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Txsprigger

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Never seen one like this, it was used in a pecan orchard operation in San Saba, TX. Am told it is a 1969 model. Will be auctioned off this Saturday.
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English built Ford County. There were quite a few of them built. The County 754 was based on the Ford 5000.
County became famous in the 1960s and 70s for their four-wheel drive conversion of Ford tractors. County hit hard times in the 1980s and was bought out in 1983, and then in 1987 as production dropped sharply.
 
I am not surprised as MFWD drive tractors took off in the 1980's and most manufacturers were offering them by that time.
 
I'd love to have one of them, but no one ever seems to want to give me one. And as long as I'm wishing, I'll ask for the 401 powered version, with 23.1x30 tires.
There's one like this on ebay, but it has turf tires.
 

aren't County's supposed to have same size front and rear? That one could have some serious wear in the transfer gears.
 
My brother is restoring my father's 1964 Fordson Super Major Roadless 4WD. Roadless was another company, like County, that sold converted Fordsons, and a couple other makes also.
Roadless Tractors
 
Okay, I'll ask a dumb question... did they steer with brakes like a crawler? But it has a steering wheel, which would have been ahead of its time for brake steering? One of those would have been great on a corn picker in muddy fields when they were new.
 
They just used the steering wheel, but during tight turns would have to back up and pull forward several times. Used to pull bigger discs underneath the pecan trees where bigger tractors wouldn't work.
 
There used to be a few of those around here. Last one I knew of sold at auction about five or six years ago. Went all the way to Kansas or Nebraska,or somewhere out there. A collector was all over it at the auction anyway.
 
The front wheels steer. The catch is that they have individual drives for the left and right wheels that are driven from each rear axle housing... and they've got a very poor turning radius.

Rod
 
Very much a collectors tractor here in Britain, but some still working away especially in the woods. Many are being imported back home from your side as they have turned so valuable!
Sam
 
They were pretty common here in the North East,4cyl and 6cyl versions. They were basically a combination of Ford 5000 rears and trannys, with a version of a 5000 steerable front axle. They were a bit aukward though. We as Case dealers at the time sold Muir-Hill Tractors. They had the same basic chasis, (Ford built 7700), but had a high platform with or without cab. They were powered with both Perkins 354 or Ford 6cyl. 380 cu.in industrial deisel engines. We sold about a dozen of them. They filled a gap that we needed to compete with the Oliver guys that had MFD in their 50 series line. We turboed some of the Ford 380s and they performed well at 130 PTO Hp. Muir-Hill went on to install Perkins V8s in higher HP tractors, but by then The farmers in our area got cought up into the "HP Race" and our 24-2670 Case tractors became far more marketable.
The pic. is of only one of 4 that a long time friend of mine has in his colection.
I wish I had pics. of the M-Hs we sold, but don't. If you are interested you can use your friend goggle. They are still marketed as Loyde Tractors across the pond.
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