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county654 wrote:

Dandy Dave wrote:
What do you mean by ASP tractor?


Matthias

ASP = All Spare Parts
which means it's made up from parts from various different Fordson Major tractors.
Kiwi Kev

chriss wrote:are you allowed to say ferguson on here?

only when you are talking about the history of tractors and farming.
Not when you say 'I own a fe******son"
Kiwi Kev

Nick
Congrats on the wedding, and well down on the carriage conversion.
Hope you both had a great day.
There could be a future money earner here for you, with your tractor drawn wedding carriage?
Kiwi Kev

whirly wrote: (whatever HPL is )

Hydraulic Power Lift ie 3 point linkage

I was looking at the thick plates on the side rails, and then realized they are the axle/A frame pivot sub frame. I much prefer these conversions with the front axle mounted further back, like this one, than pivoted at the tombstone. It will make the steering heavier though. Dose she have power stee...

however on the DVLA website it is currently listed as SORN so there may be hope of knowing its history. For those of us unfamillia with UK terminknowledgy???, what does SORN stand for? Isn't it great to see that people remember their old tractors with great fondness. I still remember my Dads tracto...

ScoobyJim
So, on the rear tractor, you change gears using the gear levers, and on the front unit the gears are selected by the joystick that is mounted on the rear tractor? correct!
Certinainly a mind bender working all that out.
Fantastic job.
Kiwi Kev

But here is my dilemma, this guy has five Majors that he wants to sell me! Two complete tractors and three parts tractors, and even the scrap ones have a goodie or two on them that I could use, power steering, DAR valves, raised PTO, etc. I have some serious thinking to do, can I afford all this st...

i have a set doubles on her , but i am thinking of getting a new set of tyres and as i use it on boggy ground was wondering if a bigger and wider tyres might be a better way to go, sky blue :) Photos!!!!!!!!!!! I love duals on tractors If your on boggy ground, duals will give you more surface area ...

AdrianNPMajor wrote: Can you try and keep views of your workshop out of the background? I'm getting all bitter and twisted with envy!

Hope all our friends in the UK are'nt suffering too badly from the severe weather.
TV coverage shows things as being bad for those affected.
Hope they get power back on soon, and the snow melts.
Kiwi Kev

I think woodcutter is saying is that there is no handbrake there, and never has been. The circle in the casting for the handbrake lever has not been cut out. My Major is the same, but mine was exported to Aust. Could be an option, or had a replacement gearbox fitted from a Major. Does this SM have t...

Spannerdog I took my trumpets off recently to do the outer axle seals. Trumpets are heavy, but with a chain block was ok. Engine hoist would probably work also. Your quoted price seems steep. Have you priced up parts from agriline etc, or even good second hand. When quoting , they normally allow for...

Frode
That is something that Oscar will need to attend to.
Kiwi Kev

VonZU wrote:Make a separate thread of it, Frode. It would be very interesting to follow.

Frode/VonZu
Topic has been split. Had already planned to split it earlier, but had to wait till I got home.
Kiwi Kev

frode wrote:Just picked up a 7600 for 600 euro.....

Is that a County 7600 or Ford 7600. (either would be nice)
Kiwi Kev

Spannerdog
Looking good.
Left click opened it up for me.
What is wrong with your brakes. Internal or external problems?
I see you have a new generator with tacho drive. The generator on my 5000 dose'nt charge, but I use it purely to drive the tacho. I must look at fixing or replacing it.
Kiwi Kev

No worries Pascal. Thanks for looking.
Issues 11 & 12 will come your way someday.
Kiwi Kev

Hi guys.
Have seen an article in FFA mag (I think) about a company that does contract lawn mowing. One of their tractors was a Dexta with large fairly bald tyres on like that to avoid damaging the the grass.
Will look through my mags tonight to check.
Kiwi Kev

Pascal
The Norfolk County is a 1164.
Kiwi Kev

Pascal It's approx 35 years since I last saw a County News, and of those 3 pictures you just posted, I remembered 2x of them in my head for those 35 years. I have seen the FFA story about the 1884, which is about an hours drive from where my parents live. I am a New Zealander, but live on Norfolk Is...

Hi TSG Haven't posted any photo's using Photobucket lately. Did you see the post on the Dexta page re posting photos? http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4924 Try using tractorsearch to load photos to FTP, and that should tell you if it's your computer or photobucket. I did ...

Pascal Have you seen or got any of the 'County News'. County's own newspaper. Had articles on County tractors from around the world. I even remember the article about the one and only County on Norfolk Island. (I never dreamt I would end up living here, when I was reading it) The County news were ar...

Pascal
Thats a great collecton.
I too have a fasination of County tractors.
I have never driven one, but there is one here on the Island, an 1164.
I did'nt realise that County made an 1162. I thought the only 2 WD tractor was the Hi-drive models.
Never too old to stop learning ah.
Kiwi Kev

Bensdexta wrote:
Also if both battery terminals had one, it might make removing the battery even quicker.

Quicker than what! 10 seconds
You've just rebuilt your Dexta, presumably with new battery cables and terminals, so should be very easy to remove your battery terminals.
Kiwi Kev