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JOHN DEERE ENGINES ARE COMIN' ON STRONG Why are more and more crane barges being outfitted with John Deere engines? We asked Joel Smith, of R&D Maintenance Service. Smith is supervising a project near Columbus, Mississippi for the Corps of Engineers. "Very little maintenance." Smith operates a new 54' x 160' crane barge with two Deere gen- set engines. He also uses two Deere powered compressors elsewhere in the project To my knowledge we haven't had to do anything but routine service on any of them." "Seven years old and the engines run with no problems." Smith likes the way even older Deere engines keep delivering the performance he needs. "The compressor engines have been in service for 7 years now, and they still work like the new ones." "Just plain dependable." "They just keep running...doing the job with no problems," said Smith. They give us the dependability we need on projects like ours." e Engines JOHN DEERE COMIN' ON STRONG. Dependable, fuel efficient, high torque, smooth-running John Deere engines in the 70-300 hp (52-224 kW) range are being used on more workboats of all kinds every day. Talk to the people who use them and find out why. Circle 215 on Reader Service Card 44 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News IN CRUISE Why are more and more cruise boats being outfitted with John Deere engines? We asked Captain Bill Davis, operating the 85' Crystal Queen out of Morehead City, NC. "They're smooth throughout the power range." According to Captain Davis, "Those 4-stroke Deere engines are very smooth throughout the RPM range. Low end torque and throttle response is excellent" "Engine noise is minimal." Quiet operation is important on boats operating in tourist areas. The John Deere engine is much quieter than a comparable 2-stroke engine, I really like the way they sound." "Very low fuel consumption." "They're a wonderful running engine, said Davis." They don't burn a lot of fuel and top speed on the vessel is about 5 knots faster than we had anticipated."
