Ideal for a solo traveller I suppose if they like that open sports feeling, wind in the hair (if they have any) whilst getting high on the fumes.
Tony Bev said
08:55 AM Nov 26, 2017
I came across a gent and his wife, in a tractor towing a caravan, in about 2014
They told me that for many years they towed a camper trailer
There is supposed to be a tribe of like minded people, in the South West of WA
Before my time, but there was supposed to be a tractor as "Tail end Charlie," following the Redex overland race in the early 1950's
grahos said
03:55 PM Nov 26, 2017
I have seen tail end Charlie many times,Great tractor a Chamberlain Champion
PeterD said
05:06 PM Nov 26, 2017
Tony Bev wrote:
Before my time, but there was supposed to be a tractor as "Tail end Charlie," following the Redex overland race in the early 1950's
Read about it here. - - And here. The Chamberlain tractors had a spring front axle, therefore their speed was not limited like those with unsprung front ends. Tail end Charlie had a specially cut differential to give it the extra speed. In the 1957 Mobilgas rally it averaged around 950 km per day.
Tony Bev said
06:24 PM Nov 26, 2017
A bit more about having a tractor as the tug, links are to the ABC News, and the local papers
I say good on them, as they are enjoying themselves
This was at an auction this morning, near Wangaratta, could make a great tug
Ideal for a solo traveller I suppose if they like that open sports feeling, wind in the hair (if they have any) whilst getting high on the fumes.
They told me that for many years they towed a camper trailer
There is supposed to be a tribe of like minded people, in the South West of WA
Before my time, but there was supposed to be a tractor as "Tail end Charlie," following the Redex overland race in the early 1950's
Read about it here. - - And here. The Chamberlain tractors had a spring front axle, therefore their speed was not limited like those with unsprung front ends. Tail end Charlie had a specially cut differential to give it the extra speed. In the 1957 Mobilgas rally it averaged around 950 km per day.
A bit more about having a tractor as the tug, links are to the ABC News, and the local papers
I say good on them, as they are enjoying themselves
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-22/tractor-club-tours-wa-mid-west-region-on-chamberlain-9gs/7773162
https://thewest.com.au/news/kalgoorlie-miner/nullarbor-tractor-tour-fascinates-muster-crowd-ng-b88454394z
drove one like this as a 14 year old kid on a local farm,and my mates father had a chamberlain which went like a scolded kat.