The Push-me Pull-you.

[Brian]

I think it was Denis that said he would like to see more pictures of farm machinery. So you can blame him.

You must let me know when you've had enough.

This machine was built by a good friend of mine, who sadly died last year. It's made from 2 Chamberlain tractors, still complete with steering wheel both ends. I think only the front one worked, with the driver sitting in the shed on the front. 

It was in use for many years and by all accounts had so much power that it rarely got above an idle.

A good example of bush ingenuity!

 

[FUJI]

Brian, Thanks for this, what a fascinating story of Bush ingenuity.

I take an interest for many reasons.... I love lateral and creative thinking.......Somwhere in my library, I have a couple of 1950s US farming magazines, showing just how isolated farmers, solved their own mechanical and machinery problems.....also......I have one adult son, who is a farm machinery nut, and, another who is a Travelling Fair researcher, who also creates scratch built models.

I used to attend the a Royal Show, and, The Town and Country Festival, both featured new and old farm machinery, but best of all, was the spectacle of.....Tractor Pulling using home built tractors, many of which looked like your pic....

If you haven't been to a tractor pulling event....look it up on YouTube........Great Stuff!

The farm machinery clubs here in the UK, would love to have a copy of your pic and it's story for their magazines......look them up and make contact......that way your late buddy's tractor will live on.

FUJI

[FUJI]

Here you go......something for you all to enjoy....

FUJI

[Brian]

Talking of tractor pulls....they are quite popular here, with one at Quambatook and one at Rheola. We've been to both. The big tractors having 8 driving wheels are almost impossible to stall. Awesome machines. I'll post some pictures of the next one.

 

Thanks Fuji, I've just had a look at the film clip. Was that 6 V8 engines on the last one? 

You could almost smell the burning rubber.

I hope I never grow up!

[Denis]

Thats rather ingenious, the front tractor steers, no steering axle though, as the rig has been articulated. You can see the steering arrangement that turns or rather angles, the front wheels , which are really the back wheels of the first tractor!

[bugmeister]

That's one rather bizarre looking workhorse. Ingenuity is or was obviously fully functional on that farm

[Paul]

What a novelty.

 

 

Paul.