Tractor appreciation thread - Page 4

Rob 351 · 26-10-2023, 02:55 PM

Hey you sound like you know more than me.

I’ll have to research some more when I get a chance.
Thanks for posting that info.

I have an old 7700 on the farm also which I’ll take a pic of and post up later.
She’s not quite as tidy but gets used everyday.

roKWiz · 26-10-2023, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob 351

Hey you sound like you know more than me.

I’ll have to research some more when I get a chance.
Thanks for posting that info.

I have an old 7700 on the farm also which I’ll take a pic of and post up later.
She’s not quite as tidy but gets used everyday.

Great and engine pictures.
I think some John Deere's of around the same size and era used the same 6.6 Brazillian.

Rob 351 · 26-10-2023, 06:40 PM

Here’s the old 7700 with a set of Grizzly’s behind her.

And here beside her big brother..

xkxlxm · 01-11-2023, 04:18 PM

Doris Street, Watsonia, Melbourne: there's a house with a Howard DH22 taking pride of place in the front yard, right up against the front fence, with a little roof over it.
(I know next-to-nothing about tractors.)

xkxlxm · 13-11-2023, 06:00 AM

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-...ctor/103079928

**buggerlugs** · 13-11-2023, 07:38 AM

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-...ctor/103079928

Watched that on Landline yesterday. Was a great story. And the Engineering business has grown massively with the Grandson's...........

xkxlxm · 14-11-2023, 07:08 AM

https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...91&mode=browse

https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...34&mode=browse

old pics

roKWiz · 14-11-2023, 02:54 PM

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-...ctor/103079928

Good old Nissan Diesel 2 stroker.

roKWiz · 17-11-2023, 03:53 PM

Good to see scale model tractors being made. Deutz tractor made by Revell.

John 13 · 25-11-2023, 10:15 PM

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Watched that on Landline yesterday. Was a great story. And the Engineering business has grown massively with the Grandson's...........

I agree. Reminded me of a tractor exhibited at the Perth Royal Show 1984 - 5. A WA family with farming links was intending to produce their own designed tractor. The machine was called the 'Ewers illusion', one of it's features was that the engine could be racked out to be worked on/replaced etc. I'm not aware if it ever went into production.

roKWiz · 26-11-2023, 06:10 PM

These are a bit weird. For sale in $ydney.

Calf dozers ! Never heard of them but I guess maybe the forerunner to mini skid steers.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...type=top_picks

After a google.

xkxlxm · 26-11-2023, 07:25 PM

Bet you haven't seen this set-up before.

https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...76&mode=browse

roKWiz · 27-11-2023, 06:38 AM

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Bet you haven't seen this set-up before.

https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entit...76&mode=browse

Love the sidecar.

HIPO · 27-11-2023, 08:26 AM

I wouldn't wanna operate that little blue death trap!

xkxlxm · 27-11-2023, 08:59 AM

There's some wire/cable from the sidecar to the tractor's front wheel ... make sure you magnify the image; there's a lot of detail to be seen in many old photos on library websites.

roKWiz · 28-11-2023, 02:35 PM

Love these old hybrid Farmall's.

roKWiz · 28-11-2023, 03:44 PM

This guys got an amazing collection of self built and rare tractors.

jaydee · 28-11-2023, 09:41 PM

Good video about a Ford truck for Rokwiz, but there is a tractor mentioned about halfway through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS8LOpsQ_pI

roKWiz · 30-09-2024, 09:26 AM

For anyone still playing along.

Pics from a recent truck and machinery show.

Fordson

Ford Country

Early ones.

Cat D8

jaydee · 01-10-2024, 03:56 PM

Yes, still playing along, was about to revive the thread myself.
A couple of beauties from the wharf/ramp at Dampier, used for pulling the big boats out, up the steep ramp.

roKWiz · 02-10-2024, 07:54 AM

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Yes, still playing along, was about to revive the thread myself.
A couple of beauties from the wharf/ramp at Dampier, used for pulling the big boats out, up the steep ramp.
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That IH is ever so slightly faded, I guess it's never seen the inside of a shed.

John 13 · 03-10-2024, 08:26 PM

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Great idea for a thread.
Love the 2 Ferguson Greys in tandem.
I'll have to go look for some old ones I have somewhere.

Recently spotted a TEA 20 out in a paddock, not even covered, on Morris Edwards Drive, York WA. Looked pretty original. I think it has been abandoned.