'Swagging it': tractor fanatics to trek across outback

'Swagging it': tractor fanatics to trek across outback

It will take a fortnight for 10 tractor drivers to make the trip from Bourke to Birdsville going 23km/h, a long and slow journey for a good cause.

‘Swagging it’: tractor fanatics to trek across outback

Richard Jefferay has always been mad about vintage vehicles, even doing up a 70-year-old tractor to mow his lawn. The 1950s Massey Ferguson has no suspension, no cab and a rough old spring under the seat. “I just put a bit less air in the tyres to make it more comfortable,” Mr Jefferay told AAP. The long-time mechanic will want to be pretty comfortable when he drives the same tractor 1200km along bumpy back roads from Bourke, in western NSW, to …