100+ year old steam tractor or should I say fire breathing monster doesn’t need a trophy. It will just pull that sled home. I love steam and the shear power it produces.
Best part about it is these steam Tractors (from what i have read) actually put out max Torque at any RPM and they easily make over 2000, some like 3000 or more to.
@@fanofCOH Steam will expand of course but the cylinder may not be able to maintain the crazy amount of pressure, I seen some of the later steam tractors they built in the 30s their cylinder walls are thick as fuck but the pressure in them, damn those tractors used flash boilers too, two of them to produce super heated steam which has even more pressure than regular steam, those machines were brilliant such a fucking shame they never got anywhere as diesel tractors were more compact and profitable.
Nothing like shoveling a couple scoops of sawdust to put on a awesome spark show. Seen a locomotive on semi wheels do that going down the road at probably 30mph. Awsome sight.
bumboclat Could be either or. Since he’s basically plowing that track with that sled, I think it’s just incompletely burned fuel. But they could be making it rain on purpose.
This is the 80hp version. Quite cute really. The replica 150hp is about twice the size and torque. Old girl here put on an excellent show mind you, sparks and all.
@@theant9821 Tell me who came up with the definition of horsepower. It was James Watt. *Look at how he did it, when, and why.* Ironically it's related to steam engines. Who defined torque and when did he? Who figured out the constant 5252? Do you think any of your typical Joe Schmoe customer around 1800 knew what any of what you just said meant? Or cared? I know your formula is correct, but you've got to dumb it way down for late 1700s to early 1800s regular folk. Going back to the original post here.... If you have an engine with high horsepower, you'll get to the end of that track quickly. (Yes I understand torque factors in.) If you have an engine with high torque (rather than hp), you'll get to the end of the track under no sweat and you'll be able to go on and on. On a graph hp tends to be peaky; tq tends to be broad. Drag racers know this. They dance with it. What he's talking about is the tortoise and the hare. Or, imagine having to send a package in the olden days. If it's urgent you send a pony like Paul Revere. If I need to move heavy cargo, I'd be sending elephants. **watered down** Light and fast= Hare Pony Hummingbird Motorcycle engine ~ high hp Heavy and slow= Tortoise Elephant Condor Diesel engine ~ high tq
Oddly, you're kinda right and wrong. This is likely what we steamers call a spark show. Like this guy ^ said they add sawdust to the fire and work the engine to the f***ing max. The extreme amount of steam being used causes the fire to literally be sucked up the flues. Due to this, it actually cleans the flues somewhat. Now, doing it every time you run the engine will certainly cause damage.
it depends on if it's oil or coal fired. if it is coal fired the ash from the coal itself will cause the damage, if they are just throwing sawdust into an oil burner then it won't hurt it. also, fire being sucked into the tubes is a good thing.
The engine is burning coal as it normally would. But sawdust is added to the firebox to make a more impressive night "spark" show for the crowd. Back in the day they could/would burn wood but pound for pound wood does not put out as much energy (BTUs) as coal.
Actually it was just very slowly, and they could put the weight box right up front from the start and these tractors will pull it as if it were 3 sheets of paper.
Brute torque never goes out of style, these old steam rigs were and still are brilliant, simple and effective!
100+ year old steam tractor or should I say fire breathing monster doesn’t need a trophy. It will just pull that sled home. I love steam and the shear power it produces.
The amount of toque is insane. He could pull that sled home if he wanted to. Tractor's just doing some work.
Amen
Horsepower-80
Torque- yes
Torque: *You need a planet moved? I got ya fam*
Horsepower-80
Torque- ALL OF IT
@@tedsager3576 horsepower 80
torque Chuck Norris
The Torque + The Fire Out Of The Stack + Running Strong With No Slow Down = Fucking Awesome!
That tractor has never felt more alive
"remember we need to clean the flues out in the morning"
"hold on"
Best part about it is these steam Tractors (from what i have read) actually put out max Torque at any RPM and they easily make over 2000, some like 3000 or more to.
Sometimes slow and steady finish the race. 😀
and it will also rip your face off!
steam dosent care, itll just keep expanding. as long as the operator can run his machine, these old beasts will put in some work
@@fanofCOH
Steam will expand of course but the cylinder may not be able to maintain the crazy amount of pressure, I seen some of the later steam tractors they built in the 30s their cylinder walls are thick as fuck but the pressure in them, damn those tractors used flash boilers too, two of them to produce super heated steam which has even more pressure than regular steam, those machines were brilliant such a fucking shame they never got anywhere as diesel tractors were more compact and profitable.
No clutch on a steam engine and torque through out the rpm band. Just brut power
Nothing like shoveling a couple scoops of sawdust to put on a awesome spark show.
Seen a locomotive on semi wheels do that going down the road at probably 30mph. Awsome sight.
Thank you for this comment, i had wondered what has caused such a huge Spark Plume :-)
Oh, I thought that's the remaining ember bed that's sucked through the chimney under high load
bumboclat Could be either or. Since he’s basically plowing that track with that sled, I think it’s just incompletely burned fuel. But they could be making it rain on purpose.
Oh I'm glad you provided an explanation for that. I thought they were using a fan to overwhelm the boiler and thus risking hundred of lives.
She's not pullin, she's plowin' the track.
You are so right that thing is more than just a tractor it's a massive fire breathing dragon
This video is one of the coolest on the internet! Someday I'd like to drive to Illinois and see this in person!
0:40 heard the tractor slow down
There we go! Now the sled is gonna win!
0:48 increases speed: so I thought..
Volcano on wheels.
Makes me smile thank you!
It’s amazing how simple torque was made with weight enough force to get the weight started and torque could be endless
What’s the guys t-shirt made of Kevlar ?
At 1:00 you can see flames coming out of the smoke stack that is amazing.
They likely stuck some sawdust in the fire box for that effect
Ok john.deere, the pressure is on.....lets see you compete with that
I love how simple the steering setup on this thing is. I suppose you don't need anything too high tech if your max speed is only 3 mph...
This is the 80hp version. Quite cute really. The replica 150hp is about twice the size and torque. Old girl here put on an excellent show mind you, sparks and all.
This is so awesome
+Sweet Victory thanks 🙏 Sweet Victory!
full pull?
Someone shot get a long exposer shot of that on a darkened track around dusk. That would be a hell of a photo.
They would be. I've seen pictures of bagasse burning steam locomotives in the cane fields of Java.
A JDM kid will watch this, wonder how the heck 80 HP is doing this, what Steam is, and why this case turned into a fire dragon
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take it.
Matheson Fraser i still dont understand
@@dragon0361 because he's talking nonsense
@@theant9821
He's actually referring to the definition of horsepower vs torque..... correctly.
@@xmo552 torque lb/ft × rpm, divided by 5252
That is bhp.
@@theant9821
Tell me who came up with the definition of horsepower. It was James Watt. *Look at how he did it, when, and why.* Ironically it's related to steam engines.
Who defined torque and when did he? Who figured out the constant 5252?
Do you think any of your typical Joe Schmoe customer around 1800 knew what any of what you just said meant? Or cared? I know your formula is correct, but you've got to dumb it way down for late 1700s to early 1800s regular folk.
Going back to the original post here.... If you have an engine with high horsepower, you'll get to the end of that track quickly. (Yes I understand torque factors in.)
If you have an engine with high torque (rather than hp), you'll get to the end of the track under no sweat and you'll be able to go on and on. On a graph hp tends to be peaky; tq tends to be broad.
Drag racers know this. They dance with it.
What he's talking about is the tortoise and the hare. Or, imagine having to send a package in the olden days. If it's urgent you send a pony like Paul Revere. If I need to move heavy cargo, I'd be sending elephants.
**watered down**
Light and fast=
Hare
Pony
Hummingbird
Motorcycle engine
~ high hp
Heavy and slow=
Tortoise
Elephant
Condor
Diesel engine
~ high tq
Wunderbar alte Technik live 😍📽
Great video. They did spark shows at rough and tumble in PA but they had all the lights out and it was hard to video . I have one on my feed though...
Would a larger flywheel affect the performance? I'snt it a battery for mechanical energy pretty much?
how much the sled weighs?
Holy cow, fire is coming out of the funnel
I bet the babbit in bearings sure got hammered.. lol
Real tractor pullin
This thing running on? The lost souls of the damned?
is that a burnout??
slack_ attack if you mean the fire coming outta the smoke stack no that's just the saw dust burning up for added nighttime effect
Who let the Devil's tractor loose?
Now THAT'S a show!
How much weight is that?
That fire coming out the chimney cant be good for the boiler tubes, just shows steam pulls best
Matt Seymour i cant see some sawdust in the smoke box for the spectical at night being fatal to it.
Oddly, you're kinda right and wrong. This is likely what we steamers call a spark show. Like this guy ^ said they add sawdust to the fire and work the engine to the f***ing max. The extreme amount of steam being used causes the fire to literally be sucked up the flues. Due to this, it actually cleans the flues somewhat. Now, doing it every time you run the engine will certainly cause damage.
it depends on if it's oil or coal fired. if it is coal fired the ash from the coal itself will cause the damage, if they are just throwing sawdust into an oil burner then it won't hurt it. also, fire being sucked into the tubes is a good thing.
If she is throwing embers out the stack like that she's working fairly hard. Brilliant video. Thank you
Or they put sawdust in for fun
What did they feed that thing?!
Coal, sawdust and water.
that tourque
What was wrong with his gloves?
That driver must be bald with all the hot ash raining down on him.
Torque ..not power.
Torque is the power hp is a calculation of the power(Torque) and rpm
Doesn't it almost sound alive
Devil machine?)
Kj
O my god frank now look at this there must be a pig up there
Poor weight-sled never had a chance.
play on 2x speed you're welcome
Meanwhile ...the wheat is on fire.
Someone pick Diesel’s jaw off the floor 🤣
I am very intrigued by this
Looks like he was burning wood or charcoal.
The engine is burning coal as it normally would. But sawdust is added to the firebox to make a more impressive night "spark" show for the crowd. Back in the day they could/would burn wood but pound for pound wood does not put out as much energy (BTUs) as coal.
Bloody hot down the back of your neck though....
80 boiler horsepower = 1052.38 horsepower
And more importantly about 3500 foot pounds of torque.
Come on...Weight Box wasn't even moving....
Actually it was just very slowly, and they could put the weight box right up front from the start and these tractors will pull it as if it were 3 sheets of paper.
one is missing ... long term whistle
I'm glad. I want to hear the engine itself chuffing away, not the whistle screaming. Plus that wastes steam.
Poor tractor needs a spark arrestor.
They were throwing saw dust in the firebox for added show
Interesting...
😂😂💀 spark arrestor
Fucks given: Zero.