Tractor & Farming Heritage
March 2010
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Regulars
3 Welcome
12 News
Whats going on in the world of tractors.
60 Tractor Talk
Your views and product reviews.
64 Model World
78 Least spent, soonest mended
Graham Hampstead applies some good old Yorkshire thrift to the rebuilding of his Dexta as we look at the cleaning and inspection of parts.
82 Organ transplants - done the Welsh Way
Not so long ago, necessity really was the Mother of all Invention and souping up your old tractor with an organ transplant was the order of the day for many, says Jo Roberts.
86 A touch of glamour
Polly Pullar seeks out some young bloods that look set to take the reins of our tractor and farming heritage.
129 Rare Breeds
No 72 Legbar Poultry
130 Next Month
Preview of the March issue of Tractor magazine.
In the workshop
40 Machine Shop
Cylinder Head Replacement: we replace a 1960 Fordson Power Major cylinder head gasket.
68 Workshop
We asked the main suppliers to send along their cordless impact wrenches and were pleasantly surprised to find that there was plenty to review.
Your tractors
18 All time high
With the popularity of the Ford 1000 series sky high on the classic tractor scene, Ben Phillips just couldnt wait to get his hands on this Ford 4000.
22 Roy the builder
Roy Newhouse has combined his lifelong interest in tractors with an activity thats befitting his surname.
26 The Steiger Panther IV
The release of a new model in 1:32 and 1:64 scales gives Peter D Simpson the opportunity to review the history of a true classic.
32 County classics at work
John Dennis how County tractors helped change the work ethic on his family farm and became his choice of classic tractor
44 This farming life
Some say we have had the worst weather since 1963; Jane Brooks takes the opportunity for an amusing look back at life on the farm.
48 TEF Gem
We take another look at Neville Porters collection in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. This time its a 1955 Ferguson that Neville has just restored.
70 Family treasure
There are some things in tractor collections that you just cannot put a price on; this Dexta is one such example.
74 Running on gas
The Vanga Vintage Tractor Club has just completed an evening course with a difference - converting a Fordson New Major to run on generator gas.
Farming heritage
6 A Life with Massey Ferguson
Tractor magazine interviews Frank Noblett, who worked for Ferguson and Massey Ferguson from 1950 until the early 1980s.
90 Hedge, Ditch & Drain
This months Alecs Cuttings charts the need to mechanise arduous tasks following WWII.
36 Waltzing Matilda
This could just be a fitting nickname for the Henry McDonald Aussie Imperial TWB.
52 Sun, Fine Wine and Tractors!
Bruno Marc Roudil lives slightly south of Roquemaure, among the French vineyards where sun, wine and tractors go together.
Marketplace
56 A fine vintage
The rearranged Scottish Vintage Qualifier turns up the winners who will go through to represent their country in the European Vintage Championships later this year.
94 Road runs, rallies and ploughing events.
102 Tractor Price Index
Veteran, vintage and classic tractor values: Lauson to Zetor.
106 Sales & Marketplace News
Around the auctions.
Front cover
The 20th century was a period of great innovation in technology in many areas, where the development of both agricultural machines and tractors enabled practically unworkable land to be brought into production. Turn to page 32 to see how John Dennis farm in mid-Devon was transformed by the arrival of County tractors.
Regulars
3 Welcome
12 News
Whats going on in the world of tractors.
60 Tractor Talk
Your views and product reviews.
64 Model World
78 Least spent, soonest mended
Graham Hampstead applies some good old Yorkshire thrift to the rebuilding of his Dexta a....
