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My guess would be the big time natural gas compressors used to push the gas from the mid stream gathering and dehydrating facilities to the end user utility’s. Sometimes these pipelines can go hundreds or even a thousand+ miles. For example, my grandfather worked for Washington gas and light co. For 35 years. One of the sources for DC and the surrounding areas’ natural gas was for a long time, and probably still is from the Gulf of Mexico. Engines such as this likely push the gas thru the pipelines between the gulf and DC.
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It may be different between parts of the country but in our neighborhood natural gas powered engines push it along. One pumping station I toured many years ago had 4 huge 3 cylinder engines running. If memory serves me they turned at 150 rpm. That station pumped gas from Arkansas to Mississippi under the Mississippi river.
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Originally developed for use in railroad engines, but that didn't work out as planned. They were also promoted for use in marine applications. We had a pair of 3608s (eight cylinder version) in one of the tugs at work. They ended up being unreliable and very expensive to repair. After 11-12 years they were replaced with a pair of EMD's. Video of a 3612 crankshaft being reground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NlcTr8lqCA The 797's shown above used 3500 engines. The next size down CAT engine series. |
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They run on one side and compress on the other, they are actually giant 2 strokes believe it or not. They run a max speed of about 400 Rpms. Ho455, I had a feeling that it was a 36 series but I havent messed with them first hand and didn’t want to speculate. We looked at some 3608’s a few years ago at auction, damn they are expensive to buy and rebuild. We were looking at upwards of 100k for me to rebuild it in house if we went that direction. |
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CAT parts are made of solid gold when you go to buy them ;)
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You never know what's in buildings you pass until they roll 'em out. These were sitting out at a saw mill I pass on my way to a friend's place on PA.
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We went fishing and found a tree limb fell into one of our favorite slots.
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an eagle sitting out here yesterday,waiting for easter dinner to walk by i expect?
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Sunday was a really nice day so I went for a drive in the morning. I decided to stop at this point of the road where it passes between two quarries. There is just enough room for the road and the RR track between them, and beyond the smaller (3rd pic) one is the state road. You would never know you are riding along that cut when on that road |
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My dog Duke catching his "Indestructible' Frisbee, Yeah right. He's destroyed 4 of them. And not much is left of this one.
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good catch Duke, nice looking dog! you could at least get him a decent bandana :lol:
funny you mention the frisbee issue, we've been thru several as well and Fritz just got this one in his Easter basket along with a new ball and some treats :metal: please excuse the backyard, our concrete and landscape guy is laid up for the past few months so everything on pause :rolleyes: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/j66yc2uxmjs...47690.jpg?dl=0 |
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I'm going for the same look. WTH. It's cheaper than a paint job. And I did take this picture. I had to set my beer down to take it. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...arkers_cad.jpg |
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must be in the breed (even tho Fritz has some husky in him)
he likes to fumble his deer antler (we brought back from the farm) under the couch and then stand back and growl at it :rolleyes: he's head butted me a couple of times while I'm tying my boots, liked to knocked me out :lol: but at least he's got good taste in sports :metal: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/iqecoforfho...22523.jpg?dl=0 |
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I'm a fan of Kansas City. Don't ask me why.
Okay...Maybe there's a reason. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...Cheerlader.jpg It must be the BBQ. :) |
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no comment on that - Mrs. Bee is a buckeye and she carries :fry:
but our bbq rocks! Jack Stack is one our favorites, we even order it here :metal: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/x3huq1il6lv...ipped.jpg?dl=0 Arthur Bryant's, Gates and Sons, Q39 all great bbq houses.. even been to KC Masterpiece when it was open.. this was my dad's favorite, been going there since I can remember eating :lol: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/9ggii65kh72..._2603.jpg?dl=0 if you ever notice any green 5 gal buckets in pictures around the farm, they're pickle buckets from Bates City bbq :D |
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What total disappointment looks like. I came out of the shop and saw my wife putting a pizza box down on our outside table. I headed over for a piece. My teeth are not that tough! :lol:
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had to lose the swaybar, but don't notice it gone, even when i got my camper on. one finger steering... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEfm65IE8v0 |
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I promise these will be the last of winter this year. Winter came on kind of hard during the time I went missing. We got a storm where it snowed 8", then went to sleet , then snow, then, rain, back to snow. Them other snows and some sleet. First picture is the small glacier slowly slipping it's way off the roof. Got to get those snow birds installed. It sleeted pellets for hours. See how it just rolled and spilled onto that cinder block? That stuff didn't melt too fast and made walking hard to do. I kept a spot clear below the bird feeder. The one picture shows the shiny crust on the surface. The snows we had after that storm would just blow off with the first wind. That one picture showing the small deep holes in the snow outside the garage door are a mystery to me. I've noticed them in snow before. There appears to be a slight yellowish tint on some |
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The other end of the cost was the boat was down for 7 days as there were no 3600 parts on the west coast. Had to wait for a truck from Peoria. The parts at the time were almost twice the cost of a Pack for an EMD. Add in the cost of the boat being down an extra 9 days. 7 days for parts and 2 extra days of labor over replacing a Pack on an EMD. The turbo rebuild was done locally so we weren't being robbed by CAT on that. The cost of operation was very apparent as we had 2 sister tugs, one with the 3606's and one with a pair of 12-645 EMD's. Both tugs were repowered in the early 1990's They company sold the one with CATs in 2003 and the one with EMD's ran until 2015 when we retired it. The 3606 tug wasn't part of our regular fleet (the EMD tug was), but we got involved after it limped in on one engine when the turbo failed. |
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