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  • Doe Triple D
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  • During the 1950s farmers in the United Kingdom in need of high horsepower tractors had few options. Essex farmer George Pryor developed an ingenious solution to the problem by creating his own tractor. He did this by purchasing two Fordson tractors, removing the front wheels and axle and linking the two by means of a turntable which provided the steering action powered by hydraulic rams. This left him with a double engined four wheel drive tractor capable of producing more power and outperforming any of the conventional tractors on the UK market at the time.
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gearboxmake
  • Fordson
current model
  • No
productionno
  • Believed 100 to 150 units made
gearbox type
  • Manual
enginemodel
  • Fordson Power Major tractor based
enginemake
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Fuel Type
  • Agrcultural Diesel
Drive
  • 4
Introduced
  • March 1957
power bhp
  • 100
factories
  • Maldon near Ulting Essex, England
Image caption
  • A Doe Triple-D at a ploughing demonstration
Title
  • Doe Triple-D or Doe Dual Drive
Image size
  • 250
cylinders
  • Straightsix
Discontinued
  • 1970.0
cooling
  • Water
abstract
  • During the 1950s farmers in the United Kingdom in need of high horsepower tractors had few options. Essex farmer George Pryor developed an ingenious solution to the problem by creating his own tractor. He did this by purchasing two Fordson tractors, removing the front wheels and axle and linking the two by means of a turntable which provided the steering action powered by hydraulic rams. This left him with a double engined four wheel drive tractor capable of producing more power and outperforming any of the conventional tractors on the UK market at the time.