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Funk and Ford: A long and challenging relationship

N.Ireland

over 1 year ago

Funk and Ford: A long and challenging relationship

The history of tractor development is littered with tales of inter company rivalry, devious plots and various happy coincidences, that...

County: The choice of ploughmen everywhere

Machinery

over 1 year ago

County: The choice of ploughmen everywhere

Ploughing is hard work – slicing through a soil’s structure, then lifting the weight of it and turning it over can take a lot of energy, and

Machinery: Irish Rovers return after epic UK tractor run

Agri-Business

almost 2 years ago

Machinery: Irish Rovers return after epic UK tractor run

Setting off from the very northern tip of Scotland in the first week of May, on a cabless tractor,...

Watch: Ferguson prototype tractor arrives ‘home’ in Belfast

N.Ireland

almost 2 years ago

Watch: Ferguson prototype tractor arrives ‘home’ in Belfast

The prototype black tractor created by Henry ‘Harry’ Ferguson has returned home to...

1974 – a year of consolidation for the machinery industry

N.Ireland

almost 2 years ago

1974 – a year of consolidation for the machinery industry

Companies and organisations are always keen to celebrate a golden jubilee, whether it be of the...

N.Ireland

about 2 years ago

Watch: Blackwater Tractor Run sees large turnout in Wexford

The Blackwater Tractor Run is an annual event with a different charity being chosen to benefit...

Watch: Blackwater Tractor Run sees large turnout in Wexford

Machinery

over 2 years ago

Machinery Focus: The phenomenon that is the Ford 7000

The much loved Ford 7000 represents the pinnacle of Ford’s development of its 6X range, the original tractors of which were introduced in 1964

Machinery Focus: The phenomenon that is the Ford 7000

Machinery

over 2 years ago

Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise

There are people of a certain generation who cannot see a blue and black tractor without immediately thinking it a Ford, which must frustrate

Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise

Machinery

over 2 years ago

Machinery Focus: Cavitation and Ford’s famous porous blocks

During the 1960s and 1970s, Ford had a notable problem with its tractor engines due to holes forming in the cylinder bores

Machinery Focus: Cavitation and Ford’s famous porous blocks

Agri-Business

over 4 years ago

Unique County comes home for good after refurbishment

County tractors were, generally, regarded as the ultimate for ploughing, and in their heyday,...

Unique County comes home for good after refurbishment

Machinery

over 4 years ago

'Blue Force' at the Vintage Tractor Show

The Blue Force Club is throwing an open invitation to all exhibits which cover the club’s remit for this year’s Newark Vintage Tractor and...

‘Blue Force’ at the Vintage Tractor Show

Machinery

about 6 years ago

New Holland looks to future after hitting major milestone

Amid "extraordinary circumstances" as Covid-19 continues to make its impact felt, agricultural...

New Holland looks to future after hitting major milestone

Machinery

almost 7 years ago

Video: ‘As long as you look after them, they last forever’

AgriLand paid a visit to Co. Cork to meet the owner (pictured above) of a nostalgia-inducing Ford...

Video: ‘As long as you look after them, they last forever’

Machinery

almost 8 years ago

Auction report: Ford / New Holland highlights from monster tractor sale

Monday, September 3, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds.

Auction report: Ford / New Holland highlights from monster tractor sale

Machinery

almost 8 years ago

Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival

Among the tractors taking over the square in Comber, Co. Down last weekend was a rather...

Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival

Machinery

almost 8 years ago

Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival

Among the tractors taking over the square in Comber, Co. Down last weekend was a rather...

Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival

Machinery

about 8 years ago

So good they chopped it twice: ‘Mogeely’ mobilises the troops

Amidst searing sunshine, members of Mogeely Vintage Club gathered on Sunday (June 10) to put a...

So good they chopped it twice: ‘Mogeely’ mobilises the troops

Machinery

about 8 years ago

Top ‘drawer’ tractors? Silage from the eras at ‘Mogeely’ day out

Members of Mogeely Vintage Club gathered on Sunday (June 10) to put a barrage...

Top ‘drawer’ tractors? Silage from the eras at ‘Mogeely’ day out

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