WW2 farming in great britain

Dean Olson · Apr 2, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_XcLCE0Ug

This is a really cool BBC documentary on Farming during WW2.
Lot's of great old tractor and equipment pics. I really like how the
diesel is started around the 8 minute mark.

Old Iowa · Apr 2, 2013

Here is direct link. It is an interesting video.
It is neat starting the tractor at the 10 minute mark.
BBC Wartime Farm Ep 4/8 .

Chris(WA) · Apr 2, 2013

Interesting series! I will have to take the time and watch more episodes.

Phil Scarborough · Apr 2, 2013

Those Field Marshalls are brutes to start with a handle! They are 25hp, single-cylinder and take a lot of strength to turn over. You have to get the piston into a specific position, then engage a decompressor mechanism onto a scroll cut into the edge of the flywheel and WIND! As the flywheel turns, and the driver runs out of steam, the decompressor runs off the edge of the flywheel, and gives full compression. With an almighty last effort, you get the engine over top dead centre and it fires. You drink a cup of tea to get your strength back, then go to work.The exhaust note is amazing, with a fairly low number of revolutions and no silencer, but an expansion chamber instead.At the end of the day, your head is echoing to the noise! Wonderful! Phil

big fred · Apr 2, 2013

When my dad was flying out of England (mostly out of Weston Zoyland)in '44 he mentioned the local farming methods in his letters home. He got quite a kick out of the farming methods and the crops, which were quite different from what he knew from farming in North Dakota.

rusty6 · Apr 2, 2013

(quoted from post at 09:50:29 04/02/13) quote]
Yes, that was a very interesting series. I just finished watching the last episode in which they harvested their wheat with an AC tractor and an All Crop 60 combine. It played here on TVO (I think) in Canada.

Bret4207 · Apr 3, 2013

(reply to post at 14:33:16 04/02/13)

For even more interesting stuff from the same crew, look for The Victorian Farm, The Edwardian Farm and Tales from the Green Valley.

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