Gave Lanz a google and found this, one of the first Lanz Bulldog model 1928. I doubt if the wheels are original 
Oily
oiltreader:
Gave Lanz a google and found this, one of the first Lanz Bulldog model 1928. I doubt if the wheels are original
Oily
Thanks for the info Oily.
Cheers Dave.
Evening all,
Really interesting posts, looks like Buzzer, and DBP and I share a similar upbringing.
A youth spent farming, its almost inevitable that lorries will figure in your future. I remember standing an E27N on her back wheels, trying to grub out a particularly stubborn bit of gorse and heather…(a constant battle on a little Shropshire hill farm)…when my Uncle arrived on the side of me, and gave me a withering Bollicking…(.he must have climbed Dry Hill like a mountain goat)…I was all of 13 at the time.
Thencame the smoothest tractor I can remember, a Massey 101, with a 6 cylinder petrol engine, so smooth you could stand a threepenny bit on the bonnet on tickover, and it would not fall! And she had some “waft”, boy could she pull, but a big turning circle as I remember…
Nearly as big as the "Birmingham Bedford, that sometimes, when times pressed I would take out with a load of Ewes to another hill. The front wings suffered the scars of this overconfident 16 yearolds encounters with gateposts! But a sweet sounding petrol engine, that did not have the banshee scream of the O Series…but that was too new for me to drive…until I was “legal”…
Dennis, Ive heard that said about West Coast Hay, d`ont know if its true or just a story put up by those Easterners!. Im near the middle, and to be modest…you would go a long way to get Hay as good as mine!..For once I got something right…maybe because I love making it!
Now a Lanz Bulldog, that would be a nice tractor…so would the Field Marshall I turned down at £75, many years ago…ah well, cannot win them all.
Cheerio for now.
Seeing as now you’ve gone “semi” retired “Saviem” how about if I have a word in Chris’s ear for you about the vacant M.D’s job at Keltruck. 
Cheers Dennis.
Evening all,
Semi Retired…now there is a thought…
07.00 loading my tri axle trailer with timber for a restoration job that Im undertaking…by 09.00 its all on the job, and Im chasing "the carpentry trade " around the site, and out of their assorted vans…(the worst design tweak ever must be cup holders in light commercials)…then arguing with the Plumbers whose work rate cannot match that of a Sloth…(what is the poorest performing trade…I vote Electricians number one, Plumbers number two, and the rest of the building trade as about equal number three)!
15.30, they are all thinking about clocking off…but hey ho a quick arse kicking session, and resentfully they put right what they should have done right in the first place…17.00 two go saying that they are not coming back…great, that has saved me a job, but my other two are staying, and their work is ok…
There are two parallel circles in this Universe, us, and the Building Trade…both live happily together, until our worlds coincide…that is when the problems start…
Dennis, Im a long way away from the lorry trade now, I can hardly recognise these things that ply our roads today…anyway I had my fill of dealing with the Eastern, and Southern Europeans 20 years ago…do we have any British Hauliers left?
While I was up on the scaffolding today, I looked, (and I have to admit with some longing), at a chap working one of my fields with a bright red Massey Ferguson, and I thought about Fergie, and his wiff of TVO, and it took me back a bit…
To being a young man, and in love with a wholesome wench who lived in Rattlinghope, at the foot of Shropshires “mountain” the Long Myndd. It was a summer evening, after the Hay was in, and I had arranged to go courting with her. So as the evening was so fair, and the sunlight dappled through the Beech Trees, and made the brook sparkle and laugh, I thought that it would be nice to go out, up the Myndd in my open top…
Now as some of you may remember the David Brown Cropmaster had a comfortable double seat…ideal, (so I thought), for a bit of canoodling…
Sadly, the apple of my eye, and subject of my desire did not agree…and I contemplated that point as I consoled myself sipping a most excellent pint of Mr Banks`s Mild Beer outside of the Bear, (now sadly gone), listening to the pinging as my steed cooled, and occasionally catching a whiff of the TVO from the exhaust…
Fergie, enjoy it, its a lovely smell!
Cheerio for now.
Yes Saviem i bet we all sat at the back of a class of 40 ,just waiting to get out and do better things than SCHOOL WORK .
Myself, secondary modern allways bottom, but at fourteen had a butchers round on the old bike every morning and tea time ,they had their own slaughter house ,i have scrubbed the steaming hot just dead pigs[get their hair off], with a tea pot lid ,shifted guts ,and all …before i left school that was my education.if it was not for spell check none of you would be able to read what i write…
I also did a lot of work on farms a a kid,as I live in a country area. Used to throw muck out of cattle and pig sheds with a fork,also hauled hay and straw bales, drove all sorts of tractors. Can’t say that I enjoyed tractor driving,as I found them a bit boring. I also helped to castrate pigs. Earned good money helping on farms which I continued to do up until my RTA.
As for the building trade John, I had four years working for builders. I laboured on plasterers for two and a half years.That was hard work, but good pay,as we were on bonus which made us work harder,only trouble was the tax man took a lot of the money off it.
I remember driving a Commer minibus with 16 of us plus tools to sites. Nowadays half a dozen blokes turn up to a building job in different vans,and the sit reading the paper and drinking tea for an hour before making a start,then knock off about 4pm. Different times,so called progress. 
Cheers Dave.
I also spent my youth on farms, a relative owning one 100yds away, right from horse and cart days, first tractor was Fordson N full mudguards, then another Fordson N this time half mudguards, metal saving for the war effort, they were also cutting off boundary railings from private and municipal properties, back to tractors next came a Davie Broon Cropmaster, now this was some machine in that it sped along and you didn’t have to stop to change gear (I think 
, correct me Mr Saviem), passenger accommodation, a real look at what I’ve got machine 
next a Nuffield petrol, then a diesel version, that period covered from about’41 to '55. At the end 1956 I was laid off bus driving because of the Suez crisis and shortage of fuel (lasted about 9 mths then back to the bus driving), started right away on a farm, seat on a Fergie, pulling and carting frozen turnips through to crop preparation, ploughing, disc harrowing, tine harrowing in the grain, then rolling, other crops grown were turnip and swedes, also potatoes, what a learning base it was, to this day I look back and so wish I could thank my mentors(farmers) for practices instilled in me that I’ve strongly adhere to, even today.
Now a treat for Mr Saviem, versatility on four wheels, workaday and leisure
Oily
Talking of spuds here is a picture I took today of the one’s I prepared for me and the Mrs for our evening meal, the variety is “annabelle” first early. It is a waxy spud and is the best I have ever tasted hot or cold, it has a yellowy colour just like the Spanish ones, any ways I put 50p coins on them to give some idea of size the three weighed a smidgen under 2lbs. dug in my plot today and the French beans just starting to crop accompanied by roast chicken thigh’s, lovely jubbly cheers Buzzer.
PS. we only managed one spud each, but will have the other tomorrow golden brown from the frying pan.
I’ve just started lifting my “Winstons” but I’m afraid I ate them before taking a photo!
You and I harvest spuds at the proper time, Buzzer, not like those amateur growers of Maris varieties from the West Midlands. 
Retired Old ■■■■:
I’ve just started lifting my “Winstons” but I’m afraid I ate them before taking a photo!
You and I harvest spuds at the proper time, Buzzer, not like those amateur growers of Maris varieties from the West Midlands.
Got to tell you ROF. ‘Lifting your Winstons’ is not a good mental image!
John.
We usually get our potatoes straight off a potato farm in the winter in a 20 kg bag. Any that are left in the late spring with spurts on them we plant in the veg patch, and have several meals of new spuds. Nearly always buy Estima which is a good all round spud.
Cheers Dave.
Evening all,
Oilly, that is a nice Cropmaster, but missing her side panels, and a diesel as well, you do have some lovely pictures, and really scenic spots. Was that on one of the islands? There were one or two on Skye, when I used to do business with the Talisker Coal Company Long before the bridge. Beautiful place, out of the Tourist time.
Buzzer those are nice Annabelles, (even if the one on the left would be rejected by Mr Tesco`s buyers! …I like Annabelles, grow well in sandy soil, and as you say a nice spud with a beautiful skin…great cold with chives, and home made Mayonaise, and a good quality, thick cut dry cured Landrace Ham…or a good cold piece of Salmon
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ROF, do I detect that thou is stirring it…Of course you ate your Winstons…that is what they are grown for…and no Winston could ever match an Annabelle for flavour!
Now that summer is here, a nice way to enjoy either Annabelle, or Winston, is to scrape them, then “chunk them”, whilst preheating a baking pan in the oven, with a little good quality lard, (only about a couple of half inch pieces, ), then after two minutes place your chunks face down in the tray…after about 45 mins, take out and turn to the non roasted side, leave for 30 mins, then keep warm…While you prepare a nice crisp salad, (no water on the leaves, unless its pre washed…then you must wash it…and dry it in a spinner, or on kitchen roll…chunk some , (preferably), home grown Tomatoes…and mix in with some diced peppers…and serve with your choice of cold meats or fish…
Or you can do the same with a mixture of Sweet Potato, and Butternut Squash, goes well with BBQ Steak, or a really good smoked Haddock…
But there are even more delectable varieties of potato to enjoy…some are real eye openers to the British pallet…and never forget that Cheese, hard or soft, (Goats can be a revelation), really enhance the humble spud…
Even the Maris Piper…
But tonight we ate Annabelle…grown less than 20 yards from the kitchen!
And now the delectable, (and medicinal), Bollinger…
Cheerio for now.
Buzzer:
Talking of spuds here is a picture I took today of the one’s I prepared for me and the Mrs for our evening meal, the variety is “annabelle” first early. It is a waxy spud and is the best I have ever tasted hot or cold, it has a yellowy colour just like the Spanish ones, any ways I put 50p coins on them to give some idea of size the three weighed a smidgen under 2lbs. dug in my plot today and the French beans just starting to crop accompanied by roast chicken thigh’s, lovely jubbly cheers Buzzer.PS. we only managed one spud each, but will have the other tomorrow golden brown from the frying pan.
I knew you were rich John…THREE 50p pieces…together, in one picture ! now that’s wealth, especially for an OAP,… bet me and old ROF would have a job to raise 50p between us…
Is this the Gardeners World Forum?
Fergie47:
Buzzer:
Talking of spuds here is a picture I took today of the one’s I prepared for me and the Mrs for our evening meal, the variety is “annabelle” first early. It is a waxy spud and is the best I have ever tasted hot or cold, it has a yellowy colour just like the Spanish ones, any ways I put 50p coins on them to give some idea of size the three weighed a smidgen under 2lbs. dug in my plot today and the French beans just starting to crop accompanied by roast chicken thigh’s, lovely jubbly cheers Buzzer.PS. we only managed one spud each, but will have the other tomorrow golden brown from the frying pan.
I knew you were rich John…THREE 50p pieces…together, in one picture ! now that’s wealth, especially for an OAP,… bet me and old ROF would have a job to raise 50p between us…
I thought they were 20p’s Dave 
don’t know what a 50p looks like until Anne ups my “pocket money” from 40p to 50p on my next birthday 
Cheers Dennis.
leylandlover:
Is this the Gardeners World Forum?
No my friend but most of us old time transport men like a decent bit of grub on the table after a good days work, so this is only a slight deviation, visa vee the spud debate. Remember back in the day you could get a good hearty home cooked meal in most cafe’s that were on main routes up and down the country, not as today where the services seem to have gone down the route of MacD’s and Bugger King and KFC which is a shame. Same I am sad to say has happened across Europe when there were many very good routier’s which had very good fare at a reasonable price and if it was a really good one you had to park at 6pm for a 7pm start or you would not be able to park.
After reading Saviem’s input on cooking think a few of us better book in to his kitchen for some lessons, now that would be fun chewing the fat and doing a few miles while waiting for the food to cook and reducing his Bollinger stocks along the way, cheers Buzzer.
I was of course joking I have spent many an hour in transport cafes attending lorry breakdowns.Regarding cooking Its not my job. But if Casey shows up at Speech House this year I will treat him to a hot dog,just one mind.
Bewick:
I thought they were 20p’s Dave
Dunno Den, haven’t seen either for years, Liz pays me my pocket money in centimes, 20 p.w. if I’m really good, which isn’t often…
We get a lot of spuds,( Binje and Charlotte), peas, toms, runners courgettes, lettuce, etc, the odd duck and a bit of veal, and lamb, all courtesy of our two great neighbours… In return, l do the odd repair to their mowers, sharpen the blades on their chainsaws, help them cut and split logs, general mechanical assistance…its still old fashioned over here, help each other without the need for money…
But l still like the feel of a few cents in my pocket, makes me feel rich !