Detroit diesel 6-71?

[Sugardog]

A trip to Nairobi shows all manners of modern construction equipment. Volvo, Scania and Cat. Not to mention all those Toyota and Nissan diesel pickups.



African equipment operators are like anywhere. To get the jobs they bid to cost and schedule. This means an operable and reliable fleet. The 6-71 myth is long gone even in Nairobi.

Facetious

 

[Woodland Hills]

A trip to Nairobi shows all manners of modern construction equipment. Volvo, Scania and Cat. Not to mention all those Toyota and Nissan diesel pickups.

African equipment operators are like anywhere. To get the jobs they bid to cost and schedule. This means an operable and reliable fleet. The 6-71 myth is long gone even in Nairobi.

These old motors are often only as good as the equipment they are installed in. If you want to see high time DD engines look at stationary power applications such as generators, pumps, hoists, etc. not only are the hours amazingly high, but they are essentially invisible, buried deep in the infrastructure. Emissions regulations may have removed them from 1st world countries, but they are still there in much of the world humming away in the background (well, screaming, really).

 

[sunchaser]

These old motors are often only as good as the equipment they are installed in. If you want to see high time DD engines look at stationary power applications such as generators, pumps, hoists, etc. not only are the hours amazingly high, but they are essentially invisible, buried deep in the infrastructure. Emissions regulations may have removed them from 1st world countries, but they are still there in much of the world humming away in the background (well, screaming, really).

Right you are. In the irrigation business they"ll put in 6 hard months, rest, do a minor rebuild and hard at it the next season. After the first OPEC spike in the early 70s gensets quickly went towards 4 strokes. It is the old OPEX vs CAPEX that determines it for industrial and rental applications.