Westinghouse

[wesley]

Has any one ever seen a working model of the Westinghouse steam tractor,or has any body get some decent pictures of one ,there is a few on the net but not a lot of detail,am thinking one would be a good build,from what l can find to read ,when it was being used to drive a threshing machine,you took the belt from the simple drive from the wheels ,then hooked it up to drive the threshing unit,they were a strange looking tractor in there time ,but would make a model with a difference for a change.
wes

 

[wesley]

Well did find in the end a bit more info ,and some good pictures from the Henry Ford museum,but do not seem to find any dimensions for the tractor,but the more l look at it the more l want to make one ,just love the twin steering wheels,as far as l can tell there is none in the uk ,to make contact with to get the info l need .
wes

 

[wesley]

What can l say ,sent a mail to the Henry ford foundation and within hours they had sent me pictures and there file with a lot of dimension on about there westinghouse ,theres is a portable but am happy with that can make that version first then go from there ,but what first class service they offer,if l can ever run to it would go an se them in person dam fine people.
wes

 

[johnmcc69]

That's great Wesley! Please share your journey here if you decide to do a build of this, it would make a very nice model.

Can you share the pic's they sent you? I'd be very interested in seeing them.

John