After I added the 1967 Matchbox Ford Tractor to my collection earlier this year, I decided I needed the Hay Trailer to go with it. There were quite a few to be had on eBay and I settled on one that was missing the yellow plastic hay fences, but still had all of its tires intact – not pristine, but a good value, and in comparable shape to my Ford Tractor.
The Matchbox #40 Hay Trailer in blue paint, yellow plastic hay racks and two-piece, yellow hub/black tire wheels was produced from 1967 to 1970. The Hay Trailer and the matching blue #39 Ford Tractor were sold individually. When Twin-Packs were introduced in 1976, a yellow version of the Hay Trailer (with no hay racks and one-piece black plastic wheels) was included in TP-2 Mod Tractor & Trailer set. Another Hay Trailer (blue with black plastic hay racks and one-piece black plastic wheels) was included in TP-11 Tractor & Hay Trailer set from 1979, and others (Macau- or Thailand-cast, yellow or red with black plastic hay racks and one-piece black plastic wheels) in the TP-108 Tractor & Hay Trailer set from the mid-1980s and the TP-126 Mercedes Tractor & Trailer set from 1991.
Matchbox | 1967 | 40 | Hay Trailer | blue, missing yellow plastic hay fences | England | yellow hubs with black tires
Here it is paired with my Ford Tractor.
Click here to compare to the 1969 Tootsietoy Farm Tractor Set from my childhood. And click here to compare to my Majorette Double Tractor + Trailer set from 1980.
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