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<p>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.... <br>
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<p>Cecil <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/23/2019 11:28 AM, Al Jones wrote:<br>
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<div>"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......</div>
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<div>Its DEXTA Damn it farmer!</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a
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Robinson</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 22, 2019 5:42
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Fordson Dexta was
Meccano</div>
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<div>The article makes a couple of references to a
Ford "NAN" but I assume that they meant "NAA"?</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>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...</div>
<div>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?<br>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 22,
2019 at 11:11 AM James Peck <<a
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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.<br>
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Are there Meccano pieces in that tractor model
shown next to Harry<br>
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