First New Tractor

[bluebell]

What was the first new tractor you or your dad or family bought, and do you still have it? the first new tractor my famlily bought was an s reg ford 3600 tractor with a lambourne cab back in 1979, and how at the time i wished it was a ford 4600 with the ford white roofed cab, but up to then i had used only fordson majors, a lot of work i did with the 3600, hard to believe now, and a lot of road work with them horrible drum brakes, and yes we still have it.

 

[alan6920]

Never bought new . bought John Deere 6920s in2006 with low hours and has only 6000 hrs on her now will never leave

 

[Dave W]

1984 Ford TW35 powerfarm.











The delux version. Took 2 AA batteries and drove itself. God that was awesome when I was 3

 

[Sonoftheheir]

International farmall 12 in 1932.

Still have it, reminds me where we’ve come from.

 

[Gerbert]

John Deere 6110 bought in 1998 I think, first and only new tractor my dad bought. Swopped it about 10 years later for a used 6610 which we still have.

 

[JMTHORNLEY]

Uncle bought a spanking new DB995 selectamatic, she was and still is the love of his life. Spent most of it's life working daily until he bought a 1390 with a loader and then retired it to scraping duty. My cousins husband rescued it and restored her better than new in 2012/13 for their wedding and now nobody is allowed to drive it

 

[JP1]

International farmall 12 in 1932.
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Still have it, reminds me where we’ve come from.

That's pretty special

I always think folks with pre-War tractors and still in their possession have a real bit of history

My Dad grew up in Essex and saw farmworkers who were horsemen and had to learn how to repair and maintain the US war support tractors that came in, so your's at 1932 predating it is pretty unique

 

[le bon paysan]

2014 kubota 7040 was one of last available.

 

[Fish]

Not got the tractor, but still have its fuel tank at the back of the workshop,
Titan 1919.

 

[DrDunc]

MF 135 with a Duncan cab

My dad had used various second hand Ford's before that.

Was the main workforce for 3 years until a 165 was added.

Totally unbelievable how little hp was used when less than 50 years later the main tractor is now 150hp

 

[TL100]

First tractor on farm grandfather bought a Case. That was 1940s i expect and long since gone as are the people who would know the details anyways I've still got the parts book here just in case
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[Chae1]

A 6170 in 1997, it wasn't a great tractor.

 

[icanshootwell]

One of these with a perkins in, 1977, had a 784 in 1980, not on the farm any more, shame really.

 

[FIL46]

Back In 1994 bought a new Massey 3075 dynashift, was a great powerful we tractor,
Bought this Renault in 2001 still got it and it’s done 2830 hrs

 

[nick...]

My dad bought me a new tractor in the 70s.i was 14 and used it when possible.ford 4000 kvg40p from Wright’s of Dereham.had the deluxe cab and that was the ultimate in luxury at the time.had a few more since,6600/7600/7710 Ford,4050,6800,6900 John Deere and the rest have been used
Nick...

 

[Rowland]

One of these with a perkins in, 1977, had a 784 in 1980, not on the farm any more, shame really.

That was the first tractor I used on a regular basis, Cambridge rolling flat rolling harrowing in corn leading corn etc . Didn’t have a radio in either.
If it was cold there used to be a draft that blew up your leg from the brake and clutch pedals. Used to stick a rag in the hole

 

[7610 super q]

New ones a bit thin on the ground..... 1965 Ford 3000, 1986 Case 885xl , and 2001 TS 115 Turbo.

 

[Rowland]

We used to buy 1 new tractor every year when I was a kid !
Times change

 

[nick...]

My dad would buy new stuff all the time in the 70s.had 330 acres at the time and 2000 fat pigs and recall him saying earning about £1000 a week,may be wrong but think it was about that.woud buy tractors every year and new machinery and had a huge grain drying system and storage too.how times change.and big interest rates at the time too.
Nick...

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Dad and Grandad had new stuff all the time. A new tractor every second year and a new van every year in between. First disc mower in the county, first Bomford Wuffler too. All on 33 acres and a bit of contract work.

The last brand new tractor Dad bought was a Massey 165. He kept it all his life and I now have it, all restored. Everything after that was ex-demo.