Michael Sly approached us to design four Machinery Plinth’s for some historic tractors he was showing off at Open Farm Sunday. The plinths needed to be able to withstand a weight of 8 Tonne. The Plinths needed to be easy to load a tractor on to, be able to be moved easily, and obviously needed to look the part. Working with our Design partner Fentech we came up with a design, using 80 x 80 x 6mm box section for the main structure, with six caster wheels underneath. Once we were happy the main frame was strong enough, we looked making sure the end product looked and showed off the tractors in their best light. We introduced a mirror finish drip tray, this allowed onlookers to see the underside of the tractor. Lighting was also introduced to make sure the tractor was in the spot light for visitors to the event. A special removable drawbar was designed so that the plinths could be pushed around the site easily with a forklift.