Local Tractor get together in Austria

[ultrarunner]

Snapped a couple of pixs at a local tractor get together last month... Seems love of old Tractors is universal round the world.

Couldn't resist taking pictures of the old Steyr 15 tractor that I used to drive mowing the fields... and yes the fender auxiliary seats are OEM. I was able to confirm with a factory mechanic that many tractors of this vintage came auxiliary seat equipped as built.

I've spent many a day as a child riding on the fender as my Uncle tended his fields with his tractors... and later letting me cut the grass and bring home the hay... some of my best childhood memories.

Also snapped a picture of the a red Porsche Diesel Tractor for performance tractor enthusiasts...

 

[tallyho8]

Wow. Is that actually a diesel with a hand crank?

 

[ultrarunner]

The Porsche has electric start...

It has a Crank Hole... but I imagine it is just to turn-over the engine and not for starting...

The Porsche also has one auxiliary seat on the fender for a rider...

The Green Steyr Diesel is crank start only and it takes some muscle to get it going... On a cold winter day I would have to unscrew a fitting and add a glowing bunt to it and screw the fitting back in... I guess this is where the term glow-plug comes from? Many have added electric start and some are still original 15 hp hand crank diesels

The other Red Tractor was interesting because it is All Wheel Drive and the undercarriage is massive.

I added one picture of my nieces...

 

[hilld]

Do you have a picture of the Unimog?

 

[foggy1111]

I never knew Porshe made a tractor. It looks fairly modern (50's 60's??).....how old is it? Gotta love those second seats....the safety guys would be all over those today...lol.

 

[ultrarunner]

Do you have a picture of the Unimog?

I don't... thought I had one :-(

Still see them around over here... the local city uses them in winter to spread gravel and one is set up with a 3-way dump bed... often wondered why we don't have 3-way dumps here in the States... at least, I've never seen one on a small truck.

 

[ultrarunner]

I never knew Porsche made a tractor. It looks fairly modern (50's 60's??).....how old is it? Gotta love those second seats....the safety guys would be all over those today...lol.

Porsche stopped making tractors in 1963... about a 1000 units were sold in North America in the 50's and 60's.

Here's a link:

Porsche Diesel Tractor Registry

I loved to ride in those seats... sometimes the only transportation a family had was their tractor and riding on the fender seats sure beats riding in the hay wagon...

 

[RobertN]

Do you have a picture of the Unimog?

You might want to check out Von's page. He is a member here, although he does not post often any more... He outlined his first Mog restoration here, and then kind of got in to it whole hog.

VonsMog specializing in Restoration, Sales, Service and Parts for Mercedes Benz Unimogs

 

[JohnDeere4300]

Nice pictures.

I knew that Lamborghini made tractors, but I didn't know Porsche made them.

Since they stopped making them... I would love to own one

 

[tugboat-2]

OK,..I'll do it,....I know others would like to and since in this case its tractor related: ...What a beautiful photo!!!! The one with the fantastic house with such gorgeous window flower boxes, grounds and lovely little girls!!!!

You should be proud of that one and "all" its attributes!! WOW !!!

Gemutleykeit !!! (sp)
. . tug

PS:....oh yes, the tractors are great tooo!! lol