Best_Tractor

This steam tractor was built by Daniel Best between 1903 and 1907 (exact date is unknown). It has a vertical boiler which is wood fired. It rated at 100HP.
The safety valve is lifting...
The fireman (and "helper") works downstairs. The engineer is upstairs.
Henner Meinhold (on the left) is "helping" the firman...
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The rear wheels are eight feet in diameter.
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You can barely see the driving pinion gear, inside the ream of the wheel.
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Fuel supply
Water supply: these barrels are slowly filled with a garden hose and then the tractor uses its own pump to transfer the water in its tank.