I Want One.
- DePippo79
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- Other Heating: Oil hot water.
Sorry guys. It's from across the pond, but you have to start from where it all began. Matt
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- Sunny Boy
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- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
Are you sure you want one ?
http://www.farmcollector.com/steam-engines/traged ... ounds.aspx
http://www.farmcollector.com/steam-traction/steam ... z3Kz5XmnRW
Paul
http://www.farmcollector.com/steam-engines/traged ... ounds.aspx
http://www.farmcollector.com/steam-traction/steam ... z3Kz5XmnRW
Paul
- wsherrick
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Explosions are few and far between. With steam, you have to know what you are doing. The most important thing is to keep the water over the crownsheet and you'll be just fine.
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What a story, guy doin what he loves with his mates before its all over... God bless em.......
- Scottscoaled
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There was one of them for sale in Ohio not too long ago. Someone posted it on the Craigslist boiler/stoves for sale a couple months ago.
- DePippo79
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- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood Oak 40, Stanley Argand No. 30, Glenwood Modern Oak 114, Stanley Argand No. 20 missing parts.
- Coal Size/Type: Anthracite. Stove and nut size.
- Other Heating: Oil hot water.
Been around heavy equipment all my life. Not concerned. Life isn't worth living without dreams. I wouldn't be where I am today if I always listened to the nay sayers. Anyway we always lose the good ones. May he rest in peace. To bad we can't have shows like this state side. Good thing for Youtube.
Give thanks for what you have. God Bless.
Matt
I have to add I'm more scared of dying in a car accident on my way to and from work than a piece of machinery.
Give thanks for what you have. God Bless.
Matt
I have to add I'm more scared of dying in a car accident on my way to and from work than a piece of machinery.
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice,
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Thx for posting, takes me back to the Devon Steam shows of my youth. A field full of these beauties and that was a small example. I wonder if they just all blew up or rusted out.
- Sunny Boy
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- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
If you frequent the bigger antique car shows, you'll often see steam tractors and other steam powered equipment.
There's lots of clubs in this country and around the world. Just Google "Steam tractor clubs".
Also, it's not uncommon to see a Stanley Steamer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Motor_Carriage_Company
Or A White Steam car.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Motor_Company
Two friends of mine each have a Stanley in their car collections.
Paul
There's lots of clubs in this country and around the world. Just Google "Steam tractor clubs".
Also, it's not uncommon to see a Stanley Steamer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Motor_Carriage_Company
Or A White Steam car.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Motor_Company
Two friends of mine each have a Stanley in their car collections.
Paul
- Sunny Boy
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- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
William.wsherrick wrote:Explosions are few and far between. With steam, you have to know what you are doing. The most important thing is to keep the water over the crownsheet and you'll be just fine.
Yes, but the ones that have blown up at antique car shows have killed and injured spectators. That difference in liability has made some car show organizers treat them differently then gasoline powered vehicles. Some car shows will not allow them to be fired up.
And, unlike with your steam locomotives, these tractors are often being owned and handled by armatures with no experience working around high pressure steam. Many of these steam engines were put into storage decades ago because they were no longer safe to operate. They should be professionally rebuilt to original standards if going to be operated, but all too often are not because of the owner wanting to "preserve the originality". When your standing next to one running at a car show and admiring it, you don't know if it's safe to run, or a ticking bomb.
The fact that some steam engines are too old to work safely rarely stops the armature tinkerer.
Paul
- StokerDon
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Thank you for posting this. I've watched 9 so far. I always wanted to have a coal fired steam engine to turn a generator to power my house. unfortunatly, steam engines are more difficult to make, inspect and maintain than a diesle engine. I guess a domestic heating coal stoker boiler can't make enough steam pressure to runn a steam engine. That would be great incentive to fix my Losch!
I still want one though!
-Don
I still want one though!
-Don