Steam tractor

With steam tractor (Latin: trahere = pull ) or steam machine refers to a self-propelled, designed for direct train of attached devices or car Lokomobile.

He was, when it was used in the road haulage, also called road locomotive. Road locomotives must not be confused with tram locomotive n.

Areas of application

Steam tractors were used almost exclusively in Europe in the transport sector or for propulsion purposes over the pulley. The use of steam tractors in agriculture for direct train of the plow or other farm implements was due to the nature of the most profound European soils or only a very limited extent. However, on the much more sustainable prairie soils of America steam tractors were more likely than tractors in use. The operation, however, expensive and cumbersome. Large amounts of carbon and water had to be supplied creates.

Replacement of the steam drive by internal combustion engines

The steam tractors were replaced by the lighter and easier to use tractors, tractors or trucks with internal combustion engine.

Well-known manufacturers of steam tractors and road locomotives were, among others, the company Borsig, Fowler, Kemna and lance.