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o you really need a reason (or should that be an excuse) to buy a wee grey Ferguson? Jonny Haire and his father William certainly found grounds to justify their purchase. “We have a collection of stationary engines, mainly Lister D types. The interest in engines started after a visit to the Shanes Castle Steam Rally and has grown from the first, a ‘D’ with a 50 volt generator,” says William. Jonny tells us how that led to the ‘need’ for a tractor, “We have limited access to the back yard so we have to cross the field behind the shed and in wet weather that’s not really ideal so we decided to look for a Ferguson tractor. There was a TE-F 20 advertised in The Dealer so we went to see it one evening and ended up buying it but
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