A Case-150 steam tractor plowing 36 furrows at a pass:
Those big steam tractors were too expensive for almost all farmers to afford, especially since they were used for plowing and threshing. From what I've read, some farmers formed co-ops to own and run those tractors. Or there were traveling contractors that came by with their engines.
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If you haven't posted about these British steam lorries already, they may interest you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skG-YYGwoFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv3LNNwSx6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YslEmZeuALA
I learned steam from a man who worked with and for a travelling threshing outfit. THey'd go from august to november more or less east to west then north a shift west to east then north again and back east to west...from Oklahoma then Nebraska to illiois and then Ohio then north again through insian and illinois and then the dakotas...
Must ahve been an interesting life.
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Those contractors still exist . Now they run combines .Start in Texas and work north into Canada,
Glenn beat me to it. And yes, they have contracts that take them all the way from Texas to Canada!
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