Diesel APU repower for the 1811
 

Has anyone here tried a repower with the diesel engine from an OTR truck APU unit? It looks like those engines would fit well in a CC frame plus they are a self contained unit with radiator. These units only turned a generator and a/c pump so strip all that off and you just have a two or three cylinder diesel and cooling pod.
After pricing the parts to rebuild the M18 in the 1811 I am thinking about a diesel repower. I know where I might can buy a couple of the older Rigmaster units with very low hours and the wheels in my head started turning :biggrin2:

I am familiar with those units, and I see no reason they won't work.

I have one on the back of my truck right now and she is purring like a kitten.I have had that same thought cross my mind more than once.I just have never heard the horsepower rating.Im gonna ask the mechanic when I get to the shop.

They are 12 HP at least the Kubota's that powered the Macron units are. I know because we have them piled up like cord wood at the shop.

my father had an older Kubota lawn tractor that had a two cylinder diesel and that was a 12 hp. The cub 1572 has the three and that is 15 hp. I think now they r turning the three cylinders up to around 20 hp but I don't have specs on that. The 1572 and others have the rad in front, my dads Kubota had the rad in the back of the engine up at the fire wall ,both had the exhaust on the right or passanger side. :bash2: Good luck. Dave

The two I know about are about five year old Rigmasters. They constantly gave trouble but the engines never did. I thing the engines are Perkins.

Can you keep the refrigeration unit on it and cool the driver while mowing? :bigthink:

Of course you would have to disable it when pushing snow!! :bigeyes:


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I'm listening :drool2: How many? How big? Will you sell?!?!?!?!?!?

I have a kubota 2cyl I was planning on putting in a 128, but I may end up putting it in my 70, one of these days when I find time!

J-Mech My apologies! I was away from the site for some time.

Yes I have at least 4 units that I would love to sell. They are located in Prescott Ontario. directly across from Ogdensburg NY.