Case 150 pulling 50.

This just amazes me.
Case 150

You get the ford clutch in , my guy said he got you fly wheel fixed up

That is a lot of force on the teeth of those gears turning the wheels. A lot of the bottoms near the end of the video really were not plowing but rather just scrapping off the top. Still quite a feat for a single piston. Thanks for posting!

Likely the most amazing thing I have see - tractor wise.

Looked like some of those bottoms were just scraping the sod off. Should have been in a bit deeper.

Hard to make a case against the tractor when the plow isn't doing a good job. Awesome feat.

Comment was made in the video each plow bottom is 1200 lbs draft. That might be dependent on type of soil you are plowing. So 50 bottoms would be about 60,000 lbs draft on the draw bar. That tractor might weigh north of 100,000 lbs. So she had enough weight and with the steel wheels appeared to not be any slippage.There may be more torque coming out of that engine than we think.

Starting to put it back tomorrow. They sent the wrong alignment tool with the kit. Rain yesterday and today. Didn't want to get partway and have to stop. Knew the new machined surface would rust fast. Eric did a great job on both faces, and reasonable ($75). Thanks Jerry! Said he might have a bed for big red too.

I was there and yes some of the bottoms were not plowing very deep. But I believe that to be a function of the hard ground. I noticed several attempts by other plows (lesser bottoms and smaller steam tractors) of the same make & model having issues breaking ground. The ground was hard & clumpy. Nonetheless still very impressive. Ive never seen anything like it before. Plan to go back next year again.

I saw a video on Youtube of the Case 150 on a Prony brake a few years ago. It made north of 170 horsepower.....

For those that are curious - I had the distinct honor of dropping bottoms in on Saturday for the 150. The engine itself is 32 tons with no water or coal, 36 tons fully loaded. Rear wheels are 54 wide with extensions, 8 feet tall weighing in at over 7,000lbs each. Kory Anderson (the genius behind the machine) had specially cast custom weights for the front axle to help keep the front end down. The ground conditions were extremely hard and dry, but at the beginning of the second pass we really got the bottoms to dig in as the south end of the field was much softer than the north end. You can hear in the video when the plow shares start biting as the engine really starts to load up.

The 150 on the prony break at Rollag in 2019 reached around 180hp, but they had to shut it down due to severe belt slippage and slapping. Kory estimates that the engine will put out at or around 200hp, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 ft-lbs of torque. Truly impressive out of one giant piston (14 bore x 14 stroke).

I also will be posting more video on my YouTube channel of the 150 pulling the plows. I have a series of photographs I will post in a separate post as well. I have reunited with Kory and the 150 every year since its' unveiling and I VERY highly recommend people venture to Andover, SD to see the 150 in action. It is an amazing accomplishment by some legendary steam men and women.
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