What was your 1st tractor ?

Pennine Ploughing · Nov 8, 2019

first tractor I drove myself was an International B275, I was about 8 years old
first brand new, tractor I got for 3 years while working for someone else was a Renault 103.14 TX 40kph, I loved that tractor,
first tractor I bought to work with was a Massey Ferguson 3125 datatronic,
really nice tractor and punched well above it's weight, a real power house and good on fuel

timff · Nov 8, 2019

Dexta in 1972 when I was 9. Dad bought her new from Perry’s of North London and she did everything. I have her now in my cart shed. Just given her a spruce up costing £1500 but well worth it! Looking great. Dad wants to give her a drive on Xmas day! Driven all sorts since but favourites are JD 2140 SG2 and Ford 7700.

Matt77 · Nov 8, 2019

John Deere 2130 2wd was my first real driving on my own, ring rolling, so keen to impress dad I went into the night with only working hazard lights

I think probably my first drive was on the yard tractor, MF565.

daveydiesel1 · Nov 8, 2019

First tractor i learned to drive on would be mix up of massey 390 and massey 3080
But first tractor i bought was my 1455 back in may

MF 168 · Nov 8, 2019

First tractor I drove would have been a MF 135 when I was 4. First tractor I could call my own was my grandfathers Dexta that I was given for free with a frost busted block. I got an entire engine about 10 years ago and got it rebuilt and it now has 125 hours done since. A bit of a waste of money but I wouldn't part with that little tractor.
First tractor I bought myself was a 1989 MF 3650. It had over 20k hours done when it left us. A smashing tractor and as reliable as sin once you could get it to start. I eventually rebuilt the engine in it as it was gone absolutely terrible to start in the winter months. It's still going and drives a JF harvester every year for it's current owner.

Thomas5060 · Nov 8, 2019

First tractor I drive was an MF35, first one I bought was a MF65 MK2 which I started contracting with. Then went to a IH 444,674, then into the good stuff, Ford 4600, Fiat 80-90, Ford 8210,7610,7740 and my first new one arriving next week

diggerjones · Nov 8, 2019

My first tractor i bought

Deerefarmer · Nov 8, 2019

My first, bought it with 5k hrs, guess I'm showing my age going by the responses so far
Not regretting it, been a good machine

Harrysfergie · Nov 8, 2019

First tractor I drove was a 1953 Ferguson ted20, I remember it had a set of rolls behind and I must of rolled that grass so flat it looked ironed ? I had to be prised off the tractor. First tractor I bought and still own was a 1948 Ferguson TEA20 for £500 which I saved up from a Saturday job at the sawmill on local estate I was 12 or 13 now 32! Several more tractors have joined the collection but safe to say that one I will never part with took me to my wedding and without sounding morbid I'll make my final journey on it as well!

Gerbert · Nov 8, 2019

First one I drove I suppose a Fendt 308.
First one I bought a John Deere 6910 autopowr bought for hobby.

Not my luckiest buy as I ended up putting a new transmission in

. But hey, that's the past.
I has the odd niggle but not to bad. I bought a fronthitch/PTO for it and it's now on a set of bigger wheels.

daveydiesel1 · Nov 8, 2019

Gerbert said:
First one I drove I suppose a Fendt 308.
First one I bought a John Deere 6910 autopowr bought for hobby.
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Not my luckiest buy as I ended up putting a new transmission in .

Were you not warned about that in another thread. Matter of interest how much it cost? Local contractor was fit to fix his 6920s autopower himself for couple grand

Gerbert · Nov 8, 2019

Sure I was warned. I was made to believe that it the transmission was opened up and looked over, as it turned out it was bodged up.
I bought the tractor for €16k. The transmission swop was around the same...
Learn from my fail.

daveydiesel1 · Nov 9, 2019

Gerbert said:
Sure I was warned. I was made to believe that it the transmission was opened up and looked over, as it turned out it was bodged up.
I bought the tractor for €16k. The transmission swop was around the same...
Learn from my fail.

Oh deere.

celtis man · Nov 9, 2019

The first tractor I ever drove was dad's 35x, but got moved on to a db 850 as it had been made redundant from crushing corn as dad moved to a electric mill.
I even had 2 six volt batteries so it would start on the button on my 15th birthday [emoji16]

2wheels · Nov 9, 2019

first one i drove was a db vak. first one i was responsible for buying was ford 5000.

Netherfield · Nov 9, 2019

2wheels said:
first one i drove was a db vak. first one i was responsible for buying was ford 5000.

I hope it wasn't the 'Jerkomatic' variety.

Tractor_restorer95 · Nov 9, 2019

first tractor i ever drove was a restored ferguson fe 35 with a bonnet so shiny i was a feared to get on it.
As for my fist tractor i ever owned that would be my MF702 industrial loader pic below i had the loader off

essexpete · Nov 9, 2019

My first grassland task was an old set of chain harrows behind a Thwaites nimbus which could barely pull them up hill!
We eventually made a drawbar for the MF 203 and dropped off the 220 backhoe. The first baler was a MF 20 behind the 203.

2wheels · Nov 10, 2019

Netherfield said:
I hope it wasn't the 'Jerkomatic' variety.

i presume you are referring to selectospeed ford.

it was just a s/h tractor, bog standard tranny with all the gaps and a gutless engine. the leyland 384 that came after was a treat apart from the brakes.

Pennine Ploughing · Nov 10, 2019

2wheels said:
i presume you are referring to selectospeed ford. it was just a s/h tractor, bog standard tranny with all the gaps and a gutless engine. the leyland 384 that came after was a treat apart from the brakes.

brakes just hold you back, crack on

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