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ATF

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Posted - 12/24/2010 :  09:34:25  Show Profile  Visit ATF's Homepage Send ATF a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Call it Chrisenstein, wow what a BEAST.
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Cvans

USA
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Posted - 12/24/2010 :  11:08:07  Show Profile Send Cvans a Private Message  Reply with Quote
A short, long winded history. This whole project was actually an accident. I wanted to install an air-cooled diesel into a garden tractor for some time. I came by this Wheel Horse and then started looking for an engine. The Chinese engines seemed the only reasonable option but I really was hesitant to go that route. One day while scanning the Minnesota Craig's list I found an ad for this Lister-Petters engine. Low hours (400) and $175.00. It had been in a large construction Highway sign. The alternator was used to keep the batteries charged. I knew nothing about the lister engines so I did a quick search on them. What I found was very impressive. I called and visited with the guy and bought the engine. Except for the hood everything basically went together without a hitch.
This diesel is rated at 8hp. at 3000rpm but is currently running at just 1500 at full throttle. The factory rates it at 5hp. at this rpm. Approximate weight dry is 200 pounds. As stated previously it develops a tremendous amount of torque. We put it up against a pole in 2nd high and the rear tires literally dug themselves into the ground. This was at an idle no less. Fuel consumption is next to nothing. The representative told me that on the Alaskan pipeline they run 24 hours a day and consume 200 gallons of fuel every six months. That works out to just over 1 gallon a day. I do not recall the RPM they are running at though. Seems unbelievable but those are his figures not mine. I think the thing that really gets me is that this is not new technology. These engines have been around for many years. They also don't come cheap. I think they run in the 2 to 4000 dollar range depending on how they are set up. Lister-Petters has a lot of information on their site.
I have a couple of shorts videos of it running but I don't know if I can post them on this site.

East Central South Dakota

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
Edited by - Cvans on 12/24/2010 11:10:13
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ATF

USA
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Posted - 12/24/2010 :  11:30:34  Show Profile  Visit ATF's Homepage Send ATF a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Just sign up for a free YouTube account and you can store all your videos there, then just post the link.
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Cvans

USA
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Posted - 12/24/2010 :  18:33:08  Show Profile Send Cvans a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks Mike and Merry Christmas.

East Central South Dakota

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
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ATF

USA
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Posted - 12/24/2010 :  19:29:55  Show Profile  Visit ATF's Homepage Send ATF a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Your Welcome Chris, if you need any help uploading let me know. Basically as soon as you sign up you can click on the yellow "UPLOAD" button, then it allows you to "browse" your video files and choose which video you want to upload. While it's uploading you can change the title to what you want and add tag lines so it comes up in searches, just type in things that describe your video, at the bottom just press "save changes". As soon as it finishes uploading you can go to your You Tube channel and send it to people in your address book. I think there are movie files that wont work, like .mov, it likes .MP4 and .wmv
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