David Brown pics

[Bob lincs]

Up until 1980 every wheeled tractor on our farm was red and white, even the 780 that should have been brown I know but it got painted to match the others .

 

[Selectamatic]

Great photos!

Dad purchased his first DB, a red 880 12 speed in 1964, we've been DB ever since. 54 years!!

Very few photos taken during that time though.

 

[REStracTORATION]

View attachment 634452 View attachment 634448 View attachment 634446 View attachment 634442 View attachment 634440 Up until 1980 every wheeled tractor on our farm was red and white, even the 780 that should have been brown I know but it got painted to match the others .

What did you change to?
Did you have implematics in this colour scheme also?
Great photos even though I'm not the biggest fan of dB, it's great to see a bit history in which I appreciate.

 

[Bob lincs]

What did you change to?
Did you have implematics in this colour scheme also?
Great photos even though I'm not the biggest fan of dB, it's great to see a bit history in which I appreciate.

Hi , the only DB I remember before these was a 990 that was red with yellow wheels . I have a pic of me sat on it somewhere but I was only 2 .
After the DB s we went on to JD for a while then to case IH , we had new 1056xl with a TB turbo that lasted about a wk before it suffered a catastrophic engine failure ! We ended up with a 1255xl to replace it . We had a standard 1056xl that was a brilliant tractor . After that came a 5120 and a 5140 . We are now all JD .

 

[REStracTORATION]

Hi , the only DB I remember before these was a 990 that was red with yellow wheels . I have a pic of me sat on it somewhere but I was only 2 .
After the DB s we went on to JD for a while then to case IH , we had new 1056xl with a TB turbo that lasted about a wk before it suffered a catastrophic engine failure ! We ended up with a 1255xl to replace it . We had a standard 1056xl that was a brilliant tractor . After that came a 5120 and a 5140 . We are now all JD .

Great, it's nice the hear difference in brands over the years
I bet you wish you still had the 1255 unless you do that is.
I bet the 51 range was a pleasure to use back then too.

 

[Selectamatic]

Great, it's nice the hear difference in brands over the years
I bet you wish you still had the David Brown's unless you do that is.
I bet the David Brown's were a pleasure to use back then too.

 

[REStracTORATION]

You fool

Nice try

 

[REStracTORATION]

Hi , the only DB I remember before these was a 990 that was red with yellow wheels . I have a pic of me sat on it somewhere but I was only 2 .
After the DB s we went on to JD for a while then to case IH , we had new 1056xl with a TB turbo that lasted about a wk before it suffered a catastrophic engine failure ! We ended up with a 1255xl to replace it . We had a standard 1056xl that was a brilliant tractor . After that came a 5120 and a 5140 . We are now all JD .

Also what issue came to light on the 1056 turbo

 

[Bob lincs]

Great, it's nice the hear difference in brands over the years
I bet you wish you still had the 1255 unless you do that is.
I bet the 51 range was a pleasure to use back then too.

I loved the 1255 it was shod on 650 trelliborgs which seemed bloody Huge in 1989 it was the year I left school , that summer I started with the 1056 turbo (Big Bang and popped a leg out ) then was loaned a 956 xl ( not powerful enough) a very early 5130 that to me was like getting in the space shuttle , it was the first tractor I had seen with a left hand F/R shuttle ( no neutral which caught me out a few times and pushed the grain elevator up the heap ) that tractor had steel panneled door bottoms that I don’t think I’ve seen on one since . We then were given a magnum to have a go with (about 155hp I think ) but the pto stuck to far out the back so we couldn’t do the job the tractor was for as we didn’t want to cut our pto shaft down ( Celli Spader ) . After all that we brought the 1255 xl and kept it until about 94 when it was replaced by a JD 4455 . I forgot to mention that between the Case IH and Move to JD we did buy a couple of NH ( we don’t talk about this period in our machinery history much ) one (8360) was a really nice tractor but some toe rag torched it the other (8560) had 24 months of gearbox issues until NH finally said it needs a new box , they got one ordered and fitted in 48 hrs and it was never anymore trouble but the damage was done and the confidence in the brand was gone . Had that tractor been burned and we had been left with the good one it may have been a different story . As I said before were now All JD and it would take a lot to change that .

 

[REStracTORATION]

I loved the 1255 it was shod on 650 trelliborgs which seemed bloody Huge in 1989 it was the year I left school , that summer I started with the 1056 turbo (Big Bang and popped a leg out ) then was loaned a 956 xl ( not powerful enough) a very early 5130 that to me was like getting in the space shuttle , it was the first tractor I had seen with a left hand F/R shuttle ( no neutral which caught me out a few times and pushed the grain elevator up the heap ) that tractor had steel panneled door bottoms that I don’t think I’ve seen on one since . We then were given a magnum to have a go with (about 155hp I think ) but the pto stuck to far out the back so we couldn’t do the job the tractor was for as we didn’t want to cut our pto shaft down ( Celli Spader ) . After all that we brought the 1255 xl and kept it until about 94 when it was replaced by a JD 4455 . I forgot to mention that between the Case IH and Move to JD we did buy a couple of NH ( we don’t talk about this period in our machinery history much ) one (8360) was a really nice tractor but some toe rag torched it the other (8560) had 24 months of gearbox issues until NH finally said it needs a new box , they got one ordered and fitted in 48 hrs and it was never anymore trouble but the damage was done and the confidence in the brand was gone . Had that tractor been burned and we had been left with the good one it may have been a different story . As I said before were now All JD and it would take a lot to change that .

Another great in depth reply thank you very much,
My old 5140 a j reg was the same no neutral and tin bottom doors
They went to glass panels abit later on then plus got the neutral and better wiring I think.
Also used an 8360 for few years never any bother rather thirsty but could pull like a train.

 

[Bob lincs]

Another great in depth reply thank you very much,
My old 5140 a j reg was the same no neutral and tin bottom doors
They went to glass panels abit later on then plus got the neutral and better wiring I think.
Also used an 8360 for few years never any bother rather thirsty but could pull like a train.

I always wanted a Same 90 Lazer but our local dealer stopped selling Same .

 

[REStracTORATION]

I always wanted a Same 90 Lazer but our local dealer stopped selling Same .

I always wanted a f140
One day ....

 

[SuperTwo]

Hi , the only DB I remember before these was a 990 that was red with yellow wheels . I have a pic of me sat on it somewhere but I was only 2 .
After the DB s we went on to JD for a while then to case IH , we had new 1056xl with a TB turbo that lasted about a wk before it suffered a catastrophic engine failure ! We ended up with a 1255xl to replace it . We had a standard 1056xl that was a brilliant tractor . After that came a 5120 and a 5140 . We are now all JD .

Bet the turbo had something to do with it blowing up or just very very bad luck?

 

[REStracTORATION]

Bet the turbo had something to do with it blowing up or just very very bad luck?

I would say bad luck seen a few with blowers on
But not as many as powerstar engines had bolted to them

 

[76masseyman]

Any pics of the 4455 @Bob lincs ?
Had one for a while, one hell of a good tractor.

 

[Bob lincs]

No unfortunately I haven’t , fantastic tractor we sold it at about 7500hrs and apart from servicing it hardly had a spanner on it .

 

[Bob lincs]

 

[Ray]

Have this little one here... 1963 4 cyl 880 implematic. Restored it in 2000 although it only really needed paint work. This one has under 5k hours genuine.

 

[New Puritan]

Gotta love the presentation of this advert: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/david-br...886286?hash=item1ca287b24e:g:ZosAAOSwTrFakbpM

 

[Selectamatic]

Still thinking of joining the Dark Side, @New Puritan?