2 cyl. Diesel

[bandmiller2]

I'am sure some of you farm boys have run a circular mill with a 2 cyl. JD,did you have any trouble with pulsing,belt flaping or outher problems??

[pineywoods]

Them old 2 cyl motors run real smooth, reason is a BIG HEAVY flywheel. My old pappy-in-law used to say he could cut off the fuel and still plow a half acre before the motor wound down ;D

[Weekend_Sawyer]

I plowed with a JD 40 gas. I loved the way it sounded under load. it was always smooth on the seat!

[Don_Papenburg]

You always put a twist in your belt , that keeps it from flapping and helps keep it on the pulleys.  If you run it parralel it will snap flap and jump off when you get a sudden load .    If your deere is pulsing when your at belt speed you need a tune-up or something more expensive.

[Don_Papenburg]

WS , I liked the sound of two of them two bangers plowing right next to each other.

we had the waterloo two bangers  so they sounded a bit differant then the Dubuque two bangers.

[Sawmant]

back in the sixty's we used a JD A to saw with diesel would even be better than the gas version we had.

[easymoney]

i have a massey ferguson 135 3 cylinder gas tractor that i have said must have a 600 pound flywheel. when you cut the switch off it takes a while for the motor to stop turning. at first it does not seem to slow at all. usually it rocks back and fourth a few times before it completely stops. it should have been a diesel since it smokes and rattles like the dickens.  : :

[bigmillman]

I have a w-111 JD Power Unit that has the larger belt pulley on it that was designed to be used on saw mills of the 1930's.  It is a "D" JD engine on a skid.  It was not used much on the mill and was replaced early with a 4 cylinder engine.  It will pull a thrasher good and strong, but I have always heard it was not the best engine on a saw mill because of changing rim speed of the blade.  I have seen pictures of these engines and "D" JD tractors on saw mills.  I have sawed on a mill powered by a 2 cylinder diesel JD (830) and it sounds good and seems to have power, but it is not the same power as a comperable 3 or 4 cylinder diesel like a Detroit or an International UD 14.

Stacey Freeman

[Dave Shepard]

Ive seen a D on a mill before, lots of wild belt flapping, but it was sawing. :D


Dave