WHAT A PROSPECT!

For anybody interested in Massey Ferguson tractors, Skipton, North Yorkshire is the place to be on May 7th. In fact, it’ll probably be the Cheffins sale of the year for Massey Ferguson aficionados.

Renowned collector Alan Bancroft has decided to let more than 40 tractors from his collection go under the hammer, together with a good number of Massey Ferguson implements. He’s always been surrounded by Massey Ferguson tractors: “My father’s first tractor was a TE-F 20 diesel tractor, which he bought when he went from horses to tractors back in 1951,” he explained.

Alan learnt to drive on a grey Ferguson before he could reach the clutch and the brake pedals together. “I used to hop from one side to the other,” Alan recalled with a smile. “I regularly worked on the farm as a young