td25c
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That's exactly how the Waukesha's act in the Insley crane RZ .I've worked around a bunch of Waukesha 145 OHV engines on Bucyrus-Erie cable tool drill rigs with 3' straight pipes, They do the chug, chug thing too. The only time they get revved up is pulling out of the hole. I think that is 1800 Rpm. Those things last forever.
I reckon they were designed to make power & pull hard at low RPM's .
The crane is actually pretty fast on winch line speed . If we are picking / lifting with it you pull the lever to lift and step on the band brake on the drum to pull the engine down to a slow " chug "
Sounds like 250 RPM's . LOL !
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