3 TON FLYWHEEL! Vintage Steam Rally,,Stourport 12th July 2009

[racerroy1]

The music is by a Band called 'Whiskey & Gumbo' and is called 'Down South' and no I had never heard of them till I was messing around one day looking for something different to add as an intro to my film......as much as I would like to post the entire record here on YouTube it would only get the Big AXE....lol

[xTreAzZeRx]

I love the music at the beginning and in the end xD. Somebody knows the name of this song?

[searchybay]

That is one big water heater

[racerroy1]

If your talking about the 'Tank' engine no it dont have 2 cranks but is a 2 stroke....

[racerroy1]

If you would like to see this Engine being started from scratch enter

'3 ton Flywheel 'START UP' in Google search engine and you will go straight to it. It is on my old Youtube channel '744204' it lasts 7min 43sec

[s07082811]

does that second engine have two crankshafts??

[douro20]

@s07082811

Yep. I could be wrong but I believe that is a British Leyland L60 opposed-piston diesel. They were used in the Chieftain tank.

[tunespt]

A 3 ton flywheel to play techno music? :D Geesh, get a sequencer, get more done too :) Seriously, Nice engine, gotta take my hat to people who collect this kind of things!

[K3r3nsky]

Sounds nice. A bit like Hardtechno ;) ROFL

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[howlerbike]

If the flywheel came off I wouldn't worry much about the engine stopping. I'd worry that I might be in its path anywhere up to 20 miles away!!

[autotitslinger]

lol try turning the truck when that thing is spinning lol

[autotitslinger]

lol try turning while that things going



[WarincPL]

muza technoooo XD lol

[danieladamko]

vintage techno

[IPdandU8me]

next time you can show how you get the 3 ton started



[racerroy1]

@IPdandU8me

If you want to see it being started from scratch go and view my other YouTube channel '744204'

I don't upload any more to this channel but if you enter '3 Ton Flywheel Start up' and look for the film clip with the above channel there's a good one of it being started which lasts about 7min.

[hammerogod]

Hmmmm....heating water causes it to expand?

Wow...we could use that to do something useful.

Or it could be used to keep some old duffers off the streets while they play with big hunks of spinning metal.

I LIKE it!

[JohnDeere30201]

nice dertoit

[silver760]

That engine running on the back of the Foden must destroy the shock absorbers on the Foden.If I was running that I would jack and block the chassis to stop it rocking around and shaking as it does.Lovely engine and lorry though!!

[DAKOTA56777]

At first when I saw the comments about a "tank" engine I thought the locomotive type. Then I saw the engine and realised you all were talking about the big tracked fighting tanks...lol

[jgmagoo1]

Shut it off today, and come back tomorrow when it finally comes to a stop!

;o)

[bowen1100]

I was exhibiting at that show, my Granddad always used to say to me that one of the days one of those tank engines will shoot a piston through the head from the way he rev's it

[thra5herxb12s]

Diesel 2 strokes are more common than people think.Comma trucks used 2strokes...

[racerroy1]

The record is called 'Down South' by Whiskey & Gumbo

[northstar2007]

Whats the music (other then the engines of course) you have? it's catchy

[thatstheone87]

similar engine as my suzuki swift lol

[14omega28ok]

How much does this thing weigh and how much torque does it put out?

[racerroy1]

@14omega28ok

The flywheel weighs 3ton as for the rest of it, having seen it many times I reckon the engine could weigh as much so 6ton is just a guess, it's great to stand next to it whenit is been started.

Some one previously asked what would happen if the flywheel came off!! I expect the engine would STOP 'LOL'

[fireburst102]

what happens if the flywheel flies off?

[mofred]

and finally a GERMAN had the idea RAWOIL and DIESEL

RUDOLF DIESEL

[Dockshund]

Nice how it is in time with the music!

[GayBoyRunning]

Geeze that thumping sound is awsome on this beautiful simple engine.. 

[douro20]

Does this engine use air-blast injection or solid injection? Personally I didn't know that Diesel had a design for a two-stroke engine.

[EngineGreener]

This engine was not Built by Diesel, it was built by Vickers petter at Ipswich in 1926 it is rated at 125bhp at 250 rpm and was never built for ship propulsion it was designed for stationary use on land and is one of six known to have survived and it only weighs 9 tons

Vick bought the engine from me in a few years ago for £5,000 the engine has suffered serious frost damage to the lower part of the crankcase. That all said its nice to see it out and about well done Vick

[racerroy1]

The Engine never went into a Ship it was used for 40+ yr to pump Water for a Northern Water Company. If you look at it carefully you might notice it is running the wrong way, this is because it was made to be installed a ship on the Starboard side so one runs clockwise and the other runs anticlockwise whats known as handed.and if you want to see it being started go look for the other film I have posted again titled 3 Ton Flywheel.

[wrecker19]

Ive seen both these engines before and they are both amazing. No video can do them justice. The big one I believe is out of a boat but im only 99% sure. The engine out of the tank is deafening and could wake the dead from 1 mile. Great video.

[xrsrule]

@wrecker19 isnt this tank engine a GM detroit diesel?? i have seen another video of this and it says its a leyland 2 stroke multi feul engine...

[racerroy1]

@xrsrule

It was designed by Rudolph Diesel just after the turn of the centuary and built about 5yr after his death around 1917 or thereabouts, It was built by 'Petters'

If you google Rudolph Diesel there is good info on him which makes interesting reading!! he died it is beleived by falling off a ship in the english Channel his body was never found.

Regards

[racerroy1]

@xrsrule

If you want to see it started from cold go find my other videos, the 'TAG' is '3TON FLYWHEEL'

Hope you enjoy.

Regards

[racerroy1]

@xrsrule

Sorry m8te I got carried away when I replyed to your comment and forgot you were talking about the 'Tank' engine.

Dont know much about it other than when it is started by Vic it's looooooud and draws attention.