Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki

Welcome to Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki The Wiki (Encyclopedia) about Tractors And Construction Plant that anyone can edit. For collecting of information about the History of all makes and models manufactured and sold or imported in the world. The collecting and preservation of machines in the UK Basically anything Tractor or Plant related, from the Earliest Steam Engines & Steam Shovels to the latest 500 hp Quadtrac type Tractors. Plant from Giant Electric Face Shovels or just a Micro Digger. Also covers the Heavy Haulage Trucks and machinery to transport equipment about and the earlier trucks, with Stationary Engines & Agricultural Implements as well. For Collectors or just the Interested including Collections, Shows, Clubs, Owners Groups, Scale Models, Etc. 17,796 articles since (10th April) (2008) About this wiki | New pages | Categories | Wiki tutorial | Help pages | Simple Rules

Tractor All Tractor related articles are in this area From the first steam tractors to the most modern Multi-wheeled high (500hp +) Machines of today. The first engine driven tractor is believed to be the Hart-Parr in the USA in 1902. Tractor Manufacturers Index Agricultural Machinery Manufactures list Agricultural Machinery includes Manufactures listing Tractor Pulling - A 'Motor Sport' using Modified tractors to pull a weighted sledge down a track. Construction Plant All Construction Plant related Articles From the First Steam Navy in 1796 to the 10000 Ton Mining Machines of modern opencast mines, And the 60m reach demolition machines to down to 300Kg Micro excavators. Powered Barrows up to 60 ton capacity ADT's. Highly popular collectible machines like the JCB 1 Digger and Cat D2 Tractor and many other early machines. Construction Plant Manufactures Index Heavy Haulage The Movement of this sort of large machinery also involves the the use of specialist Heavy Haulage transport. The Various specialist machinery involved and related articles are under this section. Haulage Equipment Manufacturers Index Heavy Haulage Contractors Listing Scale Models of Tractors and Construction Plant The collection of Models is a popular Hobby. There are a vast range available in a wide range of prices from a few £ to Museum grade solid brass accurate models costing £1000's each. Models of Tractors and Plant The range available is increasing rapidly. There is also the building of precision scale working models (replicas) of steam engines at various scales from 1/2 size (6" scale) down to 1/12 (1" scale). Engineering Models which are fully functioning often built from kits of machined parts, but can be scratch build by machining lumps of metal. What's new on Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki April - Tractor and Construction Plant Tractor Wiki Created April 2008 to Provide a online Encyclopedia for everything to do with Tractors and Construction Plant. Manufactures, Models and Versions, Preservation and Restoration of machines, Collections, Clubs, Events and Shows. September 08 - Commercial vehicles section added with outline articles for major makes. January 09 - Start adding more individual model pages to main manufactures February 09 - Expand Museums & Collections sections March 09 - Update Preserved machine lists for steam with links to article for each individual engine (ready for articles). Summer 09 - add Truck manufacturers Autumn 09 - add standardises templates for creating pages for the Steam engine pages and the by Registration Number pages Autumn 09 - add bus manufactures Winter 09 - add outline pages for all the events & new Infoboxs to existing pages Spring 10 - add Exhibit lists to events pages / update existing Winter 11 - We are almost to 10,000 pages! The Plan On going - Add a Photo to every page possible (Please Help) October - Increase individual Tractor model sections November - Add galleries of Show photos (on going) December - Add navigation boxes January - Recruit more members to build the pages- YOU can help ! February - Add more photos/create individual model pages (on going) March - Build up the steam section (PML tables up dated) March - Truck photos Added + Museums April - Stationary engines May - Show season- Take more photos Up coming Shows and Meets (Updated May 2010) ! ! Wanted NEWS of Next years Shows ! ! Main article: 2015 events guide 2012 Events List Great Dorset Steam Fair on ? September 2012. The largest Show for collectors of all types of Machinery, not just Steam Engines, Tractors, Rollers, and Showman's Engines and Rides. There is an Extensive collection of Early Tractor's on show as well as Construction Plant and a working demonstration area. Heavy Haulage is featured from Early Steam Traction up to Massive Modern Tank transporters. Huge Steam Fairground area with restored rides and modern ones. Show held adjacent to Blanford Camp, Blanford Forum, Dorset, England. Recent Events & Shows Reports Coming soon with photo galleries Clubs Section for information on Clubs and for Owners Groups and collectors. Information about any clubs and Owners Groups, Meeting dates, Membership etc. NTET - National Traction engine Trust NVTEC - National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club Road Roller Association Vintage Excavator Trust Private Collections There are several collectors with large collections of machines. One Being S.E. Davis & Son Ltd. Of Redditch who host annual open days in aid of various Charities. J.C. Balls & Sons of Ambergate. List of Private Collections (includes private museums) Showcase your collection of tractors or other vehicles by creating a Wikia page (Please add details of other collections & Museums) <createbox> width=30 break=no buttonlabel=Add your Collection </createbox> In format > Name - Collection Tractor of the Month Write an Article on Your Tractor or machinery and get it featured here Event of the Month Promote your clubs event here Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show 2016 Helping out To write a new article, just enter the title in the box below. <createbox> width=30 break=no buttonlabel=Create new article </createbox> Not sure where to start? Find out more about the wiki on the About page. If you are new to wikis, check out the tutorial. Adding content Every wiki has two lists of articles that need help called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, get in there. The red links Example require an article writing. Uploading images is another really easy way to help out - see the Special:Upload page! You can find a list of useful templates on Category:Templates, some of which are documented on the templates project page. Talk and more... Check out the community portal to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi. Related Web pages & Sites Wikipedia:Tractors Wikipedia:Excavators Wikipedia:Steam engines Autopedia. The Classic Cars Wiki Tractor Links UK Railways Wiki UK Roads Wiki UK Trams Wiki UK Transport Wiki The Classic Machinery Net Forum

The advert above here has nothing to do with this wiki they are controlled by Wikia Inc. our hosting service !! Contents   (all pages) Tractors Tractor general definition Tractor Manufacturers Index Agricultural Tractors Industrial Tractors Special Purpose Tractors Steam Tractors Agricultural Machinery Inc Self Propelled Equipment Implements for Fitting to Tractors Tractor Pulling specials Heavy Haulage Equipment Trucks also called Tractor Units Low Loader Trailers Specialist Machinery Trailers Haulage Equipment Manufacturers Index Heavy Haulage Contractors Listing Weird Machines - what is it ? Glossary of Parts and Terms Explanation and definition of common terms relating to Tractors, Construction Plant, Trucks, and Agricultural Machinery Glossary Index (More additions needed) Events Dates Shows and Meets - Add your event to the list Open Day Listing Road Run Listing Working Weekends Scale Model's of Machinery Models of Tractors and Plant General Model Manufactures Listing Collectable Models - Models of Tractors & Implements Models of Construction Plant & machinery Models of Trucks & Heavy Haulage Trailers Engineering Models - Working Scale Steam Engines Tractor and Construction Plant Publications Lists Tractor and Plant Magazines Tractor and Plant Books Construction Plant Construction Plant Manufactures Index Bulldozers Backhoe Excavator or Backhoe loader Compact Machinery Compactor Crawler Tractor Draglines and Front Shovel Excavators Dumper Trucks also known as Off Road Truck Excavators (Diggers) Forklifts and Graders Mining Machines Mobile Cranes Motor scrapers Road Roller or Vibrating Roller Skid Loader also called a (Skidsteer) Telescopic Handler also called a (Teleporter) Trencher or Trench Cutter Tracked Shovels also called Tracked Loader Shovel Wheeled Loaders Special Purpose Machines Steam Machinery (this section needs development) Steam Tractors Ploughing Engines Road Tractors (Traction Engines) Steam rollers / Road Rollers Showmans Engines Stationary Engines also called Portable Engines List of Steam Machinery Manufacturers (Index) Museums featuring steam exhibits Webs sites Web Site Links - Add Links to your favourite related web sites (see notes) Clubs (Link to club details) Clubs Listing (Join up and add your club to the list) Add your event to the Shows and Meets page today Image of the Month - November 14 Vintage Fordson ploughing at Much Marcle Steam Rally 2014 EWP 756 ploughing in July 2014 This is Wikia is a Work in Progress, Help Needed For: Next target 17000 - Pages by April 2017 !!! Can You HELP ? 16000 pages reached by October 2016 15000 pages reached by Christmas 2014 14000 pages reached by Autumn 2013 10000 pages reached by Spring 2012 9000 pages reached by October 2011 8000 pages reached July 2011 5000 pages reached Autumn 2010 3000 Pages reached April 2010 2750 Pages reached Winter 2009 2500 pages reached Autumn 2009 Gain entry into the Biggest Wikia sites list. 2000 pages reached Summer 2009 1200 pages reached 15th May 2009 1000 Pages reached April 2009 900+ Pages reached by March (end) 2009 800+ Pages reached by March 2009 700+ Pages reached in February 2009 600+ Pages reached in December 2008 500+ Pages reached 7th September 2008 Categories adding to every page (Completed). Model range Listings for all Manufactures appending to their entries Missing Manufactures details adding Expand manufacturers entries (add obscure defunct makes) Articles writing on individual machine Models Add your Machine or collection Or club Events Categorise all Images (Ongoing)