HISTORY MADE! 150 Case plowing with 50 bottom John Deere plow - Andover, SD 2022 

Amen to all that!!! They created from basically nothing before their time to FAR ahead of their time. Art and Engineering married in gorgeous splendor!

The Great Basin Museum in Delta, UT has one fully restored and proudly on display. The director says that it is ready to go. Just add fire and water. It really is something to see - like a dragon taking a nap. Modern machinery just does not have the same character and soul.

This particular tractor is a duplicate, the only case 150 in the world. It's owner had the boiler since he was a child. It's construction began in 2017

They should start pulling tanks. I imagine the Ukrainians would pay good money for a towing service

I doubt they need their wrecks back. They seem to be in no condition to be able to smelt them...

Obviously not, or they would have planted it

Me too, but being the wrong side of 65, and the wrong side of the Atlantic, sadly it ain't gonna happen.

I don't have any doubt it would pull more. When they drop those plows it doesn't even slow down. Steam is unstoppable power. Plus that soil looked rock hard and bone dry

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It was running at about 80 RPM give or take. That means it can likely pull closer to 750 furrow plow (u Americans say bottom instead of furrow) b4 it may very likely be risking breaking something. How did I come to this absurd conclusion? Let's say my rough guess is right, running at 80RPM to pull 50 furrows. He said in the vid the pair of ploughs was 1 ton or something I can't remember exactly. That means the plough is about 25 tons, the case 150 weighs 34 tons. Let's say if we estimate and round that the work needed to pull that plough is comparable to its own weight. That 68 tons of equivalent effort. I've seen steam engines go down to 10 RPM and below on RU-vid and they never broke or whatever. So even tho they cud theoretically get more power by going lower, let's say that is unsafe. Ok so 10RPM is 8 times slower than 80RPM. So 8*68= 544. Minus the engines own weight, u get about 510 tons. And as I previously estimated and rounded my measurements, let's say 34 tons per 50 furrows. Thats 510/34= 15. 15*50= 750 furrows. These r very very extreme estimates, roundings and basic maths, so take my word with a grain of salt. But it shud be at least pondered over.

Nothing modern comes fractionally close!

It did 50 easily

The ground was really tough here, the plows couldn't go in. When they turned around at the other end of the field there was a little more moisture there and the plows went in, made the ole girl work a little bit then.

It looked dry as hell

ya they were just scratching

I think its 180 psi, he said that in the 45 plows video I believe at least

The boiler was constructed to an MAWP of 200psi. The pop valve or SRV is set at 180. Lots of dry 387° steam at that pressure!

I noticed the same thing

This way of plowing with the share deep into the soil is what led to the Dust Bowl and it’s no longer done. So it is ok to use as shown otherwise it would really wreck the field.

These were 14” JD plows, so you’re a 100” over 50 feet, or 58.33’. Call it just shy of a 60’ swath!

Refers to how many furrows the plow digs. In this case, 50. A bottom plow digs up furrows a certain way, and is suitable primarily for flat land.

These were 14” JD plows, so you’re a 100” over 50 feet, or 58.33’. Call it just shy of a 60’ swath!

Actually this was built from scratch with the original plans, as all had been scrapped. It’s not that old.

Practically still under warranty… I think it’s 6 years old now (2018).

There's a video of it on a dyno. I think it made like 8,000 ft lbs of torque and 200 hp at 200rpm

Many steam traction engine manufacturers made double simple (twin), as well as tandem (common piston rod) or cross-compound (two cylinders of different size, with two cranks). However, they were more expensive, more complex, and many owners couldn’t justify the additional costs. There are a number still operating today in preservation, but the single simple is most common.

Correct: there are 50 plows, each lever has two plows

Yes, the conditions were so dry it was not plowing but bulldozing concrete. I’m favorable conditions it would have pulled much better. Normally it would be impossible to plow in the state it was, we were just fortunate to be able to get them in the ground. My rain dance the few weeks prior wasn’t successful 😂

I actually “named” this video…. Eclipsing the Sun. Was a small jab at all the greenies trolling us for a little “smoke” while the Chinese and Indians and Saudis burn the nastiest bunker “C” fuel oil in their supersized ships around the world EVERY day shipping the stuff these trolls buy on Amazon every day!! Hypocrisy at its finest!