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Great Trip!
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:09:53 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:25:57 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. Do you think those are better than the twin Volvo diesels Harry has on his trawler? === Real engines are always better than their imaginary counterparts, and DD 6-71s are about as real as you can get - real big, real heavy, real noisy, real old, etc. :-) |
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Great Trip!
On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 7:50:24 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:09:53 -0500, Poco Loco wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:25:57 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. Do you think those are better than the twin Volvo diesels Harry has on his trawler? === Real engines are always better than their imaginary counterparts, and DD 6-71s are about as real as you can get - real big, real heavy, real noisy, real old, etc. :-) I whole-heartedly agree! |
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