Posted on 01/30/2015 1:44:51 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
1906 Advance Steam Traction Engine. Lovingly restored by Jay's friend Orman Rawlings, this 104-year-old steam-powered vehicle weighs 13 tons and clocks about 4 mph. If you need traction for your more rugged outdoor projects, this engine recently hauled a 55,000-pound sled!
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The pressures in the tanks have to be watched closely because if the tank has an imperfection in it and it explodes many could be injured as what happened in Ohio several years ago.
There is a video of a steam tractor hooked up to an 800 hp modern 4WD tractor in a head to head pull. The steam tractor beats it easily.
Nothing ventured nothing gained!
Not surprise ole Jay has this I wouldn’t be surprise if the dude take spin around the street of Burbanks
He does, watch the video.
>> jealous <<
A steampunk’s dream!
The most impressive thing about these steam traction engines is how quiet they can be. If the bellows is not going, all you hear is the gravel powdering under their wheels.
Used for the first tilling of The Great Plains!
These are small versions of the locomotives that have been re-engineered to run without tracks.
Steam power has an enormous advantage over internal-combustion engines, in that they have the maximum amount of torque right at stall, and increasing the steam pressure is what provides their pulling power and even acceleration under load.
Of course, nobody thought in terms of economy in those days, as the fuel (wood, or coal, or even straw) was relatively cheap and widely available.
They have a steam tractor in the Forney Transportation museum in Denver, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t currently functional. They have scads of other amazing vehicles, also, including a Vincent motorcycle (yes, I drooled), and a “Big Boy” locomotive. I got in free, but I’m told that admission is $9. I say pay it- it’s money well spent.
www.forneymuseum.org
The museum was founded by the same man who founded the company I work for- they had a dinner for us there during our national sales meeting. Everyone was flabbergasted!
That’s why you hydrotest systems that will be pressurized.
In the good old days brakes were for sissies!
That honor goes to the John Deere steel plow.
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