Giant tractor show... many many pics!

In this thread I'd like to show you several pictures of a huge tractor show in Nordhorn, Germany. This tractor show is every year in august and more than 2,000 tractors come from all over Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Every year a different tractor brand is featured. This year, John Deere was the featured tractor.

Most of the following pics show American made tractors. If you are interested in pics of antique German tractors, let me know.

Have fun!

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One of the most interesting exhibits of the show was this 1940 Model 36 B combine... the only existing of its kind:
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Unfortunately, the ground was so wet that two Model B tractors failed to pull the combine. A Farmall came for help...(sorry for that :oops: )
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WOW!
Thanks for posting all the photos. I never would have thought there
were that many tractors gathered for a show "across the pond"

It did look like conditions were a little damp for you.

Larry
 
Thanks for posting these. Surprised to see so much American iron. Really surprised to see a Huber!

Any Lanz Bulldogs at the show? I thought it was interesting how they paid attention to road-ability and some had retractable lugs for field use.

Looks like some good dirt there too.
 
Larry, thanks for your reply.
The weather was OK, regarding the weather forecast saying that it would rain the whole time. Just the grund was a lttle bit muddy in some places.

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Wow! Wonderful photos, Hendrik. Thanks for posting.

I would love to see photos of the European equipment.

Dean
 
Wow, looks like a really big show! Thanks for all the great pictures, Hendrik. I really like to see some nonAmerican tractors, especially the crawlers.
 
What a fantastic show and super great pictures. Thank you.

My dad used to have a pull type John Deere and Avery 16' combines simular to that one but older. They had canvas with slats on the platform and feedeer house. The grain tank held about 45 bushels and emptied out by gravity. They had 4 cylinder Hercules or Continental motors. Now draper heads are popular.
 
Hendrik, Thanks for taking the time to post all those pics. Its nice to see things from other parts of the world. That combine was very interesting. David
 
Thanks for the photos!!! Looks like a huge show, a lot of them in their work clothes. Looks like you had some rain----mud!
 
Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing. I learned a couple of things. One, it appears that to move a tractor or piece of equipment down the road, they need to be plated (tagged, licensed). Two, there is at least one Rumely Oil Pull in Deutschland.

Thanks again.

Mark
 
As some of you guys asked me for more pictures of German (or European) tractors... here you go:

Alls pics were taken on the tractor Show in Nordhorn (German-Dutch border), but in another year.

This time, mostly German Hanomag tractors:

Hanomag K55 Crawler ("K"= Kettenschlepper). 55 hp, Diesel, around 1950.
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Hanomag AGR 38 pre-war Diesel tractors.
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Hanomag SS100 road tractors. Built from 1936 to 1953.
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Hanomag RL20, 20 hp Diesel engine. Pre-war. No doodlebug- factory made!
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Hanomag GR50 and AGR 38 pre-war Diesel tractors. Beautiful machines!
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Hanomag SR45 Diesel road tractor.
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Hanomag WD R26 pre war gas tractor. The first tractor Hanomag made (from 1925 to 1928). Competed against Fordson F. This tractor was way more expensive but well designed.
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Hanomag WD Grosspflug (self propelled plough), 1912. Four cylinder Hanomag gas engine with 80hp. The only surviving one. was re-imported from South Americe in the 1960s.
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Big Schlüter tractor. Very famous and expensive to buy in Germany.
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More pictures to follow...

Hendrik from Germany
 
More pictures:

War time Schlüter Diesel tractor.
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The Schlüter made Diesel engine:
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Allgaier R22 Diesel tractor. Around 1950. Hopper cooled.
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Hungarian built HSCS tractor. Ca. 1937. Hotbulb semi Diesel. Single cylinder with lots of capacity.
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Driver's place of the HSCS.
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Rumely OilPull, I think.
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Another HSCS hot bulb tractor.
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Hanomag R40 Diesel tractor. Built from 1941 to 1949. One of the most famous German tractors because of its design and its ability to pull. Was called "field locomotive" by German farmers back then.
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Hanomag ATK tractors. These tractors had a TA and were used to pull planes on airfields (glass roof for not damaging the noses of the planes!) and to clear the runway of snow. Very heavy machines, very fast. Built from 1952 to 1961.
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back end of the Hanomag ATK tractors. All were equipped with a heavy duty winch.
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More pictures to follow...
 
More pictures.

Hanomag Diesel tractors, around 1953.
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Hanomag AGR 38, pre-war Diesel tractor.
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Same tractor.
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Many many Hanomag tractors from the 1950s.
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Hanomag was the featured make that year, as you can see.
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Again, Hanomag RL 20 pre-war Diesel tractor.
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Hanomag GR50. They were BIG tractors!.. and almost not affordable for most of the German farmers back then.
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Some more pictures of Hanomag pre-war tractors. Enjoy.
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In progress of being restored.
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Look... an Oliver!
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And, finally, Lanz Bulldog hot bulb tractors! These are the big ones with their huge single cylinder two stroke hot bulb engine. 35 - 55 hp. In my opinion, they look best when they're rusted all over like these:
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More Lanz Bulldog hot bulb tractors.
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Another Schlüter Diesel tractor.
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A rarity. There are only very few "Deuliewag" tractors left.
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That's me besides an Eicher ED16 aircooled single cylinder direct injection Diesel tractor. 1954. I have the same tractor at home.
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That's it for now... I hope you liked my pictures. I think I still have some more ...

Regards, Hendrik from Germany
 
Again, more pictures...

Hanomag pre-war AGR 38.
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Barn find pre war Hanomag RL 20 and some big Hanomag Crawlers.
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Hanomag RD36, one of the first Diesel tractors made in Europe (in the world?), 1931/1932.
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Same tractor. Extremely rare!
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Hanomag SR45 Road tractor (would be "Industrial" for you Americans).
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Typical 1930s tinwork.
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Big Hanomags as far as you can see..
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When you think you have a rare tractor, don't visit this show. There will dozens of them!
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Many of the big Hanomag Diesel tractors were ordered with a winch and air pressure brakes for logging and wood hauling.
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Hanomag four wheel drive with a backhoe.
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War time Hanomag R40 Diesel tractors. Do you see the camouflage front light shields? The steel wheeled Hanomag has a very rare gas starting device. (You can see the carb).
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Big Hanomag R45 and R55 tractors. Basicalley they are like the R40 but "styled".
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Smallest Hanomag tractor series. R12, 1953 to 1958. They were kind of rowcrop tractors with a small, supercharged single cylinder two-stroke Diesel engine. because of their noise these tractors have been nicknamed "field mopeds". Their engine had a bad reputation and are the main reason why Hanomag doesn't exist anymore.
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Hanomag K55 crawler with an (US built?) plough. Great setup.
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Farmall F12 and Lanz Bulldog D9506 (pre-war).
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One of several different steam engines that day.
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This is the famous and one-of-its-kind Eicherrad (Eicher Wheel). It is an original exhibition construction made by Eicher factory in the 1950s. There is a full size Eicher Diesel tractor running in the wheel.
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Don't belive it? Watch this:
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Tell me: How do you think does it work? Fuel? Oil? :wink:

Barn find Eicher ED16 Diesel tractor.
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The Eicher ED16 was the world's first air cooled Diesel tractor.
This is one of the first Eicher ED 16 ever made. 1948.
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Eicher Mammut 4WD Diesel tractor. Each cylinder has its own cooling fan. High quality tractors, extremely lean on fuel. Expensive collector tractors today.
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And now- welcome to the playground!
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One of the first Hanomag R40 Diesel tractors ever produced (1941-1942), in great original rusty condition. Love it!
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What a wonderful sound... belive me.
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By the way: this is my 1961 Hanomag R450 EL tractor, which I restored with the help of my father during a ten year period:
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I hope my pictures don't get boring for you... if so, please let me know.

Hendrik from Germany
 
Great pictures. I spent 3 months on an agricultural foreign exchange in Emmelsbull, 2 hours north of Hamburg, in 1999. It was an incredible experience. My host family had 2 Massey 1114s, a small massey 284 (the only 2wd tractor I saw), and a Fendt 512, If I remember correctly. I also saw MBtracs, Porsches, and Deutzs, among many models I didn't get a chance to know. I also got to drive a Claas Dominator in Raps and Weizen

Regarding your pictures, Some of those tractors have rollbars that don't look like they'd support a canopy, let alone protect a driver from a rollover. What's the deal with them?
 
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Regarding your pictures, Some of those tractors have rollbars that don't look like they'd support a canopy, let alone protect a driver from a rollover. What's the deal with them?

Yes, you are right. All professional farmers in Germany have to have a roll over protection on their tractors.
If you're a private person and you just have your tractors for fun or parades, you don't have to have a roll over protection bar.
 

Thanks for the pictures. Cool to see the old Euro tractors. They seem to have somewhat automotive look to them.
 
There are some more pictures left.
This time: Massey Ferguson was the featured make.OK, let's go:

MF "100"-series. Good tractors and very popular in Germany.
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Some US Masseys in Germany.
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MF 1100 and 1150.
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Big V8s. Recently imported from the US. As you can see, they are road legal and have a license plate. This is very hard to get for the MF V8 (and John Deere 5010, 5020 and 6030) because of their brake system.
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I'd LOVE to have one of those MF V8. Any one out there who wants to sell a good one? :D
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MF 1200 and 1800.
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More pictures to follow...
 
Massey Harris:
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Playground with Massey Harris and several Massey Ferguson.
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Rare Massey Ferguson DT 7000 4WD. Basically an italian built Landini, because MF hat no 4WD tractor at that time to compete with German 4WD tractors like Hanomag, Eicher and Fendt.
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Some newer MF.
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MF 35 with Perkins A3.152 Diesel engine.
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Got front weight?
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...and rear weight?
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MF 135 Orchard with Gas engine. Rare in Europe.
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All versions (and colours) of MF 135 were shown.
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MF 135 4WD conversion. Most 4WD conversions were supplied by Swiss or Italian suppliers.
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French built MF 152. Don't know why this one is painted green.
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MF 35 turbocharged.
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Ford-Ferguson 2N and Ferguson-Brown. The Ford wears a lovely Patina. Both tractors have never been exported to Germany and are very rare over here.
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MF 35 V8.
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MF 35 with Perkins Diesel engines.
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1956 Massey-Harris-Ferguson FE35 in its typical copper-grey paint scheme. Four cylinder Standard Diesel engine. Very smooth runner but bad starter.
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Some other early FE35. German farmers called them "Goldbauch", which means "gold belly".
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More MF pictures.

Many MF 35 and FE 35 gathered there.
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Grey Ferguson TE (TE-A, TE-D, TE-F. TE-C, etc.): way more than 100.
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Rare Ferguson TE-C Vineyard.
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MF 35 in ist working clothes. I like it!
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Ferguson hitch trailers. Rare in Germany.
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Again, MF 100-series.
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Some (Massey-) Ferguson with sickle bar mowers.
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Sickle bar of this MF is directly driven by the crankshaft.
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Playground.
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MF 165 with factory 4WD. Great condition and very rare.
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Ferguson TEF Diesel with lifting/jacking accessory.
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Ferguson TEF Diesel with its rare "banana loader". This loader was imported from England by the owner.
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Another view of the "banana loader".
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Massey Ferguson combines.
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And, at last! German MF65. Early ones have a Perkins A 4.192, later ones have a A 4.203 and AD 4.203 Diesel engines. A MF 65 with the Perkins AD 4.203 was probably one of the best tractors that were offered in the 1960s. Lean on fuel, powerful and starts at almost all temperatures.
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Another view. Note the typical wide fenders with the fender mounted head lights for the German market.
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Another view of German MF 65. These two MF65 were not meant for the German market, because they have no wide fenders and no brake drums attached to the ends of the rear axle housings (german law...).
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Again, new pics from this year's tractor show at Nordhorn, Germany:
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This year, a new record was set: 2,600 tractors from all over Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium gathered at the Dutch-German border.
Let's start with some miscellanous tractors:
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Güldner G50 4WD and G35 tractors. Air cooled Diesel engines of own make. 1960s.

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McCormick Farmall DLD2. German build small Farmall tractor. Two cylinder Diesel engine, ZF transmission.

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1950 Allgaier R22, single cylinder hopper cooled Diesel engine. 22 hp. Hand start. Great sound! This Allgaier is painted in its export colours.

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Mercedes-Benz Unimog U411. 34 hp Diesel. Early 1960s.

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Fendt Farmer 1Z. Two cylinder Diesel engine, made by MWM. Could be ordered as water oder air cooled. Good tractors in their days. Very common until today.

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MAN 4R3 tractor. 4WD. Water cooled Diesel engine with 45 hp. MAN was one of the first makers of 4WD tractors. Quite expensive collectors items nowadays.

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Some fire trucks. DAF, Hanomag, Magirus-Deutz, etc.

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Mercedes-Benz MB-Trac. Not really an antique, but they start being collected.

Many more pics to follow...
Hendrik from Germany
 
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More fire trucks. Here: Volkswagen T1, Magirus-Deutz, Ford Transit, Iveco-Magirus. The VW panel truck is lovely, isn't it?

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Ford Transit.

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DKW Munga. Three cylinder, two-stroke engine.

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Beautiful Opel Blitz truck.

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Later version of the Opel Blitz. Basically, this is a british made Bedford truck, sold in Germany as an Opel.

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Mercedes-Benz Unimog U421. Until today very common and expensive in Germany.

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Again, a Volkswagen T1 panel truck and a dutch DAF truck (I think).

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This is a beatifully restored German Büssing truck. These have a very good reputation among truckers... until today!
 
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Six cylinder Diesel engine mounted underneath the frame.

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Some more Mercedes-Benz Unimogs.

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I'd love to have one of these, but they are very expensive in Germany. About 20,000$.

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Custom made spraying tractor, based on a...

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...Ford tractor.

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Lanzh Bulldog D2816, ca. 1955-1957. Single cylinder, two-stroke Diesel engine, 28hp. These came after the big hot bulb tractors and were very lean on fuel and handy tractors.

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Lanz Bulldog D3506. 20hp single cylinder two-stroke hot bulb engine. Built from 1937 to 1953.
 
Hi Hendrik, great pictures from a great show. Did you see any exhibis from the UK as some of our lads have exhibited in the past. Sorry to be critical but the next to last picture is a UK built Thames Trader truck made by Ford at the Dagenham plant. Hope to get one of these years, do you get to any of the UK shows. I am one of the orginisers of the tractor show at Newark Notts in November. MJ
 
I'm thinking that unit with the engine below the frame could be badly damaged if someone ran over something big. Great pics.
 

Epic post!! Hall of fame, I wish we could make it sticky here.

I hope to get over there in a couple years. I will research it so that I make it to that show!
 
Very neat machines there. I've been a fan of Unimogs for years - it would have been fun seeing
that many at one show. Thanks for all your time and effort to post these great pictures.
 
Jij heb wel mooie fotos gemaakt! My late uncle in Holland had(has) quite a collection of tractors, Hanomag, Fendt and a Lanz Bulldog around 50 or 60 hp. I don't think we could gather up 2600 tractors in all of SW Ontario!

Ben
 
(quoted from post at 06:56:18 08/16/15) Jij heb wel mooie fotos gemaakt! My late uncle in Holland had(has) quite a collection of tractors, Hanomag, Fendt and a Lanz Bulldog around 50 or 60 hp. I don't think we could gather up 2600 tractors in all of SW Ontario!

Ben

I be bumpin!!
 
This is a beatifully restored German Büssing truck. These have a very good reputation among truckers... until today

why until today? Bill
 
(quoted from post at 09:21:32 08/16/15) This is a beatifully restored German Büssing truck. These have a very good reputation among truckers... until today

why until today? Bill

Because Büssing was bought out by the competitor MAN in 1971. That was a very sad day for all german truckers. New MAN trucks still have the characteristc "Büssing lion" on their grille. Look here:
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Hendrik
 
Ok, ready for some more pics? Here we go!

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Pre-war Lanz Bulldog D7506, 25hp hot bulb, working with a plow. This tractor ran very well and was for sale.

Here some more pics of this nice little Lanz Bulldog:
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Unfortunately, prices for Lanz Bulldog hot bulb tractors are very, very high.

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Tractors of three nations: British BMC Nuffield Diesel tractor, Danish Bukh Diesel tractor and an Italian Same Diesel tractor.

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Italian Same tractors.

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Another view of the Italian Same 4WD tractor. Air cooled Diesel engine.

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Corn harvesting area with Hanomag, Schlüter, John Deere and Ford tractors working.

Lots more pics to follow.
Hendrik
 
(quoted from post at 05:37:07 08/16/15) Hi Hendrik, great pictures from a great show. Did you see any exhibis from the UK as some of our lads have exhibited in the past. Sorry to be critical but the next to last picture is a UK built Thames Trader truck made by Ford at the Dagenham plant. Hope to get one of these years, do you get to any of the UK shows. I am one of the orginisers of the tractor show at Newark Notts in November. MJ

MJ, thank you for you corrections. I was not sure about the Thames trader, because there none of these around here.
I have visited the Dorset Steam Fair one time and will visit it again, asap.
Hendrik
 
I sure would like to have a personal look at that 10-20 Mogul. There are very few of them left in the world and even less that have all of the original parts.
 
(quoted from post at 17:29:56 08/16/15) I sure would like to have a personal look at that 10-20 Mogul. There are very few of them left in the world and even less that have all of the original parts.

I am surprised that they have so much old iron over there. I thought that WW2 ripped things up pretty good.
 
More pics!

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1950 Lanz Bulldog D5506, 16hp single cylinder two-stroke hot bulb engine. The last hot bulb model Lanz made. Note how slim the engine is- for good sight at row crop work.

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See the hot bulb for pre heating with a torch?

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Look- a Minneapolis Moline. This one says "Made in France" an the crankcase.

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Some Lanz Bulldog tractors.

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This is a 1948/1949 Lanz Bulldog D9506 hot bulb tractor. 45 hp, more than 10.3 Litres of displacement. Hand start, of course. This one wears a lovely patina.

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View from behind.

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Detachable steering shaft for starting. Six speeds forward, two reverse. Foot operated clutch. Except on some very early tractors, hand clutches have never been produced in Germany.

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You can see the coil for starting on gasoline (without using a torch), the big cylinder head and the big exhaust pipe. That thing makes a great noise!!

More pics to follow...

Hendrik
 
(quoted from post at 23:00:32 08/16/15) More pics!

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1950 Lanz Bulldog D5506, 16hp single cylinder two-stroke hot bulb engine. The last hot bulb model Lanz made. Note how slim the engine is- for good sight at row crop work.

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See the hot bulb for pre heating with a torch?

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Look- a Minneapolis Moline. This one says "Made in France" an the crankcase.

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Some Lanz Bulldog tractors.

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This is a 1948/1949 Lanz Bulldog D9506 hot bulb tractor. 45 hp, more than 10.3 Litres of displacement. Hand start, of course. This one wears a lovely patina.

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View from behind.

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Detachable steering shaft for starting. Six speeds forward, two reverse. Foot operated clutch. Except on some very early tractors, hand clutches have never been produced in Germany.

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You can see the coil for starting on gasoline (without using a torch), the big cylinder head and the big exhaust pipe. That thing makes a great noise!!

More pics to follow...

Hendrik

I've seen exactly one Lanz tractor at a show. They are pretty well known, due to the unusual starting system, and I think, the internet.
 
Spook I don't know if they had the scrap drives in Europe like we did in the US or not. I can vision tractors in Europe being cannibalized for parts though because of crippled imports and bombed out factories. The 10-20 Mogul was built from 1916-1918. I had the opportunity to do a partial restoration and complete paint job on one a couple of years ago. Had to manufacture a few missing parts and there are NO other 10-20's around to look at for dimensions.
 
(quoted from post at 10:53:35 08/17/15) Spook I don't know if they had the scrap drives in Europe like we did in the US or not. I can vision tractors in Europe being cannibalized for parts though because of crippled imports and bombed out factories. The 10-20 Mogul was built from 1916-1918. I had the opportunity to do a partial restoration and complete paint job on one a couple of years ago. Had to manufacture a few missing parts and there are NO other 10-20's around to look at for dimensions.

I wonder how many of that model survived? Do the Red Power folks keep a registry?
 
Back to Nordhorn, Germany:

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Another Lanz Bulldog hot bulb, restored. Post WWII.

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Allis Chalmers Model K crawler. In the left hand background: Potato cooking unit for feeding pigs. Very common in Germany during the 1950-1960s. In the right hand background: Swedish Volvo tractor.

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Antique chainsaw collection.

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Woodworking area. Here: buzz saw powered by a steam engine.

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Another buzz saw, powered by a 1954 Lanz Bulldog D1706. Two stroke, single cylinder Diesel engine.

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View from the driver's place. Again please note how slim the engine compartment is shaped. These had an electric swinging starter and were started on gasoline. After firing up, fuel could be switched over to Diesel.

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Steam threshing area.

Hendrik
 

IH had some gas start diesels. They had a small ancillary gas tank. I think they stopped making those in the 50's.

Btw, why would you need to cook potatoes for a hog? I thought they would eat most anything.
 
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IH had some gas start diesels. They had a small ancillary gas tank. I think they stopped making those in the 50's.

Btw, why would you need to cook potatoes for a hog? I thought they would eat most anything.

Another question: Was Lanz bought out by John Deere? I seem to remember that...
 
(quoted from post at 12:06:10 08/18/15)
(quoted from post at 07:46:57 08/18/15)
IH had some gas start diesels. They had a small ancillary gas tank. I think they stopped making those in the 50's.

Btw, why would you need to cook potatoes for a hog? I thought they would eat most anything.

Another question: Was Lanz bought out by John Deere? I seem to remember that...

This is a great post. I'm gonna bump!!

Again?
 
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IH had some gas start diesels. They had a small ancillary gas tank. I think they stopped making those in the 50's.

Btw, why would you need to cook potatoes for a hog? I thought they would eat most anything.

Another question: Was Lanz bought out by John Deere? I seem to remember that...

Cooking potatos in those large amounts was to fatten the hogs.

And yes, Lanz was bought out by John Deere in 1956.
 
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Close up of the the steam engine, that powered one of the buzz saws.

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Minneapolis Moline G705.

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Beautifully restored Ford tractors.

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McCormick International

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Case, Allis Chalmers.

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John Deere.

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Steam roller demonstration.
 
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This steam roller is a 1922 Breda, bulit in Milano, Italy. Perfectly restored and running excellent.

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A view from the back.

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French built Massey-Harris Pony with Simca engine.

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Hanomag R55 Diesel tractor. Made in 1956 and exported to Greece. Hanomag tractors for export to Greece were always painted yellow.

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Backside. Double driver's seat is a rare extra. This one is in really good original condition. No need to be painted!

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Ferguson TED or TEA converted to Diesel by a Perkins P3 engine.

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Czech Zetor 25K Diesel tractor. Still very common in Eastern Europe, but quite rare in Western Europe. Nice little tractor, rugged built.

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Another view of the Zetor 25K tractor.

Hendrik
 
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This steam roller is a 1922 Breda, bulit in Milano, Italy. Perfectly restored and running excellent.

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A view from the back.

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French built Massey-Harris Pony with Simca engine.

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Hanomag R55 Diesel tractor. Made in 1956 and exported to Greece. Hanomag tractors for export to Greece were always painted yellow.

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Backside. Double driver's seat is a rare extra. This one is in really good original condition. No need to be painted!

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Ferguson TED or TEA converted to Diesel by a Perkins P3 engine.

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Czech Zetor 25K Diesel tractor. Still very common in Eastern Europe, but quite rare in Western Europe. Nice little tractor, rugged built.

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Another view of the Zetor 25K tractor.

Hendrik

Is the 25K a designation of hp?
 

Over here, a yellow tractor usually means a state or local highway department, they use them to mow the sides of the roads.
 
(quoted from post at 22:12:00 08/19/15) ... hope you're not out yet.

:D not at all.

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Another big Hanomag tractor. Again in export colour, this time red for export to the Netherlands. Note the old pin up girl on the grille, wich was very common among Hanomag and truck drivers in the old days.

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Massey Harris 102 working at the threshing area.

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This is an extremely rare RMW 40hp Diesel tractor, model "Lippe".

These pictures have been of some of the miscellanous tractors at the 2015 Nordorn show. The next pictures to follow will be specially about the featured Fahr and Deutz tractors.

Hendrik
 
(quoted from post at 22:12:00 08/19/15) Fantastic group of pictures, thanks for showing them, hope you're not out yet.

A lot of these tractors have never been seen at US shows.
 
OK, let's go on with some pictures of FAHR tractors and machinery.
Do you know FAHR? FAHR was one of the oldest and biggest manufacturer of harvesting machinery in Germany until they merged with Deutz. Until today, Deutz tractors are sold under the name "Deutz-FAHR".

Until the late 1950s, Fahr even built tractors. Except for some early models, they used to buy engines and transmissions from external suppliers.

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This is a FAHR D540. Very big and rare. Perfectly restored. It has a Deutz F4L514 engine and 55 hp.

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Transmission made by ZF. This is one of thg biggest models made by FAHR.

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And this is the smallest FAHR "tractor". Well, basically it is a FAHR walk behind tractor with an original for-wheel-tractor conversion kit on it.

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Different models of FAHR walk behind tractors, made in the 1950s. They were available as gas and Diesel models.

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FAHR low-pressure baler.

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FAHR D400 Diesel tractor, 40 hp. Powered by a Deutz F3L514 engine.

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This is an extremely rare FAHR tool carrier, model GT130.
It has a small two cylinder Güldner diesel engine in the front and a ZF transmission in the back. They made only very few of these tool carriers.

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Another FAHR GT130 tool carrier. In unrestored original condition.

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Driver's place of the FAHR GT130.
 
More pictures of FAHR tractors.

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Another picture of the two rare FAHR tool carriers.

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FAHR D181 vineyard tractor.

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Do you know what this giant thing is? It's a field hay drying unit. FAHR made 14 of them, three still exist. This one is restored to full working condition.

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This tractor is really huge beast. It's a FAHR D800, made in Argentina by Deutz. It has a Deutz F6L514 Diesel engine and has never been exported to Europe.

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Driver's place of the FAHR D800.

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Manufacturer's plate of FAHR D800.

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Some other rare big FAHR Diesel tractors.

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This is a rarity, too! It is one of the very few surving Holzgas-tractors (wood gas) made during WWII. This FAHR wood gas tractor was built in 1943. Gas and oil was not available for civilians anymore at that time, so farmers had to buy wood gas tractors. The following pics show some details of this tractor to show you how these wood gas tractors work.

Hendrik
 
Sorry for delay... here are the promised pics of the 1943 FAHR HG 25 wood gas tractor:

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This is the left side of the engine. It is a two cylinder Diesel engine engine converted to run on gas. Wood gas in this case. You can see the spark plugs.

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This is right side of the engine. You can see how much room all the wood gas parts needs. There is a "boiler", some radiators, many pipes, filters, levers, rods, valves and so on.

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Let's start the engine! Well, at first lighten up the coal in the lower part of the "boiler".

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Wait some minutes, then start cranking it! Well no, the owner cranks a blower, which sucks air through the glowing coal until flammable wood gas comes out of the end of the pipe at the blower. It takes fifteen minutes of hard cranking action!

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Can you see how it glows deep in there?

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Wood gas powered engine need a very special fuel. It has to be wood of the beech tree with a certain humidity and special size.

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This is how the FAHR HG 25 looks from the front. It's no beauty of a tractor but it worked in the hard years of WWII when there was almost no fuel available for people in Germany.

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Wood gas vehicles have two radiators. One for the engine coolant, one for the wood gas.
 
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Because there were no rubber tractor tires available during WWII,
Wood gas tractors were often equipped with used air plane tires and rims! Steel wheels were no option because the shaking movements would have compressed the wood in the wood gas boiler.

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A winch was often a standard feature on wood gas tractors because the owners had to get their tractor fuel... out of the forests!

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Engine detail. You can see the carb and a special wood gas / air mixer.

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Finally! The engine runs on wood gas. Every two hours the driver has to fill up the boiler with wood cubes.

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This a part of the large FAHR machinery section, part of the 2015 tractor show at Nordhorn, Germany.

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FAHR tractors and harvesting machinery in action.
 
Some more Pictures of FAHR machinery. The last ones...

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This is a very nice farming setup, typical for the German farmer back in the 1950s. A Fahr D25N Diesel tractor pulling a FAHR hay loading trailer. The tractor has an aftermarket "Fritzmeyer" canopy, which was very popular in those days.

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This picture proves that FAHR really was a big manufacturer of harvesting machinery. The machines shown in this picture could have been attached to FAHR walk-behind tractors.

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This FAHR KT10D walk-behind tractor has a single cylinder two-stroke Diesel engine. As you can see, it pulls a FAHR sit-on type hay tedder.

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Another picture of this setup.

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FAHR horse-pulled mowers used to be very common in Germany. This one has an additional small gas engine that powered the sickle bar. This was a big relief for the horses.

At last:
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FAHR pull-type combines (late 1960s) and self-propelled combines.

Now we are leving the FAHR section of the 2015 Nordhorn tractor show. We will now enter the giant section featuring DEUT tractors. I guess DEUTZ tractors are better known in the U.S. than FAHR machinery.
I hope there are some U.S. Deutz enthusiasts watching this thread. You will see pictures of the oldest Deutz tractors known to exist and of many other rare Deutz pieces!

Hendrik
 
OK, are you ready for some pictures of the oldest and rarest Deutz tractors?

Allright, let's start with the oldest Deutz tractor known to exist (which was main attraction of the show):

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This is it! The remains of a 1918 "Deutzer Trekker" as it was called back then. Please note, the Hood and radiator frame are new parts made exactly like original. Design and measures had to be taken from very few existing pictures and drawings. It is said that this "Deutzer Trekker" is the only surviving one.

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The new radiator frame with new radiator blocks/ elements.
Unfortunately, there is much room behind this radiator... the engine is missing.

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You can see the steering column, the frame and the shifter levers in their typical pre-WWI design.

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Winch between front and rear axle. Front and rear axle are fully sprung! Front and rear wheels are all original.

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There are almost NO pre-WWI tractors existing in Germany. Many of these had been scrapped during WWII to make guns and airplanes out of them. So, this is definately a find!!!

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This is one of the very few existing photographies that show how the Deutzer Trekker looked back in 1918. This kind of tractor was originally developed as traction engines for the German Kaiser army in WWI, they were meant to pull big guns and howitzers.
After the end of WWI, many manufacturers of these traction engines struggled because there was no need for this kind of machinery any more. So they tried to advertise and sell them as agricultural machines (tractors). But most them were too heavy, too expensive, too big and consumed too much fuel, even for large German farms back then.

More info on this first Deutz tractor to come.
 
Some more pictures of the 1918 Deutzer Trekker:

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Close up picture of the winch. Many parts of this unique tractor are rusted solid but hey- they are still there!

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Differential housing and chin driven rear axle. Large brake drums on rear wheels.

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Original engine was a four cylinder gas engine.

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Say good bye to this old fellow. I hope to see it again. Perhaps in restored, full working condition...

Many more pictures of rare Deutz tractores to come
 
Here are some pictures of the second-oldest Deutz tractor:

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This is a 1927 Deutz MTH 222 Diesel tractor. Yes, it's a Diesel! single Cylinder, four-stroke hopper cooled. Of course it has a Deutz engine. It ist said that there are three machines of this model in existance.

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If you are familiar with Lanz tractors you may note that this Deutz MTH 222 almost looks like the first Lanz hot-bulb tractor, model HL12.

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If you want to see such rarities, you have to visit the annual show at Nordhorn, Germany.

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OK, let's switch over to a modern tractor until we get back to the antique ones:
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This is the millionth Deutz tractor: A 1992 Deutz AgroXtra (I think).

But now: back to old Deutz tractors...

Hendrik
 
OK, sorry for the delay.
No we will go on with pictures of the next generation of German-built Deutz tractors.
This will be the Deutz MTZ models. The MTZ series (MTZ 120, MTZ 220, MTZ 320) were built from 1929 to 1936.
All of these Deutz MTZ tractors have a reverse-mount two cylinder four stroke Diesel engine, developing 27 hp (MTZ 120) or 36 hp (MTZ 320). Steel wheeled field Versions were available as industrial Versions with hard rubber wheels.

OK, here they are:
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There are about 70 Deutz MTZ tractors known in existance. 24 of these still existing tractors gathered during the 2015 Nordhorn tractor show.

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Competitors to the Deutz MTZ tractors were the Lanz Bulldog 15/30 and the Hanomag RD 36, which are ones of the earliest Diesel tractors ever produced.
This Deutz wears a lovely patina. The transmission is chain driven from the clutch attached to left hand fly wheel.

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This pic shows the valve compartment of a beautifully restored Deutz MTZ road tractor /industrial tractor. Although the engine could be compared to the engine of a John Deere Model R, it runs much slowlier, smoother and quiter.

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The owner of this rare Beauty just started up the engine and is now warming it up. What a great sound!

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Wide fenders, downswept exhaust, higher top speed, upholstered seat bench and hard rubber on cast steel wheels are typical for road tractors.

Hendrik
 
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Front view of this perfectly restored Deutz MTZ road tractor. Note the beautiful brass Deutz Diesel logo at the radiator!

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These Deutz MTZ Diesel tractors ware alwys hand started, which was extremely hard on the first versions (MTZ 120). Imagine starting a Model R John Deere with a hand crank!
Well, to improve the strating, Deutz developed a kind of a Special hand cranking attachment on the MTZ 220 and 320. Please note the second cranking hole at tho bottom of the flywheel cover. There is a second flywheel in there that is revved up by using the hand crank. This second flywheel will then crank the engine.

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Another two of these scarce Deutz MTZ road tractors. Among these 24 Deutz MTZ tractors were three tractors with consecutive serial numbers! Isn't that amazing? The last time they were standing side by side was appr. 1932 at the Deutz works in Cologne...

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Original paint on this one!

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Man, I'd LOVE to have this one...

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Driver's place.

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Another Deutz MTZ road tractor. I've never seen such a big valve cover before.

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Barn find Deutz MTZ 220 with front mounted winch. Great!

Hendrik
 
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Some more pictures of the Deutz MTZ road tractor with its unique and probably factory mount front winch.

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A really great and very scarce stup.

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Another beautiful Deutz MTZ road tractor. Still wears its original paint.

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This pic shows again the special (patents pending!) Deutz hand crank device that eases starting enormously.

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No, this is not the the radiator top tank. It's the back of the engine with the integrated coolant temperature gauge and the oil pressure gauge.

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It seems as if this tractor hasn't many hours on it, as you can tell by the floor pattern and the overall condition.

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Even more of these rare beauties...

Hendrik
 
Now to follow the last pictures of these early Deutz tractors.

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This is a Deutz MTH 320 road tractor, equipped with rubber tires and automobile styled fenders. This kind of fenders was often used on road tractors (like Hanomag SR45, R40 or Lanz Eilbulldog).

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Electric lights and front wheel weights. But no electric starter.
For me, this must be the most beautiful Deutz tractor EVER made.

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Another Deutz MTH 320 on rubber tires.

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Line up.

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This one has a band saw attached to the back of it.

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More of these rarities.

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Detail pic of the water pump and fan drive of the Deutz MTH.

Hendrik
 
Hello everybody,

finally I found some time to post more pictures of those antique DEUTZ tractors. Unfortunately, I still have many many pictures but not enough time to post them here.

So, here are the last pictures of the early Deutz MTZ and MTH tractors, made from 1928 to 1934:

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Deutz MTH for field work. Beautiful patina.

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This is the manufacturer's plate of the the Deutz MTH shown above. Each cylinder had ist own engine serial number!

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I know I already posted some pictures of this machine. But I love this one so here is another picture.

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The same tractor, but with the huge valve cover removed.
You can see the injection nozzles.

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Deutz MTZ 220, flywheel cover removed.

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View from the back to a Deutz MTH road (industrial) tractor. Hard rubber tires, upholstered duble seat and downswept exhaust.

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Detail picture of a hard rubbered rear wheel of these Deutz MTH road tractors. Please note the integrated quick-extensible spade lugs ("Blitzgreifer"), simply operated by a special crank just aside the wheel hub.

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So, say good bye to These rare beauties. We will no go on to the subsequent Deutz generation. They were called "Stahlschlepper" and were manufactured from 1934 to 1953.

Hendrik
 
The "new" Deutz tractors were basically different from the older MTH and MTZ series. They had no frames anymore and upright inline Diesel engines. Gas tractors were not available.
These Deutz tractors were available as one, two and three cylinder versions.
Deutz "Stahlschlepper" means "steel tractor". This is because the two and three cylinder versions had a Transmission gear box that was made of welded steel plates, not a cast iron gear box. (The single cylinder Deutz tractor had a cast gear box.).

Ok, here are some antique pics for you so you can imagine how these tractors loked like:

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The smallest: Deutz F1M 414. Single cylinder, 11 hp. Diesel, of course. It was made from 1936 to 1951. Deutz sold more than 20,000 of it, which was gigantic in those days. This tractor was cheap and the farmer didn't have to have a drivers licence. It was the first time for German farmers to be able to buy a tractor.

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Deutz F2M 315, later F2M 417. 28 to 35 hp. Available as a field tractor or as a road tractor. 1934 to 1953.


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The big ones: Deutz F3M417, three cylinder diesel, 50 hp. Rarities today!

Many of them gathered at the 2015 Nordhorn tractor show. The following pics only sho a few of them. Enjoy!

Hendrik
 

Great pictures, thanks for posting. There are some tractors seldom seen over here any more at least. That International 4586 and the Deere 7020 aren't seeing very often in these parts anymore.

Thanks for posting.

Grouse
 
OK, here they are, the Deutz "Stahlschlepper":

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These are the two cylinder versions, models F2M 315 and F2M 417. Pre-war tractors were painted grey with red rims, post-war Deutz were painted grren with red rims.

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This nice Deutz seems to be have been born as a road tractor/ industrial version because of its front fenders. Please note the old German license plate. This kind of plates was used from 1946 to 1955, when Germany was devided into four big sectores by the allies. "BR" stands for "British sector Rheinland".

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The same tractor. I think the dual wheels are not original.

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It has a big winch at the back. Rear fenders are missing.

Hendrik
 
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These are Deutz F3M417 tractors. They have a three cylinder water cooled Diesel engine. 50 hp. Big tractors in those days. Rare today.
The green one is a typical road (industrial) version. Fenders front and back, fully enclosed driver's cab, electric starter, lights, faster transmission, downswept exhaust, upholstered seat and so on. Note the yellow triangle on the roof, which all road tractors and trucks had to have from 1930 to 1953. It meant "Caution! I am pulling trailers!". There was even an electric light in them. If no trailer was behind the tractor, that triangle could easily be folded down by a small lever.
The red Deutz tractor is general purpose version for use on roads and for field work.

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That green road tractor even has a pneumatic brake. You can see the compressor directly driven by the generator and the blue pressure relief valve.

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A view into the driver's cab.

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View from the back. Road type tires, downswept exhaust, automatic trailer hitch. You can see the transmission case, which is not cast iron on these Deutz but basically a big welded and bolted steel pipe. This is a beatiful and rare tractor.

Hendrik
 
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Two cylinder Deutz F2M 315, pre- WWII. The location of the headlights is not original.

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Typical steering column and shifter lever setup.

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More 50hp three cylinder Deutz tractors in general purpose and industrial versions.

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This rare road tractor is in the progress of being restored. This one will be a rare beauty when finished.

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Right side of the engine with its Bosch injection pump.

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Deutz road tractors were available in any color you wanted. This one is perfectly restored and well known. Extra wheel weights at the rear.

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Big cab.

Hendrik
 
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This 50hp three cylinder Deutz F3M 417 is as you can see a field version. Nice original.

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This is a very nice general purpose version which wears a lovely patina.

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Note the big winch and the automatic trailer hitch. It seems as if this Deutz was used for logging. These old style rear tires are called "Hammerprofil" because of their hammer like looking tread. As you can see...

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...this one has an air tank with a big valve on top just aside the driver's seat. Can you imagine why? No, it's not for pneumatic brakes...

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It's a very very rare air starting device for the engine! This feature could be ordered for field tractors without any electrical parts. This device is very scarce today because most Deutz tractors with this interesting starting system had been exported to Russia. The starting valve was controlled by the injection pump drive shaft. When running, the engine fills up the air tank by itself.
Great piece of engineering, isn't it?

Hendrik
 
More pictures of antique, water cooled Deutz tractors!

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A typical field version of the two-cylinder Deutz F2M 417.

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This is a Deutz F2M 417 general purpose tractor which was converted to run on wood gas. You can see the big gasifier and filter/Radiator combination in front of the tractor. During WWII, all civilian vehicles had to be converted to run on wood gas in order to save fuel for the German army.

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There are many additional levers necessary to operate the gasifier. Starting valves, mixing valves, air valves and so on. It was NO fun to work with these wood gas vehicles, because they were not reliable. After WWII, when fuel was finally available again, most of these wood gas devices were scrapped.

More pics to follow...

Hendrik
 
Hello everyone,

last weekend, the annual giant tractor show at Nordhorn, Germany, took place. Again, more than 2,500 antique tractors gathered at the German-Dutch border.

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This year's featured tractor make was Schlüter. You U.S. guys don't know Schlüter? Wait for the pics to come up!

As always, at first pictures of miscellaneous tractors and machinery.

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Of course they have a large swap meet there with many parts vendors.

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You could easily have spend the whole day there.

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And now... tractors!!!!

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From the right: Ford, Allis-Chalmers, Hanomag Robust 800, Hanomag R45 and a smaller MAN

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John Deere 1030.

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A Case collector presented his beauties.

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John Deere 3130.

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Volvo BM and Fiat 4WD.
 
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Some local tractor dealer displayed the latest models. Here: Deutz tractors.

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Lanz Bulldog D4016 and D2016, which was re-imported from France. The Lanz D4016 was the last tractor developed by Lanz before John Deere bought out Lanz in 1956.

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Another nice original Hanomag Robust 800, painted in export colours.

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1954 Eicher ED16/II. 19 hp single cylinder direct injection Diesel engine, air cooled. Extremely lean on fuel.

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French built massey Ferguson MF25.
 
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Fortschritt ZT 300 and Famulus 40. Both tractors were built in East Germany, former GDR.

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Pre-war Hanomag AGR 38 Diesel tractor for field and road work. I may have showed this tractor some pages before when Hanomag was the featured brand. Sorry for that.

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Another bigger swedish Bolinder Munktells tractor. They have a very good reputation but have never been sold in Germany.

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Fendt Farmer 106S AWD. A very typical German tractor which still can be seen on German farms working.
 
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A Fendt GT tool carrier. Front tipping box can easily be changed over to a front end loader, cultivating tools or many different other things. An agricultural transformer...

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A very nice restored Eicher ED33. Two cylinder air cooled Diesel engine.
 
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Austrian built Steyr Diesel tractor. This is quite a big one.

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Some smaller Steyr Diesel tractors.

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Eicher 3048 with three cylinder air cooled Diesel engine.

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Ferguson TEF Diesel. Ferguson offered the TED gasoline tractor in Germany, but almost nobody bought them. The TEF Diesel tractor was sold in way higher numbers.
 
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Eicher tool carrier.

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Eicher with Stoll front end loader and four wheel drive.

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Another Eicher Diesel tractor, made in the 1960s.

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Ford 3000 or 4000, im not shure.
 
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Ford 5000 with a corn chopper. That tractor had LOTS of power.

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Another Fendt Farmer Diesel tractor. This one has too big front wheels, so it looks as if it was a four wheel drive.

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Corn chopping with Hanomag Brillant 701 AWD and Deutz.

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Only a small part of more than 2,500 tractors gathering at Nordhorn.
 
More pics!

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1950s MAN Diesel tractor, 4WD. Big and expensive tractor back then. Well, expensive today again...

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Holder articulated Diesel tractor.

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Ursus C45 hot bulb tractor, the polish rip off of the German Lanz Bulldog D9506. The rear fenders of this Ursus are not original. Pre-heating the hot bulb with propane is possible and quite safe but not correct. A gas fueled blow torch was the original equipment. It takes about 10-20 minutes of pre-heating before starting.

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As you can see, starting up a Lanz Bulldog (or Ursus) is always drawing a crowd.

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Porsche Junior.

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International 1055 4WD.

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More Eicher Diesel tractors.
 
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Eicher 3105 Diesel tractor. Six cylinder air cooled direct injection. 105 hp.

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The Nordhorn Antique tractor club has many enthusiastic IH collectors. They always display ther red tractors some kind of "special". This tower for example has been used by IH in the old days on agricultural fairs when theydisplayed the latest tractors.
The IH tractor in front is a D320, three cylinder Diesel, water cooled, 20hp. Made in Neuss, Germany. Very common in Germany in the 1950s.

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This is a very very scarce IH I-12-G, the German industrial version of the F20. Made in 1939.

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IH I-12-G and FG (20hp), 1950.

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The FG gas tractor was a styled standard version of the F-12-G. It was the last tractor IH offered with a gasoline engine in Germany.

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IH Farmall DF25, 1950. Four cylinder water cooled Diesel engine, 25hp. The first Diesel tractor IH offered in Germany. Still many typical US Farmall parts have been used on this model.

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Farmall FG gas tractor converted to Diesel by a two cylinder Diesel engine. 25 hp, 1950.

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Lanz Alldog A1806 tool carrier,1959. Two cylinder water cooled diesel engine, made by MWM. This Alldog wears the John Deere colors because it was made after John Ddeere bought out Lanz in 1956.
 
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John Deere AR. Nice original, runs great.

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Lanz Bulldog D1706, 1954. 17 hp two-stroke semi-Diesel single cylinder. Front tool box door and clutch cover is missing.

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Nice display of various Lanz Bulldogs. These are the "smaller" ones in the range of 20-28 hp.

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Lanz Bulldog hot bulb tractors. The "big" ones, 35-55 hp.
 
Follow me to the antique U.S. tractor area!

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Two Cases an an Oliver 88.

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IHC 10-20 TracTractor and a IHC WK 40

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Maybe you know it better. Anyway, what a lovely patina.

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An old french pick-ip truck.

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Massey-Harris.

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Farmall Regular.

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...in lovely original unpainted condition.
 
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International 10-20.

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Huber tractor.

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Case. Ran beautifully and was working all day long.

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Another Case. Nice unrestored condition

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Hanomag Diesel tractor with corn chopper for reverse use.

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Danish Bukh diesel tractor. Very strong und rugged built.

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Farmall Regular, Unstyled D and an unstyled B.

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Another picture of the B.
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Great photos to share with ALL tractor/equipment lovers around the world.
Mich. John
 
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Ursus C45 and Pampa T-01 (Polish and Argentinian rip-offs of the German Lanz Bulldog) pulling a disc tiller.

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Those fenders could have been correct for a Lanz Bulldog, not for Ursus and Pampa.

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Great sound though.

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1929 Irish Fordson N in beautiful patina condition.

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Unstyled John Deere D. Unrestored but running great.

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Another view of this Model D.

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Corn chopping with John Deere tractors.

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Look, three generations of John Deere tractors working side by side!

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Another view of the Twin City, which I had already posted here.

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25hp -Lanz Bulldog D7506 working hard.
 
Finally, I found some time to post some new pics! Enjoy!

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Ursus C45 hot bulb tractor and IH crawler working.

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Another pic of the IH crawler.

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Great John Deere setup!

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Deutz F4L514 crawler. Four cylinder air cooled Diesel engine.

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Big russian Kirovets K-700 articulated tractor with its drunk dutch owners jumping off.

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This extremely rare tractor will probably be unveiled next year for the 25th anniversary of the Nordhorn tractor show. It's now being restored. You can see the engine sitting next to it.
 
Finally, we are now entering the Schlüter tractor area. Schlüter was the featured make of the 2016 Nordhorn tractor show.

Let's start with the smallest and oldest Schlüter tractors.

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1939 Schlüter DZM 25, 25 hp and 1950 Schlüter DS15, 15 hp.

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Schlüter DZM 25. Note the automotive style of the fenders and the cushioned double drivers seat. Engine side covers are missing on this one. Beautiful and rare tractor.

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Same tractor.

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Very original.

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Schlüter made their own Diesel engines.

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Schlüter DS15. Nice little single cylinder Diesel tractor. Very original, too.

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More 15hp Schlüter Diesel tractors.

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Ca. 1949 25hp Schlüter DS25 tractor in progress of being restored.

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Original Schlüter DS25 with a typical steel canopy which was an aftermarket accessory.

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Restored Schlüter tractor.

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30+hp Schlüter Diesel tractors, late 1950s. No more automotive styling on these ones.
 
Finally, more pics from the 2016 Nordhorn tractor show.

More German Schlueter tractors:

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60hp three cylinder Diesel engines.

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A typical Schlueter Diesel engine from the 1950s. Note the three levers at the cylinder heads. By turning these levers you can switch the engine from direct injection (for easy starting)
over to swirl chamber injection.

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Nice little Schlueter DS15, 15 hp single cylinder Diesel engine, early 1950s) driving a Schlueter threshing machine.

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Bigger Schlueter tractors (50hp+) from the late 1960s. Schlueter started leaving the standard tractor business and began focussing on high quality, high power tractors, ofter with 4WD.

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These are the typical Schlueter tractors, of which Schlueter is famous for in Europe until today. 100+ hp, sx or eight cylinder inline Schlueter Diesel engines, four wheel drive. "Strong like a bear" was Schlueter's Slogan.

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130hp Schlueter high speed tractor, 31 mph. Note the typical cab design.
 
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Very expensive collector tractors nowadays.

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Sliding doors in the cab.

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Line-up of the biggest Schlueter tractors. These were extremely expensive back then, and only few farmers in Germany could afford or economically use one of those. So Schlueter produced only very few of these big 4WD tractors.
As you can read behind the tractors, 185hp, 280 hp and more. 8 to twelve cylinder Diesel engines.

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The biggest tractor that Schlueter ever built: Profi Trac 5000 TVL. 1978, 500 hp, V12 Turbo Diesel engine made by MAN.
NO articulated tractor but front and rear axle steering.
 
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280 and 210 hp Schlueter Diesel tractors made in 1980 and 1979.

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Another view of the 500hp Schlueter Profi Trac 5000 TVL., warming up before entering the playground. What a sound, believe me.

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300+ hp.

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Another view of these rare beauties. :shock:
 
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A good view of the typical Schlueter tractor design.

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Waiting for work, corn chopping etc.

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320hp Schlueter tractor. In Germany, we call this kind of steering "Hundegang", i.e. "dog walk".

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Same tractor, switched over to regular steering manner.

Hendrik
 
More pictures of the big Schlueter tractors:

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320 hp Schlueter Profi Trac 3500 TVL.

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Same tractor.

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Another one of this big, rare beauties.
Detail of the rear axle. Hydraulic steering, hydraulic disc brakes.

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Hi,

this year's Nordhorn tractor show was a special one. It was the 25th aniversary tractor show!

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This year's show was extended to three days. There was not a single featured tractord make but all featured tractor makes of the past years hat their own fields where they gathered. Prototypes, one-offs, rare versions... they all were there. As every year, more than 2,500 tractors from all over Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium met at the german-dutch border.

So, let's start with the pictures. A total of 165 pics is waiting to be posted. At first: European and US IH tractors!
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Lots of German built IH standard Diesel tractors. 1955 to 1963, 12 to 36 hp. As you can see, the ground was very wet.

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Pre-war IH F-12-G, built in Neuss, Germany.

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Manufacturer's plate on the F-12-G. If IH had a Diesel engine back then, they could have sold many, many thousands of this nice tractor. But it was only available as a gasoline version. So most of the German farmers preferred the lean Diesel tractors like Deutz, Lanz and Hanomag.

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Unrestored I-12-G, 1937. Very rare over here.

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This one is perfectly restored.

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1940 F-12-G with pneumatic tires. Larger 40" tires had been available, too.

More to follow....

Hendrik
 
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1950 Farmall FG, 20 hp. Available as gas or Diesel.

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Some big US Internationals.

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1960 McCormick D440. 40hp, four cylinder supercharged Diesel engine. Seen here with a Baas front end loader.

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1975 International 1046A, Six cylinder Diesel, 100hp. Four wheel drive.
 
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Some big US International trucks.

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1927 International S24 truck.

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Nice original 1955 IH Farmall DED3, three cylinder Diesel engine, 20hp.

German built IH International 624, 1971. 58hp Diesel, four wheel drive. Baas front end loader. Fritzmeier cab.

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1960 IH D-324V, 24hp vineyard version.

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1957 IH Farmall D-212. 12hp, two cylinder Diesel engine. with original tools. Very nice set up in all original condition.

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1951 IH DF25, 25hp four cylinder Diesel engine. Seen here with a D-14 potato planter.

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1978 International 1246A. 120hp six cylinder Diesel, four wheel drive.

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1954 IH BTD-6 crawler. 50hp.
 
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1972 International 1468, 168hp.

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1983 Case IH 1455XL. 145hp.

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1984 IH 6388, 150hp and 1985 IH 6588, 180hp.

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1969 International 423, 40hp.

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1982 and 1984 International 5288s.
 
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1973 International 1066, 105 hp.

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1953 Farmall Super BMD, 50hp, british built.

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Some more US built IHs.

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1945 Farmall H with IH 200 manure spreader.

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1917 IH Titan 15-30.
 
More pics from the IH area!

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1937 IH T20 crawler, 24hp.

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More IH crawlers.

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1930 Farmall Regular heading for the playground.

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1906 IH Friction drive and 1917 Titan 10-20.

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1919 IH 8-16 Junior.
 
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Another pic of the Farmall Regular.

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1936 IH WK40, 45hp.

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1932 IH 10-20.

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Several Farmall F-12, F-14, F-20 and F-30. Most of them in nice original unpainted condition.

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International backhoe. Sorry, I don't know the model.
 
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This is a 1974 Interantional 453 four wheel drive. A one-off, a prototype. 45hp.

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1956 IH Dairy Special. Tweo cylinder Diesel engine, 14hp.

We are now leaving the IH area and are heading to the Deutz area.

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Again, many of these rare Deutz two cylinder Diesels, models MTZ gathered here. Look at this beautiful industrial version with its patina! It's a 36hp MTZ 320 from 1933-1934

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A few of these rarities from behind.
The driver's compartment of the Deutz MTZ 320 industrial.

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1938 Deutz F1M414. Single cylinder water cooled Diesel engine, 11hp. A very popular tractor in Germany. It was marketed as "Bauernschlepper", i.e. "small farmer's tractor".

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You can see the two oldest Deutz tractors in existance here in the right Corner. Deutz MTH 222 in the middle and the Deutzer Trekker to far right. For further information on these two, please refer to the special Deutz entries a few pages up in this thread.
Far left you can see another rarity. A 1946 Deutz RS 1500 Waldschlepper "forest tractor". Half track. 70hp four cylinder Diesel engine, air cooled. This halftrack was originally developed for the German Army in WWII.

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Back side of the Deutz RS1500. As you can see, it is equipped with a winch and a belt pulley. Extremely rare!

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Another view.

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Not quite antique. A 1993 Deutz Agoxtra 4.57, 95hp.
 
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1970 Deutz D16006. V8 air cooled Diesel, 160hp. Very rare.

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1943 Deutz F3M417 Industrial. Three cylinder water cooled Diesel engine. 50hp.

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Some big stationary Diesel engines, working all day long. Most of them were Deutz engines, 1917 to 1936.

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1924 Deutz MKH147 Diesel engine, 40hp.

Of course there have been many, many more Deutz tractors, with many rarities among them. Unfortunately we have have to leave the Deutz area now for the next featured tractor brands.

Before we will enter the Massey Ferguson area, I'd like to Show you some steam pictures.

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One of the plowing engines.
 
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One of two 1909 Fowler cable plowing steam traction engine. 175 hp.

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This full working miniature steam engine hauled wood to the wood working area.

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Burrell showman's engine.

We are now entering the Ferguson/MF area!

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1937 Ferguson-Brown Model A, 20 hp.
 
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MF articulated tractors.

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1975 and 1977 MF 1155.

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Double MF65 with Perkins Diesel AD4.203.

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1972 MF 1080 and MF 1080A (Four wheel drive). 80 hp Perkins Diesel.

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Many Ferguson TE-20, TEA, TED and TEF.

Hendrik
 
Thanks for the pics--if I didn't know this was Germany I'd say it looked just like our tractor shows here. Guess tractors translate well from one country to the other :D

I'd be interested in seeing the antique German tractors if you could post, Thanks. Gary
 
(quoted from post at 09:15:35 09/04/17) Thanks for the pics--if I didn't know this was Germany I'd say it looked just like our tractor shows here. Guess tractors translate well from one country to the other :D

I'd be interested in seeing the antique German tractors if you could post, Thanks. Gary

Gary,
you are welcome. Antique German tractors? Here you go!

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1980 Eicher 3105, 105 hp six cylinder air cooled Diesel engine.

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1964 Eicher Agrirobot, 45 hp Diesel. This is on-off experimental unit. A ploughing robot which can plow a field on its own- without any driver or supervisor. It has lots of sensors all around. Never made it into production. Still works great.
Note the one-off special bi-directional tires!

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1967 Eicher Mammut Four wheel drive. Four cylinder air cooled Diesel engine, 54 hp. Very pricey nowadays!

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Eicher ED22 Vollallrad (i.e. "Full four wheel drive"). Two cylinder air cooled direct-injection Diesel engine, 22hp. Very, very rare.
 
Thanks Hendrik. Interesting tractors, I esp liked the Eicher model e22 I think it was. Neat looking tractor. It's interesting that many of the engines were air-cooled. When it comes to restoring, it eliminates some possible problems like cracked eng blocks from sitting out in freezing weather. How many days was this event? Thanks again, Gary.



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(quoted from post at 09:15:35 09/04/17) Thanks for the pics--if I didn't know this was Germany I'd say it looked just like our tractor shows here. Guess tractors translate well from one country to the other :D

I'd be interested in seeing the antique German tractors if you could post, Thanks. Gary

Gary,
you are welcome. Antique German tractors? Here you go!

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1980 Eicher 3105, 105 hp six cylinder air cooled Diesel engine.

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1964 Eicher Agrirobot, 45 hp Diesel. This is on-off experimental unit. A ploughing robot which can plow a field on its own- without any driver or supervisor. It has lots of sensors all around. Never made it into production. Still works great.
Note the one-off special bi-directional tires!

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1967 Eicher Mammut Four wheel drive. Four cylinder air cooled Diesel engine, 54 hp. Very pricey nowadays!

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Eicher ED22 Vollallrad (i.e. "Full four wheel drive"). Two cylinder air cooled direct-injection Diesel engine, 22hp. Very, very rare.
 
(quoted from post at 11:15:35 09/04/17) Thanks for the pics--if I didn't know this was Germany I'd say it looked just like our tractor shows here. G

Except that the VARIETY of tractors in Germany is absolutely astonishing. Equally astonishing are the rare variations.

Thank you for sharing these pictures!

Grouse
 
Finally I found some time to post some more pics of the 25th Anniversary tractor Show in Nordhorn, Germany.

We are now entering the John Deere area!

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1975 John Deere 4430, 145 hp.

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1974 John Deere 820, 32 hp with a 1965 John Deere-Lanz CB300 baler.

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1966 John Deere 5020, 143 hp.

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1949 John Deere M besides a 1965 John Deere 510, 40hp.

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1947 John Deere A with a 1940 Model 36B pull-type combine.
Unfortunately the ground was too wet for working with this set up.
 
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1957 John Deere 720.

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1964 John Deere 5010.

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1948 John Deere AR.

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1951 John Deere G, 1974 John Deere A and a brand new big John Deere.

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1930-1934 John Deere GP and GPWTs.

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Hendrik
 
We are now leaving the John Deere area and will have a glimpse of the HANOMAG area.

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1947 Hanomag ST100. Road haulage tractor (or truck). 100 hp Hanomag Diesel engine. Six cylinder. This is a rare Beauty. Even rarer is this combination of the Hanomag ST100 with two Hanomag-built trailers (1943 and 1945). A very unique setup.

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The engine of the Hanomag ST100.

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1926 Hanomag WD26, 28hp.

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A very rare Hanomag AR50 Diesel tractor. 50 hp, built 1938. Note the dual air filter.

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A view from behind.
 
Hi there,
I finally found some time to post more pics of the 2017 Nordhorn Feldtag.

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1960 Hanomag R455 ATK. 55hp four cylinder Diesel. Very fast and heavy, was used on airplane runways. Has a T/A for gently pulling airplanes.

Three rarities:
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1912 Hanomag WD-Grosspflug, 80hp. 1924 Hanomag WD-Kleinpflug, 35hp. 1926 Stock Motorpflug.
These are three of the last remaining examples of the motorization of the German agriculture. They are self propelled plows. These too were killed by the Fordson.

More views of the Hanomag plows:
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1950s Mercedes-Benz Unimog. 25-34 hp Diesel engine.

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1970s to 1980s Merceds-benz MB-trac. Multi purpose high speed tractors. Diesel engines from 65 up to 180hp.

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Driving direction can easily be changed by means of o reverse driving setup in the cab.

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A later big one.

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A typical set up.
 
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Corn chopping and reverse driving setup on this 1989 MB-trac 1400 Turbo. 136hp.

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Two MB-tracs converted for spraying purposes.

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Something completely different. This Fordson trackson was for sale. Sadly it was in quite a bad condition.
 
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This is a 1960s Schmotzer Kombi tool carrier. It was available with a variety of engines.

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Note the two steering wheels!

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This a rare 1957 Claas Huckepack 12 hp tool carrier. As you can see it is a multi-purpose tractor that even could be switched over to a combine.
 
We are now entering the Fendt area.

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This is a 1930 Fendt F6, equipped with a 6hp Deutz Diesel engine, hopper cooled. This is one of the oldest known Fendt tractors in existance. Extremely rare!

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Another view.

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This is the way more powerful version. Fendt F9, 9hp.

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View from behind.
 
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1943 Fendt G25 wood gas. The writing at the front of the tractor says "Dieselross", i.e. "Diesel horse". Although this particular tractor does not run on Diesel, the "Dieselross"
name was typical for all Fendt tractors from 1930 to the late 1960s.

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A very rare 1948 Fendt F22A four wheel drive. 22hp MWM Diesel engine.

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1952 Fendt F20, converted to four wheel drive. 20hp MWM Diesel engine.

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1953 Fendt F40 four wheel drive. Extremely rare, only very few of the F40 were built as 4WDs. Three Cylinder MWM Diesel engine, 40hp.

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1964 Fendt Favorit 4SA four wheel drive. 90hp MWM Diesel engine.
 
More Fendt tractor pics!

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1971 Fendt Favorit 11 SA. Four Wheel Drive. Six cylinder Diesel engine, 95hp.

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1960 Fendt F220 GT tool carrier. Two cylinder air cooled Diesel engine, 20hp. Very common tractors in Germany. Many different tools were available. These Fendt GT tractors have a good reputation until today.

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1963 Fendt F225 GT tool carrier. Two cylinder air cooled Diesel engine, 25 hp. This one has a complete beet harvesting unit mounted.

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1983 Fendt Agrobil S. This is a very rare self propelled hay loading trailer. 80hp Diesel engine, four wheel drive.

We will now leave the Fendt area and will enter the very pricey Lanz Bulldog area. Be prepared for some very expensive and sought after antique tractors!

Hendrik
 
So let's get to the final area at the 2017 Nordhorn Feldtage.
It's all about the Lanz Bulldog, the most famous German tractor.
From the 1930s to the 1950s the Heinrich Lanz AG in Mannheim was the largest company for tractors and agricultural machinery in Europe!

One of the first self propelled vehicles with internal combustion engine was the Lanz Landbaumotor.
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This is the 1917 Lanz Landbaumotor. Four cylinder gas engine, 70hp. It had a rototiller attached to the back. There is only one or two of these big Landbaumotor left. This one underwent a major overhaul during the last years.

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Here it is at the Nordhorn tractor show. Finally working again!

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This old pic shows the Lanz Landbaumotor from behind with its rototiller.

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Front view. Lanz built appr. 500 of these.
 
The first kind of "tractor" was the "Bulldog". Until today, in some regions of Germany the name "Bulldog" stands for any tractor.

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This is it, the Lanz Bulldog HL12. Built from 1921 to 1927. Single cylinder hot bulb two stroke engine, 12hp. No transmission. The engine could be easily ran in both directions for reversing.
This engine was known for being able to burn ANY inflamable fluids. The distinctive shape of the cylinder head with its hot bulb and the two fly wheels resembled the head of a bulldog.
Note: The Lanz HL12 Bulldog was not ment to work on fields like pulling a plow or something. It was a self propelled engine that could power different sorts of machinery and haul goods or pull the machinery from one location to another.

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View from behind. This engine is NOT hopper cooled. It has a water tank underneath the engine cast into the frame. The tank on top of the engine is the fuel tank. An upright exhaust was available just as a canopy or hard rubber wheels.
Lanz sold many of these Bulldog all over the world (not to the U.S.). The Lanz HL12 tractor was the first tractor in the world that ran on heavy oil (Diesel fuel).

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The engine was available as a stationary engine, called "Ortbulldog" (i.e. "spot Bulldog"). Very rare!
 
More pics of early Lanz Bulldog tractors!

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This is a 1923-1926 road haulage version of the Lanz HL12 Bulldog, called "Gummibulldog" (i.e. "rubber Bulldog") or "Doppelbulldog" (i.e. "dual Bulldog", because of the dual hard rubber tires on the rear wheels).

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Every Lanz HL12 tractor had this writing on the fuel tank. It says "Patents pending in all civilized countries".
Note the detachable steering wheel shaft for starting. Bulldogs from before 1923 had a fixed steering wheel shaft.

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What do you see in this pic? A very nicely restored Lanz HL12 tractor you would say. I say NO, it's not restored. It's brand new all over. You can buy the Lanz HL12 Bulldog as a full working replica. This is one.
You don't believe me? Have a look:
http://lanz-peda.com/

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Several Lanz HL12 hot bulb tractors. Some are originals, some are replicas.
 
Hi,
let's go on with more pics of Lanz Bulldog tractors!

The Lanz Bulldog HL12 (as seen above) was quite a success in the early 1920s. Unfortunately, some owners tried to use the Lanz HL12 for field work. This didn't work. The Lanz Bulldog was too heavy and had to too small wheels. The lack of a transmission didn't improve the situation.

So Lanz developed a tractor espacially for field work:
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It was called Lanz HP. Today everybody calls this Lanz "Knicklenker" which means "articulated". As you can tell by the wheels, the Lanz HP was an articulated four wheel drive tractor. It has a single cylinder hot bulb two stroke engine like the Lanz HL12, but it is rated 15hp and is hopper cooled. Displacement is 380 cui. It was built from 1923 to 1926.

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Just like the Lanz HL12, the HP had hand operated clutch and no gears to shift. Just one fixed speed. As an articulated four wheel drive tractor the Lanz HP was way ahead of its time. It was extremely expensive. Due to a severe inflation of the German currency in 1923, sales dropped dramatically. Only 723 of this Lanz HP were sold during this period. You can imagine how rare and sought after this model is today!

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But hey... no problem at all. You can buy the Lanz HP as a full working replica, just like the HL12. Here it is on the right.

Some detail pics of the Lanz HP Knicklenker.
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Hi everybody and a happy new year to all of you!

There are still many Lanz Bulldog pictures that I took during the 2017 25th Anniversary Feldtag in Nordhorn, Germany.

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This is the first real field tractor that Lanz produced and which became a success. It's the Lanz HR2 22-28 Grossbulldog ("Big Bulldog"). It was the first Lanz tractor that had the single cylinder two-stroke hot bulb enginge with a displacement of 627 cui. Lanz used this engine layout for nearly 30 years, until 1954. Some Lanz rip offs like Ursus or Pampa were produced until 1965.

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The Lanz HR2 22-28 was hopper cooled. It was the first German tractor that was produced on a conveyor band like the Fordson. It even was the first German unit-built tractor, like the Fordson. This model was a competitor to the Fordson. This is a rare road or industrial version. It had a two speed transmission but no reverse. For driving backwards, the engine had to be switched over to turning backwards.

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A big step ahead was the Lanz Kuehlerbulldog ("radiator bulldog"). It was the first Bulldog that had Radiator an a thermosiphon cooling System. It was the first Bulldog that was a equipped with reverse gear. This one is avery rare HR4 22-28 Bulldog, made in 1928.

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Another shot of this rare Lanz Kuehlerbulldog. Note the distinctive shape of the muffler, which was typical for export tractors and had a improved spark arresting function.

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This is a later version of the Lanz Kuehlerbulldog. It's a 15/30, built around 1932. The front wheels have been switched over to non-Lanz rubber wheels. The rear wheels are original Lanz rubber wheels off of a later Lanz Bulldog. Note the sprung front axle.


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See that strange looking guy besides this Bulldog? It's the narrator of these lines... 8) :lol:...collecting information for you US guys!

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Some small details that make this Lanz Bulldog a very rare one. Note the dual injection pump with dual fuel lines and dual injection nozzles and an additional spark plug. This was for starting the Lanz bulldog on gasoline before switching over to Diesel fuel. Normally the hot bulb had to be heated up red glowing by a gas blow torch.

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The Kuehlerbulldogs were the first Lanz tractors that had a foot operated clutch and a rerverse gear. No need to switch the engine over any more!
Note the missing steering wheel, which had to be used for starting.

Hendrik
 
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This pic shows the more common Lanz Bulldog hot bulb tractors built from 1935 to 1954. The big ones (as seen above) still had a displacement of 627 cui. 30 up to 55 hp depending on rpms.

Field versions were equipped with steel wheels and three forward/one reverse speed transmissions. All purpose and industrial versions had an additional high-low gear.

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From 1932 on, the Lanz Bulldog was available with a smaler engine: 348 cui, 20 to 25 hp. You can easily identify the small and big Bulldogs by the number of Radiator block on ech side. The small ones have three Radiator blocks, the big ones have four.
This particular one is a road, or as you would call it, an industrial version. Lanz called it the "Eilbulldog", i.e. "hurrying bulldog". The differences are easy to see: rubber tires, cast front rims, automotive fenders, sprung front axle, upholstered seat bench, lights, turning signals.
And yes, this is where it gets very pricey. Those Eilbulldogs are very rare and sought after. All the tinwork can be bought new, so you can easily make your own exclusive Eilbulldog out of a regular field version.

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This beauty from 1937 is a so called "Kombibulldog", i.e. "Combination Bulldog" because you can use it for field work AND transportation. Note the downswept exhaust.

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See the four radiator blocks? So this is a big one. 45 hp.

Hendrik
 
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Driver's compartment of this 1937 Lanz Bulldog.

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The muffler of the downswept exhaust, which was an extra.

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As you can tell by the automitve styled Fenders, this is a Lanz Eilbulldog, built appr. 1938/39. Note the upright exhaust and the camo light sitting next to the headlight. These Bulldogs have been used during WWII by the Germany Army, too.

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Another beautiful pre-war Lanz Eilbulldog wearing a nice patina. This one has the rare cast front rims, called "Windenfelgen", i.e. "winch rims". They acted as a counterweight for the heavy winch on the back of the Bulldog.

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And heree you can see the winch, which was a Lanz product. Pre war Lanz Bulldog with the big engine and their big fly wheel masses were able to idle at 100 rpm!

Hendrik
 
More Lanz Bulldog pictures!

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Another shot of that beautiful Lanz Eilbulldog with its heavy winch.

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The typical big downswept exhaust pipe. The sound is absolutely gorgeous!

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This is the most wanted (and most expensive!) Lanz tractor. It's the Lanz D2531 Eilbulldog made from 1938 to 1953. It has the typical 55 hp single cylinder two stroke hot bulb diesel engine but a special five speed transmission which makes a longer wheel base. This Eilbulldog was not meant for field use, just for road transportation purposes. So it has a high speed top gear, 22 mph. It could be equipped with winch (like above), a fully enclosed cab, electric starter and air brakes.

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If you will find an original "langen Eilbulldog" (i.e. "long Eilbulldog"), you will have to pay at least 190,000$.

There is a famous Lanz Eilbulldig picture you may know:
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It's the Beatles member John Lennon sitting on a post-war Lanz Eilbulldog D2539 with a rare enclosed cab!

Hendrik
 
OK folks, ready for some more old german iron? Here you go!

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A typical post-WWII Lanz Bulldog D9506 with a screen and a roof as factory options. You can determine post-WWII Lanz holt bulb Bulldogs by the generator, which is mounted at the v-belt guard. Pre-war Bulldogs had the generator mounted behind the left flywheel cover to the transmission.

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Another beautiful post-war Lanz Bulldog D9506, 45hp, appr. 1950-1953. This one was exported to Buenos Aires. It has a rare tire pump attached to the left fly wheel cover.

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Another view. In the right Corner of this Picture you can see the Ursus C-45, the polish rip-off of the Lanz Bulldig. Built from 1947 to 1965.

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This is the pre-war Version of the Lanz Bulldog D9506, 1938-1942.

Hendrik from Germany
 

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