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[Frank DeWitt]

 >What's the story on the steam roller in the weeds? That's just not
 >right.  Did you see what kind it is?
 >Frank

Hi Frank,
          It's a Buffalo-Springfield road roller. (It runs on gasoline.) The
guy who was driving it decided to go up hill and change gears while doing
so. He missed the gear that he was trying to get it into and rolled down
hill backwards--and into a gully. (The thing apparently has no brakes.)  No
one was hurt luckily! They got the roller out of the gully on Sunday after
the show. Some scratches on the paint, but otherwise no damage. Could have
been a LOT worse!
          Dave


That had to be quite a ride.  I drove a Buffalo-Springfield steam 
roller a couple of weeks ago.  It was a handful.  The smooth wheels 
have very little traction, the steering is slow and hard and it had 
no brakes, BUT with a steam engine you can reverse the engine and 
stop it in a hurry but gas...  Wow.

Here are a couple of shots of the steam version.
http://lbpinc.com/Steam/bs-2.jpg
This one shows part of the gear box.  Well OK there is no box.
http://lbpinc.com/Steam/BS-a.jpg

Frank

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