IN THIS ISSUE:
Inside Tractor magazine, September 2008 - Issue 59
■ Cheffins Auction Results
■ Thinking about a Field-Marshall?
■ John Deere's Twin-Cylinder Twilight
■ DB anniversary
■ Australia's Imperial Majesties
■ Fendt 305 LS
■ East Midlands Working Weekend
■ North West Tractor Show
■ 'Rockies to Plains' USA tour
■ Tractor Marketplace - private ads
■ Tractor Price Index - A - F
■ Full current issue contents list >>
FROM THE EDITOR:
A little bit of history repeated
Although the mechanical virtues (or otherwise) of veteran, vintage and classic tractors are interesting enough in themselves, to me they are nothing without the history that goes with them – and in recent weeks I’ve been privileged to witness some deeply nostalgic re-enactions of how farming used to be done.
This month's news
New restorations galore at Ballymena
The Traction Engine Club of Ulster staged its first rally in 1967, and for many years the event took place at Shane’s Castle. In the 1990s there was a move to the Ballymena Stadium – maybe not as romantic as the original, but it does have plenty of hard standing, pleasant fields and...
Full news story >> | Marketplace news >>
This month's competitions
■ Keep rust at bay the Waxoyl way! >>
■ Win a Red Letter Day with Charlies Stores! >>
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Twilight of the twins
Our technical editor visits Herbert Epton at Carrington, Lincs, to take a close look at his magnificent John Deere R, the model that marked the firm’s first foray into diesel power.
It’s ironic, in these days of spiralling fuel costs, to consider that John Deere didn’t make a diesel-engined tractor until 1949. When they did, though, they didn’t muck about, building...
Their Imperial Majesties
The McDonald Imperial was the Australians’ own variation on the Lanz Bulldog/Field-Marshall theme – and those seen here are still going strong in New Zealand.
The BSA Bantam, if you know your old bikes, was built all over the world. It started out as a DKW in pre-war Germany, and ended up being built in Russia, France and Poland as well as...
2009 Tractor Calendar
Limited edition - 2009 Tractor Calendar now available!
A brand new, 13 page Ambassador-sized calendar showcasing rare machinery from the Tractor photo collection.
Every page contains a clear Monday to Sunday dateline with handy side 'Notes' panel for all your daily items.
Available now - limited stocks!!
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Tractor competitions!
Win a Red Letter Day with Charlies Stores!
Charlies Direct, the online version of Charlies Stores, has teamed up with Red Letter Days and Tractor magazine to give away a £250 Red Letter Days experience.
These adventurous days out can entail anything from an aerobatic flight to scuba diving with sharks, white water rafting, speeding along in a Ferrari or something a little more sedate like driving a Land Rover of Range Rover off-road.
To enter the competition, visit www.charliesdirect.co.uk click on
+the Red Letter Days banner and fill out the online entry form. You will then be entered in a rolling competition in which a Red Letter Day is given away every three months, with the entries building on an accumulative basis.
Keep rust at bay the Waxoyl way!
Corrosion is probably one of the biggest risks to your tractor’s appearance, especially if it’s cabbed or has substantial rear wings – and that’s where Waxoyl, the UK’s best-selling rustproofing product for almost 50 years, can come in.
Tractor magazine has four five-litre cans of Waxoyl to give away!
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