World Record- 66 Bottom Plow Pulled By 5 Rumely's

Filmed in Austin, Manitoba, Canada by my good friend, Peter Philipsen (LanceOwcepoof). Certified Guinness world record as the largest operational agricultural plow. This demonstration pitted five examples of the century old Rumely 30-60 Model E oil pull traction engines against 66 Cockshutt 14 inch plow bottoms cutting a furrow 77 feet wide. Former Cockshutt CEO, Bill Cockshutt was present to plant the first plow bottom in the soil. The massive implement was built by 700 volunteers of the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. The huge drawbar was built to handle 4 Rumely's, however rain and heavy soil conditions made the fifth unit necessary. This breaks the previous world record of 60 plow bottoms of 14 inches. The Rumely Model E's are identical units to those used to set the original record in 1911.

[@Russ4704]

A lot of manpower out there. Today one operator, one tractor..

[@Rainhill1829]

Russ4704 True.

[@lincolnbarry1]

Great video. Now this is something that you do not see every day. Thank you.

[@artroraback8663]

AWESOME! I've had the privilege of seeing a few Rumely traction engines and they are astounding to see and hear. Thanks for sharing!

[@Rainhill1829]

+Art Roraback Thanks for watching.

[@keithlincicum3691]

Rumleys are nothing but awesome machines. Some years ago while at Antique Powerland in Brooks Oregon, they had their daily parade and in the lead was 5 or 6 OilPulls from the small one to a real monster. I made a commend to those around me someone could almost dance to that rhythmic beat. They all laughed and said we needed some instruments

[@Rainhill1829]

Very true, they are almost musical.

[@mule2311]

SO COOL !!!! LOVE IT !!!!!

[@BRPFan]

Awesome video! Seen it many times from others, the museum in Austin Manitoba is only an hour from where I live but was unable to make it to this awesome event! Been to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin, Manitoba many, many times and it’s an amazing place!! Thank-You to all the volunteers that keep the place running!! Our local Pembina Valley Museum has a Rumbley tractor, not as big as these and I got a chance to drive it in the parade on year, very cool! True horsepower these old tractor were! 66 bottom plow with no problem what so ever!!

[@Rainhill1829]

Its an impressive sight.

[@nomon95]

Pure torque,this is the reason that a combination of 5 tractors have a lot of traction force. Plowing more tan 20 meters ??? wow!!

[@eastky1901]

Thers a new record for 1 tracktor, 44 bottim plows its a case. Big steam

[@Darian-mk1bw]

@@eastky1901 it's pretty amazing to see that case 150 pull that plow. It could do more for sure, hope they bump it up next year

[@eastky1901]

@@Darian-mk1bw my littl 4630 ford can only pull 3. Its arund 50 horse. Its amazing how strong that tractor really is. It wasnt even pulling hard at 44 plows. Plus the weight of the 20 ppl on board the plows.lol. it must have big horses with the most torque of any mobile machine. Any

[@Darian-mk1bw]

@@eastky1901 there's a video of it on a dyno, check it out

[@EETechs]

@@eastky1901 Not a new record. A T96E New Holland pulled 66 bottom plows. Guy did not record that part for some reason in this video.

[@billshiff2060]

Fun stuff. So is the Case 150 steam tractor pulling 44 all by itself.

[@Rainhill1829]

Yes, the big 150 is able to do that all on its own.

[@eltoro6688]

OMG!!!!!!! One Rumely is something but five!!!!!!

[@JamesCouch777]

And a good time was had by all

[@robertthornhill4379]

love the video, watch most of them when i get chance just goes to show the old machinery is equally as good as the new stuff if not better

[@edforrest4569]

This is serious business. Thank you for sharing something that we who live in an urban environment could never imagine. An amazing feat....

[@Rainhill1829]

Wow thank you. I am glad you appreciate the work we do, even if it is just to relive the past.

[@drleo2641]

Phillip's the man!

[@benduffin5727]

those old girls never run out of power!

[@bluesharp59]

Cool Tractors and video, Thumbs Up liked.

[@Rainhill1829]

Thanks so much.

[@bluesharp59]

@@Rainhill1829 Your welcome.

[@mathuetax]

Wow, that was pretty awesome!

[@hondaxl250k0]

I watch a video of a case 150 pull a like 36 bottom by it’s self. Steam baby!!

[@eastky1901]

I just watched that same case, he pulled 44 by himself this time

[@neildelaney5199]

Now that was impressive, can you imagine seeing one of these giants for the first time 100 years ago? we have some huge steam traction engines here in Britain but nothing like this,,many thanks

[@Rainhill1829]

We had a lot of design influence from England over here, especially in Canada, but we adapted the designs for massive tracts of unbroken land.

[@neildelaney5199]

we sometimes get one or two of these wonderful beast at the great dorset steam fair,, they get a lot of interest,, once again many thanks ( i don't know what make of tractor we have at the dorset fair)

[@Rainhill1829]

Magnificent, glad to hear some have travelled abroad.

[@chasebh89]

"I wish there was a way we could plow the enire field at once...." "Lol hold my beer"

[@Rainhill1829]

And watch this.

[@rosiehawtrey]

The mating call of the "Darwineer".

[@carlhelsing719]

that could be done---but then---you have made "a factory floor" of the farm--no "fun' at all---sorry---(Super c Farmall driver---2 plow';s-)Plowing thruthe 50's)

[@oneshotme]

@@Rainhill1829 So has it been broken yet(WR) since it's 4 pulling not 5??

[@Rainhill1829]

oneshot_me There was 5, you can see all of them from about 6:00 tp 7:00. There was four in the back with a single lead unit out front.

[@carlhelsing719]

I enjoyed watching Rumely's a few times at LaPorte--Hesston-Indiana museum--I live in Crown Point-Indiana--not far from LaPorte-Indiana where Rumely's were built and became "Allis-Chalmer's"--in the 30's or so-(Farmall Super C--1954 model---user-)

[@Rainhill1829]

Carl Helsing Nice, right near where they were built.

[@nrgnovator2427]

Carl Helsing: I also live near the former Rumely factory -- in Laporte County, IN. About 12 miles from their former site. Also a member at the Hesston Steam Museum. If you know where to look, right off the intersecton of Lincolnway and Madison Street, in downtown Laporte, there is a memorial plaque placed at the edge of the block/area where the Rumely factory once stood. Also, if you know where to look just north of that intersection, you can see the tops of the railroad tracks (siding) that turned into the factory buildings, still (barely) sticking out of the pavement...... There is a RUMELY/ALLIS Museum under development on Highway 2 west, beside the Laporte County fairgrounds property. Do an online search to get more info.

[@brianthesnail3815]

There are people who have never seen anything but life in a city who would watch this like it was an alien landing. No comprehension at all what it is that is happening on screen.

[@ih1206]

I did a history project in Jr. High years ago on Rumleys. Some book I had for research had a picture of the original record setting attempt. Those old beast sure can pull, lots of torque and lots of weight makes for a lot of pulling power. Great video.

[@Rainhill1829]

Thanks so much, they really give it the beans when you load them down, they really do have monumental torque.

[@BIGBAMBOO420187]

NOW WERE MOVING BOYS

[@oldSawyer]

I thought I had already subscribed to your channel (recognize your user ID as one of my subscribers) but when I found This video it showed I hadn't ? ? ? I Quickly Remedied That.EXCELLENT Video. (And Excellent reply to viewers question a year ago on the Torque comparison with Steam Engines).

[@Rainhill1829]

Thanks so much, glad to have you along for the ride.

[@plattforminternationalismu1690]

Die rumelys... sind das dieselmaschinen? Dieselzweitakt oder viertakt? Lg.ff.

[@donrutherford6729]

WOW!!!!!

[@gabemartinez2558]

Get that big case 150 in there too

[@user-ml2tp8no6m]

I wanna go there

[@HighlanderNorth1]

How much torque do these internal combustion traction engines produce at the belt wheel, and how did they match up to similar sized steam traction engines in pulling power and belt turning power? Thanks.

[@Rainhill1829]

I did some quick number mashing based on the data I have, these Rumely Model E's seen in this video are rated at an output of 30-60, but in fact produced 49.9-75.6 on the Nebraska Test. Wish modern manufacturers would build engines to this standard. The engines themselves produced roughly 980 pound feet of torque at their operating speed of 320rpm. Steam engines of similar size actually stack up almost perfectly according to the numbers. The best steam match to the Rumely E would be the Case 65 steam traction engines of the same era. On the belt they would be evenly matched but the steam engine would be able to out-lug the Rumely given it has two power strokes per revolution to the Rumely's one. Pulling power would render similar results as the traction engine has more weight on the drive axle and, like an electric motor, can exert full torque to the wheels from a dead standstill without the need for a clutch. These are just musings as the only way to really know would be to actually pit them head to head. I would love to see that.

[@willybee3056]

@@Rainhill1829 On that same line of thought. The Edna G steam tug boat, at 400 hp, could out sprint a 14000 hp diesel tug. I got to tour that tug in Duluth MN in 1980.

[@sergeisoro5160]

Я завидую увлеченым людям!

[@JuliaCV9]

1977 Big Bud 747: I could pull that with no effort. All the rumleys: Hold our Kerosene cans

[@Rainhill1829]

LOL, kerosene.

[@JuliaCV9]

@@Rainhill1829 I randomly came up with kerosene, because these run on kerosene!

[@7822welshsteam]

This looks like a great show and what a thing to do! I must admit, North American vintage tractors are more impressive than British ones. They're a lot more closely-related to traction engines.

[@Rainhill1829]

William Roberts Our tractors tended to grow to massive proportions simply due to the large tracts of open land we had to break. I must admit traction engines from the UK definitely are of a more refined design, beautifully built.

[@7822welshsteam]

Interestingly, tractors all over The World are largely the same size now. British traction engine are, like British railway locomotives, very distinctive. They're so aesthetically pleasing, as I'm sure you will know judging by your username!

[@eltoro6688]

Need your field plowed? Call the Rumely Boys. 1-800-GOT-RMLY!!!

[@robertwhite7894]

Yea why by something like a big bud why not just get 5 rumbes to do the work ☺️

[@oldengineguy]

Wow, all that plow in the ground and only 150 "rated" drawbar HP combined. (250 "actual" according to the Nebraska Tests) I wonder how many of today's "horsepower" it would take to pull that same amount of plow? Funny how some used to under-rate the power and now on modern machines they embellish it. Excellent videos...keep up the good work!

[@rosiehawtrey]

These engines are more about torque than power, although apparently are all running well above the official figures. In this case (pun not intended) it's also that you have 5 sets of drivewheels instead of one, so the tractive force is distributed and there's less likely to be slip. With a single modern machine it'd either leave these standing or more likely dig itself a large hole & refuse to come out.. Because you're trying to put 300hp through maybe a 4ft x 2ft contact patch, instead of 250 through 5 similar size contact patches. Short version - it's not about power & torque in this case, it's about the distribution of that power and torque. It's doubtful a single 250hp Rumely could even break it out - but 5 * 50hp pulling equally can.

[@kcb559]

Rosie is right deal with it my old case has 23 Hp and pulls more than my neighbors new diesel Deere. The tractors are about the same size these oldies can put the power down

[@AllisChalmersMN]

How much torque do all 5 machines equal to be?

[@castkerosene5377]

The key is, horsepower is work over time. New tractors pull a lower overall load, but at a faster speed. That is to say, pull 12 bottoms at 2 mph, or 4 at 6 mph, is the same horsepower.

[@FlatBroke612]

Cast & Kerosene Your IQ would seem to be above room temperature 👍🏻🍻

[@Squarehead45]

That's over 13 bottom plows each, haven't seen too many Modern Day Tractors to that..Like the say,," the old ways are still the best".

[@Rainhill1829]

There is no replacement for displacement.

[@ADRIAAN1007]

If the old ways were the best we would still be using them.

[@kylesorensen83]

A 535hp New Holland on tracks pulled the same plow.

[@andre21198]

Yeah ain't no replacement for tonnage and torque

[@andre21198]

@@Rainhill1829 ironically those are relatively small engines.

[@stevesievers1248]

There's enough torque in that field to pull the moon out of position.

[@Rainhill1829]

Oh yeah.

[@socalsteve5460]

Wow

[@concernedcitizen9373]

Amazing machine's I've got a lot of people got hurt by those back in the day 🇺🇸

[@1929modelagirl]

No more than by runaway teams

[@AllisChalmersMN]

How much torque is there with all 5 machines?

[@Rainhill1829]

Did some quick math and it comes out to roughly 5250 foot pounds at the flywheel for all five machines, although they did use about half that torque to move their own mass.

[@scurvyswine]

I would like to see it turn for the next pass.

[@livewire2759]

Give 'em a few hours...

[@JohnyComeLately]

The original version of give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around

[@davidhead5943]

What size are the wheels on the back ?

[@davidhead5943]

Wow ! Ty

[@jensdavidsen4557]

with torque like that, they could plow a forest ffs - fascinating!

[@andreixrt9866]

No software problems on these ones

[@Rainhill1829]

None at all, maybe the occasional angry spark-plug.

[@AlekBoo]

👏👏👏 👍👍👍

[@plattforminternationalismu1690]

Rumelys, was hatten die für eine Technik? Äußerlich sind sie dampfbetriebenen Traktoren ähnlich, aber die Motoren sind verbrennen. Diesel, oder Benziner? Diesel. Glühkopf? Nein. Wasserkühlung? Ja. Einzylindermotor?. Ja. Lg.ff.

[@timmytexlonghorns2206]

guy 1- why? these crazy people- why not? 🤣

[@daviddahl4148]

What fuel do Rumleys burn?

[@Rainhill1829]

Kerosene normally but today we run them on regular gasoline.

[@allanbarsness6076]

i think Troy Mayes has one of these

[@user-xk8pz2bt8e]

🎉

[@pappap1702]

How long to plow 100 acres?

[@Rainhill1829]

If turning around wasn’t an issue, and accounting for a 10% overlap, this machine plows about 14.5 acres per hour. So it would take just under 7 hours to cover 100 acres.👍

[@andrewwilson8317]

Is this a world record for biggest single plough? Surely nobody ploughed more than 65 furrows at once!

[@jasongillies40]

It was indeed a world record.

[@markhall7646]

With the right drawbar and stout enough chains the Rumleys could move the Earth.

[@Rainhill1829]

Yup.

[@lytken]

what is all those people doing that is standing and walking on the plow

[@Rainhill1829]

They run the gang levers that lift and lower the the plow moldboards in and out of the soil. They also clear jams and rocks from the plow. In the old days there was usually less people on the gang deck because it only took a few people to run everything but this event was all hands on deck.

[@leslieernst1737]

Wow! Great video of steam tractors at work. Wonder how many tractors of today it would take to do the same. And what is the total hp of these 5 tractors?.

[@Rainhill1829]

About 300 horsepower combined.

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

It’s actually a kerosene burning internal combustion engine, not steam

[@intotheadventure2592]

What do those run on?

[@Rainhill1829]

Kerosene back in the days they where actively farming, we now just run them on gasoline.

[@intotheadventure2592]

@@Rainhill1829 thanks

[@danwat1234]

How do they turn that thing around? Was that tool custom made or was it common practice to go wide like that?

[@Rainhill1829]

The plows where standard Cockshutt plows but the drawworks where custom made for the show. I actually dod not know how they turned it but I will look into how it was done.

[@castkerosene5377]

They unhooked the lead tractor, and turned with the inside tractor riding the clutch, and the outboard running at full throttle. The engines in between split the difference.

[@Streeterm]

That's what? like 10 Cylinders? across all the tractors hahaha we got that in one motor now :) such a cool thing

[@russianacorns8080]

No I think they all one cylinder so there’s only 5

[@livewire2759]

One cylinder each, and each one of those cylinders makes as much torque as a modern 6 cylinder diesel tractor engine.

[@russianacorns8080]

@@livewire2759 no they dont

[@livewire2759]

@@russianacorns8080 Oh, ok. Should I just argue, "yes they do"? What is the torque output of a modern tractor of similar size? 1500 ft lbs? 2000 ft. lbs? I'd bet these old steamers are pretty close to that.

[@russianacorns8080]

@@livewire2759 they’re not even steam tractors bud

[@andytheguy5076]

I like the way the case steam tractors look much better than these

[@Rainhill1829]

They definitely had charm, amazing to think that these units and steam tractors where built in the same years.

[@75t150]

No matter how many times I watch, I only see four tractors.....?

[@Rainhill1829]

Skip to 6:00, you will see all 5. Originally there was only four tractors rigged to the plow but due to the wet conditions that day, they decided to chain up the fifth one running up front.

[@75t150]

***** Thanks, Rainhill for the tip. On my bigger screen I can spot it. Great video !

[@Rainhill1829]

75t150 Many thanks.

[@uturbieni-ursus9618]

I want see big bud vs this plought :D

[@Rainhill1829]

Hell yes, I would pay to see that.

[@castkerosene5377]

They pulled it after this, with one bottom in the air, with a 600hp quad track.

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Rainhill1829 take it to Welker farms in Montana USA, they’ll accomodate y’all

[@andrewwilson8317]

Just how it would five modern tractors have to be to pull the same rig? Thinking maybe five 300 hours tractors?

[@Rainhill1829]

As long as they can lay the torque into the ground without slipping you can use tractors that develop similar torque numbers to do the job.

[@loganyoutube4818]

I’ll bet a case steam traction engine would pull this on its own...if not 2 would pull it because there is a video of one pulling a 36 bottom plow barely even laboring

[@Rainhill1829]

They had to add a fifth Rumely due to rain the night before the event, even so still pretty impressive.

[@josephjarrell7261]

10,000 cubic inches there abouts

[@Rainhill1829]

Hilariously you are very close, I did some quick math and all five engines combined came out to 9425 cubic inches total. That's a lot of cylinder.

[@oneshotme]

I only see Rumely's pulling not 5

[@bluegrallis]

I bet wheel slippage isn't anywhere near what modern rubber tires have ;)

[@andre21198]

Rubber tires probably do less damage while slipping, idk

[@timmytexlonghorns2206]

now we use tracks even less slippage and you know there actually legal to drive on the road

[@meacenastiberius9438]

Here is something your only going to see once in your life.

[@Rainhill1829]

Sadly yes.

[@perfectfan2006]

so they do this in the summer and curling in the winter for excitement .

[@Rainhill1829]

Pretty much, eh.

[@MikeHunt-ix2xy]

Mr Toronto man go away from my door,u got my weed and canola seed ur askin me for more? Better fly fore I" crush you with my fuckin Rumley"

[@robertpayne2717]

HORSEPOWER TO WEIGHT RATIO VERSUS DRAG????

[@philipdale1358]

I am not familiar with these kero powered engines, the good old steam powered much more impressive. BUT I note HP quoted by some but the real test is WHAT IS THE TORQUE? That is what pulls the plough, not horse power.

[@Rainhill1829]

Each machine makes about 1050 foot pounds of torque when running well but they used up about half of it just to move their own mass.

[@bradmorgan1234]

To have farmed back when these roamed! My guys bitch cause the dome for auto steer is gone off the tractor they have to use! Lol

[@Rainhill1829]

It was definitely a harder life back then, even with this early automation.

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Gasoline or diesel?

[@Rainhill1829]

Gasoline, although historically they ran kerosene once the engine was warm, they only used gasoline for warming up in the morning. Now we run them on gas exclusively.

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Okay

[@rosiehawtrey]

Petrol/Paraffin as they're known in the UK.. Or as my grandfather called them "the bloody thing". If you use them petrol paraffin you need to remember to switch over to petrol before shutting down - or don't expect it to start next morning.

[@danielmckay3458]

Guaranteed to burn eny fuel all-day long kerosine to vegetable oil

[@bogiewheelman71]

They ran jet fuel in the Rumleys at Rollag Minnesota . Was easiest to get .

[@danialholt4174]

Turning over stubble is not really "plowing".

[@Rainhill1829]

Not much unplowed land out there that doesn't belong to the crown, se we did what we could.

[@hsanguily]

No " Made in China " allowed.

[@richbororust7448]

Greta does not approve of this, but I sure do!

[@jimjonrs3932]

I bet four could have pulled it.

[@olddogcitypound5859]

Chit I could pull that with my old Harley 😆

[@POBulkhead]

Land locomotives.

[@callumhardy5098]

Thomas Pedersen No that would be traction engines

[@LordByron444]

And once they warmed up, they stopped smoking.

[@antonimichalak2379]

L

[@itmaslanka]

Next for excitement we’re going watch the wheat grow zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.