" LETS GO DIESEL! " 1930s CATERPILLAR DIESEL ENGINES & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT PROMO FILM 14004
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This film "Let's Go Diesel!" was presented by the Caterpillar Tractor Co. to promote their diesel engines and industrial equipment. Caterpillar Inc. remains one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction equipment. The company originated from a merger between Holt Manufacturing Company and C. L. Best Tractor Company. It is headquartered in Irving, Texas. The film was made c.1930’s and was shot in various locations: Florida, Southern Illinois, Kansas, Washington State, New York, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Dryden, Texas.
The film opens by showing the village of the Aztec Gold Mine in Baldy, New Mexico at 0:38. The film then shows how the mine cars operate at 0:52. Two 125-horsepower diesel engines that drive all of the machinery at the mill are shown at 1:37. The mud pump is shown at 2:00. The four units operate on “75 cents of fuel an hour” at 2:08. In the Southern Illinois oil field, two 6-cylinder engines drive a sludge pump, draw works, and a rotary drill on 36 cents worth of fuel an hour at 2:29. D-belts are used on the sludge pump while the Drawworks and Rotary Drill are operated by dual connected engines at 2:43. The film shows a Sputter working in the Kansas Oil Field at 2:49. Sand pumping is an ideal job for diesel power, the video shows sand being pumped at 3:35. The diesel engine was installed on a hydraulic dredge in Florida, it is shown at 3:50. The tow boat Panama is shown, and the narrator says it is also powered by a diesel engine at 4:05. A Link Belt steam shovel used to make a road in the state of Washington is also powered by a diesel engine, it is shown at 4:45. In Georgia, the cotton farm benefits from the diesel engine, using it to bale cotton. Road building vehicles also use the Caterpillar diesel, such as the Buffalo Springfield roller shown at 5:50. The laundromat too, uses a diesel engine to operate their machines at 6:40. A New York manufacturer installed a diesel engine in its rubber factory, shown at 7:10. Grain elevators are also operated by diesel engines; the film shows this at 8:08. A 60-horsepower engine is shown in a Swift & Co. poultry store, keeping the rooms the perfect temperature at 8:27. Ice for railroad cars is manufactured by a machine powered by a diesel engine, which is shown at 8:50. A diesel powered generator runs everything from lights to the ice cream machine at a drugstore in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, shown at 9:09. A diesel engine also powers an airbase in Dryden, Texas shown at 9:57. Carnival cars too, are able to run because of diesel engines, shown at 10:05. Film ends at 10:52.
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And this is why I drink nothing but diesel. Cheers! 🥃
Caterpillar builds some of the best equipment in the world.
My father delivered diesel fuel here in South Jersey during the 40s through late 60s. Price in 60s was, 6cents per gallon. Gas was like 19cents. Boy have times changed. I have been a diesel mechanic for 50+ years and enjoy their design and works. They will never be replaced in many cases! Thank you Rudolf Diesel.
YOUR'E to blame for catastrophic climate change. You're dad, too. If he'd have simply quit his job in protest - and you did the same - the Earth would be a better place. But no; you were both too damn greedy.
@@GroovesAndLands where would you get groceries if not delivered by truck? Everything in your house or apartment is directly related to diesel engines. The wood, concrete, steel are all hauled, mined or machined by diesel in some way. Ever take a bus, train or boat ride. Diesel somewhere in the mix. Not very smart are you.
@@GroovesAndLands do you realize, tha world runs on diesel. Climates cycle on an irregular timing. The Earth has been ice covered over 4 times completely. Many times the Earth also has been much warmer then you can imagine . That accounted for lush vegetation which when buried produced fossil fuels. Question is , how much is man responsible for . Don't forget. Undersea volcanic activities warming the seas. Land volcanic eruptions warm the air. It's all fact.
@@williamgibb5557 Ever heard of an electric motor? So dumb...
@@williamgibb5557 Ok, climate-denier. Look, the science is settled and there is no longer any need or room for discussion. You fascists need to sit down, shut up and let the science-followers lead the way.
Royal American Shows used their diesel power plants as an attraction the state fair in my youth. The engines were lit up with neon and were immaculately maintained. As power was required on the fairgrounds they would rev higher then settle back to a lower rpm. Fascinating for a kid.
I remember seeing a lot of Allis Chalmers power on the fairs in our area.
Sad that diesel went from $.05 /Gal to $5 a Gal.
even more remarkable than the cost of Diesel fuel in this video; there is a good chance that some or most of these engines are still operating in some capacity, even if only to be run once a year at a fair.
Inflation meant that everyone was paid less, too...
Today diesel costs more than gas.
But you need far less as diesels are far more efficient than petrol/gas.
@@keithwelton I wouldn't say far less... New diesel vehicles aren't as efficient as those of the past.
Diesel fuel has a higher density than gasoline. You pay more per gallon (volume) but get more energy compared to the same volume of gasoline.
@@ScientificGlassblowing correct, but modern diesels burn more of it to keep the exhaust clean. The days of diesel pickup trucks getting much better mpg than gasoline are over... the difference is a lot closer. So you have to need a diesel engine for it's towing power, it gets even worse when you factor in the increased cost of the diesel vehicle, those savings due to increased energy density take a lot of miles to recover.
Now if we're talking older diesels, absolutely. I'd love an old diesel car that easily gets 40 mpg.
@@volvo09 Kids like you think you know what you are talking about. Completely ignorant that the peak efficiency was the direct result of emissions requirements. Just like their gas counter parts they are regaining lost efficiency. Stop with the towing.... entire world out side of america...
I loved that footage. Back from a time when power was generated locally.
And incredibly inefficiently.
Either the cost of diesel fuel was really cheap then, or grid electricity companies were gouging. Which was it?
After all, the power companies could have installed diesel engines too.
@@Look_What_I_Did : Welcome to the asylum. Watch out for Nurse Ratchet.
EPA and taxes
@@psinclairjr : No EPA back in the 1930's. There was a tax on electricity?!!! That would be anti-industry.
Everything ran just fine and lasted, now you got to add a few thousand dollars for computer sensors, Def fluid and hope it lasts
The prices of Diesel fuel back in those days were history. Now some engines might still survive to this day but they will never be so cheap to operate. Things are getting converted to run on grid electricity and natural gas now.
Diesels run just fine on natural gas. In fact, there are lots of facilities where they install a bunch of diesel generators next door to garbage dumps. The methane "dumpgas" gets piped over to the diesels - which run on it and augment the electric grid. The diesels can start and produce produce power FAST - which is far more responsive than steam turbines at the main power plant.
Unfortunately, Greta Thunberg and the other woke greentards are telling us natural gas is bad; so we'll need to stop using it. Also, nuclear waste is bad so we should decommission our nukes. Hydro-electric dams hurt smelt minnows and the migratory behavior of salmon, so we should tear those down, too. Coal is obviously a non-starter... Gasoline and diesel are unthinkable. So basically, we simply need to figure out how to live without electricity. It's a green future I can't wait to not live in!
It could be run on some forms of waste oil, which would be quite cheap or even free.
Is this film available for purchase?
It makes me feel so warm hearing some of the community names in the Four State area. They are still around, only being powered by wind and/or nuclear these days.
This ought to stir your blood and give you goosebumps; 1959 Cat D337 Series F turbocharged generator being stress tested. th-cam.com/video/xWDYHlBnN-s/w-d-xo.html The fun starts at 17:00. Of course, you can start at the beginning and drool over the goods this tech uses to test this 150KW beast.
Neat.
Thanks for the shout out for my video!
@SmallEngineMechanic Hard not to forget that big Cat thundering away in your drive. I assume you got the exciter and flipped it?
Wow they swapped from electric to diesel way back then?!?!?
After watching this, I'm so happy we're doing away with fossil fuels and diesel - and replacing them with nothing. The world will be so green and there will be so many fewer people to share it with! I love you, Klaus Schwab!
Silence! Eat ze bugs.
Get in the Pod of Happiness.
The Party
You will own nothing and be happy.
And you'll marry a girl named Greta and have several mindless dweebs for children.
The fuel price per hour is pre Biden.
Only trumptards believe a US president is a dictator with ultimate control of their world.
Biden has almost nothing to do with fuel prices. It's reflective of the vastly lower wages and profits most people realized in those days. Inflation is not a new phenomenon.
I love my turbo diesels.
Here's something to make you cringe. Runaway Diesel Engines 2022
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