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Burnby Vintage Tractor Working Day

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Recently we went along to the Burnby Vintage Tractor Working Day.  This was held on Vintage Tractor Engineer’s uncle’s farm and a good number of tractor enthusiasts turned out to enjoy the day.

There isn’t any tractor maintenance/repair information here to learn, but it was just a really good day.  Lots of locals meeting up, enjoying […]

By |April 29th, 2010|Articles/News|Comments Off on Burnby Vintage Tractor Working Day

MF35, Presenting To Show Condition

We’ve had an email from David who owns a MF 35 in Hampshire (England).  David describes his ’35 as in “showroom condition”, but David wishes to take his tractor further and present it in a special way.  Here’s what he says…
“For the future I have the plan to take the tractor to the state that […]

By |February 21st, 2010|Articles/News|1 Comment

Barth K150 Draining Machine

Vintage Tractor Engineer has been out and bought a new County tractor toy!

We’ve been searching the magazines and internet for a couple of years to find a trenching machine to lay drainage pipe on our farm.  We’ve replied to several adverts and each time we got the same answer – “Sorry, it sold immediately”.

Trenchers are […]

By |February 5th, 2010|Articles/News|14 Comments

Engine Reconditioning, Comiskey Engineering Works

Vintage Tractor Engineer is often asked to recommend a good engine reconditioning shop for our DVD customers.  That’s easy if you live in the North East of England because we can recommend our local engineer who is very good, but what if you live in other parts of the world?

Can You Recommend An Engineer?

First of all, […]

By |February 3rd, 2010|Articles/News|Comments Off on Engine Reconditioning, Comiskey Engineering Works

Ferguson FE35, Grey Gold SZ5970

Seamus has left a message, looking for the tractor his father used to work with. It is a FE35 Grey Gold belly. Here is what Seamus says…

I wood like to find a tractor my father worked with it is a Massey Ferguson 3 Cylinders Grey gold belly i think about 1956 Reg SZ5970

I […]

By |December 2nd, 2009|Articles/News|Comments Off on Ferguson FE35, Grey Gold SZ5970

Fordson Dexta OFL941, Fordson County Crawler KJL81

We’ve had a request from Alan, looking for the current whereabouts of his father’s Fordson Dexta and Fordson County Crawler. Here is what Alan writes…

My father Fred Seaton owned a Fordson Dexta which was sold when he retired in the late 1980`s. I am trying to trace this tractor and the only thing I […]

By |December 2nd, 2009|Articles/News, Dexta|2 Comments

Irish Vintage Scene Tractor Build Trophy

Here at Vintage Tractor Engineer we get a lot of correspondence from the Irish tractor men (and ladies!!). The magnitude of following in Ireland is overwhelming, and it goes without saying that Ferguson is a favourite over there. There are Grey Fergusons in their thousands taken to shows, rallies and road runs. Well why not? […]

By |October 24th, 2009|Articles/News|Comments Off on Irish Vintage Scene Tractor Build Trophy

Buying A Second Hand Tractor On eBay

Being the largest online auction site, eBay has hundreds of tractors for sale at any one time. Whatever you are looking for, the chances are you can find it on eBay – and if you can’t find exactly what you are looking for right now, then something will come up in the near future.

It isn’t […]

By |July 15th, 2009|Articles/News|2 Comments