I have to admit that I do have a soft spot for the red's as I learnt to drive a cropmaster very similar to this
Of course the one we had never had any cowling and was quite banged up, I remember it was a mongrel to start but once going was quite a strong puller and loved to work, we ended up trading it on an inter.
This next one of a Lanz Bull dog was a great experiance for me as the fellow looking at the camera had just run out of breath trying to start it and noticed me, he said " do you want to, pant, gasp, have a go cough, splutter, mate?"The only responce I could come up with was " Bloody Oath!" never having had the opportunity to start a hot bulb engine before
I figured the gas lamp should have heated it up well and truley by this time as he'd been at it for a good 20 min's or so, well I was wrong it took another 15 mins rocking her back and forwards over compression to fire and then when it did fire I had managed to get it to run backwards
no big deal though once she was running he idled back and somehow got it turning in the right direction, jumped up in the seat and took of, I was surprised how quickly it drove away but then again my P6 has a low speed gearbox so I'm used to being over taken by snails, turtles and the occasional wheel chair. In the tractor pull he managed 5t before losing traction. My arms felt like they were going to fall off, I couldn't get over how much compression built up in this old tractor but I can see why thier so highly prized by collectors over here. The only photo I took of the tractor pull was a chamberlaine which sent out a very impressive smoke screen to confuse observers but I noticed he only made just under 4 t before stalling.
The last two are a nice steam engine which the fellow built from a very dilapidated state, it ran so smooth and quite it was just a joy to watch and finally a John Deer which I took a photo of just because it was such a nice looking machine.
Oh yes the Farmall with it was also immaculate.
The other blue tractors I'll post when time permits,
Regards,
Stevo
Nice pictures Stevo, but the "lucky country" is a bit too dry for me!