Editor's Intro...
I thought it was just a case of wishing my time away too quickly when my thoughts turned to the Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show, which takes place on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November this year.
News
WIN! A 1001-piece Teng tool kit worth £5863
7 September 2010
Your favourite has teamed up with leading tool specialists Teng Tools to offer their 1001 Piece Mega Master Tool Kit stocked complete with tools for one very lucky reader, worth an eye-watering £5863.
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Talking numbers
7 September 2010
TO illustrate the sheer scale of The National and European Ploughing Championships 2010 (21-23 Sept) that draws people from all over Ireland and Europe, just check out some of the following facts and figures:
Majestic machines
11 August 2010
The display of vintage farm tractors and implements at The East of England Show (18-20 June), provided by Members of The Peterborough Farm Machinery Preservation Society enabled visitors a grand opportunity to view some truly noteworthy early agricultural machines, reports Noel Bridgeman.
Other News
Competitions
Win - Ford & Fordson On Film Vol 3 and 4
CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 16th September 2010
TRACTOR magazine has one set of the next two DVDs in the Second Sight Productions series featuring machines from 1917 up to the 1990s to give away. There will be something for everyone interested in Ford tractors mentioned along the way bringing a new perspective to the machines that played a part in revolutionising farming the world over.
Features
Last of the big twins
10 August 2010
A fine restoration of a 1959 John Deere 830, one of the last big twin-cylinder diesel Deeres.
Big-hearted David
13 July 2010
Why would anyone bolt a massive Deutz V12 into a David Brown 1690 – more to the point, why not?
Restoring an 80s Classic
8 June 2010
Suffolk farmer Brian Barker has a mixed fleet of tractors, one of these being a very original and low-houred Ford 6610 complete with the infamous ‘Rubik’s Cube’ gearbox.
Blogs
Older, wiser and positively vintage
11 July 2010
One of the things I like about the vintage tractor scene is that old things are seen as having real value, writes Jo Roberts.
Too scared to plough?
17 June 2010
I still haven’t had the chance to try a spot of ploughing in a nice secluded place with no one watching, writes Jo Roberts.Current Issue: Sept 2010
Peak power tractor pulling
Ballynahinch beauties
Cheffins vintage sale
First report
Plus: Leyland Line... Standard or is it?.. John Deere 830... Case Model R... Cletrac... Allis-Chalmers ED40... Tractor Talk... David Brown - Man & Boy... Jo Roberts... Alec’s Cuttings... Ford 1000... Model World... Sales & Marketplace... Graham Hampstead... Polly Pullar... Farming Focus...
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• Next issue on sale: 14th September 2010