IS A UNIVERSAL FARM VEHICLE POSSIBLE?
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" EFERRING to your article in the edition of "The Commercial Motor" dated March 28, there can be no such thing as a. universal farm vehicle.
In 1937 we designed and made a very successful farm model (the Bedfarm), that was capable of meeting the transport requirements of 90 per cent. of the average British farmers, the usual farm being between 75 and 100 acres. The vehicle was a Bedford 30-cwt., with a special detachable-sided cattle-truck body. A screw tipping gear was fitted, also towing attachment, and over the cab we built a large rack. This last was found most useful, for it enabled the load to be built over the cab and gave a larger loading area. The ramp is most useful for loading tractors and implements, as well as livestock.
This vehicle was exhibited at the Royal Agricultural Show at Wolverhampton in 1937.
• Of course, on large farms where potatoes or marketgarden produce is grown, the ordinary large-type lorry probably meets the requirements better. When numbers of livestock are moved it is usual to employ specialist cattle hauliers, but for general haulage about the farm a vehicle such as that described is the nearest we can get to the universal farm vehicle.
W. GWENNAP, A.I.B.Agr.E., Minst.B.E.
Stafford.