Vintage tractors the rage in Tasmania

[Old Farang]

Vintage tractors the rage in Tasmania at Pearn's Steam World as volunteers power ahead


Vintage tractors the rage in Tasmania at Pearn's Steam World as volunteers power ahead - ABC News

While modern tractors boast space-age technology, air-conditioned cabs and incredible power, steam-powered tractors built over a century ago can still capture hearts.

In Westbury, in Tasmania's north, a diverse group of volunteers maintains one of the largest collections in the Southern Hemisphere.

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[Old Farang]

They had some footage on Landline last night. Also showed a collection of old household appliances, such as old washing machines and clothes wringers. There was a Simpson with a wringer on top, and another which looked like a Lightburn, but could only see the back of it.

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[Tins]

and another which looked like a Lightburn, but could only see the back of it.



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Pity they didn't turn it on, then you'd have known for sure. We had them in barracks back in another life. Things made a noise like a Boeing in full reverse thrust when the spin drum was running.

[Old Farang]

Pity they didn't turn it on, then you'd have known for sure. We had them in barracks back in another life. Things made a noise like a Boeing in full reverse thrust when the spin drum was running.

The same company made cement mixers. It was always a joke about them where I grew up about which was which.

[Tins]

The same company made cement mixers. It was always a joke about them where I grew up about which was which.

I remember the mixers. Dad had one. But, do you remember the Zeta?

[Old Farang]

I remember the mixers. Dad had one. But, do you remember the Zeta?

Oh yes!

Motoring in Australia: Lightburn Zeta -1963 (australiaforeveryone.com.au)

[Tins]

Oh yes!

Motoring in Australia: Lightburn Zeta -1963 (australiaforeveryone.com.au)

Reckon Albert should have stuck to mixers.. Still, I reckon a good (?) one these days would be worth a bob or two...

[JDNSW]

The Simpson above looks like the one my mother got in the late forties.

[Old Farang]

The Simpson above looks like the one my mother got in the late forties.

The early ones did not have a "skirt" on them, that came on the later ones.

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Electric washing machine and wringer by A Simpson & Son Ltd - MAAS Collection

Simpson electric washing machine and wringer, serial number M49932, steel, made by A. Simpson & Son Ltd, Australia, under license from Maxwell Ltd, Canada, 1940s

[JDNSW]

Now you have me searching my memory - without success!