Advances that helped the introduction of steam-powered cars and that could be adopted for steam tractors included using paraffin instead of coal to heat the water. The liquid fuel needed less space ...
Tony Haupt is known as Mr Patience after working his way through boxes of parts to fully restore a steam-powered tractor without its manual. The Mackay man, who has spent 14 years reconstructing the ...
It’s one thing to restore classic cars and trucks, but it’s hard to imagine the effort that George Hoffman put into the restoration of his massive 1911 Rumely 36 horsepower steam tractor. The very ...
The Will County Threshermen's Association annual show will be held July 16–19 at Spiess Farm.
Built to last and as big as a dinosaur, it was obsolete before it left the factory in 1920. Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" ...
Fordson fans (that’s the brand name of Ford’s original tractors) from Australia to the UK have staged major hoedowns over the past year. Should you find yourself in the Detroit area, stop in at the ...