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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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our puppy Fritz ready to go mo-bile :lol:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vzleov5cof6...21807.jpg?dl=0

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Maybe one of these?

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CAT 3616 engine. For the most part used for stationary power. Pump stations, as mentioned, and back up generators for hospitals and such.
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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KB. Does your German Shepherd go nuts when you go out? Mine goes ballistic when we go out. I guess they call it separation anxiety. All I know is that he loses it. And he always knows when we're leaving. He runs around and throws a fit. I do take him out a lot, but I can't take him everywhere. He scares people.He's a big boy.

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Sounds like they could be Ajax compressors or similar. We’ve got a bunch of them...
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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wow, sounds a lot like Fritz.. he just turned two so he is calming down some.. but definitely prefers human company and does not like staying home by himself.. thankfully tho he doesn't destroy the house while we're out.. he's about 85lbs and while very playful with us, his bark is deep and he's not afraid of strangers :lol:

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:lol::lol: Yeah. Duke has quite a bark too. I have a long driveway and have found UPS and Fedex packages about half way down it. I guess that's as close as the driver wanted to get to the house. My gardener is scared to death of him. But nobody's breaking into my house anytime soon. Duke is on the case. And I have .357 other reasons :)

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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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That is way cool!

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I want one....:metal:

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We went fishing and found a tree limb fell into one of our favorite slots.

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Check on the way home , there could be a for sale sign on them .

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an eagle sitting out here yesterday,waiting for easter dinner to walk by i expect?

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Cool we have a good number if nesting Bald Eagles on the reservoir.

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yes sir,they are beautiful.we have lots of them here too,we don't let the cat out much because of it.they'd make quick work of her?just to left of this eagle,is a huge nest that eagles been coming to for years,the old timers tell us.we can see another white head in the nest,don't know if there's babies yet or not but we'll keep an eye on them.

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I go up there every month or so. My friend's son is friends with a son of the sawmill owner. I've met him. I asked my friend about the trucks and he told me the other son owns them and that the father and son restore old trucks in a shop there. I know the wrong son!:lol: I'm going to see about getting to meet them now that I know.

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.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...ke_Packard.jpg
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...Dodger_Dog.jpg

Dodger Dog.

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Looks like the oil rubbing job on the Packard is coming along nicely :)

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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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Thanks. Yes it is. I keep plugging away at it. I still can't believe how straight that car is. I'm going to go over it again and hit it with Meguiars #7 It'll still be a matte black but I'm good with that. My buddy's 59 Cadillac is matte black and it looks good IMHO.

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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I've heard that German Shepherd's have an incredibly strong bite. I buy Duke balls but they always end up under the furniture. They are strong dogs. Duke was chasing his ball and hit his head on the leg of my dining room table and about broke it off. He kept chasing the ball like it was nothing. His head is made of concrete. It didn't bother him at all. :lol:

I'll look into another bandana. Maybe a Raiders bandana? ;)

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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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They got some crazy little women there ;)

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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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You've never eaten my mother's cooking. Trust me. Rocks are better.

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some new Nitro axles in the 60
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got a busy beaver in the back yard...
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I like busy beavers myself. :D

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Looks like that busy beaver is keeping track of something ;)

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Hell yea, that’s gonna be sweet. I really need to get the king pin kit installed in mine so I can get it back in the truck. How do you like the cross over? That’s on my list in the future.

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steers beautyous, no wander, tracks dead strait even when i have the 42" swampers on.
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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ya, well canadians like to show off their beavers...:lol:

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The thing with a busy beaver is yours may not be the only pond they are workin'...:lol:

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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I am surprised that an 3608 would be that cheap today. About 1998 we lost a turbo and it took out a piston. The piston and liner was $26,000. We got extremely lucky and didn't have any damage to the head.
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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Sorry, should have been more specific. That is not using cat parts, 100k in aftermarket parts is about where we were at. Cat breaks it off in you bad on there parts. It’s crazy how much the markup is.