[AT] Fordson Dexta was Meccano

[Al Jones]

"Thin" and "flimsy is how I would describe any Ford or turd Ferguson of the
era.  I've never seen a MF 135 or Ford whatever or similar that wasn't
broken and welded somewhere.  There were several "Dexters" around here back
in the day but I wouldn't want one......

Al

On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 8:04 AM Skip Cleveland <skipcleveland at cfl.rr.com>
wrote:

> Its DEXTA Damn it farmer!
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> *From:* Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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> The article makes a couple of references to a Ford "NAN" but I assume that
> they meant "NAA"?
> I was about 12 when we got our NAA (Jubilee) and while I generally loved
> using it, we used it from very early 1954 until the fall of 1961, we were
> disappointed at how it held up. It didn't fail in particular and it
> actually gave very little trouble but over the about 7 years we used it
> things just got loose from wear. The engine was fine but we had to replace
> the carbon vane hydraulic pump with the later piston pump. We replaced the
> piston O ring in the hydraulic system more than once. The hydraulic
> rock-shaft on the lift was pretty loose when we traded it in 1961 for a
> "HI-Arch" MF-65D. When we first got it we were a little disappointed when
> we saw how flimsy the drawbar uprights were compared to the ones that came
> with the 9N when it was new. (The 9N was traded for the Jubilee but we kept
> all of the accessory items including the drawbar and uprights) or the
> drawbar uprights that came with the about 1949 Ferguson TO-20 bought new.
> We didn't have an 8N Ford in those days but several close neighbors did
> and I seem to recall noting that they also came with the thin flimsy
> uprights. The 9N and TO-20 uprights were nearly twice as heavy as the Ford.
> When we were wanting to trade a tractor for the new MF-65D we looked
> closely at the Jubilee and the TO-20 to decide which one to trade. We chose
> to trade the Jubilee... The TO-20 Ferguson was just in that much better
> overall condition than the Jubilee even though it was older and had done
> far more work than the Jubilee. We had years before rebuilt the Ferguson
> with a piston and sleeve set that was rated to give it about 32 PTO HP and
> it would pull anything that the Jubilee would. That made the TO-20 about
> the same as the TO-30.
> We used that TO-20 for another decade and I still have not forgiven my
> late mother for badgering my father into selling it. We had done a full
> restoration on it and it was near perfect. I now own another "Little Gray
> Fergie" and while it still needs a fair amount of work it is solid and it
> sits very high on my list of most favorite tractors to use regularly...
> I used to look long and wistfully at the Fordson Major Diesel's at the
> county fairs but never drove one. I have only seen Dexta's at tractor
> shows. We used have a list member here who had one. Skip?
>
>
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> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:11 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I saw a Fordson Dexta in 1982 at the former Airco Carbide plant in
>> Louisville, Kentucky. It was connected to a rotary motor but was sitting
>> with a pool of oil under it. There are some interesting aspects of working
>> in a calcium carbide plant. The link mentions that the Dexta was a copy of
>> a gray Ferguson and likely a better tractor.
>>
>>
>> http://tractorblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-modern-tractor-part-9-of-10.html
>>
>> Are there Meccano pieces in that tractor model shown next to Harry
>>
>>
>> http://tractorblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-modern-tractor-part-1-of-10.html
>>
>> https://harryferguson.blogspot.com
>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103068/
>>
>>
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