Tractor with steel wheels, Stonehouse Farm, Skinflats

Maker
Unknown
Production date
1934
 Description
A boy in boots and gaiters is starting a Fordson tractor by turning the starting handle (cawin the haunle). The tractor has steel wheels with spade lugs fitted to the rear ones to improve traction. It has a ribbed radiator top tank, a feature introduced in 1932.
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Maker
Production date
1934
Subject person
Subject place
Stonehouse Farm/Brackenlees Rd/Skinflats/Larbert area
Subject notes
Starting handles were fitted to motor vehicles until the 1960s, as batteries often went 'flat'. There was a knack to hand starting. If the handle was held between the thumb and fingers and the engine backfired, it could cause an injury.
Accession number
P17278

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