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  • @saadinfo6363
    @saadinfo6363 7 років тому +578

    I'm a mechanical engineer myself and I really cannot express how much I adore and revere early British engineering such as this. So, I'd just like to express my heartfelt congratulations and my sincerest gratitude to all involved for keeping such a beautiful vehicle 'alive' and running. Needless to say, the most fitting tribute to such a glorious machine is that despite her age, she'll easily outlast anything that has been built between the early '70s and the present day.

    • @doubleboost
      @doubleboost  7 років тому +51

      I think it will out last all of us all we are doing is looking after it for a while

    • @ladasodaexplains3355
      @ladasodaexplains3355 5 років тому +9

      I honestly think it outlasts alot of modern things because there isn't so much delicate components in it

    • @Colt45hatchback
      @Colt45hatchback 4 роки тому +22

      @@ladasodaexplains3355 much like my 1976 toyota d6000 truck. Everything is overbuilt and durable (aside from the alternator haha)
      Can leave it outside parked up for any number of years. Put some batteries in and off you go. I bought it off a farm at the other end of australia. Had not moved in 10 years and not regularly used in 20 years.. changed the engine oil. Cleaned the oil filter and air filter(they are not a replaceable type) fitted two used batteries and drove it 1800km home. Aside from the alternator seizing up and a headlight burning out. No issues at all. Was a great trip

    • @gedungisphoopnuchle9121
      @gedungisphoopnuchle9121 4 роки тому +5

      To me the only technology that rivals the ingenuity in these machines is that of the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engines on the bottom of the Saturn V rocket.

    • @fennograas
      @fennograas 4 роки тому

      Classic Volvo *Laughs in reliability*

  • @tcmtech7515
    @tcmtech7515 5 років тому +167

    Cummins: "I roll coal"
    Sentinel DG8: LOL, hold my clinker while I 'roll coal' with actual coal, son.

    • @Thevacomaticvacuumcorner
      @Thevacomaticvacuumcorner 4 роки тому +2

      nice one

    • @sacr3
      @sacr3 3 роки тому

      And what about the old man before the folks using this? And the old men before those old men?
      I mean why stop at this highly sophisticated truck compared to horse and carriage before? Or just horse before? Or simply walking?
      Yea every previous generation is "tough" cause they didn't have what the new generation has.
      Which means the folks using this steam truck were pampered in relation to those before steam.
      People use to walk miles, these guys just ride in a steam truck.
      Yea, roll coal, blah blah, they're all pussies compared to our origins.

    • @piccalillipit9211
      @piccalillipit9211 3 роки тому +1

      @@sacr3 - I make historical men's clothing for a hobby. I recently bought a couple of old very early electric irons just use as fabric weights. I was amazed to find out they both still work. so I naturally tried ironing with them. Its PHYSICALLY HARD WORK - they weigh 2.7kg - 6lb each. You plug one in whilst you iron with the other and then switch. Its a GENUINE workout ironing a few shirts - and this was the MODERN IMPROVEMENT on the old irons you put hot coals inside, this was EASY in the day.
      On the up side - I have never had shirts as well ironed - the creases are like a razor blade - 6lb of hot metal pressing on your shirt fabric makes very flat shirts LOL.
      But its a real shock how much hard work it really is.

    • @spankyjeffro5320
      @spankyjeffro5320 2 місяці тому

      No.

  • @jimlepeu577
    @jimlepeu577 7 років тому +339

    I remember these from when I was a boy during WW2. A local brewery used them to deliver beer to a pub in our village. Less scary than the Shire horses that delivered to the other pub.

    • @liammeech3702
      @liammeech3702 3 роки тому +17

      Interesting, would make sense considering there was chronic fuel shortages.

    • @maggs131
      @maggs131 2 роки тому +33

      I dunno about less scary. Horses dont explode

    • @jimlepeu577
      @jimlepeu577 2 роки тому +25

      @@maggs131 I was only 5 - 6 years old and to me those shires were absolutely gigantic.

    • @thunderfox53
      @thunderfox53 2 роки тому +5

      That's honestly a cool story

    • @aaronfield7899
      @aaronfield7899 2 роки тому +8

      Well, Shire's are the largest horse breed.

  • @bangyujeh7056
    @bangyujeh7056 5 років тому +632

    I remember my grandpa playing Euro truck simulator with this truck

  • @brandonlu208
    @brandonlu208 8 років тому +147

    Just hearing the powertrain makes me appreciate the helical gears we have in our transmissions today... Thank you for the insightful video!

    • @abhimaanmayadam5713
      @abhimaanmayadam5713 3 роки тому +5

      Mmm straight cut gears

    • @novalcaca3769
      @novalcaca3769 2 роки тому +1

      Dk obe apo bahaso xo ko

    • @smh9902
      @smh9902 2 роки тому +1

      I prefer straight gears, they are stronger and more efficient anyway, owing to their lack of sidethrust.

    • @josephclemmons5234
      @josephclemmons5234 Рік тому +1

      @@smh9902 and don't you just love the way a gt car sounds... delicious 🤤

    • @robertwoodliff2536
      @robertwoodliff2536 Рік тому

      @@smh9902 ....... but noisey ... Not sure if they are stronger .., but the side thrust of a helical is wasteful and requires a heavier box..

  • @returnofthestrangers
    @returnofthestrangers 4 роки тому +22

    I love history I love classic cars omg! This is just on another level, to be able to see this tday in colour not black and white, the quality and the build , the mechanics of it and most of all the standard of British engineering back in those days, this clearly shows the value and the strength of made in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, simply amazing!

  • @LaterMeansBrick
    @LaterMeansBrick 8 років тому +290

    Well at the least this thing kept the driver/engineer warm and toasty during the cold days. What a beautifull piece of engineering.

    • @doubleboost
      @doubleboost  8 років тому +28

      +LaterMeansBrick It is indeed beautifull

    • @oilsmokejones3452
      @oilsmokejones3452 8 років тому +27

      +LaterMeansBrick Even more so on warm days I'd wager..

    • @thehandlesticks66
      @thehandlesticks66 6 років тому +22

      just imagine waking up on a humid summer morning having to keep that monster going and going all day.

    • @adjustablehammer3749
      @adjustablehammer3749 5 років тому +16

      @@oilsmokejones3452 I rode in a friend's once when your going you get a good breeze but stationery in traffic or something its like sitting in a oven

  • @thetaurak
    @thetaurak 4 роки тому +21

    Now I'm wondering why I never thought about what it takes to run a coal powered truck... Seriously cool and impressive, good job keeping it alive gentleman.

  • @Espiel78
    @Espiel78 6 років тому +46

    It's a wonderful thing to have a cab view of a Sentinel running, and then to see it coming at you with fire in it's teeth is even better. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @robertmoulton2656
    @robertmoulton2656 Рік тому +2

    A nominal improvement over the horse.
    Very interesting. Thanks for preserving

  • @flintstoneengineering
    @flintstoneengineering 9 років тому +370

    No gym membership required if you spent all day everyday driving that!
    Hard men back then.

    • @themagicboy6548
      @themagicboy6548 6 років тому +18

      No Vapes either

    • @thehandlesticks66
      @thehandlesticks66 6 років тому +27

      black lung strong arms. probably smoked a pipe too lol

    • @NotSoCrazyNinja
      @NotSoCrazyNinja 6 років тому +14

      With technology comes easier work, less physical work. Men back then would be strong, but also stink and be exposed to all sorts of harmful things because they just didn't know any better.

    • @RIPAmericDuhhh
      @RIPAmericDuhhh 3 роки тому

      @@themagicboy6548 go pay your obamacare :)

  • @Convoycrazy
    @Convoycrazy 5 років тому +7

    What a beautiful machine; doubly amazing it wasn’t melted down during the war. Another piece of history saved from oblivion. Love it

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 5 років тому +3

      Johnny Rossman It was probably pressed into service during the war. It would have still been relatively young, and although diesel was in short supply and rationed we had abundant coal, it would have made perfect sense to use this for its intended purpose.

    • @zacharyrollick6169
      @zacharyrollick6169 2 роки тому +2

      It probably would have been foolish to melt down a coal burning truck during an oil shortage.

    • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Рік тому

      If anything they would’ve put it back into service during the war years.

  • @twmax4137
    @twmax4137 6 років тому +52

    8:44 the fire inside the boiler in between the two headlights makes
    The truck look like some sort of
    Fire breathing monster driving down
    The road

  • @chriscutting5773
    @chriscutting5773 4 роки тому +30

    Form an era when men where men and machine's where mighty
    Lovely to see this old wagon still going strong
    Credit to the owner's

  • @olipas2775
    @olipas2775 7 років тому +231

    Go through mcdrive with dat

    • @SteamboatWilley
      @SteamboatWilley 6 років тому +44

      Bugger that, just fry up some bacon and eggs on top of the boiler!

    • @koenhuyvaert8476
      @koenhuyvaert8476 5 років тому +1

      🙂🙂🙂🙂.

    • @youtuberone9952
      @youtuberone9952 4 роки тому +3

      Too high for Mc there is limit think 1.60m,or max 2.00m. 😂😂😂But idea was good

    • @ianb2722
      @ianb2722 4 роки тому

      Food truck then

  • @tronixfix
    @tronixfix 6 років тому +353

    How much people are needed to run a car?
    *1929:* At least two!
    *2020:* none!

    • @Colt45hatchback
      @Colt45hatchback 4 роки тому +50

      Yeah but the 2020 car will last 10 years.. this old girl is still going.

    • @maxx1o1
      @maxx1o1 4 роки тому +13

      @@Colt45hatchback because someone rebuilt it

    • @Colt45hatchback
      @Colt45hatchback 4 роки тому +5

      @@maxx1o1 well yes of course. Haha

    • @huntsbychainsaw5986
      @huntsbychainsaw5986 4 роки тому +13

      @@Colt45hatchback. Yeah... modern cars are made to be recycled not to last for ever and its a shame.

    • @derunfassbarebielecki
      @derunfassbarebielecki 4 роки тому +3

      @@Colt45hatchback if you knew anything about modern and old engines (technology too) you should know, that everything modern is more reliable and cheaper, than the old ones.

  • @reefranger38
    @reefranger38 7 років тому +18

    Amazing!!! Wow! I am SO fascinated by this truck and so grateful it has been restored! thanks for sharing the video!

  • @drewcrooks6373
    @drewcrooks6373 3 роки тому +1

    Coolest thing I have seen in a while, that’s like the ultimate apocalypse vehicle 😂

  • @RebelForce8
    @RebelForce8 8 років тому +533

    Driver.. more like captain

    • @engineerskalinera
      @engineerskalinera 6 років тому +16

      engineer, aka train driver

    • @YCbCr
      @YCbCr 5 років тому +2

      @@engineerskalinera And the chauffeur, of course

  • @kihikahenry3043
    @kihikahenry3043 2 роки тому +1

    By the time you reach your final destination, your body is either vibrating or your migraines are incurable and contagious

  • @misner3485
    @misner3485 7 років тому +219

    In England coal hauls truck.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 7 років тому +5

      lorry not truck lol

    • @misner3485
      @misner3485 7 років тому +5

      In the U.S. we call em trucks, actually with no 5th wheel for a trailer it would be called a tandem. At least in my neck of the woods.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. 7 років тому +1

      i know, me too i call it truck, lorry sound lmao compared to truck

    • @tommcmahon14
      @tommcmahon14 6 років тому +3

      Tony x actually we say lorry and truck, we can use both words they mean the same thing here.

    • @mokkaveli
      @mokkaveli 4 роки тому +1

      @@tommcmahon14 typically in the UK a truck is a pick up and lorry is obv one of those big cunts with a trailer. But yeah its interchangeable

  • @JonathanMartinez-xs5ze
    @JonathanMartinez-xs5ze 4 роки тому +95

    Well honey,I’m gonna go warm the car up for work.
    But you just got home from work
    I know

  • @jusb1066
    @jusb1066 9 років тому +317

    And I complain about the lack of power steering on my Fiesta......

    • @kaifriedrich3354
      @kaifriedrich3354 7 років тому +14

      Jusb1066 just buy a K&N Airfilter and you will have enough power ;)

    • @Aesh-om2sz
      @Aesh-om2sz 7 років тому

      what ? Is this supposed to be a joke @Kai FRIEDRICH or are you for real ? xD

    • @Spinddrift
      @Spinddrift 7 років тому

      +Th3Moonser I think he was high

    • @Aesh-om2sz
      @Aesh-om2sz 7 років тому

      Yeah I think so

    • @melody3741
      @melody3741 7 років тому +2

      Spinddrift that was definitely a joke

  • @entropyfan5714
    @entropyfan5714 4 роки тому +1

    We never really got these in the states; only tractors & locos were steam powered. The tractors are pretty neat to see in operation too, so at least we get that.

    • @thomasallen6797
      @thomasallen6797 Рік тому

      There were plenty of steam cars. Do your research.

    • @samanli-tw3id
      @samanli-tw3id 2 місяці тому

      Don’t you have steam excavators?

  • @harryjensen1169
    @harryjensen1169 9 років тому +9

    With the number of axles and size of under carriage it must have carried a good size load. Pretty impressive piece of equipment. Great job, thanks for sharing.

  • @bogdanzapasnoy6177
    @bogdanzapasnoy6177 4 роки тому +36

    11:20 turbo mode power on

  • @mathuetax
    @mathuetax 7 років тому +134

    I bet this thing looks so awesome at nighttime!

    • @biscuitninja
      @biscuitninja 7 років тому +26

      mathue taxion
      Breathing Fire and Sparks closing in behind ya!

    • @zioxei
      @zioxei 7 років тому +20

      Ghost riders truck

    • @MrManniG
      @MrManniG 4 роки тому +11

      I'd be scared shitless if this thing would turn up at night behind me. Just think of the red-glowing fire pan under the engine. And also the doind it produces

    • @b111372
      @b111372 4 роки тому +1

      Looks like a jumping spider from the side

  • @janstephenson7688
    @janstephenson7688 3 роки тому +3

    Love these wagons. Watched one at the Masham steam fair road run. They can go at quite a lick. Good job no Bobby's about or he'd have been done for speeding LOL. Wonderful restoration job by the way thanks for sharing.

  • @AmateurRedneckWorkshop
    @AmateurRedneckWorkshop 9 років тому +51

    2 hours to get up steam. Not the one to use as a get away car from the bank robbery. Anyone would certainly be proud to own something like that. Thanks for the video.

    • @iz2igl
      @iz2igl 6 років тому

      Start & stop

    • @emilychb6621
      @emilychb6621 4 роки тому

      When has a bank robbery ever taken long enough for the whole startup routine being necessary?
      The getaway driver will keep it running anyway.

  • @JimmyFoxhound
    @JimmyFoxhound 3 роки тому +6

    8:58 something about the front of the vehicle with the headlights looking like eyes and the burner below looking like a mouth breathing fire just makes me laugh!! What a great piece of engineering! Love it!!

  • @Dreaded88
    @Dreaded88 7 років тому +171

    When you see a truck with the big, friendly letters: 'TARMAC' coming at you:
    *_GET OUTTA' THE WAY!!!_*

    • @doubleT84
      @doubleT84 4 роки тому +8

      eh, I don't care about the letters. That fire at the bottom, though ... 8:40

    • @GhostOfDamned
      @GhostOfDamned 4 роки тому +9

      9:07 the fire looks a mouth about to eat you

  • @slabriprock5329
    @slabriprock5329 6 років тому +1

    No cup holders how primitive! Seriously that is a magnificent machine. Thanks for caring for it and sharing the video!

  • @madjimms
    @madjimms 7 років тому +60

    Jay Leno needs one.

  • @siiv7973
    @siiv7973 Рік тому +5

    Разкошен камион. Браво! Съжалявам, че цените на тези модели са много , много високи😉

  • @zain581
    @zain581 7 років тому +259

    4:26 when vtec kicks on

    • @engineerskalinera
      @engineerskalinera 6 років тому +13

      insert [ E U R O B E A T ]

    • @engineerskalinera
      @engineerskalinera 6 років тому +1

      TowmaX wrong country

    • @twmax4137
      @twmax4137 6 років тому

      Engineer Skalinera but it’s used in an asian show an honda is an asian car company

    • @engineerskalinera
      @engineerskalinera 6 років тому

      TowmaX the initial d memes are from japan

    • @MicroageHD
      @MicroageHD 6 років тому +1

      you forgot the "yo"

  • @ScienceMedia96
    @ScienceMedia96 2 роки тому +1

    I Verymuch Adore That days Steam engines...great Engineering...proud to be....Iam a Mechanical Engineer.

  • @weltagliro268
    @weltagliro268 6 років тому +14

    Muito lindo sou motorista de caminhão fico feliz em saber que existe essas raridade em pleno funcionamento gostaria de conhecer pessoalmente está raridade, parabéns a vocês todos por preservar a história. Brasil.

  • @1929modelagirl
    @1929modelagirl 2 роки тому

    Any time I need a 'happy moment ' I watch a Tarmac video.
    This truck simply fascinates me. I would trade one of my 'A's to ride in this magnificent mechanical beast!
    I know the time, labor & money it takes to restore/preserve and love an old vehicle. Worth it.
    Thank you

  • @dionis852
    @dionis852 6 років тому +21

    Он великолепен! Стальной дракон!)

  • @Haruki_Aikawa
    @Haruki_Aikawa 6 років тому +2

    *takes a deep breath* smells like a heaping stack of health and safety forms! I love it!!

  • @CAPTAIN__RUSSIA
    @CAPTAIN__RUSSIA 6 років тому +436

    Ну вот, пассажир переднего сиденья при деле. А то обленились ездить. :D

    • @wrtltable
      @wrtltable 5 років тому +30

      интересно сколько угля на сто километров.

    • @dazzershell
      @dazzershell 5 років тому +22

      У нас делали паровой тягач в СССР, для лесозаготовок, с автоматической подачей топлива и воды. Жаль что бросили, было б интересно посмотреть.

    • @antipod175
      @antipod175 5 років тому +9

      Эпично, особенно в горку подъём

    • @ДенисПлотников-и7х
      @ДенисПлотников-и7х 5 років тому +27

      Скоро с нашими ценами на бенз все на такие перейдут)

    • @lizmitchel8855
      @lizmitchel8855 5 років тому +4

      @@ДенисПлотников-и7х цены не причём.
      в рашке просто територия слишком раздута.

  • @bullrick3
    @bullrick3 4 роки тому +40

    The sound of those straight cut gears would be concerning to the average person

  • @Food4Thought66
    @Food4Thought66 6 років тому +18

    This looks insanely fun for some reason. I'd name mine after "the little engine that could"

  • @RedHeadForester
    @RedHeadForester 4 роки тому +2

    What a simply beautiful piece of engineering.
    And what strong arms that driver must have, steering those 4 wheels!!
    It'd be amazing to see one of these brand new just out of the factory, not worn out from 100 years of use, powering down the road with a load of tarmac on the back!

  • @bugsbunny8691
    @bugsbunny8691 5 років тому +4

    I would not want to be any where near that beast if it was ever involved in a collision. Insanely dagerous and totally awesome.
    I'm givvin' 'er all she's gawt, Captain.

  • @zuzuzaza6211
    @zuzuzaza6211 6 років тому +2

    Wow, its fantastic. Congratulations for restoring and showing us that marvel.

  • @qmpel
    @qmpel 7 років тому +57

    If the lorry carries a coal for the customer, will everything be burned before arrival? :D

    • @ericward8459
      @ericward8459 5 років тому +4

      I imagine they cordon off the delivery from what's in the fuel bunkers

    • @mrt-lz4cw
      @mrt-lz4cw 4 роки тому +1

      ha ha 😂😂

    • @eliotreader8220
      @eliotreader8220 3 роки тому

      @@ericward8459 i think they would probably use the coal that they was taking to their customer if they carrying the right coal for their steam wagon and not house coal if they really needed to do so?

  • @ВладимирДанилов-н8ю

    Отец был машинистом паровоза,знакомая кухня,но не до такой степени.Респект!

  • @gumbyhunter
    @gumbyhunter 7 років тому +5

    I was on the edge of my seat the entire video. beautiful machine

  • @Pyhantaakka
    @Pyhantaakka 2 роки тому +1

    I don't know why but steam vehicles make me smile every time. They're just so awesome.

  • @coolsupermanfly24
    @coolsupermanfly24 7 років тому +51

    And I complain about how long it takes for my car to warm up.

  • @greglewis2398
    @greglewis2398 5 років тому +1

    I 😍 this video, because i drive 18wheels 80,000 pounds, everyday. The old days make you appreciate things. Thanks for making the video. ☺

  • @12ze34
    @12ze34 6 років тому +32

    2 hours to full steam?...still faster charging than my Renault Zoe.

    • @frameshade
      @frameshade 3 роки тому +1

      Next to this beast your zoe is the gayest thing ever

    • @baptisteramiro1918
      @baptisteramiro1918 3 роки тому +1

      @@frameshade , Nah this truck is nothing compared to the 150 CASE steam tracktor !

  • @erickg3508
    @erickg3508 4 роки тому +2

    What a beauty! Amazing to see how it runs!

  • @stressedout4979
    @stressedout4979 6 років тому +4

    That is the most intimidating vehicle I ever seen I will love to drive that in New York Beautiful machine

  • @joseg7090
    @joseg7090 4 роки тому

    I congratulate you for keeping this type of vehicle so old, beautiful and with such complicated maintenance and use. In addition to the topic spare parts. Greetings from Argentina.
    Los felicito por mantener este tipo de vehiculos tan antiguo , hermoso y de tan complicado mantenimiento y uso. Ademas del tema repuestos. Saludos desde Argentina.

  • @1973ts
    @1973ts 8 років тому +5

    What a beautiful wagon. Full credit to the owners and those who work to keep it going.

  • @chazer200
    @chazer200 6 років тому

    WOW!! Much, many appreciation. Good good, very good work. Love the ole Girl!! THANK YOU for all your efforts and sharing!!

  • @Tyyyyuru
    @Tyyyyuru 8 років тому +253

    bet it has better EPA ratings than a volkswagen from 2016

    • @doktorbimmer
      @doktorbimmer 7 років тому +1

      *Well we know now you are not an Engineer!*

    • @engineerskalinera
      @engineerskalinera 6 років тому +18

      almost anything has better epa ratings than auschwitzwagen

    • @1974UTuber
      @1974UTuber 6 років тому +10

      Jamison Leonard a bush fire next to an oil refinery has a better EPA certification than a VW diesel

    • @ahmetmutlu348
      @ahmetmutlu348 6 років тому +2

      the car produces some kind gas as any diesel car. but the they probably used weaker filter that block air out flow and made it slow .so bypassing filters makes car faster and more efficient while makes car more ozone enemy.
      thats what wolkswagen did .
      jut put another filter and you got the some epa ratings :D

    • @94XJ
      @94XJ 6 років тому +4

      ahmet mutlu As long as we're missing the joke, the VWs can meet EPA standards just with ECU tuning (and an increase in DEF usage)...which is precisely how they passed emissions testing on the EPA dynamometers but fail in actual road use.

  • @joelpeters6117
    @joelpeters6117 6 років тому +2

    The DG8 was built and used for British coal mines because it had lots of power for hauling and also had basically unlimited fuel when your just carrying more coal from place to place

  • @Hellodarknessmyolefriend
    @Hellodarknessmyolefriend 7 років тому +9

    Must have kept them toasty during the winter but sweating in the summer. So basically its operated like a loco . The engineer and the firemen to keep the engine running.

  • @ericwoy4132
    @ericwoy4132 4 роки тому +5

    How many lumps per mile?

  • @PayrollTips
    @PayrollTips 8 років тому +42

    Just imagine seeing this in your rear view mirror! Thanks to AvE for putting me onto your channel :)

  • @fastdadgarage-northsouthch4418
    @fastdadgarage-northsouthch4418 4 роки тому +2

    Steam is so incredible, I worked in a coal fired power plant for 14 years, we had a 10 hour warm up. I would love to see this truck in action.

  • @Psychlist1972
    @Psychlist1972 8 років тому +69

    I saw the footage of driving through the puddles and flooded street and realized that those could really ruin your day in a steam-powered truck like this.

    • @SilvaDreams
      @SilvaDreams 7 років тому +11

      Nah that is just the ash tray, it would be hard to get water up into the actual burner.

    • @Metal-Possum
      @Metal-Possum 7 років тому +21

      Because petrol engines can breath underwater...

    • @michaelbuckers
      @michaelbuckers 6 років тому +5

      If steam engine gulps up some water it just extinguishes, you can re-ignite it with some dry coal. If a petrol engine gulps up some water, you gonna need a new petrol engine.

    • @94XJ
      @94XJ 6 років тому +3

      Mi 28 If water goes into the cylinder(s) while its running, you'll have the same issues as a petrol engine. That's why steam engines typically have some kind of bleed valve to open while they get started allowing water that pooled after the last run to be ejected safely without bending the rod.
      I think Pete's point is how long it would take to dry out the fire box, re-ignite it and bring the steam back up to pressure to get going again. I sucked up a little water into my Jeep's engine more than once. It only took 5 to 10 min to pull all the plugs, crank it a few times, clean the water out of the distributor cap and reassemble.

    • @michaelbuckers
      @michaelbuckers 6 років тому +7

      The flood water wouldn't go into cylinders of a steam engine, the intake is sealed off from the environment. The drain valves are there because steam is water gas, and it always fills up the cylinders, so when the engine stops for a long time all of that gas water condenses into liquid water, which needs to be drained.
      You don't need to dry out the fire box. You just need to evacuate the water and re-ignite it using dry coal. The burning coal would quickly dry up the firebox and the wet coal as well.
      As for your truck, I guess you got lucky and it only sucked a tiny bit of water at a time, just enough to stop spark gaps from working but not to cause compression damage. Flooding a running engine normally results in its complete destruction.

  • @greglewis2398
    @greglewis2398 5 років тому +2

    This is by far my favorite video. My grandpa was a oil field welder and made things for himself and other people. Now the 21 century the whole planet wants to go shopping 365 and party and fill the land fills. Dont make anything for yourself any more, if you dont have the credentials on paper, just buy it, as my mexican friend would say, just buy it and if it breaks throw it away and buy another one.!🤥

  • @4N5W3R5
    @4N5W3R5 7 років тому +387

    0:57 Eat that Hybrid owners!! My car runs on grand dads greasy old underwear and a bag of 90 year old bread sticks!!

    • @beechermudmowers5397
      @beechermudmowers5397 7 років тому +9

      lmao

    • @thehandlesticks66
      @thehandlesticks66 6 років тому +24

      literally anything that burns well

    • @twmax4137
      @twmax4137 6 років тому +27

      and also a plastic bag

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 4 роки тому +4

      4N5W3R5 torrefied biomass, which is more energy efficient than coal and releases fewer greenhouse gasses into the air than coal and oil, thus if a steam Lorry were powered with such, it would actually be more environmentally friendly

    • @solomonjenkins9505
      @solomonjenkins9505 4 роки тому +1

      the shit it's spewing out into the air is most certainly not environmentally friendly XD I believe steam could be done in an environmentally friendly way but this ent it, fkn thing runs on trees XD

  • @togglefire3537
    @togglefire3537 4 роки тому

    This makes going out and turning on my car 10 minutes before I go to work so it's warm look absolutely easy. Pretty preposterous this is what you had to do to get this thing started.

  • @cronicmonster4327
    @cronicmonster4327 4 роки тому +16

    That's a road train if I've ever seen one.

  • @plaid13
    @plaid13 5 років тому +6

    I would love to see a modern version of this truck built. The same wheel set up and cab but a gas fed burner and the best materials and most advanced steam engine. Just to see what it could do. I know steam engines can make tons of power. The trick to them is keeping the heat in.

    • @vumba1331
      @vumba1331 2 роки тому +3

      Especially power steering!

    • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Рік тому

      What’s the point of it if it’s going to burn gas? Seems to me what makes a steam engine so useful is it can burn cheap fuels like coal and wood.

    • @plaid13
      @plaid13 Рік тому +1

      @@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Because steam engines can be very small and still make an insane amount of power. Never going to be a sports car but it could be a commercial truck. With modern tech we might be able to make it burn cleaner than a diesel but make similar or more power.
      When steam powered trucks were built technology for burners and insulation were WAY worse than they are now but they still made a ton of power with tiny engines.
      I have no idea if they could really compete with a modern diesel but it would be neat to see what could be done.

    • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Рік тому

      @@plaid13 ACE 3000 was a program in the 1980s to build a modern coal fired steam locomotive. You’d likely be interested in learning about it

    • @plaid13
      @plaid13 Рік тому

      @@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 kind of interesting but coal isnt a good fuel.

  • @doubleT84
    @doubleT84 4 роки тому +13

    If that thing sits in rush hour traffic behind an old MX-5, Lotus Elise or Super 7, all you see in the mirror in those cars is a fire.
    Ok, and the Elise would probably start to melt.

  • @norbertpecheq3427
    @norbertpecheq3427 4 роки тому +1

    We built those vehicles under license in Skoda Pilsen in twenties....Some served after the war regularly and some are in museums till today..Great British Engineering...

  • @MrKabDrivr
    @MrKabDrivr 8 років тому +7

    Very impressive! Beautiful machine, indeed!

  • @ВладимирКоновальчик-ю8в

    Классный самовар - даже не знал, что такие были в ходу!

  • @milkman6478
    @milkman6478 9 років тому +136

    I was screaming at my phone,"You're on the wrong side of the road!!!!" then I remembered this is from England.

    • @___Steinn___
      @___Steinn___ 7 років тому +6

      milkman6478 Where should THIS come from, if not england?

    • @Murdoch493
      @Murdoch493 7 років тому +7

      France? Despite the revolution, they had a pretty decent industrial age...

    • @___Steinn___
      @___Steinn___ 7 років тому +11

      Murdoch493 but this is from 1929. the Diesel-engine was already on it's run to victory. the steam - era was around 20 years earlier... but not in england. today this is great, but back then it wasn't "state of the art" anymore.

    • @EsIstNichtSchlimm1
      @EsIstNichtSchlimm1 6 років тому +4

      Hahaha these colonies...

    • @tommcmahon14
      @tommcmahon14 6 років тому +3

      milkman6478 United Kingdom*

  • @ckryses3962
    @ckryses3962 4 роки тому

    This thing earned another Romeo! I bet 1940 scammel pioneer Sv2s will be jealous that this Romeo has two girls to date now!! Man these are some machines which are 8th wonder of world!
    Really loved the video and beauty in it!! Keep up the good work mate!!

  • @om617yota8
    @om617yota8 4 роки тому +4

    American brodozer: *rolls coal*
    British Sentinel: That's cute.

  • @aliafaaqkhan2176
    @aliafaaqkhan2176 3 роки тому +3

    for some reason, every time i see a steam engine it gives me chills thru my spine. i must appreciate the effort of these people for keeping these pioneer machines alive. generation today have no idea what it was like, when we were growing up seeing these amazing monsters.

  • @buildthings79
    @buildthings79 7 років тому +97

    I'm afraid I'm gonna need one of those. Where can I sign my soul to the devil... Because I would to own that. I'd drive it to pickup my kids at school and to get groceries. I don't care if it takes 2 hours to fire up I'd do it anyway!.

    • @doubleboost
      @doubleboost  7 років тому +17

      Great fun

    • @michigandon
      @michigandon 7 років тому +7

      I plan on buying one as soon as I hit the Mega Millions Tuesday night.

    • @michaelbuckers
      @michaelbuckers 6 років тому +13

      You could modify a modern internal combustion engine into a single action steam engine. You could make it into double expansion engine by connecting primary cylinder exhaust to two secondary cylinder intakes. You'd need a modified valve timing rod, to open intake on every downstroke and open exhaust on every upstroke. Water pipe boiler is very easy to make yourself and it produces high efficiency superheated steam with no extra apparatus required. If you make it running on liquid fuel, you could make an automatic furnace that keeps appropriate steam pressure by starting and shutting down depending on the pressure.

    • @wildman510
      @wildman510 4 роки тому +1

      @@michaelbuckers so essentially, change timing, and boom steam engine. (if it doesn't blow up)

  • @Pluggit1953
    @Pluggit1953 4 роки тому +3

    Shropshire number plate, I see. I live in Shrewsbury where these were made. The factory is still known as the Sentinel Works.

  • @MegaZsolti
    @MegaZsolti 7 років тому +13

    14:17 If that was axle-driven instead of chain-driven, that truck would bite into the ground with its wheels...

  • @williamprice3929
    @williamprice3929 3 роки тому +1

    This thing is amazing, I love looking at it.

  • @thephilpott2194
    @thephilpott2194 5 років тому +3

    A fantastic beast, i do think that the writing was on the wall even as it rolled off the production line. I can see how it would work reasonably well on planned regular routes, eg beer or aggregate deliveries.

  • @Northerner_Transport_Hub
    @Northerner_Transport_Hub 2 роки тому +1

    Seen this at a couple events. She's a beautiful machine and keep doing what your doing. It's nice to see people care for machines so much. Her black paintwork is immaculate and it looks lovely. Subscribed and thumbs up

  • @richflaster9483
    @richflaster9483 6 років тому +19

    Ооооу намбы такое чудо техники в деревню ! А то бензин сегодня дорогой !🤓👍

    • @СергейДудяк-ч8ъ
      @СергейДудяк-ч8ъ 5 років тому +3

      С берёзой нет проблем, заброшенные пашни ею поросли.

    • @wrtltable
      @wrtltable 5 років тому +1

      у нас в 30х в НАМИ занимались такими грузовиками, только на дровах планировали кататься по Сибири. Но не взлетело, дрова много места занимают и хуже угля горят, эффективность низкая получается, и расстояния побольше чем в Англии.

    • @lizmitchel8855
      @lizmitchel8855 5 років тому +1

      @@wrtltable Сентинел модели VBT 1933 года был технически более совершенен и имел автоматическую топку тем самым не отвлекая шофера от управления машиной. экземпляр был приобретен НАМИ в 1936 году для исследования рускими учёными.

    • @ДинарВалиуллов-б3й
      @ДинарВалиуллов-б3й 4 роки тому

      И спалить,всю округу к ебеням))

  • @kacperdubrawski8944
    @kacperdubrawski8944 Рік тому +1

    That's some Peaky Blinders vibe right here lads

  • @captncloud50
    @captncloud50 7 років тому +23

    Something tells me this thing can't pass a smog check

    • @doktorbimmer
      @doktorbimmer 7 років тому +4

      You got that right.. and burn fuel at shameful rate too!

    • @JKPieGuy
      @JKPieGuy 7 років тому +7

      captncloud50 Don't worry, it runs on Bio Coal! Hahahaha!!

    • @94XJ
      @94XJ 6 років тому +9

      Sure it could...you could burn hydrogen to power it and have no emissions but water....which could feed into the boiler again. Huh, there's a thought.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281 4 роки тому +6

      JKPieGuy coal is made of plants so it is Biofuel

  • @wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695
    @wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695 7 років тому +139

    the British version of rolling coal lol

  • @ОдинокийКурильщик-ж2д

    в воспоминаниях возник олимпийский участник 1959г , от СССР , Юрий тармак.....

  • @dankdrifter7329
    @dankdrifter7329 4 роки тому +17

    9:02 Imagine that thing coming towards you at night!

    • @marvin7950
      @marvin7950 4 роки тому +5

      Horrific with the sound of it coming out of the fog.

  • @rajpkl17575
    @rajpkl17575 4 роки тому

    These machines tell us how step by step we move ahead from generations. Good machine still moving

  • @LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1
    @LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1 8 років тому +97

    At least we have got about a thousand years of coal left, perhaps when the petrol runs out coal powered trucks may return!

    • @kamenridernephilim
      @kamenridernephilim 8 років тому +8

      Still plenty of wood and cardboard and paper to. Don't get me wrong coal works but that's still a finite resource. Wood along with paper products are renewable because they can be recycled and regrown.

    • @kamenridernephilim
      @kamenridernephilim 8 років тому +13

      Plus diesel can be synthesized from most cooking waste or have a few dedicated farms for fuel production. We are certainly not going to run out of fat animals or greasy foods or soy beans anytime soon.

    • @RX7JG83
      @RX7JG83 7 років тому +2

      kamenridernephilim he could use shredded compressed newspaper logs all he has to do is get a stack of old newspapers shred them and a blender with water and press the water out and form them into small cylindrical bricks that he can use as fuel logs

    • @akbychoice
      @akbychoice 7 років тому +3

      The Tool Guy not really a byproduct, it's part of the process. So is Jet-A, Heating oils, and asphalt. Distilled it comes off in layers into pans in the stack. The higher it goes the lighter the fuels.

    • @akbychoice
      @akbychoice 7 років тому +1

      The Tool Guy you make it sound like all they are after is gasoline and diesel just happens to be something they get as a bonus w, you are the idiot.

  • @greglewis2398
    @greglewis2398 5 років тому +2

    This video is never boring to me. When the planet 🌍 has a EMP and modern computer, plastic cars dont run i could drive my own steam truck. U know Noah spent 100 years building a ark and people laugh at him for a hundred years. When the floods came people were screaming help me out. People today are still the same, they constantly want a hand out, a pay check. Help me out goverenment!🤔

  • @MilanDupal
    @MilanDupal 9 років тому +7

    Great beast, thanks for posting!
    Are there available tech. specifications (gears, brakes, engine, el. equipment,...)?

  • @Foxttellio
    @Foxttellio 2 роки тому

    Beautiful machine. Right at the end she looked like a bug spewing out lava haha, verry cool

  • @bradapprentice1397
    @bradapprentice1397 9 років тому +35

    Ya operate a steam lorry ya say?
    Ya… I do.
    Wat’s it take then.
    Coal miner’s lungs, nerves of steal, and a cast iron bum.
    Give it a go, see how ya like it!
    Na… I’m good.
    Oooh arrr! Yu’r missen out’a life. Live dangerously!
    Brad

  • @justacentrist4147
    @justacentrist4147 3 роки тому

    What a beautiful peace of history you are so blessed to be its custodian

  • @kailon_br7841
    @kailon_br7841 4 роки тому +13

    5:47 the guy in the jeep was desperate When he saw a truck giving off smoke running after him heheheeh

  • @greglewis2398
    @greglewis2398 5 років тому

    Even though she's old , she's a great machine. Black paint looks nice.🙂

  • @MsVinioliveira
    @MsVinioliveira 5 років тому +8

    1:10 i thought you were going to feed it with breads 😂😂😂