FIRING UP the 150 CASE - The largest steam traction engine in the world prepares for a record pull 

Looks like they *do* still make 'em like they used to do!

@@lairdcummings9092 sometimes, on rare occasion, and with advantages of modern metalurgy, and the modern tools to make it cleaner, and keep it running longer, just like the t1 trust, keith rucker, and places like the coalition for sustainable railroading keeping steam research going on and studying the use of greener solid fuels for power generation in off the grid places using waste wood and invasive species.

Hemp and coppice willow have strong potential for biofuel. But both need large land areas to provide the fuel volumes needed for utility scales.

@@davidelliott5843 well for making ethanol it was said if we could break down the cellwalls and use stems and leaves too instead of just the grain we could have the holy grail and make it with switch grasses that take little room to grow in the usa in vast expanses, the biocoal though is proposed to use fast growing wood like poppalar or somehting thats invasive like cattails in mauratainia, or kudzu that grows like wildfire, its picked and then basicly roasted like coffee, and the off gases are reinjected into the reaction making it 90 percent energy effecent, compaired to 30 percent to make biodiesel out of plants, then the material is pelletized and burned its 80 the caloric value of coal, has none of the heavy metals of real coal and half the emissions, its much better though takes a bit more to get the caloric output of real coal, but far cleaner and one way we might keep steam locos running if all the coal mines close in the usa which like many parts of europe could happen, still though if your burning the coal right you should have gray smoke not black as half of it is waste steam helping provide draft on the fire at least with a stephanson style locomotive which is what prodominates and helps feed its own fire with air and more heat, black smoke is waisting fuel and a sign of not getting good combustion on what your burning, but it puts on a show, but even back in the steam loco days they had air inspecters that would watch for excessive black smoke and fine the engine crew or railroad for exceeding the limit on how much smoke could be put out. and with steam though getting the energy into the water to make steam is not as effecent as internal combustion engines but if you can burn it you can use it in a steamer if you have the right firebox and air mix or grates depending on the type of fuel, and all the power is there as soon as you open the throttle valve unlike other motors you have to let it rev up, or spool up in the case of a turbine which has a constant pull but lags two seconds from any changes in its speed

If you say so

That’s the problem with modern farming equipment and cars, everything is electronic, and electronics go bad and they are insanely hard to try to get right again, at least on your own and a nightmare scenario is if something goes badly wrong in the middle of harvest season and even if you’d have good mechanical skills you can’t fix it yourself because everything is electronic and controlled by software and the repairs might cost several thousand

@@onelyone6976 one of my Dad's friends in Germany has his little collection of antique tractors. But he also has a newer CASE (sorry I don't know what model). But I know he loves it, because the *one* time he had to replace an electronic part. He could simply plug in his own laptop, with his CASE supplied software, and tell it he replaced it. I know people here in Ireland curing John Deer for how hard it is to simply change the lightbulb without the computer getting upset it's not a matching part. Prettymuch the same as Apple have been doing, and finally brought to the next level. You can't swap *anything* on the newest IPhone. You're forced to take it to Apple, and pay as much to repair it, as a new phone...

@@GrasshopperKelly my grandfather lives at a small farm, he has 2 tractors, one Valmet 502 and a newer Valtra and pretty old farming equipment by today's standards and for some there are barely any spare parts available and part of the reason he kept them is because they are all mechanical parts and no software or too many electronics, so he can fix them himself with some jerryrigging to keep them operational

@@onelyone6976 well, one does what they literally must, to put food on their table, to keep that table, it's roof, and make sure they'll be food on the table the next year. What big companies are afraid of, is another company copying their software. Something that cost the company to develope. Or the ever growing regulation. The make the company more and more liable for something like an accident. As an Automations engineer, I love old machines with a passion. But I fully understand *why* computer controlled parts on anything, from a car, farm or construction machine, to the sterile filling machines I work on, are better.

Modern case stuff is the same 🤷🏻‍♂️

I'd call it a re-creation instead of a restoration.

Fred Dibnah would be proud!

Cut Chop Rebuild does it all the time. 👽

...a decade ago

@@idiotburns 10 years to make a machine that was made 115 years ago.. You would think it would be alot quicker to recreate old machinery

american ingenuity still exists !!

Americans rarely get the appreciation we used to receive. Typically we get bashed for how stupid we are. Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

Look for Fowler Talisman in Britain also a recreation

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rk75hCR0ymY.html

Might be the largest but its got zero style

yes, I found that very cool too - I imagine they wouldn't hesitate as it would bring a lot of publicity!

Some companies might find some old timers who used to work for them and send them to you for help

They probably thought if you want to do that, have fun

@@francoismurrell4604 Companies like apple dont even want you to know where the fuse is in their MacBook

@@FennecTECH that's why the right to repair movement is so important. Tech companies discourage repairs through high prices and withholding of repair instructions because it makes them more money

Guess you didn't watch the video did you?

@@ironnads7975 ok ill bite. What is the point of your question

@@vocalpro he is saying that they built it and didn't restore it like old timers would have to do. But he really doesn't have a point and is being stupid

U wanna see young lads taking care of such beautiful beasts well then off to the u.k. and to one of the ma y amnual traction engine shows. There are always lits if young enthusiasts who are either driving them or servicing them as most travel hundress of miles to get to such an event as the dorset traction engine festival. One of the absolute most beautifl sites however must be the massive steam driven magic roundabouts!

@@jordomayor5224 i wanna come to the UK one day mate and see all those steam pumping stations. I used to do mechanical engineering and worked in old power stations. Love it!

And you likewise have a splendid history with steam, just not quite to this scale, but I believe it was your Mr. Watt that started a lot of it!

Yes, super high tech, of the day pretty soon too at the time, the motor car would evolve

When I look at SpaceX I just see Musk fans giving him credit he doesn't deserve and believing a lot of the shit that he sells. Oh don't get me wrong. Some geniuses work at SpaceX but headed by an idiot who sells mostly lies. He who would have you believe that we're going to put people on rockets with failure rates up into the double digits (%) for suborbital travel and that he'd make space travel 99 times less expensive. Vaporware. There's some real magic in the space industry. People give SpaceX WAY too much credit for it.

@@nathanwahl9224 You serious? Britain's Industrial Revolution kick-started it ALL.

Is first thought we’re of deep joy as he thought I’ll never have to smell horse farts again

musics fine during the commentary part, but they really didnt need it for the engine part

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xU_fshxE3Gk.html

Fully agree!!!

@@MrMatslars Watch the link that I posted. You can hear it all without music.

yeah

You forgot building lol

This particular piece of history is only a few years old. Kory Anderson built this engine from blueprints ata cost of $1.3millon

@@wwjd6922 jesus that a lot. However its also a lot of metal and casting for a one-off also isnt exactly cheap

@@D3nn1s Kory did everything in house. He has a foundry and a huge machine shop.

@@wwjd6922 well i guess then it comes down to whats included in this price tag. Still crazy though

kill dozers great grandfather.

@@blocke2551 marvin heemeyer?

I watched a tractor pull one time in I think Wisconsin that had a steam tractor, I'll tell you it wasn't fast at all but it did the full pull and it was much smaller than that 150, I believe it was a case too.... but I could be wrong as this was something like 18years ago

@@jaysonlima9271 yeah there is also a video that a traction engine won a tractor pull

@@jaysonlima9271 I understand that this machine performs a mind blowing 5,000 lb-ft. That is 2.5 times more torque than the most powerful tractors deliver today like the New Holland T9.700.

All in one (cilinder)🤣

Balls out torque

@@grantwells4491 I've heard that saying Balls Out all my life and never knew it came from a steam locomotive lol amazing tractor absolutely stunning

I got 157,560 ft-lb.

it makes about 5000 ft-lb

No names? I'm sure he wouldn't mind OEM parts!

Yes !!!!!!!

YES!

Ditto

Yes please that would be most excellent

please!

@J L Stimmt lol

They were in a hurry at a slower pace.

@J L eben nich . 6 Tage 12 Std Woche. Für Armut 1200. Toll. Und dabei rennen sollen. nö.

Yes, sort of. When you're pulling 37 bottoms at once vs. two at a time with a good horse, you are indeed hurrying! Or replacing it, anyway.

Not impressive really, but step 1) be rich And shit like this is possible

Well, something like 5000 ft lbs is the answer lol. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ROv7wKFe5BM.html

@@Riyame Thats two and a half times what a typical aircraft tug/tractor has. Would be fun to tow a couple of dreamliners with one of these!

🤣

Enough torque you could hook a chain to the ground and haul the earth off its axis.

@@jasongreek2342 that's how earth ended in this solar system

i know right?

Really? You mean the guys that built it from scratch? They don't understand it? Ok.

@@formattable1 probably didn't put the video together

that's what she said.

You should see it in person!!

i see a good video on youtube how to start up a Ford Model T, this was good too. otherwise I cannot contradict you

This is the greatest part about the internet tbh. You can learn about nearly anything for completely free

If you want to, do a search, you can find much more detailed videos of the startup process.

Much safer than petrol and all Oil products

@@nikolaiorr8383 no far from it. these things blew up all the time

The way things are going we might just as well go back to steam power.

@@willkrull7316 things are going?

@@Jo3W3st biden and his bullsht causing inflation of fuel prices

Damn straight.

all of them😂

enough to cause dust bowl problems, look at the 30s

When it moves it's not the wheels spinning it's the earth turning beneath it

Or you could say "Enough"!

And the "music" would have made him swear.

Seeing this would make Fred want to steeple jack a 200 year old chimney after drinking 6 pints ,before I retired I did quite a bit of Steeple Jack restorations but never using the ancient gear Fred used,I sure hope Freds gear is in a museum,the crusty bastard was my hero .

@@michaelledford4751 unfortunately his gear was auctioned off bit by bit a couple of years ago!

@@v8bmwboy I'm in the USA and would give me eye teeth to own just 1 section of Freds ladders ,id display it overhead in the workshop to remind all the Journeymen and Master waterproofers exactly how dangerous yet special their work is

A great country Not the greatest

Aye, such a great country that you let people suffer that can't afford medical help... Ps this isn't innovative in any way, the British invented steam power.

@@jackmason7823 They did? I seem to remember a very early round ball with 2 vent tubes on it that is actually the first steam engine. And it wasn't invented in England. And your English socialist medical system is going broke and falling apart.

I should clarify, I meant steam power in relation to this video. Thomas Aveling. Just like Swan invented the incandescent light bulb. Our NHS is the pride of our nation, and is neither broke nor falling apart. Just last week I experienced severe vertigo and despite being in the middle of a pandemic, I was in and out of the hospital within 2 hours and didn't pay a penny. 🤛

Britain had basic healthcare for every citizen since the 1930’s The “cheap” US healthcare system is twice as expensive as the next most expensive healthcare system in the world and overall number 15 in quality. Work in medical device and the US is so wasteful on stupid shit for no reason. Kinda of shit country tbh

dang i wan't to visit zimbabwe (because the still run steam there) and so garratts witch would so cool to see those massive rhodesian steam locomotives

I dont think anything could

@@chunkiermango7982 A tug of war with the Saturn V might. but idk what else lmao

@@jackdoyle2611 tug of war with a recovery tank

and BoCo don't forget BoCo oh and Bill & Ben and oh who else worked on edwards branchine

You should research "Freezing the balls off a brass monkey". Nothing like what you would expect!

On a steam locomotive the governor is enclosed in the cab so they use the term "balls to the walls."

@@AVB2 Amazing never meant what I thought.

@@brucerogermorgan2388 something about cannon shot and brass mountings?

@@differentname8051 In the days of square-rigged sailing ships, amunition was cast iron balls that were stacked on a triangular brass plate that was called a "Monkey". In very cold weather, the different coefficient of contraction would cause the "Monkey" to contract at a different rate to the cast iron cannonballs. If it got cold enough, the Cannonballs would roll off the Brass Monkey. I may not be 100% on that but it's definitely along those lines. Edit: I guess that the same thing applied to land-based cannon also.

Maybe because of the background annoying noise "music?" it almost overpowers the speaker....

Probably some snowflake worried about coal smoke damaging the atmosphere. Volcanoes dump hundreds of thousands of tons of CO2 and ash into the atmosphere every year.

Steam engines, alive with soul ICE has some soul, but is dead in comparison to steam E-Motor is clean, but dead as it ge%s

You can run a steam engine in reverse so no need for a reverse gear! It's slick to see a well timed reversal by a skilled operator!

@@CumminsTurbo4 But you’d have to completely stop the engine down to reverse, it’d be much more efficient and quicker to just have a dedicated gear wouldn’t it?

About reversing a steam tractor. You reverse the engine, not the transmission. And you don't even have to let the engine come to a stop. You can literally slam the valve reversing lever from forward to backward and it won't hurt the engine. It takes only a second or maybe 2 seconds to have the engine running at full speed in reverse. Yes I know the flywheel is heavy (I am guessing 1500 pounds for this engine) but the force of steam on that piston is tremendous and when the valves are reversed the steam is put on the "wrong" side of the piston, which brings it to a stop and forces it the other direction in no time.

@philCopeland The people riding on the plough were probably lowering the shares in sequence. It would be hard to start moving with all the shares down.

​@@jg54sayaka11 Reversing a steam engine is as simple as moving a single lever, which adjusts the timing of the steam going into the cylinders such that you can reverse it. Same lever is also (at least on locomotives) used to adjust how long you allow steam to enter the cylinders, because you only need the full amount in circumstances like pulling a heavy load or going up a grade.

Sweetest music in the video was the exhaust of the engine

I concur

Agreed

That deep black volcanic soil looks great, I thought I was the only one that noticed.

The craziest thing is he didn't restore it he built it from SCRATCH