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== The Bean Row-Crop == | '''Humberside Agricultural Products''' were based in Brough, East Yorkshire. | ||
1946 they produced the Bean Row-Crop which was designed by a Mr Bean. | |||
1947 At the Royal Show in 1947 the Bean Row-Crop won a silver medal. | |||
By 1949 was a subsidiary of [[Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co|Blackburn Aircraft]] Ltd | |||
1949 The first prototype of the new RowCrop tractor was being tested<ref>The Times , Jan 08, 1949</ref> | |||
Different versions of the tractor were available for about twenty years until the last production version was made by an engineering company based in Scotland. | |||
== The Bean Row-Crop Tractor== | |||
1946 they produced the Bean Row-Crop which was designed by a Mr Bean. | |||
* The Bean Row-Crop's purpose was to work in row crops such as vegetables. | * The Bean Row-Crop's purpose was to work in row crops such as vegetables. | ||
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* There was a virtually uninterrupted view of the hoes and other front and mid-mounted equipment for the driver who sat just in front of the engine. | * There was a virtually uninterrupted view of the hoes and other front and mid-mounted equipment for the driver who sat just in front of the engine. | ||
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== Sources of Information == | == Sources of Information == | ||
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From 1890 to the Present Day Farm Tractors by Michael Williams published in 2005 by Silverdale Books ISBN 978-1-84509-251-1 | * "From 1890 to the Present Day Farm Tractors" by Michael Williams published in 2005 by Silverdale Books ISBN 978-1-84509-251-1 | ||
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Revision as of 11:08, 19 September 2015
Humberside Agricultural Products were based in Brough, East Yorkshire.
1946 they produced the Bean Row-Crop which was designed by a Mr Bean.
1947 At the Royal Show in 1947 the Bean Row-Crop won a silver medal.
By 1949 was a subsidiary of Blackburn Aircraft Ltd
1949 The first prototype of the new RowCrop tractor was being tested[1]
Different versions of the tractor were available for about twenty years until the last production version was made by an engineering company based in Scotland.
The Bean Row-Crop Tractor
1946 they produced the Bean Row-Crop which was designed by a Mr Bean.
- The Bean Row-Crop's purpose was to work in row crops such as vegetables.
- It featured a Ford 8 h.p. engine which was mounted near the back of the tractor.
- There was a virtually uninterrupted view of the hoes and other front and mid-mounted equipment for the driver who sat just in front of the engine.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times , Jan 08, 1949
- "From 1890 to the Present Day Farm Tractors" by Michael Williams published in 2005 by Silverdale Books ISBN 978-1-84509-251-1