Lt 30 Mizer and Yanmar Diesel???????

[lawnsbylane]

Ive been toying around with more power on my mill.  It currently has a 12 hp kohler and ive ran across a 27hp yanmar.  i was wandering if anybody had any dealings with somethinhg like this.

[red]

How much heavier is the Diesel?

[Southside]

My 35 comes with a 25HP gas or a 17HP diesel.  As I understand it the difference in the HP ratings is that a gas engine HP is based on being WOT and a diesel is rated when in its in the torque curve, something along those lines, at any rate you end up with a lot more torque with a diesel that is rated at the same HP.  Same thing happens with electric motors as well, we put a 50 HP electric engine on a baler once to re-bale round bales into square bales and the thing would never, and I mean, never bog down.  Put it on a 70 HP diesel tractor and you could plug it up and bog it down if it was over fed.  Guess what I am saying is that your diesel engine will be a monster in comparison to your gas engine, assuming it does not tear apart the mill or break anything from the additional weight. 

[Dave Shepard]

The concern is the weight on the head. If you've got a 14 hp LT30, I bet it's a mid-'80's machine. The chain lift, gearbox and lift motor are probably all too light for an engine that size.

[ladylake]

  If that's a 3 cylinder Yanmar it will weight right around 300# or a little more. A fuel sipper with a lot more power than a 27HP gas.   Steve