Anderson Agri's collection

[Anderson Agri]

Just saw there was a board for members machines.

Here is my 1977 Leyland 262 which i purchased back in June.

It has done just over 6650 hours and was built in the last year of the old gearbox before they went to the Syncrho models.  It has a few problems that need ironing out, mainly the brakes (no different to any other Leyland ever made!) other little things include adding another spool valve which i have parts for, and sorting the wiring out and the pto clutch which slips occasionally.  I plan on respraying the tractor over winter as it has been badly done in the past with a brush, and what looks like a bit of hammerite, it has also been fitted with the wrong decals in the past but i have the correct set here as well as a new exhaust sitting here just waiting until i respray it to fit. I use the tractor for topping and other small jobs as well as for local shows and road runs. Here are a few pictures of it and i hope to add more when i do more with it

 

 

Edited February 1, 2019 by Anderson Agri

[Anderson Agri]

Lot has changed since last post. Back in November i purchased this 1936 Massey Harris Challenger. Brought over from Iowa in the 1980s to Norfolk where it lived until 2017 until it moved up to Cheshire, i then purchased it in November and lives with me on the Somerset/Dorset Border. It is a very uncommon machine over here with only a handful ever to come over. The Massey-Harris Challenger was the Row-Crop version of the Pacemaker and replaced the Wallis 12/20. This was Massey-Harris first Row-Crop tractor and the last of the line to use the ‘U-Frame’ chassis design. The Challenger was built between 1936 – 1939 with 14,000 built in total. It is rated at 16hp at the drawbar & 26hp at the belt. Powered by a Massey-Harris’s own, 4.1 Litre, overhead valve, 4 cylinder Petrol / TVO engine. The tractor is fitted with a 4 speed transmission, PTO and is fitted with factory wings. The PTO and guard was a $35 option and the wings were a $15 option when new in 1937. This is known as the ‘Un-styled’ version and models from late 1938 were given new style tinwork and radiator grills and painted red with yellow wheels. They were known as ‘Styled’. The Styled Massey-Harris Challenger was available with Massey Harris’ famous ‘Twin Power’ feature which increased engine rpms to provide additional horsepower for belt work. In 1938 a Massey-Harris Challenger cost $1,185. The average yearly income in the USA in 1938 was $1,731 per year. 

[Anderson Agri]

Another arrival just after Christmas, a 1963 Allis Chalmers ED-40 along with a Ransomes TS-59 plough. It has had a full restoration recently both mechanically and cosmetically. Sold new from a dealer in Honiton (which i believe is from John Flew in Broadclyst the main dealer for AC) to a farm in Dorchester fitted with a mill loader. It was then sold to an engineer in Yeovilton who i bought it from.

[robbo]

Do you take your tractors to any shows? I would like to have a good look at them "In the flesh" so to speak

[Anderson Agri]

I will be planning too yes. I will defiantly be supporting Yesterdays Farming in August with the whole lot, i have words of another one too so watch this space but thats to come ha ha!!

I also plan on going to the Abbey Hill Steam Rally in May,  The Tilworth Gathering (normally in July near Axminster still tbc), and possibly the Somerset Steam and Country Show in Langport.

 

[Anderson Agri]

Mind you when i get them all sorted that is, Allis Chalmers wont start (23c engine is pants in winter!) Leyland wont stop (no brakes) and the challenger was in pieces until last sunday

 

[Valley Axe Man]

Nice collection building there Zac  when's the big shed getting built then and increase the collection abit more??  There was a 10/60 down your way with a Leyland engine in it that was tempting to have a look at but theres a 384 Leyland appeared local that might be worth a viewing.....

 

[Anderson Agri]

Going for 2 bays wide and 2 deep to fit 4 tractors in so i have to limit myself.. even though i've agreed to look at two more oops!

I saw that 10/60 in Taunton if i remember right, few miles up road.. Trouble is im trying to find stuff more unique to add now and ones i like. The ED-40 was more for my father than me really as he's always wanted an Allis and i said if i ever had enough money i'd buy him one one day, works both ways good investment for me and enjoyment for him. All this came about from inheriting some money and i vowed to spend it on tractors that can be enjoyed and will last.

 

[Anderson Agri]

Latest toy has finally arrived 1985 Ford 7710, I've always liked 7710s and always said i'd get one one day and today was that day. Non original engine and hours unknown but its a tidy enough tractor and fine for what i need. Only broke down once on the way home Battery was knackered and died on a corner, luckily coasted to a layby right outside my good friends house. Think of the chances of that!!

[Tractorman810]

whats that line ??   ah yes “i think we need a bigger shed “  looks pretty tidy i must say, certainly seen a lot worse than that

[Anderson Agri]

Thanks, its a nice tidy example, few little jobs need doing including a few parts to get it all original, ie indicator stalk, lights battery cover etc. It needs a backwindow but i have one i purchased at Malvern last weekend ready to fit. Sheds still going up and has been made to cater for all the tractors. Soon i'll have a shed the size of the Paul Rackham collection (I wish)

[Anderson Agri]

What i need now is to complete the 1:32 side of the collection, i already have an ED40, and a Massey Harris Challenger. Leyland is on the order list hopefully but maybe @tabmodels Can add a 7710 to it too

 

[Tractorman810]

was it local to you or did you need to go further a field to find it,  the tin work on it looks pretty sound which given its age is good,  a nice well looked after of farm condition 

[Anderson Agri]

I got it very local, Just outside Yeovil from a friend of mine. It was never put up for sale really it was only as i mentioned i'd like one and he happened to have it sat at the back of the shed. I drove it back the 10 miles this afternoon,  and it drives nice and smooth, apart from the one incident where it died on me but thats all rectifiable.  Tin work is nice and solid, slight bit of rust coming through the doors and window but if cured now it'll be fine. Its been restored years back now so not totally original but at the age where it looks in a presentable condition without being too shiny, although the polisher may have to come out.

I've just agreed this evening to partake in a comparison at The Big Ford Working Day in May against a 6810 and a 7610 so be interesting to see the results of that.

 

[tabmodels]

4 hours ago, Anderson Agri said:

Latest toy has finally arrived 1985 Ford 7710, I've always liked 7710s and always said i'd get one one day and today was that day. Non original engine and hours unknown but its a tidy enough tractor and fine for what i need. Only broke down once on the way home Battery was knackered and died on a corner, luckily coasted to a layby right outside my good friends house. Think of the chances of that!!

Very nice Zac, good straight example, health to enjoy

[justy 46]

Nice tractor Zac. 7700s & 7710s would be machines I also like quiet a lot. They are 4 pots ..but BIG ones !! I always recall our silage contractor back in the mid 80's who ran a 7700 2wd & a 7710 4wd there after  powering Taarup double chops. They were the biggest tractors local in my area back then  when the average size was a anything from a 4000 to a 6600..  

Edited March 1, 2019 by justy 46

[Valley Axe Man]

Nice buy Zac   Like others have said tidy tractor 

[mb86]

Lovely tractor Zac. In my opinion the 7710 is nearly, if not the best looking q cabbed ford made. She looks very tidy and looks to be no rust in the usual places under the window rubbers. 

[Anderson Agri]

I totally agree, i've always wanted one since a kid as theres one in my village, a 4wd Gen II Super Q version, totally original must of done a fair few hours now on a small arable and blackcurrant farm, alongside a 6640. I'd always said i'd get one and this is the one.

I much prefer the stance on them compared to the 7610, as mechanically no different or very little, but the flat floor and higher driving position makes you feel like a king

Pretty rust free, little around the side window and bottom of door but if i treat now it should be fine.

Mind you it doesn't look as pretty from the back New number plate is coming and i have a back window ready to fit. Hopefully be able to recover the seat and cab upholstery as its a bit tatty and saggy and give it a general tidy up to get it back to its glory.

 

In the last couple of days theres been the talk of the Big Ford Working Day up at Devizes, along with a friend with his Ford 4110 and 6600 we will hopefully be venturing up for the day. And the 77 will be compared against a 6810, 7000, and 7610 which will be interesting to see  

 

[justy 46]

What do they plan to do on the working day to compare the 4 tractors ?? Dyno them or have a pulling challenge, test them on a plough ..the 7610 will over power the 6810 straight up..while the 7710 would have a weight advantage over them all , but level on power with 7610 .. 4wd too would have a part to play.. if any are 4wd that is..The 7000 ain't I presume.. Would be good to find a 7600 also to throw in the mix !! 

[smithy]

Back in about 1983/84 I farmed with a ford 7700 two wheel drive ,lovely tractor to drive and like you say you sit that bit higher than normal and no gear levers to bang you knees on . 

[Dusty Dan]

The only tractor I ever drove was a Farmall when I used to work for a man who owned a farm and an apple orchard. The only other thing I drove was a team of two mules pulling a tobacco wagon in the dusty hot fields of August, when I worked for an Amish family on the farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

[Tractorman810]

If you hadnt have shown the pic of the back we would never have known ,  do you plan to get a implement to test her with then? Nice 3 furrow  reversible maybe 

[Anderson Agri]

Im not sure how it'll pan out really at the working day, i assume the dyno will be involved then a comparison on an implement, there was murmurs about classic tractor being involved  so we'll have to see. I plan on a cultivator for it as its easier to transport on a low loader up there as there will be two other tractors to fit in too so a nice sized set of discs or spring tine set it off. Or if i could find one a Bomford Dyna Drive wouldn't look too shabby

 

[Ferret90]

Very nice purchase zac, those bloody rear windows always broke though