The Ferguson F40 should have drum brakes which aren't that hard to service, take the tire wheel off, then the brake drum. Pretty much the same drum brakes on the rear of most older cars, and trucks except on the F40 they are mechanically activated. The slightest amount of contamination like oil from the rear axle housing will reduce how effective they are. Another thing is how the brake pedals are you have to push down which is hard to do. If it had swinging pedals like a car where you could just push the pedals forward, and or if the brakes were hydraulically activated it would be a lot easier to stop. The 135 I have has the same style of brakes, and brake pedals. I can get the rear wheels to lock up, and slide the tires, I weigh 180 lbs, and have to stand on the brake pedals to lock the brakes up. The design of the pedals/linkage for the brakes don't give you a mechanical advantage against the brakes.
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