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  • October 7, 2020 at 2:20 pm #35540
    eclipseandy
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    I’ve just joined the group and was browsing back through the June copy of the Cultivator and noticed a picture from Derek Bright of a steam powered crawler. I was then reminded of a machine I saw some years ago at a steam fair in Godshill on the outskirts of the New Forest. I have shared it here but I’m sure this looks like the same machine. The picture I took in August 1986….. Do wonder if it still exists ??

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    October 8, 2020 at 8:10 am #35555
    charlie
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    I would guess it was a one off made by an enthusiast.

    October 8, 2020 at 11:48 am #35557
    ransomes256
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    This tractor was built by a chap called Alan Pickering back in 1985. He had no interest in the Ransomes MG tractors but had the steam engine and considered it a suitable chassis and drive system to mount everything on. There is an article on this in the June 1986 Engineering in Miniature magazine.
    Neil

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