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1. Assembling my 1st Lanz bulldog tractor
When you take delivery of a Lanz Bulldog Tractor, you will find a not-quite-flat pack consisting of
1,200kg of metal, rubber and hundreds of nuts and bolts. In addition to this, you will also find various
strange looking black lumps. If you look closely enough, you will also see what looks like an engine plus a
steering wheel, lurking in there somewhere. The question is how on earth this seemingly mountainous
array of parts can ever do the nitty-gritty jobs on the farm. Will it ever spread muck or climb up that
steep hill whilst I attend to my sheep?
When my old Porsche was failing, I just didn't have the money to buy a new one. I'd looked at a couple
of clunky old Masseys and spoke to a few people and this is when I was first told about the Lanz Bulldog
Tractor.
At first I scoffed. I mean a tractor you build yourself?
Well the prices seemed almost too good to be true. In fact I was quoted about a third of the price of a
similar tractor from Europe or America. So, my arm twisted by my wife who was somewhat concerned
that I was going to succumb to a terrible misfortune on my old Porsche, I somewhat skeptically made an
order and, before me now, was the Lanz Bulldog Tractor or at least the pile of components were!
I looked at the pile and laid them out on the grass. I took out the battery box; roll bars, mudguard,
weight bars, wheels, electrics, fuel tank, hosepipes, air filter and what seemed like a whole myriad of
other "bits". Actually, it was easier than I thought to identify the parts and pretty soon I had a fairly
organized array on my lawn.
I sat down with a cup of tea next and read the instruction manuals. Now if you thought a flat pack from
Ikea was bad-you've seen nothing! With this, I got a parts list which was 105 pages long, a 25 page
maintenance manual and a 70 page instruction manual-They were obviously taking no chances here! It
was very much like having a giant tractor set.
First of all, I fastened the wheels onto the chassis. Job done!
Over the next 2 and half days, I worked methodically through the manual and bit by bit, the tractor
came together. Apparently, a mechanic can put a Lanz Bulldog tractor together in around a day. The
record is supposedly 2 hours. For others, the process might take longer but Lanz Bulldog are proud to
proclaim that they have not yet had anyone who could not put one together.
My final job was to; rather proudly fasten on the pristine looking seat. I then rather nervously filled it up
with diesel and water. I don't know what I was expecting when I turned it on, but I wasn't expecting to
be chugging round my farm within minutes-amazing!
2. The Lanz Bulldog tractors have proved extremely popular and there are thousands in everyday use in the
Europe. As well as farmers and smallholders, there are some rather unusual uses. A window cleaner in
Liverpool does his round on one. Glider clubs have them, as do helicopter companies and schools.
There's even a farm college who has bought them for the sole purpose of giving students practice
building them.
The full Lanz Bulldog Tractor range is available from the very reputable Northern Tool and Equipment
who enjoy an enviable reputation for fast delivery and excellent customer service. If you don't like the
idea of building the tractor yourself, they can also be bought fully assembled and still represent
excellent value for money.