Can’t resist a bit of mocking about though…sorry mate… 
Here’s Fergie off for a quickie… 
pv83:
Can’t resist a bit of mocking about though…sorry mate…Here’s Fergie off for a quickie…
I will admit, those old Fergie engines do smoke a bit, it’s the paraffin that does it…
jsutherland:
I have seen a number of convoy exceptionals in action through narrow roads. They sure are very impressive. Seeing how tight it was on some of the pictures made me wonder if it ever does go wrong. As in, underestimated space available etc.Sent from my Hol-U19 using Tapatalk
Yes Johnny sometimes things dont go as planned !
DEANB:
jsutherland:
I have seen a number of convoy exceptionals in action through narrow roads. They sure are very impressive. Seeing how tight it was on some of the pictures made me wonder if it ever does go wrong. As in, underestimated space available etc.Sent from my Hol-U19 using Tapatalk
Yes Johnny sometimes things dont go as planned !
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That drawbar unit in the 4th pic…bit…er…bad press that is shall we say…
Only if you recognise who’s livery that is on the wagon though
Some really interesting pictures posted on this thread in the last twenty four hours. Thank you for sharing them with us.
pv83:
This was last Friday, was in the yard of a haulage firm and had bit of a stroll…quite amazed me what gems one still can find in someone’s yard…
Nice lot there Patrick specially your trip photos 
, surprised Fergie didn’t pick up on the Someca tractor, something about it not quite right 
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Oily
oiltreader:
pv83:
This was last Friday, was in the yard of a haulage firm and had bit of a stroll…quite amazed me what gems one still can find in someone’s yard…surprised Fergie didn’t pick up on the Someca tractor, something about it not quite right
Oily
I did oily… perhaps he went everywhere in reverse… 
Fergie47:
German heavy metal…Krupps…
Strangely, I have no recollection seeing Krupp trucks on the road, either in France or GB. They look fine trucks, and were powered either with home-made 2-stroke diesels, or American ■■■■■■■ for the bigger ones. Atkinson aloso produced a few trucks fitted with a Krupp cab, and I think they are somewhere on this Forum…
Fergie47:
Old pic for the week…
Even if this truck (maybe a Panhard) was probably not able of more than 50 kph, I nevertheless wonder how they managed to slow down the trailer on slopes! No brakes, uncertain link with the truck, and a pretty heavy load!
Fergie47:
oiltreader:
pv83:
This was last Friday, was in the yard of a haulage firm and had bit of a stroll…quite amazed me what gems one still can find in someone’s yard…surprised Fergie didn’t pick up on the Someca tractor, something about it not quite right
OilyI did oily… perhaps he went everywhere in reverse…
Hullo gents
On that SOMECA tractor. When you say there is something wrong I presume you are referring to the way the rear tyres are mounted?
Apart from that I seem to recognise a SOMECA “SOM 40”. A frequent occurrence during my childhood in my native Dordogne. Owners invariably spoke very highly of them, especially their surprisingly strong tractive performance and incredibly long-lasting and reliable engines.
One such farmer - sadly now deceased - in his usual colourful lingo: “maybe only 40 HP yes, but real horses not donkeys”.
Good old times
pv83:
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Hello again Patrick
When zooming in on that close-up of your dashboard, I think I can see that your motor has already completed 1.1 Million kms. Not bad at all for reliability given the strain this kind of work puts on them, especially the engine/drivetrain etc.
Has your Volvo had a rebuild already? And, is it a 12 or 16 liter?
Enjoy your trip home
David
Davidoff:
Fergie47:
oiltreader:
pv83:
This was last Friday, was in the yard of a haulage firm and had bit of a stroll…quite amazed me what gems one still can find in someone’s yard…surprised Fergie didn’t pick up on the Someca tractor, something about it not quite right
OilyI did oily… perhaps he went everywhere in reverse…
Hullo gents
On that SOMECA tractor. When you say there is something wrong I presume you are referring to the way the rear tyres are mounted?
Apart from that I seem to recognise a SOMECA “SOM 40”. A frequent occurrence during my childhood in my native Dordogne. Owners invariably spoke very highly of them, especially their surprisingly strong tractive performance and incredibly long-lasting and reliable engines.
One such farmer - sadly now deceased - in his usual colourful lingo: “maybe only 40 HP yes, but real horses not donkeys”.Good old times
That’s it Junior, it’s the wheels on the wrong way around…if they swapped them over they’d be OK providing the opposite one was the same… going to guess a young whippersnapper did it…good smack behind the ears will teach him not to do it again…
As for fourty H.P,. (strong horses at that) …luxury…the Fergies are rather tired old nags, but at nearly seventy years old,. aren’t we all…
Hi Gents
Great photos of both ab-loads and tractors. It always tickled me that when barreling down the A6 between Chalon and Tournus where the national road runs parallel to the autoroute, you could often see convoi exceptionel loads (and no doubt still can) creeping along the national with huge queues in tow!
A relation of mine in Cobh had a TVO Ferguson, I recall a pretty unique feature was the gear lever was also the starter switch - was it push to the right and forward used to engage the starter?..
With regards to the tyre issue, As a teen working on a farm with lots of very steep fields in the Sussex downs near Petworth, I remember that the farmer always turned the tyres to face 'backwards when cutting hay on the steepest slopes, where you had to reverse up them. Likewise when building the new silage pit with grass, and you had to charge backwards up the growing slope of loose grass and get as far as you good before leaning over the back of the seat and pulling the baler twine tied to the catch on the heavily loaded buckrake of grass and hope it worked before the twine broke under the strain. I seem to recall that it did make a bit of difference, or was it just that I was told that it did…
Froggy55:
Fergie47:
German heavy metal…Krupps…Strangely, I have no recollection seeing Krupp trucks on the road, either in France or GB. They look fine trucks, and were powered either with home-made 2-stroke diesels, or American ■■■■■■■ for the bigger ones. Atkinson aloso produced a few trucks fitted with a Krupp cab, and I think they are somewhere on this Forum…
The LHD Atkinson CLT model - here’s the link, Froggie! Robert
JohnAnthonyBuckley:
Hi Gents
A relation of mine in Cobh had a TVO Ferguson, I recall a pretty unique feature was the gear lever was also the starter switch - was it push to the right and forward used to engage the starter?..
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You are correct…“5th gear” is the starter… I start mine on the handle, (have done for the last 10 years) because the starter needs looking at, and haven’t got around to it…yet.
Thanks Fergie47 There is always tomorrow…
Don’t you have to switch it from TVO to petrol a bit sharpish once it gets up and running too? And also, perhaps, a hessian sack stuffed with hay to add a touch of homely comfort to the 'ventilated seat?
Thinking about the tyre issue, I am now not too sure what I recall about them being turned the other way round. I think maybe it was one faced one way and the other faced the opposite way, so, with slick operating of the diff lock, you got the best of both worlds, Or mayby these grey Fergies did not have diff locks in those days? I can see this is going to keep me awake tonight…
JohnAnthonyBuckley:
Thanks Fergie47 There is always tomorrow…Don’t you have to switch it from TVO to petrol a bit sharpish once it gets up and running too? And also, perhaps, a hessian sack stuffed with hay to add a touch of homely comfort to the 'ventilated seat?
Thinking about the tyre issue, I am now not too sure what I recall about them being turned the other way round. I think maybe it was one faced one way and the other faced the opposite way, so, with slick operating of the diff lock, you got the best of both worlds, Or mayby these grey Fergies did not have diff locks in those days? I can see this is going to keep me awake tonight…
Mr Buckley…indeed, correct again, warm up on petrol, change to tvo, no rush though… everyone has their favourite mix, but mine is 20 litres of heating oil, 5 petrol, spoonful of 2 stroke oil…yummy…
As for a hessian sack and straw, that’s for wimps…and northern owners of pink cropmasters… (you’ll get use to us all when you’re been here long enough). … 
That last picture is a really great one Dean.
That was the might of the Russian transport industry back in the day and I remember they had just thousands of those vehicles; Skoda tractor units, 26 foot fridges with Petter fridge units that they built on licence.
Overloading could have been a problem but when the same Gentleman owns the lorry, owns the load, owns the road it stands on, employs the driver, employs the Policeman, employs the Ministry Man and writes the law it is difficult to have any misunderstandingskis.
There is even more information contained in the picture. By her funnel colours the little ship belongs to the Soviet ‘White Sea Fleet’ so the picture was probably taken in the North part of the Soviet Union.
Ain’t life grand tovarich?
David
robert1952:
The LHD Atkinson CLT model - here’s the link, Froggie! Robert
Thanks! It’s said somewhere that only 10 were built.