Great Dorset steam fair 2010 UK

Was a good day out, was lucky enough to see the 75, 8R and D6 all running.
Just a bit miffed S.E.Davis only brought a 977, was hoping to see their 983.

Thanks for posting the pictures, Martyn. I espescially like the military green D8, complete with the matching Alemite grease pump on the fender. 😖mile:

Those Aussies in a pub/ bar are just like fleas on a dog, you just can't get rid of them no matter what you try😆

I was looking through some old posts yesterday and stumbled across a photo of a RD6 in the UK just before the Normandy invasion in WW2, it was helping load logs on a truck and that tractor had a belly pan too, I wonder if it is the same one?
regards
Mike

I am told it is not the same D6, I already asked that question of the guy who re-built it, the one at the steam fair spent all its life on the Hampshire/Dorset border area on a very large estate, the one in the old post at Salcombe in Devon is almost certainly one of T T Boughton's machines,. Boughtons where very well known as a large timber haulier from Amersham in Buckinghamshire who made much of their own machinery, including winches and I believe are still in production today. The old legend is that Boughtons hauled more timber out of Devon and Cornwall than anyone else, they had some of the larger machines used and some incredibly skilled drivers but not the biggest fleet or most staff.

Hello Mike
The Aussie in the bar was a smashing bloke,we put the world to rights over a few beers.😆If you guys want to see some more photos of this show,pop over to the Classic machinery network website where one of the lads has put up some great photos of the 8R and box plus some truck photos.
Martyn