For all the Classic Tractor enthusiasts.

[Defender]

Last Sunday, my boss at work held his annual classic tractor run to raise funds for the local Young Farmers.
He invited numerous classic tractor owners & we even had a 40ft flatbed artic turn up from Kendal with several tractors on.
The rain held off for long enough for us to do a 10 mile run around the local roads in West Lancashire.

My steed for the run was this Fordson Dexta:

The only slight hiccup was when the exhaust fell off & it was a little tricky trying to put it back on without burning my hands.  :lol:

A selection of some of the other tractors:









County 1174 - This is the tractor I use at work daily for recovering bogged trailers

We even had a couple of Green Godess's turn up:


And a couple of Showman's Engines:


The boss's Ford 3600 & Field Marshall:


Some of the other classics owned by my boss:


For the past couple of months I've been restoring a 1968 Muir Hill 101 at work & the deadline was last Sunday's run.
I gave it a run out on the road late on Saturday afternoon to make sure everything worked.
Whilst it's not quite finished, my boss was able to drive it on the run.
I forgot to take any 'Before' photos, but did take some ''During' photos of the restoration:
Partially stripped




And some 'After' photos:




And here's a short 30 second clip of my boss driving the Muir Hill out of the yard: (Click image for video)


The winter project is to restore the County 1174  :roll:

[piggysteve]

Magic, I hope there was the lovely smell of TVO to finish the day off.

Steve

[carbore]

I am starting to get a "thing" for equal wheel kit like the Conty and muir hill. Lovely work on the restoration. Nice pics, Thanks.

[JimP]

This is just fueling my need for a Tractor!!!! :whothedaddy:

[Disco Matt]

Wasn't the Field Marshal the one with a single cylinder engine and a big flywheel? Apparently the whole thing bounces at tickover.

Good to see more recent machinery being restored as well as the older kit, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for the equal wheel tractors as they're not commonly seen here.

[carbore]

My fergie makes my seriws III Landrover seem modern, plasticky and complex!!!!! (should say that relay I love all my little toys)

[Bush Tucker Man]

One of my oldest friends (as in time known, not age) has 3 Fordson E27N's that he bought in his early teens (we're both 43!)

Plus he also had two Series 1 Field Marshalls, which as some of you will know have the most wonderful starting mechanism :lol: :lol:


Well....... as far as I know, he still owns them all :-k


He now also owns 3 Atkinsons!

One is the ex-NCB Yorkshire region 'Emergency Winder' tractor unit

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The other 2 are ex-Hansons 6x4 tippers (Hansons was a well-known West Yorkshire hauliers with a large NCB contract)

[Defender]

Wasn't the Field Marshal the one with a single cylinder engine and a big flywheel? Apparently the whole thing bounces at tickover

Yep, that's the one. :D

There are two ways of starting them.
One is to use a starting cartridge, this is like a blank shotgun cartridge that you insert into a chamber in the head (but we don't have any :roll:) & the other way to start it is to insert a smouldering rolled up cigarette paper into the chamber & hand crank it with a starting handle inserted into the LARGE, HEAVY flywheel. :->
Hand cranking is a 'ball breaker' & it's easier if two people crank the handle, especially on a cold, damp morning.  :lol:
Once it fires up, remnants of burning cigarette paper get ejected from the exhaust.

[Bush Tucker Man]

There are two ways of starting them.
One is to use a starting cartridge, this is like a blank shotgun cartridge that you insert into a chamber in the head (but we don't have any :roll:)

Robert Crawfords stock the starting cartridges, or did anyway
And don't forget the hammer to tap the firing pin!

the other way to start it is to insert a smouldering rolled up cigarette paper into the chamber & hand crank it with a starting handle inserted into the LARGE, HEAVY flywheel. :->
Hand cranking is a 'ball breaker' & it's easier if two people crank the handle

Too damned bl**dy true!!, I've tried it once!

Once it fires up, remnants of burning cigarette paper get ejected from the exhaust.

Yes, it rains 'cinders' :D

[S188]

Is that godess a 4x2?  Thought they were all 4x4.  Doesn't quite look right that low down.

[Bush Tucker Man]

Is that godess a 4x2?  Thought they were all 4x4.  Doesn't quite look right that low down.

Certainly looks that way, going by the appearance of the front axle :-k

[carracarra13]

my dads nabours still uses his field marshal to pull up tree stumps

[Bishops Finger]

I can but suggest some of you gents put the Shropshire and Mid Wales Classic Vehicleshow next May bank holiday at the West Mid Showground in your diaries for 2009 ;)

[Defender]

Is that godess a 4x2?  Thought they were all 4x4.  Doesn't quite look right that low down.

Yes, that one was a 4x2.