home books videos authors search News contact us links legal terms and conditions site map
County Tractors  
VHS Video or DVD, PAL format
 
Stuart Gibbard  
Released 1997
 
   
60 minutes
 
Video £15.95 inc VAT
DVD £15.95 inc VAT
  
 
ISBN 0-85236-382-6
ISBN 0-905523-34-3
 

County tractors are vividly portrayed in action all over the world in this compilation. Remarkable film from the paddy fields of the Philippines to a unique crossing of the English Channel has been drawn from the company’s archives. Postwar crawlers, pioneering four-wheel drive designs of the 1950s and 60s, and the high-horsepower tractors of the 1970s and 80s are among the main models featured.
To complete the story of County Commercial Cars Ltd (1929-1983), the video also focuses on some of County’s early tank and truck conversions from the 1930s.
The video is fully scripted by Stuart Gibbard and narrated by Alan Stennett

 
County Tractors - Stuart Gibbard
 
County CD50   An industrial County CD50 fitted with a Boughton 4200 winch and a Bray Angledozer blade. The CD50 was introduced in 1959 to replace the Mark IV.
In an unrivalled publicity stunt, David Tapp used the Sea Horse to cross the English Channel in July 1963.
 
Sea Horse crosses the English Channel in July 1963
County 1174   A County 1174 fitted with flotation Terra-tyres and a front-mounted Boughton hydraulic winch for hillside reclamation work. The Terra-tyres reduced ground pressure to 2.5 psi.