Salt Spreader air cooled engine suggestions

[AlbertS]

I am working on an stand-alone salt spreader that slides into the back of a 10-ton dump body.  Am looking for suggestions on an air-cooled engine I could use, 1/24 or 1/25, if anyone has any ideas.  Thx in advance for your input.

[hct728(Bob)]

Those scale model shop compressors sure look a lot like an engine don't they

[Biggu]

Our Slide in boxes used hydraulics off the truck engine, ran a few lines and a couple quick couplers to the hydraulic motor mounted on the slide in and you were in business....

 

Jeff

[Warren D]

If you want a small gas engine, there was a 1/25 scale kit years ago (think it was a pick-up) that came with a small tractor, like the type you'd garden or mow with.  IIRC, it had a decently detailed engine, single cylinder, that sounds like it would work.  Might be real hard to find, or you could try looking for a 3D print. 

It's an old thread......

 

Edited June 25, 2024 by Warren D