Tractor appreciation thread

roKWiz · 29-08-2021, 01:03 PM

Going over a few pictures I've taken from various shows and working onsite.
Anyone else admire the looks and engineering of these things ?

Tractors / Dozers /oddball farm machines, post a pic of what you have or seen.
Here a few to get us started.........

jaydee · 29-08-2021, 03:17 PM

Great idea for a thread.
Love the 2 Ferguson Greys in tandem.
I'll have to go look for some old ones I have somewhere.

John 13 · 03-10-2024, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Great idea for a thread.
Love the 2 Ferguson Greys in tandem.
I'll have to go look for some old ones I have somewhere.

Recently spotted a TEA 20 out in a paddock, not even covered, on Morris Edwards Drive, York WA. Looked pretty original. I think it has been abandoned.

Rob 351 · 06-09-2021, 07:48 AM

A few old JD’s. I took these pics in Moline Illinois a couple of years back.

five 7 · 06-09-2021, 01:58 PM

roKWiz · 06-09-2021, 03:43 PM

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Now there's someone who didn't appreciate his tractor.

slowsnake · 06-09-2021, 03:45 PM

I remember my time using an old Fordson Dexter, I thing it's in the first pic, grey in colour, would run on kerosene if needed, lots of grunt too!

Cheers Billy

Pis-ton broke · 06-09-2021, 07:29 PM

and the early fergusons were death machines, because they only had a single stage clutch.

if you were slashing and have to stop, you depress the clutch and the tractor keeps going, because the kinetic energy (stored energy) in the slasher blades, kept the tractor going forwards. it killed many people.

roKWiz · 06-09-2021, 07:38 PM

Just for you PB,

some more

**Burnout** · 06-09-2021, 07:57 PM

Here's a real one:

Pis-ton broke · 06-09-2021, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Burnout

Here's a real one:
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has a bench seat, thats unusual.

**Burnout** · 06-09-2021, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

has a bench seat, thats unusual.

The Chambermaids all had bench seats. Aussie made. That photo the 'gravel maker' put up has been highly modded.

Pis-ton broke · 06-09-2021, 08:10 PM

thanks rokwiz, i,ll post some pictures my tractor later. its 1969 fait 650 , a bit newer than the ones pictured.

jaydee · 06-09-2021, 08:42 PM

Drove these recently helping my cousin at seeding time.

and my favourite, because it's a Ford.

hayseed · 06-09-2021, 09:07 PM

Old 6030 John Deere fitted with 2 GM 8V71's..

roKWiz · 08-09-2021, 03:24 PM

Nice Jaydee.....and hayseed.

Some less modified real ones for Burnout

Crawlers.

5thFordWA · 17-09-2021, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

Nice Jaydee.....and hayseed.

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I hope I got the correct tractor pic here from your post. (Edit: Yep, the International diesel crawler)/

A Diesel with a carburettor? Yes, this is one of the cleverest design engines ever made in my opinion. International 3 valve engine, start by hand crank on petrol, then switch over to diesel. No battery required, magneto ignition.

I did a bit of a study on this a while ago, this album explains it, have a look:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/deMji62eiyrsXyocA

Great photos roKWiz.

roKWiz · 18-09-2021, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by 5thFordWA

I hope I got the correct tractor pic here from your post. (Edit: Yep, the International diesel crawler)/

A Diesel with a carburettor? Yes, this is one of the cleverest design engines ever made in my opinion. International 3 valve engine, start by hand crank on petrol, then switch over to diesel. No battery required, magneto ignition.

I did a bit of a study on this a while ago, this album explains it, have a look:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/deMji62eiyrsXyocA

Great photos roKWiz.

Great information on the crawler petrol starting system.
Reminds me of this 3cyl Kelvin Diesel I took pictures of in the Auckland Maritime Museum.
Hard to get your head around.

slowsnake · 18-09-2021, 07:59 AM

There's a place I used to visit North of Perth had a crawler dozer with petrol/diesel engine, it was smaller than the kelvin in pics.
They asked me to look at it, see if I could start it, they had and still have sheds full of old gear going back over 100 years.

When I was prospecting I would come across old cars and trucks all over the place, but the property owners know their value!

Cheers Billy

Rob 351 · 08-09-2021, 05:58 PM

Love those old Ford 8700’s. We had a 6700 when I was a kid and was a great tractor. Still going strong today with 12000 hours on it with it’s current owners.
We, like many others, have long since moved on to John Deere’s but still miss those old Fords...

**Burnout** · 08-09-2021, 08:35 PM

We bought 6 of these into Aussie in 1972.
Used to sow 1000AC a day. Big gear back then.

roKWiz · 09-09-2021, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Burnout

We bought 6 of these into Aussie in 1972.
Used to sow 1000AC a day. Big gear back then.
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VT903 powered to by the look. Steiger ?? Unusual exhaust arrangement.

**Burnout** · 09-09-2021, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

VT903 powered to by the look. Steiger ?? Unusual exhaust arrangement.

Canadian machines. Good machine, we used chains to reduce wheel slip, filled the tires with drillers mud too.
Used a Massey-Ferguson air seeder behind it. Also Canadian.

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roKWiz · 09-09-2021, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Burnout

Canadian machines. Good machine, we used chains to reduce wheel slip, filled the tires with drillers mud too.
Used a Massey-Ferguson air seeder behind it. Also Canadian.

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Looks the business, just reminded me of these.

**DJR-351** · 09-09-2021, 08:50 AM

On my uncles farm in WA we had a Versatile 875 and an old International 4586 (Manufactured by Steiger) amongst a smattering of smaller stuff...

One year, after a mate on another farm put his XB GS Ute into a tree breaking both ankles, i went and gave them a hand during seeding season driving their 4x4 Tractor, it was twin Chamberlain Super 70's connected in tandem the same as the bottom pic, SW Western Australia in mid winter with no cab, in the AM i dreamt of going back to my uncles farm lol

five 7 · 09-09-2021, 09:04 AM

Not exactly a tractor but the engineering co i worked for had the agency for FMC log Skidders. There was always one in the workshop either a new one or one in for repairs mainly track rebuilds. The sound of that blown Detroit screaming is something else. The track system was from tanks and perfect for boggy swamps and did little damage.
https://youtu.be/ZsW7pRq38MQ

roKWiz · 09-09-2021, 05:24 PM

What a bang up job and don't the kids love it.....

roKWiz · 10-09-2021, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by five 7

Not exactly a tractor but the engineering co i worked for had the agency

Other heavy machinery is fine here.

Here's one I followed around this morning. He hammers the large blasted granite into various sizes for different applications. I'll pick out square edged 300mm sizes and down for what I need.

and a couple I get use on a regular basis.
Love this JCB Telehandler.

**Rallye Sport** · 10-09-2021, 05:53 PM

Those JCB Telehandlers are a great machine. Super comfortable and easy to use, I've spent a few hours in one, it made an amateur like me looking like a pro in no time.

I worked in a large wholesale nursery as a junior that had a 50+ fleet of Massey greys and an equally large boneyard of parts tractors. They all had different characters there were fast and slow ones, rough and smooth ones. It was the luck of the draw which one you got for the day.
The place has been modernized now and I often wonder where they all went, that and the vintage bowsers we used to fuel them with.

I'm currently 'tractorless' at the moment after finishing up a the golf course but I'm starting at a new one next week and can't wait to see what they've got for me there

Tonz · 09-09-2021, 05:47 PM

rokwiz thats funny. Last week I started going through all my old photos, fair go me as a 13 year old watching sheep dog trails, me wearing blazer, white shirt and tie. grandkids just about had a fit laughing.