<div dir="ltr"><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><div><br></div><div>Al<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 8:04 AM Skip Cleveland <<a href="mailto:skipcleveland@cfl.rr.com">skipcleveland@cfl.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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<div>Its DEXTA Damn it farmer!</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="robinson46176@gmail.com" href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com" target="_blank">Indiana Robinson</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 22, 2019 5:42 PM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Fordson Dexta was Meccano</div></div></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></div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:11 AM James Peck <<a href="mailto:jamesgpeck@hotmail.com" target="_blank">jamesgpeck@hotmail.com</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">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.<br><br><a href="http://tractorblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-modern-tractor-part-9-of-10.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://tractorblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-modern-tractor-part-9-of-10.html</a><br><br>Are
there Meccano pieces in that tractor model shown next to Harry<br><br><a href="http://tractorblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-modern-tractor-part-1-of-10.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://tractorblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-modern-tractor-part-1-of-10.html</a><br><br><a href="https://harryferguson.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://harryferguson.blogspot.com</a><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103068/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103068/</a><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AT
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<div>-- <br><br>Francis Robinson<br>aka "farmer"<br>Central Indiana USA<br><a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com" target="_blank">robinson46176@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div>
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