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Rolls Royce moving stateside
#4303048
03/24/25 11:18 AM
03/24/25 11:18 AM
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Luverne, AL
Skinny
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News is saying Rolls Royce is shifting production to the US. Not sure if that means the cars or the big engines or all of it. The cars are fancy, but the big industrial engines are some of the best in the world. Caterpillar uses them for mining machines.
"Never Trust Government" -- Smart people.
"The Great thing we should Fear and the Weird Thing we Trust is Elon Musk" -- Me
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Skinny]
#4303050
03/24/25 11:20 AM
03/24/25 11:20 AM
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Luverne, AL
Skinny
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Its looks like its the Jet Engines component of Rolls Royce. BMW owns the car business.
"Never Trust Government" -- Smart people.
"The Great thing we should Fear and the Weird Thing we Trust is Elon Musk" -- Me
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." -- Ruthie-May Webster
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Skinny]
#4303054
03/24/25 11:29 AM
03/24/25 11:29 AM
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Huntsville, Al
Bronco 74
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I spent 40 years around the jet engines. Their engines were great on the big fan jets. But imo the JT8D is still the best aircraft motor.
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Skinny]
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03/24/25 12:17 PM
03/24/25 12:17 PM
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Saraland, Al
BamaFan64
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They have a ship propeller manufacturing site in Pascagoula.
Last edited by BamaFan64; 03/24/25 12:18 PM.
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: BamaFan64]
#4303085
03/24/25 12:38 PM
03/24/25 12:38 PM
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Luverne, AL
Skinny
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They have a ship propeller manufacturing site in Pascagoula. I bet they set up a new shop somewhere near enough to there, maybe on the Tombigbee or Alabama. Hyundai just announced a new steel production facility for Louisiana. Globalism aint slowing down for anybody.
"Never Trust Government" -- Smart people.
"The Great thing we should Fear and the Weird Thing we Trust is Elon Musk" -- Me
"You can be broke but you cant be poor." -- Ruthie-May Webster
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Skinny]
#4303118
03/24/25 02:06 PM
03/24/25 02:06 PM
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Alabama
whack-n-stack
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They have a ship propeller manufacturing site in Pascagoula. I bet they set up a new shop somewhere near enough to there, maybe on the Tombigbee or Alabama. Hyundai just announced a new steel production facility for Louisiana. Globalism aint slowing down for anybody. Pretty sure the Greene county industrial development authority has riverfront property available.
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: whack-n-stack]
#4303155
03/24/25 03:35 PM
03/24/25 03:35 PM
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North AL
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They have a ship propeller manufacturing site in Pascagoula. I bet they set up a new shop somewhere near enough to there, maybe on the Tombigbee or Alabama. Hyundai just announced a new steel production facility for Louisiana. Globalism aint slowing down for anybody. Pretty sure the Greene county industrial development authority has riverfront property available. Jet engines built by Greene County's finest. What could go wrong? 
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Frankie]
#4303236
03/24/25 06:32 PM
03/24/25 06:32 PM
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Huntsville, Al
Bronco 74
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I used to machine jet engine part in Fort Walton for RR. Early 80s
Was hard to believe I was carrying around. $85,000 part and could screw one up in a split second.
Some of the parts had 3 oz of gold in the welds that had little air fins per part. We put the part in a big block of lead like stuff when we finished machining the part we'd melt the rest of the lead off One fan blade is now 30k. Most commercial jet engines cost in the range of 15 to 25 million
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Bronco 74]
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03/24/25 07:40 PM
03/24/25 07:40 PM
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Elmore County
Frankie
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I used to machine jet engine part in Fort Walton for RR. Early 80s
Was hard to believe I was carrying around. $85,000 part and could screw one up in a split second.
Some of the parts had 3 oz of gold in the welds that had little air fins per part. We put the part in a big block of lead like stuff when we finished machining the part we'd melt the rest of the lead off One fan blade is now 30k. Most commercial jet engines cost in the range of 15 to 25 million damn
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Bronco 74]
#4303297
03/24/25 08:22 PM
03/24/25 08:22 PM
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Heart of Dixie
Narrow Gap
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I spent 40 years around the jet engines. Their engines were great on the big fan jets. But imo the JT8D is still the best aircraft motor. JT8D on B727 if I remember correctly? The B757 I have worked on mostly have the Rolls Royce RB211’s on them. Never had much issues at all with the RB 211’s.
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
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03/24/25 09:28 PM
03/24/25 09:28 PM
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Huntsville, Al
Bronco 74
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I spent 40 years around the jet engines. Their engines were great on the big fan jets. But imo the JT8D is still the best aircraft motor. JT8D on B727 if I remember correctly? The B757 I have worked on mostly have the Rolls Royce RB211’s on them. Never had much issues at all with the RB 211’s. You are correct. Delta ran them on the 727. 737. Dc 9. CFM motors on the DC 8. GE motors on the 767 and 757. Rolls Royce on the L1011. My favorite aircraft. During cold weather the L1011 during start up would blow smoke like a steam locomotive. It would freak out passengers.
"We have an opponent in this state that we work every day, 365 days a year, to dominate."
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Re: Rolls Royce moving stateside
[Re: Skinny]
#4303565
03/25/25 04:28 PM
03/25/25 04:28 PM
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Tuscaloosa
Kelly_123
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Love the hum of the RR engines at full take off power. magic!
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