if they used charcoal, it's technically carbon-neutral. therefore more economical than even an EV because it took comparatively less emissions to make, lasted ~100 years, and uses a renewable fuel.
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.
@@LiL_Snack_da_1st 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 !
@@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
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?)
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.
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 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!
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.
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. 😉
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.
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
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
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 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!
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 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.
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?
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 :)"
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
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.
Darn it.... seeing this reënforces my really old idea to get my steam license... Liam, thank you for costing me a bunch of money... But maybe one day, somehow, somewhere, I might be able and licensed to drive a steam tractor...... hopefully... The CASE 150 looks nice to start with... hahahaha!!! Please tell us about your machine??? Best wishes, thank you for uploading!
I saw the Temuka Library, i googled Temuka, it is a town in New Zealand. The thing that i love about old engineering is its honesty, it is just made to do what it does, none of this modern minimalist engineering with built in obsolescence, deliberately made so it cannot be repaired or last too long,, i am just so tired of it.
So eine Aktion müsste man in Deutschland auch einmal durchziehen! Das wäre die Show für jeden, wenn einem einfachen einmal eine Dampfmaschine auf der Straße begegnet!😂
OOOOhhhh, it was an absolute privilege watching that. Thank you so much. I was just wondering though if you had some kind f water injection or something to keep the boiler full or is a boiler full of water sufficient for such a trip?
HIm: Dude! What car do u have! i own a bmw m3 comp! and i got my wife a porsche Cayenne! Wbu\ Me: Tf is a car! I drive the steam locomotive on the road!
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.
"good old days" for whom? surely neither the slaves, nor the workers loosing their limbs and kids to these things. so who had a good time back then? if it's not the workers or the slaves?
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.
Thanks for the trip down your part of the world, it took me a while to figure out where you were, until I seen the sign to Christchurch at 25:47. I loved those 80Km speed signs, I'm guessing you were closer to 8KpH
