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.

Tractor & Machinery

Welcome!

Great Dorset Steam Fair

News

Newark’s MF milestone

Figure of ‘8’

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE TRACTOR ENTHUSIAST

A touch of grass!

Ploughmaster pilgrimage

Cultivators • With vast acreages of stubble to ready for next season’s crops, it’s time to reminisce about the humble cultivator.

Cultivating success

FlagshipDB

Inbox • Letters, e-mails, tweets & posts

Tried &tested • IH’s World Wide Series was launched to critical acclaim, but what can you expect from the tractors that were revamped versions of older models?

Junior’s • picture gallery

Scotland’s finest • Massey Ferguson’s Kilmarnock factory produced some of the most successful combines ever built. We celebrate its success with a gallery of selected models.

Model corner • The latest from the scale-model world

The Ferguson System • In the first part of a new series on hydraulic systems, Andrew Hall discusses the principles of Ferguson tractor hydraulics and the advantages that the system brought to farmers.

A BIG success

Parham Park

Farming gold

Workshop • Projects, expert advice & product news

New products • Items of interest for your tractor and the workshop.

NEW Arrival • Not needing much encouragement, Andrew Hall adds another tractor to the collection and goes halves with his son, saving a 1943 Fordson N.

Straight & narrow • Ben Phillips brings us the first part in a new series on the restoration of a Massey Ferguson 135 MkIII.

Fordson E27N revisited • Andrew Hall continues working on his ’47 E27N, undertaking some mudguard and air filter repairs.

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.

WELCOME!

SALES REVIEWS

SALES REVIEWS

SALES REVIEWS

SALES DATES

PRICE GUIDE

A PIVOTAL ROLE • The first production examples of the Massey Ferguson 1200 left the company’s Barton Dock Road plant in 1972. We celebrate this anniversary with a special feature.

The last word • In each issue our...