Read a story about this a while back. This was the largest Steam Tractor, Case ever made. There were no working model left anywhere, no parts left over, and no partial pieces anywhere either. There were however, blueprints. The guy that did is and some "accomplices" made from scratch every single part and it is shown setting a record of the largest moldboard plow ever pulled - a 36 bottom plow. That is what you call torque. Consider the largest tractors today, the 4 wheel drive tracked behemoths, only pull maybe a 12 -16 bottom plow. Although maybe a bit faster. In a tractor pull match this Case I'm guessing would pull the sled starting on a Saturday night clear into the following Thursday, or when it ran out of coal.
That is really interesting. I always understood it to be impractical for a steam powered tractor to pull a plough in that manner. The Fergusson system that used the three point linkage to transfer the downward force of the plough to the rear wheels of the tractor was what made this kind of thing possible. In the UK steam traction engines worked in pairs and pulled the plough back and forth using steel cables. I have seen a demonstration of this and it was pretty spectacular.
I watched the full video a couple of weeks ago. The story of this tractor is amazing. There are no original examples of this model still in existence. The guy got his hands on the original drawings and made every part himself.
And no John Deere saying "You can only get your John Deere equipment serviced and software ugraded by us or the thing will stop working. And we'll sue you if you get someone else to work on it".
That is so cool !
ReplyDeleteImpressive.....the power...
ReplyDeleteIf my counting is correct, that’s a 40 bottom plow, 2 blades per man! Holy hell the power and torque in those old machines was incredible!
ReplyDeleteIf my counting is correct, that’s a 40 bottom plow, 2 blades per man! Holy hell the power and torque in those old machines was incredible!
ReplyDeleteOne at a time, hoss
DeleteThe definition of excitement. I love steam power.
ReplyDeleteThat's impressive!
ReplyDeleteRead a story about this a while back. This was the largest Steam Tractor, Case ever made. There were no working model left anywhere, no parts left over, and no partial pieces anywhere either. There were however, blueprints. The guy that did is and some "accomplices" made from scratch every single part and it is shown setting a record of the largest moldboard plow ever pulled - a 36 bottom plow. That is what you call torque. Consider the largest tractors today, the 4 wheel drive tracked behemoths, only pull maybe a 12 -16 bottom plow. Although maybe a bit faster. In a tractor pull match this Case I'm guessing would pull the sled starting on a Saturday night clear into the following Thursday, or when it ran out of coal.
ReplyDeleteIs there some reason we can't see the original titles or have the option to go directly to YouTube and watch these? Thanks
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_fshxE3Gk
DeleteThat is really interesting. I always understood it to be impractical for a steam powered tractor to pull a plough in that manner. The Fergusson system that used the three point linkage to transfer the downward force of the plough to the rear wheels of the tractor was what made this kind of thing possible. In the UK steam traction engines worked in pairs and pulled the plough back and forth using steel cables. I have seen a demonstration of this and it was pretty spectacular.
ReplyDeleteThe best smells in the world: fresh dirt and a coal fire.
ReplyDeletenow how cool is that!
ReplyDeleteI watched the full video a couple of weeks ago. The story of this tractor is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThere are no original examples of this model still in existence. The guy got his hands on the original drawings and made every part himself.
And no John Deere saying "You can only get your John Deere equipment serviced and software ugraded by us or the thing will stop working. And we'll sue you if you get someone else to work on it".
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That..is friggin impressive!
ReplyDeleteThat was very cool - such a large piece of land being tilled!
ReplyDeleteI don't get them from youtube, they come as mp4s from a pic and video dump I get material from.
ReplyDeleteHere it is-
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_fshxE3Gk
150 CASE steam engine plowing with 36 bottom John Deere plow
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_fshxE3Gk&t=271s
150 CASE Road Locomotive pulling 44 bottom John Deere plow - new record!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDj45zF-l0
And Greta just had a fucking stroke.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
DeleteThat is one helluva lotta steam power!
ReplyDeleteRollin coal....the original. If only Marvin Heymacher had that bad boy!
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Awesome machine.
ReplyDeleteNow you know how electric cars are powered.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about the turn at the end of the row, for the next pass.
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