Crawlers Star!
Classic Plant & Machinery|February 2018

Although they are not seen in a plant background, enjoying classic and vintage crawlers, the backbone of the plant working scenario these days, is mostly seen at agricultural events like the National Crawler Championship. It was part of the National Ploughing Championships, which took place on Sunday October 15 near Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, and was well supported by CPM readers. The editor was there to see it happen

Crawlers Star!

The West Country is a hive of good crawler men and a number are part of the ploughing scene in this area: they certainly added something to the National Ploughing Championships. Held in dull morning conditions that later turned to sunshine, an excellent crowd of 12,000 people watched the new era of the Society of Ploughmen’s major event.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2018 من Classic Plant & Machinery.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2018 من Classic Plant & Machinery.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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