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Mate of mine has a County 11F. Based on a 5000 but has a shuttle box, foot pedal opperated forward/reverse. Done for loader work. James. What would my un-restored Douglas Tug, based on a late 990 be worth then? Believed to have spent most of its life on an aircraft carrier, yellow, no cab, remnants of 'high visability' lighting on it, normal type gearbox not the fluid torque type.

Reckon it would date to around 1980, rainbow type. I have a fair amount of Britain's catalogues as they are a good reference point for looking up when items were first introduced or deleted and these catalogues are collectors items in their own right, see what some of the 1960's ones make on eBay, also what they think they're worth in 'buy it now'.

This model was available not long after the McCormick tractors started to be made. They were supposedly only available through the McCormick dealerships as Cerebus claimed that they were the only lisenced producers of McCormick merchandise but this must have been a porkie as UH very soon started churning out McC models. There is another Cerebus produced McCormick in 1:16 scale that was very similar looking to the sort of models made by Bruder, would'nt be surprised if that's who made them. This one was the MTX 150 said now to be rare and was around ?22. The 1:32 model in question was around ?11.

When did Siku begin to come in to the U.K? We are all farmiliar with Britain's early stuff and at that time being an English company obviously makes us more aware of what the rarer production stuff is as it is well documented. Perhaps there is in Germany an equivalent documented history of Siku stuff, perhaps some of our German freinds could enlighten us. My interpretation of the word 'rare', in this context, would be just how many units of a specific item was made rather than how many are left in existance. Six of one and half a dozen of the other I guess as others would argue that what's left of earlier stuff could constitute as rare.

Any reasonably decent Fergie that they get in they keep back and put through the workshop and re-furbish with all new parts as they can make a lot more from them than what they can from breaking as all the parts are available new and very few people go to the tractor graveyard now for bits for this reason.

Don't remember ever having any Irish TV progs down this far, don't think the elastic band would sling the signal this far!

James. The last time I was down at Ron Greet's all the D.B stuff there has not changed much for a few years, theres just piles of robbed out hulks that are just rusting away and nothing much left on them of much use. A lot of tractors they are getting in are now just total scrap or have been extensively robbed out before they get them and anyone looking to go there for D.B parts would be advised to give them a ring first to see if they have what you want. There was a time that when you paid a visit you could find just about anything but it's a lot different now, even the tractors in the first part of the yard as you go in that they class as salvageable are virtually beyond redemption. The best place to look for parts are in the sheds, theres more in them than in the yard. I visit fairly regularly as they are only 21 miles from me but normaly, if I want bits, either for myself or others, I order over the phone, they deliver my way on Fridays and it saves the bother of loosing the skin off your hands.

Picked up a copy from my local Co-op today. Another cracking issue.

James, you have to remove the cab first, squeeze the sides in at the bottom and lift the lugs out of the mudguards, the exhaust, air cleaner and steering wheel just pull out. Prize out the front grille section and then turn the tractor up-side-down and pull the 'steps' under the floorpan outwards slightly to clear the body and push forward, the steps, side rails of 'chassis and the front weight are one unit, then the bonnet will lift off upwards away from the casting. The rear wheels just pull off. If you move the floorpan rearwards it will unlock from the lug under the seat on the casting, just lift off. If you want to change the front axle you will have to split the casting in half by drilling out the rivets. Hope this helps you.

Here here, proper job. I bet Andy that your 'in box' was smoking!

I had an email NFU bulletin earlier and amongst the content was a paragraph concerning farm accidents. In 2007 there were 47 reported farm accidents, which were all said to be 'avoidable'. I always thought that ALL farm accidents were avoidable. I know that certain circumstances will make some appear un-avoidable but everyone should take a step back before performing a task and assess the potential risks, you have a lifetime to live but you are dead a lot longer! In this article it says that there are going to be Country-wide seminars held by the HSE to bring further awareness to the farming community.

Appologies Gav. The article I read about it was obviously a bit wrong although the name was right.

Just bought this one off eBay, only one other bid, topped that by a fiver. Hope I did'nt pay over the odds for it, ?187.50 inc p&p next day delivery. 'Members only' piece in 2004 priced then at ?250 so I think I did ok. Am I mad or what?

He's a contractor Sean I think so your guess is as good as mine mate.

That is excellent JCB Bloke, very inventive. A Copper Beech I presume?

The real tractor sold for ?31,700. Gone to Chelmsford in Essex.

Went to the first toy fair of the new year at Westpoint Exeter today. Very good one it was too, loads of farm stuff and a lot more Britain's garden items which was nice to see. Prices rather high, they were charging ?35 a table today so no real bargains but there were some reasonable stuff to be had. Very nice to see Mandy there and a couple of other FTF members.

This tractor model is fantastic. Detail is second to none and if Wiking continue in the 1:32 market they will be giving UH a run for their money, even the rear window opens. The front an rear hitches to my mind are one of the best yet. Yes,. Siku and Wiking both belong to the same parent company.

I can't find the web page I looked at with some values of past studies on but there is a plethora of info and current prices for all the Border stuff. Best thing to do is to go on the MSN search and trawl through the different sites as there are hundreds of them relating to these.

PDH. Looked on an obscure site about the Border tractor studies and it had pictures of them with current valuations and the Ferguson ploughing that you pictured is said to be now worth ?2,500. If I can find the site again I will post up the link.

Keep them on their toes boys! Well, today I looked at the February issue of 'Tractor' and looked at the ad for the Border stuff and see that the Ferguson 35 from Gray's titled 'Autumn Ploughing', (A9387) made to celebrate Massey Fergusons 50 year anniversary is advertised and with the price of ?99 with free delivery I was straight on the phone and ordered one. They will be available from February/early March.

All blue Leyland tractors produced definitely had silver wheels. However, when the name changed to Marsall but early models were still the Leyland ones, the livery was changed to 'sandglow yellow' and the wheels were then white. BFA have got it wrong, like so many other 'model' manufacturers. Blinkered again and wo'nt be told.

There are several models already available. I have the Power Major, E27N, plus a few more. These are presented, or should I say packaged in a perspex display case on a black plinth with the make,name and year of first release of the real tractors, all in a regular type outer box.

U.H will be re-releasing all the range that was previously released under the Hachette name.

I bought another one yesterday. It was listed on eBAY but I gave the chap a ring and ordered over the phone. 'Tattie Spraying'.