Regulars

3 Welcome

11 News
What’s going on in the world of tractors.

20 News Focus
The East Midlands Vintage Working Weekend is well known for its large crawlers, but they were eclipsed this year by the turnout of four Tandem Does.

62 Tractor Talk
Your views and product reviews.

68 Model World
Henry Smith reviews what’s going on in the model scene.

80 Longest overhaul in history?
Graham resumes the rebuild of the Fergie, which has already stood in bits for the last 14 years.

84 Nuts about squirrels
The sight of a red squirrel in a Scots pine tree probably epitomises wild Scotland as much as that of an eagle soaring over a rugged Ben.

88 Tiny, Small, Medium and Large...
Jo Roberts meets the North Wales agricultural mechanic who owns four very different sizes of tractor.

128 Farming Focus: History of the Clydesdale Horse
In last month’s issue of Tractor we looked at the demise of horses on the farm, but whom or what were these horses?

129 Rare Breeds
No. 79 Seabright Bantam

130 Next Month
Preview of the November issue of Tractor magazine.

Your tractors

6 As good as new
Bill Steele acquired this International B-275 in 2002 and it has been the subject of a comprehensive rebuild - the aim to return the tractor to its as-new 1960 condition.

16 No problem too big, no detail too small
It looked like the restoration of this David Brown 50D was going to be an impossible task back in the 80s - but time was on Rodney Thompson’s side and the results speak for themselves.

22 Come in ‘Mike Foxtrot 35’
Hidden away in the British countryside, many small operational civilian airfields can still be found, some of which can trace their history back to the days of WWII and beyond.

24 Taking the plunge
John Hogben had talked for a long time about obtaining his own tractor, but after using a TEF 20 Ferguson last year, he finally decided to get one as soon as possible.

28 A Major partnership
With the closure of Ford’s tractor manufacturing facility at Dagenham, the last true Fordson Super Major left the assembly line in July 1964.

32 Style personified
Our technical correspondent waxes lyrical on the design and operation of the Cletrac BD.

36 On the beach
Gina Harvey discovers unsung hero Billy Walls, who has been looking after the beaches in Fingal County since 1988.

40 Still on the Case
In the June issue of Tractor, the David Brown Case International 1594 was mentioned being worked on by Terry Hume, who confidently assured us it ‘would be finished by teatime’; it did however turn out to be something more of a ‘late supper’.

44 Low, wide and handsome
James Hardstaff’s collection of beautifully restored and often unusual tractors will be familiar to many readers; and in the 50th anniversary year of the launch of the Fordson Super Major, Pete Kelly takes a close look at the latest addition to the celebrated fleet - a County swamp tractor with a ‘Super’ at its heart.

60 One man went to mow...
The name Atco may be synonymous with lawnmowers, but how many of us know about the origins of the ubiquitous brand.

Farming heritage

48 Powering up production
We witness the demise of the single-cylinder and twin-cylinder tractors and the release of the New Generation of Power Series of tractors in the concluding part of Peter D Simpson's in-depth look at John Deere Lanz.

54 The Italian legend
The regular ‘tum tum tum’ hot bulb heartbeat that broke the quiet of the countryside surrounding the family farm in northern Italy from dawn till dusk has left a lasting impression on Daniele Casanova.

72 Tying up a tiresome task
This month the development of Pick-Up Balers is charted through the pages of Alec Worbey’s cuttings. 76 Tractor or horsepower? That’s a question many farmers were asking in the 1930s. Pete Henshaw delves into the debate, via the pages of Farmer and Stockbreeder.

In the workshop

26 Invaluable experience
It would have made economic sense to buy a glass fibre nose cone for their Fordson Major, but the satisfaction of reviving something to its original state far outweighed this for Richard Lofting and his son William.

Marketplace

92 Diary Dates
What’s on in 2010.

96 Road runs, rallies and ploughing events roundup.

110 Sales & Marketplace News Around the auctions.

Front cover

The restoration of Terry Hume’s highly original Case 1594 was certainly well worth the wait. We visit the county of Northumberland where it has resided since new. Turn to page 40 for the full story.

Regulars

3 Welcome

11 News
What’s going on in the world of tractors.

20 News Focus
The East Midlands Vintage Working Weekend is well known for its large crawlers, but they were eclipsed this year by the turnout of four Tandem Does.

62 Tractor Talk
Your views and prod....