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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: OT - Steam Convoy
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steven Thum on Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 05:34 pm:

There is a link below to a reenactment of a WW 1 Steam convoy I thought I might share. This has to do with the Model T because the first vehicle shown is, you guessed it, a Model T.

Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQhqXiB8O0&feature=youtu.be


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 05:55 pm:

Nice. There is nothing like Steam. Imagine being there.

Thanks
Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 07:14 pm:

That is fantastic. Looks like a Pierce truck next to last.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 08:56 pm:

I cannot fathom the amount of restoration work that it took for all those.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Chantrell - Adelaide, Australia on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 03:50 am:

Fabulous stuff...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dane Hawley Near Melbourne Australia on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 05:01 am:

More of the same here-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQhqXiB8O0&feature=youtu.be


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Nigel Hugo on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 05:48 am:

The Caterpillar tractor on the low boy (low loader) is a Holt 75 Gun Tractor, I believe several thousand were ordered by the British War Department during WW 1 and the US Army brought over many more. Recently there was a picture on the Forum showing 2 similar early Holt tractors in Montana, Stan spotted the second one right in the background.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tyrone Thomas - Topeka KS on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 09:23 am:

that is so cool. Thanks.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Micheal Crowe on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 09:38 am:

Cool steam Tractors that was great!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kevin Whelihan on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 09:56 am:

First time I have ever seen steam tractors with rubber tires. The standard steam tractor wheels I've seen in the past would have made a mess out of that pavement. I wonder if those were special made for the equipment, or standard issue?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John H. Nichols on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:16 am:

What a nice way to stop and pause and enjoy the view passing you by.

Thanks Steve.

John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will Copeland - Trenton, New Jersey on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:56 am:

I love steam, Someday when I hit the lottery I'm going to have a traction engine.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 12:38 pm:

Very cool! Thanks for posting.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Semprez-Templeton, CA on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 01:05 pm:

An interesting aside is how Holt's contribution to the WWI Tractor business, depicted by the Holt 75, in this wonderful reenactment, ultimately led to Holt's downfall.

In the book; "Making Tracks" by Ed Claessen and Sue Claessen, it is explained how Holt's dominance of War Contracts, because of shenanigans at the war office where a Holt relative made certain that contracts went to Holt and not Best, ultimately resulted in the final Holt, Best merger, that put C.L. Best in control of the Caterpillar Tractor Co. once and for all.

Because of Holt's government contracts all his manufacturing capacity was committed to the war effort, where as Best, having been locked out of any significant participation, was left with the growing domestic agricultural market, which became loyal to C.L. Best's products. So when Holt came marching home again, he found he had lost his once rich domestic market share to his rival Best. A market which Holt was never again to recapture.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steven Thum on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 04:34 pm:

Thanks John. I always enjoy learning a new history tidbit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jem Bowkett on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 05:33 pm:

Great Dorset Steam Fair, either a dustbowl or a swamp, this year it was a swamp. Not that I was there, was invited to take part in the Great War display but it meant committing to be there 5 days+ ,then I had my heart attack, so I wasn't up to it.

If you are a steam nut, it is the ultimate event, if you're planning a European trip, factor it in. Holt: circa 1970 I drove down to Kent in a Model Y Ford with John Carter to photograph one for Three on the Floor magazine. It was on a farm where the farmer had never let a scrapman on his land, and never thrown anything away - I must have the photos somewhere, I need to organise the archive :^)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 08:33 pm:

Jem,

I had a friend in England who told me of Fred Dibna. He later sent me a book and a pair of DVD's with his TV shows on them. That was really a great series of shows.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jem Bowkett on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 04:46 pm:

Fred Dibnah did quite a few TV series - I really enjoyed the ones about Victorian engineering, I loved the beautiful technical drawings he produced on camera to illustrate how things were made.

He also didn't use a transporter to attend events, he would set off in his steam road-roller with period living van behind and spend several days on the road.


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