Re: What Purpose does this plug serve?

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> If you really want to know, there are texts sure
> to put you to sleep. Some are posted
> [url=https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/question-
> on-drive-wheels-for-a-steam-engine?reply=640770266
> 60583831#64077026660583831]here.[/url]
>
> About 56" diameter and below, you practically
> can't get enough lead in the main counterweight,
> so no calculations are needed, pour in all that it
> will hold. Larger than that, you have to get out
> the calculator and the scales, and start weighing
> things.

When I balance car and truck wheels and tires, I only have to mount the wheel on the balancer and tell it the rim size, tire width, and offset from the machine and it spins the wheel and tells me how much weight to add and where to put the wheel weights. Too bad we can't do something like that to steam locomotive wheels.

I once asked John Bush if it was possible to balance the wheel on the rotary snowplow and he said it was a moot point as not all parts of the blade are contacting snow equally so it would shake anyways.