The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Some lovely additions to this topic. Here's one I missed from my own photographic collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Nice looking tractor David...just a shame I could not say the same about the drivers ploughing ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Forgot about this one I saw at the Ballater Victorian week rally in 2009. Looks as though this one still earns its keep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Well a huge thank you to David, ( walterderwent ) for helping me find this E R F picture,I knew I had seen it somewhere and today I re-discovered it,it is in John Hull's fantastic book " The Best Job Ever " recalling the many years he worked for County,as stated earlier in this thread County did in fact used Ford Trans-continentals,but one day the driver,who was makeing his meal on a gas stove in the cab knocked over the said stove badly burning himself and ending up in Hospital,totalled the Fordy,so they ended up with the E R F, Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Another County carrier seen at the BA Stores working weekend in 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Well a huge thank you to David, ( walterderwent ) for helping me find this E R F picture,I knew I had seen it somewhere and today I re-discovered it,it is in John Hull's fantastic book " The Best Job Ever " recalling the many years he worked for County,as stated earlier in this thread County did in fact used Ford Trans-continentals,but one day the driver,who was makeing his meal on a gas stove in the cab knocked over the said stove badly burning himself and ending up in Hospital,totalled the Fordy,so they ended up with the E R F, Regards Joe. Great to discover the story behind the County E.R.F, despite the circumstances surrounding it Joe, really must invest in John Hull's book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Here's another batch of County tractors from my own collection of photographs. I took all of these when I attended the Tractor World event in Malvern earlier in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 More from Malvern. Including Barry Garfoot's ultra rare yellow International 634. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Various County related products I discovered on show at Newby Hall in June. County "long swamp" crawler. County Ford Transit 4wd on dynometer duties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the clarification John. Its been a while since that photo was taken and I could not see a County name on the tractor. From my rusty old memory; the axle fitted to the tractor in the picture is a Schindler aftermarket conversion. This tractor is actually an 8200. When I was at S.T.'s we converted this one for one of our customers. I think Nigel Ford also had one on a Ford 76-? The 8200 used the Ford 8000, TW 10 engine, whereas the 8100 used the Ford industrial / truck engine. Edited November 10, 2012 by britainswomble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 One more picture........... Sorry about the picture quality; but these were prints, copied and transferred to my computer. This County was one of two bought by Robins of Herstmonceux and fitted with lime spreader bodies. Quite a strange beast to drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 more great pics in this thread ...good to see Here's my pair from the summer this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Great to see your working tractors in this thread Richard, they look in absolutely fantastic order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fendt Fahrer Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I just love those two. my favorite countys of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Just been right through this thread what some fantastic pictures and it's been a good read too , I do like the 1174 nice looking tractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Awsome topic,realy good reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Richard has your Bomford dozer blade got a serial/model number plate on it? Also does it have any decals/markings to the back of the blade? Reason for asking is I removed one from my 1124 and there appeared to be some decals/markings to the back of the blade but now virtually all gone, there is no serial/model number plate affixed anywhere or any obvious attachment point. At some point its going back on and I would like to re-decal/mark it. On the plus side it does have a golf ball jammed in the frame work! Did anyone else go to the Conversions Day on 30th September? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Richard has your Bomford dozer blade got a serial/model number plate on it? Also does it have any decals/markings to the back of the blade? Reason for asking is I removed one from my 1124 and there appeared to be some decals/markings to the back of the blade but now virtually all gone, there is no serial/model number plate affixed anywhere or any obvious attachment point. At some point its going back on and I would like to re-decal/mark it. On the plus side it does have a golf ball jammed in the frame work! Did anyone else go to the Conversions Day on 30th September? Hi Paul, I've never noticed any signs of a serial no. plate or stamps on it, tbh.........and the back of the blade is a bit rusty and no signs of any decals. I had thought of sand-blasting and respraying the blade assy, it sits outdoors all the time (not fixed to the tractor) and is collecting a bit of corrosion. Its surprising just how heavy them things are, many many moons ago I went off to level off a bit of ground around where a tall tree had blown over - it was a bit sidling there, its true, anyway with the nose downhill at anything other than verticle and we were all of a sudden on 3 legs and having to drop the blade down to return the tyre to terra-firma. In the end really the set up is really only useful for lighter work such as pushing over heaps of soil, visibility of the blade edge is impossible so you can't see how deep you are.......then if the load is too great we get 4 pits from the tyres and you have to back-blade to fill them in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Walter, Anfield, Hicksy and Olly, Hope I am not “shang-hai’ing†this thread too much……and forgive me if you have seen some of these in other topics…. Anyway here’s a couple more pics of the Countys since I have had them The 1004 arrived in Autumn ’97 off a small beef farm in the neighbourhood Just as it arrived......... pair of s/h wings and a different pre-cleaner A bit of painting one winter…… Edited December 16, 2012 by RichardJW1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) This is my 1174 when it was about 2 years old before it went to one of its previous owners……it was taken at D Gittins yard (County dealer in them days) they had swapped the 13.6x38 wheels for 16.9x34s. It wasn’t until 2004 when I got hold of it…… Edited December 16, 2012 by RichardJW1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Edited December 16, 2012 by RichardJW1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Flail topping Ploughing with a Lemken 4f rev several summers ago…. Edited December 16, 2012 by RichardJW1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Then with a Dowdeswell DP8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RichardJW1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Bit of cultivation work…..with the Opico rollers…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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