Any one know what this machine is?

[IRE David H]

we may never know the origin a it could have been special built for its purpose in a workshop somewhere, there was more custom stuff back then 

[WeFixIt]

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County FC 1004

 

Model history

Model introduced 1967

Model discontinued 1977

Model status Discontinued

No. produced Unknown

Preceded by County 654 FC

Superseded by County 1174 FC

Engine Specification

Engine make Ford

Engine model Ford 2703E, Ford 2703C, Ford 2713E

Fuel type Diesel

Power hp 100

Governed rpm {{{governedrpm}}}

No. of Cylinders 6

Cooling system Water

Naturally aspirated, Turbo or Supercharged NA

Transmission Details

Transmission type Manual

Gearbox make Ford - County modified

Drive 4-WD

General Data

Linkage Category Cat I, Cat II

Other info

Factories Fleet Hampshire

Plow rating Unknown

Approximate Cost new in (year) £ ?

Notes Based on the Std County 1004 unit with forward hung cab

The County FC 1004 was built by County from 1967 to 1977 in Fleet, Hampshire. It featured a Ford engine.

 

 

 

 

Model History

 

 

For Company history see

Main article: County

The detailed history of this item is unknown. Can you help add any history for it ?

 

Timeline

 

In introduced in 1967 as a 6-cylinder version of the County FC 754

Specification

 

See Infobox for basic details

 

Variations and Options

 

Several engine upgrades occurred as Ford revised their engine models and the skid unit

 

Serial Numbers Information

 

 

County serial numbers were allocated in sequence of production, so do not relate to models, but a prefix was used to indicate the Skid unit/engine variations.

 

8FC & 6FC from 1967-Nov 75 - Ford 5000 skid

26FC from Nov 75-Dec 77 - Ford 6600 skid

Preservation

 

 

 

Wrecked, eventually scrapped

One special examples is the Ex NIAE tyre test rig which was with a collector in Hampshire, till May 2009 when it was put up for sale

 

 

 

[Stubby]

6x6 Luna Rover .

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

6x6 Luna Rover .

Yeah, the moon landing photos were shot in Kielder Forest. the tin-foil hat wearers were right. FAKE NEWS!!

[matelot]

It looks like a plough to me. I think back in the 60's and 70's there was a lot of experimentation about breaking up the hardpan to allow better drainage to allow forestry in "new" areas.

[openspaceman]

28 minutes ago, matelot said:

It looks like a plough to me. I think back in the 60's and 70's there was a lot of experimentation about breaking up the hardpan to allow better drainage to allow forestry in "new" areas.

Yes and it caused a lot of rare habitats to be disturbed as  investment companies  looked for places to apply the income tax relief that paid for afforestation.

 

Looking at it I'd suspect it was a machine developed by the FC workshops in the late 60s and 70s

 

I bet Doug Clark would know something about it as his firm built a lot of ploughs during this period.