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harvest · Dec 28, 2015

i have a 1950's fordson tricycle thinking about fixing up...does anyone know how many of these were made? thank you

901sos · Dec 28, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:14:01 12/28/15) i have a 1950's fordson tricycle thinking about fixing up...does anyone know how many of these were made? thank you

the tricycle frontend was not made by fordson it was made by roadless equipment I would be interested in the front end assembly if you would sell it where you located? u can call or text me 5eight5 seven3two 87nine5

cdmn · Dec 28, 2015

Supposedly an initial batch of 100 was made. Of these 99 were shipped to North America. There may have been more later. I had two different variations. They were too delicately made. Easily stripped screw threads out, or broke the screws. Conversions were made to go back to wide-front axles again. Assuming that they were used for corn picker work, they may have had a pretty long life and good survival. Since they were a light, economical tractor for the job, there would be an incentive to keep them in service. The front end could have been transplanted to succeeding tractors. Maybe 50 are left, having served perhaps more than one tractor each. Corn picking was pretty much a thing of the past by 1970.

Super Trucker · Dec 30, 2015

If it is a 50's vintage you should have a major or super major. Is it diesel? They are not common to have narrow fronts on them. This is a 38 All Around that I own. The earlier ones had a fence hook steering arm on the left side with the steering rod going down the side. Third pic is a Major diesel. Hope this helps.

cdmn · Dec 30, 2015

I note that your 1938 uses struts under the engine to brace the front
end. I'm pretty sure my 1956 should have them too, but I have no
photos and haven't seen any in person. I think I know what they
should look like, but it would be nice to see the factory ones.

Majorman · Dec 31, 2015

There were two companies making them in England, Roadless Traction made a two wheeled version and Bettinsons of Boston, Lincolnshire made a single wheeled version. They were used mainly in the Lincolnshire Fens for potato and vegetable farming but did not sell in arable farming areas as the three wheel design did not suit our farming methods.

Nuffield Tractors were originally designed with a factory built three wheel option when they came out in 1947.

This one was at the Fordson Tractor Club gathering at Mandurang South, Victoria, Australia in 2012.

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