1987 wood mizer w/ Onan 20

[Rmowl]

Wanted to share a couple pics of my company's wood mizer outfitted with an Onan 20. This was bought new in 87 and the motor has allegedly never been touched. Has a lot of power, runs smooth as silk. I used it years ago but the Onan motor didn't mean much to me until I got my 982, thought seeing one in an industrial application was pretty cool

[Rmowl]

Pic of the engine. Maybe next week when back on site I can get a video of it in action. The scope of work called for all logs to be hand hewn, and we did our share of hewing 12-16" x 16' white oak logs down to 9"x5 1/2", but the last handful in the interest of time are being done by the mizer, running it to within 1/4" and broad axing the face is much easier.
Also, this is being done at Hampton historic park in Towson MD right off 695. Really neat place I never knew existed and been by it a million times

[Terry C]

I am a fan of the Onan also.
Friend of mine works on Onan generators
He says the engine is a good design but in the
generator application,people would not take care
of the air filter,it would plug up and suck the oil out of the
crankcase causing you know what

I love the sound of the individual exaust on my 982.

[ACecil]

Same here, Terry. The Onan has a sound of it's own.

[CADplans]

Originally Posted by ACecil

Same here, Terry. The Onan has a sound of it's own.

I have a 24HP Onan on a GT with a 6 foot cut,,,
I have never had to downshift due to the lack of engine power,,,
the tractor will mow at 4.2MPH.
When mowing fields, 18" tall grass,,, I do not get a "clean cut" when the grass is that tall,
but the engine never bogs down.

My Onan sounds more like a big electric motor,,, than an engine!!

The bearings in the deck seem to make a rougher noise than the engine!!

This video shows the Onan eating the TALL grass,,, remember, it has a six foot deck.

https://youtu.be/6YEbw4pwNEs?t=1m1s

[Terry C]

Cool vid. It does eat the grass!!
Has a nice sound.

[IliketheRedcubs]

I love my onan to! Much more torque than my Kohler and kubota! It'll pull my brinly plow much faster and deeper than the two previously mentioned engines...

[Green stripe wide frame]

My dad had 4 woodmizers when I was growing up, the first had small small gas engine the second had an Kohler then the third had a Lombardini diesel and his last one had a turbo Kubota diesel.