Steam Engine Tractor

[kadora]

Hello Friends
I would like to show you my finished steam tractor.
Gas burner boiler heating , workable steering , tilting front axle ,
double acting two cylinder engine , water feeder , length 500 mm ,
wideness 200 mm , height 250 mm , weight 7 kg .
I have built this tractor according my imagination so no real tractor existed.
Thank you.

 

[gbritnell]

Quite a unique machine you have there! I think it fits into the category of 'steam punk'

 

[ShopShoe]

Congratulations on a very creative project. It may be Steam Punk, but I like it.

Thank You for posting,

--ShopShoe

 

[Richard Hed]

Hello Friends
I would like to show you my finished steam tractor.
Gas burner boiler heating , workable steering , tilting front axle ,
double acting two cylinder engine , water feeder , length 500 mm ,
wideness 200 mm , height 250 mm , weight 7 kg .
I have built this tractor according my imagination so no real tractor existed.
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Whoa, and what an imagination you have!

How long did it take to build? Where do you live?

 

[MIKE4444]

Wel lwhat can one say just brilliant keep up the ex work KADORA.
MIKE

 

[cl350rr]

Really a nice looking machine, do you have a video of it operating?

 

[traction engine]

I echo the previous comments; I'm very impressed. Thanks for sharing.

 

[a41capt]

Very, very unique! I too would love to see a video of it running, it must be quite a sight!!!

John W

 

[kadora]

Thank you all
Imagine a situation that you live in steam era and you need a tractor and only what you
have is small marine steam engine - so you would come to this tractor design.

I am from Slovakia /EU/ and to make tractor including engine took me 12 month.
Here in my country is snow and cold now so I will make video during spring.

 

[TonyM]

The detail is superb and your imagination has been beautifully engineered.

 

[Peter Twissell]

Splendid job and very much my kind of machine.

 

[Cymro77]

Absolutely incredible!
A very Avant Garde design, beautifully executed! I would love to see it running. Does the Gantry work? The oil lights?
All I can say is "W O W"

 

[Apprentice707]

What a machine can we see a video of it working please. Are you related to Heath Robinson??

Thanks for sharing

B

 

[kadora]

Thank you friends again
Cymro 77 I have added short video clip to my first post - see top of this thread.
Apprentice 707 I am not related to Heath Robinson I do not know him.
Why you think so?

 

[cl350rr]

Thanks for adding the video, great mechanical sound to it

 

[Cymro77]

Thank you friends again
Cymro 77 I have added short video clip to my first post - see top of this thread.
Apprentice 707 I am not related to Heath Robinson I do not know him.
Why you think so?

I enjoyed the video! Thanks for posting. Somehow the video took me back to the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Movie with Dick Van Dyke - just "too Cool".

 

[Peter Twissell]

I think it's more Rowland Emmet than Heath Robinson.

 

[mecanotrain]

Très bonne idée !! superbe fabrication.

 

[Shopgeezer]

What a great model. You have quite the imagination. I am curious about how the steam chests work. The eccentrics seem to drive a rotating shaft. What is going on inside the steam chest?

 

[kuhncw]

Very nice. I really like the design.

Chuck