Tractors to pull boats out of water British Style.

Majorman · Aug 31, 2021

The post the other day made me think of the ones used around our coastline by the Lifeboat crews. Originally tracked tractors by Roadless of Hounslow in Middlesex based on the Fordson Model N and the Case L and LA were used, I have seen a Case LA, fully waterproofed so that it could be driven into the sea with just the air cleaner and exhaust above the waterline and these had none return valves fitted so if the water came over them it would not get into the engine. It was owned, in retirement, by one of my customers.

This one is a later version of the lifeboat tractor, a fully waterproofed County 754 Four Wheel Drive.

woodbutcher · Aug 31, 2021

That is a beefy-looking rig. Thanks for the pic.

Butch

wingnuttx · Aug 31, 2021

Sorry, wish I had a picture of it but I dont. A few years ago my wife and I visited a couple we know in Stavanger Norway. On the way home we stopped in Holland for 3-4 days. While sitting at a beach pub we witnessed a huge tractor of some sort on rubber tracks. It was pulling a trailer approximately 70 to 80 feet. Hard to tell because it was a ways down the beach. The tractor had markings of their coast guard. They backed the trailer until it was in position to accept a vessel. A short time later this large coast guard cutter creeps up on the trailer. Then the tractor, pulls the load out of the ocean and heads off in the direction away from us. No Im not drinking. Has any one else ever see anything like this before. We couldnt believe our eyes. Wingnut

db4600 · Aug 31, 2021

According to Mr and Mrs Brian Norris the people of Surbiton are decedents of the people of Hounslow.

Tractors to pull boats out of water British Style.

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