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 Posted - April 30 2014 : 09:56:48 AM
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Interesting, but not train related.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/FLQhvruimfs
Maybe size does matter?
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 Posted - April 30 2014 : 11:42:11 AM
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 no comparisson
STEAM RULEZ!!
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Posted - April 30 2014 : 12:56:53 PM
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quote: no comparisson
STEAM RULEZ!!
Originally posted by microbusss - April 30 2014 : 11:42:11 AM
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If steam rules - the king is dead.
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Posted - April 30 2014 : 1:03:44 PM
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That is why I'm a Farmall guy and a steam nut my friend. Keep steaming my friends!
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Posted - April 30 2014 : 1:14:59 PM
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| It's the shear amount of torque that steam produces. Horsepower doesn't really matter. Watch Jay Leno's videos on his steam cars, he describes steam as the hand of God.
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Posted - April 30 2014 : 1:21:50 PM
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quote:That is why I'm a Farmall guy and a steam nut my friend. Keep steaming my friends!
Originally posted by Redneck Justin - April 30 2014 : 1:03:44 PM
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Case made steam tractors too 
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Posted - April 30 2014 : 1:58:23 PM
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It may be a function of the steam engine's weight. The John Deere had way more torque than traction, as seen in the spinning wheels digging holes in the ground, but couldn't convert it to drawbar pull. I'm a little puzzled as to why the front assist was not used.
On the other hand, the steam engine never slipped a wheel, even when it was pulled back into the soft, churned up dirt. Note, too, that the wheels on the steam engine did not have deep or sharp lugs, just the tread off of rubber tires.
A fun test would be to pull the steam engine against a big old infernal combustion prairie tractor like this one:
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Posted - May 01 2014 : 11:42:32 PM
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That was hilarious. 
As much as I love steam I have to admit it's a function of disparate mass, not power. If the Deere could possibly get the same amount of traction, the steamer would probably tear up its transmission.
It would be cool to see the steamer go up against an old internal combustion tractor like the one above. All other factors being equal (weight, HP, etc.) it would probably be a stalemate and both would dig themselves into the ground.
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Posted - May 02 2014 : 07:42:19 AM
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There is a gasoline tractor I like is pre-1920 tractor has lots of moving parts like a steamer. Has a big flywheel engine to power it and my friend has one. Its the kind that killed off steam and teams of mules and oxen.
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