Anyone ever seen any thing like this before?

[johns cubs]

Seen this at the same auction. Just thought it was kind cool.

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[Jeff in Pa]

Wonder what kind of engine that is?

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

Wonder what kind of engine that is?

Old....

BIG

[john hall]

Guessing its an oil field engine, most of the big ones are. Drawing a blank on names but a couple more popular ones are Reid and Pattin Bros. Bessemer may have made some and possibly Foos. Look it over good, most oil field engines being run at displays are using propane, my understanding is they ran off gas from the well. There were also quite a few steam to gas conversions done.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by john hall

Guessing its an oil field engine, most of the big ones are. Drawing a blank on names but a couple more popular ones are Reid and Pattin Bros. Bessemer may have made some and possibly Foos. Look it over good, most oil field engines being run at displays are using propane, my understanding is they ran off gas from the well. There were also quite a few steam to gas conversions done.

Well it is spark ignited,not hot tube so it might be a power engine.
they been starting it with a pony/tire arrangement.
Fairbanks is another maker, so many made them back in those days, I wouldn't venture to guess, but I'm thinking about 25 Hp.
I can guarantee, it won't sell for scrap price!

[john hall]

The ones I have seen listed for sale were not terribly expensive, I'm thinking somewhere in the $3-5,000 range. They are just so darn big most folks don't have a truck big enough to move it, a shed big enough to store it, and most of them take a couple guys to crank. Not exactly the thing you can just roll out of the corner of your garage and fire up while you sit in a lawn chair and let it run. 30 years ago someone was liquidating an oil lease in West Va. and was selling a bunch of them---take your pick $600--you had to remove it from the pumphouse. We thought about going to get one, and then common sense prevailed.

It looks like that one is running on gasoline. Looks like a fuel tank off a baler or combine rigged up above the cylinder.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by ol'George

Fairbanks is another maker, so many made them back in those days, I wouldn't venture to guess, but I'm thinking about 25 Hp.

I kind of thought it looked like a Fairbanks. I also was thinking about 25hp. I tried to find a pic of one similar, but I couldn't. All I know for sure, is it's bigger than a 15hp.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by john hall

It looks like that one is running on gasoline. Looks like a fuel tank off a baler or combine rigged up above the cylinder.

It might be.... but I would come nearer to think it's using "drip gas" or even a distallate fuel. I don't know if you could get it to run off of gasoline or not..... Most all of the old motor like that I've worked on were Fairbanks Morse 118 and 208's. They all ran LP, or even well gas. I think they get kind of hot on gasoline, and hard to regulate. I could be wrong, I don't mess with them much anymore.

[johns cubs]

Sorry guys, just got home from hospital and was pretty drugged up when I originaly posted these pucs and for got a couple. It says Cooper Bessemer on the engine.
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