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DaveDCB
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Ironic thing is my dad said it was a heap of scrap when they sold it off the farm… how times changeNow that is a lovely story
Hopefully the current owner is a lot older than you!
Bri963
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My first drive was a Super Dexta with a Lambourn cab. Missed the chance of that one when the boss died.
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Stroppymonkey
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Had a spare hour today. Everything came apart very nicely. More of a faff to fit than I expected though. The oval fixings holes in the wings need opening up another 10mm to allow for the roll bar. Need the bolts to be 10mm longer, and will have to find a way to reboot to the footplates as wings will be higher and wider by 10mm approx.
Oh, and the bloody handbrake ratchet is going to need some sort of fabrication to make the bugger fit back on. Sigh.
Oh, and the bloody handbrake ratchet is going to need some sort of fabrication to make the bugger fit back on. Sigh.
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William127
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Couple of pictures that got me thinking about the tittle of this thread.
This was 13 years ago when I got my 3060. The 3 cylinder 35 came out in 1959, the 3000 series in 1986, what a massive jump in 27 years- from levers to fully electric rear controls and the beginning of computerisation. Different worlds.The 3060 would have been about half the age of the 35 at the time, doing very similar jobs. The 90 in the picture is the same age, no computers in there
Was a good tractor that, bought it for a steal and sold it for a healthy profit a couple of years later. Still want another 3000 series, but 6 cylinder and 4wd now, but prices are on the rise
This was 13 years ago when I got my 3060. The 3 cylinder 35 came out in 1959, the 3000 series in 1986, what a massive jump in 27 years- from levers to fully electric rear controls and the beginning of computerisation. Different worlds.The 3060 would have been about half the age of the 35 at the time, doing very similar jobs. The 90 in the picture is the same age, no computers in there
Was a good tractor that, bought it for a steal and sold it for a healthy profit a couple of years later. Still want another 3000 series, but 6 cylinder and 4wd now, but prices are on the rise
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Stroppymonkey
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Couple of pictures that got me thinking about the tittle of this thread.
This was 13 years ago when I got my 3060. The 3 cylinder 35 came out in 1959, the 3000 series in 1986, what a massive jump in 27 years- from levers to fully electric rear controls and the beginning of computerisation. Different worlds.The 3060 would have been about half the age of the 35 at the time, doing very similar jobs. The 90 in the picture is the same age, no computers in there
Was a good tractor that, bought it for a steal and sold it for a healthy profit a couple of years later. Still want another 3000 series, but 6 cylinder and 4wd now, but prices are on the rise
I was thinking last week - my Grandad was a year older than me (born in 1917) when my Dexta was brand new in 64. He wanted to be an agricultural engineer but his father said no way - and sacked the ploughman and put my grandad to work on the horses as soon as he left school, probably when he was 14 so circa1931.
NP Super Dexta would have seemed light years away to him then. Now look how old it is! Wonder what my grandsons (haven’t got one yet - may never happen) might be seeing one working the fields one day?
I’ve actually got a pre war photo of him ploughing - it’s on the wall at the parents . Will find it .
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Spurry
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That's if there are any fields left to plough, when solar farms, houses, and illegal encampments have progressed at their current rate.
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