This article is about the steam-powered agricultural tractor. For other types of steam tractor, see Traction engine.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Steam tractor" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(November 2010)
Case steam tractorSteam Tractor at the Henry Ford Museum
A steam tractor is a tractor powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling.
In North America, the term steam tractor usually refers to a type of agricultural tractor powered by a steam engine, used extensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In Great Britain, the term steam tractor is more usually applied to the smallest models of traction engine – typically those weighing seven tons or less – used for hauling small loads on public roads. Although known as light steam tractors, these engines are generally just smaller versions of the "road locomotive".
This article concentrates on the steam-powered agricultural vehicles intended for the direct-pulling of plows and other implements (as opposed to cable-hauling).
A steamtractor is a tractor powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling. In North America, the term steamtractor usually refers to a type of...
United States, where soil conditions permitted, steamtractors were used to direct-haul plows. Steam-powered agricultural engines remained in use well...
A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives...
and in the following month that engine was shipped to Australia. A steamtractor employing dreadnaught wheels was built at Bach's Birmingham works, and...
is a list of companies that formerly manufactured and / or sold tractors. Some tractor and / or agricultural machinery companies have discontinued manufacturing...
best-known example of this kind is the tractor. Tractor / Two-wheel tractor Tracked tractor / Caterpillar tractor Cultipacker Cultivator (of two main variations)...
the name of J.Kemna/Breslau and was a Steam engine, steamtractor, locomotive, steam plow, road roller and tractor factory in Wroclaw, part of Germany until...
steam engines on his tractors. He developed his first gas-powered tractor in 1896. To prove its superiority, he staged a tug of war between his steam...
aircraft Steam boat Steam car Steam crane Steam power during the Industrial Revolution Steam shovel SteamtractorSteam tricycle Steam turbine Still engine...
Operational. Robey 4 ton Tandem Steam Roller No. 42520 Barkis built in 1925 reg No. FE 7632. On display. Garrett 5 ton SteamTractor No. 34641 Bunty, built in...
operational steamtractors are an 1895 Russell & Co. 15-30 steamtractor, a 1902 Advance 16-30 steamtractor, a 1912 J.I. Case 60 horsepower (45 kW) steam tractor...
America's largest builders of steam engines, producing self-propelled portable engines, traction engines and steamtractors. It was a major producer of...
a core tractor evolved around the new steam power source into a new machine core traction engine, that can be configured as the steamtractor and the...
A ballast tractor is a specially weighted tractor unit of a heavy hauler combination. It is designed to utilize a drawbar to pull or push heavy or exceptionally...
manufactured traction engines of any kind, including steamtractors, portable engines, and steam rollers. Borsig of Berlin, Germany Esterer, Germany (particularly...
machine in 1850, a steam plow (steamtractor) in 1857, the Gatling gun in 1861, a marine steam ram in 1862, and a motor-driven plow (tractor). Gatling invented...
Steam-Era is a festival held every Labour Day Weekend in the Town of Milton, Ontario featuring historic steamtractors. Well known for its eye on the past...
Leandro in California produced a range of steam tractors that used vertical boilers. Certain designs of steam roller departed from the conventional traction...
prominent traction engine companies drawing on their experience building steamtractors to produce wagons, with varying success. The great transport demands...
semi-trailer appeared in 1881,[citation needed] towed by a steamtractor manufactured by De Dion-Bouton. Steam-powered wagons were sold in France and the United...
Leandro, California was a manufacturer of farm machinery, known for its steamtractors. The company was formed in 1871 by Daniel Best. The company's initial...
farm equipment. They soon progressed to steam-powered farm machinery and, later, designs for crawler-type tractors. More than 100 patents were issued for...
grain, as their fathers had, to one of the largest steam venues in the nation. Antique and steamtractors and automobiles are featured. WMSTR is a living...
who are interested in steam-powered traction engines - also known as "steamtractors", "steam traction engines" or simply "steam engines" - as well as...
Global Information
