Lovely seeing the old kit working. Love the transmission sound of the Doe at the end, their Majors and the sound of the 1st high or 4th gear is distinctive. My late Dad called it "ploughing gear" Happy memories ....
Now that's a refreshing change to see a ploughing demonstration on some real "man's muck" instead of the usual "boy's soil" we see so much of on the tube vids. Nice one Mucker.👍
Am I the only one to notice the lack of seagulls ducking and diving around the ploughs?? That little yellow gadget on tracks, I couldn't believe how many shares that plough had, he seemed to pull that with no problems. And the Doe Triple D, it's such a strange looking beast yet at the same time a thing of beauty, a work of art. Loved this video. 👍👍👍
Lovely video. Ground certainly heavy. A good test for any tractor. nice to see the Doe 's and Roadless tractors at work. I have seen them at static exabitions but not at work. . Their traction must have been amazing in the 1960's.
Excellent video Lord Muck, Nice to see the Track Marshall and the Does, In fact, lovely to see them all in their working clothes isn't it. That Roadless was sounding rather nice too.
Oh yeah, you could see how the wet conditions made some of those tractors struggle a little. Preppers love those old engines. You connect an alternator to them and have a source of electrical power.
Nice one, and thank you LM, I remember as a kid (early 60's) seeing a Doe Triple D and being completely poleaxed ....someone - can't remember who, got me the sales brochure - which was on my bedroom wall for a long time, (if Superman was a tractor driver no-one told me ;-) ) I've some details on a crawler and iron wheel plough day in North Elmham on 8th of Oct if you are interested - let me know. Take care
Mark Figes) Well Mark, I'd say If Lord Muck can't make that exhibit, then by George you had best record some footage and post it to your channel... (Said the Yank with no content on his own channel!) I love the Dual Drives and the Roadless Fordsons. Of course I'm a Fordson addict, as we've had three Major Diesels and currently have a Ford 5000/Super Major... Any chance I get to see 'em, I take it! Be Blessed!
At 3:43 I became enamored. That is a beautiful sight, as well as the sound I might add! Of course I was highly impressed by the Tracked Marshall. I was astonished as it passed and I began to count the moldboards. From the opening shot I took that as being a much more demure machine. Big things can come in small packages I guess. I love the way you heckle your friend there. You've a mean streak in ya there Muck! Heading over to Facebook to see if I'm missing out on anything. Be Blessed!
That has always been a good event and well supported since i have been going over the years but quite often it can be damn cold and miserable. In the wet and on that heavy ground coming up that hill is always tough and sorts the wheat from the chaff!
We could see a big storm in the distance most of the day and then towards the end out of nowhere we got torrential rain, hail and thunder ! Good event though.
Great video Lord 👍lots stuff I never seen b4 that twin engine tractor looked hideous but imagine in its day was a cutting edge bit machinery -looked really heavy going likeing what u posting Lord
I never seen them in a field as in the crawler tractors if I am right. That where the. Challenger and case quadtrack. Came about. Still grate to see how things use be done. And enjoy see them work.
Yes but the new modern crawlers don't have a significantly larger output if you take the increase in size as a ratio. Those TM's, the CAT's etc back in the day did a lot of work for their size and power output.
The more people at these events I see ploughing, the more I realise that they haven't done enough in their lifetime ! However, there were some decent efforts both here and the previous weekend I must say, really nice to see.
Lord Muck I see a fair amount of Tracked Machinery bogged down near where I live. I’m assuming they’re not the best on waterlogged ground? Kit with Tyres are better? Or should you wait for the ground to dry out a bit? For reference I’m not a farmer, I have a passing interest only.
They were built to do a job and one job only - modern crawlers are designed to do a lot of things but not the main job as well as the old steel crawlers.
