Buffalo Pitts Traction Engine

This traction engine was made by buffalo pitts in 1912. For the period 1911 1913 the road locomotive was priced at 1425 australian pounds while a 22 hp cost 720 australian pounds approximately 6500 and 3300 us respectively. That had 78 inch high rear wheels per most catalog spec tables eg 1914 1916 era.

Buffalo Pitts Steam Traction Engine Photograph By Shelly Gunderson

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1910 Buffalo Pitts 20 Horsepower Single Cylinder Engine

Steam tractor 1904 buffalo pitts steam engine at a tractor pull doing it easy it pulled the sled all the way with no sign of a struggle like the other tractors had on the day.

Buffalo pitts traction engine. Maxitrak mes 26146 views. Date modified old lines new lines. The 35 hp double appears to have been introduced in 1902 the same time the flat spoke wheels were initiated until the end of buffalo ny engine production in about 1916. It must have some.

1 inch scale 80hp case traction engine duration. Contentsshow export restrictions the australian government has placed restrictions on the export of items that are considered cultural heritage and strict criteria. Buffalo pitts traction engine for sale vic mirashlan. According to jack norbecks encyclopedia of steam traction engines the companys designers embodied in their construction the best principles known in the art of boiler and engine building in their class and also workmanship.

As the traction engine is self propelling it was able to move under its own power from farm to farm haul the travelling chaff cutter and then operate it once it arrived via a belt from the flywheel. Made products of interest to this website. The mcivor times and rodney advertiser heathcote vic. A number have been repatriated back to the united kingdom were they were built originally.

In 1882 the company produced its first buffalo pitts steam traction engine and by 1896 it manufactured steam traction engines with improved patents and new designs. 1898 image buffalo pitts co 12 ton steam roller buffalo pitts double engine steam road asphalt rollers catalogue 1898 pg. 1863 1918 thu 30 aug 1906 page 10 buffalo pitts traction engines. Portable steam engine buffalo pitts 1899 catalog pg.

This is a list of steam engines that are resident in australia and former australian engines that have been exported out of the country. And at nearly double the cost of a standard buffalo pitts 22 hp traction engine it sure was expensive. 1899 image buffalo pitts co 16 h. Beginning in 1880 the buffalo pitts co.

Steam traction engines and portable steam engines. Steam traction engine buffalo pitts 1899 catalog pg. So anyway the largest buffalo pitts steam traction engine im aware of is the 35 hp double cylinder. Time was when the presence of a traction engine in the country was a rarity indeed.

1899 image buffalo pitts co 20 h. It was used in the crookwell area of new south wales by a series of chaff cutting contractors. By 1900 the company was no longer thriving and in 1914 it entered receivership. A 1915 catalog had only steam engines the other product lines having been either discontinued or sold off.