Tractor & Machinery

Tractor & Machinery (T&M) is a 132-page publication on sale every four weeks. Its focus is tractors from the 1960s to the 1990s, reflecting an era of tremendous change in machinery – from the days when agriculture was a major employer, through to the time when new technology transformed farming forever. T&M features the popular makes and models, but also covers some of the more unusual tractors and implements. Each issue has exclusive owners’ stories, historical profiles and restorations, plus the latest news and auction results. For those with hands-on knowledge, there’s a dedicated workshop section with essential practical advice and tips. T&M was launched in 1994 and has gone from strength to strength, with fans the world over. Tractor & Machinery is published 13 times a year

Tonic for the troops! • Tractor shows offer many benefits, over and above the fascinating machinery typically on display

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Ploughing perfection • The nation’s ploughing experts will be gathering in Nottinghamshire on October 12th-13th… don’t miss the spectacle!

Making shoppers aware • JD teams up with Morrisons to inform UK food customers

Working classics

Production landmark for Basildon • Champagne corks must have been popping recently at the Basildon factory, where the two-millionth tractor just got made

Making a good point • New Kuhn plough point saves money and improves performance

Social activity

Tractor driver fined • Grandfather faces the legal consequences of his mistake

What’s this? • Intriguing tractor rarity spotted at this year’s Rural Past Times show

In the November issue…

Rarities at Hellingly • Festival of Transport highlights

‘Black Tractor’ finds new home

Veterans at Leeder sale • Peter Love previews Clarke & Simpson’s sale of the late Chris Leeder’s collection of interesting tractors, machinery and implements

Tysse literature collection • Literature collectors should be aware of the lots being offered at the John Tysse sale, as Peter Love explains

YouTube tractor restorers

Upcoming sales • All auctions in England, unless flagged otherwise

Equipment corner • Bright ideas for the DIY workshop

New models • Another interesting option for the collector

Make and model, please!

Recollections from the baler business • Write to Chris and he'll reply!

Super successor • Chris Graham heads to Scotland to sample Bob Allan’s superbly restored, 1972 Massey Ferguson 148

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A fine example • David Brown enthusiast Neil Reid has made a superb job of restoring his 1294, as Bob Weir discovers

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 94 SERIES

Spud supremos! • Jonathan Whitlam explains how the German equipment manufacturer, Grimme, gained such a hold over the British potato-harvesting industry

A super setting! • We report on the tractors gathered at the foot of the South Downs for this year’s Sussex Steam Rally

Diary dates • Autumn tractor events

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Ploughing perfection • James Connolly enjoys the rare opportunity to see nine Nuffield tractors ploughing alongside each other in a single field, and gets to have a go himself!

Down memory lane • Jonathan Whitlam speculates on a farming trend that he welcomes; a gradual return to the use of ploughing as a cultivation technique

Terracotta army • Jonathan Whitlam celebrates the 40th anniversary of Fiat’s 90 Series; the tractor range that helped the Italian brand to top spot in the European sales charts during the 1980s

Sandy treasure • Mike Gormley,...