Bird of a Different Color

Bird of a Different Color

Now guys I know that its not an Allis but I thought it was worth sharing any way. This is My granddads old Fordson Power Major. I can always remember him having 5 or 6 Majors on his farm at one time and he just loved the old things. This old gal was the last working one of the bunch and I can still picture him at 91 years young and his pipe in mouth "clanking" around out for a little ride, he must have been reminiscing about the old days when he was still out in the fields. Since his death in 2001 it had sat with no attention given to it until one day in the fall 2012 I decided to bring it to my place and give it a proper home once again. With a new battery and a "tap" on the starting leaver that distinctive old diesel sound came back to life once again "clickty clack, clickty clack" I have plans of restoring it one day so it may be passed down to my boy. Thanks again for looking, old granddad would have loved to talk tractors with all you folks even though he liked "birds of a different color"

Edited by Matt (WI) - 14 May 2013 at 3:08pm

Wow! Talk about bigs n' littles! Now THAT is a cool Tractor Matt! Should be a pretty neat one to restore someday. Good idea, keep it in the family. Grandpappy would be happy...

Yes, they are "tall rubber" 13.6-38's Good for the row crop work here in Wisconsin. So Im told English are very fond of the 38's. Most of the Majors had the 30's. I don't know why the rims, fenders and fuel tank ended up being painted white over the years but someday it will be put back to right. -Matt

Edited by Matt (WI) - 14 May 2013 at 11:48am

If you ever need parts, just look to the UK. They have just about EVERYTHING for those old girls.

I always kind of liked those Fordsons. Nice pick up.

Yes,that is very cool. I have never seen one in these parts in 58 years. Only at tractor shows!

A good friend of mine, Stuart Anderson, had one he bought from his uncle's estate.  His uncle had built a bit of a cab over the seat with a curved (side to side) top. I spent many an hour plowing with it and an IHC two bottom tumble plow.  Not real fast, hard to turn around to get back in the furrow and semi loud but still a nice machine in it's own way.  One of the most dependable starting diesels I've ever been around.  Stu passed away a few years ago and the tractor has set in a shed ever since.  Two years ago his cousin, the stepson of the original owner, borrowed it for his pumpkin patch display.  The battery was dead but they pulled it 5 feet before it fired and ran.  Another neighbor has one for sale with a good new paint job but needing a clutch and some other repairs.  He started out at 9 or 10 thousand, last I saw it on Craigslist it was $2500.  I probably should buy it if it isn't already sold.  Then again it isn't related to Allis in anyway I can think of.  Oh yeah, it does have orange wheels!

Matt thanks for sharing, when I was young (in the 70's) I worked for a blacktopping outfit and they had one that looked like your brothers and they used it to pull a broom. I can remember in the fall when the weather got cold it was an easy starter. If I remember right there was a compression relieace lever and you would hold that over and get it cranking then move it to the run position and she would start right up. Also it was very easy on fuel.