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Unipower g type

Nice little Sunday morning job wind blown ash stuck against another tree , not long before it would have fell into a garden . Quickly sorted with the major with Boughton winch pulled into owners field to be cut up for firewood . At the aptly named location of Brampton Ash

I've got one of them nice little tractor to drive with power steering:

and here's a couple of others

and the old major [been sold]

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this ones not fitted with power steering but its nice and light on the handlebars with the saw on the rear linkage as for selling a major with a boughton winch thats madness

Latest addition to the fleet massey ferguson 203 no brakes no bonnet Landrover air cleaner but runs the McConnell saw bench all day with no problems what more could you want for £ 750 BARGAIN !

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Wow, there's a machine built to last. Is that a rear steering model? Was trying to work out the model. looks like a possible 540? or slightly smaller?

How is the winch set up on the back?

Think it's a 540 its a rear steer the Boughton winch is hydraulic its fitted on 4 pins on the chassis rails

Can i please ask what book your refering to, as i love buying books on interesting things.

 

thanks.

The books are stories of round timber haulage , men mud and machines , and wood Wurlitzer Wesley all by Maurice H Sanders

And you carry the Bray on the back of the Drop,s?

Yep it's fits on quite well

My late father Brian freer helping the matador at rockingham great park 2005

Finished off job today last two loads out loaded with the faithfull bray loader w boughton winch

Maurice did several books stories of round timber haulage med mud and machines and wood Wurlitzer Wesley all contain interesting stories and pictures were published by round oak publishing try ebay or amazon

The major was new to Stewart's and lloyds steelworks at Corby and is fitted with a vaccuum exhauster which supply's the trailer braking system it was delivered in April 1960 to EW Ward of Wellingborough ford dealers as an industrial tractor flat top transmission housing ,no hydraulic lift ,just a pto wards fitted the braking system and a direct bolt on boughton single speed winch ,we have owned it from about 1980 and i have replaced the single speed boughton with a 2 speed from an international crawler ,anyone who is familiar with Maurice h sanders books on round timber haulage the book titled men ,mud and machines features my brother Jim on page 96 this is the tractor which gave him the name JIMMY THE WINCH

Complete with fordson super major with boughton winch

Matador still at work in northants

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More pics. Recovery of burnt out jcb near Ware herts not timber related but i hope still-interesting to any old tractor fans

Unipower pole trailer 1945 matador 1960 super major with boughton 2speed winch

Just a few pics of a job we have been doing over the last week still using fordson major and matador and pole trailer . Don't panic the pic of Edward with the saw is only a posed shot he's only 14 !

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Found these up the farm at lamport, I'm there friday morning clearing up some trees if you want me to show you to them. Might be able to procure a telehandler to shift them for you too.

thanks very much for your help i was pushed for time so had to use what we had on the trailer this year

HI NP

I'm working there early next week deadwooding some trees for the estate ready for the show, I'll ask I know they have some big lumps lying around

Thanks mate