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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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Hi
The ash pan is facing sideways is it not, seems different, as I thought they faced forward to aid draw if needed?
Thanks for the pics!
Any more tractors?
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47p2
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
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Location: Glasgow
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| buzzy bee wrote: | Hi
Any more tractors
Cheers
Dave |
How about this little beauty
More from Fraserburgh
I think I'd rather have a Stationary Engine than a Tractor
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: |
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I need a tractor so I can tow things around. I am legally allowed to tow a trailer with a tractor, but not a car. So with a tractor, I can move my toys from one house to the shed, and to the other house.
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Uncle Joe
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Buzzy, I'm a little confused here. Why can you not tow a trailer with a car? Has licencing changed all that much since I've been away? Maybe what you should have is what we call an EPA Tractor? If a vehicle is legal in one EU country, then according to EU law, it has to be approved in another EU country....
Is it possible for an update? |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Anyone who passed their car test after Jan 1st 1997 no longer has B+E on their licence.
They can basically tow a trailer upto 750kg MAM although there are certain provisions which allow some higher weights.
Incidently they are also now limited to 3500kg vans and cannot drive the 3500kg to 7500 kg vehicles that those of us who passed earlier can. |
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Penman
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Uncle Joe wrote: | Though I will admit, tractors dont really interest me much, one that I've always fancied is the one that Bristol used to make. I remember seeing them on Chat Moss in the 70's, still working vehicles. Mainly because they were the only tractor that didnt get stuck in the ground.
I wonder if any are still in use? |
These are a strange beast.
Early ones used an Austin10 engine I believe.
They were first made 1932 at the Douglas factory Kingswood, Bristol.
1935 production moved to Blake Hill Works, Bradford Road, Idle, Bradford.
Moved to Earby December 1945/January 1946 Workforce increased to 350
Bristol Tractors Ltd (taken over by H A Saunders - Austin Car Distributors)
Sough Bridge, Earby, Via Colne, Lancs
Own sheet metal and fabricaton works (Kelbrook Metal Products)
October 1955
Bristol Tractors Ltd
Sough Bridge Mills (old Rover Works)
Earby, Via Colne, Lancs
1969 Bristol Tractors sold assets to Marshals of Gainsborough (owned by Thomas Ward). Marshals built the Bristol Taurus (the last Bristol)
The chap who runs the model shop I use and who makes up or repairs my 1/43 kits and models for me, used to work for them.
A strange thing is that there doesn't appear to be any connection with either the Bristol Bus and Lorry manufacturer nor with Bristol Cars yet they sem to have lived happily alongside both the other brands while using the same basic name, unless there were conflicts which were resolved, about which I haven't heard.
http://www.tractorbox.co.uk/Images/BRISTOL.jpg |
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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There was sone of these on the ebay site a few days ago, not sure how much it sold for.
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Dave |
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PAUL BEAUMONT
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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There's a bit of the Bristol Tractor story missing here. William Jowett, of Jowett cars fame, bought the company after he severed his connection with Jowett Cars. He moved the company to Bradford and subsequently to Earby. A good number of Bristols are fitted with Jowett twin and 4 cylinder engines. Anzani engines were also an option.
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peter scott
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Location: Edinburgh
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Jonnie
Joined: 16 Apr 2008
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How about this?
1960 D8H 22A ... I think!
This would be the tractor I would choose but I guess it would be a bit over budget to buy and not that great on the road  but on the plus side it does have a tow bar.
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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Is that D8H Grading?
If I had ther budget and space it would be a worthy contender.
I know a chap with a D9H, that is a nice machine.
What about a D11R, they are a little toy! The biggest cat make at the moment I believe! hehe  http://www.dadscats.com/media/ccmd11r
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pigtin
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Herne Bay
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When I was a teenager I used my grandfathers pre-war iron wheeled Standard Fordson Tractor to harrow a field.
Nearly bust a gut starting it on the handle and had to abandon it after the magneto died.
Although they're a common sight at ploughing matches and agricultural shows there can't be many people left that actually used one in anger.
It convinced me that a life in electrical engineering may have been the correct choice for me.
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Jonnie
Joined: 16 Apr 2008
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Dave,
The cat`s were scraping, the one behind is a D6D, nice little tractor but a bit short in the track!
I have to agree about the 9, I think the 9G was the most aesthetically pleasing of all the cat`s.
Although the 11R is a big beast (and I`d love a play on one!) in my opinion it just hasn`t got that certain style!
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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Hi
I found this one the otherday, bit ugly, but bet it is a heavy girl.
http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle/,27,/14649/Caterpillar.htm
I do agree the older crawlers have something asthetically pleasing about them. I will try to get a picture of one waiting to be restored, at work for you!
Pigtin, you could have been an agricultural engineer! hehe
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Jonnie
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