I remember quite a few of those Twin Fords in the 1960s. They were excellent over hilly and sticky ground. There was a little firm in Fownhope, near Hereford who specialised in building these monsters.
There’s something peculiar about the Standard Fordson doing the ploughing. It appears to be a diesel but I can’t recall ever seeing an oil-powered one. It looks as if some enterprising soul has fitted an electric start, as the aluminium front box is covering the site of the Fordson’s starting handle. It would be good to know a bit more…
Even though it’s very little to do with lorries!
Well spotted that man! It is fitted with an elderly 4 cylinder Perkins - a popular conversion, apparently, as an adapter kit was sold in large numbers, or so the owner told me. The FWD tractors are Doe Triple D models, made by Ernest Doe and Sons in Essex during the 1950’s/60’s.
A couple more pictures of big ones for your interest.
Thanks, Steve. I notice that the steering on these “modern” ones is by hydraulic ram, thus doing away with the 20 feet of brake pipe on the cheaper models!
The auld girl i drive… : …Mack CH was a 460 lol … late 90s pulled trains since new 2-3k miles a week… last couple o yrs only 8months a year as sand/stone quarries close for winter…(used to use limestone soo no sticking in the box).
picture taken a couple o weeks ago before the snow and feels like-20c started…ohh thats me…
boss was taking pictures o the motors etc because they have been 50yrs in business.
jimmy
Hello Jim your looking well hardly knew you without the BIB and Brace overalls how did they manage to get you into a boiler suite.
That machine is a bit different from the Dennis. Is this you laid of again for winter.
Regards Eddie.
aye lol…different tae say the least…bib an brace aye a bit to sons o the soil for out here… .
boiler suits ok as it keeps the muck o my ain clothes especialy if im ajusting the trailer brakes or greasing…pic looks ok but had just sprayed the bodies wi polar to stop load sticking so must have been in the negative numbers.
last day the day ,should be back in february as quarries have shut…
hope ye are keeping well…
jimmy./
went to clacton today visiting relatives and passed a white p reg volvo fl10 pulling I think a 40 ft containeron the a12 near colchester I was motoring so only got a glimpse or I would have got the wife to take a pic, then saw a red fiat 500 j reg (1971) doing about 40 mph with an old girl driving, then in clacton a lovely restored morris ww2 army truck again to quick to get a pick, fredm
saw an old style seddon atky thundering up the northbound M6 near jn 18 yesterday with a very large trailer was dealing with traffic tuther way so only got a quick glimpse but was in a nice shade of dark blue both unit and trailer .
I bought this old Merc’ for £3.5k, it did 20 Romanian Aid trips, into Albania 1991, Croatia god knows how many times, I sold it for same as I bought it for. Always had problems but my toolbox kept it running. All for free to organisations that raised Aid, the trailers were donated, but I delivered them on continent when empty.
hopey1945:
I bought this old Merc’ for £3.5k, it did 20 Romanian Aid trips, into Albania 1991, Croatia god knows how many times, I sold it for same as I bought it for. Always had problems but my toolbox kept it running. All for free to organisations that raised Aid, the trailers were donated, but I delivered them on continent when empty.
It was taxed as a car!!! (non hire & reward) the VOSPA agreed that it could be tacho exempt, in writing (except German/Austrian borders didnt like this idea!!! It had a night heater !! wow, warnth…everything I required as a former …ucker, I had many minor problems with it, diesel filters, exhaust parting, loss of brakes, (only a minor repair ) comfort compared to the trucks I was used to driving. It went well and served for the 3 years I did the Aid trips.
…Mack CH was a 460 lol … late 90s pulled trains since new 2-3k miles a week… last couple o yrs only 8months a year as sand/stone quarries close for winter…(used to use limestone soo no sticking in the box).
