Last week, the Yorke Peninsula Field days were held at Paskeville on Yorke Peninsula, about an hour north of where we live. These field days are held every second year and have been running for 113 years. They are predominately agricultural, but also include some earthmoving, trucks, cars and a large general interest section to cater for the women as well. This is a three day event and is held on a permanent 30 hectare (75 acre) site and to see it all, just about takes three days. The average attendance for the three days is around 50,000 people and Rn’R actually took the day off to go and have look. Here are a few pics you may be interested in and these are only a very small snapshot of the whole event. There was a large display of the old hit and miss engines, and a few cars and trucks. The last one is a 1969 Kenworth LW924 with a 12V71 Detroit in it. It can be seen working here: YouTube - Kenworth LW924 with 12V71 Detroit
All of the machinery companies were represented. Tractors.
Harvesters.
Some earthmoving, a Cat 120M, John Deere's new G series, Hitachi's Zaxis 120, the Chinese are well and truly here with some Luigong Equipment and there were other Chinese manufacturers represented as well.
Most truck companies were there.
If you are still with me, thanks for looking, here is some little fellers and a wrecker to finish up with. As I said before, this is only a very small selection of what was on display over the three days. Rn'R.
That looks like it was quite a show!! The grounds they host it on must be huge! I've never been to anything that could compare to that here in the States. The driver of that Kenworth wasn't down shifting anywhere near early enough to keep that Jimmy in its power band, especially with the splitter. They make their power just under the governor and can actually be damaged if lugged too often or too long. Loved hearing it just the same though, we don't hear many of them around here anymore. Thanks for posting, I love seeing old machinery, it makes you appreciate how far we've come with improvements in machinery, and how hard operators must have worked back when they were new.
You are right Steve.I have seen that clip before and those were my sentiments then too.That borders on abuse of that great engine in my opinion.Ron G
There are still a lot around Oz, mainly used in Buses.
Thanks Steve, the site covers 75 acres and it is one of the largest field day events in Australia. I often think how fortunate we are, as we have seen as much change in technology, as any generation, when you think that we have come from horse drawn power, to computorized, GPS controlled tractors, as well as all of the other advances in technology. Here are a few more pics. The first one is a Reo ute, restored by a neighbour of mine and all of you would know the next one. The third one is a twin cab 4 x4 with a 2.4L petrol engine from Great Wall Motors in China and it has just been introduced out here. I am sure that would be a big hit in the US. Then comes a Kenworth and Mack Titan.
And to finish up with, a few more machinery pics. First, a new grain trailer, which will be the second trailer in a B Double combination, field bins and chaser bins, a Nitro sprayer with a MacDon windrow attachment, a Morris air seeder cart with a liquid fertiliser tank and a Hitachi 180 wheel Loader. I put some of these pics up to show you that farming down here is not all that different to farming in the Northern Hemisphere and that a lot of American and Canadian equipment is used here. Thanks for looking. Rn'R.