On the Albert City rig, the PTO goes into a gear box out of a sileage blower that reverses the rotation and slightly reduces the speed. The gear box is direct chain coupled to a four speed transmission out of a 54 Dodge pickup. From the transmission the power goes through a drive shaft that turns the pulley mechanism that drives the freezers. The big pulleys are from old Deere combine reels. The frame is old angle iron. It is purposely made to look old and cobbled up.
Sven was whipped out by Jean Wenell, a very talented and ambitious Albert City artist. Sven was assembled by a couple of guys associated with the show. The belt that drives Sven, er, the belt that Sven drives the outfit with goes around the parking brake drum on the tranny. The whole works evolved into what it is over a twenty year time span.
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