40+years changes perspective…

[Stroppymonkey]

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.

I would have been very tempted by the super major , but although looking straight and original it would have been more work than I wanted. Plus I had already paid the deposit on the Dexta. I have my wife on board for one…. 2 at once would have been pushing my luck

 

[charlie2]

I would have been very tempted by the super major , but although looking straight and original it would have been more work than I wanted. Plus I had already paid the deposit on the Dexta. I have my wife on board for one…. 2 at once would have been pushing my luck

dexta is a nice little tractor very capable as well my dad had the choice of dexta or major more than likely the dexta was his choice for most of the jobs even ploughing if it was decent ground when it was rock hard and dry the major got used, i was very young back then and thought bigger was better he said whatever one was quicker on the particular job was what he used.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Just checked the V5C. It’s a 64 not a 63, and came back to UK in 2006. 3 former owners but not sure if that’s since 1964 or 2006?
Been rebuilt sometime since then.

This one a bit quirky as the last owner added a turbocharger and increased the cooling. Certainly quite lively in top gear. It comes with the original fan/radiator and manifold to build it back to original.

 

[V8Druid]

Just checked the V5C. It’s a 64 not a 63, and came back to UK in 2006. 3 former owners but not sure if that’s since 1964 or 2006?
Been rebuilt sometime since then.

This one a bit quirky as the last owner added a turbocharger and increased the cooling. Certainly quite lively in top gear. It comes with the original fan/radiator and manifold to build it back to original.

will be since it's been UK reg. I would imagine .. but they may have taken the info. from original doc.s if it was recorded by the Dutch authority

My Zetor has a turbo fitted by some specialists, post production ... apparently they were highly regarded for 'improving' their performance

 

[Stroppymonkey]

will be since it's been UK reg. I would imagine .. but they may have taken the info. from original doc.s if it was recorded by the Dutch authority

My Zetor has a turbo fitted by some specialists, post production ... apparently they were highly regarded for 'improving' their performance
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You have a tractor ?

 

[Lancs Lad]

You have a tractor ?

Join the queue ...join the queue...there's a line

 

[V8Druid]

You have a tractor ?

 

[Lancs Lad]

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Any more pics of it?

 

[V8Druid]

Any more pics of it?

like???

 

[Lancs Lad]

like???

Engine. Etc just so we know what we're getting into

 

[V8Druid]

Engine. Etc just so we know what we're getting into

will have to get you some ... 'bout all I can see from back then, detail-wise

has had a serious wash and service since then

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Turns out that A. Buying a little old tractor and B. Living in a village. Means that you get a lot of attention. Pretty much all males my age upwards are excited/interested/envious. The petrol heads get all moist when I open the bonnet and show them the turbo. You can’t see it with bonnet down so looks original then.

It was a feature at the village fetes today after a quick wash and front tyre pressure check. Got the new (to me ) £150 link box on it which needs colour coding in new performance colours . GP is a local fabrication company. I recall working for the owners mother about 24 years ago.
I prefer this one (think it’s a Fleming copy) as it looks more like the Britain’s farm toy one I had circa 1980s. Sold the one that came with the tractor as I don’t like it .
Taxed (£0) and insured (£109) so almost legal now . (No rear number plate)
Clocked it at 17.3mph on uphill ish route back to village today. Probably do a tweak more than that on the flat. Starts with no heat and no priming so the alleged 400 hours since full rebuild (20 years ago?) seems likely.
Lost the only Lucas key I had so had to make an emergency one this morning . I was taught this by a ground worker called Roger who worked for SHC on a site in Launceston back in 2001. (3” nail hammered flat end bent over a towball). Useful trick. He must be retired now.
Apparently a dipstick works …. But I can confirm that not if its a Fordson Dexta dipstick as it’s more of a semi circle shape.

 

[craig]

Super Dexta`s are quite a quick tractor for their age, and start a lot better than a standard Dexta.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Got the Dexta over to the farm today . Sized up the Pettit trailer . Nice enough . Got the leveller out and scattered around on the yards to disturb the weeds and flatten things a bit. Too dry!
Gave one of the daughters her first tractor driving lesson

 

[Smiffy]

Got the Dexta over to the farm today . Sized up the Pettit trailer . Nice enough . Got the leveller out and scattered around on the yards to disturb the weeds and flatten things a bit. Too dry!
Gave one of the daughters her first tractor driving lesson

Some old rake or redder times bolted to a bar just ahead of the first bar should be enough to loose type 1 or dirt enough for the leveler to work, estra points if it was adjustable height.
When I was I new Zealand we towed a massive leveler made out of railway track on a set of chains behind a 250hp tractor, if the ground was solid there was a set of chain harrows that went behind the leveler. Had to do one pass to loosen everything up first, and then each consecutive time the leveler would level and the chain harrows would loosen the next layer. Spent weeks driving in random patterns around scrubland trying to make it somewhat resemble a productive field.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

I used to go tractor driving for a neighbour breaking up furrows on a 4wd David Brown with this exact roller.. probably 1993/1994?
Original owner has been dead and gone for nearly 10 years now but the roller has stayed local. Just borrowed it for my sisters agility paddock and roaded it back half a mile. I’m letting half of the ballast water out as it’s a touch heavy

 

[Steve]

Ballast roller was never much fun to reverse. 🫣