[AT] Fordson Dexta was Meccano

[Cecil Bearden]

I don't know where you are from, but we have a bunch of Massey and Ford 
tractors here, including 5 of mine that are not welded up....

Cecil


On 2/23/2019 11:28 AM, Al Jones wrote:
> "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
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> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 8:04 AM Skip Cleveland 
> <skipcleveland at cfl.rr.com <mailto:skipcleveland at cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     Its DEXTA Damn it farmer!
>     *From:* Indiana Robinson <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2019 5:42 PM
>     *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
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>     *Subject:* Re: [AT] Fordson Dexta was Meccano
>     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?
>     .
>     On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:11 AM James Peck
>     <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com <mailto: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
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>         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
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>         https://harryferguson.blogspot.com
>         https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103068/
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>     Francis Robinson
>     aka "farmer"
>     Central Indiana USA
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