Posted by cdmn on December 19, 2022 at 14:55:24 from (96.33.227.18):
In Reply to: Monday Tractor posted by Majorman on December 19, 2022 at 00:38:49:
I'd like to read a commentary about the design and production of these limited edition machines. The E27N also was converted to crawler configuration. There must have been high financial incentives in the form of import duties. As a kid, I remember that my uncles (who used 2 cyl John Deeres) discussed the odd English one-cylinder diesels that ran so cheaply. One of my classmates dad owned an E27N, but replaced it after a few years. One of my uncles traded his John Deere for a Fordson Super Major. And the local country elevators used Ruston-Hornsby diesel engines that started with compressed air. [which had to be pumped up by a gas-engined air-compressor. Otherwise, the opeerator had build up pressure in the air tank with the main engine before shutting down, and hope it didn't leak out before the next time it needed to be started. For many years, our local show had an English Crossley engine of similar type. It was very beautiful. Anyway, those special conversions eventually went away. Did the owners like them? Were they a good deal? Did they run for a long time? Did they have any trade-in value? What eventually replaced them? I know the New Major made a decent tractor based on the E27N rear end and the new diesel engine. With continuous improvements, it lasted a dozen years, and even sold well in America.
But with the Monarch crawlers (also colored orange to reflect the butterfly namesake) and the Oliver/Cletrac, I don't think the Fowler or Fordson conversions stood any chance at all in the American market. And Caterpillar towered over all of them.
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