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Uploaded by on May 22, 2007

A traction engine goes tractor pulling!!

Hen Blas Vintage Rally, Isle of Anglesey, May 2006

What is tractor pulling?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor_pulling
http://www.tractorpulling.freeserve.co.uk/nwtpc/whatis.htm
http://www.tractorpulling.co.uk/

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  • rattles out of the gears...fowlers for your life!! 

  • @wilko1989

    Its Fowler R3 works number 14888, Kingfisher. Driver John Wildblood and steersman Robin Lewis. Its owned by Allen Eaton the Hollowell Rally organiser.

  • Are you suggesting that the people on board who own the engine, maintain & repair it, & drive it regularly at rallies are inept? - That they lack the basic skills of raising full boiler pressure for a simple task like this, & then fail to open the regulator wide? The engine had nothing more to give! The load stalled it before the end of the track.

  • It could, it could pull 4 times the load on a full head of steam, and experienced drivers

  • It couldn't. If you watch again, you'll see that steam wasn't shut off until after it had stopped moving. The sledge stalled it & brought it to a stand.

  • I think speed doesn´´t matter: when steam engines go very slow they have the most power due to the the longer time the steam has to expand giving all his power to the motion. so it´s no wonder to me, that the engine did it´s job very well. Excellent video !

  • Its a Fowler Compound road loco. thwey were used for hauling large loads in its day. it could easily have pulled twice that at a guess.

  • Which traction engine is this?

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