Machinery talk thread

**bogan** · 5th September 2013, 09:58

Godamn, that looks neat!

**unstuck** · 5th September 2013, 10:40

Fuck yeah.

**DrunkenMistake** · 7th September 2013, 23:25

This kind of counts..

He takes an old international and cleans it up something mint, its a bit of a pain to find all the episodes in order but its a good watch

**unstuck** · 8th September 2013, 06:43

Thats a cool old Inter, cheers for posting that up, will have to look up the rest now.

**pete376403** · 8th September 2013, 21:08

Wonder what sort of MPG that would get when hauling a load - obviously gas was dirt cheap in 1969

**unstuck** · 25th September 2013, 14:13

**unstuck** · 31st October 2013, 05:50

Post by Mining Mayhem.

Better operator than some I have seen.

**Grubber** · 31st October 2013, 06:54

Originally Posted by pete376403

Quite a few of us know about Commer TS3 engines - who knew there was a TS4? And that one of the for remaining prototypes in in New Zealand?
http://www.commer.org.nz/Commer_Connections/TS4Mtr.html

Prototype Rootes TS4 (Stage I design)
Engine number TS OE 65 (spare engine)
Model Number 4D-287
Number of cylinders 4
Displacement 287 cu in
Performance 200 hp @ 2,600 rpm
Torque 465 ft lb.'s @ 1,800 rpm
Manufacturer Tillings Stevens Ltd, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Year of manufacture 1966
Total TS4 prototypes built 14

pretty good torque for a little engine

One of my first trucking jobs was with an outfit called Burnetts Transport in Ashburton and they had a bucket load of TS3's.
They replaced most of the TS3 motors with Perkins V8's out of the Dodge.
Not a bad engine for a Perkins to be fair.

**unstuck** · 31st October 2013, 07:16

This is a bit of a laugh, crawler races from 1930s NZ.

Post by Mining Mayhem.

**avgas** · 31st October 2013, 09:15

As a kid I used to think Atlas Copco boomers (drill rigs) were the best. Always thought they were cool when I went to site.

Now there is a simulator - but at US$6000 I can't justify it.
http://www.vista-training.com/traini...rs/drill-jumbo

**DrunkenMistake** · 1st November 2013, 20:57

Found one of these bad boys while checking out second hand machines in the states,

We dont have any here in NZ that I could see, probably due to been so small however they are a forestry purpose built feller buncher off my head I think they have a C-9 engine maybe smaller in them,

**unstuck** · 2nd November 2013, 04:56

Originally Posted by DrunkenMistake

Found one of these bad boys while checking out second hand machines in the states,

We dont have any here in NZ that I could see, probably due to been so small however they are a forestry purpose built feller buncher off my head I think they have a C-9 engine maybe smaller in them,

I spent a day on one of these for a mate about 6 years ago, Was a bit of fun, but I would get bored if I had to spend everyday on one.

**DrunkenMistake** · 2nd November 2013, 12:24

Originally Posted by unstuck

I spent a day on one of these for a mate about 6 years ago, Was a bit of fun, but I would get bored if I had to spend everyday on one.

Those waratah processing heads are cool,
We have a customer who has bought a CAT 336 and are putting a custom forestry cab on it with a Waratah head, its currently sitting in our workshop on a pallet, its massive.