Tractor & Machinery

Hello! I hope you are all safe and well. Welcome to the August issue of Tractor & Machinery–paying homage to some special machines from the past 60 years or so. ‘Special’ may seem rather nondescript, but not all of the machinery featured in this issu

Back in 1960, County announced the Super-4, a Fordson Super Major fitted with a new, huge front axle equipped with the same size wheels as the rear. Two propshafts transmitted power, giving superb traction with the added benefit of differential lock

Save money or opt for value for money? That was the question posed to farmers in the 1960s when purchasing one of Massey Ferguson’s smaller tractors. The De Luxe version of the French-built MF 130 with dual clutch cost £710 in December 1967, while th

Ernest Doe & Sons Ltd. is a name synonymous with Ford tractors and conversions, but the company’s roots go back to 1898, when Ernest took on the lease of a blacksmith’s premises in Ulting, Essex. The business prospered from shoeing horses and repairi

WRITE to the editor: Scott Lambert, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL EMAIL: tm.ed@kelsey.co.uk Dear T&M, Thanks for the amazing IH silagemaking piece, with those great pictures taken back in the day by William Slater. It

At this time of year, I would normally have had the privilege of attending the Border Counties Vintage Grassmen event in the Republic of Ireland but, like so many other events this year, it was cancelled due to Covid-19. The opportunity to see classi

Tractors are like cars in that they attract a loyal following–die-hard owners that love a particular brand and will argue that their machine is best, often in the face of stiff opposition. For the first of our new head-to-head comparisons, however, t

SHOW OFF 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 What a lovely drawing! Th

Following a request for readers to send in details of their recent projects, I thought I’d share some photographs and information about mine, which is the restoration of a 1950 Ferguson TE-D 20. It all began late in 2016, when I obtained the tractor

First produced in the 1950s, International Harvester’s B-23 mower proved to be a big hit for the company. It was the right product at the right time–introduced to suit tractors with a three-point linkage, whilst building on the success of the B-21-U.

If you think you have something suitable for this column, please get in touch with Peter Love (tm.ed@kelsey.co.uk) PART TWO In part one I discussed the history of Avery until it introduced its internal combustion-powered models and entered the 1910 W

John Deere’s popular 50 Series was introduced in 1986 to replace the company’s wellliked 40 Series models and spanned a wide horsepower bracket, from 38-114hp, offering a tractor of a suitable size for virtually every operation. Built in Europe, the

PART 22 YOU CAN DO IT DIFFICULTY RATING When we first embarked on the restoration of this Dexta, it hadn’t been running for several years. When it was worked it was only used to row up some hay using the hydraulics in position control and had never b

YOU CAN DO IT DIFFICULTY RATING I first bought this Massey Ferguson 51 mower way back in the 1990s at a collective sale for a very small sum, and on receiving it home it was serviced and put to work for the following 10 seasons with very little troub

PART 1 YOU CAN DO IT DIFFICULTY RATING Regular readers may recall seeing my DB 780 in T&M when it was rescued from the brambles back in May 2019. I did do an assessment of what work is required, which was also covered in the magazine, but since that

If you have a tractor you would like to be featured in our very successful Sales Highlights section please get in touch with Peter Love, tel: 01323 833125, email: peterlove@madasafish.com. Saturday 25 July sees the Dennis Johnson collection come unde

The collection features a raft of small Caterpillars in original condition, as well as older restorations. Plus, there’s a lovely, original Caterpillar D7M. Others include a very nice Fordson E27N Major with some original, closed-pattern rear tyres a

The H J Pugh & Co. annual collective sale experienced a great deal of activity, both online and at the venue, as there were many lots of interest. The tractors were a mixed bag, but mostly clean, and the highlight was an original 1990 Massey Ferguson

The prices are based on tractors sold at sales, on the Internet, privately and in some overseas markets too. Naturally, prices change as time progresses and it’s not always an upward trend, but you will get a good indication of what’s going on with t

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