D8 triplet by C@

I'm afraid I would have to give in and side load that beast 😆

D-24? 👍 At least there's lots of room for riders in the big tractor parade.

I was wondering how the start the pony's on the center and right engines?

Yes, I was wondering the same thing. I have even wondered about the twin D8 photo I have seen. My assumption is that there is some way thay are connected so you would start the left most and then let that D8 engine start the two other diesels.

BUT, I am curious.:noidea::noidea:

Start one engine, then disengage steering clutches to start the other engines through the transmissions??????
All the controls need to be tied together somehow for one operator to control.

Hi, Skwishy.
Have you been having another bout of Imaginitis?????????????? Or did you just git bored and decide to have a late April Fool's joke?

I have never seen the control deck of any of the 'siamesed' D8's that Buster Peterson built BUT I would be very surprised if that worthy gentleman did not have all that stuff figured out. For those of you who aren't quite intimately familiar with the 2U D8's, there would be adequate space to reach between the two engines to start the pony motor on the right-hand diesel, engage the pinion and clutch and access the decompressor lever.

If the gas cock for the right-hand engine was left in the original position, THAT might be a problem but I suspect that Buster would have figured that one out too.

As mentioned above, I have never seen the control deck of any of the original 'siamesed' D8's but I suspect that there would have been only TWO steering levers and TWO brake pedals. Why woodjyer want any more when yer only had two tracks anyway?

If it were me building these jiggers, I think I would have used separate levers for each master clutch situated close enough to be operated individually or together and maybe have some sort of dis-engageable interlock on the transmission controls so that they could be changed independently or together. There are some inherent advantages to being able to contra-rotate crawler tracks.

Now three uv 'em side by side? THAT might be a whole diff'rent ball game. R U gonna clue us up, Skwishy? Or R U just gonna leave us dangling by our starboard 'curiosities'?

Good 'artwork' though and an interesting concept. Thanks for sharing.

On the Smokstak board, there's a character that pops up once in a while, called Ben Hadd...I think he may have an Aussie cousin...😆

Hi, Skwishy.
Have you been having another bout of Imaginitis?????????????? Or did you just git bored and decide to have a late April Fool's joke?

I have never seen the control deck of any of the 'siamesed' D8's that Buster Peterson built BUT I would be very surprised if that worthy gentleman did not have all that stuff figured out. For those of you who aren't quite intimately familiar with the 2U D8's, there would be adequate space to reach between the two engines to start the pony motor on the right-hand diesel, engage the pinion and clutch and access the decompressor lever.

If the gas cock for the right-hand engine was left in the original position, THAT might be a problem but I suspect that Buster would have figured that one out too.

As mentioned above, I have never seen the control deck of any of the original 'siamesed' D8's but I suspect that there would have been only TWO steering levers and TWO brake pedals. Why woodjyer want any more when yer only had two tracks anyway?

If it were me building these jiggers, I think I would have used separate levers for each master clutch situated close enough to be operated individually or together and maybe have some sort of dis-engageable interlock on the transmission controls so that they could be changed independently or together. There are some inherent advantages to being able to contra-rotate crawler tracks.

Now three uv 'em side by side? THAT might be a whole diff'rent ball game. R U gonna clue us up, Skwishy? Or R U just gonna leave us dangling by our starboard 'curiosities'?

Good 'artwork' though and an interesting concept. Thanks for sharing.

[quote] Deas Plant.;I have never seen the control deck of any of the 'siamesed' D8's that Buster Peterson built BUT I would be very surprised if that worthy gentleman did not have all that stuff figured out.

As mentioned above, I have never seen the control deck of any of the original 'siamesed' D8's but I suspect that there would have been only TWO steering levers and TWO brake pedals. Why woodjyer want any more when yer only had two tracks anyway?

If it were me building these jiggers, I think I would have used separate levers for each master clutch situated close enough to be operated individually or together and maybe have some sort of dis-engageable interlock on the transmission controls so that they could be changed independently or together. There are some inherent advantages to being able to contra-rotate crawler tracks.[/quote]

Deas Plant,

There’s the way it was on the "Siamese D8's". The control system consisted of two gear shift levers, two steering clutch levers, one master clutch lever and two throttles mounted on the left arm rest. The throttles could be used to give gradual power turns as each engine drove one track only. The standard steering clutches could be used for sharp turns or a pivot turn could be executed by having one transmission in reverse and the other in a forward gear.

Kelly