Countys´ 1959 Major

[county654]

Hi,
I want to share some pics of my newest toy

[BearCreek Majors]

Nice Major you picked up, it looks like its all there and in good shape yet.
Why does it not have the Power Major badge thet we see over here?

Pat

[henk]

Nice tractor with the typical German fenders and the drawbar. Is that a Fritsmeyer cab?
Never seen a badge like that before.

[county654]

From the technical point of view, the tractor is in very god shape. The 4.4oo h on the clock seem to be true, even the pin in the german style drawbar is original.

The badge was the reason for me to ask the diffrence between Power Majors and other versions. To me, it looks like this is not a Power Major Serial number is 150xxxx, year 1959 should be true.
Next irritating pice are the front rims: they are made out of steel, not the usual cast rims.

The wide Fenders seem to be original, but they have a pour steel and paint .

The rear lights look like a French Version to me. I got no papers with the tractor, so I don´t know the whole story.

[Broadspeed]

Looks nice. Have You tested the Horn-Draulic front loader? I have the same loader in my Major

[county654]

Looks nice. Have You tested the Horn-Draulic front loader? I have the same loader in my Major

Hi Broadspeed,

until I bought that tractor, I have never seen a loader with reverse cylinders I found a couple pictures in the net.
The loader works, just one cylinder is leaking.
Funny thing about the hydauliks, it was made out of steelpipe we jused to juse for waterpipes in buildings. Gues those were never made for presures up to 180 bar

[county654]

Nice tractor with the typical German fenders and the drawbar. Is that a Fritsmeyer cab?
Never seen a badge like that before.

Hi Henk,

yes, it is a Fritzmeier cab. You want to have it?

[Broadspeed]

Looks nice. Have You tested the Horn-Draulic front loader? I have the same loader in my Major

Hi Broadspeed,

until I bought that tractor, I have never seen a loader with reverse cylinders I found a couple pictures in the net.
The loader works, just one cylinder is leaking.
Funny thing about the hydauliks, it was made out of steelpipe we jused to juse for waterpipes in buildings. Gues those were never made for presures up to 180 bar

Hydraulic lines are also made from water pipes in my Major

Here's few pics:

http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb ... f=2&t=5008

[henk]

Don't need one. I have a Sirocco coat and so called head.
The person who had to sit in the fender seat had to be very smal.
Are these fenders still needed by German regulations?

[Dandy Dave]

I have to agree. The badge is different than what I have seen. Australia produced a Farm Major that also had a similar badge as the Power Major. You tractor has the gages in the dash which is like the Power Major. It should have shoe and drum brakes also to be a power. Could be an ASP tractor also. You will need to get the casting codes off of some of the parts to decode it. The year is in the right range for a Power Major. My Power Major has pressed steel wheels also. Often tractors for export did to save on shipping costs. Dandy Dave!

[county654]

Don't need one. I have a Sirocco coat and so called head.
The person who had to sit in the fender seat had to be very smal.
Are these fenders still needed by German regulations?

Today, nowbody realy cares about the size of fenders. Just new trctors at roadspeed above 40 km have to cover the whole tire.

[county654]

I have to agree. The badge is different than what I have seen. Australia produced a Farm Major that also had a similar badge as the Power Major. You tractor has the gages in the dash which is like the Power Major. It should have shoe and drum brakes also to be a power. Could be an ASP tractor also. You will need to get the casting codes off of some of the parts to decode it. The year is in the right range for a Power Major. My Power Major has pressed steel wheels also. Often tractors for export did to save on shipping costs. Dandy Dave!

Looks like my Major is quiet unique
When I got it, I wanted to replace the fenders right away. But now, after checking the net up and down, Í hardly find any like these. They are in very good shape, just the outer line has to be refitted. Looks like they stay on the tractor.

The badge leaves some questions
What do you mean by ASP tractor?

The tractor has drumbrakes and frontwheels 7,50 x 16 ". Wich size do the cast iron ones have?

Matthias

[Kiwi Kev]

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

[Dandy Dave]

My pressed wheels are also 750-16. They are correct for Majors Shipped here to the States and other places away from the UK and Europe. Your tractor may have been Shipped to, say, Austrailia, (Or even built there.) at one time and then bought and shipped to your area used as these tractors were very popular and desirable machines back in the day. Dandy Dave!

[Pascal]

Great tractor!
I should keep the mudguards as well. I have seen them before. It's something different.

[Dandy Dave]

Can you post what the Oval plate reads above the badge. I can not quite make out what it says? Dandy Dave!

[county654]

Great tractor!
I should keep the mudguards as well. I have seen them before. It's something different.

Hi Pascal,

first I wanted to give the fenders to the trash.
But after looking round the net, I see how unique they are. They will be straightened and refitet.
Even the rearlights and front lights are available as spareparts

[county654]

Can you post what the Oval plate reads above the badge. I can not quite make out what it says? Dandy Dave!

Hi Dave,
there is a funny storie about that badge.

It is the dealer badge who sold the tractor in Bavaria in 1959.

Jacob Demmel
Attenkirchen near Freising
Phone 227

is about all that is writen on. I try to post a better photo soon.

Yesterday I found another Major in the net and by the shape I realized it was the same dealer badge, my Major has.
I made a phonecall, and a 74 yaear old man told me, he did work for more than 20 years for the dealer

The dealer was general importer for whole Bavaria and they had a contract to sell 365 tractors a year

So he could not tell me where my tractor was working. It seems the machine was used in hop planting, mainly with the loader.

[county654]

We have harvest time right now, so there is not much time to restore the Major.
After a breakdown on our feeder tractor, I put the Major in front of the feederwagon to feed 150 head of cattle .
Works out really fine

[ford5000y]

Great tractor!
I should keep the mudguards as well. I have seen them before. It's something different.

Hi Pascal,

first I wanted to give the fenders to the trash.
But after looking round the net, I see how unique they are. They will be straightened and refitet.
Even the rearlights and front lights are available as spareparts

county654,
Looking at the mudguards of your fordson reminds me of a fordson super major around here. It has a front axle from a david brown and fenders from a deutz tractor. I have seen it on the road yesterday, but I failed to take any pics because I have left my phone!!!!

[county654]

Have a break,
have a Major

[Dandy Dave]

The plows sparkle. Nice! Dandy Dave!

[henk]

One of the best ploughs behind one of the best tractors.

[county654]

Thanks guys,
for the nice reactions

Actually I have not been ploughing on our farm for the last 20 years.

But this is really fun.

A neighbour has about 8 acres, to plough in the next week or two, I think I give the Major a try