Hobert62 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Vladislav, this guy has a bunch of videos. I've watched quite a few of them defiantly a neat business. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bGHa9gL0k1w Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 10:18 AM, Outbehindthebarn said: Is that the same Mount Pilot Andy and Barney were always talking about? Yes it is, they referred to "Mt. Pilot" often, and Mt. Airy, N.C. is Andy Griffith's home town, which is what they based Mayberry on. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, other dog said: Yes it is, they referred to "Mt. Pilot" often, and Mt. Airy, N.C. is Andy Griffith's home town, which is what they based Mayberry on. I thought Andy was from Manteo on the Outer Banks? Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, 1958 F.W.D. said: I thought Andy was from Manteo on the Outer Banks? Naw, manteos, also known as sea cows, are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals, with no known relationship with Andy Griffith. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 sea cows are manatee, not manteos ya window licker!!! 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 https://outerbanksthisweek.com/blog/remembering-andy-griffith-roanoke-islands-most-famous-resident Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) Andy Griffith was from Mt. Airy, NC. We visited there a few years ago and took a guided tour of Mt. Airy in a replica Mayberry 1962 Ford police car. The guide dressed and spoke like Barney Fife. You can rent a room at Andy's boyhood home; it's owned by a local hotel. We also drove to the top of Pilot Mountain; it's a state park located in Pilot Mountain, NC. On the show, the town next to Mayberry was Mt. Pilot, a shout out to Pilot Mountain. Andy Griffith later lived and died in Manteo, NC on the Outer Banks. bulldogboy Edited December 28, 2017 by bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, bulldogboy said: Andy Griffith was from Mt. Airy, NC. We visited there a few years ago and took a guided tour of Mt. Airy in a replica Mayberry 1962 Ford police car. The guide dressed and spoke like Barney Fife. You can rent a room at Andy's boyhood home; it's owned by a local hotel. We also drove to the top of Pilot Mountain; it's a state park located in Pilot Mountain, NC. On the show, the town next to Mayberry was Mt. Pilot, a shout out to Pilot Mountain. Andy Griffith later lived and died in Manteo, NC on the Outer Banks. bulldogboy yeah!..put that in your collective pipes and smoke it! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 15 minutes ago, tjc transport said: sea cows are manatee, not manteos ya window licker!!! oh Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted December 29, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2017 Pilot Mountain- Rt. 52, looking north.Rt. 52, looking south. 3 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaPatentman Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 On 12/27/2017 at 8:09 AM, Maxidyne said: Usually EMD 2 strokes, similar to the locomotive power plants. But with EMD fading, Cat, Cummins, and others are trying to get into this market. Actually, Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) is now a Cat Company. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 13 hours ago, other dog said: Pilot Mountain- Rt. 52, looking north.Rt. 52, looking south. Beautiful place. Just still makes me wonder how that rocky pin goes up and down depending of cold and warm weather....... Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Vladislav said: Beautiful place. Just still makes me wonder how that rocky pin goes up and down depending of cold and warm weather....... Just some kind of weird natural phenomena I suppose. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) 33 minutes ago, other dog said: Just some kind of weird natural phenomena I suppose. Oh yea Indeed, you can observe some natural phenomena when things of such shape get exposed to the open air. Edited December 29, 2017 by Vladislav 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 On 12/26/2017 at 9:45 PM, VaPatentman said: Yellow things look like Cat G3600 or G3500 units, manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana. Spent a week there a few years ago witnessing factory tests on 3 large Cat 3616’s, 900 RPM Diesel units similar to these which were for large generators. If I remember correctly they weighted about 134,000-lbs each and about 33-ft long Where do they use engines like these for generators? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 But what about Mayberry, Virginia? Only 90 miles or so from Mt Airey Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 2 hours ago, MHfred said: Where do they use engines like these for generators? Back in the 90’s Baptist hospital in Memphis had a pair of 16V149’s for back up power; worked on another at some place that didn’t have enough power & they had 16V149 also for the power Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I was in the USAF from 1964 to 1968 and was a diesel electric power generation type. The largest we had were around 1800 KW and were 6 cylinder in line White Superiors. They operated at 450 or 900 RPM (can not remember-too long ago). My job as a rookie on shift was to climb up onto the catwalk and fill the oiler cups for the rocker arms every 4 hours. They were dual fuel (natural gas and diesel). We ran them 24/7 at Norton AFB, San Bernardino, CA. for radar input form southwest US. They claimed commercial power was not reliable enough. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehummell Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I worked for Cleveland brothers years ago and I worked on electric sets at one school they had 4 v16 cat engines and one v12 I think they had 8 inch bores I know they held 250 gallons of oil and had 5 or 7 oil filters. That was one loud room to be in. The engines had 2 sparkplugs per cylinder and ran off a magneto,they would run them on propane or natural gas. I worked at another school they had a v12 and a 6 cylinder backup they ran on off road fuel. I was around a stripping shovel it had a 5 cylinder 24 inch bore engine we had one of the heads off and it filled up half an 8 foot truck bed the valve guides were the size of a beer can Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaPatentman Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 5 hours ago, MHfred said: Where do they use engines like these for generators? We installed 2 in a large Waste Water Treatment Plant in Northern Virginia. They were installed in addition to the large Alco unit that was already in place Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52034-pictures-of-the-week/page/2/#findComment-388492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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