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Hello Tim
The ferguson is an old family tractor bought by my father for hay making in Surrey .The log book and serial numbers so it to be 1947 continental engine model though changed at some time to a standard engine originally sold to a lady farmer in Devon . I now live in Hertfordshire and enjoy doing local ploughing matches but fergusons really struggle due to the heavy clay in the area so the plan was hatched .

The sandwich is scatch built from 10mm plate and drive is duplex chain driven from an extended main gearbox to diff  i/put shaft with a sprocket welded over to a rangerover diff pinion housing with pinion grounded down  and a duplex sprocket welded back on  . Chain tensoning is taken care of by mounting the pinion housing slightly off centre to the mounting plate that bolts it to the sandwich box so by rotating the the housing the sprocket centres move apart. Front axle is a Rangerover back axle narrowed down and turned round to get the diff on the left side for ploughing and then the front swivle joints welded back on ,the half shafts are cut down to suit welded and sleeved for strength. As i drive to most ploughing matches drive is disconnected to the front axle by a freewheeling prop shaft joint by removing the four prop shaft bolts at the axle end the u/j spins on a short stub axle .Engaging require refitting the 4 bolts in a few minutes so normally the tractor stays in 2WD except at ploughing matches. Pto engagement is sill working by cutting and welding 2 pto housings and gears . The tractor ploughs really well shame I can’t ,the biggest difference apart from the grip is the stability ,the tractor wants to pull straight when ploughing and does’nt mark the ground with the rear wheel running on the land Hope the pictures attached are ok and the discription is ok.
Regards
Martin