It’s crazy how some people think steam is considered junk now, steam was literally our stepping stone into the technologically advanced world we have today
@@SergioElDeAlemania Or focused solar mirrors. Or, in some cases, proximity to magma plumes and volcanic hotspots. (Seriously, why do people forget that geothermal plants exist?)
Funny thing is, Earth's entire civilization is built on boiling water. Even coal and nuclear powerplants boil water to create steam to turn turbines to create electricity.
All our technology makes you think ''How the fuck did we figure out how to do that?'' Like lithograhpy (the production of advanced computer chips) is so insane it beggars belief.
I genuinely want to see a faction in Fallout using steam traction engines as convoy tractors, because think about it from a wastelander's viewpoint. You hear a chugging rolling up from behind you, sparks going up from over the hill that you had just crested yourself, and a moment later you see this strange machine with massive rear wheels lumbering like a brahmin trundle into your line of sight, two manned turrets scanning the horizon as it rolls past you, not much faster than a man in a brisk jog with the longest train of wagons being towed behind it with each sporting four turrets of their own. It continues to roll past you, some of the gunners waving to you as they pass you while others swivel their guns across the horizon behind you, and what little passengers it has talking amongst themselves like they weren't even moving. The many open wagons not carrying passengers are piled high with more cargo, goods, and supplies than you've ever seen in your life an probably never will again trundling past you, before one of the crew at the tail end tosses you a closed box of cotton candy and waves farewell, the traction engine's whistle sounding from further up the train.
My gf always does some crazy stuff, but I don't even mind cause she's awesome. Never thought a machine could make me feel the same, 'I'm not even mad. It's just amazing.' I'm dead if she sees this comment
@@TaylorfromPapaLouie shopping cart chariots sound awesome, if I ever get a horse I'm making one (even though it will probably flip after going slightly fast)
It seems to me , it might need some lube, oil & grease in some places. A bit too rough sounding, check the lines. Make sure all the bearings have grease too. Also, just a word of advice, take it or leave it, try to re-rubber those drive wheels. Hard rubber will flake off & excessive vibrations may cause a premature failure of the steam engine, or its drive train. Just a thought. Love what you are doing guys, have fun!
@@LiLSnack13 Its a joke first off, second, HP is what you want for speed. This thing can't go fast because it has little to no HP, however, it has a TON of torque, which will allow it to pull tens of thousands of pounds.
You should look up some of the old steam cars from the 1920s. They're beautiful machines. Cars like the Stanly Steamers or Doble steam cars. I've dreamed for years to own one. There is videos of some lucky individuals who have them in their collections driving them around on the streets. Some of them are surprisingly fast, and you could take them on the highway if you are brave enough !
Kia ora and Thank you! I saw the left lane driving, yet the US looking vehicles, but without clear british accent and and couldn't put my finger on the location.
I was wondering where all the traffic was. Too eerily quiet. Would be fun to see a car overtake and pass. I've been stuck behind multiple Amish buggies on PA route 23 in Lancaster County, and once on US 30. Popular route for them.
I must say that I could watch these machines for hours. Anything driven by pistons, belts, gears wheels entertain me....I don't know exactly why either
it's the sounds. everything that happens on that kind of machine has a very distinct and clear sound associated with it, and every little thing, even down to the furnace door opening or closing, has authority. it just oozes power and strength.
It may not be fast, but it's simple, robust and reliable! With good maintenance, I can see this still going in 300 or 400 years' time! I just *love* mechanical things like this, with lots of moving parts! Stirling engines are great too!
Key words being with good maintenance. When properly maintained a steam engine can last a VERY long time, but they're always slowly tearing themselves to pieces and you gotta keep up with them to prevent them from falling apart completely, or worse.
the fact is that this tractors are not simple, robust nor reliable... plus they need as much time maintaining them as working with them. They are fun, yes, but they never were popular and only relativelly usefull (They were used more as a mobile steam engines for machines, that for real tractor work)
@@gallaieousyehudai12 Which is why a decent amount of them are in such good condition. They knew how to take care of them - a mostly lost art these days. Although, one correction. They didn't have stockpiles of parts, they had people who knew how to make new parts custom fit to the vehicle. While machine tools existed at the time, they were manually controlled and didn't have the fine tolerances necessary to make interchangeable components. So, instead, they had to make what they needed specifically to fit that that particular engine.
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I feel like a little kid again, I only read this through the history books when I was young. This brings joy in my heart. Thank you Liam and to your majestic beast of a steam engine!
You should look up some of the old steam cars from the 1920s. They're beautiful machines. Cars like the Stanly Steamers or Doble steam cars. I've dreamed for years to own one. There is videos of some lucky individuals who have them in their collections driving them around on the streets. Some of them are surprisingly fast, and you could take them on the highway if you are brave enough !
I noticed that you didn't even register on the "Your Speed" sign near the end of the video. 😆 Also the "steam loco" warning signs at the railway crossings when the actual steam was on the road. 😉
Hmmmm. We get some serious harley davidson (as made by carpenters) bikes roaring up our street at 40km/h, which are worse. Thankfully, WRXs and Mitsubishi rally cars with 15kw sub-woofers and soft-toys arrayed across the dashboard seem to have gone out of fashion.
It's good to know some of these old machines are still functioning properly and there are people that know how to use them. If that EMP were expecting ever happens we'll be needing these to rebuild society
@@micaheiber1419 in EU cars have euro norms higher number = more clean car euro 4 cant enter city while euro 6 car can enter city welcome to our european dystopia where politicians thinks that reducing all progres in EU will save planet while EU is responsible for 1.5%-2% of global polution so yeah we got more and more green taxes to SAVE THE PLANET
I have had the absolute pleasure of driving one of these, I was friends with another kid who’s dad owned one and we used to (with his dad supervising behind us) drive it around the massive property they owned. We obviously didn’t do everything because we were like 14 but we were allowed to drive and shovel fuel into the firebox. The best part about the whole thing is that that traction engine is used regularly on their farm to tow large loads in a trailer they have.
It's nice to see people , even if we can't "see" them, appreciate the history in this thing. Not get all road ragey and mad because you're blocking half a lane or all of it on the bridge. This was a nice change of pace to the stuff i've been watching on youtube. THIS is what youtube was meant for. Seeing stuff you'd never see in your life. Whether it's just somehting you'd never go see, it's too far away (another country) or you never knew existed. It's so much better content than the crap people put on now that's FAKE.
@@dewaldsteyn1306 Lithium is used in both the cathode and anode of the battery, cobalt is often used as a catalyst in the cathode of the battery. Note that while lithium is necessary, cobalt may be substituted for other metals. Of the two, lithium is considerably more environmentally hazardous, mainly due to the process of brine extraction. Which uses enormous amounts of water and chemicals to induce a precipitation reaction to extract a lithium salt from the brine.
I always expect these machines to be lumbering brutes only capable of speeds suitable for fieldwork in the Prairies, but these guys are moving at a pretty decent clip. These things must have seemed like spaceships in the 1880's blazing up the road as fast as a horse while doing the work of twelve.
Steam Powered Locomotives will always remain some of the best lookin and soundin beasts. Whilst only partially true for the tractor variants, they remain as strong if not more so then modern engines.
You wish. there's no going back to coal, we never stopped using it. it's currently the second source of energy... we will run out of coal as we run out of gas. running a steam engine industry on wood, then on coal nearly destroyed the victorian era forests. bikes, bovines, horses and sails!
That's awesome!! I bet that's a blast to operate. My grandpa ran a steam powered locomotive in his early days of the railroad. He'd have loved to had a steam tractor on the farm
Heh heh, same here! My Grandfather was an engineer on the Reading Lines in Pennsylvania from the late 1940's to 1971 or 72. He ran some of the last steamers and diesel-electrics throughout his career.😉👍
All the way from the very bottom of africa I say thankyou for this video. I can't believe you keep that ol lady going still. And you drive on the shoulder to not be an inconvenience to faster vehicles.
This shows how far we have come… from a machine basically requiring maintenance while driving to havin it in the garage all year and we get annoyed if the breaks are worn out.
I've been down the rails in locomotives at this height, but it's kinda' funny seeing the road from this perspective. You guys are at about the same elevation as you are in a freight locomotive, just chillin' goin' down the road.
Something i like remarking to my engineer about tbh. We usually drive faster than the tracks we run on are rated for (49 mph) but yet when you are moving that fast it feels alot faster just due to the height. Like 49 in my car compared to 49 in the cab is a world of difference
Thanks for showing me something that I've never laid my eyes on! Of all my 50+ years, I've only heard of the steam locomotive. I believe this is the first time that I am actually seeing a steam traction. Here in North America, we call the modern contraptions tractors. Again, thanks for sharing!
That was amazing to see and hear. (And you had the bar hooked up pretty good going down the road. She pulls pretty good!) Nice to see in this day and age.
@@beanapprentice1687 Its All About The Power Of "Pressure", Higher The Pressure More/Stronger The Output Will Be Forced Into Turning The Cogs; Then The Wheels.
@@beanapprentice1687 modern tractors have about 110 HP, of course heavily depending on model, this thing supposedly has 150HP if i can trust Wikipedia, its more powerfull than the standart modern tractor, so i would say in its own class it is the apex even to this day
@@Pilotfox123 150hp is still a very low figure for a vehicle so incredibly heavy. And 150hp is on the upper end of the spectrum, most of these tractors had less than 100hp. And since a 150hp Honda civic can’t tow tens of thousands of pounds, there is clearly something else at play that allows steam tractors to tow so much weight. That is, their immense traction and their high wheel torque thanks to gearing.
@@beanapprentice1687 i know that, but that was not what you or i was talking about. I was just saying that compared to modern tractors, vehicles of its own class, it still has a pretty good ammount of horsepower if not more. Of course any average street car or truck is gonna have more horsepower than it, but thats no fair comparison. Now where the actual pulling power comes from is an entirely different and more complex subject than how much hp something has
I bet you can hear that from mile away thinking "what is making that horrible racket?!" , and then you see it and melt "oh, never-mind, what a beautiful machine! and the sound it makes, it's like a music to my ears :)"
Only a handful of states allow steam engines to run anymore due to the inherent danger of them. The pressure is immense. Most people have no idea how hot coal burns. In modern times there are a fair amount of safety requirements for these, but even so accidents can occur. I recommend you check out steam engine tractor pulls to see the glorious sight of one of these beasts pushed to its limits at night. The rain of sparks is amazing.
No safety stickers saying "DO NOT STICK YOUR HANDS IN THE FAST-MOVING METAL PARTS" or "FIRE HOT". Imagine a world like that when people had common sense. Awesome machine 👏
This is probably the closest I'd ever get to seeing a steam train. Really cool tractor, by the way. It's really great to seeing such things still capable of working.
MULTIPLE JOBS ON THIS BEAST,, DRIVE, OIL, SPEEDING, CONTROLS, CHECKING GAUGES, SHOVEL COAL, SHIFTING GEARS, AND HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE TO DRIVE THIS, SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL, NOISY, LOVE THE STEAMER OF THIS.
For some strange reason the greatfull dead song comes to mind . "Driving that train 🚂 high on c...... Casey Jones you better watch your speed" ! 😂 😂 Awesome job 👍 I am envious of your skills as the engineer.
What would have been funny is if the Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy had been crossing those tracks. Edit: That said, given the side of the road vehicles are on, I am guessing this is in the UK?
It is cool to see such a thing. We have little to no tractors of that generation because they were useless on Dutch soil. (They would get stuck before you reached a field thus only usefull as an expensive engin for machines.) In fact the only one I have ever seen was used to move canons in the army.
I knew a chap whose hobby was rebuilding steam engines. He would take a row of them on wheels to local farm and car shows for people to see, and had the bigger one pull them along all huffing and chugging. It was great fun to see. He'd have loved this big black beauty. :)
Kids nowadays always out on the roads hotrodding their steam tractors!
Dadgum hooligans, thinking they're better than us! The ox cart is good enough for me, and it's good enough for them!
@@jarrodheley7879 HA! Why in the old days...we bicycled! WITHOUT NO STINKY COAL!
@@TheCaptainSlappy In the old days... We walked without some weird geometric vehicles.
@@user-yv7mp7sn9u OUR TIRES WERE FLAT. BECAUSE WE HAD NO DURNED TIRES! WE HAD FEETS.
Pathetic little crits, we used a bloody horse to get from point a to point b without a fuss
cop: you got lights on that thing
you: light? we dont even have electricity
cop: Do you know how fast you were going?
you: About 7?
well it must be a Mennonite.
Gotta put some lanterns on it then
@@bene5431 that would transform it into a certifiable pussy magnet
Yeah, look. I've got an oillamp hanging on the side. And it's not like you can't hear it come rattling down the road from the horizon.
"Why do i hear a locomotive? I dont live near tracks"
Not only that in 2024
The best part was him crossing the train tracks
Everyone in the neighborhood and area definitely knows all about the steam tractor lol
Now imagine the world of Cyberpunk, and then someone from the village arrives in this machine XD this is amazing :3
no chit-chat or explanations, just straight to driving a steam tractor down the road. I fuck with this
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Same. The warm of that exhaust chimney was the best part to put something in.
same
thats the first time i've seen a steam engine cross a railway track XD
XD ? i s m e l l E u r o p e
i was going to comment this exactly. never seen a steam powered vehicle move perpendicular to a railway before.
"kids playing with some old junk" no, really cool video guys, this takes skill and orking in harmony. hats off.
It’s crazy how some people think steam is considered junk now, steam was literally our stepping stone into the technologically advanced world we have today
@@fishlickmustaches8088and we still use it, basically all of our power stations are just massive steam turbines powered by coal, oil or gas
@@ravanjock or a nuclear reactor
@@SergioElDeAlemania
Or focused solar mirrors.
Or, in some cases, proximity to magma plumes and volcanic hotspots. (Seriously, why do people forget that geothermal plants exist?)
@@SergioElDeAlemania Exactly, Nuclear power plants are just radioactive kettles that spin turbines
Hauling tons and tons of cargo with nothing but the power of boiling water. These machines are art.
Funny thing is, Earth's entire civilization is built on boiling water. Even coal and nuclear powerplants boil water to create steam to turn turbines to create electricity.
All our technology makes you think ''How the fuck did we figure out how to do that?''
Like lithograhpy (the production of advanced computer chips) is so insane it beggars belief.
sup majimba
Did you intentionaly leave out the carbon emiting coal to make it seem polished green or are you that stupid?
hey dont forget the coal
Those counterweights swinging around in your face with no guard is crazy. A true machine.
Well, if it blows up they were doing what they loved.
In those days, they subscribed to the belief that if you were dumb enough to put your hand in there you deserved what was coming.
i feel fear lol
I thought that wheel was for sharpening axes while juggling, driving, and shoveling.
No point in a guard. If that rotating assembly comes unglued there’s no guard on earth that’s stopping it.
“This is Officer Lydes. Requesting backup. I got a pursuit in progress of an… 1879.”
Underrated comment
I genuinely want to see a faction in Fallout using steam traction engines as convoy tractors, because think about it from a wastelander's viewpoint.
You hear a chugging rolling up from behind you, sparks going up from over the hill that you had just crested yourself, and a moment later you see this strange machine with massive rear wheels lumbering like a brahmin trundle into your line of sight, two manned turrets scanning the horizon as it rolls past you, not much faster than a man in a brisk jog with the longest train of wagons being towed behind it with each sporting four turrets of their own.
It continues to roll past you, some of the gunners waving to you as they pass you while others swivel their guns across the horizon behind you, and what little passengers it has talking amongst themselves like they weren't even moving.
The many open wagons not carrying passengers are piled high with more cargo, goods, and supplies than you've ever seen in your life an probably never will again trundling past you, before one of the crew at the tail end tosses you a closed box of cotton candy and waves farewell, the traction engine's whistle sounding from further up the train.
Well in a mod of hoi4 you have a faction of fallout that uses steam engines
Everyone stuck behind them was sounding like Ron Burgundy: "I'm not even mad; that's amazing."
So true because I absolutely would be, my wife not so much.
It’s going slow enough to just go past on the grass.
My gf always does some crazy stuff, but I don't even mind cause she's awesome. Never thought a machine could make me feel the same, 'I'm not even mad. It's just amazing.'
I'm dead if she sees this comment
Her: “He’s probably out cheating”
Me and the boys:
Real
No.
@@spankyjeffro5320yes.
Real for
Thank you for keeping repeating the same fucking jokes for 10 years, really I'd be afraid to forget... "The Cameraman Never Dies", Clone Tapes
I did not know I needed to spend 30 min watching a nice old steam engine run. But I did, Thank you.
Me too 😂
Wollte 😊
1am and watching a steam engine on the road…..screw exams!
The sound of a steam engine of any scale operating tickles my tism just right lol.
Iron blood pop respect
Pfp
Guys, please, preserve this machine.
When the apocalypse will strike us down and gasoline will go bad you will be our only hope for transportation...
Horses and bikes exist. Shopping Cart chariots and Horse Wagons will probably be the main form of cargo transport
1. walking, bikes
2. what kinda death cult are you in man
Good luck preserving it when shit goes down.
@@TaylorfromPapaLouie shopping cart chariots sound awesome, if I ever get a horse I'm making one (even though it will probably flip after going slightly fast)
Im already thinking of 100s of possibilities in the blossoming fields of infinity
Good luck to all
And may you find peace in your domains
the mechanical clanking and rattling sounds it makes are so satisfying
It seems to me , it might need some lube, oil & grease in some places. A bit too rough sounding, check the lines. Make sure all the bearings have grease too. Also, just a word of advice, take it or leave it, try to re-rubber those drive wheels. Hard rubber will flake off & excessive vibrations may cause a premature failure of the steam engine, or its drive train. Just a thought. Love what you are doing guys, have fun!
That's what she said
And all the steam and smoke :D
True
That thing has 3 horsepower but enough torque to rotate the earth. Can't beat steam!
3 horse power is less than a chainsaw
That shit is enough to correct earth's axis
@@LiLSnack13 Its a joke first off, second, HP is what you want for speed. This thing can't go fast because it has little to no HP, however, it has a TON of torque, which will allow it to pull tens of thousands of pounds.
You should look up some of the old steam cars from the 1920s. They're beautiful machines. Cars like the Stanly Steamers or Doble steam cars. I've dreamed for years to own one. There is videos of some lucky individuals who have them in their collections driving them around on the streets. Some of them are surprisingly fast, and you could take them on the highway if you are brave enough !
@@DarkNightDreamerI feel like the internal combustion engine and electric engine have beat steam.
Cool video!
For those wondering, this is on SH1, just north of Timaru, South Island, New Zealand.
Kia ora and Thank you! I saw the left lane driving, yet the US looking vehicles, but without clear british accent and and couldn't put my finger on the location.
bro doxxed the steam engine 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
I was wondering where all the traffic was. Too eerily quiet. Would be fun to see a car overtake and pass. I've been stuck behind multiple Amish buggies on PA route 23 in Lancaster County, and once on US 30. Popular route for them.
Is bro a Geoguesser player?
Yep, saw the left lane driving, the posts and the irrigation booms and figured probably South Island NZ
I must say that I could watch these machines for hours. Anything driven by pistons, belts, gears wheels entertain me....I don't know exactly why either
it's the sounds. everything that happens on that kind of machine has a very distinct and clear sound associated with it, and every little thing, even down to the furnace door opening or closing, has authority. it just oozes power and strength.
Weil man sehen kann, wie es funktioniert und: keine Elektronik!! 😊
The tractor is actually staying still, the earth is rotating below it
It may not be fast, but it's simple, robust and reliable!
With good maintenance, I can see this still going in 300 or 400 years' time!
I just *love* mechanical things like this, with lots of moving parts!
Stirling engines are great too!
Key words being with good maintenance. When properly maintained a steam engine can last a VERY long time, but they're always slowly tearing themselves to pieces and you gotta keep up with them to prevent them from falling apart completely, or worse.
They are definitely not simple, but they're awesome none the less
the fact is that this tractors are not simple, robust nor reliable... plus they need as much time maintaining them as working with them. They are fun, yes, but they never were popular and only relativelly usefull (They were used more as a mobile steam engines for machines, that for real tractor work)
@VestedUTuber yeah but consider that back then they had parts and an abundance of knowledge and good mechanics to work on these beasts.
@@gallaieousyehudai12
Which is why a decent amount of them are in such good condition. They knew how to take care of them - a mostly lost art these days.
Although, one correction. They didn't have stockpiles of parts, they had people who knew how to make new parts custom fit to the vehicle. While machine tools existed at the time, they were manually controlled and didn't have the fine tolerances necessary to make interchangeable components. So, instead, they had to make what they needed specifically to fit that that particular engine.
Men sad
Men see steam tractor
Men happy
Now men want one!
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Men watch Simpsons
Men drink apple spritzer
Men burp
lol
Also, if you didn’t know, Jesus loves you and will fulfill you more than anything, I speak from experience, he wants a meaningful relationship with you, and you will find him if you seek him. Look up the abcs of salvation teenmissions on Google and it should be the first result, click what it says and read and do what it says, It’s not hard (and if it is ask God to help you), I promise you it’s more worth it than you could imagine. I’ll leave you with these verses…
“that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Romans 10:9-13 KJV
“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”
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Still 100% cooler than the cybertruck how is that possible
It's because you can literally see how everything works. That's the charm of steam engines.
Because this was actually built to last, and still has better throttle control
It smokes, moves, has fire, uses steam, makes noise, has a trunk, is big and looks cool
Visually, it looks more interesting imo
All functionalism and no overindulgent fads. Which is what Tesla is, Elonlon Ranch is responsible for modern brainrot.
the toot brightens the day and puts a smile on everyone's face.
I feel like a little kid again, I only read this through the history books when I was young. This brings joy in my heart. Thank you Liam and to your majestic beast of a steam engine!
Man I am such a sucker for watching old machinery run, I could spend half the day watching stuff like this
You should look up some of the old steam cars from the 1920s. They're beautiful machines. Cars like the Stanly Steamers or Doble steam cars. I've dreamed for years to own one. There is videos of some lucky individuals who have them in their collections driving them around on the streets. Some of them are surprisingly fast, and you could take them on the highway if you are brave enough !
I could watch for eternity ❤I'm sick of the new cars tractors today this is priceless!!!!
What a beast of a machine, nothing will ever compare to those engineering marvels.
Dunno, the old steam face shovels were a mighty beast
Look up a Sentinel steam lorry
I noticed that you didn't even register on the "Your Speed" sign near the end of the video. 😆
Also the "steam loco" warning signs at the railway crossings when the actual steam was on the road. 😉
God bless you for taking such good care of this beauty! I love seeing people like you taking care of these machines.
This must be the vehicle with the worst speed-to-noise ratio 😂
Hmmmm. We get some serious harley davidson (as made by carpenters) bikes roaring up our street at 40km/h, which are worse. Thankfully, WRXs and Mitsubishi rally cars with 15kw sub-woofers and soft-toys arrayed across the dashboard seem to have gone out of fashion.
you might want to check out the Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" , a plane with a supersonic propeller so loud it gave the pilot a seizure
thats not noise thats sound
That's what she said.
Lmfao@@gotchagee3315
Hats off to you lads, nicely done
More environmentally friendly than Volkswagen
Volkswagens suck 😂 Never had one last me more than 100k miles before breaking down.
@@larrycharles-dm2hsi think the comment referred to the emission test -scandal
@@manitoba-op4jxburning coal spreads isotopes. Coal isn't just carbon.
@@user-tb9mg4md7d Point still stands.
pretty sure its steam
6:58
The cows were like : "Yo Jerry! Look at that odd-looking truck!"
They are having ancestral flash backs lol
It's good to know some of these old machines are still functioning properly and there are people that know how to use them. If that EMP were expecting ever happens we'll be needing these to rebuild society
Lovely sound under load, a beautiful machine!
If I saw this thing while driving I would lose my mind. Old technology is fascinating.
I love going on Steam train rides when I can. Just awesome
Cop: I pulled you over because your exhaust is smoking
You: its supposed to, its steam powered
Cop: whats the coal mileage?
Imagine if they tried to stop it with a "Stinger" 🤣🤣🤣
@@jamielee9350 "dag nabit, the tractor is going 30 miles under the speed limit, get the spike strips!"
in europe they wuld ask you what is euro norm
propably euro -6
@@renamon303 As an EU citizen... what?
@@micaheiber1419 in EU cars have euro norms higher number = more clean car
euro 4 cant enter city while euro 6 car can enter city welcome to our european dystopia where politicians thinks that reducing all progres in EU will save planet while EU is responsible for 1.5%-2% of global polution so yeah we got more and more green taxes to SAVE THE PLANET
I don't even want to know what was the main motivation behind that idea.
This is so cool!!!
bro, he's driving the first law of thermodynamics
Approaching the intersection is a great flurry of hands. They would have had a ball running this thing
Yes, I guess you have to be clever to adjust the regulator, brake, steer and shovel all at the same time. :-D
@@normandiebryant6989 or know how to play bagpipes :D
Nothing to see here just taking my steam tractor to me McDonald’s
That would be epic, though.
@@JeffTiberend 🤣
6:58 even the cows are intrigued 😂
probably amazed at how fast that thing was moooving....
@@Mark-je8ns
They are having ancestral flash backs lol
Their great grandfather saw these and now they are the first to see one of these in generations
I have had the absolute pleasure of driving one of these, I was friends with another kid who’s dad owned one and we used to (with his dad supervising behind us) drive it around the massive property they owned. We obviously didn’t do everything because we were like 14 but we were allowed to drive and shovel fuel into the firebox. The best part about the whole thing is that that traction engine is used regularly on their farm to tow large loads in a trailer they have.
No music, no rambling narratives, just putting it in gear and letting the machine do the talking. That’s how you do it right.
here before this gets famous in 8 years
true
greetings people from 2032
Damn thing got famous in 10 days lol
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Lol kinda true
Friend "YO I JUST GOT MY FIRST CAR IM SO HAPPY"
Me "bet, come to my house and show me"
What bro pulls up in:
Cooler than any sports car
@@BeanBYTESOFAnd more expensive
It's so old he bought it for $0.01
@@GreenLeafUponTheSkyactually older vehicles are more expensive
He was joking@@mrvoidschannel359
Why are you late?
I was stuck behind a steam train.
Steam machine
It's nice to see people , even if we can't "see" them, appreciate the history in this thing. Not get all road ragey and mad because you're blocking half a lane or all of it on the bridge. This was a nice change of pace to the stuff i've been watching on youtube. THIS is what youtube was meant for. Seeing stuff you'd never see in your life. Whether it's just somehting you'd never go see, it's too far away (another country) or you never knew existed. It's so much better content than the crap people put on now that's FAKE.
This thing is more environment friendly than any Tesla with lithium batteries
Doesnt tesla use cobalt?
@@dewaldsteyn1306 Lithium is used in both the cathode and anode of the battery, cobalt is often used as a catalyst in the cathode of the battery. Note that while lithium is necessary, cobalt may be substituted for other metals. Of the two, lithium is considerably more environmentally hazardous, mainly due to the process of brine extraction. Which uses enormous amounts of water and chemicals to induce a precipitation reaction to extract a lithium salt from the brine.
Sigh...
Do you get a new battery every time you drive your Tesla?
This thing needs continous coal.
'hello officer, why do you ask of the legality of my steam tractor?'
In fact he was the one who built the road
I always expect these machines to be lumbering brutes only capable of speeds suitable for fieldwork in the Prairies, but these guys are moving at a pretty decent clip. These things must have seemed like spaceships in the 1880's blazing up the road as fast as a horse while doing the work of twelve.
They aren’t going fast at all. Not even half the speed of a horse. They literally are just lumbering brutes.
@@mightypharaoh7586facts. Anyways who is that on ur pfp they look cool?
@@mightypharaoh7586 you realize a loaded horse is not sprinting?
@@mightypharaoh7586 I guarantee you they got there faster than they would have with a horse. That thing doesn't get tired.
And it doesn’t stop occasionally to drop nuggets.
It does still need water and food (coal) stops though.
I haven't been home in 45 years but there's no mistaking the place after all these seasons. Thanks for the ride Mate! 🤓
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Steam Powered Locomotives will always remain some of the best lookin and soundin beasts. Whilst only partially true for the tractor variants, they remain as strong if not more so then modern engines.
Once gas runs out we prob enter the steam punk era. Might as well use steam. xD
You wish. there's no going back to coal, we never stopped using it. it's currently the second source of energy... we will run out of coal as we run out of gas.
running a steam engine industry on wood, then on coal nearly destroyed the victorian era forests.
bikes, bovines, horses and sails!
at 18:30 - Maserati Bora. Only 560 were produced from 1971-78. cost from $120,000 to $200,000
I'd rather have this steam engine.
@@SFox63 Much more rare and exotic.
Give me a tractor and I'll be happy
Give me a steam tractor and I'll be in heaven
Give me a steam tractor and I'd be like a god of the streets
literally?🤣
Why is this gauge freaking out? 💥
Ive never had an interest in tractors before but here I am watching in interest a steam tractor drive around for 30 minutes.
Nha that things probably warm as heck
That's awesome!! I bet that's a blast to operate. My grandpa ran a steam powered locomotive in his early days of the railroad. He'd have loved to had a steam tractor on the farm
Heh heh, same here! My Grandfather was an engineer on the Reading Lines in Pennsylvania from the late 1940's to 1971 or 72. He ran some of the last steamers and diesel-electrics throughout his career.😉👍
All the way from the very bottom of africa I say thankyou for this video. I can't believe you keep that ol lady going still. And you drive on the shoulder to not be an inconvenience to faster vehicles.
30:38 This gives off the same energy as a fish crawling onto land and then staring back at where it had came from
like a fish out of water lol
This shows how far we have come… from a machine basically requiring maintenance while driving to havin it in the garage all year and we get annoyed if the breaks are worn out.
*brakes
I've been down the rails in locomotives at this height, but it's kinda' funny seeing the road from this perspective. You guys are at about the same elevation as you are in a freight locomotive, just chillin' goin' down the road.
Heya fellow fur! You gained a sub lol
Something i like remarking to my engineer about tbh. We usually drive faster than the tracks we run on are rated for (49 mph) but yet when you are moving that fast it feels alot faster just due to the height. Like 49 in my car compared to 49 in the cab is a world of difference
Not gonna lie, steam engines are really frickin cool
Especially steam engines on ships
3:50 I never thought that I would someday watch a train crossing the train tracks.
Glad you guys keep that old girl in good shape
dude be in 1800's pulling up next to another steam traction engine putting some coal in to indicate he wanna race
Or asks him if he has any Grey Poupon lolol
Let’s be honest, the best thing about this is not the massive torque - It’s the whistle 😁
I put this video in my "happy videos" bookmarks folder. will rewatch when feeling down.
I almost clicked on your pfp to play music lol
Merci du partage, et du retour vers le passé en 2024! Stéph.
Thanks for sharing, and for going back in time to 2024! Stéph.
Thanks for showing me something that I've never laid my eyes on!
Of all my 50+ years, I've only heard of the steam locomotive. I believe this is the first time that I am actually seeing a steam traction. Here in North America, we call the modern contraptions tractors.
Again, thanks for sharing!
That was amazing to see and hear. (And you had the bar hooked up pretty good going down the road. She pulls pretty good!) Nice to see in this day and age.
It's great to see a younger generation keeping steam alive.Wish I could join you!❤ 😂😂😂
This is one of the most powerful machine ever made they can pull just about anything.
It has very little power actually. What it does have is high wheel torque and insane traction owing to its heavy weight.
@@beanapprentice1687 Its All About The Power Of "Pressure", Higher The Pressure More/Stronger The Output Will Be Forced Into Turning The Cogs; Then The Wheels.
@@beanapprentice1687 modern tractors have about 110 HP, of course heavily depending on model, this thing supposedly has 150HP if i can trust Wikipedia, its more powerfull than the standart modern tractor, so i would say in its own class it is the apex even to this day
@@Pilotfox123 150hp is still a very low figure for a vehicle so incredibly heavy. And 150hp is on the upper end of the spectrum, most of these tractors had less than 100hp. And since a 150hp Honda civic can’t tow tens of thousands of pounds, there is clearly something else at play that allows steam tractors to tow so much weight. That is, their immense traction and their high wheel torque thanks to gearing.
@@beanapprentice1687 i know that, but that was not what you or i was talking about. I was just saying that compared to modern tractors, vehicles of its own class, it still has a pretty good ammount of horsepower if not more. Of course any average street car or truck is gonna have more horsepower than it, but thats no fair comparison.
Now where the actual pulling power comes from is an entirely different and more complex subject than how much hp something has
I remember doing that on an A road from Derby southwards firing a foden lorry, hairy at 30 mph!
I like how the horn is presumably powered by the steam pressure!
omg i love how you needed to add oil during the drive. I've seen a lot steam machines/cars but never running.
I LOVE at 6:36 when hits the whistle and all the cows start coming afterwards LOL
I bet you can hear that from mile away thinking "what is making that horrible racket?!" , and then you see it and melt "oh, never-mind, what a beautiful machine! and the sound it makes, it's like a music to my ears :)"
The real rollin coal
Only a handful of states allow steam engines to run anymore due to the inherent danger of them. The pressure is immense. Most people have no idea how hot coal burns. In modern times there are a fair amount of safety requirements for these, but even so accidents can occur. I recommend you check out steam engine tractor pulls to see the glorious sight of one of these beasts pushed to its limits at night. The rain of sparks is amazing.
That thing just wants to GO! That’s built up a good head of steam!
No safety stickers saying "DO NOT STICK YOUR HANDS IN THE FAST-MOVING METAL PARTS" or "FIRE HOT". Imagine a world like that when people had common sense.
Awesome machine 👏
I know, right?! Common sense ain't all that common anymore, but these guys have a pretty good portion of it!💪😎
I'd love to see the looks on the faces in the passing cars.
Guys will see this and say: HELL YEAH!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
This is probably the closest I'd ever get to seeing a steam train.
Really cool tractor, by the way. It's really great to seeing such things still capable of working.
You could maybe go to heritage railways I'm in the UK and I know that we have quite a few
@@matt_trainsbeen to one, didn't ride the train but it was really cool, it creates an entire cloud of steam that acts like fog around it
When/if we ever run out of oil on this planet then this bad boy will still keep on going. Truly a marvel of engineering.
This is in New Zealand isn't it?
What an awsome engine, and a beautiful landscape too
Somewhere in the Canterbury region
@@Secretlyanothername Yep Temuka about 2 hrs out of Christchurch close to Timaru, well 2 days out of CHCH for this beast :P
They see me rollin. They hatin for farming and tryna catch me chugging dirty.
Missed those day when me and homies watch this thing down the road with goofy music on background back in the 1800's.
MULTIPLE JOBS ON THIS BEAST,, DRIVE, OIL, SPEEDING, CONTROLS, CHECKING GAUGES, SHOVEL COAL, SHIFTING GEARS, AND HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE TO DRIVE THIS, SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL, NOISY, LOVE THE STEAMER OF THIS.
This is the coolest thing I've seen on UA-cam.
I hope the rear of the convoy says 'If we're going (x) MPH, we're topped out. Sorry.'
also carefully thought about giving people the opportunity to let it pass. guys you are doing great. I'll take my hat off to you!😎👍🏻
I can smell the coal through the monitor.
"wow this seems like a new zealand thing"
"Wow these guys have new zealand accents"
*Sees sign pointing to mount cook*
"oh they are in new zealand"
Thank you for preserving that beauty and sharing with us a little of what it feels like to drive it!
For some strange reason the greatfull dead song comes to mind .
"Driving that train 🚂 high on c...... Casey Jones you better watch your speed" ! 😂 😂
Awesome job 👍 I am envious of your skills as the engineer.
so fucking cool, and it brings a whole new meaning too road train
What would have been funny is if the Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy had been crossing those tracks.
Edit: That said, given the side of the road vehicles are on, I am guessing this is in the UK?
Temuka, NZ.
It is cool to see such a thing. We have little to no tractors of that generation because they were useless on Dutch soil. (They would get stuck before you reached a field thus only usefull as an expensive engin for machines.) In fact the only one I have ever seen was used to move canons in the army.
I knew a chap whose hobby was rebuilding steam engines. He would take a row of them on wheels to local farm and car shows for people to see, and had the bigger one pull them along all huffing and chugging. It was great fun to see. He'd have loved this big black beauty. :)
UA-cam just recommended me this and it's the most interesting thing I've seen in probably the whole year