Leyland tractor prices

[lloyd]

I often wonder why Leyland tractors dont command proper
money like Massey and Ford tractors of the same era.
There were thousands of them sold so you'd think that there
would be more love and appreciation of the brand.
What is it about Leylands that dont get people excited?

 

[Courier]

I often wonder why Leyland tractors dont command proper
money like Massey and Ford tractors of the same era.
There were thousands of them sold so you'd think that there
would be more love and appreciation of the brand.
What is it about Leylands that dont get people excited?

Maybe Leyland/Nuffield tractor fans had/have more sense ? !

 

[lloyd]

Perhaps it is down to the export market that preferred
the other brands .Lots of farms in Herefordshire used Leylands to good effect in
the 70s but they always seem like the poor relation at the local auctions.

 

[ARW]

I’m a leyland fan!
however this one was my grandads so it’s sentimental

 

[lloyd]

I quite like the look of the 285/2100 but dont see many around .
Nice looking Leyland ARW.

 

[Chuckie]

Marshall 804 made 17k in cheffins yesterday

 

[ARW]

I quite like the look of the 285/2100 but dont see many around .
Nice looking Leyland ARW.

yes it’s my favourite!
It served its time from new for my grandad and was the main line tractor until it was replaced by a 6 cylinder and slowly was relegated down the line. 16 years ago I was a spotty Herbert teenager and asked if I could have the leyland, it had sat in a shed for over 10 years I think, put a charged battery on it and it started!
It then came to the farm at home and did a good few years on the corn dryer, and a few tractor runs.
I now have it at home cutting the grass in the dog park.
In its time it had new engine liners at 1000 hours, I boiled it on a tractor run so we glaze busted the boars and gave the engine an overhaul, I’ve had new clutch in this winter and new crankshaft seal and transmission input shaft seals. Fresh wiring loom and a few cables.
Now all the lights work and I’m trying to keep it as original as possible
The clock is reading 10120 hours currently, it did a long stint on the drier with the worm to the dash broken so not always recording hours so the hours are unknown

 

[Hobbit]

I know for a leyland 702 for £6750. It’s tidy and I’m interested but it seems a lot of money or am I just being tight.

 

[valtraman]

I often wonder why Leyland tractors dont command proper
money like Massey and Ford tractors of the same era.
There were thousands of them sold so you'd think that there
would be more love and appreciation of the brand.
What is it about Leylands that dont get people excited?

Top and bottom of it they are horrendous things to do anything with!! I have two 272s . One is scraper tractor . Only good thing is it starts and goes . The other is in very good condition and is sat as a spare .

 

[ARW]

Top and bottom of it they are horrendous things to do anything with!! I have two 272s . One is scraper tractor . Only good thing is it starts and goes . The other is in very good condition and is sat as a spare .

They are easy to work on, you only need a set of imperial spanners and a big screw driver
The worst thing is the whine from the transmission and diff, the noise echoes into the cab, through your ears then back round the cab into your ears again. The engines run lovely and sweet, it’s the rest of it that’s horrible.
heavy clutch, heavy steering, no brakes, crap seat, you press the horn with your knee, awkward to get in and out off, I could go on.
Still better than the David Brown equivalent

 

[valtraman]

They are easy to work on, you only need a set of imperial spanners and a big screw driver
The worst thing is the whine from the transmission and diff, the noise echoes into the cab, through your ears then back round the cab into your ears again. The engines run lovely and sweet, it’s the rest of it that’s horrible.
heavy clutch, heavy steering, no brakes, crap seat, you press the horn with your knee, awkward to get in and out off, I could go on.
Still better than the David Brown equivalent

Hopefully one day they will have vintage value

 

[Lakes Nash]

one yesterday Clitheroe auction 270 with loader, didn’t make reserve

Clitheroe Auction Mart Online Catalogue

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[Oliveau]

Still better than the David Brown equivalent

Wash your mouth out with soap & water! And DB’a were made in God’s Own Country!

 

[HDAV]

I have wondered this very few 4wd but have heard they had fantastic traction and would do in 2wd what others needed 4wd to do?

 

[Weasel]

How much would a tidyish original 255 with grays loader be worth??

 

[Campbell]

My F in Law had Leyland, maybe a 272, and proudly fitted a new loader, but without power steering.... At any level, the worst machine I have ever operated. When he eventually went to the grave yard, the tractor swiftly followed, via ebay. RIP.

 

[Bob lincs]

This one is in a sale near us soon , I’m not really into old tractors but I quite like this one .

 

[Exfarmer]

Wash your mouth out with soap & water! And DB’a were made in God’s Own Country!

We were an all DB farm and the local dealer Burgess changed to Leyland. We made the mistake of buying one, it was the least popular tractor on the farm and most days never left the shed.
However to their credit I must give the Leyland engineers their due, I never thought any company could make a tractor more operator unfriendly than that offering. The later ones with the explorer cab were different, but it was rare to come home from a days work without several fresh cuts and bruises from that awful early cab!

 

[essexpete]

We were an all DB farm and the local dealer Burgess changed to Leyland. We made the mistake of buying one, it was the least popular tractor on the farm and most days never left the shed.
However to their credit I must give the Leyland engineers their due, I never thought any company could make a tractor more operator unfriendly than that offering. The later ones with the explorer cab were different, but it was rare to come home from a days work without several fresh cuts and bruises from that awful early cab!

I did my sandwich year down the road from you and they were obsessed with the Leyland. The only nice one was the last one in calf scour yellow. The explorer cab made a difference. The others were plain nasty, even the syncros .

 

[AndersonAgri]

Dont get why people bash them so much, The 4/98 is a fantastic cold starting engine and has never failed me. A lot of leylands round here were bought by dairy farms and ran to the ground so finding clean ones isn't the easiest, which could be a factor as to why theyre not making much money as there are so many hanging and knackered ones out there.
The 802 for me is the most versatile and cost effective tractor i own, its done everything i've asked it too with no fuss, and now on bigger wheels and a loader makes it so much more usable. Needs a few bits here and there but a fantastic little thing.