Regulars
12 News
Whats going on in the world of tractors.
63 Model World
68 Testing times
The opportunity to trial a Siromer flat pack tractor proves to be an offer too good to refuse for Graham Hampstead.
72 Trouble with trenching
Our regular farming correspondent recalls how life rapidly changed during the 70s from when he took over the running of a Surrey farm from his late father in 1954.
74 Perthshire planning pays off
Organising a Tractor Road Run takes long hours of preparation - but the rewards are sweet when it all goes to plan.
78 The art of the straight line
Hes worked as a ploughman, hes sold and demonstrated ploughs for a living, hes serviced ploughs and hes even competed in the World Ploughing Championships - is there any part of Ian Wilsons life that hasnt been about ploughs?
82 Letters and reviews
Your views and product news.
129 Rare Breeds
No66 Portland Sheep
130 Next Month
Preview the October issue of Tractor magazine.
Your Tractors
7 New trail blazer
Family man Gary Entwistle is blazing a trail at the moment with his just out the box 1969 Massey Ferguson 165. We discover what this man is set to achieve in the future within the tractor preservation movement.
18 Ford 3000 - another Mew special
Tom Mew has combined a life of engineering and farming, and now a sprightly 77 years of age, his enthusiasm for engineering, machines and tractors remains undiminished with his ever-growing collection.
23 That Marshall moment
As Mike Harris from Liskeard in Cornwall dusted down his Marshall Series M for the Royal Cornwall Show, a little bit of history was uncovered.
28 Put your house on it
The Massey Ferguson 1080 would have cost around half the price of an average home during its production years; we look at what you got for your money.
36 Reaching the parts that other tractors cant
Although a tractor is an absolutely essential piece of equipment on most farms, the versatile Haflinger opens up the most inaccessible areas of farmland.
40 Hell crazed on tractors
Paddy McKenna and his youngest son Eamonn share a passion for restoration which often makes them workshop hermits as they work together on projects at their home in Maghera, County Derry.
44 All Creatures Great and Small
David Robinsons workshop at Great Fencote near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, holds many surprises if youre looking for tractors.
58 When is an Imp not an Imp?
A chance conversation sets off a sequence of events that peel back the layers of time on the history of a rare Trusty.
In the workshop
55 In safe hands...
We asked the main suppliers to send along their air drills for review and this is what we found. Farming Heritage
32 A well-kept secret - International TD18
The launch of the International TD18 TracTracTor in late 1938 paved the way for a range of new models to from the International Harvester Company.
50 While the sun shines...
To make good hay you need a number of factors to come together; confidence, patience, experience, good weather and most of all luck!
90 Tying up the time saver
We continue the development of foraging equipment as seen through the pages of Alec Worbeys scrapbooks.
