r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InsaneMocktail • 17h ago

110 HP steam tractor pull

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u/ThaScoopALoop 16h ago

110 HP, 1000 lbf/ft!

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u/Ecmdrw5 16h ago

Probably more like 3,000lb/ft and 70,000lb/ft at the wheels.

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u/Ecmdrw5 14h ago

I don’t know anything about this tractor so I was just spitballing, but I’ve heard other steam tractors making 3,000lb/ft before. I looked it up, stock it’s 3,000lb/ft x 25:1 gearing = 75,000lb/ft before wheels / 3.5 radius wheels = 21,428lb/ft at the wheels/ground. Not as much as I thought and that’s assuming this thing isn’t modified.