Choosing a Traction Steam Engine

If you want a traction engine for threshing, etc. Stick to steam. Gasoline engines are not very good hill climbers because the application of power is not steady enough. The direct flu locomotive boiler and simple engine will in many cases prove so practically because they are so much simpler. And for any reason you want a very quick steamer by an upright. Never believe the man who tells you that something not quite the best is just as good. You will find it the most expensive thing you have ever tried,. if you have wait enough to find out how expensive it is.