[AT] Greg E, Gene D or anybody - VAC HP bump-up question.

[Gene Dotson]

    I have a 1944 VAI with a Lull loader mounted on it. It is geared 
extremely fast and is virtually useless on the loader. Being so fast and low 
on power, it is very limited on what it will do. The nice thing is the 
loader has down pressure and works well for piling brush and then packing it 
down with the loader.
    The mower on Scott's VAI is likely a Detroit mower and these were very 
popular for roadside mowing. The high travel speed was necessary for 
traveling to and from the mowing jobs.
    Increasing the engine speed on your VAC is a simple matter of replacing 
the governor spring with the stronger spring of the VAI or may find a 
generic spring that will do the same thing.

                                    Gene



>
> H.L.
> Your observations would sort of match with my thought of the
> industrial being based a little more on being used more like a little
> utility truck or Jeep might be. Lots of towing and shuttling about
> rather that doing all day field work. Do a moving job and then move
> quickly to another job sort of thing.
> -
> Since the VAI calls for an extra 325 RPM top engine speed maybe I
> should just try to talk son Scott into selling me the one I found for
> him. I don't believe he is particularly excited about it. It is stuck
> but I don't "think" it has been full of water. The sheet metal is
> pretty straight but is uniformly pitted all over. Not rusted through
> but pitted. He was really wanting something that would be an easier
> restoration. It has been sitting in the barn down the road with oil in
> on top of the pistons for a year now. This VAI has an extremely heavy
> looking mid mount sickle mower under it.
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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