It is a 1910 110 hp case on the prony brake it will make a little over 125 hp. I was the little kid in the cab... Now i get to run that engine occasonaly
Sounds like the valving may be a little off. Hard to tell from the video since YouTube doesn't quite sync up all the time, but it certainly sounds uneven. Should be "chug-chug-chug" instead of "chug-CHUG-chug-CHUG".
I don't want to cause problems here, but I all ways thought that thies steam engins were built to drive to the site and then run belt driven equipment like a water pumps or saw mills, not plow fields.(I'm not saying you cant, but you do have to maintain steam preasure and that would be hard to do while plowing).
No, these were plowing engines. Good engineers can maintain pressure while plowing, when you hit the end of the row, you add more fuel to the fire, turn around and start the next row.
@Zwitchau not necessarily, just ask long as you keep an eye on the gauges just like anything else back in the day, this is all they had, so you made do.. even if that requires you to hire somebody to stare at a needle all day, thats what it took. as for driving equipment, todays tractors have PTO's plus front end loaders, they can drive stationary pumps or pull a disk or plow.. just the design has changed a bit over the years according to safety... spinning wheels and sprockets = not safe lol
It all depends on what you mean by "strenght" Horsepower wise? A modern 500 HP 4x4 tractor can get a lot more work done in the same period of time. As far a torque is concerned this machine dominates and the slower it turns the more torque it makes. (the steam is allowed to fill the cylinder completely) HP=torque*RPM/5252 the engine only runs at 250 rpm so the torque required is massive.
My god these American engines are ugly! But their damn powerful, and there steam powered, so I still love them :)
TheFlyingPineapple 1 month ago
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It is a 1910 110 hp case on the prony brake it will make a little over 125 hp. I was the little kid in the cab... Now i get to run that engine occasonaly
caserules1 2 months ago
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i bet they couldn't just fire it up and go, have to let it warm up a bit.
sbeer6er 4 months ago
i bet they couldn't just fire it up and go, have to let it warm up a bit.
sbeer6er 4 months ago
How long ago was this video taken? I was in the cab when they did it. They didnt get to full throttle even at the end
caserules1 8 months ago
i live in iowa
DeWalt36volt 1 year ago
@DeWalt36volt good for you
JohnDeere30201 1 year ago
What year is the tractor?
SeanMacLennan 2 years ago
The Beast!!!
phoenix15477 2 years ago
thats a nice looking steam engine.
thersnomorecoolnames 2 years ago
3000+ ft pounds of torque off the flywheel O.o
GoldsLifter 3 years ago 3
hehe this is steam, slow but a lot of torque and impossible to stall.
TerminatorFRA 3 years ago 7
Sounds like the valving may be a little off. Hard to tell from the video since YouTube doesn't quite sync up all the time, but it certainly sounds uneven. Should be "chug-chug-chug" instead of "chug-CHUG-chug-CHUG".
invalidinvalid 3 years ago
Pulling a big load at these rpm's with a steam engine always makes that noise
AultmanTaylor 2 years ago
A very nice steam engine!
I like this.
Greetings from Germany!
Bidone
Bidone1967 3 years ago
holy shit thats a big beautiful beast
UBIQUEROL 3 years ago 7
what were these giants made for?
T3hbassmasta 3 years ago
for heavy duty plowing in the United States.
spencermcgrew 3 years ago
I don't want to cause problems here, but I all ways thought that thies steam engins were built to drive to the site and then run belt driven equipment like a water pumps or saw mills, not plow fields.(I'm not saying you cant, but you do have to maintain steam preasure and that would be hard to do while plowing).
Zwitchau 3 years ago
No, these were plowing engines. Good engineers can maintain pressure while plowing, when you hit the end of the row, you add more fuel to the fire, turn around and start the next row.
marty264 3 years ago
ok, thanks, I love this machines so thanks for the info.
Zwitchau 3 years ago
@Zwitchau not necessarily, just ask long as you keep an eye on the gauges just like anything else back in the day, this is all they had, so you made do.. even if that requires you to hire somebody to stare at a needle all day, thats what it took. as for driving equipment, todays tractors have PTO's plus front end loaders, they can drive stationary pumps or pull a disk or plow.. just the design has changed a bit over the years according to safety... spinning wheels and sprockets = not safe lol
hvguy 2 years ago
@hvguy Thanks!
Zwitchau 2 years ago
are those stronger than today's tractor ?
TheMudDragon 4 years ago
aye, much stronger, raw steam power, av got a m8 hu livs dwn the road n his dads got 1 of dese, n its cani strong. aint this a bigin? bigst 1 goin!
McMintaboi 4 years ago
It all depends on what you mean by "strenght" Horsepower wise? A modern 500 HP 4x4 tractor can get a lot more work done in the same period of time. As far a torque is concerned this machine dominates and the slower it turns the more torque it makes. (the steam is allowed to fill the cylinder completely) HP=torque*RPM/5252 the engine only runs at 250 rpm so the torque required is massive.
spencermcgrew 3 years ago