I’ve run the Kahlenberg a half dozen times since last fall. It is a bit challenging to run on a trailer because there is no counter-balancing and it shakes rather severely. I moved it to a heavier gooseneck trailer this year which has helped but it still feels somewhat precarious running it this way. I’ve also decided that I’m not overly interested in keeping the engine long term, especially given that I don’t have indoor space for it. I made an A-frame and covered the whole rig with a tarp over the winter but this isn’t going to be practical in the long haul. I’ve been asked many times about putting the engine back into a boat but this isn’t realistic for me. It would have to be a large boat that would come with great expense. I’ve reached out to a handful of maritime museums in locations where the engine has spent part of its life (Bayfield, WI, Benton Harbor, MI, and Gills Rock, WI). I’d like to have the engine be available for others to see in maritime context with relevant local history. It would be nice if it were displayed in a way where it could be occasionally run. The sound of a running Kahlenberg is what got me interested in this in the first place. But I understand that running it takes additional resources that a museum may or may not have. We will see.
There are a handful of things I need to address to make it run more reliably long-term. Nothing major, but what I’d call typical shake-down kinds of things. I then want to make a better quality video of the engine running. Stay tuned.
