on this thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...68#post6968868


I have followed this Big Bud tractor since it was being built. It has a Detroit 16V-71. Specs here:
http://www.williamsbigbud.com/about-us/
I thought someone built one with 2 Detroit 8V92's but can't find it.

Jerry

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Sure is a brute. To transport it from state to state, I'm going to say that they at least needed to take off the outside Dual Wheels, Tractor Cab and Dual Stacks.

Interesting piece of machinery.

Bill

[Oldflyboy]

Yes sir, their website says it weighs 95,000 dry and I believe it said 130,000 with ballast.

[JustTom]

Originally Posted by C10 - C90 Bill

Sure is a brute. To transport it from state to state, I'm going to say that they at least needed to take off the outside Dual Wheels, Tractor Cab and Dual Stacks.

Interesting piece of machinery.

Bill

No kidding, what a project! And it started in California, went to Florida, then to Montana!
That thing's had a couple long semi rides.

Tom

[junkmandan3]

There's a video about Big Bud that I bought maybe 5 years agofor about $25.00. I loaned it to somebody and never got it back .

When it was purchased by the Williams brothers it was brought back to the factory, refurbished and repowered with a 16V92T. There's also U tube videos of it at a big show in Rantool, Ill.

[Oldflyboy]

Junkman,

Do you remember anything about a front and rear powered tractor? If my brain is not fried in seems like that they did it. 2 - 8V92T engines????

Jerry

[KQQL IT]

Bigbud?

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/featur.../photo_02.html

[junkmandan3]

Jerry-------You might be referring to the concoction that was at the big tractor gathering at Rantool, Ill. several years ago . Seems it was assembled by Kinze, had 2 8V71s, in front and rear, was painted blue . Kinze made the conversion kits to repower 4020 and 5020[plus others] John Deeres with 6V71s and 8V71s, I have a farmer friend in Ontario, Canada that has a nice Kinze conversion .

[powerdriver 1958]

I may have posted this video in here before but when I 1st started in construction Detroit's were everywhere , Water pumps , 375 cfm to 600 cfm trailer mounted air compressors .

Most all the cranes had Jimmy's just as this crane does .

518 012 - YouTube

[powerdriver 1958]

Crane wise when I started in the construction trades in May of 1980 Detroit's were in nearly every machine made .

Company had Detroit's in every American crane they had (4 53s )

Older Link Belts , 108 ,118 ,138 , 218 ,338 , 418 , 518 and 718 all sported Jimmy engines .

Both Lorain Hydraulic cranes had 6-71 in the carrier lower and a 4 cylinder in the upper crane works .

2 Pettibone rough terrain cranes had 4-53's , The 80 ton TK 160 had an 8v 71 that run both upper and lower .

[powerdriver 1958]

While I'm thinking about it , The trailer mount air compressors were LOUD . They had a muffler about the size of a 2 1/2 gallon bucket . So in residential areas the company was forced to put on huge mufflers ..... Nothing like firing up a 6v or inline and letting run 1,900 to 2,000 rpm for 8 to 10 hrs at someones front door .

[powerdriver 1958]

Two Detroit powered machines on the field at Arrowhead , Lorain and Pettibone