Diesel Engines

Classy Tractors With this, we will have covered three of the four Sheppard tractor models built from 1949 to 1956. We covered the SD-3 in […]

1903 Augsburg DM 12 Diesel If you want to see the first compression ignition engine built by Rudolph Diesel, you have to go to Munich, […]

A 6 hp Hornsby Oil Engine Diesel’s 1898 patent on the compression ignition engine is the well-charted beginning of the engine type we now call […]

1978 Allis-Chalmers 8550 In the early 1970s, Allis-Chalmers joined the ranks of the manufacturers offering articulated four-wheel drive tractors. They started by rebadging the Bearcat […]

Diesel Club Car It is not uncommon to see UTVs, golf carts and even small cars/SUVs used as pit vehicles at pull tracks, but they […]

Military Industrial Connections Diesel engines have a wide variety of applications, one of the notable ones being the military. Because of the durability, efficiency, and […]

Hold or Drop? Diesel trucks are known for holding their value quite well, even with extensive mileage. This is because of their durability, efficiency, and […]

The Global System The heavy machinery industry is one of the largest sectors within the global economy. As every economic superpower trades with each other, […]

Moving Towards Danger, Rather Than Away From It America’s first responders are some of the bravest individuals in the world. Most people would rather run […]

Diesels Worth A Pretty Penny Diesel engines are excellent choices because of their performance, durability, and efficiency. In the realm of boating, diesels are excellent […]

A 1947 US Motors Diesel Generator on a Historic Ship Diesel generators have many uses aboard a ship. Usually they have a fairly central role, […]

1949 Cletrac ADH Cletrac created a new market segment in 1916 when it introduced the diminutive model R crawler. When Rollin H. White founded Cleveland […]

1920 Muncie 5CNA Oil Engine The oil engine was the lower cost variant of the compression ignition engine. With compression ignition, Dr. Rudolf Diesel had […]

1965 Cockshutt 1550 Wheatland Even if we don’t know the term, we’ve all seen badge engineering at work. Take a vehicle platform of one brand […]

As A Cummins-Powered ’51 Chevrolet You see them all the time, especially during planting and harvest season. The service trucks that show up in the […]

A Duramax and Allison-Swapped 4100 Series Chevrolet It was supposed to just be a work truck, but for Phil Prinster—a man that’s made his old […]

Two Surviving Prototype Scout Diesels The International Scout was diesel before diesel was cool. Diesels were nothing new for International Harvester, in their truck lines […]

How You Can Make Your 6.0L More Dependable Perhaps no other diesel engine in recent memory has burdened its owners more than the 6.0L Power […]

1949 Sheppard SD-1 Sheppard Tractors are among the rarest of the orphan tractors. We covered a ‘51 Sheppard SD-3 for you back in 2015 and […]

Petter PAZ1 The British built Petter diesel is a storied brand but not well known here in the U.S. The Petter began in 1892 when […]