Martin Sach

lcmuseum started the topic Rotella 10 or equivalent in the forum Help and information 3 years, 8 months ago

Hi all, the London CanalMuseum has a 1960 Wickham canal towpath tractor fitted with the original Lister JP2 diesel engine. For the first time in a couple of years or so we ran in in early September to attend a festival and I drove it through the streets of London. (Yes I am insured!)

Anyway the oil could do with topping up, I only need a pint or…[Read more]
lcmuseum posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago

Here is a further update. Correspondence with a tractor historian has concluded that the tractor in the picture is in fact not a Ferguson-Brown but a Fordson type F tractor with a ford engine. This means that it probably dates from around 1924 or 1925 and that the picture was taken then. This fits with the manufacturing of the Fordson F and the…[Read more]
lcmuseum replied to the topic Garner 7HP Light Tractor on Canals in the forum Ride-on machines 7 years, 6 months ago

An update on my research into the canal barge tractors used in London. I now believe that there were three main types used:
1. A tractor made by Ferguson-Brown, probably just before the war. That’s the picture already posted in this thread (September 17th). This type was known as a “thin Lizzie” by canal workers and the recollections of a former…[Read more]
lcmuseum replied to the topic Garner 7HP Light Tractor on Canals in the forum Ride-on machines 7 years, 8 months ago

Thanks for the posts giving more information. I have found an article from the Daily Telegraph of 1925 that mentions experiments with canal towing tractors the previous year, although it is believed these experiments came to nothing and certainly tractors were not in wide use on London canals until at least 1952. It might have been a David Brown…[Read more]
lcmuseum replied to the topic Garner 7HP Light Tractor on Canals in the forum Ride-on machines 7 years, 9 months ago

Thanks, do you know any more about the David Brown tractor? Martin
lcmuseum replied to the topic Garner 7HP Light Tractor on Canals in the forum Ride-on machines 7 years, 9 months ago

Charlie, many thanks for that, I was not aware of that web page, surprisingly as I have done a fair bit of Google searching. I will definitely get in touch with Bob as he holds the Garner Register and probably knows a lot!

I am interested too in the David Brown canal tractor you mention as I know nothing at all about this, especially as you say…[Read more]
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lcmuseum started the topic Garner 7HP Light Tractor on Canals in the forum Ride-on machines 7 years, 9 months ago

Hi, Club Members,

I’ve joined the forum to ask for information. I am the Chair of the London Canal Museum. We own, and will be displaying, a 1960 Wickham Canal towpath tractor. As part of this project I want to find out more about the tractors introduced on the London canals in the early 1950s, as we want to create an exhibition about the use of…[Read more]
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