croc Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 At the BA Stores show at the weekend Adam Elsdon met the owner of this Fergie tractor, she had approached him to ask about the Ministry of Supply plate and if there was any way of finding more history about it. Hopefully she will find her way onto this forum, anyone into military tractors then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 If you have a grass airfeild, you got to mow it. Ferguson, David Brown & fordson supplied a lot of tractors, especially to RAF. Ministry of supply vehicles were supplied to military research establishments such as Aquila, Aldermaston and Fort Halstead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Looking at my Ferguson potted history it's a Standard built tractor with the Standard vapourising oil engine - the TED20 was built 1949-56 and that serial number puts it somewhere late 1951 probably early 1952 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 The Fergie guru's at the show dated it as August 1951, the ERM is 11BY20 and it looks as though it was originally painted green top to toe, the ERM is still visible on the rear diff and at the bottom of the radiator, under the flaking paint. Nice little machine, and certainly a change from the usual military vehicle, and its "POST WAR" so its entitled to come over to the darkside!!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 nice one... dads got one o' them great fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I was down Duxford a couple of weeks ago, and got a picture of a little grey Fergie pulling a twin seat spitfire, as soon as i get it off the Mobile Phone i will post it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Come down to old warden on sunday and you'll see us using a fergie, a super dexta, a Allis 'B' a ferguson-Brown and an Austin to tow aircraft of the right era about same as we always do every airshow. That is if I sort out why the Austin's fuel system has bunged up again:argh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masseyboy89 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I was down Duxford a couple of weeks ago, and got a picture of a little grey Fergie pulling a twin seat spitfire, as soon as i get it off the Mobile Phone i will post it here! I'd like to see that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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