While on vacation recently, we took a tour which included the Ataco coffee factory. These people sell to Starbucks, I think. Not being a coffee drinker, I was looking around for anything interesting in the way of machinery. There in the middle of the floor was this beautiful site. Probably hadn't been used in years. Most of us at one time or another has had some experience with a Detroit Diesel so I thought I would post it here. Isn't she beautiful? Phil
Dry lookin for a Detroit.........
Where's the puddle of oil and ear muffs?? It's also the wrong color, lol! I drove an Autocar 10 wheel dump with a 6-71 and 13 speed for a couple years, it was interesting to say the least. Brings back memories.
The other side is spotless. If you look in the fan shroud, the green is still visible. I never thought to check the hour meter. Phil
Those 6-71's are amazing engines. Too bad the EPA has placed them on their hit list.
Big Coffee Grinder? LOL... Was that PTO attached to anything Phil? Could be interesting because Starbucks are always promoting their ecological responsibility and watching their 'carbon footprint' maybe they better pull that Jimmy and put up a windmill...
The pto shaft was not attached to anything and there was no machinery at all in this building. The factory looked well maintained for it's age and the process looked like a "non-polluting type" to me. The boiler was fueled by coffee tree stumps they had taken from the plantation, and only used to heat water. The steam motors were no longer used. There was a very large area outside lined with brick(floor) and workers were raking the beans to dry them. They seemed to take great pride in the quality and maintaining the "way it had been done for years". When somebody mentioned how modern machinery could cut his manpower considerably, the owner was not interested. The plantation visit was part of the tour too. I highly recommend this trip to the Decameron Salinitas and the tours of the sites. The tourist police in the picture went everywhere with us outside the resort. The only backhoes I saw there were modern Cat and Komatsu, with canopies.Phil
detroit diesel do you know the definition of what a detroit diesel is? it is the most efficient way to turn fuel into noise!!
They may be just that!!!!!!!! Noisy. But they are not fuel hogs.I have a 471 in a trencher and runs for several days on a tank of fuel. Plus it will start and run backwards if your not careful. :usa
Hard to believe that these engines were designed in the early 1930's, and some of those early production units still work everyday somewhere round the world. Furthermore, you can still get parts for them!
We had several of the 53 ,71 & 92 series in trucks & equipment over the years easy on fuel & when they are in a truck drive it like ya mad @ it . my favorite Detroit motor was the 671 (238 h.p) & 671T (275 TO 300 H.P. ) ESP W/ A belly blower exhaust echoing anginst a over pass wall or go under a over pass Hell i had a 85' C-20 3/4 TON Chevy I put a 471T In it (was new motor on floor @ Detroit dealer in Memphis & was application was for a bread truck ) after the 350 4 bolt froze up 2 weeks after i bought the truck only thing i had to modify was the oilpan i had 6" stright pipes on the 471T adpated up from 4" from the manifold coming out from under the rear bumper @ a angle w/ echo tips i miss the truck wish i didnt sell it it was my 1st truck i owned when i urned 16 in 1992 for $1500.00 & recently sold it round august of 06 $8500.00 money talks though & the guy was willing to part w/ his money hell i guess i build another truck maybe a 1 ton ford or Chevy w/ a 2 STROKE Detroit . if it anit leaking oil watch out if its leaking shes alright just keep a eye on the oil level later bulldog
i did alot of work on those 2 stroke jimmys but when DDA came out with the 60 series motors [ 4 stroke] they invented something great! i have customers with over a million miles on them with no major work , the old 2 strokes would never go that long you would have rebuilt them 2 or3 times depending on injector size.
if you want to build a screamer use a 6v53 you can spin them 2800-3000rpm or alittle higher if you got agood motor and good cooling syst.
We had a few Detroit with superchargers in our firetrucks. Man would those suckers haul *** of course you could always follow the oil trail to the fire.
I second that