[SEL] Big engine starting wheels?

[Chuck Balyeat]

> Don,
> Without getting into a long drawn out tale there is an unfortunate
> fellow down here that learned the hard way just what you are speaking
> of! He rigged up a free standing starter and when the engine fired it
> move back hard enough to climb the starter wheel and rolled the entire
> engine over breaking a 10HP Bessemer flywheel into many pieces. As you
> can imagine he was sick. We were all sick for him too.
 ch

He's still sick , or so the reappearing adv for a wheel would suggest
that was a garden tiller with a mower tire mounted on it . If the pony motor
is bolted
down with stops on the slides it wont get under the wheel . but with no
overrunning clutch
there will be a difference of opinion between the two when she starts and
tire smoking

 imagine a pair of parralell tubes for motor mounts one slides inside the
other .
 The outside pair bolted to the enginewith a big lever and several big
springs .
The inners bolted to the engine frame .start the pony , delatch and  let the
springs
pull it into the wheel slowly with the lever . if the engine lights , you
pull it back and latch out .

Chuck Balyeat
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