Is your Major older than you?

Grani · Post by **Grani** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:52 pm

I am a few years older than my Major. I would have the serial number 1502634 if I was a Major

Kiwi Kev · Post by **Kiwi Kev** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:13 pm

My ole girl was born in 1957, and is 6 years older that me
Kiwi Kev

Roel · Post by **Roel** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:19 pm

The blue beast is from '58 and was therefore well mature when I started making noise

in 1963.

Roel

henk · Post by **henk** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:52 pm

Nice poll Grany,

My major is from February 57 and 8 months younger than me.

Matt 1944 N · Post by **Matt 1944 N** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:22 pm

My dads 1947 E27N is 14 years older than him, and 44 years older than me, Dad would be the same age as an early Super Major.

Pascal · Post by **Pascal** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:17 am

Hi guys,

My SuperMajor is 15 years older than me.

JC · Post by JC » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:45 am

Good topic, Grani.
My Majors are older than I am. One of my Power Majors is almost the same age, and my Super 6 and 1164 are younger.
I almost forgot the Dexta. It's a little older than me.

Aussie Frank · Post by **Aussie Frank** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:05 am

Hello All,

What a fantastic idea for a poll. My E27Ns are all older than me, the youngest is a 51 model making her 8 years older. Marion my Perkins P6 E27N is a 49 model which makes her 10 years older, but since her face lift just recently she looks much younger. I am not shure exactly how old my Perkins L4 E27N is (his name is Larry), probably a 46 or 47 model making him 12 or 13 years older.

You might have noticed that I have names for two out three of my tractors, the first one I learned to drive on when I was 10 years old was called many names all of them unprintable, but I do know one thing, she is a woman. No male could ever give as much trouble trying to start her

Regards, Frank.

P.S. Marion and Larry havn't met yet, but I am hoping that when they do they will get on so well that the result will be a nice E27N crawler

Post by **Brian** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:36 am

I think that this is a silly idea for a poll

It just highlights the fact that I am at least 7 years older than any of mine

Harriet - 1950
Henrietta - 1952
Dotty - 1961
Super Sue -1961
Nuffy-1968
Brian - 1943

Emiel · Post by **Emiel** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:06 am

Hello all,

Luckily we are no women, then we wouldn't dare to answer these questions.

But I can tell that I'm at least 20 years younger then our Dexta.

Major E27N 1948
Ford 8N 1948
Major E27N 1950
Major E1ADKN 1956
Dexta approx 1961/1962
Emiel 1982

My father fits in the middle, as he is from '53.

Best regards

Emiel

Grani · Post by **Grani** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:22 am

Brian wrote:I think that this is a silly idea for a poll It just highlights the fact that I am at least 7 years older than any of mine

Harriet - 1950
Henrietta - 1952
Dotty - 1961
Super Sue -1961
Nuffy-1968
Brian - 1943

I belive that all five think that You are a good daddy for them

Frans · Post by **Frans** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:27 pm

The Roadless power major is 8 years older (1960)

and the Super Major is 4 years older (1964)

Mike Kuscher · Post by **Mike Kuscher** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:22 am

Like Brian, I sadly have to admit that I beat Eve.

Her 52nd birthday (1412056) will be on 24.12.2008 (hence her name).

My 59th is 3 months later (hence the hair loss).

Kiwi Kev · Post by **Kiwi Kev** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:53 am

I find the results of this poll, quite surprising.
It is good to see that these tractors are so highly respected, by owners that are on the majority, younger than the tractors.
Long live the Fordson.

Kiwi Kev

Grani · Post by **Grani** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:47 am

Kiwi Kev wrote:I find the results of this poll, quite surprising.
It is good to see that these tractors are so highly respected, by owners that are on the majority, younger than the tractors.
Long live the Fordson.
Kiwi Kev

I made the same poll in a Swedish and a Finnish forum and the result so far is 76,19,4 and 70,26,3 so "steel going strong"

Aussie Frank · Post by **Aussie Frank** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:54 pm

Grani wrote:I made the same poll in a Swedish and a Finnish forum and the result so far is 76,19,4 and 70,26,3 so "steel going strong"

Just goes to show that our Blue Ladies are just irresistable no matter how old they are.

Regards, Frank.

P.S. Brian you must be quite a stud as you seem to be attracting all the young girls.

BarryT · Post by **BarryT** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:28 pm

Hi,

I have two that's older than me.

Ferguson TEA - 1948
Ferguson TED - 1951
Fordson Major - 1954
Ferguson - TEF 1955
Fordson - Dexta 1960
Fordson Super Dexta - 1962

Regards,

Barry

David M · Post by **David M** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:04 pm

My majors are 15 & 13 years older then me...
but many of their parts are younger than me!

Meanderer · Post by **Meanderer** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:12 pm

I'm 16 years older than my 1964 Super Major. I just had to buy it at a sale when I saw it because It reminded me of the great thrill I had of driving and operating my first tractor when almost 16, back in Nov 1963. It was a Fordson Super Major with a Cranvel Frontend Loader / Backhoe conversion and it was brand new! What memories *sigh*.
So being born in the first half of the last century

afforded the distinguished privilege of driving a brand new Fordson!

Rick

Salvador · Post by **Salvador** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:37 am

Hi all. I am just the same age as Brian,so I am 11 and 10 years older than my Majors. Nice poll.
Salvador.

commander · Post by **commander** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:37 am

I'm a 1958 model.
The dexta is a 1959 and is easier to get going on a cold morning ':lol:'

jan · Post by **jan** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:40 pm

hi,i am from 05.1969

my Fordson`s are from

a. 1952 sr. 1240819 (it is a e1adkn/kero)
b. 1961 sr. 1617909 (super major)
c. 1958 sr. unknown (08.1958 ???)

jan

Kav · Post by **Kav** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:07 pm

Hi All - I am a 1945 vintage and my E27N is a 1951 model. My father bought it new and we worked it full time until we got our first Diesel Farm Major in 1963. Over those 12 years the E27N swallowed over seventy five thousand gallons of kerosene, so it probably did a minimum of twenty seven thousand hours - could be closer to thirty thousand hours when you take the light work into consideration. Best regards - Michael

Meanderer · Post by **Meanderer** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:11 pm

Hey Michael,
So you also have had the distinct privilege of driving a brand new Fordson.

With the Kero consumption on your E27N, I think your records were probably 7,500 gallons rather than the 75,000 gals. (The latter would have it running at 17 hours/day for each day of the 12 years.)
Cheers,
Rick

Kav · Post by **Kav** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:48 pm

Hi Rick - The fuel figures are pretty accurate but the tractor was in full use until 1965. It was bought in early 1951 so it would have done 15 full years work and part time work for about another ten years. The 500 gallon tank was filled every month and sometimes we would have to go and get extra drums as well. Quite often the tractor did around 18 hours a day, which needed three fuel fills per day We were working up to 300 acres of heavy black soil with it so it was a full time job, quite often in low gear. After the e27n we were doing the work with a Diesel Farm Major and when we went to 400 acres we bought a Diesel Power Major as well. The two Diesel Majors were cheaper to run than the one kerosene Tractor. Later we changed to an Case 830 tractor which pulled the same implements as the two Fordsons with only one driver. The Case did more than 1000 hours each year. regards - Michael

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