photax
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Post by photax on Aug 15, 2011 16:44:04 GMT -5
Hi ! Following Bobs thread from June, here are some additional steam tractor pictures. I took a look at the internet yesterday morning and stumbled on a site advertising a steam tractor event about 1h to drive away, so I grabbed my camera and jumped in the car. There had also been some old Diesel tractors from the early period of motorized farming. The highlight of the event was a steam plough demonstration, where a plough was pulled by two heavy steam tractors.         There was also a English made "Fordson" tractor. Was this a trade mark of Ford in GB, or was it manufactured by Henry Fords son ? MIK |
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Post by Doug T. on Aug 15, 2011 17:21:03 GMT -5
Hi Mik! Those are some great photos you've posted. Is the second one a Lanz Bulldog? It looks like it was a fun event to attend; I even spotted a couple of old cars in the background  Doug |
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Post by olroy2044 on Aug 15, 2011 17:24:33 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that "Fordson" stands for "Henry Ford and Son" which was an off shoot of the Ford Motor Company. The Fordson tractor was one of the earliest of mass-produced, affordable tractors. It was sort of the "Model T" of tractors.
Of course, it could have been the one-of-a-kind car that my Dad put together when I was just a lad------------He put a Ford flathead V8 engine and overdrive transmission into a 1941 Hudson sedan, and my Mom promptly dubbed it a Fordson, and so it remained! ;D I seem to remember my Dad being a little miffed that she called his car a TRACTOR! ;D
Roy
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Post by daveh on Aug 15, 2011 20:03:43 GMT -5
MIK, super series. It's wonderful to see some of the old steam driven machines actually working. What a great day out it must have been. There is nothing like steam.
Roy, lovely story, It is such stories that make this forum all the more enjoyable.
Dave.
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Post by nikonbob on Aug 15, 2011 20:20:04 GMT -5
MIK
Those are some pretty interesting old pieces of farm equipment that you have got good shots of. I bet you had a pretty good time at that event.
Roy
Great little story and very enjoyable to read.
Bob
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Post by photax on Aug 16, 2011 11:56:40 GMT -5
Thanks guys ! Roy, what a beautiful story ! Doug, You are right, this is a elder Lanz Bulldog model. Have you ever heard the sound of these characteristic single cylinder engines ? Here are some 1930`s Bulldogs:    MIK |
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Post by nikonbob on Aug 16, 2011 15:13:31 GMT -5
MIK
Looked up Utube to get a listen to a Lanz running. Sounds just like a single lung engine in a fishing boat. I did see a video of starting one up, removing the steering wheel and column to start it up was an eye opener, .
Bob
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Aug 16, 2011 18:03:08 GMT -5
Lanz bulldogs were a very popular tractor here in New Zealand, and remain popular with vintage tractor restorers - I'm sure their wonderful exhaust tone is half the attraction.
They also have great torque, and can pull a plough up anything. My uncle recalled that as a young contractor in the 1960s, he ploughed a bank with his Lanz that the farmer couldn't touch with his more modern tractor.
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Post by daveh on Aug 16, 2011 18:11:20 GMT -5
Programme on the BBC TV at the moment with the oldest working tractor in the world being put through its paces.
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Post by olroy2044 on Aug 16, 2011 23:25:14 GMT -5
Mik, this is the first time I ever heard of the Lanz tractor. Those are quite the machine! Bob, thanks for the link. I got caught up in the videos, and spent quite a long time there! Some of the tractors shown are quite large. A 10 liter single cylinder? Holy Cow!  Roy |
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