Name/Title
Sawyer Massey model traction engine 4" scaleDescription
Working green, black and red model of a 1912, 27/82 horse power Sawyer Massey steam traction engine. Built to a 4" scale by Mr. Art Gardner.Use
These steam powered tractors preceded the oil, diesel and gasoline tractors and were used for heavy agricultural work. They were able to pull large plows and were used as a source of power for threshing the grain, driving the threshing machine or separator by long belts from the flywheel.Context
Replica of the full sized machine that Art Gardner's father used as a farmer in Saskatchewan.