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Offline Ryan_M

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Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« on: March 18, 2014, 07:43:09 PM »
I've been posting more non-Jeep stuff here lately than Jeep related topics but I'm having more luck with the other stuff so you get to see that for now. The Jeep projects continue but I need a little distraction every so often.

Here's another nifty item I acquired over the weekend - a Wilesco Steam Roller. It's an actual working steam roller with a fully operational steam boiler. Pretty cool little rig.







The lever I'm messing with near the steering wheel activates the steam whistle but my el-cheapo camera can't pick up the sound. My dogs were not pleased...

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffM5J8kg_Mw&feature=youtu.be[/media]
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2014, 08:23:06 PM »
That is very cool....does it have the little tray with those special cubes that you light to heat the water?

When I was working we would sometimes land at Buffalo, NY, and we would stay at the Williamsville inn, in Willamsville of course....and there was a toy shop down the street, and they had a whole display of steam engines, tractors etc.....those little tractors were the best...next to the chicken wings!
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2014, 08:34:58 PM »
There is a little tray that you fill with four solid fuel tablets. Light the tablets, slide the tray in place, and within 2 or 3 minutes the water is boiling and you're steam powered!
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2014, 08:54:59 PM »
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2014, 09:05:52 PM »
I like this one. A functional steam powered work shop.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilesco-D-141-Live-Steam-Engine-Toy-See-Video-Shipped-from-USA-/271271393621?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3f2908f955

There's a video down near the bottom of the ebay listing. Very cool.
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2014, 08:47:24 AM »
Cool Ryan!
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2014, 09:53:27 AM »
nice, I like that
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Re: Wilesco D365 Steam Roller
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2014, 09:44:50 PM »
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I like this one. A functional steam powered work shop.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilesco-D-141-Live-Steam-Engine-Toy-See-Video-Shipped-from-USA-/271271393621?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3f2908f955

There's a video down near the bottom of the ebay listing. Very cool.

I always wanted one of them when I was a kid.
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