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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Defender on October 29, 2008, 23:07:13
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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:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10049.jpg)
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:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10052.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10053.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10054.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10058.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10056.jpg)
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:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10055.jpg)
And a couple of Showman's Engines:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10059.jpg)
The boss's Ford 3600 & Field Marshall:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10050.jpg)
Some of the other classics owned by my boss:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/SDC10060.jpg)
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
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/MuirHill001.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/MuirHill004.jpg)
And some 'After' photos:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/MuirHill011.jpg)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/MuirHill015.jpg)
And here's a short 30 second clip of my boss driving the Muir Hill out of the yard: (Click image for video)
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Videos/th_MuirHill101.jpg) (http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Videos/?action=view¤t=MuirHill101.flv)
The winter project is to restore the County 1174 :roll:
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Magic, I hope there was the lovely smell of TVO to finish the day off.
Steve
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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.
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This is just fueling my need for a Tractor!!!! :whothedaddy:
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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.
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My fergie makes my seriws III Landrover seem modern, plasticky and complex!!!!! (should say that relay I love all my little toys)
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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
Click on pic to open (4 images)
(http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/12/12/1/61/8/355816108uJRobr_th.jpg) (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1355816108047309372uJRobr)
The other 2 are ex-Hansons 6x4 tippers (Hansons was a well-known West Yorkshire hauliers with a large NCB contract)
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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
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q221/Defender_90_photos/Classic%20Tractors/FieldMarshall.jpg)
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.
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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 (http://www.rhcrawford.com/index.php)
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
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Is that godess a 4x2? Thought they were all 4x4. Doesn't quite look right that low down.
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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
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my dads nabours still uses his field marshal to pull up tree stumps
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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 ;)
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Is that godess a 4x2? Thought they were all 4x4. Doesn't quite look right that low down.
Yes, that one was a 4x2.