Field Trip Report: The Milton Steam Era Event – Part 3
One interesting “demonstration” at the Milton Steam Era Event on Labour Day weekend was the “teeter-totter” for tractors. It was a big steel platform on a pivot in the centre. The objective was to drive a large steam tractor onto the platform and then carefully move it to a point where it was perfectly balanced on the platform. This is a lot harder than it sounds! In the video below, a pair of gasoline-driven tractor operators demonstrate teamwork in action as they use the two tractors to attempt to achieve the same goal.
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Posting and video by Russ Milland
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