Large Crane Elbow

[OilyRascal]

It's not a tool but I found it interesting and thought I'd share.  At first my interest was from a sheer standpoint of it's size (16" ??) and the fact someone had been kind enough to plastic blind it.

[OilyRascal]

Upon further inspection I find a logo I'm guessing pre-dates the 1940s.  I have not learned anything yet only guessing that logo would never had been used post WWII.

[johnsironsanctuary]

Oily,
I am curious about the Buda engine package next to it. What engine isiy and what does it power?

Thanks for all of the pics. I really look forward to your daily posts.
John

[OilyRascal]

Oily,
I am curious about the Buda engine package next to it. What engine isiy and what does it power?

Thanks for all of the pics. I really look forward to your daily posts.
John

John - those Buda engine packages you see sitting around were natural gas powered remote pumping stations for oil pipelines.  They would be installed near a collection of oil wells in the field and pump a remote oil tank (e.g. 150-200 bbl tank) into the oil pipeline trunk headed to the local refinery's tank farm.  They are still very common in this area.  There is one sitting on my property today, and in use on occasion, on the back 40 next to a well.

[Branson]

Upon further inspection I find a logo I'm guessing pre-dates the 1940s.  I have not learned anything yet only guessing that logo would never had been used post WWII.

The swastika was a registered trademark for the Buffum Tool Company of Louisiana, Missouri.  There's a small write up on AA.