Modern tractors are a man’s ability to complicate simplicity, keep up the good videos Old Mucker.

Another great video. I thought the "Do Well " slogan would get it, good slogan . The worst tractor I ever drove was a Ford 5000 ! It had that hydraulic P.T.O. engagement that worked when it felt like it . Waiting at the headland for the P.T.O. to re engage after a tight turn was a nuisance, and the gearbox two gears that were the same ratio? Plus it sounded like a tin man falling down an escalator.

The best thing about being a Mucker is learning about all this old shite, not just from the man himself but all the really smart f*ckers in the comment section. I live in the city. I’ve never driven a tractor so to see these things taken apart and learn how they work mechanically is really a treat for me. One of my top three channels on KZfaq and the one dude I would most like to sit down and have a beer with.

Looks like they properly bedded in those brake shoes!

Worst one I drove as a tractor is wasn't a bad tractor and was nice to drive in a large field other than some of the control linkage was worn out but for our yard it was a pain in the arse unlike our Ford 6610 or 4600 you couldn't drive into any of the buildings and the park the trailed implement on the back you had to reverse the thing in as it was to our set up massive and that is the JD3650. Don't get me wrong for a lot it would be perfect and if I was pulling a poorly braked loaded grain trailer I would prefer the size and weight of that but for maneuverability in our yard and versatility for our operation and a similar HP at least on paper I prefer our Kubota M5-111.

Honestly, my favorite AND worst tractor I've driven is my Papa's Ford 2N with the Sherman transmission. When I was a kid, we had to rebuild the engine after it threw a rod. It still has the patch in the side of the block. No live PTO made mowing an adventure. It had a problem stopping for the longest time. You had to stand on the clutch and brakes to get it to stop. One time it drove through a fence with my dad on it. He never got back on it. After that, we found the clutch lever on the transmission was slightly bent inward. Fixed that and no more stopping issue. He also had something called a "Jang Thang." It was some custom draft control device. It had a linkage that connected the draft lever to the 3-point. When the arms would bleed off, it would automatically pull the lever back to the hight you set it. Made mowing not terrible. It is by far the sketchiest tractor I've ever driven, but I love that thing.

Allis Chalmers WC 1939. I was 10 , the tractor was a hand full with the hand breaks, crank start, leg too short to reach the clutch pedal, no power steering for sure but, I managed to get the fields mowed This all happened in 1961 or so.

Hope the propellers on the P51s you have flown are in better condition than the one hanging on the wall of our village pub

Pre-Force-Ford 4000 with Select-O-Speed gear change - like a rodeo bucking bronco. The gearshift was changed-out for an H-pattern, then it was a different tractor altogether.

We are solidly behind your channel. Like every video. Damn the Zulus.

Love this channel, including the pictures and the telling offs!

I'm new to tractors maybe 2yrs. I have a ford 3600 in progress. And a massey 35 in progress. Drove a lot of trucks however. The worst by a million miles had to be the leyland FG. the threepenny bit cab . No, ps. No servo brakes . No suspension. I get pains in my arse and shoulders thinking about it. And that was back in the 80's. Keep up the great craic. Love the videos. And comments

Fiat 88-94DT , could hear backend whine from 2 miles away, brakes screamed when oil was hot like nails on a chalkboard , cab squeeked loudly over every bump and it was a sod to engage a gear, was only on 4k hrs, only thing happy to see go, got right on your nerves

It goes from strength to strength simply cause ya straight talking, take no rubbish, likeable, a great host when we meet personally, informative and a spade is a damn spade! 👍👍👍🇬🇧

You could do a video of paint drying and it would be better than 99% of other channels. (especially if Kim is blowing the paint dry.....but I digress.....)

Worst tractor has to be a 2wd 5640 it just seems to be a capable size tractor with no real motivation to do much. That being said id never turn down and hour or two in the seat. The favourite has to be a toss up between the JD’s 2250 or 6400. Great channel

As a Land Rover nut, series 1 being your first car on the road is kind of perfect 👌

I miss you Mr Perkins and to hear you growling in the field even over Claas harvester I miss u Mr Perkins another mucker and both Tractors I was privileged to have been in presence of both Tractors!

Worst. Vehicle I have driven was a BMC minibus it had shot king pins and handled like a boat to turn a corner you had to turn the wheel yards before the corner and then correct as you went in!

Had to use a merlo 27.7 and these are usually a good handler but not this one. The knob on the top of the joystick was duct taped on and to get the boom to come back in you had to wriggle it to just the right spot. On top of that the tyres were basically slicks and the driver before me used the dodgy gear Change switch causing it to jump into neutral and take off down the hill on me when I changed it back and that was not to mention the grain bucket I was given to shovel rocks with

big creators go tits up when they feel they have to grow and change and sensationalise things and eventually they forget the content that attracted those subs in the first place and they channel becomes something different and the subs fall away ,

I will vouch for the Land Rover away from the lights...and up the track, she certainly had some ooomph!! And the worst vehicle was Shepherds Morris Minor flat bed pick up.

I'm very much along the same lines as you for agri and aviation. We had Ford 3000 and a big wheel 4000 and MF 135 and 165 but my favourite was the DB 1390 4wd. It was the first big tractor I had seen and driven. As for aviation, of all the flying I have done gliding rings my bell but every type and style of flying is awesome whether it be in a Chipmunk, HS125, Puma helicopter low-level over Salisbury Plain etc etc etc. If I had to chose one last flight it would be a glider.

Worst tractor? Have to say, probably anything with a tricycle configuration. Drove a Farmall once, great manoeuvrability mixed with the feeling of instability.

I’ve used the phrase double can it a few times since you invented it.........😆😆😆

I must have missed the favorite tractor question, but for what its worth I really liked the Nuffied 10/60 (ok on the road, -espeicially with a Leyland lorry engine fitted- good spread of gears, easy to change even with a 6 slot gear shift.)

Love the clip from the first Cannon Ball fill. Absolute classic! 👍

The tractor I can remember hating the most was a 1210 we had for years. It was actually a good yoke but I hated it at the time cos it had no power steering and it was slow on the road. I also drove a 4240 case and thought it was a gutless pice of shite. Its good to remind people to like the video cos it's easy to forget especially if one comments👍

Only driven a couple of tractors which the gliding club used to haul thr winch cables with. Just fun for the young me. Worst vehicle was a Luton bodied Transit automatic with a top speed of about 45. One interesting feature was the ability to go from drive to park whilst still moving - lovely screech and black lines!

A little MF diesel 4 wheel drive compact (about 2002) on turf tyres and fitted with a powerful loader that could lift too high, big bucket and a good sized backhoe. Hydro transmission (very sensitive and too fast) very light and quick power steering and as tight wheel widths as possible. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen how many times I have seen it on three wheels driving over a brick sized stone and 4 times (in one year) parked rolled over on its side. Due to all the weight on the back end it could push for England hence frequently being overloaded and inherently unstable.

Brand new 1987 MF 399 4 wd with low profile cab and loader must been made at 5 to 5 on a Friday night prob before bank holiday weekend , cab rattled it self to bits, power steering only worked when it felt like it, transmission was that noisy was back and forwards to dealer about once a month. We had it about nine months traded it in for a International 956 cracking tractor. New owner had it about 6 months when an electrical fault burnt it out

Ford CL9000 the shifter was held together with wire and tape you had to change the oil every 1000 mile the injectors leaked in to the oil and it took an hour to build 90 psi air pressure

Think you should have each tractor from the will it start series printed on one side of the mugs... could be like a collectors series. Blue mug the little 3000 green mug the John deere ect?

Worst tractor I've driven, a Belarus, it never wanted to go in the same direction that I wanted to go.

Worst tractor driver is 4010 John Deere was loader tractor Desiel motor but shifter for Transmission hard shift because so close to Steering wheel and linkage had over pattern for left to right for gears on low to high ranges! Excellent video Lord Muck :)

The absolute worst tractor I ever owned or drove was a Case MX135. It was an absolute pile of chalky white barker's eggs. It was bought for a specific job which it never actually did. During the 11 months I had it, the contents of the front axle turned to metallic silver paint twice, it overheated if you even spoke of work anywhere near it and the ergonomics of the cab were designed by a blind, one-armed contortionist with some kind of intellectual impairment. It was just awful. The day it went it had to be winched on to the lorry. I often wondered why Case drivers liked to wear arseless leather chaps, Now I know because to buy one of their heaps you must really enjoy getting taken against your will from behind. It was supposed to replace a 272 Leyland which was a far superior tractor in every way.

I agree with you on the Ford 8210, TW-15, 8630, they all have a great stance.

Not really driven any tractors but have driven a DUKW amphibious "thing" and without a doubt that was the hardest and worst thing to try to control the world has ever seen, in my opinion. Almost 3/4 of a turn in the steering wheel before anything actually happened then it was like wrestling an amorous silverback to try to get the steering to move.

Leyland 253. Trying to think of something good to say about it. Oh yes. the day I gave it to my brother.

love watching you working on the major brakes we have just done the same on one in our workshop do well!

The David Brown 995. Hated the cab getting in and out even for a small person was a nightmare narrow access at the bottom slide in get foot stuck by the clutch peddle 😁

It's nice to see some one that films every day life allot of people respect that which makes. A small channel esculate in followers keep up the good work sir

Anything with a Ford badge. Spent years in the used car biz. Could go on for days. Will not let one in the driveway. Not saying others don't make crap, just that Ford takes it to another level. Cheers

You're a mucking! Likeable fella!!! Always thumbs-up first, as with Cold War Motors, Jonathan W and CTR. Before watching commences... keep it up!!!!

Hürlimann H-468, it shifted so hard that as a 14 year old, i was able to break off the gear lever. Uncle being pissed off obviously.

Glad to see I'm not the only one with a big ass hammer and pry bar for brakes. 😂 Hot the old like button too. Gotta do my part to support a great channel! 👍

I've liked all the tractors I've driven, albeit some more than others. Worst car was smart I got as a hire car in Mallorca. I couldn't think of a single redeeming feature.

Great video again. I'm not a farmer but I like your videos because you show the "nuts and bolts" of the jobs you do. If it all goes "pear shaped" then you show that too. Looking forward to the next one.

Worst tractor I ever drove was an International 5288, I had watched it working on a local farm for a fair part of my childhood and for many years it was the biggest and most impressive piece of kit around our area. Fast forward to a about 3-4 years ago and I did a harvest season working for that farm and ended up driving the old international and it was definitely a case of “don’t meet your heroes” the cab was uncomfortable with controls that would have been better laid out if you stuck them up your nose and sneezed, and it was such a big cumbersome lump with relatively poor steering lock so headland turns or farmyard manoeuvring weren’t particularly impressive either.

Grey petrol fergie.. on the steep hills in weardale bloody dangerous 😳

The worst tractor I have driven is my buddy"s TO 35, I have clutch and brake with my heels and can"t adjust the seat, otherwise a good little tractor. A close second was a WD 6, same thing was the seat but we were using 2 tractors to pull the wagon and 2 tractors to pull the silage cutter through the mud.

Mine would be an old Ford 8N. The farmer had bailer twin for the throttle. Had a smaller steering wheel off a car on it, made it hard as hell to steer. And to top it off, a bent front wheel. I driven good Ford 8N's, but that was the worst.

Well your Lordship another interesting video this week and when I was working on the farm back in my youth I really have no complaints about the tractors 🚜 that I drove, however there was one vehicle that I did drive and it was the most uncomfortable thing ever and it was the MK 2 Vauxhall combo van and after I had taken one of those from where I live in Gloucestershire to a delivery point in Scotland and back(16hrs or so total time traveling) my knees were absolutely stiff as a stiff thing could be, nothing wrong in were I went but oh boy it really wasn’t suited to long distance trips. Oh one thing though Mucker I am also subscribed to Torquing point and I saw 👀 the video on the combine harvester and very interesting it was too and until next time TaRa for a bit.(p.s you did ask the question).

We're to the southwest, thousands of us, waiting and watching!

Ford 6600 with a Parmiter telescopic front loader, As it reached so high they disabled the high range gears so it did about 5mph flat out. Took an age to get even across the other side of the yard.

My worst tractor was a leyland pos. Was fast I'll give it that but had a monumental oil leak between the gearbox n engine once warm. We borrowed it while the bottom bearing on the Ford 7600 was being fixed. Couldn't wait to get that back as the leyland hydraulics were goosed and the steering wasn't up to much. And brakes weren't there. Try stopping with 300 bales of hay lol. Top vid as always mucker. Keep em coming. .

Worst tractor was a 699 on an estate down in Suffolk. Got about half a turn on the steering each way before anything happened. Made pulling a cattle float fun......

Not that anyone ever would but dislike a video has the same outcome as a like. It's all about the interaction for the old algorithmns

Most important: get some coffee or tea before starting the disassembly..

A little Universal 533 belonged to my cousin it is the noisest rattle box not to mention the smoke! Funny thing is he left it to me in his will so I'll have it for the rest of my days could sell it out of a mark of respect. Bet hes laughing down at me. 😂 RIP Phil.

Not had much experience with tractors. I got to drive an old Massey ferguson some years back, and I drove a small Kabota tractor and trailer for around a year when working in a park. The worst car i drove was a Vauxhall Viva, I was a young lad at a car auction. I seen this White Viva with the firensa body shape. I thought cool i have to have it. So driving it home it starts to rattle, damn that doesn't sound right. Then boom it stops dead. There was no garentee with this car, sold as seen. I think it had been doctored up to get through the auction lol. My friends had a good laugh at my expense 😬 I ended up buying an old British rail HA van for the engine. We managed to get the Viva going again, however on closer inspection the car was a pile of SxxT. Got rid off soon after. We live and learn 🤣 . Got the mug and stickers recently, quality stuff. Either bunny sticker on the back of my 1999 Mk3 golf diesel estate. Ive had for nearly eleven years. Its been better than the Viva lol 😆 Great video, all interesting stuff.

Know what your saying about the likes mucker but at least you can see what you do is all good people enjoy what you do as do I.

Worst tractor driven was my own 1959 Dexta, because the steering was shot. had it as a log splitter but had to move it occasionally. Cheers

A 1977 ford cortina 1.6 auto what could go wrong did gearbox destroyed its self rear axle did the same. Great channel enjoy learning things about farm equipment and the way you deal with people have nothing good to say,

I love your channel, you're plane talking and down to earth. I've not driven a tractor that I've hated but I did a job using a large JD, it was way too numb and big for the task to hand so hated that combination and glad to get off it that day.

Late 1980s Same 100 it had a 5 cylinder air cooled engine and to be fair was ok with soil engaging implements in medium box. But on the road with a dump trailer it was utterly feckless. The wheel centre's were forever cracking and the individual cylinder heads always leaked oil.. Gearbox whined all the time and the heater was non exsistant... I thought it was shite....

Worst tractor has to be a Zetor 4011. Had the handle between your legs to switch the brakes from left to right. Needed three hands to turn on the ends

the worst thing i drove was a 2019 takeuchi tl6r skid steer had now power no lift power and needed either to start every time granted it was brand new at the time

and 14:28 happens to the best of us lad, couple of weeks ago had a close call when I forgot to put the pin back in the engine crane & the arm slid out and kissed me on the lips. Fortunately not hard enough to remove any teeth, but will teach me to be more mindful in future.

11:28 I tend to do that anyway M'lud, in the same way as I also actively don't skip (note I never said "watch", although if Google's spies have done their job well some ads are interesting to watch too) some of the adverts from channels such as this that I enjoy more than average.

Worst tractor would be a zetor my dad used to have, can't remember the model but it had no power steering, non-existent brakes and a worn out column gear change. Only thing it had going for it was it had a reverse pto which was handy for the hole borer when it got tangled up in tree roots. The david brown 885 that replaced it felt like a Rolls Royce compared to that thing

In general there is so much content on you tube, it’s very hard to keep up with it all. I do like your channel as you work with old school equipment.

When I was on the motor scrappers we had ford 7810 on the water bowser. Great at that job👍 But on the road it was a bloody harsh ride. But then so was the fordson power major I drove for 12 miles with now cab in the snow once. Ahh the good ol days👍😳

Brilliant video again Mucker, looking forward to seeing the new T-Shirts. Probably the worst tractor I’ve ever driven was a old M F 590 with no power steering.

No tractor unfortunately but a Austin k9 1 ton truck..... in the army.... learning to drive.... double clutch,....massive steering wheel had arms like bleeding Popeye afterwards😂

Worst one, a Zetor 5911, when a bale of silage was lifted on the back a length of L iron was needed between the drawbar and toplink pin to keep the bale up. Great vid thanks, where do you get new brake parts for the Major?

out of the 35 to 40 tractors that i have drove . I did not have a worst one thay all dune the job . some just took more time to do there jobs. drove 6 brands small to large .

Worst driving tractor I have is a Case VAT . Steering locks up and you have to change directions to try and turn the steering wheel even a little bit . The shifting lever and has an odd bend in it so it isn't straight forward shifting . The brakes are non existent so running into something seems to be the most used form of stopping .

There are 2 tractors that will always stick in my mind a MF165 just because of the cluch peddal when you had to use the pto the othere a international btd6 crawler because after sitting on there all day when you went home your teeth were shock lose and if it rained or was a cold day you were frozen and wet.Truck must be sede ack twin steer 350 bed was a parcel shelf no room in the cab to store anything if it rained and you had a steep hill to clim you had to hold the second steer dump bottom down so you kept some sort of grip a real heep of crap. car must be the Morris Marina 1.3 delux.dont know were to start just a heep of crap from front to back . super vid today well done keep it up John

.... and last part to that question ... many others would maintain that an equivalent Ford or Massey from that era ‘79, would have been a better buy than the 1412

My grandfather had a DB 1412, it was a good machine used for general farm work ploughing etc and hauling gravel from a gravel pit on the road (not the fastest machine on road) but I have heard from some that had a 1412 and a 1200 and they preferred the DB 1200 ... interested if you had any thoughts on that ...

Only ever drove a 1991 JCB fastrac it was pretty good. Drove a 1985 Landrover 90 and that was awful so I'll go with that.

A Ford 3600 ,trying to back up silage with a push-off buck rake would drive anyone around the pipe ! mind you it was in the 80’s .

International 574 with a high speed gear box(25 mph),slow by today's standard but it had full hydrostatic steering which had no feel and was incredibly light and twitchy, all you need with a 10 ton carrot trailer on the back. 😖👀

Don't really have a worst tractor pick up tho got to be Navara D40 would boil water like a kettle and blow fuel pumps and chain's for fun or just snap in half for the fun. Nice job on the fordson brakes.👍

This might be unpopular but the worst tractor I've driven was a John deere 7800, the clutch was serious jumpy and I couldn't get my head around the gears. Maybe I'm a bit simple after being in a Leyland for so long, who knows.

Zulu’s to the southwest thousands of them!! One of my favorite movies 😂. Always a 👍 up in support from me in Tennessee. You are real and stay that way. I was hammering away on a lawnmower axle trying to get the wheel off with a 3 LB hand sledge and missed ,hit tire and like to beat myself unconscious before getting control again. So yeah crap happens sometimes. Hope your face heals quickly. I have a new holland 1720 that is so handy to get in tight places. Fairly strong and tough little machine. 🍻I can’t think of any bad tractors that I’ve drove. Oh well be well.

Great content as usual not really got a worst tractor but 2 come to mind ford 4610 hated the shift pattern on column change and major so worn on steering when on road had to have foot on steering rod to take up slack can get a pint up here in NEscotlland at last but need thermal boiler suit

Belarus tractor the first ones that came into the UK . They just were Dogs the bloke I worked for then brought one because the were cheap. But they pulled great for plowing but it had sort of bench seat and you slid all over the place on rough ground and the springs on it would nearly throw into the roof. 1980s ones

Love the wood Ford sign was it bought of the shelf, or did you have it specially made. Keep up the good work loving the video"s

Right on, top video as always. I agree with you on the V8, makes my series 2 a lot more fun to. I would say the worst one I have driven was a Norwegian MF 165 aircraft tow tractor, it took about 30 minutes of lever selection to get the automatic transmission to select. And then it really struggled to move a 16 ton helicopter smoothly and not jerk the undercarriage off.🤣🚜🤣

Great work on the brakes , reminds me when I did them on my mk3 cortina years ago. Keep the good work up🚜⚙

Nice relaxing informative chat . Never drove a tractor but worst car it's got to be the Austin agro a total heap

Without doubt it was a Belarus, it was left in the field to load bales onto the trailer when bale carting. It was a miserable experience.

Case 4240 for me as well exhaust u can’t see around jolty bouncy thing shitty gear ratios for pto work too high geared for not enough revs n on low profile cab a radio that u either hit or ate up what cab space u had next to the seat was trying to be an 844 but ended up being useless

Have a thumbs up from me mucka. Happy to support channel as channel for me is down to earth no bullshit. Love the cutaways make me laugh and on top of that learn something new every time I watch a video. Dad always said every day is a school day. Have a great bank holiday mucka 👍🏻. For me worse tractor I have driven was Belarus 860 just didn’t get on with it at all

Great video mucker. Always like them 👍. Worst tractor when I was driving them must be a David Brown 990. Slow and noisy gearbox and complicated hydraulics but a great pulling engine. 🚜.do well 👌

My McCormick Deering W30 built in 1939 is not good to drive, no brakes, crank to start, slow, hard to steer but it is fun. You have to have respect for the blokes who used them when they were current and they were a good tractor in their day and very popular. The worst tractor I know of but never drove was a 90HP Belarus Shit Box. The Shit Box series where particularly bad. It finally came to a shuddering halt when it got a leg out of bed punching the starter motor off and sending it across the paddock in the process. I don’t think they even made very good boat anchors and should have been left in Siberia. Jeff

Stickers turned up very nice.

Brilliant video Lord Muck nice instructions how to do brakes on the major nice overalls by the way