Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2021 i Tractor & Machinery

JOHN DEERE HAS added two new models to its 9000 Series self-propelled forage harvester range. At the heart of the 9500 and 9600 is an all-new, 18-litre John Deere engine producing 700 and 750hp respectively. The 9000 Series foragers are well known for HarvestMotion, the company’s unique low engine revolution concept, which boosts productivity and efficiency, with 10 per cent more performance and 10 per cent lower fuel consumption. Building on this success, the 9500 and 9600 utilise the new JD18X engine, which requires no DEF. This award-winning engine design introduces HarvestMotion Plus, which delivers an exceptional torque rise and even more power at low engine revolutions. It also produces extra power up to 766hp on the 9500 and 787hp on the 9600. All these features will provide customers with…

Literature specialist Gibbard Tractors is holding an open weekend on 2-3 October for collectors of sales brochures, manuals, instruction and parts books. “We held our last open day in early 2020 before the pandemic took hold,” Stuart Gibbard told us. “It was a great success, with many visitors saying that we should make it a regular event for literature collectors to get together and chat about their hobby. Of course, with the lockdowns, that couldn’t happen.” With restrictions easing and with so many enquiries from customers wanting to visit, Stuart and his wife, Sue, felt that the time was right for another event. “We’ve chosen the first weekend in October because that was traditionally the date of the Spalding Model Tractor Show,” said Stuart, “but as that was held earlier…

My first ride on a Claas combine was when local farmer Mr Clements ran an SF. I was five years old and I remember the excitement of seeing the big machine eating its way around the edge of the spring barley behind our house. Mr Clements encouraged me up on to the platform, at which point my excitement left me! With my back facing away from the header and a firm grip on the safety rail, once around the field was enough for me and I was glad when I was back on terra firma, with dad! At this point my enthusiasm returned and and I wanted to be back on that marvellous machine once again. As my confidence grew, I looked forward to my yearly ride on the Clements’…

Yeovil Railway Centre, in Somerset, held its biggest tractors and trains event ever on Sunday 1 August, writes Joseph Lewis. A total of 28 tractors, 28 Land Rovers and a selection of stationary engines proved a big draw. Despite some heavy showers, the most number of visitors ever seen enjoyed the heritage railway line, steam or diesel, carriage ride down, following Covid-19 guidelines, to the assembled agricultural machinery. Highlights included a 1951 Farmall M, a restored David Brown 780 Selectamatic and three David Brown 90 Series models. One of the vintage highlights was a 1942 Minneapolis-Moline ZTS owned by the Stoodley family. Other attractions included the Westland and Yeovil District Model Engineering Society ride-on miniature diesel locomotive, model railway layout and railway museum. * Thanks to Yeovil Railway Centre for…

DIFFICULTY RATING In part three regular readers saw me remove and dismantle the hydraulic tipping ram from the trailer chassis, having been a number of years since it was last tipped, due to an excessive oil leak when the ram reached its full length. After draining a lot of water from the ram, it was dismantled and a degree of corrosion had taken hold on the ram shafts, due to the presence of the water. Thankfully it was confined to the shafts, leaving the pistons and bores of the ram undamaged. MEASURING UP With the ram fully dismantled I was able to clean the pistons and carefully remove the old seals. They are each secured by a circlip and steel cup, which were cleaned and put aside ready for reassembly.…

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Peter Love Editor The joint founder of T&M and many other magazines. He has been involved in vehicle preservation since 1954 and has a wealth of experience as an owner, organiser, tour operator and much more. He is dedicated to vehicle preservation. David Reed Northern correspondent David has worked with Peter Love since 1995 when they met at the late lamented Sandringham Rally. He is an ex-York school teacher and has interests in tractors and commercial vehicles. Joseph Lewis Southern correspondent Joe has been part of Peter Love’s set-up since 1996 and has contributed to many of his endeavours. He is a valued member of the Tractor Mart team. GET IN TOUCH If you have a tractor you would like to be featured in our successful Sales Highlights section please…

Kivells saw a huge crowd of potential buyers travel to Bulland Farm, Common Moor, Liskeard on Saturday 31 July. The sale was on behalf of Ivor Sanders who has lived and worked in the local community for a lifetime. The sale commenced with 100 smaller lots, followed by the nine tractors that saw considerable interest both in the yard and online. A grade 4 1958 Fordson Dexta raced away to £3,200, with a 1966 Ford pre-Force 3000 close up at £3,000. A Ferguson TE-F 20 was one of three present and went off to a new home in Kent at £2,600, whilst the best of the non-running Ferguson tractors hit £2,200. More than 1,200 online bidders registered to purchase at this sale, with 914 bids coming in online throughout the…

With a disastrous weather forecast and torrential rain during the Friday night, the sky cleared to brilliant sunshine for this sale, on Saturday 21 August at Oakhampton, Devon. There were 85 lots on offer and a great atmosphere, as every lot was sold. Andrew Lane Ltd. was pleased to be instructed by the Martin family to disperse of John’s collection, following his sad passing. The tractor that created the highest price was a lovely Field-Marshall Series 1 at £10,750. Thanks were expressed to Martin and Sarah Littlejohns for kindly hosting the event at their farm. Prices shown exclude VAT and buyer’s premium. Results (abridged): 1947 Field-Marshall Series 1, restored, V5C, £10,750 1961 MF 35, V5C, £6,600 1967 MF 135, in good order, V5C, £6,100 1969 MF 135, in good order,…

Things are already in motion for the final Cheffins Vintage Collective of the year at Sutton, Cambridgeshire, on Saturday 23 October. The sale already has more than 2,000 lots entered. Entered so far: c1915 Overtime Model R, Roadless Ploughmaster 75, Ford 7710, Marshall 804XL, Caterpillar D4, Ford 7000 (x3), County Super-6, Ford 6000 row-crop, Farmall A, Ferguson TE-20s, Massey Ferguson 35s, 135s, 165s and more. In the commercial vehicle section are a fine original AEC Marshal, ERF 40G2TR and the late Ted Goldup’s 1965 Morris Minor pick-up, in tractor-related livery. In the implements section is a rare Ransomes RTPYL steerage plough.…

Owing to work commitments, my Sunday 3 October charity tractor road run and vehicle display at Bodle Street Green, East Sussex, will not take place this year. I apologise about this, as I know many of you have been looking forward to it. I can, however, confirm that it will now take place on Sunday 24 April 2022 and is to be called Bodle Street Green ‘FBHVC Drive It Day’ Road Run & Display. For further information, please call 01323 833125. The Heritage Transport Show, organised by the Kent County Agricultural Society, is set to return on Sunday 10 October 2021, at Detling, and will include the South East Bus Festival. Applications to exhibit at the event are currently open. Vehicles of any age and type are welcome to apply…

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A talented JCB engineer who amassed a multi-million pound fortune, thanks to his interest in cars, has made a life-changing bequest to a Staffordshire school dedicated to nurturing the engineers of the future. Bill Turnbull spent almost a decade working at JCB as Chief Engineer, helping to develop the company’s first ever mini excavators. He retired in 1995 at the age of 65._ When he died in 2019 aged 88, he left more than £4.2 million in his will thanks to an investment he made more than 50 years earlier in a rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S – paying just £1,500 for the car. He had been lovingly restoring the prized vehicle in secret in the workshop of his home in Tean, near Cheadle, Staffordshire ever since. Only 42 of…

EVERY AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS and every farmer has specific needs arising from the type of daily activities they undertake, but also from the type of terrain in that particular geographical area. By starting from the requests and feedback from some of its end users, BKT has developed AGRIMAX FORTIS – a tyre designed for high-powered tractors on rocky terrain. The tyre is designed for all soil preparation, planting and treatment operations. It has excellent traction on difficult terrain and a high flotation capacity. The benefits are lower soil compaction and low rolling resistance, which means fuel saving as well as reduced environmental emissions. AGRIMAX FORTIS is designed to meet the challenges of cuts, tears, sharp stones and stress, and can also be further reinforced by choosing a special compound developed by…

SHOW OF F YOUR SKILLS Send your drawings to: ‘Junior’, Kelsey Publishing Ltd., The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL or, if you’re a whizz-kid like me, scan them and e-mail them to: tm.ed@kelsey.co.uk PICK OF THE CROP WAITING GA ME That looks great – well done! Dear Junior, Here is a picture of a Ferguson TE-20 ploughing. It’s my favourite type of tractor. My daddy keeps telling me that there are no toy ones for little hands to play with and he refuses to buy me a real one at the moment! Josiah (aged 6), Devon KEEPING IT GREEN Wow! Look at the detail! Dear Junior, Here is my drawing for the Junior competition. William Wilson (aged 9) SURPRISE! I love the angle you’ve drawn it…

As I write this in September and reflect on what’s happened over the last month on the sales scene, one concludes the market is still going up and up, from modern too old, but if you look hard there are still some bargains about. The big news is that Ford tractors are ‘hot’ at the present time, with an amazing £50,000 paid for an original 1974 Ford 5000 that started its life in Lincolnshire. The tractor, sold on Saturday 28 August at the Euro Auctions Collectors Sale at Castle Irvine, Northern Ireland, had just 10 hours on the clock and was totally immaculate, with some surface rust coming through the paint in places. After the sale it travelled back over to the UK mainland and its new home. The weekend…

If you wanted to see a field of classic and vintage wrecks, the place to be was at an online-only sale at Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, undertaken by Graham Watkins auctioneers. The late owner tried to create a museum of transport, but the local council flatly refused and after years of wrangling it all faded into the bushes. H&H of Cheshire sold the better lots off at its Buxton sale last year and Watkins was left to sort the maze of rust out this summer. The agricultural results were: Fordson Standard N ‘bitsa’ at £950, DB Cropmaster with side mower at £580, Nuffield Universal at £850, Ferguson TE-F 20s at £850 and £560.…

On Sunday 15 August, the David Brown Tractor Club reopened the doors to its museum in Meltham, Yorkshire, for the first time in 18 months. The premises were thronged with visitors and the club shop was almost overwhelmed at times. The food, tea and coffee stands also saw good trade. The event also hosted the Saddleworth Tractor Group’s charity road run, with around 30 machines arriving during the day. Tom Pepper from Dirt & Diesel, Sarah Crabtree from UKTV’s Bangers & Cash television series, and DBTC president, Adam Brown, were also in attendance and spent the day greeting visitors. “Sunday’s open day at the museum was a cracker,” reports the DBTC’s secretary, Roger Brereton. “We had record attendance, shop sales and donations with most of the attendees being family groups.”…

For the UK’s first all-electric dealer of off-road utility vehicles, it was no surprise that Off-Road Electric, of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, opted to stock the Farmtrac FT25G, the agricultural industry’s first fully-electric tractor. After hearing about the groundbreaking tractor on popular electriccentric YouTube channel Fully Charged, Off-Road Electric owner Marc Monsarrat got in touch with Reesink Agriculture, Farmtrac’s distributor, to arrange a demo. Marc said: “We were already stocking electric quad bikes, buggies and converting Land Rovers into electric vehicles, so I knew instantly that an electric tractor would be a perfect fit. Particularly as a number of our clients were smallholders with a passion for going green. “The Farmtrac FT25G is a serious machine. We only sell sturdy off-road vehicles – not gimmicky electric toys – and this is…

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DIFFICULTY RATING The journey of our Massey Ferguson 35 began in late 2013, when we acquired it from a local dairy farmer, who had been using it as a scraper in his dairy unit. Prior to its undignified job on the scraper, it had been owned from new by a well-known sheep farmer on the edge of our village, and after his death had been sold in a dispersal sale. Despite its high hours, at over 8,000, it had been kept immaculately and was fitted with an MF 40 loader. During its time on the scraper it developed some engine trouble and had been cast aside upon the arrival of a fresh scraper tractor. It was at this point that my son informed me of its availability, and soon a…

DIFFICULTY RATING There are some days when I wish there were more hours in the day, as time to accommodate the various projects on the go can be limited. The skid unit of the tractor is getting nearer to being sprayed, but another project has jumped the queue and taken the time I would have spent furthering the David Brown project. REAR WHEELS & TYRES One aspect of the tractor that hasn’t seen much attention is the rear wheels. They were removed when the skid unit was positioned to prepare for and to do the paint spraying, and the valves removed to deflate them, but since then they have been languishing against the cover that has been keeping the weather off the vulnerable skid unit. When the tractor was discovered,…

Cheffins has just announced the Ward brothers’ reduction sale in Yorkshire, which will be online only between 22-29 September, with viewing on Friday 24 September. There will be many gems in this sale including: 1913 Case 50hp traction engine no. 29851, Ruston & Hornsby British Wallis, Fordson MoM (x2), IH Mogul 8-16 (x2), 1920 Aultman Taylor 22-45, Fordson Irish N long wing, Aveling & Barford PT4 (older restoration), IHC Titan 10-20 (x2), IH Junior 8-16, Samson Model M (x4), Ronaldson & Tippett, Wallis Cub Junior (x2), Fowler CF10 road roller, David Brown Thresherman (x2) David Brown VIG Taskmaster. Stationary engine lots: more than 70 engines to include RSJ ‘Wizard’, Gardner, Fowler, Barford, Robey, Crossley, Blackstone, Petter, Lister, Fairbanks Morse, Amanco, Ruston & Hornsby, IHC, Whitte, Hercules etc. Plus: ploughs, early…

September 20-26 – Timed Online Machinery Sale. Enquiries by e-mail to machinery@kivells.com or tel: 01392 252262 22-29 – Timed Online Auction. A reduction sale of the reserve collection from the Ward Collection Vintage Tractors, Steam Engine, Vehicles, Stationary Engines. Cheffins, tel: 01353 777767 or cheffins.co.uk 28 – Collective Sale of Farm Machinery, Contractors’ Plant, Vintage Machinery & Equipment. Dove Inn, Poringland. Durrants, tel: 01502 713490. 29 – Dispersal Sale of Private Collection of Vintage Tractors, Crawler Tractors, Threshing Machinery, Ploughs, Spares. Cryfield Grange Farm, Kenilworth. H J Pugh & Co, tel: 01531 631122. October 1 – Shrewsbury Plant & Machinery Sale. Shrewsbury Auction Centre, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 3DR. Halls, tel: 01743 442815. 1 – York Machinery Sale – Timed Online & Live. York Auction Centre, tel: 01904…

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