28 Aug
2025
28 Aug
'25
12:22 p.m.
Sorry for continuing the off topic tangent, but I thought it was interesting that the Iowa
show is going the same weekend as the one in Minnesota.
If you’re in the area, I would really recommend checking it out. There are some awesome
huge engines running which used to power factories, a functioning steam tractor powered
saw mill, a running steam locomotive, and countless antique tractors all running and on
show. One huge engine turns a 2.4 kV generator which powers their vintage air compressors
supplying service air to the entire complex.
Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion (WMSTR):
https://rollag.com/
Royce
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On Aug 28, 2025, at 11:41, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Frank wrote:
I wasn’t around back then ;) But I think the big
problem with
steam tractors was since they were so heavy they would sink into
the fields. I don’t think that was an issue really solved until gas
powered tractors came around.
We're getting off topic but I want to interject that if you want to see operating
steam tractors, stationary steam engines, and lots more, get to Mt Pleasant Iowa RIGHT NOW
for the annual Old Thresher's Reunion which starts TODAY.
I note that when the Old Thresher's Reunion first started in 1950, the steam tractors
being run there were only 40-50 years old, not too dissimilar to how an Apple II or PDP-11
is today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs4L2nSqCL4
https://www.oldthreshers.org/other-events/steam-school/
Tim N3QE