Starting the Weirdest Steam Tractor Ever Invented

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@russwentz3957 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the filming quality and technique. No talking, no music, just the people doing what they do and demonstrating these great mechanical and historical beauties that helped shape our countries industries. I am so thankful for all the tremendous work and skills of those who have restored and preserved this generation of machines! Thank you.

@proscriptus 10 ай бұрын

Could have lived without the obnoxious fake bird and insect noises

@Quebster 9 ай бұрын

@@proscriptusI dont think that was fake

@xaxabogbart 8 ай бұрын

@@Quebster they are. At the very least they have been tacked on during the edit. You can hear this because the video cuts between scenes, and the sounds of each scene change accordingly, whilst the forest sound effect remains constant, and in fact you can hear bird noises that start just before a scene cuts to another and end in another scene. The echo may well be artificial, too, since an echo that significant would only occur in a deep valley, and even then I don't think it would be so apparent.

@joshdelyea4835 8 ай бұрын

it is not the generation it is the creation the Adam and eve of machines the father and mother of what we have today

@Forestrytechnology Ай бұрын

@@proscriptus Based on what do you say it's fake?

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

The first 7 minutes was shot at the Maine Forest & Logging Museum in Bradley, ME. The opening sequence we are using the 1934, 10 ton Lombard Tractor-Truck to pull our 19 ton, 1907 Lombard steam log hauler out of the bay. In 1900 Alvin Lombard developed and patented the first practical crawler track system. Between 1901 and 1917 his company - The Lombard Traction Engine Co. of Waterville, Maine, built 83 of these machines. They were used for hauling long trains of sleds loaded with timber ( up to 300 tons). Operating over snow/ice roads, steering was via skis. They were never equipped with wheels as shown here. We have swapped out the skis for wheels so we can demonstrate it during the summer. Lombard's steam log haulers are the ancestor to all modern track systems and yes, even snowmobiles. Please note that these were factory built machines - they are NOT converted steam locomotives. Lombard purchased boilers from the Ames Iron Works in Oswego, NY. The various castings were made to order by a local foundry with machining and final assembly performed at the Lombard factory. This Lombard steam log hauler in this video was used on logging operations until 1925 when it was abandoned near Knowles Brook in northwestern Maine. Recovered from the site in the late 1960's it eventually became part of the collection at the Maine Forest & Logging Museum where it underwent a 30 year restoration which was completed in 2014. It currently shares the museum's Lombard bay with a companion machine built in 1914 and also in operating condition. We will have this machine out and about along with the 1928 and 1934 Lombard Tractor-Trucks during our Living History Days event on October 7th & 8th at the Maine Forest & Logging Museum in Bradley, Maine. Please check our website for details. www.maineforestandloggingmuseum.org/events/

@TheMan1510 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@РоманБородачев-ш9й Жыл бұрын

Вот это машина на пару,2кочегара 2 водителя

@woodchopinbeekeeper929 Жыл бұрын

Is the first machine not a linn tractor?

@LeonidMiklaev Жыл бұрын

@@РоманБородачев-ш9йИ она затопленная Дровами поедет в Лес за дровами и привезёт дрова на дровах. Никаких бензо колонок , ненужных трат. А ещё продаст эти Дрова же, привезенные на Дровах. 😅.

@Biokemist-o3k Жыл бұрын

Wow!! That is so cool. I have to come up and see this thing in person some time...

@d.s.parentsr6502 Жыл бұрын

The perfect demonstration of the basic concept of a tracked vehicle. A machine that moves on rails but places its rails ahead and picks them up behind.

@OldManBOMBIN 5 ай бұрын

Just like my mother-in-law.

@dannygartner2122 5 ай бұрын

❤❤LOOL😂😂😂@@OldManBOMBIN

@loganpowers3875 Ай бұрын

Don't worry, this thing is considerably lighter and has a top speed of 5 mph, meanwhile the pyro from tf2 can move a 17 mph.

@dddnety1186 Жыл бұрын

Вот это да! Я даже не подозревал о существовании таких монстров на паровой тяге. Конструкторам и создателям этой техники уважение и память!

@Своя-жизнь Жыл бұрын

Ты ещё посмотри паровой автомобиль братьев дубль 1910 год запускался с ключа и за 10 секунд разгон до 100 , 800 км на одной заправке 70 литров керасина

@ВячеславУткин-в7ъ Жыл бұрын

Их в это время не убивали.

@DiDi-lg7ke Жыл бұрын

@@Своя-жизньэто уже не то. На керосине разогнаться любой дурак, так сказать, может. Ты вот на дровах и воде попробуй.

@SenyaBolotin Жыл бұрын

@@DiDi-lg7ke почитай информацию про паровой самолёт.

@kannaraju502 10 ай бұрын

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@-Master_Of_Disaster Жыл бұрын

I'm always impressed to see what huge power and torque output steam can generate. The last pull with all these plows was very impressive. Not a lot of tractors we use today would be able to do this. I'm glad we have people who keep these beautiful machines alive.

@wwindsunrain Жыл бұрын

Steam is powering your house right now.

@vincentmueller3717 Жыл бұрын

Saw the same footage on a different channel. It's a 42 bottom plow.

@marcusbennetoft5473 Жыл бұрын

1 raindrop and it cant move forward

@johnnyhendriksvanwarby-qd3ql Жыл бұрын

Has a lot to do with weight, gearing, and low rpm torque Modern tracters are built to do things better and faster

@mottthehoople693 Жыл бұрын

@@wwindsunrain not for much longer hopefully

@panzerivausfh4938 Жыл бұрын

"I have a really terrible phobia of trains" "dont worry, as long as you stay away from tracks they won't scare you"

@mikeloeven 10 ай бұрын

I would not be surprised if this was unit was originally designed as a small locomotive and the company who made it was lets take these existing steam engines and try putting tracks on them for farm use

@Leboobs22 9 ай бұрын

I legit had a girlfriend that had a phobia of trains.

@bouffant-girl 9 ай бұрын

It is a Lombard Log Hauler. It was never a railroad locomotive. The majority of steam tractors used horizontal Boilers

@2ndcomingofFritz 8 ай бұрын

@@Leboobs22your name muahahahahaha

@Leboobs22 7 ай бұрын

@@2ndcomingofFritz not many know that "le" is "the" in French so my @ is @theboobs22 Also I got spongeboobs from pewdiepie in 2013 from one of his happy wheels videos

@joshuarayfield7594 Жыл бұрын

One thing I find amazing is these machines never really had an “idle”. They were just running and waiting to go like a car when it’s cranked. They were much simpler than that. Yet built the backbone of most developed nations. Machines used to be simple but complicated to use, now their complicated but simple to use.

@dippst Жыл бұрын

the greatest feat of engineering is making things user friendly.

@CB3ROB-CyberBunker Жыл бұрын

what does a steam engine need an 'idle' for anyway. you just turn the steam off and it stops :P the ignition is 'somewhere else' :P

@mactep1 Жыл бұрын

They kinda had, you could just reroute the steam somewhere else and keep the boiler going without moving.

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

@@mactep1 With the throttle closed it will simply sit and and quietly simmer as long as you supply fuel and water.

@dsfs17987 Жыл бұрын

@@dippst too friendly is the problem, that is why cars have air bags, abs, and loads of other bs that makes them 2 times as heavy as they should have been same problem with software and computers, software gets heavier and heavier requiring more and more power to run and all because lazy people can't learn to brake, drive, and get everything done in 3 clicks

@LeonardRoberts Жыл бұрын

Thank you for not over dubbing "music", let us experience both the sights and sounds, we can makeup the smells on our own. 🙂

@videodistro Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes! Thanks!

@Michael-zj3cn 15 күн бұрын

You should find more time in being thankful than hateful. You won't die as soon.

@Викторчер-ф4ж Жыл бұрын

Молодцы старички! Востонавливать и поддерживать в рабочем состоянии ,надо много умения! Здоровья вам и счастья!

@Kolypai Жыл бұрын

Великолепный образец технологий того времени! Уважение мастерам, поддерживающим его в рабочем состоянии!

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@timwerner7771 Жыл бұрын

Machines like this were manufactured in EauClaire Wis. by the Phoenix mfring Co. In winter they could pull huge loads of logs form the woods on frozen -ice "roads" . I always wondered what they looked like! Thank you!

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

This is a Lombard. The phoenix machines were built under a license agreement granted by Lombard. Wonderful machines.

@PaulSikkema Жыл бұрын

There's another one Janesville, IA

@paulalmquist5683 Жыл бұрын

I live about a mile from the old Phoenix mfg site, now Phoenix Park. There is a working Phoenix Log Hauler in Wabena, WI. It was here last year for Pioneer Days. Cool to see it working. The steering mechanism of the Phoenix is a little different from the Lombard in the video.

@edilbeneditogomes3190 Жыл бұрын

Parabéns a esses homens que criaram essas máquinas! O começo da grande revolução que temos hoje!

@andreblanchard8315 9 ай бұрын

My great grandfather and his brothers had a Phoenix. It got sent to Germany.

@earllutz2663 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. All of my farm tractors, have either been gasoline or diesel. But your video on steam tractors, makes me recall, in 1967, when I was employed as a Stationary Boiler Fireman, in a Steam Engineering plant, at a hospital, in my hometown of Glenn Dale, Maryland. We operated 4 steam generating Boilers, each as big as a two story house.

@tcolondovich2996 Жыл бұрын

Lay, off, the, commas.

@KurtKnispel844 11 ай бұрын

Класс.💪👍🤙🍸🍾🍷🥂🍻🍺😊

@rdewey51 11 ай бұрын

KZbin at its finest. Wonderful that you could share this with the world.

@MissingGhost Жыл бұрын

I have watched dozens of videos of older men operating older steam machinery and there isn't any where the operators had to speak to each other to do their thing.

@thedude8046 Жыл бұрын

They did in the beginning.

@HarryMollyNut Жыл бұрын

Yep that's what experience will do.

@paulbutikofer4284 Жыл бұрын

Didn't you notice that the stoker is a woman?

@SNIXC Жыл бұрын

@@paulbutikofer4284🙄

@Michael-it6gb Жыл бұрын

This is an edited video.

@geraldtrudeau3223 Жыл бұрын

It's basically a locomotive that doesn't need rails. That's pretty amazing! Definitely not a ''put the key in it and go'', affair.

@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын

I recently seen a video where they called it a "road locomotive" it wasn't a tracked one like this, it had conventional steel wheels front and rear.

@H2Oredfirefox Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that the pretty much looks like a train without the wheels and no tracks I kind of wonder if it was converted from some kind of locomotive🤔😚

@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын

@@H2Oredfirefox they built a lot of similar type things, they called some road locomotives, some they just called a tractor, or other names depending on the manufacturer and region. Basically all of them are a giant boiler and a decent sized steam engine that can move under its own power.

@H2Oredfirefox Жыл бұрын

@@goosenotmaverick1156 Still pretty impressive to see them running today

@goosenotmaverick1156 Жыл бұрын

@@H2Oredfirefox oh no doubt! I watch my fair share of stuff like this, never seen one that was equipped with tracks, love this stuff! The fact that it still exists is impressive, the fact that some of these are still operable is an astonishing achievement on behalf of the manufacturers and engineers of the past.

@novakaine127 Жыл бұрын

Incredible how you need to be a semi-engineer just to run and keep these massive machines running. And I loved hearing the birds chirp. So serene

@Grandpa82547 Жыл бұрын

That's why they called those guys "engineers".

@AlwaysCensored-xp1be 10 ай бұрын

Well you don't need electronics or batteries.

@T-bone1950 Жыл бұрын

That first steam tractor shown was amazing. What a beast ! And the man steering it at the front was getting quite the workout. Power steering was a long way off. I can't imagine why people preferred these gargantuans over mules and horses. What a fun informative video to watch.

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

The Lombard (the first steam tractor) was developed to replace horses in the woods of northern New England. Its was not uncommon to to have over 20,000 horses working in the Maine woods during the winter. The practical hauling distance for horses pulling a logging sled was about 4 miles. A lombard, on the other hand, could haul up to 300 tons many miles.

@agaga2255 Жыл бұрын

Le modernistes l’évolutions dû travail et de l’hommes et de la machine, départ pour la LUNE, )le cylindre de là loco et de la 🚀

@EthanPDobbins Жыл бұрын

It was not necessarily anything to do with how pleasant it was to run the machine but the efficiency. Mules and horses could only work so many hours a day and could only go so far and pull so much. To feed them through the winter or when working somewhere without forage they had to provide grain, hay, and water. Had to have people who's whole job was to tend the animals. To do the same job as these steam engine you need many horses & be changed out for fresh every so often which requires downtime. With this contraption it could work all day and all night if you wanted it to, and never had the stop it could go for miles and miles with no break. As long as you have wood and water and some oil to oil it every so many hours it would keep going. And to the industry that primarily used such machines the fuel was easy to come by as they were already cutting logs. To the solo farmer much like an Amish man today who has a small team of horses to plow his field, haul logs for the winter, pull his buggy into town, ect a couple horses or mules may be more economical for him because the horse can pull the mower to cut its own hay and it's not being used it will fuel itself by grazing. But for big operations the need for such machinery was dire. At the time these were invented the average person spent half of their money or better on food alone. Food was never so cheap and plentiful as it is today because of the heavy manual labor involved and the fact that farming at-scale for market required large amounts of manpower. Whereas these days a single farmer can as long as he has the right equipment most days without any help run a 200 cow dairy, hundreds of acres of field for planting, multiple chicken barns, or hog barns. Today less than 2% of the population are farmers whereas even just a hundred years ago farming was the most common profession. Logging today is similar because instead of requiring multiple people to tend horses as well as all the other work you just need the cut men, the equipment operator, and someone to haul a tank of fuel.

@Apb1964 Жыл бұрын

Лично видел паровой подъемный кран на ж/д ходу в рабочем состоянии в 1988г (порт Бальбоа, Панама, 1913 г.выпуска, США, фирмы кажется Pratt& Whitney (не помню точно)) и он ещё реально работал. Позже, уже в 90х его переделали на дизель. Но такого полугусеничного монстра даже и представить себе не мог. Великое уважение специалистам, которые поддерживают его в рабочем состоянии.

@true_rivethead9303 Жыл бұрын

And now I am impressed as a mechanical engineer. How much effort was put to this? A LOT. And this wonderful machines is still working, despite the fact that many of them are over a hundred years old.

@colvinator1611 Жыл бұрын

Superb machine indeed ! I've never seen anything like this before. Thanks a lot, Colin UK

@ВасилийХристофоров-н2р Жыл бұрын

С большим уважением отношусь к людям которые сохранили эти чудеса техники.

@Toni73RU Жыл бұрын

Хе-хе, они его сохранили так как купили его в кредит на 60-80 лет! Представляю скока % содрал банк за такую покупки. И даже боюсь представить что за гачи-мучи прописаны в договоре за не соблюдение. Потому и работали на нём до упора.

@Rufusail Жыл бұрын

@@Toni73RU 1-2% годовых максимум. А, как правило и вовсе меньше 1%.

@Toni73RU Жыл бұрын

@@Rufusail , ага - в мечтах XD

@Rufusail Жыл бұрын

@@Toni73RU это реальные проценты на кредиты в США, Европе и Китае. 3% даже в Калифорнии считается дорогим кредитом. Ну и до сво Сбербанк в Европе(у них там были отделения) давал кредиты по 2-3%. Хотя ты же или дурак, которому лень поинтересоваться, либо пригожинская проститутка, отрабатывающая 15 рублей.

@wolodimirmelnik9007 Жыл бұрын

@@Toni73RU Раскажу вам как я три дня назад и стоял и смотрел на два дома которые стоят рядом. Один из Красного Кирпича 2 полных этажа крыша двухскатная жилая и полуподвал, квадратов жилых около 300 метра, построен перед 1 Мировой одним хозяйном Крестьяниним. А рядом новый в 2 этажа квадратов на 100. так вот у ногого как раз кредит на 20 лет а тот старый строился без кредита. А знаете почему, 100 лет назад налогов было меньше, строймарериал покупали пару лет до строики один год кирпич другой год древесину. Кредиты это явление этого века потому что всем всего хочется и сразу.

@SPG69 Жыл бұрын

Killdozer: finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary

@gampugv2 9 ай бұрын

Wired Percy from Thomas the tank engine thing vs killdozer

@gampugv2 9 ай бұрын

Weird Percy from Thomas the tank engine thing VS KILLDOZER!!!!!1!11!!!!

@gazzertrn Жыл бұрын

You can really see how labor intensive these engines were .

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Yes they are! It takes us about 3 hours to fire-up the Lombard from cold. In this instance it was the first run of the season and we had just completed the annual boiler inspection so we tend to take extra care. Of course back when these where used on logging operations they were under steam 24/7 unless they needed repairs.

@BDNeon Жыл бұрын

But on the same note, you can see at 13:46 just how much work these engines could accomplish compared to what men without them could do.

@bigears4014 Жыл бұрын

Horses weren't easy either

@crabmannyjoe2 Жыл бұрын

@@BDNeonand the engines don't get tired.

@__-fm5qv Жыл бұрын

To be fair, these days if you were to make a steam tractor a lot of the labour could be cut out, you'd just have to change the design drastically to make that a goal.

@DommageCollateral Жыл бұрын

its the first time i saw how farming was done in 1900. i never saw a steam powered train on pure soil. this is really informing (like the production of ice in 1880). so thanks for sharing the footage of the events

@williamgibb5557 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Beautiful and beautifully kept. Not a computer or sensor anywhere to be seen. When or rather , if it breaks, no guessing what is wrong.

@ltva8781 Жыл бұрын

Well, computers were made with this idea in mind. But later SOMETHING went wrong and now we have bloated slow buggy software and hardware with backdoors me cannot easily diagnose nor repair...

@АлександрБеликов-ц7х Жыл бұрын

Первый раз вижу паровоз на гусеничном ходу, да ещё в рабочем состоянии.Мододцы что сохранили.

@geraldtrudeau3223 Жыл бұрын

If I saw that creature out on the road, it would make my whole day! Can't help but bring a smile to your face.😄😁😃😂

@stanleystrycharz2572 Жыл бұрын

That is a steam train that doesn't need tracks!! Super cool and thanks for keeping history alive!

@seriouszarius Жыл бұрын

I mean it still does use tracks, just a different kind :)

@agaga2255 Жыл бұрын

L’idée aurait dû être gardé et mis en fonction avec les autres véhicules et une seule voie de circulations, elles maneouvaie comme un camion d'où l’économie à la places de toutes ces voies ?

@1978garfield Жыл бұрын

Many of those giant steam tractors were called Road Locomotives at the time they were built.

@СергейБ-й7ъ Жыл бұрын

Чудо трактора, мужики молодцы . Уважуха ВАМ ВСЕМ.

@christianmccollum1028 Жыл бұрын

WOW! ...and I thought my '77 Fleetwood Brougham was a road locomotive. What a machine.

@wifegood2263 7 ай бұрын

КАКАЯ ПРЕЛЕСТЬ! ВЧЕРА РАСТОПИЛ, А ПОСЛЕЗАВТРА УЖЕ СМОГ ПОЕХАТЬ! И КАКОЙ ПРИКОЛЬНЫЙ ЗВУК КЛАКСОНА! С У П Е Р !!!

@sergejv6402 Жыл бұрын

Вот это мощь ! Какой современный трактор сможет сразу пол поля вспахать ?

@sergin0v474 8 ай бұрын

Даже небольшой современный трактор более производителен , чем этот монстр

@jashton8710 Жыл бұрын

That last pull was damn impressive.

@lifehappens2370 Жыл бұрын

WOW! Be patient when you watch this 15-minute video! Do watch it ‘til the end. Weird, wild and wonderful old steam-powered machines are shown here, which means there’s a lotta history here too.

@andrewyrich6363 Жыл бұрын

Вот это чудища! А сколько специфических знаний нужно, чтобы их оживить и поддерживать в таком прекрасном состоянии!😮

@BMW_MAN Жыл бұрын

Чудовища.

@andrejshamin1452 10 ай бұрын

Какие великолепные машины. Не знаю, репплика или отремонтированные оригиналы, но сама проделанная работа вызывает уважение.

@PeterSwinkels 8 ай бұрын

Me looking at you getting that thing running: "Oh well, some day people will be like: 'You actually had to carry keys with you?!'"

@ZephyrusAsmodeus 8 ай бұрын

Big flywheels, belts, chains, riveted iron plating, puffing smoke, and steam. I have such a respect for this era of technology. The way they developed ways to maximize, store, and transfer the often underappreciated power of steam is amazing. What they might have in archaic and somewhat dangerous design, they make up for in torque, horsepower, and durability. There's just something to be said about that. I love me a loud, purring big block v8, but you just can't go wrong with what's essentially a stream train on treads.

@danielseelye6005 Жыл бұрын

Never get tired of watching that Case 150 road tractor plowing and rolling smoke (even though I know that's not power efficient.)

@LeonidMiklaev Жыл бұрын

В чем не эффективно то??? В чем?? Он Case тянет 30 плугов за раз. При этом нет бешеных трат на добычу нефти , переработку её, перевозку её, Ничего. Этот же Case 150 , поедет в Лес, привезёт Дрова и на эти Дрова же, вспашет Поле. Где не эффективность?? Вы рассходы наверно считать не умеете.

@Mirkin1992 Жыл бұрын

@@LeonidMiklaev думаю про эффективность тут в том плане, что КПД очень низкий относительно сжигаемого топлива и расхода воды. Если работать часа 2-3, то скорее всего потребуется довольно много дров. В лесу вы их не получите, если не хотите нарушить закон. Не говоря уж о том, что древесину нужно сушить перед сжиганием. А если ее купить, то даже если выйдет дешевле бензина или солярки, ее объемы неудобно перевозить. Тоже самое и с водой, вам потребуется машина, что бы постоянно заправлять данный транспорт, вряд ли вы руками будете таскать сотни литров воды или будете ехать на нем до дома. К тому же для управления подобным аппаратом желательно 2 человека. Так же нужно регулярное обслуживание, ибо ломаться будет часто. Ну и самое главное, данный трактор никуда не поедет за пределы данного поля. Его максимальная скорость вероятно не больше 10-15 км в час. Что бы на нем работать где то чуть дальше дома, вам потребуется вызывать эвакуатор, что бы добраться до места. В конце концов не просто так отказались от паровой тяги.

@LeonidMiklaev Жыл бұрын

@@Mirkin1992 а ты попробуй раздобыть Нефть сначала. Сравни добычу Нефти весь цикл , затраты и сравни Съездить в Лес на дровах же ради Дрова. И да тытакже не знаешь о других методах сжигания дров.

@LeonidMiklaev Жыл бұрын

@@Mirkin1992 Вы бывали на Вахтах ? На бурении скважин? Вы теряли на Вахтах Семьи? Вы легко считаете о КПД, при этом уверен вы не Вахтовик и спите со своей женой и детьми а доме. Вы вот эти Цены посчитайте. Как семьи ругаться Дети растут ради ваших КПД без отцов. Жены живут без мужей апосле уходят к другому. Вы посчитайте в вашем гоебанном КПД Горе мужика вахтовика что на вахте остался без жены детей . Я знаю что считающие КПД спят со своими женами играются с детьми тогда когда Вахтовик пол жизни отдает в Жертву ради вашего гребанного КПД.

@Mirkin1992 Жыл бұрын

@@LeonidMiklaev причем тут добыча нефти? Ты же не сам ее добываешь. Важно лишь соотношение твоих личных затрат к производительности данной машины. Но если смотреть на проблему в глобальном масштабе, как вы предлагаете, то получение дров выйдет в много раз дороже нефти. Неужели вы думаете, что дрова так просто получить? Если бы до сих пор транспорт в мире был бы паровым, цена на дрова возросла бы в десятки раз. А количество денег на выращивание деревьев вышло бы астрономическим. Ну и конечно самое главное в транспорте, это удобство. Если вам потребуется хранить вагон древесины и цистерну воды для работы своей машины, о какой эффективности может идти речь.

@poowg2657 Жыл бұрын

Years ago I had the pleasure of running a Phoenix in Wabeno Wi. It had the mechanical workings of a twin cylinder Shay engine on each side. Like yours it had wheels in place of the skis but it was also possible to use a differential throttle valve to increase the steering response. Cool video, liked it much!

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Lombard's very first machine (built in 1900) was direct drive to a cranked axle and didn't steer that well. His second version was what Phoenix built under licence. I believe his thought was that the twin cylinders on each side avoided the use of a differential and maintained power to each track at all times. Phoenix, for whatever reason, stuck with this design were as Lombard by 1905 had moved onto the design we see here.

@poowg2657 Жыл бұрын

@@terryharper2024 Great info, thanks!

@howlingbeats2544 Жыл бұрын

I could've never guessed that half-track steam tractors existed.

@Roger-hq1yt Жыл бұрын

A Locomotive steam half track...i love it too!

@juhanisoininen2082 11 ай бұрын

1:30 in Finland , this locomotive has been used in forest work in the winter. Now as a museum in Savukoski. The forest manage of Kemiyhtiö , Hugo Richard Sandberg ( 1849 - 1930 ) " Samperi " , ordered two steam locomotives all the way from America to transport the to the river for floting.

@brianrigsby7900 Жыл бұрын

What’s the power output of that green tractor? Sounds powerful!

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Its only 145 hp at 1,400 rpm but it has tremendous torque. The record for one of these machines (set in 1936) was hauling a sled train carrying 298 ton's of pulpwood. Here is some vintage video footage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIGalpmAq9SGb6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnOom4mkeL9ladU

@robertmarcotte4652 2 ай бұрын

You all are. Curators of an outdoor museum thx for your fantastic work

@crabby7668 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, I thought the first vehicle only existed in the fevered imagination of mad max! Was that half track a one off or were there many of them back in the day? Nice to see you also have a thriving community of enthusiasts for these machines, across the pond. I was going to ask whether that huge wing was a plough, until I saw the final sequence that confirmed it. Just wow, what a monster! I bet all of the oxen joined a union when they saw that!

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Not a one off. From 1900 through 1917 the Lombard Traction Engine Co. of Waterville, built 83 of the steam powered log haulers. From 1914 through 1936 they produced over 300 of the gasoline powered (Tractor-Truck) machines. (we don't know the exact number) That included 10 ton models (as shown) 8 ton, 15 ton and 20 ton machines.

@jamesrea8454 Жыл бұрын

If my history is correct Lombard was the first inventor to successfully use a tracked vehicle. My wife and I actually looked at his house to buy in about 1990 or so. It had its own hydroelectric plant with water supplied by a small mill pond. I remember seeing the Gasoline powered log hauler at a dam on the Allagash River in northern Maine around 1958 or so. Could be the one at the Museum.

@crabby7668 Жыл бұрын

@@terryharper2024 very interesting, thanks. An impressive bit of kit

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesrea8454 Correct! In regards to Lombard's house the recently removed the dam. The Lombard you are thinking of is now in the State Museum in Augusta. The machine we have was bought new by the City of Waterville and used for plowing etc. Later, it was sold to Starbird Lumber in Strong, Maine and eventually sold to a private collector who graciously has placed on long term loan to museum.

@johnnyfreedom3437 Жыл бұрын

The coolest small boiler use I've ever seen was a video from South America and a guy have a small boiler propelling a tricycle. He would feed it by stopping and picking up some Twigs alongside the road. Now that's good fuel mileage!

@greymatters2965 Жыл бұрын

Was watching that video then this one got recommended 😂

@gunkid6368 Жыл бұрын

your chances of being run over by a train in the woods is low but never zero

@FredericSain 2 ай бұрын

The efficiency with which he paired the socks in the drawer was quite admirable.

@Slovenskwolk Жыл бұрын

Os caras tem o Trator até hoje pra funcionar, mexer e curtir, para manter a história viva.

@SavageWhiteBread 7 ай бұрын

Talk about steampunk! What a ride. With these we can rebuild America! Beautiful.

@TheMadmanAndre Жыл бұрын

I love how some of those late 1800s/early 1900s steam tractors are just rail locomotives they stuck treads and road wheels on.

@garyjohnson9297 2 ай бұрын

They were not conversions they were purposely built as log hauling traction engines ,that pulled sleds loaded with as many as thirty logs on grooved ice haul roads .

@KDUsher Ай бұрын

I feel like if you take this on the road it'll break the asphalt

@Vvv3429 7 ай бұрын

Сколько труда вложено в их восстановление. Моё уважение.

@AmericaVoice Жыл бұрын

Im sure the day the old machine was built, they would have never dreamed that the old machine majority of parts would be driven like this so many years down the centuries! 😊😊😊😊😊

@majorsaunders Жыл бұрын

Старинная техника! Уважаю людей которые хранят и ухаживают за такой техникой!. I could've never guessed that half-track steam tractors existed..

@igotatan1 Жыл бұрын

Even as old as these machines are, they are still viable.

@louiefillet6932 8 ай бұрын

There is something so satisfying in watching these old steamers start up

@AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын

I like how he gives the whistle code when crossing the road 😀

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Yes, its a bit of a blind corner for cars entering the parking lot from Government Road so we always give a warning whistle. We actually have a dedicated Lombard log hauler road that is about 85% complete. We just need to ease a couple of the curves and do the final grading.

@RobinvanOudheusden-h1x 23 сағат бұрын

On the last part of the vid... the effortlesness of that steam tractor just pulling the plow is insane look at the witdth of that thing!

@PhilippePolvorera Жыл бұрын

Jusqu'à quel âge que l on s amuse la preuve est la bande de vieux fous extraordinaire j aime❤❤❤

@mtpocketswoodenickle2637 2 ай бұрын

Best heavy iron ASMR ever! In under 2 minutes no less.

@davidmorrison3697 Жыл бұрын

WDM in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada has 2 log haulers. They ran between SPRUCE RIVER FOREST RESERVE (Prince Albert National Park) to The Pas, Manitoba. One was rebuilt and the other is in storage. They also have a live steam Calliope.😊😊😊😊

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Yes, those are Phoenix log haulers built under a license from Lombard. Really neat machines!

@davidmorrison3697 Жыл бұрын

@@terryharper2024 《 they were amazing machines - there were 6 or 8 machines used in the forest reserve, there is a photo of a bunch sitting in the bush not being used. The photo either at Western Development Museun or at Prince Albert National Park.

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

@@davidmorrison3697 Cool! At the Maine Forest & Logging Museum we have four Lombard's in the collection including the 1907 steam powered Lombard shown in the video, a 1914 Steam powered Lombard. the 1934 Lombard Tractor-Truck (also shown) and a 1928 Lombard Model T dump truck - all are operational and demonstrated on a regular basis. We also have a 1919 Lombard tractor truck due to arrive as soon as the mechanical work is complete. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZK3YnyGbbN_ldk kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnOom4mkeL9ladU kzbin.info/www/bejne/lX68ia2rbLJ9e68

@JOSEPHDANCE75 Жыл бұрын

still going strong unlike many vehicles in the scrap heap for recycling.Amazing engineering of quality.

@superspeederbooster Жыл бұрын

I'm always surprised how quiet those steam machines are

@LeonvanRensburg Жыл бұрын

I assume the 'atmospheric' track was added in post? Definitely better than having loud music over everything and better than having nothing. Nice touch, even if the stereo doesn't shift.

@foxgamerjugadorfox Жыл бұрын

this takes 'tank engine' to a whole new level

@ГеоргийКримський 11 ай бұрын

ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНАЯ ТЕХНИКА !!! ОНА БЕЗЦЕННА , КАК ПЕРВЬІЙ ЗОЛОТОЙ ДОЛЛАРИ!!! СПАСИБО ВАМ ЗА РОЛИК !!! СПАСИБО !!!

@arnenelson4495 Жыл бұрын

The external combustion engine was sooo labor intensive.

@Somerandompokemon 3 ай бұрын

Has the chassis of a tank engine and wheels of a tractor. What a beaut!

@gerry343 Жыл бұрын

How many ploughshares was that Case pulling? Impressive!

@maschinenorganismus 8 ай бұрын

5:48 If you are quiet enough and did not scare off, you can see and here the shy Lokomotive in its natural, wooden habitat.

@jackoszuscik6669 Жыл бұрын

Excruciatingly awesome! Can't get anymore STEAMPUNK then that. Kudos y'all ❤

@SmileySimian Жыл бұрын

The steam log hauler looks like a Road Locomotive. Tracks subbed for rail wheels, and since the engineer never had to steer on tracks, they just stuck on some turning wheels and a driver at the front. I hope the driver's assistant had some way to communicate with the engineer, like semaphores.

@terryharper2024 Жыл бұрын

Actually no. Alvin Lombard of Waterville, ME. developed and patented the first practical crawler track system in 1900. Between 1900 and 1917 his company (Lombard Traction Engine Co.) built 83 of these machines. This one was built in 1907 and is only one of three operating examples. These machines were built new - they were not conversions of a locomotive. Just as they did back in the day - we use whistle signals for stop, forward and reverse.

@Викторчер-ф4ж 5 ай бұрын

Потрясающе маашины. Смотрю второй раз . Нет слов .

@Fatbodypyle Жыл бұрын

That baby is wild !

@Eclispestar Жыл бұрын

Steam tractors seem so complex and massive. Its amazing to think they were made in more simple times. Almost works of art. Not just working machines

@josephbrandt6778 Жыл бұрын

Cool😀👍I remember a big steam tractor abandoned just outside UTICA NY btwn Frankfort and Utica it sat back in the tress for years came by one day and somebody was cutting it out of the trees that grew up around it....sat back in there for years hardly know it was there unless you were real observant...that area was all crop fields back in the day I'm sure to support the city etc...and I'm sure that tractor worked all that land behind the Masonic Temple off Broad st and Center Rd...

@ryansaylor6043 10 күн бұрын

Those things look like they could drive straight through a Wal-Mart and not miss a beat. 😂

@BulldogLambo 8 күн бұрын

For real 😂

@crissd8283 2 күн бұрын

Except the steerman is right up front to take the brunt of the hit.

@xXYannuschXx Жыл бұрын

See? Now THATS a road train!

@allamericantrolling 8 ай бұрын

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while, it’s like a train half track

@scottanno8861 8 ай бұрын

How do you see where you're going in all the steam though 😅

@allamericantrolling 8 ай бұрын

@@scottanno8861 dose not matter steam powered half track.

@vanderleicirodesousa5559 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!...

@ronalddaub9740 Жыл бұрын

I've been in the thresherman association and I've been a collector of all types of hitt miss this and other engines but I've never seen anything like that at any show that's amazing

@denissychev4009 Жыл бұрын

хорошая альтернатива постоянно дорожающему дизельному топливу это дрова

@Своя-жизнь Жыл бұрын

Как здорово что люди сохраняют технику и историю развития технологий которая изменяет быт , культуру , и политику целых государств по всей планете 🌎

@ampere-mam Жыл бұрын

These machines were designed never to die

@Geor82 2 ай бұрын

Никогда таких машин не видел. Респект мужикам которые поддерживают жизнь этой машине))

@WTU208 Жыл бұрын

I can't see battery powered vehicles ever doing this.

@AmyToby-s7b 2 ай бұрын

Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

@josedelmarmattos182 Жыл бұрын

Tudo é muito estranho nesta oficina de inventos 😂😂😂

@johncourtneidge 9 ай бұрын

Thank-you! Please, to what uses were these machines designed for and put?

@terryharper2024 9 ай бұрын

They were used during the winter to haul trains of sleds loaded with logs (up to 300 tons) over ice/ snow roads. Being only used in the winter, they used skis for steering. On this particular machine we have swapped the skis out for wheels so we can demonstrate during the summer months. This particular Lombard was built in 1907. The very first Lombard was developed in 1900.