In the video, we chronicle the history, models, and story of the famous Fordson Major Tractor. #fordsonmajor #fordson #farming #tractor #history #ford #dexta amzn.to/4bzN7Wh
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@TaherTaher-uk8jtКүн бұрын
Powerful tractor with simple maintenance. It is still working. It is my favorite.
@jefftheaussie22258 ай бұрын
Plenty of Fordsons came here to Australia. My father’s first tractor was an E27N. We also had a Power Major for a while. The 9G Chamberlain was far ahead of the Fordson. I know of a fellow who had a fleet of Power Majors as his hay contracting tractors in the late 70s till about 1990 when he finally changed over to Ford 5000s. Those Fordsons were old when he got them and they did 10s of thousands more hours in his business. They were a tough simple reliable machine that would go forever with a minimum, and I mean minimum, amount of maintenance. I could go on. The E27N with the diesel option was the Perkins P6 which was a sweet sounding motor. Good run down on a legendary tractor. Jeff
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks Jeff. Glad you enjoyed it. I have a video coming up early in the new on Chamberlain you might enjoy. Thanks for watching 👍
@calvinkalmon67467 ай бұрын
You really must have a Major, I have 6 of them here in Wisconsin USA and love each one.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery7 ай бұрын
I'm on the look out for a new performance super major. Hard got, but I'll get one 👍
@russpiraino90964 ай бұрын
I need a cylinder head for a 62 SM MK2. Any recommendations?
@garthmcgibbon42858 ай бұрын
I have three Fordson Power Majors. Keeping them rolling!
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Excellent, are they still in use?
@russpiraino90964 ай бұрын
I need a cylinder head for a 62 SM MK2. Any recommendations?
@JohnAsmith-rw6uo4 ай бұрын
I'm jealous wish l could find a Power Major.
@dellhell88428 ай бұрын
Great channel. Before I moved away from farming, I grew up on Browns and Fords in Ireland. My late father had TVO Fordson E27Ns, and DB Cropmasters, a DB 25D and 880 Selectamatic, Fordson New Performance Super Majors and a 6Y Ford Force 5000. After porous block issues on the 5000, he moved onto Masseys that I never warmed to.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
That's a great line up... There were lots of DB and Fords here in Ireland back then.. thanks for watching 👍
@patwatters82058 ай бұрын
Great video,I pushed up silage in 1967 with a Major,I was 11 years old..The farmers son was cutting and drawing to the pit with a Super Major neither of which would have been bought new.The son still farms the same farm and still has one of the Majors..I myself had a Dexta about 1987, they were fast on the road
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
My kinda childhood 😊 Thanks for watching 👍
@tammydayashburton55348 ай бұрын
My father bought a new power major in 1959. I remember coming home from school and it was being delivered. Morven, Waimate, New Zealand.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
It seems they were very popular in New Zealand. Thanks for watching 👍
@nickfox63398 ай бұрын
Great video thanks. I drove when I was just a boy the old model N, the High Major and the new 1953 diesel Major. My grandfather owned a farm in Suffolk and I drove these tractors whilst I was still at school. The High Major had a petrol/kerosene engine. I.e you started on petrol then switched over to kerosene when the engine warmed up. Incidentally in about 1953/1954 Fordson brought out a beautiful die cast model of the 1953 Fordson Major, and just about every boy in our school had them for a Christmas present. We left Suffolk in 1956 when my parents immigrated to Australia unfortunately I have never driven a Fordson since but I still love those old tractors.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for that, you have great history with them. 😊
@lauriepearce82663 ай бұрын
My father bought a brand new E1A Major in 1952. I can vaguely remember its arrival as a toddler. Of course in later years I learned to drive it, fond memories of the various tasks I did with it. Ploughing with the inevitable retinue of sea birds and crows feasting on the worms and insects that were turned up. It was a huge improvement over the E27N . No swingeing on a starting handle or messing around with petrol and TVO. It was always a instant starter even in cold weather as long as it had a good battery.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery3 ай бұрын
Thanks for that. Nice memories 👌
@marcgordon24168 ай бұрын
Nice to Here the story of the fordson majoor and the dexta. I drove whene i was youg, 10til 18years old a majoor and a dexta, and a smal one 1000 serie and a7700. Later i drove a fiat,cormick and Renault. I have work a fiwe years as a monteur by Deutz tractor. But the time when i was yong and drove a ford tractor i never forget. Thanks for this information. Greating from the netherlands.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it 👍
@mrrooter36308 ай бұрын
Great tractors. Done plenty of work in their time. Would always start on a cold day.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Unlike some moden stuff.. thanks for watching 👍
@gerthholm12208 ай бұрын
Great video.... I am the Lucky owner with my boys age 6and 8 years, they have a super major and I have my granddad's super dexta... love them...
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Fantastic 👌
@morrismclean35848 ай бұрын
Around about the 3/4 1950's my Dad got off our E27N Major while ploughing and said you can take over for a while. I still recall looking back, as I moved from mudguard clinging, to sitting in the seat, to see if he had actually gone and he had. So it was me, ploughing on this smallish,flat but ugly diamond shaped, bit of land. Adjacent to a creek. I was about 7 y/o. To push the clutch in I had the stand on the pedal with both feet and pull on the steering wheel. There was always that jolt as I let!? clutch out.This was at Figtree, NSW, Australia. It was the kerosene/petrol variation.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
That's a nice way to start out your driving career 👍
@HorseMalone7 ай бұрын
A tractor and a quarter...and then still plus a bit !
@kennethbrewer17438 ай бұрын
My favorite ford
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
👌
@Gearoid358 ай бұрын
Good informative video thanks for posting
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍
@FlyingFergyMan8 ай бұрын
Great video 👍very interesting 👍
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks. 😊
@davidbrennan36138 ай бұрын
Excellent video as always
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks David 👍
@erik_dk8428 ай бұрын
Majors look badass when they get a 6-cylinder engine of the same basic type from for instance a New Holland combine. Majors were used used as base for rollers, backhoes and even articulated dump trucks. As a little kid, I could always recognize the "face" of the Fordson Major and its litlle brother, the Dexta
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
The 6 cylinder is savage in them.. and the V8's ive seen 😆
@feirmfactor8598 ай бұрын
Great interesting video. Good job!!
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
@RobertGoodson-ti3pd4 ай бұрын
Still using 2 Fordson in my business here in Australia
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery4 ай бұрын
Excellent. Thanks for watching 👍
@Dave.w-ev9qn19628 ай бұрын
Thanks for the information! So was more for the export market then. And not used like you would start a petter engine, but to lube the engine before starting. Great content, keep it coming👌
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Yes, cold climates. Thanks 👍
@kazawhaki608 ай бұрын
I learned to drive on a fotdson major at age 10 (in the early 90s). Pto driven cement mixer on the back building a shed with my father. Scrawny little ten year old arms swinging out of the steering to reverse around 90 degree corners with the cast iron front wheels was no easy task 😂
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
🤣🤣 Thanks for watching 👍
@ozziefarmboy35698 ай бұрын
Mys got a detachable front blade and is my favort tractor with out a cab I own
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Nice.. 👌
@martinbarnicle36678 ай бұрын
Another great video did all my site work with super major 1981 belonged to my brother in law.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Does he still have it Martin?
@martinbarnicle36678 ай бұрын
A neighbour has it parked up for several years
@michaellynskey71248 ай бұрын
Started driving a power major and super major when I was 7 on a local farm where I would help all the year round, Even had time off school to drive a major on the front of a potato harvester, Several women including my mother were picking off rubbish and clods on the harvester which was a whitstead duplex,
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
You had an excellent childhood 🤣
@keitharmitage18018 ай бұрын
Good video, thanks. Just to add that the power major had the throttle and instruments up under the steering wheel.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks Keith, yes I did find that out after I made the video. Thanks for watching 👍
@IdiotBumpkin8 ай бұрын
Back in the 60s and 70s my grandad had a couple chaseside loading shovels, which where built on a major. My dad often tells me about what a pig of a thing they where to drive with a full bucket on. It was still better than using a fork for the cattle pens.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
I'm sure it was. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@erik_dk8428 ай бұрын
The same uncle with the 50 hour MB Trac 1000, also had a pristine sales brochure for the Fordson Major. I remember how it described that the engine block was shared between all three fuel versions. The Cessna and Piper sales brochures were more interesting to me, though.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
🤣 I'm fond of the light aircraft brochures myself 👨✈️
@dougpeterson52578 ай бұрын
Always liked the way the Perkins diesel sounded. I spent quite a few hours on one for a couple summers. The live pto was a great improvement
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍
@callumhudson8026 ай бұрын
My granda has a fordson power major which is paired with a 2 furrow Ransomes ts64 plough. This combination has won a few trophies at Ploughing matches in Scotland. I also learnt to plough on this tractor and plough combo.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery6 ай бұрын
Excellent, great machines to learn on. Thanks for watching 👍
@MsButtons558 ай бұрын
Fordson Major was my first tractor to drive i was aged about 7 at the time
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
A lot of kids learned to drive on the Majors I'm sure. Thanks for watching 👍
@flatheadV88 ай бұрын
That rib round. the fuel tank - great for removing skin from your fingers once the gear leaver got a bit worn. Thumbs out on the outside of the steering wheel, otherwise you risked a soar thumb when the steering wheel spun back if a front wheel caught a rut or stone.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
I can imagine 😱
@johnsweeney17128 ай бұрын
Great video. Good to get the timeline and the details about the various iterations of the Major. Like you I never drove one… I think that the Ford tractors of the late seventies eg the 6600 made the Major seem dated in just over a decade, just like the MF135 made the TE20 seem relatively obsolete in about the same era. Keep up the good work.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Yes they became dated very quick when the 100 series and new ford's came out. Still, they are doing a good shift on some farms around the country..
@lukey65348 ай бұрын
I still use a fordson for sowing, cutting and small baling lucerne. The low HP jobs. It will pull a 25 tyne scarifire or a 3m disc just at a lower speed than a 100 hp tractor.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Still well able to put in a good day's work.👌
@lukey65348 ай бұрын
I didn't expect much from a 70 year old tractor so it was the least disappointing tractor I have ever ran. There was grain growers in Australia that grew 500 acres of crop with them back in the 60s. The pull better than their HP. They were like the case magnum of their time
@m0ogy8 ай бұрын
Great video and information 🙂
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍
@farmideas8 ай бұрын
I hate being negative, but the Major was a poor performer on slopes in Wales. I had a couple of frights with my Major Diesel and found a Zetor 5545 (4wd, 55hp, 5 x 2 box) which was outstanding. Lower centre of gravity and front tyres narrow enough to dig in. Needless to say I used Zetor throughout my 25 years as a farmer. Now doing Practical Farm Ideas reporting on other people's bright notions. Great job!
@of-Israel7 ай бұрын
How's farming going over there Europe seems to be treating the farmers very badly..
@ontarioman63012 ай бұрын
My dad and brothers had 1954 and 1962 super Major
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery2 ай бұрын
Very good. Thanks for watching👍
@reginaldhowell22616 ай бұрын
Like your show ! Still use a 58 power major it was my dad he bought it new he fitted a blade to the front and the optional power assisted steering in the early sixties dad use to contract plough 500 acres plus his own 200 acresand push up rock heaps yearly after 6yrs he had the rings and bigends done a compression ring was completely missing! And funny enough it did'nt seem to make any difference in HP ! Later on he moved to the south east of Western Australia and the power major helped in landclearing mostly pushing windrows of chained mallee scrub in very dusty conditions he also had post rammer on the 3 point linkage , the engine was reringed in the early nineties, i dont know how many hours but it would be more than 10,000 i guess i recently replaced the dual clutch and replaced the radiator .The parts are quite reasonable and if your got basic mechanical skills its not hard to keep fordson major going .R
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery6 ай бұрын
Great information there, thanks. I spent some time in South East WA so I understand how dusty it can get 🤣
@KrishanPhogat-e1n23 күн бұрын
Best tractor in 60"s
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery23 күн бұрын
@@KrishanPhogat-e1n Super machines. Thanks for watching 👍
@brianmarshall16378 ай бұрын
I would just say the new performance looks the most modern and with thereafter and bigger front tyres is almost contemporary.
@ozziefarmboy35698 ай бұрын
Got an e1 love it
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
👌
@ozziefarmboy35698 ай бұрын
LOL just got off mime 40 minutes before watching this
@EoineyMTX1258 ай бұрын
I have a Dexta lovely little tractor looking to get a power major to go along with it
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
That would be a nice combination 👌
@FenlandCrusader8 ай бұрын
Interesting but not to criticize anybody's videos i know mine are not perfect but i was always led to believe the only factory fitted perkins in e27n was the p6 the L4 was done by dealer's and sold ad kit's. Correct me if I'm wrong 😊keep up the good work ❤
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Yeah that's interesting, I'll look into that for sure!! As I said in the video, I got a lot of conflicting information when I was researching the Major. Thanks for watching 👍
@nwhitten73065 ай бұрын
They were still being built up to the 70s in Spain under the ebro name !
@ientu-iencongnghiepbinhmin28113 ай бұрын
I have a ford 508e diesel head that is currently used as a generator. thank you
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery3 ай бұрын
No problem.. Thanks for watching 👍
@jamieshields95218 ай бұрын
My first tractors I drive IH WD6 n A554 then I drive MF 100 series n later in early 20’s I drive Fordson Super Major with huge respect this tractor did some heavy lifting n pulling with oil been contaminated by water from crack water jacket? She just kept going for years. Many years later I drive Ford 5000, I might been IH fan but definitely like Fordson/Ford tractors unlike MF which were frustrating tractors also some of Chamberlain tractors like Loadstar.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍
@Mackeson38 ай бұрын
Frustrating? Dad told that many years ago me he got a contracting job baling hay for a neighbour using a Massey 65 with an IH B46 baler. When he arrived the farmer had also asked ANOTHER neighbour to come and help bale it too, coincidentally he had the same baler as dad but this time pulled by a Major. Apparently the windrows were 'bloody awful' all lumps and bumps. This was in the days when the Major still had the single clutch, i.e. put your foot on the clutch and the tractor stopped and so did the PTO. Dad's like all MF 65 and 35 tractors came with the dual clutch as standard so he could stop the forward motion of the tractor and leave the PTO running so he could 'creep' up to these lumps to feed them into the baler whereas the guy on the Major was well and truly buggered. Anyway Mr. Major driver walked up to dad and said "It's all yours Fred I've had enough, I'm going home!" 🤣
@jamieshields95218 ай бұрын
@@Mackeson3 MF steering n awful cab but trying hitch folks or bucket up on the Chamberlain was frustrating n then selecting gear to takeoff. WD6 had no power steering but it’s main job was saw bench, where A554 had power steering great access from back, it would pull all farm equipment with ease like 511 seeder.
@nicstorer63752 ай бұрын
My wife's aunt was a land army girl in Yorkshire
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery2 ай бұрын
Very good.. They were a huge part of the war effort
@scorm30888 ай бұрын
My brother legitimately has 6 Majors different versions like the power majors, super majors, regular major's & 4wd majors
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Amazing !!
@warrenscott84918 ай бұрын
the new major was known as the DKN
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
It sure was 👍
@Dave.w-ev9qn19628 ай бұрын
Interesting video on the majors!👍. Spotted decompression lever on a super major wile watching video from USA. My 1962 super major not got one and can’t say I’ve seen one on major hear in England. Was it just for the export market?
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
The decompression lever was an option in some areas, standard in cold climates (eg New Zealand) or not available in others (eg Australia). The lever lifts the valves of thier seats (hence the reason the engine will not start)and alows the engine to be turned by hand (16:1 comp ratio makes the engine hard to turn over) and is used in cold weather. The procedure for use is engage the lever, turn the engine with the starter or by hand for about a dozen revolutions. This will pump oil up to the crank. Return the lever to its normal position and start the engine. Thanks for watching 👍
@petersmith44558 ай бұрын
hi, great video.why was the air cleaner sometimes on the right of the engine but most times on the left on the fordson major, ? love these tractors grew up with them in the 60s
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
That's a good question, I'm not sure to be honest, I've only ever seen them on the left, I can only assume its got to do with the engine used.. I'll do some research and get back to you. 👍
@robertsmith98108 ай бұрын
i owned the later ford 3000 it was not a bad tractor but the hydraulics let it down not as good as my MF 35 or my MF135
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery5 ай бұрын
I'll have a video on the ford 3000 in the future 😉
@laurencecharlton87608 ай бұрын
The e27n had the clutch pedal on the right,fergie pedal on the left,took a few brake slam issues now and then if you were going from one to other!!Needn't ask me how I know!!👍🤔😂
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
This is true, I heard that from a lad who used to drive one and had the same experience 🤣🤣
@patrickkelly10558 ай бұрын
So can a super major have the cast front wheels or all super majors have the pressed rims
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Super major had cast rims, "New Performance Super Major had pressed rims 👍
@user-xn7uu9jt9q8 ай бұрын
8N or 9N Ford.....
@churchparkfarm31788 ай бұрын
A great tractor but it never bet the te 20 or 35
@johnpayne39537 ай бұрын
At 5:51 why can’t you tell a Dexter from a major
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery7 ай бұрын
It is a file picture of a 3 point linkage for those out there who don't know what a 3 point linkage is... Thanks for watching 👍
@hdw58318 ай бұрын
Good subject, bad sound. Unfortunately.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment, and thanks for watching? 👍What exactly do you find bad about the sound?
@hdw58318 ай бұрын
Your voice sounds hollow. Not pleasant to listen to.
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery8 ай бұрын
Well, that's my Irish accent, nothing much I can do about that, unfortunately. Sounds good to me on my phone and laptop. Anyway, thanks for your input. All comments are appreciated, and help this channel within the KZfaq algorithm and help push it out to a wider audience 😀
@__This_idiot4 күн бұрын
My nabor has 5 of them hear in sweden
@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery2 күн бұрын
Excellent. Does he work them or just a collector?
@__This_idiot2 күн бұрын
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery he has one that starts and gose with no breaks and a notera one with a broken gearbox and one he plows snow with that works tho the oter 2 are broken