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The Doe Tractor Story  
Hardback book, 278 x 215 mm, 120 pages, 190 photos
 
Stuart Gibbard  
Published October 2001
 
 
 
Price £17.95   add to cart  
ISBN 1-903366-17-8
 

The Doe Triple D became a legend in its own lifetime. With its two engines, four-wheel drive and an articulation of nearly 90 degrees, it was one of the most unorthodox tractors ever built. A very successful machine in its time, it has remained a firm favourite among tractor enthusiasts everywhere.
This highly illustrated account tells the full story of this remarkable tractor and the company that manufactured it. The rise of Ernest Doe & Sons from a humble village blacksmith’s shop to the largest machinery retail organisation in East Anglia is traced in detail with full coverage given to the machines it made.
Stuart Gibbard has unearthed a wealth of new information and many new photographs to make this one of the most complete accounts ever written on Doe tractors. It follows the development of the Triple D through the 130 and 150 models to the six-cylinder 5100 that marked the end of Doe tractor production.

 
The Doe Tractor Story - Stuart Gibbard
 
  A 1965 Doe 130 with a seven-tine cultivator. The power of the Doe 130 could cause the tread of the standard 6 ply 12 x 38 tyres to shread off.
This restored Power Major Triple D has the optional full hydraulic gear-change that allowed the driver to select all the gears on the front tractor from the rear unit. The box containing the necessary slave rams is just over the transmission on the leading tractor.
 
  Among Doe’s ventures in the 1950s was the Domobile, a cable-operated universal excavator, based on an ABS machine imported from Sweden. Ernest Doe & Sons fitted it with a Fordson Major diesel engine mated to a Ford Thames truck gearbox. It was capable of 25 mph on the road but enjoyed little commercial success.