misc. brands

Book about the Zetor history by Arthur Nutbey. 

Written in English. (also available in Dutch).

Normag Schlepper presents the history of Normag, completed with an extensive collection of reprints of sales literature of the Normag tractors and engines.

• 144 pages
• 21 x 28 cm
• primarily colour print
• German written
• writer: Armin Bauer

Oliver Tractor Data Book

Put everything you need to know about Oliver tractors in your hip pocket! All Oliver and Hart-Parr tractors and crawlers from 1924 to 1964 are covered in detail, with serial number listings for the last of the Oliver tractors produced in the late 1960s. Exhaustively researched at the Floyd County Museum and Historical Society in Charles City, Iowa, this book details everything from serial numbers, production figures, and tune-up specifications to optional equipment, Nebraska Tractor Test data, and model variations.



Includes serial numbers, dates of manufacture, known options, original prices, and more. The tractor versions include the collectible models, generally from those built from the teens to the sixties.






Paperback, 4-1/2" x 7-1/2", 160 pages, 50 b/w
English written

publisher: Voyageur Press 

Marshall Diesel Tractors 1930-1957

Peter Anderson's book, prepared with the help of the late Jeff Bloom, is aimed at owners, restorers and potential buyers of Marshall tractors. Peter deals with the following models: the 'Colonial'; Model E (15/30); 18/30; 12/20 and M; Field Marshall Mark 1 and Series 2, 3 and 3A; MP4 and MP6; the Track Marshall; the Fowler VF and VFA and the Gainsborough loading shovel. The book includes 280 photographs.


Peter gives a potted history of the development of each individual Series and Mark. Wherever possible he offers current or potential owners a Buyer's Guide for each model. This describes areas of likely wear and tear or specific checks to be made before purchase.


At the end of each chapter Peter gives a specification sheet with details of general dimensions, capacities, optional equipment, production numbers and areas of distribution. He completes the book with chapters on preventative maintenance and trouble-shooting. Restorers are well served by Peter's knowledgeable discussion of what might or might not be counted as authentic.


Peter shares with the late Jeff Bloom a deep-rooted enthusiasm for Marshall. He is author of Three Decades of Marshall Tractors and numerous articles about the company and its products.

• writer Peter Anderson
• 220 pages A4
• hard bound
• 280 foto's
• verschenen in 2008
  
  

Güldner Schlepper im Einsatz

• 160 pages
• hard cover ; 24 x 17 cm
• black and white photography
• German written
• authors: Hüsken/Vogel
• publisher: Schwungrad

Vevey-Traktoren / Tracteurs Vevey

• Ploughs and tillage machinery, steam engines, grass-cutting equipment, trolleybuses, threshers, tractors, combines, electric trucks and more – the range of products made by Ransomes of Ipswich is perhaps the widest of any similar British manufacturer. From a small workshop in 1789, the company grew to employ 3,000 people and export all over the world.
  Brian Bell shows in some detail the development of Ransomes’ products, illustrates key models and gives clear information about their features and uses. His interviews with ex-Ransomes employees have produced fascinating insights into how the company operated at work and play.
  Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies and its predecessor and associated companies have many claims to fame. They became the largest plough and agricultural equipment manufacturer in Britain at a time when farming was the country’s major industry; they developed the world’s first self-propelled machine for agriculture and they created the lawn-mower industry. Their trolleybuses provided Cape Town’s public transport; their crawler tractors cultivated French vineyards and their subsoilers and disc harrows were used wherever sugar, tea and coffee were major cash crops.
  From Ransomes & Co to Textron Turf Care and Specialty Products, this absorbing account offers a wealth of information about one of Britain’s most wide-ranging and innovative agricultural engineering companies.

• 192 pages
• hard back; 19 x 25 cm
• illustrated
•  English
• writer: Brian Bell
• publisher: Old Pond
  

Aimed at tractor and ploughing enthusiasts, this is the first book to classify, describe and show the wide range of ploughs produced by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies.
After a brief introduction to the company's history, Tony Clare gives an account of the ploughs which dominated the horse era of farming and were then adapted to be trailed behind tractors and mounted on them. He covers in detail the development of tractor plough design as well as ploughs for special purposes, market-garden use and export. He deals with Ford-Ransomes manufacturing as well as the rationalisations of the 1960s and the final links with Dowdeswells.
Analyses of plough identification codes, the 'TS' classifications and a glossary complete a comprehensive and very usable book for the many people who value their Ransomes ploughs for matches and at work.

Collection of Société Française Vierzon sales literature of the  1848-1948 period.

• 192 pages
• hard bound, 21x 30 cm
•  full colour
• French written

The full history of the Canadian tractor maker Versatile, compiled by one of the founders grandson, Peter Pakosh. The book tells in 120 pages in chronological order how Versatile was established and which products were produced. The story starts in 1946 with the design of a grain auger. Then the swathers and combines appear on the scene and ofcourse the world famous Versatile articulated tractors. The history ends with the Ford buy out and the current situation of the company with Buhler Industries.

• 120 pages
• hard bound
• many (colour) photo's