Jun/Jul 2008

Subscribe Now

Engine videos online! Check out the GEM video index on YouTube, the quickest way to find gas engine videos on the Internet. We’ve done the searching, all you have to do is the watching! Click below for GEM engine video index.

What Was It Used For? II

By Woody Sins

3 Edna Terrace New Hartford, New York 13413

My last article, entitled "What Was It Used For?" got quite a few positive reader comments, so I thought I would dig around in the archives for some more pictures showing old engines performing their original duties.

Fig 1

Fig 2

The first group are from the "family archives." Figure 1 and 2 shows a gizmo affectionately known in the family as "The Digger." It is a Buckeye self-propelled drainage tile layer used by my great grandfather around the Rochester, New York, area in the early part of the century. The engine, I believe, is a 12 HP Buckeye with a rather curious radiator arrangement for cooling. The "digger" is no longer in the family, and probably doesn't exist any more.

Fig 3

...
803 of 2568 characters shown.

 

To access the full article you must have Gas Engine Magazine: The Complete Archives on compact disk.

Learn how you can own the complete Gas Engine Magazine archives.

Exclusive Online Offer!


 

 Pay Now & Save 50% Off the Cover Price

Yes, send me one year of Gas Engine Magazine! I'll pay just $33.00.

Save Even More Money By Paying NOW!

Pay now with a credit card and take advantage of our Square-Deal automatic renewal savings plan. You save an additional $3.00 and get one year of Gas Engine Magazine for only $30.00 (USA only).


Canadian subs: 1 year, $41.00 (includes postage & GST), foreign subs: 1 year, $62.75. U.S. funds.

First Name:   
*
Last Name:   
*
Address:  
*
City:  
*
State/Province:
Zip/Postal Code:  
*
Country:
*
Email:   
*

Promotion Code:

 

- Bill Me offers valid in the United States only.
 
Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved | Ogden Publications, Inc., 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, Kansas 66609-1265
Natural Home Magazine • Farm Collector • Gas Engine Magazine • Steam Traction • Herb Companion • Herbs for Health
Grit Magazine • Capper's Magazine • Good Things to Eat • Brave Hearts • Mother Earth Organic Coffee and Tea
Motorcycle Classics Magazine • Mother Earth News • Utne Reader • Ogden Publications • EarthMoment
Privacy Policy | Career Opportunities | XHTML | CSS | phpThumb | smarty | ADOdb | Generated in 0.07 seconds