40+years changes perspective…

[Stroppymonkey]

As you get older the tractors seem to shrink. Found this one at local auction today
Not quite the same though.. the one from my childhood was a power major with only super major bits IIRC. Don’t think I recall a difflock .

 

[Monkeybusiness]

As you get older the tractors seem to shrink. Found this one at local auction today
Not quite the same though.. the one from my childhood was a power major with only super major bits IIRC. Don’t think I recall a difflock .

Did you buy it?
I want a major (but it’ll have to be really cheap, as I neither need it or have any spare cash ). I used to launch boats with majors (stripped of all electrics) and muir hills and have a bit of a soft-spot for both.

 

[Steve]

As you get older the tractors seem to shrink. Found this one at local auction today
Not quite the same though.. the one from my childhood was a power major with only super major bits IIRC. Don’t think I recall a difflock .

Super major had difflock, disc brakes & live drive clutch.

 

[craig]

Super major had difflock, disc brakes & live drive clutch.

And top link sensing

 

[Stroppymonkey]

It’s lot 1253 at Kivells Holsworthy machinery sale tomorrow. I shall be watching it but not bidding . Maybe it will fetch a couple thousand or even more if it’s starting nicely ? I would have been very tempted normally as I’ve been hankering after a Fordson for many years, but I may or may not have put a deposit on another blue item already . (With wife approval as well!)

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Super major had difflock, disc brakes & live drive clutch.

Pretty sure the old one was a 58, so a power major . Don’t recall a difflock and it had f**k all brakes. It’s been dead and gone since the mid 90s. It ended up running the 3 phase generator for 16 hours a week which killed it . Wonder where it went ?

 

[Steve]

Pretty sure the old one was a 58, so a power major . Don’t recall a difflock and it had f**k all brakes. It’s been dead and gone since the mid 90s. It ended up running the 3 phase generator for 16 hours a week which killed it . Wonder where it went ?

Power major would be drum brakes & no diff lock.

 

[William127]

My Fordson doing a bit of paid work yesterday
There's a photo somewhere of me digging a trench with a 1.5 ton PelJob getting on for 35 years ago in the same field

 

[Giles]

my wife's grandad was ford tractor dealer in Hereford they've a few in their barn still and a big collection of old sales stuff and manuals

I remember my dad rolling a power major going across our paddock cross fall with loader bucket up in air! tut tut when I was about 6, recovered it with our 3c lucky he jumped clear as it went slow mo

 

[pettsy]

Did you buy it?
I want a major (but it’ll have to be really cheap, as I neither need it or have any spare cash ). I used to launch boats with majors (stripped of all electrics) and muir hills and have a bit of a soft-spot for both.

Where we go on holiday to the east coast, there’s a been an old muir hill next to a bungalow for years. I know nothing about them really, but would love to “save” it if I had the space
.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

This one went for £2000+bp+vat this morning . I thought that was pretty strong money.

 

[William127]

Prices seemed high on this lot at the sale I went to today- the Dexta was a right state barn find, went for about 1700! The majors were 2k+ and the fergies were around 1200-2000. I had 500-700 in mind for a fergie to have a tinker with/stick on a pad as a 'barn sign' Bearing in mind 3 of them were petrol and none of them were tested as they didn't have batteries.
'Kit form' 135 seemed reasonable in comparison at 1700 as it started and ran and had a good pile of parts. Needed a fair bit of rust removal on the skid unit, but if you had the time it had potential

 

[William127]

This is more like what I was expecting the greys to go for!
Diesel, seized through standing (sounds like a challenge to me), looks complete, £650. Been on marketplace a month. I might try him with a cheeky offer

 

[Smiffy]

This is more like what I was expecting the greys to go for!
Diesel, seized through standing (sounds like a challenge to me), looks complete, £650. Been on marketplace a month. I might try him with a cheeky offer

The 4 cylinders have always been cheap.

 

[William127]

The 4 cylinders have always been cheap.

Is that not in the later M35, they had the 'poor starting ' 4 cylinder Standard, then later ones (like mine ) had the much better 3 cylinder Perkins.
Just been browsing marketplace and Te20 prices seem all over the place, but not selling regardless

 

[Smiffy]

Is that not in the later M35, they had the 'poor starting ' 4 cylinder Standard, then later ones (like mine ) had the much better 3 cylinder Perkins.
Just been browsing marketplace and Te20 prices seem all over the place, but not selling regardless

I'm pretty sure the grey fergies with a 4 cylinder where a nightmare to start. I deffo remember 1 that was awful. But not a vast amount of experience with them

 

[Lancs Lad]

Is that not in the later M35, they had the 'poor starting ' 4 cylinder Standard, then later ones (like mine ) had the much better 3 cylinder Perkins.
Just been browsing marketplace and Te20 prices seem all over the place, but not selling regardless

No...no they are actually ok much maligned online . Iykyk. Mines sweet and gets respectful arrs from the old boys . I was under same impression before I picked one up.
That reminds me time to dig her out the box for some action

 

[V8Druid]

Is that not in the later M35, they had the 'poor starting ' 4 cylinder Standard, then later ones (like mine ) had the much better 3 cylinder Perkins.
Just been browsing marketplace and Te20 prices seem all over the place, but not selling regardless

the Perky P3 was a brilliant motor ... got used in all sorts including 3ph and welding gennies - have had a few of 'em

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I took the wife out for a Sunday morning drive and breakfast at the Garden Centre.
Oh and sort of bought my first tractor as an early Birthday present for myself.

I tell a lie. Not my first tractor. I used to have a plastic Renault pedal tractor in the early 80s. Photo somewhere I expect.

Saw this one months ago, and then it popped up for sale at too much money. Came to an agreement in the end and now it’s mine.

1963 New Performance Super Dexta but with old style cowl (think because it went to Holland for its first 25 years)

 

[charlie2]

This one went for £2000+bp+vat this morning . I thought that was pretty strong money.
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that tractor does look very straight and original the super major was decent in its day if i remember right it had diff lock and two stage clutch and i think better brakes?. the one everyone seems to want is the new performance last models that were just before the thousand series came out, my first job leaving school was apprentice agricultural fitter for dorset tractors the local ford dealers in 1969. the majors were still very popular and main tractor on many farms. everything could be repaired or replaced without needing to go back to the dealers. still many of them about as well.