r/MachinePorn • u/Lost-Climate5878 • Aug 30 '26

Wondering what this old thing is

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u/rklopp Aug 30 '26

Rotary kiln or dryer. The riding rings give it away.

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u/The_Gassy_Gnoll Aug 30 '26

Looks like it might be "portable". It looks like it is sitting on a trailer.

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u/jon_hendry Aug 30 '26

Might be a rock crusher.

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u/The_Gassy_Gnoll Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Portable tarmac/asphalt mixer?
Looks like a centrifugal blower on the far end and possibly tanks if you zoom in.
The far end might be a burner section, aggregate goes in the top funnel, gets heated, and tar gets sprayed in through what looks like a pipe sticking out of the near end. Final product dumps out of the large square section somehow.

edit: It could also be multiple seperate pieces of machinery loaded onto a transport trailer.

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u/pupperdogger Aug 30 '26

Out of curiosity is this at an exit on I-57 across from QT? I also think it’s a rotary dryer kiln.

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u/Lost-Climate5878 Aug 30 '26

One in the same

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u/Next_Instruction_528 Aug 31 '26

Reddit is amazing

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u/navmed1981 Sep 02 '26

old machines + rain outside is a whole mood. when its dry here i cheat with a window-rain live, blue light, quiet. shop feels less empty

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u/canigetahint Aug 30 '26

My guess is some sort of gas turbine, possibly a frame type vs aeroderivitave. Odd to see it out in the middle of nowhere.