Greg O’s Garage: The Alco Black Beast on a practice run for the Port Jefferson Hill Climb.
The Alco Black Beast will be participating in its third Port Jefferson Hill Climb next Saturday. In preparation for the climb, the Beast made a successful practice run last Wednesday up Beacon Hill Road in Port Washington.
Here are highlights from my mechanician's seat.
Greg O.
A visit to the Roslyn Grist Mill restoration construction site
Prior to the practice run, the Beast stopped by to visit the Excav Services building a new foundation for the Roslyn Grist Mill.
Comments
See you at the hill climb Howard!
...love this video going uphill. Did you make a U-turn and coast back down?
I want to attend the Port Jeff hillclimb next Saturday and wondering if any of you can recommend a restaurant in the town? Looking for reasonable price range. This is Dick Gorman
Looking good! Good luck on Saturday!
Based on the video, I believe the Alco 8 is very capable of the hill climb. Recommendation: Downshift one gear midway for more efficiency. Does the Beast have gears at all to downshift? I’ll never know. Good luck Saturday
Frank, the Beast has a 4 speed but will only need 2nd to make it up this tough hill! Monster torque from that 11 liter motor!