We went to Feilding over the weekend to see the fair that was all about steam traction engines. I learned a lot about these amazing machines while we were there.
You can click here for some history on the machines. The are the link between horse-powered work vehicles and modern-day work vehicles.
Here's another link to some facts about them.
First, we were warned:
There were tiny engines that worked:
Some a little bigger:
And lots of actual sized, some with roller wheels:
They had races:
And sawed huge logs, too:
It's quite amazing that these machines are still looking so good and in such great condition after a hundred years or more.
