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Tractors
1880s to 1980s
Series: Shire Library
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Tractors
Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914. The rivals of Ford brought in novelties such as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, and hydraulic implement lifts. After the Second World-War, an indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield and Ford. This book highlights these developments.
Written by one our best known motoring writers, this is a new illustrated history of the farm tractor, from its origins to the 1970s.
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Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914. After this period, the need to produce more foods using less horse and manpower saw the origins of the machine we know today.
Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers. In the 1920s to 1940s, numerous rivals introduced novelties such as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, hydraulic implement lifts, and even cost-effective all-wheel drive and weather protection.
After the Second World War, a strong new indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield, and Ford. Tractors highlights these developments and goes on to show the dramatic improvements of the 1950s and 1960s.
Series: Shire Library
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780747807544
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 February 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Illustration: 94 col
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 6.0mm
Width: 149.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 174g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Nick Baldwin was driving a Standard Fordson as a schoolboy in the 1950s. He later worked in the Land-Rover factory and became a writer on transport topics. He produced the first of several farm tractor books in the 1970s and now has a collection of old machines on his traditional farm. He writes regularly in Tractor and Machinery magazine.
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