“I’ll still keep about 10 but the rest will have to go,” he said.
Alongside his wheat and potato farming, Dave’s hobbies had been playing cricket and badminton until “the knees gave up” – leading him to pursue collecting tractors – a hobby he described as “big boys with big toys”.
“I took an interest in tractors, as I always had,” he said.
“I started driving at the age of four when I was plonked on a tractor and told to drive it.
“That’s been my whole life, farming and tractor driving.
“Then I decided to collect one or two as a possible hedge against pension problems and got the pleasure as well along the way.
“I don’t show them but I do road runs for charity.”