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Offline Bush Tucker Man

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« on: April 29, 2005, 10:36:15 »
I'd be happy with a Field Marshall, let alone one of the Showmans Engines. :D

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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2005, 10:48:00 »
dont fancy driving an engine home from kent

might take a while

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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2005, 18:54:47 »
BTM,

you might like the pictures here

http://www.machinery.uk.com/interestingpics/catd8.htm

http://www.machinery.uk.com/interesting.htm

although it's nice to see old machinery restored it's even better to see it worked :)
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2005, 21:13:50 »
That Cat D8 is nice, there was one at
Pickering Traction Engine Rally last year.
They had it competing in a 'Tug-of-War' with an Abbott SPG, sadly we'd left before that happened, but I was told that it was an honourable draw.

One of my mates, who's from a farming background owns;
3 (I think he still does?)
Field-Marshalls
2 Fordson E27N's
3 Atkinson's (including the only Borderer tractor-unit that was factory plated to 50tons
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Defender 110Td5 'Heritage Gone, but not forgotten
Jaguar XKR; X88 JLT, also 'gone, but not forgotten'

Yorkshire Born & Bred, and proud of it.

"You Can Allus Tell A Yorkshireman, But You Can't tell Him Owt!"

 






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