saw the fourth Best Steamer in NC.

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What a 2008,
We traveled to woodland this summer and saw three best steamers and was told that there was four know to exist, and low and behold this fall we saw it in a private collection in NC. It was incomplete and not running but the man is working on it.

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Tue, Jan 6, 2009 6:47 PM

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That's was probably Willis Abel's tractor. He started to build it about ten years ago but he never found an engine. He used to have the largest collection of steam engines in the east ~40 but has since sold them off.

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Tue, Jan 6, 2009 8:16 PM

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That's was probably Willis Abel's tractor. He started to build it about ten years ago but he never found an engine. He used to have the largest collection of steam engines in the east ~40 but has since sold them off.

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Peter Holt also owns the 110 Best that was owned by Oscar's Dreamland. It is located at his CAT dealership in Texas. There are also a few others around that are not complete.

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Tue, Jan 6, 2009 10:28 PM

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Chrisco:

Peter Holt also owns the 110 Best that was owned by Oscar's Dreamland. It is located at his CAT dealership in Texas. There are also a few others around that are not complete.

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Ken Eder did not say were he bought it but does have plans on restoring it. He also own a Yuba crawler I think don restored fo him.

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Tue, Jan 6, 2009 11:02 PM

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Ken Eder did not say were he bought it but does have plans on restoring it. He also own a Yuba crawler I think don restored fo him.

I saw the best steamer at Oscar Cooks when i was about 12 years old. (which wasnt but about 10-11 years ago

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Wed, Jan 7, 2009 9:18 AM

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