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Old 28th May 2016, 03:57 PM
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Default Cornish Traction Preservation Club - Tredinnick Rally

A great selection of local engines at Tredinnick rally this afternoon, it was especially good to see the Daniel's brothers engines working the plough. The event was a great start to the 2016 rally season here in the Westcountry although conflicting with Launceston steam rally (visiting tomorrow). Good to catch-up with familiar faces, the event was well organised and seemed to be considerably more relaxed than others down here. Some highlights:



























Aveling & Porter Roller 10824, Smokey
Fowler Showmans Tractor 14798, Firefly
Fowler Road Roller 18843, Princess Caroline
Fowler Road Roller 18075, Britannia
Fowler BB1 Ploughing Engine 15163, Headland Beauty
McLaren Ploughing Engine 1552, Hero
Marshall Road Roller 88097, Toby
Burrell Road Roller 4060, Pride of Newquay
Wallis & Steevens Roller 8069, Tess
Burrell General Purpose 3816, Cornish Maid
Garrett Showmans Tractor 34706, Lady Sylvia
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies General Purpose 38088, Enterprise
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies General Purpose 42013, Sister Wendy
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Old 28th May 2016, 05:47 PM
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The roof on the Garrett Showmans looks very low to me. I'm sure there is usually more space between the top of the flywheel and the canopy on a Garrett 4CD. Is there a reason for this - so it fits in a shed? To be clear, I'm not stirring it, just interested as over the years I have heard lots of reasons why some engines have low canopies, both in their working days and in preservation.

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Old 28th May 2016, 07:29 PM
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I guess it may have been designed that low for when it was converted, perhaps for the storage reason you mentioned. Some insight would be useful as looking back it is quite noticeable!
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Charlie won't thank you for referring to his engine as Headland Beauty. It's the Fowler.
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Old 28th May 2016, 10:03 PM
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Having checked the Fowler works list I stand corrected in regards to the name. Any info on as to where Headland Beauty comes from as there are quite a few references to it.
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Charlie won't thank you for referring to his engine as Headland Beauty. It's the Fowler.
In neither the 2012 nor the 2016 Traction Engine Registers is the engine referred to as "Headland Beauty"
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Old 29th May 2016, 07:14 AM
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Having checked the Fowler works list I stand corrected in regards to the name. Any info on as to where Headland Beauty comes from as there are quite a few references to it.
It was a name given to it as a bit of a joke by Michael Oliver in one of the GDSF programs and much to Charlie's consternation has stuck.
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Old 29th May 2016, 09:10 AM
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I see, thanks for the reason. I'd remove the name but TT doesn't permit the editing of the post.
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loving the old ERF tractor unit taking Hero home
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