Stuck and troubled at the Rock River show!! Steam engine

Posted by JD Seller on September 01, 2014 at 20:10:42 from (208.126.198.123):

I got to see a rare thing the first afternoon at the Rock River Show. A steam engine, A Minneapolis steam engine that got stuck while plowing. WOW They had a pretty tough plowing knob at the end of the field. It was gravel dirt and small rocks. Just a few turns of the wheels had it down to its belly. They tried to pull it out with another steam engine but just broke their pull strap. They finally got it out by digging under it by hand and using a track hoe to pull it out.

Here is a long shot of their trouble.



Here you can see that the fire box is about on the ground.



Here is the eight bottom plow. It is a little different in that it has a mechanical lift. The handles are to adjust the plow depth individually.



Here is view of the back. The only damage is just to the flat iron step board brackets. They had them straightened out when I saw the same engine Saturday.



Here they are trying to use another steam engine to pull the first one out.



Many times the "unplanned" things are the most memorable ones.

This post was edited by JD Seller at 20:15:40 09/01/14.

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