Agricultural welding!!

[Tractor Dave]

No! Had a major scrapping session about 5 years ago and the only thing that was worth keeping was a massy 135. thats still being used!

Thats a shame! I do like the old tractors..... those 135's are good little tractors, i know a lot of farmers who still run old tractors! I've restored a couple in my time!

 

[whycanismellburning]

I think thats a rite of passage for any agric engineer! my first resto was a grey fergy!

 

[Tractor Dave]

I think thats a rite of passage for any agric engineer! my first resto was a grey fergy!

same here!! Ferguson TE20 (continental engine), gone up in the world now! Got an old international B414!!

 

[whycanismellburning]

I've got some pics here of a friends powermajor that i did the engin rebuild on. Will try to get some finished pics but here are the 'in progress' photos!

 

[bigdavesproule]

we have a massey 35 with a 2.5 diahatsu engine in it after the old one either seized or bust, i am not sure which as it was before my time lol runs like a clock now and no problems

sump had to be manufactured and the mounting block adapted to fit 35 gearbox. steering rods were lengthened.

we have been thinking of fitting the bonent and takin her to vintage runs and shows, there isnt another like it in the world probably.

 

[Tractor Dave]

very nice! I've always liked fordsons, i'll get a super major or modify a fordson major one day!! lol
Here is the fergie i restored (i have got a pic of it restored somewhere!) and the international!!

 

[mr_spudly]

I have a huge Oil cooled Oxford welder that weighs a bleedin ton! However if i were on a farm im sure i could wield it around the yard on a tractor or similar. The farm is the last bastion of the large oil cooled arc welder these days. And it does last a lifetime. Trouble is the price of copper is so high these days its making me wonder how much is in there, and maybe scrap it. Be a dam shame though.

Hi there I was reading about your Oxford welder, I don't know if you still have it but if you do want to sell it you might consider contacting Dave in Hereford he runs Reconworkshop specialising in Oxford oil cooled welders.
dave@reconworkshop.com

 

[steviec_lj]

Considering the original post is 6 years old, I think you may be a little late to be quite honest.