Mith
The Eccentric Englishman
Well I made it to the fair, and had a pretty good time. Snapped some picture with my phone, though that is only partially to blame for the crappy quality, the whole place is so smokey that everything is a bit hazy anyway.......
1st off, tractors
3 individual Doe Triple D's, made from 2 tractors joined together, their steering lock was appaling (had to make a 200 point turn to make the corners)
There were lots of different vehicles made from ford tractors, I saw several forklifts, a trencher, the Triples D's, a loading bucket...... Thought this was a cool conversion
There was tractor pulling, looked like good fun. most the stuff was pretty normal pullers, the tuned engines, dual engines, V8/V10. The sled was pretty easy until they dumped water on the track, then it was very muddy.
Saw this van shell on a tractor unit chassis, it full pulled every time, even with his wife driving!
There were also a couple of tanks, one in particualr was massive, I didnt realise how big some of them were. There was also this river bridging unit, it drives into the water then unfolds to make a bridge, its also amphibious. Now this thing was huge! I had to walk back a fair few metres so I could actually see it.....
As to heavy haulage, they had a steamer pulling this artic with a loco on the back, they said it was 140 tons. Quite a load, the steamer didnt make it up the hill with that, but it was close..... It was also quite interesting seeing them load the loco onto the trailer.....
I didnt get any photos of steamers, as the side I was taking pictures on was downwind, so the smoke meant all of my shots are not good enough to look at (none of them are great).
By the time I walked the mile to get to the other side of the ring I didnt have enough battery left.
The site is about 600 acres, pretty big if you ask me, I didnt manage to see it all.
I expect IceQueen will add to this when she gets back
1st off, tractors
3 individual Doe Triple D's, made from 2 tractors joined together, their steering lock was appaling (had to make a 200 point turn to make the corners)
There were lots of different vehicles made from ford tractors, I saw several forklifts, a trencher, the Triples D's, a loading bucket...... Thought this was a cool conversion
There was tractor pulling, looked like good fun. most the stuff was pretty normal pullers, the tuned engines, dual engines, V8/V10. The sled was pretty easy until they dumped water on the track, then it was very muddy.
Saw this van shell on a tractor unit chassis, it full pulled every time, even with his wife driving!
There were also a couple of tanks, one in particualr was massive, I didnt realise how big some of them were. There was also this river bridging unit, it drives into the water then unfolds to make a bridge, its also amphibious. Now this thing was huge! I had to walk back a fair few metres so I could actually see it.....
As to heavy haulage, they had a steamer pulling this artic with a loco on the back, they said it was 140 tons. Quite a load, the steamer didnt make it up the hill with that, but it was close..... It was also quite interesting seeing them load the loco onto the trailer.....
I didnt get any photos of steamers, as the side I was taking pictures on was downwind, so the smoke meant all of my shots are not good enough to look at (none of them are great).
By the time I walked the mile to get to the other side of the ring I didnt have enough battery left.
The site is about 600 acres, pretty big if you ask me, I didnt manage to see it all.
I expect IceQueen will add to this when she gets back
