[AT] Motor challenges of the modern? variety

[Grant Brians]

Ken, in our area Combines are nowadays beyond scarce. The reason is that we
have lots of vegetable production, a modest amount of hay production, but
not a lot of grain combined. In the 1950's our county produced tens of
thousands of acres of Barley and other grain, but that is a long gone
activity. Most of the former grain land has returned to range land.
       Grant Brians

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Subject: Re: [AT] Motor challenges of the modern? variety


Have you looked at engines from old combines? Some have clutches, bell
housings, cooling systems and maybe even a skid and a fuel tank.

Just a thought.

Ken in AZ

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Grant Brians
<sales at heirloom-organic.com>wrote:

> This might be an odd subject for the ATIS list, but here goes. I am in the
> process of replacing a pseudo-modern (1970s/1980s) gasoline motor on a
pump
> with either a natural gas or diesel one. I have been looking high and low
> for a PTO gearhead on the idea of a tractor hookup but found that they are
> too expensive at the $5500 range. I should mention that the class on this
> pump is near 100hp if powered by a motor rather than am electric motor.
> Electricity is out because of the cost of hookup (6-10,000 dollars) and
the
> lengthy timing to get a connection thanks to deregulation and the laying
> off
> of the utility staff and outsourcing. Don't get me started on the bad news
> there!
>     I see a possible Perkins 510 cubic inches Diesel V8 available without
a
> clutch and wonder how they might work and whether the old IH Rockford hand
> clutch I have would bolt up - I doubt it. Also, I have found a Case 1370
as
> a possible PTO candidate at 144HP - a 1970s tractor without AC in the cab.
>     Any feedback?
>          Grant Brians
>          Hollister,California vegetable, nuts and fruit farmer
> p.s. The addition of two ranches this year so far has definitely NOT
> decreased my work load! But my biggest non-irrigation issue is definitely
> personnel, as in finding the right sales people for farmers markets and
> keeping paperwork done. Sigh.
>
>
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