I bet someone could rig up/bend a bunch of aluminum lines running each fitting and then run the lines to a Automatic grease gun or bucket that could be remotely operated easily or on a timer remotely or on a timer that would be sweet . Like top notch Hillbilly riggins I'm talkin here 😂
Pumping units last a lifetime. There r many reasons the are removed …. The well my dry up, or as in the case next to my house, the pumping unit was brought in to recover the water from the fracking process. Now, the well flows under its own gas pressure. Maybe some day, the flow of fluids may slow down and another pumping unit may be brought back. Pumping units are overbuilt for job they do. Many are moved to other locations or sold as if they were an automobile. I worked in the oil fields back in the 70’s and 80’s. I helped construct many pumping units…now I just fix jets.
I poured many Lufkin parts plus Cabot gear boxes for jacks. At McNally Pittsburg Foundry. 1979... I also pored Arrow, Gardner Denver, Weatly, Bell and Gossit, Band D plus Knight Dart trick castings Awesome experience
I see some familiar castings. I ran 2 furnaces when I was 19 at McNally Foundry, Pittsburg, Kansas 1980. I filled them by hand with iron and steel. Adjusted the carbon and silicon content then poured at 2800 degrees. The temp gun was often down, so I quickly learned what 2800 degrees looked like through my green tinted safety glasses. If the iron was white, it was 3000 degrees and bad news. The best day I remember there were no breakdowns I poured 16,000 pounds. All charged by my hands. I measured the alloys in grocery store paper bags on grocery store scales and big or little coffee can fulls of nickel shot, chrome , carbide, magnesium, copper, k63, molybdenum shot. Incredible experience. Many steps involved createing tons of castings all using the most basic tools like chains, chisels, shovels, big hammers, sand, grinders... Besides furnace operator I was chipper and grinder, heavy mold finisher. I avoided the big shakeout. Did a lot of shovel operating. Made good friends. Only a few miles from home but I was immersed in an entirely different culture of deep Slavic and Italian heritage. Unforgettable colorful characters in a one time iconic industry that made me feel welcome and trustworthy. My Mcnally foundry experience combined with my family business experience forged my work ethic.
I’ve been working on an Ajax DP60. Years of being shut in on a 456 Churchill unit. Having trouble getting it running. Good spark , loads of compression.
The red unit looks like it is set up backward. The power unit would have to push it to lift down hole rods. The ones that I have seen always pull the undercarriage to move the horse head upward. It would need the horse head on the opposite end.
