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From: Jason James on 6 Aug 2010 17:26
It was a bizzare sight, about 5 tractors going thru town, fitted with road
tyres on the front, and some sort of tread on the rears,..not bar-treads.
Each one was towing a small caravan, and going by the stickers on the rear
of some caravans, they'd done some serious miles.

They had inclosed cabins which consisted of a light frame and perspex
sheeting. Tractor suspension is not the best for higher speeds on
bitumen,..maybe they were modded.

What ever floats your boat :-)

Jason


From: John_H on 6 Aug 2010 18:51
Jason James wrote:

>It was a bizzare sight, about 5 tractors going thru town, fitted with road
>tyres on the front, and some sort of tread on the rears,..not bar-treads.
>Each one was towing a small caravan, and going by the stickers on the rear
>of some caravans, they'd done some serious miles.
>
>They had inclosed cabins which consisted of a light frame and perspex
>sheeting. Tractor suspension is not the best for higher speeds on
>bitumen,..maybe they were modded.

Perhaps you've never driven a JBC Fastrac! :)

>What ever floats your boat :-)

I'm guessing the tractors you saw would've all been orange. :)

Chamberlain entered a diesel tractor in the 1955 Redex trial, which it
successfully completed. There's probably a connection with the recent
Redex rerun staged by Peugot (it was supposed to finish in late July).

The Chamberlain Champion has a loyal following there's a number of
road going replicas of the original about. There's also a tractor
club in WA (where Chamberlain tractors were built) that does regular
charity runs for the RFDS (I think). The lot you saw might've been
them.

--
John H
From: Jason James on 6 Aug 2010 19:41

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> Jason James wrote:
>
>>It was a bizzare sight, about 5 tractors going thru town, fitted with road
>>tyres on the front, and some sort of tread on the rears,..not bar-treads.
>>Each one was towing a small caravan, and going by the stickers on the rear
>>of some caravans, they'd done some serious miles.
>>
>>They had inclosed cabins which consisted of a light frame and perspex
>>sheeting. Tractor suspension is not the best for higher speeds on
>>bitumen,..maybe they were modded.
>
> Perhaps you've never driven a JBC Fastrac! :)

No :-). The most prolific tractor that until recently (last 10 or so years)
was still in use on many properties, was a light Chamberlain?,..they were
all painted grey.

>>What ever floats your boat :-)
>
> I'm guessing the tractors you saw would've all been orange. :)

They were! They were mostly diesel too. I mean how do you set up a tractor
to handle well on highways? :-) At least you can run your machine on the
road,..other enthusiasts, say railway nuts,..can only dream. On that note,
out in the west, there are quite a few railways lines that have fallen into
disuse, and it was on one of these short runs (probably to a grain silo
installation)that was used by the local train-nuts, to hold a run. It was
around 1985 IIRC. Anyway, the restored steam engine was going well, if a
little smokey, when a carriage derailed. People were hurt, and there may
have been a fatality. That was the last such run since :-(


> Chamberlain entered a diesel tractor in the 1955 Redex trial, which it
> successfully completed. There's probably a connection with the recent
> Redex rerun staged by Peugot (it was supposed to finish in late July).

Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...

> The Chamberlain Champion has a loyal following there's a number of
> road going replicas of the original about. There's also a tractor
> club in WA (where Chamberlain tractors were built) that does regular
> charity runs for the RFDS (I think). The lot you saw might've been
> them.

Yeah,..it's a looooong way back :-)

Jason


From: D Walford on 6 Aug 2010 20:35
On 7/08/2010 9:41 AM, Jason James wrote:

> Makes you wonder what sort of top-speed it had...

Some of the Chamberlain tractors I used to work on could do over 70kph.
They were industrial versions fitted with front end loaders and backhoes
and were very scary at those speeds especially if you hit a bump and the
front wheels lifted of the ground.
Apparently later model TLB's (tractor loader backhoe) have some sort of
system that "floats" the hydraulics which acts like suspension keeping
the wheels on the ground and dramatically improving their road manners.


Daryl
From: John_H on 6 Aug 2010 20:51
Jason James wrote:
>
>I mean how do you set up a tractor to handle well on highways? :-)

Drop into your local JCB dealer, look like an interested buyer (they
start at around $200k) and he'll probably offer you one for a spin (on
highway). They use Citroen's hydropneumatic suspension (made famous by
the ID19).

You didn't ought have any problem keeping up with urban traffic.

--
John H
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