Tales of fiat tractors.

[fiat 9090]

Was helping a neighbour with some bales of silage and he got a lone of a wrapper and to my surprise the wrapper was on a fiat 80/90. That brought back loads of memories of the 80s and 90s when l was a teenager, we had about 6 fiat's over those years. We got a brand new 80/90 in 1992, my dad was as proud as a peacock with it. It lasted till 2012, l got 3000£ for a trade in, it was very rusty, did any other folk on here have them. And did they rust aswell?

I think somewhere between 50 and sixty fiat tractors were owned by me ones that come to mind are 8 ×11090 , 9 f series 6 8894 4× 8090 and a good share of 80 series

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Yes, we had a universal in 1980, l was only 6 but can remember it, then a 580 2wd, orange, then 680h, 580+loader 4wd, 8090 4wd.

 

[Nhtvt170]

My father had several fiats supplied by our local dealer to void the gap between his E registered 8210 and the all singing all dancing 8360, which was yet to be released.all of them had several electrical issues.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

50, what size of farm have you got, the sales man would be booking a cruise. There is a guy who has just changed a case for a fiat coloured new holland, it looks nice, kinda bronze colour, he still has an 8894 model. I think he got it a month ago, maybe 110hp.

 

[8100]

A mate of mine worked on a farm with a Universal @ 60 hp he loved driving it he said .
I worked for a contractor in the early 90's and we used to service tractors on a farm that had a fleet of Fiats DT's and even a Fiat Heston self propelled Forager which was the first SPF i had seen at that point in time. We borrowed a 880 fiat of the farmer in the silly season to lug a RP12 about. It was ok but i found fiat engines liked to be revved and a bit shy on low grunt .Maybe it just that tractor as it was just a yard dog at its home farm

 

[tw15]

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Bomb proof engine but back end was a bit weak . Cab was not overly spacious but not a bad pulling beast .

 

[Boohoo]

Only Fiat I've suffered was a late model, terracotta coloured New Holland 110-90. I can't think of anything that I liked about it.

 

[fermerboy]

Neighbour had a couple of Fiats back in the day. Recall they rotted badly but pulled really well.
He had a 780 2wd that was a flyer, liked to be kept up the revs. and also I think a 5cylinder one, 880 ,maybe? Sounded magic anyway. Cabs were average at best and a narrow door too.
He beat the sh!t out of them and in all fairness they took it well.

 

[holywell farmer]

Not sure whether to put this here, or the amateur road haulage thread.....

Great engine sound

 

[DrDunc]

Worked on an island that had a universal 580(?).

Selector fork shaft broke, meaning a complicated trip across the water on a barge barely big enough for it.

Instead of the lengthy journey and having to split the tractor to put in a new slider, I used shackle seizing wire to hold the broken shaft together at the split.

Worked like that for over a decade ?

Can anyone imagine doing that on a "modern" tractor! ?

 

[Hilly]

I bought a 100 90 new m reg had it till about 3 years ago , good but loud in cab and parts got wild expensive

 

[Dave6170]

I can just remember the smashed doors and the curved back window that distorted the view

 

[ColinV6]

My only experience/memory is our old Fiat 1000, which did all the feed wagon work as I was growing up with a kidd feeder. Used to sit on the toolbox which was in the cab next to the seat, and remember thinking the gears mounted on the dash was cool

Once I got older I realised it was noisy, slow, and just not very nice to be in. However, it had THE comfiest seat I’ve ever sat in, including all of our new tractors since.

 

[Hilly]

I can just remember the smashed doors and the curved back window that distorted the view

Super comfort cabs had flat rear window with air on

 

[roscoe erf]

Got a Fiat 120 crawler here from the 80’s not much rust

 

[Thomas5060]

I can just remember the smashed doors and the curved back window that distorted the view

That was the basic cab that had the curved back window

 

[fiat 9090]

I bought a 100 90 new m reg had it till about 3 years ago , good but loud in cab and parts got wild expensive

That's funny cos over here parts got cheap

 

[Robt]

I used to drive a F115 on a trailed landquip sprayer. Bloody awful thing! I'll agree it sounded nice but thats it!

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Yes, cheapy cab had that curved window, that 180/90 still looks a beast even today. They must have been cheap back in the day, for us to change one every other year, can't do it these days, lm not sure, l beat that 80/90 we got new in 1992 would cost maybe 16 grand, never asked the price of it, don't know the price of a new 90hp tractor these days probably 45. No idea to frightened to ask.

 

[fiat 9090]

50, what size of farm have you got, the sales man would be booking a cruise. There is a guy who has just changed a case for a fiat coloured new holland, it looks nice, kinda bronze colour, he still has an 8894 model. I think he got it a month ago, maybe 110hp.

we were contracting with them selling them breaking them repairing them and i have an addiction for them so if i pass a yard with a fiat for sale i have to look kinda like an alcoholic passing a pub