T Minus And Counting

[Mr Splodge]

todays offering from me is a McCormick XTX185-4

[grumpyhack]

A Chinese Jinma UT 184

Edited December 23, 2012 by grumpyhack

[oneeye]

This is a better morning - dry!

A quick post before taking advantage of the weather and getting out for a run.

Have a great cristmas eve eve

[Bathimp]

A couple of dodgy pictures of the Leyland 184 from me.

Might go for a gentle stroll later. And here is a centrefold for those gentleman farmers out there.

[Mrs*E*]

[Mr Splodge]

Todays offering Luzhong 4x4 mini battery tractor LZ184

[oneeye]

Not sure if this is a new make - Laverda?

Enjoy your stroll Bathimp

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Laverda is a new make alright oneeye. Got another new make myself here;

Think this may be a new make too -It's a Jiangxi 184. No numerical markings though.

Bit of a rough looking tractor but I suppose it does the job.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

One last offering for the day;

[Morse Code]

Sorry, missed a day yesterday - Christmas shopping and a family meal put paid to tractor hunting!

Hope you're all enjoying your weekends. Today was a much better day for the weather so managed a couple of hours out on the new bike this morning. Felt like Bradley Wiggins, probably looked more like Bradley Walsh!

Anyway, here's an Estate Fengshou 184......

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Sorry, missed a day yesterday - Christmas shopping and a family meal put paid to tractor hunting!

Hope you're all enjoying your weekends. Today was a much better day for the weather so managed a couple of hours out on the new bike this morning. Felt like Bradley Wiggins, probably looked more like Bradley Walsh!

Anyway, here's an Estate Fengshou 184......

[grumpyhack]

The number doesn't fit but I don't want to let such minor details spoil the sharing of this gem - an Advance-Rumely from 1919. Who needs rubber tyres?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

The number doesn't fit but I don't want to let such minor details spoil the sharing of this gem - an Advance-Rumely from 1919. Who needs rubber tyres?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

A little tenuous but here's a photo of the speed dial of a Zetor 7711 tractor. Apparently.

Just to be on the safe side, here's a tractor manual;

Edited December 24, 2012 by Yoghurt on a Stick

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Oh, and here's a little bit of bedtime reading;

Administrative history:

The origins of Massey-Ferguson can be traced back to Daniel Massey, who set up a blacksmiths and farm implement shop in Newcastle, Ontario, Canada in 1847. In 1870 his Massey Manufacturing Company was incorporated as a private company. In 1891 it merged with Alanson Harris Son & Company Limited of Brantford, Canada to form the Massey-Harris Company Ltd. In its first year of trading the company sold 41,474 machines, exporting 2,235 to Europe. In 1910 the Massey-Harris Company Ltd. developed its no. 1 reaper-thresher, its first basic combine harvester and in 1917 it launched its first tractor, the 'Big Bull'. Massey-Harris became a full public corporation in 1927. In the 1930s Massey Harris bought the (H V Mackay) Sunshine Harvester Company Ltd of Australia (UK address Aldwych House, London WC2)

Harry Ferguson began production of the Ferguson system tractor in the UK in 1936. In 1933 Massey-Harris built their first rubber-tyred tractor and developed the first commercially available self-propelled combine harvester in 1938. The year 1953 saw the merger of the two companies, Massey-Harris and Harry Ferguson Ltd into Massey-Harris-Ferguson Ltd and the company changed its name to Massey-Ferguson Ltd in 1958.

Massey-Ferguson purchased other firms, establishing an industrial and construction machinery range after buying the hydraulic digger manufacturer Midwest Industries, Wichita USA. In 1959 Massey-Ferguson acquired the Peterborough based diesel engine manufacturer F Perkins Ltd as well as Standard Motor Company's tractor plants in Banner Lane, Coventry and St Denis, France. It also purchased the second largest Italian tractor manufacturer G Landini & Figli SpA in 1960 and added crawler tractors to its range. During the same year Ferguson System tractors became the first vehicles to reach the South Pole overland. In 1974 Massey-Ferguson purchased a leading construction and diesel engine manufacturer, Hanomag Baumaschinen of Hannover, Germany, and in doing so trebled its range of industrial products.

Within the UK, Massey-Ferguson had Factories at Coventry (tractors), Baginton near Coventry (tractor components), Manchester (tractors, implements and digger loaders), Knowsley near Liverpool (industrial and construction equipment), Kilmarnock (combines) and Peterborough (Perkins engines). Additionally, the company had a Central Parts Operation at Urmston, Manchester, its Training Centre at Stoneleigh near Coventry, and Engineering Centres at Coventry and Peterborough with design and development facilities. During the 1970s Massey-Ferguson employed around 20,000 people in the UK.

By the 1970s Massey-Ferguson had also become the largest manufacturer of tractors in the western world. At its peak Massey-Ferguson employed ver 68,000 people worldwide, and had 50 manufacturing plants in 12 countries. The company became part of the AGCO Corporation in 1994, and continues to sell its products in 140 countries. Massey-Ferguson sales still make up more than half of the AGCO group's total sales.

Harry Ferguson Ltd

[grumpyhack]

Harry Ferguson, part owner of Massey Ferguson, also developed four wheel drive systems for sports and racing cars, most notably the Jensen FF, several years before the Audio Quattro and Subaru rally cars.

I still think the Jensen FF was a beautiful looking car.

Anyway, back to the task

A Porsche Tractor

Anyway back to numbers. This was the end of Lada's attempt at the Paris-Dakar Rallty.

[sjhopewell]

Have we somehow managed to add 10 days? Few 193 postings today??

Just checking the calendar, looks like it is 184 today, so maybe this thread has been out of sync a while...do we need to calibrate the thread?

[Mr Splodge]

This was hard today but here is a Valtra T183D

[oneeye]

Have we somehow managed to add 10 days? Few 193 postings today??

Just checking the calendar, looks like it is 184 today, so maybe this thread has been out of sync a while...do we need to calibrate the thread?

Edited December 24, 2012 by oneeye

[oneeye]

Nearly forgot this number plate model

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

OK, I'll admit it I was up until the wee hours having a little drink. Obviously affected my ability to count. Anyway, here's my amended input,

Edited December 24, 2012 by Yoghurt on a Stick

[Mrs*E*]

.Husqvarna 183 - i like the name of this one

I had a fright then too when I thought we were out by 10 days, cant have that, its what keeps me going

Morning all

Edited December 24, 2012 by Mrs*E*

[oneeye]

OK, I'll admit it I was up until the wee hours having a little drink. Obviously affected my ability to count.

[Morse Code]

Have we somehow managed to add 10 days? Few 193 postings today??

Just checking the calendar, looks like it is 184 today, so maybe this thread has been out of sync a while...do we need to calibrate the thread?

[Morse Code]

Anyway, 183 it is for now so here's an unusual looking beast. A Proferram 183 Crawler: