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    What Is This?

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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    You're all wrong. It's an early prototype of Boris Yeltsin's mobile vodka still. The turbine sucks the potatoes right out of the ground and the vodka ends up in the holding tank.
     Reply
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Yeah, I would guess snow blower or oil-well fire extinguisher, I have seen several of the latter with a similar setup, although the jet engines in that case are usually mounted on tank chassis, and this vehicle doesn't look like it has the requisite heat shielding...
    So... Snow Blower...
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    Image of cajun2001 cajun2001
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Yikes! Goggle Video-searching "Russian Snow Blower" yields interesting results.
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    Image of FooSchnickens - BPH Free FooSchnickens - BPH Free
    08/05/09

    @cajun2001: HAHAAHHHAAHAHH oh wow you weren't kidding!
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    Image of AlphaPepper AlphaPepper
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I was going to say runway dryer, and/or plane de-icer.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    08/05/09

    @AlphaPepper: +1
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Looks almost like one of the methods of blowing out an oil well fire, by literally blowing it out!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    08/05/09

    @Barry99705: You have to remove the oxygen to blow out a oil fire. This would push more oxygen to it.
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    Image of Jonax Jonax
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Looks like the Russians finally have their hands on Scrapheap Challenge.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    08/05/09

    @Jonax: Junk Yard Wars!
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    Image of UbadahTethys UbadahTethys
    08/05/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    It's a de-icing machine (actually just an old turbine mounted on a truck). They are used in the winter to blow out the snow and ice that sometimes accumulates on the airfield. Also they are sometimes used (as stated by MelindaJibroni) to "boot up" big turbine engines when they cannot be started the normal way.

    Similar machines can be seen all around the world on northern airfields where snow becomes a problem in winter. the Russian variation is ugly, cheap, but effective (as about 80% of Russian technology...)
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    Image of MaQ MaQ
    08/05/09

    @UbadahTethys: Agree with everything, but,
    what's the other 20%?
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    Image of Unspellable Unspellable
    08/05/09

    @UbadahTethys: hear hear
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    IN THE FACE! promoted this comment Unspellable was starred Unspellable was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    08/05/09

    @Unspellable: here here
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    Image of N1k0s N1k0s
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    It's a cigarette lighter.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    How can there not be a single YouTube video of something like this being used?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    A huffer unit for a plane?
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/04/09

    @BackOnTheAir_GitEmSteveDave: I'm pretty sure you're right.
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    Image of MelindaJibroni MelindaJibroni
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but what this device is ACTUALLY used for is starting jet engines on aircraft like the Boeing 747 or the like.

    When the engine needs to be started, this contraption generates a huge thrust of air to turn the turbines in the engine, and thus as oxygen combines with the fuel, the engine is started. Then, once one is started, air can be diverted from that engine through internal valves, and can be used to start the subsequent engines.

    This picture just depicts normal Russian care for machinery: "Destroy and make it look like it came from Cold War!" (In heavy Russian accent) :D
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/04/09

    @MelindaJibroni: AKA a "huffer"
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Looks like SOMEONE is compensating.
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I know what it's NOT: circumsized
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    This is the Binford version of a T-Shirt launcher.
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    08/04/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Red Communist Button.
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