Hot Water VS Diesel Fuel

[Rbertalotto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=FLQhvruimfs

A 850 H.P. John Deere diesel vs. a steam tractor rated 18 H.P?

It's all about torque and traction..

 

[JHa6av8r]

There's a saying, "We buy horsepower, but we drive torque."

 

[XpoNoobie]

An interesting way to till the land... thanx for sharing

 

[nb11]

I'm sure that steam tractor weighs twice what the JD weighs, at least. Pretty cool how it was digging those trenches.

 

[LovinPSDs]

That steam tractor is SUPER cool

 

[daveyboy]

My family had a sawmill in Idaho--until it burnt down and the family basically lost everything (many decades ago). We had a couple of those steam engines--one was donated to the county for hay rides during the county fair, the other was sold. We still have a couple of the old boilers. One ran the saw for the mill, the other was an engine that was driven into a footing for our ranch house, the wheels, etc, taken off, and then the house built around/on top of it. It heated the house through hot water radiators. We also have an old steam powered "truck" that my great grandpa built. It is pretty cool too.

 

[Buliwyf]

Cool vid. A tug of war that isn't a bunch of truck brand fanboys. But that olde tractor is huge compared to the new one. Horsepower was never an accurate measurement anyways. I could do a lot more with 300 horses than what my truck can do. Unless horses were smaller back then?
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I allways get a kick out of the tug of wars with pick up trucks on youtube. And all the momos that think it actually means something, cheering and beating their chests. I actually out pulled a Dodge 5500 with a dinky little van once. And we've used such means to dispose of our cheapo fleet tires more than once. LOLz. Means nothing, other than a certain vehicle pulled a certain vehicle at a certain time. A little luck goes a long ways.