Photos of old JD Adams graders on Vancouver Island

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From a recent road trip in search of old rusty things.

The first one was easy, it was beside a road...displayed for all to see.

The second one was an incredibly lucky find on a dead end dirt road...on a property full of heavy duty old iron.

 

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[ACcrazy]

Is that a big ol' 2 stroke 6 cylinder engine sitting next to the grader in the second pic??

 

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ACcrazy, this is a photo of what you asked about.

I Wiki'd "Fairbanks-Morse"..among other things, they made huge industrial engines and pumps. I don't know what this particular piece is.

 

[ACcrazy]

Cool! I knew Fairbanks Morse used to build smaller hit and miss stationary engines. I didn't realise they made monster motors. lol.

Thanks for all of your pics. I really enjoy them.

 

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Thanks ACcrazy. I sent an email to the owner of the property, to ask about the Fairbanks piece of gear.

In a day or two. I''l have a post up that features a re-furbished steam engine, a 2 cyl gas JD cat, and some really cool railway speeders...all within a few feet of each other.

 

[ACcrazy]

Nice! I'll be keeping an eye out for them.

 

[stinkycat]

Cool! I knew Fairbanks Morse used to build smaller hit and miss stationary engines. I didn't realise they made monster motors. lol.

Thanks for all of your pics. I really enjoy them.

Fairbanks Morse made and still makes very large diesel engines. The 1st 2 ships I was on had Fairbanks Morse's for main engines, a lot of the diesel submarines were powered by FM engines.

 

[ACcrazy]

Thanks for the info. stinkycat.