Well don't go to Almelund MN for the threshing show then, the steam tractors are noisy as heck. Its a great 3 day show of tractors, threshing machines, but they are not quiet by any means.
This is the best tractor on our planet earth. The size, power, look,, enthusiasm, dedication, makes me cry with joy. You mark my words.... Steam come back in the future.
@@aspiceronni4462 I would say that it's amazing that a person would have the passion to go forward with building such a beast. I hope to see it in person
I love how this man had the drive to basically say, we have the plans and there are no surviving 150's let's build one, so people can see what it was like and what it was capable of. Than you for spending the time and money to "build" a piece history👍
There is surviving 150's you don't hear about them because the people that own them are amish and don't advertise they have them on the internet some of them still plow with them
@@bengrosser8722 We need to research the 150 hp Case steam tractor. They original were to be used as a road tractor. They were EXPERIMENTAL...ZERO SURVIVED. The Amish may use steam, but they are not this tractor. This one is a recreation of something that did not exist.
@@bengrosser8722Only 9 were ever built. You think the Andersons wouldn't know where any were located to check dimensions, etc. The Amish have their ways but they're not stupid. How could they naintain the wear factor parts across time without invoking electricity and gasoline? They couldn't, especially the Babbited parts. The tubes would needs replaced, the end sheets welded or replaced. Then there are the laws in place of operating these nachines to keep them from becoming bombs. I call BS on your comment until you can prove otherwise.
I had the honor of firing for Kory for this pull..... I had prepared the fire pretty well.... we were managing the 180psi of steam pressure with the injector, but when she popped I had the injectors wide open putting water in the boiler. You are very correct....she still has more in her. Stay tuned for 2024 ~ 50 bottoms for the 50th Anniversary of Andover/James Valley Threshers! Jeff Detwiler, Mulhall, OK
@@ericball6894 🤣🤣 hp don’t mean jack shit. Torque does. 150hp at 150 rpm is well over 5000 lb-ft of torque. Hp is just how fast you can plow the feild. Hp is the amount of work done in a given time. Torque is how much you can turn or in this case pull. So you’re dead wrong and if you don’t think you are I’ll prove it.
@Craig Woods : Steam tractor: pulls 44 bottoms with massive torque, still takes 3 days to plow the field at a turtles pace. John deere with expensive controller: pulls just 12 bottoms, but still plows field in a tenth of the time, a hundredth of the maintenance effort, and a lot less fuel. Now im not knocking the tech, or the project. The builder of this reproduction did an amazing thing. As an engineer myself, huge respect to him. Just don't try to compare the old tech to the modern tech. There is no comparison at all in performance. There's plenty of reasons steam tractors (and early gas tractors) never replaced mules on a lot of farms, such as my family's.
@@markh4211 But the reason these steam tractors and early tractors never replaced mule teams or horses was because of the expense. The Dain AWD from John Deere was $1700 in 1919.
@@markh4211 Of course there is no comparison since this has been built to 1905 specs. It's like comparing the Wright flyer to an F-22. If a serious company with 500 mechanical engineers doing r&d 24/7 wanted to, they could make a steam engine that would outperform any modern tractor by orders of magnitude. Nuclear submarines for example use steam engines for propulsion and they outperform diesel-electric in every metric.
Which reminds me...I remember an old fella (this is some 60 years ago) telling me he used to smoke a pipe, and would light off the boiler of an engine from his burning bowl and a handful of wheat straw.
Hats off to you, Mr. Anderson (?) for putting the the time and energy to bring to life an icon of a bygone era. Thank you Jon for the video work and heart to remind us of the work of past generations. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks too for your grandfather and Jake for your restorations.
This was satisfying watching this beast turn soil. I'm a tool and die maker by trade. I just finished making some one off parts for our local train museum. I told the museum people anything I can do to help just let me know. The men and women out there keeping historic machine humming I salute you.
They did a great job remaking this thing. But can we all just take a moment and think the men that designed and built the original did it all by hand, they did all the math by hand they did all of this by pure skill and intelligence. They were a different breed back then.
Those men had little more than a pencil and a drafting table....and a protractor if they were lucky. They were the true artisans of the Agricultural Revolution! The wood pattern makers in the CASE shops were some of the best paid employees of the company! Truly amazing that they could even come up with something like this in 1904!! And then build 9 of them over the next three years. Metallurgy and "grey iron" castings spelled the doom of the 150's back then, as they chewed up a lot of gears and bull pinions. Kory was able to use ductile in the casting process and what a difference it made! Looking for 50 bottoms at the 50th anniversary of the show in 2024!! Jeff Detwiler, Mulhall, OK
One reason why the sarurn v rockets can't be reproduced the same way they were back then even with all the technology now. Might not have been the Saturn but the point stands. The old generation has a feel of doing things the right way if that makes any sense
i remember watching a doco on the SR71 Blackbird one expert on it said it was all done with slide rules back then and if it where done with computers it wouldn't have been that much different hats off to those old guys because i dont even know how a damn slide rule works i can pull tractors apart and put them back together again but i get absolutely stumped by slide rules it may as well be some alien device.
Kory is a great guy. I watched as he greeted every stranger and took the time to talk to anyone who had a question. Nothing but good things to say about him!
@@RennerStockFarms Kory truly is a man among men. When I met him in 2001, he was an 18 year old working in his garage making patterns in Andover, and had just finished his first steam engine restoration, a 65 Case. He designed and cast a new set of grates for my engine, the Joyland 65 Case. He even hauled a new set down to Pawnee, OK when it turned out their was a switch in the foundry and the rocking tabs were cast on the wrong end of the grate!! Together, we installed them before our May show, and he stuck around for the whole show to make sure they worked as he had designed. Thus began a 20 year friendship! It was an honor to get to fire the 150 for Kory during your filming of this video. The Andersons all come from good stock, his dad Kevin started collecting and restoring steam engines 40 years ago! It definitely runs in their blood, as it does mine!
Absolutely incredible! To have made this on your own from plans, just blows me away! great job for keeping the past alive! These are the kind of things our great grand children will never know about if it wasn't for people like you!
What an absolute beast... Thank you Kory for bringing back a unique and very cool piece of history... I can just imagine what the farmers back in those early days, many who were still using horses thought of a machine that could pull a 44 bottom plow... Weeks worth of work done in hours...!!
Going to a machinery show this weekend where some of these will be present. Seeing them is always a treat. Still, the comments are funny. These things are huge hogs of fuel AND water, and slower than molasses. It's ALL power, and while interesting, it's vastly inferior to a narrower plow on a much faster and far more efficient tractor. These things changed the world, though, and their contribution to humanity's growth should never be forgotten!
Their finest hour was probably how they worked through WWII while all the raw materials to make new stuff went to the war effort. Amazing that there are dedicated folks out there who are crazy about them and keep them going.
@@ReggieArford yeah slight exaggeration but unlike internal combustion engine where torque is 0 at 0 rpm steam engines have infinitely more torque. Not truly infinite but 180 lb ft is way more than 0
I am thankful he did this. We have lost far too much to history and "progress". The time may come when this technology will be needed again, PRESERVE IT.
That's amazing. In the beginning when the narrator said he has an interview with the guy who built it, I was thinking 're-built it' . . . . . then while the camera is showing the thing in motion, I was thinking there must not be too many left, wouldn't that be cool if someone (with lots of money) could get the plans and build these things . . . . . holy crap HE DID! I can't believe it.
i work on a farm we have some old vehicles. we have a train it has an inline 6 gas engine. stuff like this is like magic its amazing these guys built this from scratch.
Had this randomly pop up in my feed. Still amazed that we left this life style so fast in the past. Nice to see people with the means to keep it alive.
When steam left the rails and came to the American farm in the 1880's....it truly changed the world forever! The U.S. went, in a matter of 25 years, from being a subsistence nation, barely able to feed ourselves and maybe a neighbor or two, to feeding the entire world. As my dear 91 year old mentor says.... when Steam was King, CASE was too! I had the honor of firing for Kory during this pull.... she is truly a quiet giant. Steam is still the only power source in the world that can launch an F/A-18 off the deck of an aircraft carrier!!
@@Wirmish ummmmm....no. Some english harrier launch ships have experimented, rather unsuccessfully, with electromagnetic launch cats. Not on US Carrier fleet.
The reason why this is diagonal is so that one operator has the time to walk down each plow to lift the lever, maintaining a straight line at the edge of the field during start and stop. If anyone wanted to know. With an experienced crew, you can do all of this with 2 or 3 people. That is why these tractors were built back in the day. This is the work of thousands of people done in a single day.
I've seen video of that machine in action before, and I thought it was so awesome, I sent it to all my friends. I had no idea it was actually built in the 21st century though, and that is nothing short of amazing. Great work to the builder, and you have some real respect from me for bringing something none of us had ever seen outside of black and white pictures, back to life, from nothing more than some old plans in a basement somewhere.
I'm sitting here giggling at how much simple, non-computerized, steam power is being applied and how many people are capable of being fed by every foot this beast moves forward.
@@cautloa at its core it's extremely simple. Boil water, steam move piston, piston move wheel. With all the extra crap added to make sure it doesn't explode, then it isn't simple
My mom's side homesteaded in Dakota Territory in 1870. I have no idea what they did to bust the prairie sod. Hard to see how a horse team on a single plow could rip through root system of prairie grass. I remember how hard it was to plow an alfalfa field. I know later they got 2 huge early gasoline/kerosene tractors from an old photo. However, that would've been later than the steamers. Amazing machines and more amazing to figure out all the parts needed and make them work together.
The future is the past. Get your friends and kids and plow the earth with this machine. An invention that could last generation to generation. Truly inspiring.
Hello neighbor, from over here in Freeburg. Glad you finally got out to see the 10th wonder of the world. Amazing what a few country boys can do when they get their hand on a few wrenches! We've known Kory for many years and he never ceases to amaze me, recall when he first got those blue prints, this went faster that I ever dreamed of considering all his other endeavours. He recast parts for our big Oil Pull as well while building this. All I've ever heard over the years from all those old time Case Collectors is how it could never be recreated and all the supposed bigger than life myths of this legendary monster, and how the last remaing parts slipped through their hands and were scrapped because of inaction from those same experts and then cried about it for the past 60 yrs, but no one ever got serious about it. That is until this young man did something about it! As to all the speculation about the capabilities of originals, I think that Kory has proven that the machine performs better than even the most ardent believer could have imagined.
I've recently found your channel, enjoy it. Known your family for ages, we were at the last show and enjoyed it. I haven't shown much as it's such a pain to transport anymore, but will see how things work out next year. We have many early and unusual pieces in my collection but don't get much time for restorations, but the 20-40 Oil Pull is easiest to move and run. Your grandad knows many of the tractors we've shown in the past.
@@frankwurth5375 Always good to see you anytime in Pawnee, old friend. The stories that Chady Atteberry used to tell about this mythical giant still bring crowds to their knees. He never thought he'd live to see the 150 come back to life. 2 months ago, in July in Bird City, KS, Chady sat on the operators station as we plowed up a storm with the 150. I've never seen a grin so wide on a 91 year old man!!! Mission Accomplished!! Jeff Detwiler, Mulhall, OK
Those steam engines have just an INCREDIBLE amount of torque do they not?!?! What an AMAZING machine!!! What are you guys going to try to pull next? Trains? LOL I mean - that thing pulled that plow LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!!! Simply amazing....
I remember seeing many of these steam tractors at an event in Oklahoma when I was just a wee tot. I was amazed then and I am still amazed at the power and engineering of these machines. Simply incredible that this man took the interest and fortitude to build this relic from scratch. Truly commendable. Steam is so powerful. I believe that with what is happening in the world, steam will once again be a mainstay of propulsion.
You did notice the huge cloud of black smoke coming out the top? Humanity switched away from steam because it is less efficient and more polluting than combustion power. But we do use steam in a lot of electrical production as a kinetic fluid.
Alex you were probably at the Pawnee, Oklahoma show when you were a wee lad! Our show is still in full swing, every first weekend of May!!(Oklahoma Steam Threshers) Kory and his mom and dad, Kevin and Donna, have joined us at our show with Kevins Stanley Steam Car, and oh the fun and memories we've created! Helping Kory with the 150 project was the icing on the cake, and when he asked me to fire the engine for him for this video, I could not jump fast enough up on the platform! We've been friends for 20 years, and you truly won't find better people!
The fact that *They* did exist, but none survived, and here almost 100 years later it was recreated especially when you think of it the design of steam tractors was almost 160 years ago, shows that we can adapt like that and still bring it back to life. 2 years is extremely good with the help of 3D modeling. Very very well-talented men in its day, it would've been MONSTEROUS! HOLY JESUS a 44 Bottom. Could ya imagine the Pulling torque!?
@@RennerStockFarms Rite. The amount of Modeling time as well. Some 3D models i spend up to 150 - 300 hours on for Farming Simulator. 17 & 19. :). When its your next show? or would it be possible i could schedule a private appointment to possibly get some photos of the collection for 3D models?
No idea how I ran across this! (fell down the TH-cam rabbit hole...again...) I'm in awe....the machine...the craftsmanship...everything! Must go find more!!
The “case” for Case steam powered engine equipment.I love everything about this type of engineering and those who are dedicated to keeping the industry alive.Thank You!!
Jon thanks for sharing this video and interviewing Kory. He seems very humble for what he accomplished!!!! Very much an engineering marvel. Hope to make your show next year.
My Grandfather had an International Harvester sales / repair shop in Northern Maine. These are simply amazing. Thank God - that there are men that can keep these units working. Much Much Much RESPECT !!!
Hats of to the constructor, amazing to see this come to life again. And that there is an abundance in society today to privately put together such an amazing steam machine.
Wow. To go from an old set of prints in 2006 to a huge functional replica in 2018 is a monumental achievement. Congratulations. Its a beautiful machine.
What absolutely awesome machine! The power of stream fascinates to no end. Thanks for videoing that beautiful machine doing what it was designed to do back at the beginning of the 20th century'
The sheer size and power of this Big Behemoth you would have to see to believe, the load it is pulling is HUGE it could care not less listen to the exhaust it has not changed it is not bothered by the 44 bottom plows!!!!!!!!!!!
Not even a big bud will do that.. this is why steam was a stupidly comparable competition when internal combustion was just coming out. Even the lack of efficiency is just massively outweighed by the amount of work capable via steam power. Well done for keeping an icon of true revolutionary power from the turns of the century alive and competing for many to enjoy. May the legacy continue for many generations to come.
My hand broke watching you shake hands with Mr. Anderson, his forearms are massive! Such a cool plow and incredible tractor, thanks for sharing with us!
That ol boy has got some Popeye arms for sure. He needs a can or two of spinach and a pipe to go along with the awesome show he puts on with his steam engine
What an absolute treat to watch. This video has just made my day. All Corey has to do now is to add some hydraulic... oops err steam pipes to the tractor to make the plough blades go up and down. That way he won't need such a big work force standing on top of it.
You did an amazing job of capturing that absolutely amazing machine. I really enjoyed hearing how it was built. The pure power of it and yet how quite it was is so cool. Thanks for sharing this. 👍
I'm sitting here with a blown mind knowing the insane amount of power it takes to turn that much soil, and then it gets blown again because the Case doesn't even act like it's straining. I bet she could handle 44 more!
@@johannesfranck1770 Can you imagine the upkeep for 44 horses . . . . . omg. Can't park'em in the barn and forget about them for the winter, that's for sure.
Steam has no limits. It powered the battle ships of WW 11 and when a leak happened in a passage way, you couldn’t see it and I was told it could cut off an arm. We have had quite a few of the smaller ones in Wyoming and I had a chance to buy one. But what would I do with a steam tractor? While we watch in wonder at these glorious beast, they really don’t hold a candle to our tractors of today. But you guys are right, they knitted the community together. That tractor probably took care of a full county with fields big enough to turn around. The world of steam is one of the most amazing times in history. That’s what they call, a real mans toy. Wonderful!
Cool to see this. We have a steam engine and antique tractor museum in Jacksonville Illinois that will be having their annual steam show this weekend. Its so cool, but the old guys that keep this stuff running are dying off and few young guys are willing to take it on.
Very Very cool video. Love that big Case. We have lots of different models of steamers (JI Case and others) that run at Thresherman's Reunion in Austin, Manitoba, Canada. Thx for making it.
It was awesome to meet you yesterday and thanks for coming out to small town South Dakota. I wished we would oh had more time to visit but you drove 12 to see that massive machine. Your drone video is totally awesome and did great job on Kory’s interview. Hope to see you back at Andover again.
I am totally blown away to the fact this thing is actually a replica not a original. Totally impressed with the amount of work they did to re-create this.
Here's what's amazing. The guy re-created this 100+ year old monster machine just for the love of it and to show other people how it works (or worked). Compared to modern agricultural equipment with all the creature comforts, this thing must take an awful lot of work to operate! It's crazy to see technology that old pull such a wide plow and it's really interesting that the ancient machinery required so much manual labor to operate. Look how many fellas it takes to operate that plow! Cool video. I really enjoyed seeing the big Case put in some work!
I've seen a couple videos on that engine it's absolutely mind blowing the way that tractor came out and how much power that thing has. I feel they could put more bottoms behind it yet but that's still very impressive. That plow setup is wider then my chisel plow and it pulled it very well
Kory said this engine was built to pull a 50-bottom plow, and it did back in the day. For their show’s 50th anniversary they plan on pulling 50 bottoms.
Those steam traction engines are just so cool! I've always wanted to learn about them, and to see them work is like nothing else. The modern stuff is nice, but pull a plough that big with one of them!
Almost identical to train steam engines. Actually pretty simple process. Water and fire. I was lucky enough to ride in the cab of an old steam engine. Pretty cool.
Incredible to think that 150 hp of steam will do what 700 hp of diesel would take today. Been 40 years since I pulled a 4 bottom with a 70 hp JD and seen what a D9 is capable of now. Hat off to you for a job well done.
Something to be said for locomotive type designs, whether it be diesel or steam. The steam design is not practical or sustainable, but it is very impressive how much they were able to do with it.
People including myself tear trees out of field fencelines and burn them in huge piles, wasting energy. This could make energy from it, steam is as sustainable as it gets!
WOW!!! What a video. I have many questions. 1. How much does it weigh on the drives/total weight? 2. How much draw-bar does it have? 3. Do you have to remove the stack/ drive wheel sides etc. to move it? 4. Have you had pull-offs with other tractors, new and old? 5. I see the plow assembly is in segments, do you own/move that to? 6. I'm in the Midwest, do you do shows in this area or is that the only place? That's enough for now, I'd love to see any videos about the build. Great video, Thanks.
th-cam.com/video/CoNkMl77Bkk/w-d-xo.html Here's a link to a video I found about the building process of the machine. It's from the TH-cam channel of the gentleman who built the machine, Korey Andersen. I believe the Case 150 makes in the neighborhood of 3,500 lb/ft of torque. Take that figure with a grain of salt. I'm trying to remember a TH-cam video from years ago that I can't seem to find right now. They hooked up one of these machines to a kind of dynamometer. I can't remember if it was the locomotive in this video or if it was a different one. The giant spinning wheel on the side of the machine is used to drive a belt which can be attached to equipment to power the equipment. That's how they attached the locomotive to the dynamometer. The sound quality was bad in the video but I believe that what was said was that the dynamometer was maxed out at 3,500 lb/ft of torque. I also thought they said they were afraid of breaking the belt. From what I understand, the belts they use are no longer made/old/ hard to replace etc... I also think they said they were afraid of breaking the dynamometer. I think they said that the dynamometer itself was an antique. Since it's an early 1900s steam tractor you can't just take it to the nearest race car tuning shop and hook it up to their dyno. So they had to use an antique dyno. So, take all of that into consideration, but I'm pretty sure they said right around 3,500 lb/ft of torque.
Oh the days when safety was your own responsibility. Sitting right next to massive gears spinning at a few hundred rpm. No wonder so many people were missing limbs.
Well this is just awesome
It sure is, the ingenuity of man is a marvel in its own right, and I appreciate your videos, they are great! Have a good day Destin!
Go away nerd
Heck yeah! tractors!
PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON STEAM ENGINES!!!!!
Looks like you need to head to Webster, SD
what can't be appreciated til you see these steam engines in person is how quiet these monsters are. truly beautiful.
Yeah if you hear anything itll be clucks from gears
quiet and amazingly powerful - 150hp from 1 cylinder! Max torque at 1rpm up to top speed. Instant power like an electric motor!
Well don't go to Almelund MN for the threshing show then, the steam tractors are noisy as heck. Its a great 3 day show of tractors, threshing machines, but they are not quiet by any means.
You're right I never imagined they'd be this quiet
And they go quieter as bigger they become.
This is the best tractor on our planet earth. The size, power, look,, enthusiasm, dedication, makes me cry with joy. You mark my words.... Steam come back in the future.
Had no idea this thing wasn't an original - amazing feat to recreate the original design with nothing to go on but plans.
having the plans is almost 90% of building anything. The last part is just getting the bits and putting them together.
Actually, plans is how you build things. A pretty cool feat, yes. Amazing, not really.
@@zarroth . . . . and, as I would imagine, a substantial amount of cash.
@@aspiceronni4462 I would say that it's amazing that a person would have the passion to go forward with building such a beast. I hope to see it in person
@@deerespetes8849 The more I look at it, yes. Pretty damn amazing. Especially when you consider they cast all the parts.
I love how this man had the drive to basically say, we have the plans and there are no surviving 150's let's build one, so people can see what it was like and what it was capable of.
Than you for spending the time and money to "build" a piece history👍
There is surviving 150's you don't hear about them because the people that own them are amish and don't advertise they have them on the internet some of them still plow with them
@@bengrosser8722 We need to research the 150 hp Case steam tractor. They original were to be used as a road tractor. They were EXPERIMENTAL...ZERO SURVIVED. The Amish may use steam, but they are not this tractor. This one is a recreation of something that did not exist.
Well this is just awesome👍👍👍
@@frankpeletz1818 Nine where built. But yeah, way to big to plow a "Normal" sized field.
@@bengrosser8722Only 9 were ever built. You think the Andersons wouldn't know where any were located to check dimensions, etc. The Amish have their ways but they're not stupid. How could they naintain the wear factor parts across time without invoking electricity and gasoline? They couldn't, especially the Babbited parts. The tubes would needs replaced, the end sheets welded or replaced. Then there are the laws in place of operating these nachines to keep them from becoming bombs. I call BS on your comment until you can prove otherwise.
12:10 Boiler pops off, full pressure. That's a Case's way of saying it's bored and looking for a real challenge.
I had the honor of firing for Kory for this pull..... I had prepared the fire pretty well.... we were managing the 180psi of steam pressure with the injector, but when she popped I had the injectors wide open putting water in the boiler. You are very correct....she still has more in her. Stay tuned for 2024 ~ 50 bottoms for the 50th Anniversary of Andover/James Valley Threshers! Jeff Detwiler, Mulhall, OK
Makes you wonder how the 150 would stand against something like a Case IH Quadtrac
@@jeffdetwiler So interesting!! nice job!
@@Tanker-ok9uz at 200RPM, hands down the 150. At diesel rpms, their advantage takes over.
@@jeffdetwiler so odd, because a steam locomotive on rails will out pull in higher mph, it's at low speeds they need help.
That thing could probably pull another 12 rows added, but the frame would probably pull itself apart. Well done!
It is cool and all but a lot of tractors could pull it at the depth they are going.
@@gregkramer5588 with only 150hp? I think not
@@gregkramer5588 and 2wd?
@@ericball6894 🤣🤣 hp don’t mean jack shit. Torque does. 150hp at 150 rpm is well over 5000 lb-ft of torque. Hp is just how fast you can plow the feild. Hp is the amount of work done in a given time. Torque is how much you can turn or in this case pull. So you’re dead wrong and if you don’t think you are I’ll prove it.
@@gregkramer5588 stop the 🧢
It wasn't even breaking a sweat! Imagine this thing in 1905... while everybody else was using horse drawn plows... 🤯
Mules. An old farmer was still using mules to plow all the way up into the 50s in my hometown in Ga. Now his field is towncenter mall.
@Nny I'm not, considering they're one of the only places where you can buy Jordans that isn't a nike store.
John Deere: That control module costs $4000
Steam tractor guy: I found the plans, cast my own parts.
tips old oil covered straw hat.
@Craig Woods :
Steam tractor: pulls 44 bottoms with massive torque, still takes 3 days to plow the field at a turtles pace.
John deere with expensive controller: pulls just 12 bottoms, but still plows field in a tenth of the time, a hundredth of the maintenance effort, and a lot less fuel.
Now im not knocking the tech, or the project. The builder of this reproduction did an amazing thing. As an engineer myself, huge respect to him.
Just don't try to compare the old tech to the modern tech. There is no comparison at all in performance. There's plenty of reasons steam tractors (and early gas tractors) never replaced mules on a lot of farms, such as my family's.
@@markh4211 But the reason these steam tractors and early tractors never replaced mule teams or horses was because of the expense. The Dain AWD from John Deere was $1700 in 1919.
@@markh4211 Of course there is no comparison since this has been built to 1905 specs. It's like comparing the Wright flyer to an F-22. If a serious company with 500 mechanical engineers doing r&d 24/7 wanted to, they could make a steam engine that would outperform any modern tractor by orders of magnitude. Nuclear submarines for example use steam engines for propulsion and they outperform diesel-electric in every metric.
Which reminds me...I remember an old fella (this is some 60 years ago) telling me he used to smoke a pipe, and would light off the boiler of an engine from his burning bowl and a handful of wheat straw.
Hats off to you, Mr. Anderson (?) for putting the the time and energy to bring to life an icon of a bygone era. Thank you Jon for the video work and heart to remind us of the work of past generations. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks too for your grandfather and Jake for your restorations.
Thanks Tom! It was a great weekend and I’m glad I made it up their to film for everyone!
This was satisfying watching this beast turn soil. I'm a tool and die maker by trade. I just finished making some one off parts for our local train museum. I told the museum people anything I can do to help just let me know. The men and women out there keeping historic machine humming I salute you.
They did a great job remaking this thing. But can we all just take a moment and think the men that designed and built the original did it all by hand, they did all the math by hand they did all of this by pure skill and intelligence. They were a different breed back then.
Those men had little more than a pencil and a drafting table....and a protractor if they were lucky. They were the true artisans of the Agricultural Revolution! The wood pattern makers in the CASE shops were some of the best paid employees of the company! Truly amazing that they could even come up with something like this in 1904!! And then build 9 of them over the next three years. Metallurgy and "grey iron" castings spelled the doom of the 150's back then, as they chewed up a lot of gears and bull pinions. Kory was able to use ductile in the casting process and what a difference it made! Looking for 50 bottoms at the 50th anniversary of the show in 2024!! Jeff Detwiler, Mulhall, OK
One reason why the sarurn v rockets can't be reproduced the same way they were back then even with all the technology now. Might not have been the Saturn but the point stands. The old generation has a feel of doing things the right way if that makes any sense
i remember watching a doco on the SR71 Blackbird one expert on it said it was all done with slide rules back then and if it where done with computers it wouldn't have been that much different hats off to those old guys because i dont even know how a damn slide rule works i can pull tractors apart and put them back together again but i get absolutely stumped by slide rules it may as well be some alien device.
Geologist- "The continents are drifting apart". Case 150- "Hold my beer"
The Case isn't moving, it's just shifting the tectonic plate beneath it.
And that's exactly the kind of power that comes to mind looking at this beast 👍🏼
@@bandit911 Yeah- 5000 lb/ft of torque... 😳
This train really went off the rails.
Lol what a fantastic observation, exceptional my friend.
Imagine loving old iron soooooo much that you buy. And operate a foundry and keep everyone employed !! I am so jealous of kory!!🇺🇸💪
Isn’t it crazy?! He’s an amazing guy and it was great getting to talk to him!
Wow !!!!! Guy seems pretty humble for what was prob a huge task in all aspects!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!!!!
Kory is a great guy. I watched as he greeted every stranger and took the time to talk to anyone who had a question. Nothing but good things to say about him!
@@RennerStockFarms Lots and lots of spinach is the key
@@RennerStockFarms Kory truly is a man among men. When I met him in 2001, he was an 18 year old working in his garage making patterns in Andover, and had just finished his first steam engine restoration, a 65 Case. He designed and cast a new set of grates for my engine, the Joyland 65 Case. He even hauled a new set down to Pawnee, OK when it turned out their was a switch in the foundry and the rocking tabs were cast on the wrong end of the grate!! Together, we installed them before our May show, and he stuck around for the whole show to make sure they worked as he had designed. Thus began a 20 year friendship! It was an honor to get to fire the 150 for Kory during your filming of this video. The Andersons all come from good stock, his dad Kevin started collecting and restoring steam engines 40 years ago! It definitely runs in their blood, as it does mine!
Absolutely incredible! To have made this on your own from plans, just blows me away! great job for keeping the past alive! These are the kind of things our great grand children will never know about if it wasn't for people like you!
That is one of those machines that makes me think I was born in the wrong century. Good interview and solid footage of it in action.
What an absolute beast... Thank you Kory for bringing back a unique and very cool piece of history... I can just imagine what the farmers back in those early days, many who were still using horses thought of a machine that could pull a 44 bottom plow... Weeks worth of work done in hours...!!
Going to a machinery show this weekend where some of these will be present. Seeing them is always a treat.
Still, the comments are funny. These things are huge hogs of fuel AND water, and slower than molasses. It's ALL power, and while interesting, it's vastly inferior to a narrower plow on a much faster and far more efficient tractor.
These things changed the world, though, and their contribution to humanity's growth should never be forgotten!
Their finest hour was probably how they worked through WWII while all the raw materials to make new stuff went to the war effort. Amazing that there are dedicated folks out there who are crazy about them and keep them going.
@Alex Berkman infinite torque at 0 rpm
@@zarethd Not infinite. Steam pressure x piston area x mechanical advantage in the gearing. Really big, though.
@@ReggieArford yeah slight exaggeration but unlike internal combustion engine where torque is 0 at 0 rpm steam engines have infinitely more torque. Not truly infinite but 180 lb ft is way more than 0
I am thankful he did this. We have lost far too much to history and "progress". The time may come when this technology will be needed again, PRESERVE IT.
That's amazing. In the beginning when the narrator said he has an interview with the guy who built it, I was thinking 're-built it' . . . . . then while the camera is showing the thing in motion, I was thinking there must not be too many left, wouldn't that be cool if someone (with lots of money) could get the plans and build these things . . . . . holy crap HE DID! I can't believe it.
i work on a farm we have some old vehicles. we have a train it has an inline 6 gas engine. stuff like this is like magic its amazing these guys built this from scratch.
The ingenuity will and determination of human beings never ceases to amaze me when it comes to selfless enterprise.
Had this randomly pop up in my feed. Still amazed that we left this life style so fast in the past. Nice to see people with the means to keep it alive.
That's incredible. There is something to be said, about the power of steam.
You’re absolutely right about that!
When steam left the rails and came to the American farm in the 1880's....it truly changed the world forever! The U.S. went, in a matter of 25 years, from being a subsistence nation, barely able to feed ourselves and maybe a neighbor or two, to feeding the entire world. As my dear 91 year old mentor says.... when Steam was King, CASE was too! I had the honor of firing for Kory during this pull.... she is truly a quiet giant. Steam is still the only power source in the world that can launch an F/A-18 off the deck of an aircraft carrier!!
@@jeffdetwiler Electricity + Electromagnets.
@@Wirmish ummmmm....no. Some english harrier launch ships have experimented, rather unsuccessfully, with electromagnetic launch cats. Not on US Carrier fleet.
Just plain raw power!!!
I'm glad technology has advanced, but steam traction engines are in my top 10 list of most awsome human built things ever.
The reason why this is diagonal is so that one operator has the time to walk down each plow to lift the lever, maintaining a straight line at the edge of the field during start and stop. If anyone wanted to know.
With an experienced crew, you can do all of this with 2 or 3 people. That is why these tractors were built back in the day. This is the work of thousands of people done in a single day.
impressive even today.
I've seen video of that machine in action before, and I thought it was so awesome, I sent it to all my friends. I had no idea it was actually built in the 21st century though, and that is nothing short of amazing. Great work to the builder, and you have some real respect from me for bringing something none of us had ever seen outside of black and white pictures, back to life, from nothing more than some old plans in a basement somewhere.
Send this one to your friends too! It really is incredible what Kory accomplished.
Awsesome
As long as there are people like this in America, I am reassured. I'll wager every one of those folks out there that day are as good as it gets.
I'm sitting here giggling at how much simple, non-computerized, steam power is being applied and how many people are capable of being fed by every foot this beast moves forward.
Yes it has no computers in it but that thing is not by any means simple.
This thing is not the safest machine to work around. Modern tractors aren't huge pressure tanks...
@@cautloa at its core it's extremely simple. Boil water, steam move piston, piston move wheel. With all the extra crap added to make sure it doesn't explode, then it isn't simple
@@laurensa.1803 That's Y it's got a pop valve.
Yeah imagine how complex a nuclear plant must be compared to those monsters...
No drama, just go. Never slipped. bogged, nothing - like it's not even back there. Amazing.
so cool, makes me wish i could go back in time and see something like this in its hay day and simpler times
My mom's side homesteaded in Dakota Territory in 1870. I have no idea what they did to bust the prairie sod. Hard to see how a horse team on a single plow could rip through root system of prairie grass. I remember how hard it was to plow an alfalfa field.
I know later they got 2 huge early gasoline/kerosene tractors from an old photo. However, that would've been later than the steamers. Amazing machines and more amazing to figure out all the parts needed and make them work together.
When they started to lower the plows, and he throttled up I had a bad case of major goose bumps!!! WOW!!
And THANKYOU 😃
Simply incredible the power that traction engine has. And she sounds great. Long Live STEAM!
The future is the past. Get your friends and kids and plow the earth with this machine. An invention that could last generation to generation. Truly inspiring.
Speaking about "torque"... This thing is a monster!
And the safety valve popped twice while pulling 44 bottoms. This beast is not going to run out of steam. Superb!
Hello neighbor, from over here in Freeburg. Glad you finally got out to see the 10th wonder of the world. Amazing what a few country boys can do when they get their hand on a few wrenches! We've known Kory for many years and he never ceases to amaze me, recall when he first got those blue prints, this went faster that I ever dreamed of considering all his other endeavours. He recast parts for our big Oil Pull as well while building this. All I've ever heard over the years from all those old time Case Collectors is how it could never be recreated and all the supposed bigger than life myths of this legendary monster, and how the last remaing parts slipped through their hands and were scrapped because of inaction from those same experts and then cried about it for the past 60 yrs, but no one ever got serious about it. That is until this young man did something about it! As to all the speculation about the capabilities of originals, I think that Kory has proven that the machine performs better than even the most ardent believer could have imagined.
Kory did a great job, and I’m glad we made the drive to see it! We’d also love to see that Oil Pull at our show next year!
I've recently found your channel, enjoy it. Known your family for ages, we were at the last show and enjoyed it. I haven't shown much as it's such a pain to transport anymore, but will see how things work out next year. We have many early and unusual pieces in my collection but don't get much time for restorations, but the 20-40 Oil Pull is easiest to move and run. Your grandad knows many of the tractors we've shown in the past.
@@frankwurth5375 Always good to see you anytime in Pawnee, old friend. The stories that Chady Atteberry used to tell about this mythical giant still bring crowds to their knees. He never thought he'd live to see the 150 come back to life. 2 months ago, in July in Bird City, KS, Chady sat on the operators station as we plowed up a storm with the 150. I've never seen a grin so wide on a 91 year old man!!! Mission Accomplished!! Jeff Detwiler, Mulhall, OK
These guys should have done a huge video series on the construction of that steam tractor alone - that would have garnered a ton of views and subs.
What an absolutely majestic beast of history.
And it's probably easier to repair / more reliable than any of today's tractors.
Those steam engines have just an INCREDIBLE amount of torque do they not?!?! What an AMAZING machine!!! What are you guys going to try to pull next? Trains? LOL I mean - that thing pulled that plow LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!!! Simply amazing....
I remember seeing many of these steam tractors at an event in Oklahoma when I was just a wee tot. I was amazed then and I am still amazed at the power and engineering of these machines. Simply incredible that this man took the interest and fortitude to build this relic from scratch. Truly commendable. Steam is so powerful. I believe that with what is happening in the world, steam will once again be a mainstay of propulsion.
You did notice the huge cloud of black smoke coming out the top? Humanity switched away from steam because it is less efficient and more polluting than combustion power. But we do use steam in a lot of electrical production as a kinetic fluid.
The way humanity is headed under the leftist, we will be using candles to read the books that are allowed and sticks to dig up roots for food.
Alex you were probably at the Pawnee, Oklahoma show when you were a wee lad! Our show is still in full swing, every first weekend of May!!(Oklahoma Steam Threshers) Kory and his mom and dad, Kevin and Donna, have joined us at our show with Kevins Stanley Steam Car, and oh the fun and memories we've created! Helping Kory with the 150 project was the icing on the cake, and when he asked me to fire the engine for him for this video, I could not jump fast enough up on the platform! We've been friends for 20 years, and you truly won't find better people!
Even people who are not farmers really enjoy watching this Mighty Case. Way to go!
Awesome. Glad people like Kory, your grandpa, Jake and you are around to keep our history alive. Thanks!
I love all the history and seeing this machine in action was amazing!
Woooow! What a beast! It didn't even break a sweat! Just full regulator and send it in a powerful chuging sound!🤯
The fact that *They* did exist, but none survived, and here almost 100 years later it was recreated especially when you think of it the design of steam tractors was almost 160 years ago, shows that we can adapt like that and still bring it back to life. 2 years is extremely good with the help of 3D modeling. Very very well-talented men in its day, it would've been MONSTEROUS! HOLY JESUS a 44 Bottom. Could ya imagine the Pulling torque!?
It’s hard to wrap my mind around the time and work that was put into bringing this machine back.
@@RennerStockFarms Rite. The amount of Modeling time as well. Some 3D models i spend up to 150 - 300 hours on for Farming Simulator. 17 & 19. :). When its your next show? or would it be possible i could schedule a private appointment to possibly get some photos of the collection for 3D models?
Shows what real pulling is all about no spinning tires and a lot of noise just raw power!
I wouldn't have believed it unless I seen it .The power of steam was truly amazing
No idea how I ran across this! (fell down the TH-cam rabbit hole...again...) I'm in awe....the machine...the craftsmanship...everything! Must go find more!!
The “case” for Case steam powered engine equipment.I love everything about this type of engineering and those who are dedicated to keeping the industry alive.Thank You!!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
It’s beautiful and amazing at the same time. It doesn’t even sound like it’s working hard, just cruising along. Thank you for sharing.
Jon thanks for sharing this video and interviewing Kory. He seems very humble for what he accomplished!!!! Very much an engineering marvel. Hope to make your show next year.
Kory is awesome! Come on out!
My Grandfather had an International Harvester sales / repair shop in Northern Maine. These are simply amazing. Thank God - that there are men that can keep these units working. Much Much Much RESPECT !!!
Hats of to the constructor, amazing to see this come to life again. And that there is an abundance in society today to privately put together such an amazing steam machine.
Wow. To go from an old set of prints in 2006 to a huge functional replica in 2018 is a monumental achievement. Congratulations. Its a beautiful machine.
It’s hard to wrap my mind around how he did it, but it’s impressive to say the least!
What absolutely awesome machine! The power of stream fascinates to no end. Thanks for videoing that beautiful machine doing what it was designed to do back at the beginning of the 20th century'
Thanks for watching!
The sheer size and power of this Big Behemoth you would have to see to believe, the load it is pulling is HUGE it could care not less listen to the exhaust it has not changed it is not bothered by the 44 bottom plows!!!!!!!!!!!
WONDERFULL THAT THIS CAN BE DONE TODAY
I agree! Using modern tech to bring the old back to life!
Not even a big bud will do that.. this is why steam was a stupidly comparable competition when internal combustion was just coming out. Even the lack of efficiency is just massively outweighed by the amount of work capable via steam power. Well done for keeping an icon of true revolutionary power from the turns of the century alive and competing for many to enjoy. May the legacy continue for many generations to come.
I love these machines, I’ve been to a couple of steam tractor shows and it never gets old watching these things work.
So incredibly impressive seeing this obvious antique machine pulling such ridiculous numbers, so amazing
But, it is NOT an antique!
My hand broke watching you shake hands with Mr. Anderson, his forearms are massive! Such a cool plow and incredible tractor, thanks for sharing with us!
It was intimidating, but he is a great guy!
That ol boy has got some Popeye arms for sure. He needs a can or two of spinach and a pipe to go along with the awesome show he puts on with his steam engine
Truly amazing to see old iron doing hard work!!... let’s see a modern tractor pull that plow
What an absolute treat to watch. This video has just made my day. All Corey has to do now is to add some hydraulic... oops err steam pipes to the tractor to make the plough blades go up and down. That way he won't need such a big work force standing on top of it.
Having the weight of all those people on there adds to the awesomeness.
This is the only demonstration of torque that anyone needs.
Love it. I've never seen anything like this in Australia.
Nothing says you can't get the CAD files and make one 😉
@@bent7119 Haha, that's right. I'm just a layman, but one day maybe.
There is something very soothing in the hum of a steam engine.
You did an amazing job of capturing that absolutely amazing machine. I really enjoyed hearing how it was built. The pure power of it and yet how quite it was is so cool. Thanks for sharing this. 👍
Thank you for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it!
Pure American History that helped get work done and get us to where we are today.
I'm sitting here with a blown mind knowing the insane amount of power it takes to turn that much soil, and then it gets blown again because the Case doesn't even act like it's straining. I bet she could handle 44 more!
44 horses can do that... so it’s not that much power but good traction and weight
@@johannesfranck1770 Can you imagine the upkeep for 44 horses . . . . . omg. Can't park'em in the barn and forget about them for the winter, that's for sure.
Steam has no limits. It powered the battle ships of WW 11 and when a leak happened in a passage way, you couldn’t see it and I was told it could cut off an arm. We have had quite a few of the smaller ones in Wyoming and I had a chance to buy one. But what would I do with a steam tractor? While we watch in wonder at these glorious beast, they really don’t hold a candle to our tractors of today. But you guys are right, they knitted the community together. That tractor probably took care of a full county with fields big enough to turn around. The world of steam is one of the most amazing times in history. That’s what they call, a real mans toy. Wonderful!
Cool to see this. We have a steam engine and antique tractor museum in Jacksonville Illinois that will be having their annual steam show this weekend. Its so cool, but the old guys that keep this stuff running are dying off and few young guys are willing to take it on.
its just awesome they kept the blueprints around so this could be done
With that many men on the plow I would think that they could have had a perfectly straight headland.
Great job regardless.👍👍
I was watching them put the plows down. A couple of guys were not paying much attention.
Amazing steam tractor locomotives engine! 😘🚜😀 Mike from Missouri
Thanks for watching Mike!
Very Very cool video. Love that big Case. We have lots of different models of steamers (JI Case and others) that run at Thresherman's Reunion in Austin, Manitoba, Canada. Thx for making it.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
There's a bit of MB in this engine, the coal bunkers and water tank were made just over from Austin in Rossendale!
I think it's the pure beauty of something so primitive and mechanical to work so seamlessly and obviously without much effort..so impressive
It would be really neat to talk to the guy who originally thought of the steam engine.
It was awesome to meet you yesterday and thanks for coming out to small town South Dakota. I wished we would oh had more time to visit but you drove 12 to see that massive machine. Your drone video is totally awesome and did great job on Kory’s interview. Hope to see you back at Andover again.
Great meeting you too! After a 12 hour drive and filming all day, we were ready to get back to the hotel, but it was all worth it!
Gentlemen, this beautiful machine feels like a personal gift. Thanks for those two well spent years.
hi from france jon renner, incredible machine ..... a very nice video, with the drive mechanism that you filmed, crazy power! thank you again to you
It was very impressive, it was worth ever hour of the drive!
I am totally blown away to the fact this thing is actually a replica not a original. Totally impressed with the amount of work they did to re-create this.
It’s incredible!
Looks like they finally gave The Beast a REAL work out!
They sure did!
Here's what's amazing. The guy re-created this 100+ year old monster machine just for the love of it and to show other people how it works (or worked). Compared to modern agricultural equipment with all the creature comforts, this thing must take an awful lot of work to operate! It's crazy to see technology that old pull such a wide plow and it's really interesting that the ancient machinery required so much manual labor to operate. Look how many fellas it takes to operate that plow! Cool video. I really enjoyed seeing the big Case put in some work!
I've seen a couple videos on that engine it's absolutely mind blowing the way that tractor came out and how much power that thing has. I feel they could put more bottoms behind it yet but that's still very impressive. That plow setup is wider then my chisel plow and it pulled it very well
Kory said this engine was built to pull a 50-bottom plow, and it did back in the day. For their show’s 50th anniversary they plan on pulling 50 bottoms.
@@RennerStockFarms that is awesome!
@@matty2helpfull wouldn’t all that weight put too much pressure on the turbo?? Look at the smoke it’s already blowing.
@@andrewwallace1218 turbo? Uumm there is no turbo on that tractor and no it wouldn't put to much weight on the tractor
@@matty2helpfull look at 12:10. The intercooler pipe clearly blows off.
Those steam traction engines are just so cool! I've always wanted to learn about them, and to see them work is like nothing else. The modern stuff is nice, but pull a plough that big with one of them!
Almost identical to train steam engines. Actually pretty simple process. Water and fire. I was lucky enough to ride in the cab of an old steam engine. Pretty cool.
I swear to God that thing was accelerating. Amazing.
Incredible to think that 150 hp of steam will do what 700 hp of diesel would take today. Been 40 years since I pulled a 4 bottom with a 70 hp JD and seen what a D9 is capable of now. Hat off to you for a job well done.
You can tell that guy works hard for a living, his arms are massive.
This what needs to be in history books
Something to be said for locomotive type designs, whether it be diesel or steam. The steam design is not practical or sustainable, but it is very impressive how much they were able to do with it.
Even today steam is the best and most consistent type of power
People including myself tear trees out of field fencelines and burn them in huge piles, wasting energy. This could make energy from it, steam is as sustainable as it gets!
Wow! Looks easy! Never once caught a rock.
If all computers ever went down, most people would starve because nowadays it takes one person to do twice the amount of work.
fun video. In 1967 I got to observe a steam powered roller in a small village in RVN Quite a machine
That would be so cool to have that tractor at the next 100 years of horsepower! Hopefully that could happen, but SD is a long haul...
It’s definitely being talked about!
I am so glàd there are talented people out ther who can still do this kind of work. Amazing. I haven't seen anything like it in 40 years.
WOW!!! What a video. I have many questions.
1. How much does it weigh on the drives/total weight?
2. How much draw-bar does it have?
3. Do you have to remove the stack/ drive wheel sides etc. to move it?
4. Have you had pull-offs with other tractors, new and old?
5. I see the plow assembly is in segments, do you own/move that to?
6. I'm in the Midwest, do you do shows in this area or is that the only place?
That's enough for now, I'd love to see any videos about the build. Great video, Thanks.
th-cam.com/video/CoNkMl77Bkk/w-d-xo.html
Here's a link to a video I found about the building process of the machine. It's from the TH-cam channel of the gentleman who built the machine, Korey Andersen.
I believe the Case 150 makes in the neighborhood of 3,500 lb/ft of torque. Take that figure with a grain of salt. I'm trying to remember a TH-cam video from years ago that I can't seem to find right now. They hooked up one of these machines to a kind of dynamometer. I can't remember if it was the locomotive in this video or if it was a different one. The giant spinning wheel on the side of the machine is used to drive a belt which can be attached to equipment to power the equipment. That's how they attached the locomotive to the dynamometer. The sound quality was bad in the video but I believe that what was said was that the dynamometer was maxed out at 3,500 lb/ft of torque. I also thought they said they were afraid of breaking the belt. From what I understand, the belts they use are no longer made/old/ hard to replace etc... I also think they said they were afraid of breaking the dynamometer. I think they said that the dynamometer itself was an antique. Since it's an early 1900s steam tractor you can't just take it to the nearest race car tuning shop and hook it up to their dyno. So they had to use an antique dyno. So, take all of that into consideration, but I'm pretty sure they said right around 3,500 lb/ft of torque.
@@artvandelay1099 i remember that video. They maxed out the dyno. I have no idea what the steam engine maxes out at
@@nickabel8279 th-cam.com/video/ROv7wKFe5BM/w-d-xo.html
Thank goodness that PRV worked!!!🤯 Literally!! Awesome job Sir!!♥️🤘
Oh the days when safety was your own responsibility. Sitting right next to massive gears spinning at a few hundred rpm. No wonder so many people were missing limbs.
The original probably had a sheet metal cover. They don't have it because it's a show piece and they have to keep an eye on everything all the time.
@@jakubukleja2553 Na, bro, I hear they left the cover off the original to save weight. lolz
What a beast. Beauty and power all in one. It made that look easy - just part of the days work. Complete monster.
Modern Tractors: "Steam is obsolete!"
Case 150: "Hold my beer."
Now THIS right here,.. Is a tractor pull!!