Festival Gees 2012

[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






County 1004X


County 1454


Ford 4000X


County 1004 ForwardControl, used by a Dutch contractor to transport large piles


Ford 7000 4WD with Schindler front axle


County 1184


New County 1164


County 1164


Fordson SuperDexta, SuperMajor, Ford 5000 and MuirHill 101


Ford 5000 and Muir Hill 101


nice paint...


Muir Hill 101


County Ploughman P50 swamp version with lift, used to plough in the Dutch polders for the company RIJP




Ford 5095, a Belgian 6 cylinder conversion approved by Ford




County 1124X


County 1124Y. Obviously a non-original cab, but nicely done


County Super4


Ford 6600 4WD with ZF front axle


Ford 7000 4WD with Selene front axle. This Ford has 14.000 hours and besides one engine overhaul it has run without problems.


Ford 2000X


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.




Fordson running on wood


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!!


Ford 7000 and County Super4 ploughing


I hope you like the pictures.

[henk]

Seems you had a great day Pascal. How was your ploughing. Does Brian has to take a plough over for you next time?

[The Swanndri Guy]

Nice pictures Pascal, keep them coming Very rare to see tractors like that over here and in that condition Some Countys came to NZ, and the few that are left are "well used" or used for launching boats on the beach

[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 ?

[Dandy Dave]

These have been around for sometime but are not very efficient.

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

[Pascal]

Hi Henk,
No need to bring a plough over for me. At this moment I prefer cultivating....seems much easier to me.

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