Letters
Letter of the month: Loading up those memories
14 May 2013
ONCE again another memory jog with Alec’s cuttings No. 57 with reference to the International green crop loader. I have enclosed a photo of myself driving the standard Fordson tractor pulling the trailer, and the International green crop loader.
Horse drawn spreader help
14 May 2013.
AS A reader of your very interesting magazine every month I would be grateful if you may be able to assist me in a small matter.
Letter of the month: Salopian manure spreader
9 April 2013.
FURTHER to your article about Salopian manure spreaders in the February edition. If it would be of any interest to you, my husband and I bought one a few years ago. We think that old machinery as well as tractors should be preserved for their history. My husband and grandson stripped it down and rebuilt it. Only the floorboards needed replacing but the new tyres cost more than the spreader.
More on the Nuffield launch
9 April 2013.
ALISTAIR Lindsay of Ayton, Berwickshire asks when the Nuffield 4/65 and 3/42 were launched (Tractor Talk, p70, April 2013 Tractor), as he disputes that they were introduced in May 1967.
Sharing memories
11 March 2013.
I OWNED a two-furrow Ransomes reversible plough. It was bought at a farm sale in the late 1960s. This particular plough was a barpoint and the land wheels had rubber tyres. It always ploughed best left hand and eventually the rear frame broke.
Threshing in the New Year
11 March 2013.
ON January 5, Strathnairn Farmers Vintage Rally committee held a threshing day at the Daviot Estate near Inverness.
Powerful memories
12 February 2013.
IN the February edition of Tractor magazine, on page 62, there is a picture of the 72hp Roadless Ploughmaster 6/4 with Fritzmeyer cab... and that brings back vivid memories for me from the Sixties.
Tracing a Turner's tracks
8 January 2013.
RE Turner Yeoman, your article in November 2012 edition page 57; I’m informed that Mr Priestner’s Yeoman tractor’s first owner was Messrs Wynns Foundry, Bridgetown, Cannock, Staffordshire. Wynns foundry had two sites and the tractor was used to transport castings between them along the A5 (Watling St) road.
Special thanks for a great show
11 December 2012.
THIS year was a special one for The Newark Tractor & Heritage Show, as many will know, as it was our 10th anniversary and it was incredible to have more than 1000 exhibits booked in.
Rare find in Zimbabwe
11 December 2012.
THE article about Ivel tractors (Tractor, November) reminded me of one that I saw in 1980 in a museum in Umtali (now Mutare), Zimbabwe. It was in poor condition, out in the open, exposed to the elements.
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