Range required to cross the nulla

[bob r]

The little 3208 was a good small engine, went well with a tubo gave them 250 hp.
What I didn't like about the 871 was not being able to take the left hand off the gear stick.

Bob

[BruceS]

Yes Bob!! Especially with 34 ton aboard .......
Some of those back roads used to cop a hiding!
Poor chap at Moorlands corner could never understand why his telephone wires kept 'falling down' almost every night!

[bagmaker]

I always thought they were designed for landing barges in the war! Explained to me originally that longevity wasn't planned, only lightweight and power.
Interesting read, thanks!!

[Toolman]

Not many 2 Strokes left in boats, I have a part time gig driving a 200 Ton boat lifter and most of the new boats that I put into the water have MTU power plants. The old fellows say that 30-40 years ago they were maybe 80-90 percent of the fleet

[pet-els]

I had the 671 in my trawler back in the 60/70's.

PeterH

[Busman]

Was trawling from Brunswick Heads in the late 60's all the boats were around 40' and ALL had cummins motors. Then a guy built a 50 footer and put an 8V71 in it, if he was working the same area as the rest he left half an hour later and got there half an hour earlier !
Made the rest of them sit up and take notice. Of course all the boats started getting bigger after that and pulling twin gear.
Had a german guy working on the farm for a bit, he had built his own and fitted a V10 Merc from a truck, but got religion after a flare took off his kids face, be came a jehovahs after that too much guilt.

[BruceS]

Check this pile of scrap metal out!
http://s1048.photobucket.com/user/bruce ... ort=3&o=13
Poor cray fisherman installed it in his boat after taking out an 892TTa.
Lasted half a season and they wanted almost new price to fix it.
Consumer affairs intervened......... full refund & back to the DD.
Iveco didn't want it back so Lee pulled it to bits & sold it to Sim's Scrap metal bit by bit.
See why I don't like Iveco? International? Fiat? Grrr!
Scott's Tspt had a fleet of them in their trucks ....... not any more!!

[Greynomad]

Bruce,
How much did Lee make selling the scrapheap?

[Greynomad]

Watched a TV prog last night on the mega-trucks used in a Nevada open-cut goldmine.
Didn't mention manufacturer's name, but they use a 20-cyl turbo-diesel to run a 3-gigawatt generator for the electrics driving each wheel.
It consumes 46 GALLONS of diesel per hour! Fuel tank holds 3,500 gallons! 76 hours' running.

[BruceS]

Ray it wasn't much!
He found out by experience that if you pulled engines & other mechanical things to bits & seperate out the aluminium from the copper from the cast iron & wash the old oil off of parts, it'll bring much more return. Same as electrical wires......... take off the outer plastic and sell the bare copper for maximum $$$$
I love him living across the road from me in Kingston as I can get rid of a lot of scrap without paying dump fees.
Dot also loves him for the fresh garfish he delivered after a night out dabbing.