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Festival Gees 2012

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:18 pm
by Pascal
Hi guys,

Yesterday I visited a festival in the Northern part of the Netherlands, in a village called Gees.
For Dutch understandings, there were quite some special Ford's and Ford derivatives.


The line up
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County 1004X
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County 1454
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Ford 4000X
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County 1004 ForwardControl, used by a Dutch contractor to transport large piles
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Ford 7000 4WD with Schindler front axle
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County 1184
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New County 1164
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County 1164
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Fordson SuperDexta, SuperMajor, Ford 5000 and MuirHill 101
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Ford 5000 and Muir Hill 101
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nice paint...
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Muir Hill 101
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County Ploughman P50 swamp version with lift, used to plough in the Dutch polders for the company RIJP
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Ford 5095, a Belgian 6 cylinder conversion approved by Ford
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County 1124X
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County 1124Y. Obviously a non-original cab, but nicely done
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County Super4
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Ford 6600 4WD with ZF front axle
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Ford 7000 4WD with Selene front axle. This Ford has 14.000 hours and besides one engine overhaul it has run without problems.
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Ford 2000X
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Ford 7700 2WD. This tractor is used for transport for oldtimer tractors only, so a Ford 4000 crown and pignon have been mounted to
increase road speed to 55 km/h. Therefor the 4WD-drive shaft has been removed.
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Fordson running on wood
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Ford 7000 ploughing with a 5 furrow. The owner let me plough two rounds....it was the first time ever for me. A great experience!! :clap:
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Ford 7000 and County Super4 ploughing
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I hope you like the pictures.

Re: Festival Gees 2012

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:30 pm
by henk
Seems you had a great day Pascal. How was your ploughing. Does Brian has to take a plough over for you next time? :D

Re: Festival Gees 2012

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:42 am
by The Swanndri Guy
Nice pictures Pascal, keep them coming :clap: Very rare to see tractors like that over here and in that condition :eyes: Some Countys came to NZ, and the few that are left are "well used" or used for launching boats on the beach :stress: :stress:

Re: Festival Gees 2012

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:14 pm
by supermajor61
Great photos, thanks for posting,
Don't understand how an old Fordson can run on wood
Was it a wartime adaption ?
Is it a steam powered tractor ?

Re: Festival Gees 2012

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:49 pm
by Dandy Dave
These have been around for sometime but are not very efficient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator

Re: Festival Gees 2012

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:16 pm
by Pascal
Hi Henk,
No need to bring a plough over for me. :mrgreen: At this moment I prefer cultivating....seems much easier to me. :D

Hi TSG,
I agree. It's really a waste of such beautifull machines... :cry:
If I take some more pictures, I'll post them on this board.