Classic Machinery: Equal wheel mania in the 1960s and 70s

The equal-wheeled tractor represented the definitive four-wheel drive agricultural machine throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Simon Henley reveals their development history.

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Classic Machinery: Equal wheel mania in the 1960s and 70s

In the late-1960s, there were three standout British four-wheel drive conversion companies: County Commercial Cars, Roadless Traction and Muir Hill. This was a time when tractor manufacturers did not make...

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