Big Piston Rod- What is it off of? 1

[JStephen]

A couple of our bike routes pass by this big piston rod (see photo). It's been welded to a post, out in front of a farmhouse/ garage type place. Pardon my bike in front of it, but that'll give you a sense of scale.

So, the $64 question...what is this thing off of?

Note that this is south of Dallas, a couple of hundred miles from navigable water, so it's possible, but unlikely, that it had nautical applications. Any guesses?

 

[shawnpeter]

looks like it is off an old pump jack, but not a lufkin.

 

[btrueblood]

JS...

When are you going to next ride by this thing, and knock on the door? The suspense is killing me...

 

[ornerynorsk]

My dollar is on an old long-stroke marine oil fired or steam engine.

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

 

[JJayG]

When Mint Julep said that the big end was surprisingly small, I was thinking that the small end is surprisingly big.........

just shows what I know............nuffink.

 

[MintJulep]

Such things are determined by one's personal framework #-)

 

[shawnpeter]

perhaps the big end is the small end and the small end is the big end