Beet Harvesters in Britain Part 1 1960-1995, Chris Lockwood. DVD, approx 120 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-27-0. Now released by Old Pond at £16.95. Parts 1 and 2 are available together as a set at £31.95.
This, the first of a two-part DVD set, covers the development of beet harvesters from 1960 to the mid-1990s. It documents the changes, firstly, from trailed single-row side-elevator harvesters on to multi-row trailed machines. It deals with early self-propelled harvesters and finally with the more recent six-row tanker machines.
The majority of the machines are shown at work in all weathers on farms, filmed specifically for this programme by Chris Lockwood. Stills can be seen in two blog entries here and here.
The machines covered in part 1 are:
Armer Salmon Cougar
Catchpole Cadet
Cebeco ZA 215 EH
Garford Victor
Holmer KRBS
Italo Svizzera HM190id
Matrot MT05F 225 (1979)
Matrot MT05F 225 (1986)
Matrot M31 Electronic
Matrot M41 Electronic
Matrot M41H Electronic (1993)
Moreau AT64
Moreau GR4
Moreau GR4 Mk II
Moreau Lectra 4005
Ransomes Catchpole Super Cadet
Ransomes 33A tanker
Ransomes Hunter
Rational Nova Hydro 2
Riecam RBM 230
Riecam RBM 300
Standen Rapide
Standen Rapide Tanker Mk II
Standen Rapide Tanker Mk3A
Standen Turbobeet
Standen Cyclone Mk III
Standen Cyclone Mk IV
Standen Tornado
Standen Challenger SP6
Stoll V202
TIM MII S
TIM SR 1800
Vervaet & Heyens 12-T
Vervaet 17-T (1994)
Vicon-Steketee Super
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