Mopeds, cars, trucks, military vehicles and farm tractors. The Dodewaard show in the Netherlands is always a mixed bag of many classic and some modern vehicles. A must-visit event, in other words. We’re going down on the farm in this first photo report, in part two we’ll have a look at the other rides.
A 1982 Ford 7810 with a more recent Vicon Andex 844 two-rotor rake.
Two members of the ol’ Cornbinder family.
What a magnificent brute!
I certainly didn’t expect to meet Oliver here.
Selectamatic refers to the tractor’s hydraulic system, not to its transmission.
Whereas Turbomatik (German for Turbomatic) is Fendt’s fluid coupling.
The three key points of the fabled Lanz Bulldog on- and off-road tractors: hot-bulb, two-stroke, single-cylinder. The KL (Kelly and Lewis) tractor on the left is the Australian version of the Lanz Bulldog type D8506 and was made from 1949 to 1954.
Fendt has never built their own engines. The 105 LS, as seen here, is powered by an MWM engine (Motoren Werke Mannheim) and was offered from 1979 to 1985.
A forklift implement is attached to the front end loader of this Case 1490.
The SFV (Société Française Vierzon) 302 followed the same technical recipe as the Lanz Bulldog.
Flipje is a regional, more fruity Michelin Man. Just riding along with David Brown.
The 1980 International 844-S is towing a -most likely- locally built flatbed trailer with detachable dropsides. At the rear, a coupling for towing another trailer, thus forming an old-school agri-train.
Back in 2004/2005, Renault’s tractor division was taken over by Claas from Germany, especially renowned for their combines and forage harvesters (Claas is de baas, as the saying goes). This Renault 651 is powered by a 3.8 liter MWM engine.
And of course, no farm tractor show without a Unimog! Here’s a 1976 Unimog 421 with air horns and stacks for that genuine keep on trucking feeling.
I wasn’t a farm boy, but did grow up in a small farming town. A favorite activity was climbing up on all the new tractors displayed annually at the county fair. We imaginary farmers enjoyed a commanding view of the various fair activities when perched high a tractor or combine. It was a real treat messing around with all the controls until we’d get chased off by a salesman wanting to show the tractor to a real farmer.
Gee, the same happened to us kids when we were “operating” a new heavy truck…
I love old tractors, and this was a great variety – especially with the addition of those we never get to see in the US.
Lovely selection of beautiful equipment not often seen. Thank you for sharing. Odd placement of the rear view mirror on the exhaust stack on the David Brown seems a bit off. Vibration while underway would make it useful as those on my Norton Commando at low rpms!
I have never seen a Ford 9600 FWA, it must be an aftermarket installation. A friend of the family bought an 8000 in 1968, the styling is very striking in blue.
Agreed about the aftermarket conversion. County Commercial Cars (“County”) did many Ford 2WD to 4WD conversions for the UK and Euro-continental market. Most famous, of course, is the Ford County with its four equally sized wheels.
GIS Ford 9600 4WD and multiple examples show up, like the one below.
I am familiar with the Ford Country, they were imported to the States. I would suppose the FWA is very good on the Continent with the heavier soils and hills. Thanks for posting these pictures BTW.
you would probably enjoy a magazine called “Heritage Iron” which covers high horsepower tractors from 1960 to 1990.
Ha! “Home of the Muscle Tractor”, thanks for that.
In the end, all farm tractors have to be road legal here, simply because they drive on public roads very frequently, so there’s a limit to how big they can be. Not to mention the fact that the fields they work on are much smaller than in many other Euro-countries, let alone in the US.
Something like the Fendt 900-series (see below) is seen as the top segment here among farmers and agricultural/earth-moving contractors.
AGCO is now marketing Fendt here and my take is that it is perceived as a high quality machine. I think they pioneered that variomatic type transmission which is quite clever.
I grew up in on a midwest dairy farm in hilly country and now live in New England so I am aware of a lot of the unique Euro needs. My father was a John Deere/Allis Chalmers man so AGCO is near and dear to me.
Right, Fendt has always been a “premium” brand in Europe. FWIW these days, given the shared powertrain components across the AGCO-board.
(Like the engines: AGCO-power, formerly known as Sisu Diesel from Finland).
Speaking of dairy farms, most of them did really well here in 2022. Many of them had a record-year, profit-wise. Costs skyrocketed last year, yet dairy prices skyrocketed even more, so there you go.
Fantastic photos, and background info, thanks! I recall some of these tractors from my youth, in the early 80s. Particularly, the International 1486 (or a very similar model). A farm, less than a couple kms, from my parents farmhouse, had one. Interesting, when I drive by the same farms 40 years later, many exhibit brand loyalty to the same tractor makers. Where, they still exist.
Thanks Daniel! These days, the global market for full-size farm tractors is largely controlled by four conglomerates: John Deere, AGCO, CNH (Case-New Holland) and SDF (SAME-Deutz-Fahr).
Nice show .
-Nate
All these tractors brings back memories of when I was eight years old and got to spend three weeks on my Aunt and Uncles farm. They bring back all the new and unique farm smells a kid from the city had never experienced. Good stuff.