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sir, your wife's at the finish line
Back in the 70's I used a S1 with top and doors removed and windscreen folded flat to harrow in seed on the 3:1 batter slope of a new dam we had built - driving across the slope. Was such a side slope that I was actually sitting on the side of the car reaching in to the wheel...... (started off on level ground in low 1 and slipped to the side as the slope increased). I think these beasts have been having a double life as tractors for a long time now, great picQuote:
Originally Posted by wrinklearthur
After the 2nd WW, Willys and I also think landcover aswell, marketed their vehicles as an alternative to owning a tractor. Willys had an assortment of implements that one could attach to their vehicle for farming purpose.
Yes. 80" Landrovers were equipped as standard with a toolbar.But the thing thatt killed it was that almost at the same time as the first Landrovers, farm tractors were moviing to three pint linkage tools, and also, while in 1946 a drawbar horsepower of about 25HP (which is about all that the Landrover could do continuously)was typical, by the early fifties, most tractors being sold were a lot more powerful.
This meant that both the Landrover and Jeep were only relevant as tractors for perhaps five years, although no doubt a few diehard users lingered on for decades.
John
... Blame Harry Ferguson for that ! (3-point linkage)
- You know that you're Old...when you can remember history like that !!!:(:(:(
Handy in the pub https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/03/373.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
You try typing in bed with the laptop plugged into the only powerpoint so the only light is from the screen!
John