Tractor & Machinery

Tractor & Machinery is the world’s best-selling tractor magazine. Onsale every four weeks, this 180-page publication covers tractors from the 1940s through to the 1990s, reflecting an era of tremendous change in agricultural machinery. From the post-war austerity days when tractors started to become more common on our land through to the 1990s when new technology transformed farming forever, Tractor & Machinery has exclusive owner’s stories, historical profiles, restoration stories, practical advice plus the latest news and sales results from the world of tractors. Each issue of Tractor & Machinery covers the most popular makes and models, such as Massey Ferguson, Ford, New Holland, International, John Deere and many more. In addition, however, the magazine also covers some of the quirkier tractors and implements around. For those with a hands-on knowledge, there’s a dedicated Workshop section with essential practical advice, hints and tips. Furthermore, there’s a Farm & Horticultural section looking at smaller machinery and implements. Tractor & Machinery is the only magazine to offer this huge variety of content and since its launch in 1994 Tractor & Machinery has gone from strength to strength and is now the world’s best-selling tractor magazine with fans the world over The publication is renowned for producing the most authoritative, in-depth and interesting features each month including exclusive owner’s stories, historical profiles, restoration stories, practical advice and more.

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Tractor World 2024

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What might have been • Mike Gormley, former Area Sales Manager for County Commercial Cars, looks back at developments within the company, including those that didn’t make it to production.

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White Silver elephant • James Connolly looks in more detail at the Ford Silver Jubilee 7810 and charts the history of this beautiful example.

Welsh power play • Bob Weir visits one of the stand-out tractors from 2023’s Shrewsbury Steam Rally – a 1979 Muir-Hill 121.

4WD for DX • Four-wheel drive versions of Massey Ferguson’s 100 Series models are rare in the UK. Scott Lambert looks at some.

Inbox • Letters, e-mails, tweets & posts

The decade of change • In the second part of the series, Jonathan Whitlam focuses his attention on the middle years of the 1960s.

Junior’s picture gallery

Smallholder scrapbook • The Butler family, from Cambridgeshire, shares memories of life on a Fenland smallholding.

Model corner • The latest from the scale-model world

Farming with Fiat • Joseph Lewis discovers two classic Fiat tractors working on a farm in Devon.

IH ploughs for the’ 60s • The right models at the right time gave International Harvester success with its ploughs in a crowded market, says Scott Lambert.

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Festive delights • Peter Love headed to Ringmer to take in a spectacle.

Chailey hits the mark • Peter Love takes in a club’s annual festive road run.

Workshop • Projects, expert advice & product news

Finishing mower overhaul • In the first part of a new series, Andrew Hall overhauls a rotary finishing mower.

A new challenge • The MF 35 project sees focus switch from the front to the rear, as Ben Phillips works on the PTO.

Experts’ advice • These pages are here to help readers solve their technical problems. Our pictures are only for illustration, unless indicated otherwise, and are not the tractors being written about.

Starter motor overhaul • Faced with a lazy starter motor...