Posted by Ken Christopherson on September 15, 2022 at 00:35:26 from (151.111.138.40):
In Reply to: Case 150 pulling 50. posted by RESLLS on September 11, 2022 at 13:40:37:
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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