Love the fact how these types of films present the product from engineering perspective with arrows indicating forces and resistance. Today's product videos are all flashy and dandy without any pedagogical aspect at all. I'm sure there are a bunch of farmers who have no idea how the ferguson system really works.
Old advertising before the 1970s told you what the product would do for you. Advertising since the 1970s tells you how good the product will make you feel.
We had a MF 135 (made in India) in our farm and was used extensively. Great little tractor. Great hydraulic system. Now after 40 years or more I am trying to understand the mechanism and physics behind something I used every day! It is never too late to learn.
This was fascinating. Things that we take for granted in 2022, were revolutionary at one time. I enjoy the simple but straightforward production of this film. It reminds me of the old educational films we had in school. Of course who doesn't like seeing the operator wearing a suit and tie doing field work? Reminds me of Green Acres in the 1960s.
la veste costume-cravate du démonstrateur de ces époques me fait sourire ; c'est le gentleman-farmer sur un tracteur maniable ,insalissable et sans cambouis ! En France pendant ce temps on ne fabriquait que des VIERZONs où le chauffeur ressemblait plus au cheminot de locomotive avec des gros bras,les mains noires ne serait-ce que pour le démarrage, et faire les manoeuvres, sans parler de sa colonne vertébrale qui ressemblait à des silen-blocks !! le TE20 date de 1946, mais bien avant guerre le F 9N sortait en grande série avec le ""System 3 points'' numéro 9 pour année de sortie 1939, la couleur grise comme la Navy remplace le noir qui reprend le Black-Brown précédent. Des aller et venues entre Ford et( David Brown qui lui n'avait pas compris l'enjeu du tout porté arriere (ferguson A) d'un petit garagiste au génie, mais qui ne voulait pas se faire manger à la soupe Ford petit-fils et devenir indépendant après le 2N , le divorce conduit Ford à perdre le procès en justice, et Harry Ferguson obligé de trouver un partenaire financier s'associer avec un ancien fabricant de bombardiers(de Havilland), pour devenir la Standart Motor Company de Coventry, Angleterre.
I miss the ole Ferguson tractor. Grandma had one on her farm. We lived next to the farm on a small plot of land. That tractor did it all, from cleaning the barns & loading it into the manure spreader, to baling the hay for the cattle. When Grandma passed that tractor went to my uncle, who restored it fully. I got to drive it occasionally, on his Christmas tree farm. One day I hope to find one similar to that one to acquire.
We have 5 Ferguson te20s on our farm, I've just bought my first one. A tef20, can't wait to pick it up. Update I have now bought my own Ferguson TEF20 to restore and have almost got it ready to start wire brushing.
@@CultivatingCountryLife At least they used to be. That was the tractor anybody had so there will probably still be quite a few either completely restored, just sitting around or even in use as a last resort extra.
The Ferguson 35, 35x and later 135 were the workhorses of farms in the Irish midlands when I was growing up. My late father would have loved to see this video.
Great historical video. I have a 1952 Ford NAA that my father bought in1956. I was 6 years old. We were Farmers in Phoenix Arizona. The Ford was what I learned to drive. I still own it and plan to restore it. Until I saw this video I didn't realize that the technology for the lift system came from the Ferguson tractors. Thanks for posting it.
The story between Ford and Ferguson is slightly ugly but suffice it to say that the iconic Ford N series tractors are substantially based on Ferguson ideas. They would not be the archetype of tractors without Ferguson.
@@tomrobards7753 Ford and Ferguson had the famous "handshake deal." Ford did not "steal" the system from Ferguson. Ferguson had the exclusive rights to sell tractors in England which Ford manufactured. The fact that Ferguson was too stupid to negotiate a better deal is not Henry Ford's fault. Ultimately, Ferguson was such a PITA, Henry Ford II paid him $9 million dollars to go away.
@@buckhorncortez that's what I've heard all my life and I've also read Ford stole it from Ferguson let's just say they weren't the best of friends when they parted company
The first tractor and system I learnt to operate in the early seventies . I've used Ferguson's since and I think the boss was influenced by adverts such as these, demonstrative with no hype and blether . Great offering 👍🇬🇧
My 1953 Fergie is the best deal I ever made. The tractor, 2 bottom plow, 6ft boom, 4ft roller, 4ft grader blade, 60 in woods finish mower, 60 in bushing for $3500. It's been a hard working unit and I've gotten my money's worth a 100 times over.
I got a 1950"s I believe it is a 1955 MF 50. Fantastic tractor. Dose not take to much fuel, very little oil. Still plows ground and snow. Pulls and rides like the day it came off the assembly line. Detroit Diesel Engine was built to last. Back when farming relied on actual tractors that worked. Not equipment/techniques with just a computer and chemicals for everything.
Thanks to the Marshall Aid provided to Europe following end of hostilities the lovely grey Fergsons were seen everywhere in the Danish landscape throughout the 50's and 60's. My family moved from Copenhagen to rural Stevns when I was 8 and at 9.5 I nearly stunned my dear mother when she saw me driving the neighbour's T20 - easily handled by a big boy. I never really realized the clever Ferguson-principle, though, so thanks for that.
Harry Ferguson did far more than develop the tractor. He was the first man to build and fly his own airplane in Ire34land, and developed the first all-wheel drive Formula One Grand Prix racing car, the P99.
Great video, very informative and interesting. Harry Ferguson was a very intelligent man. Its a shame so many people in the comments only noticed how the operator was dressed, seems the missed the whole point of the story.
@@linojakobsen7737 Brits had factory and foundry workers convinced to dress "properly" like that back then, and to this day any tradie who owns a -wrench- spanner calls himself an "engineer".
Grew up on a multitude of “Fergies” in New Zealand,165,188,295,1200 and 2680. Harry Ferguson and his draft control was absolute genius,also “Multi-power” which was one of the first power-shift type arrangements,fantastic memories of amazing machines.
@@stuarth43it still in india…..we still have these MF tractors in india in a hp range 35 to 55 and no one beats mf in hydraulics sensing. I also own one of them and served me well 24 years and counting, purchase made by my father. I loves mf for a reason.
I grew up in South Devon, England with my father's Ferguson T20, and several MF 35s, and when I ran my own business, and bought some land, I bought 2 MF diggers, which had a fore-end loader, and detachable backhoe, with a MF 135 front, and MF 165 rear - with a steel-encased radiator - all built like a tank. ...... Great tractors, and fun to drive.
Wow. To think that I worked with a Massey Ferguson tractor in Canada in the 80's. With the same basic design. Now I appreciate what a fantastic step forward in tractor engineering it was....
Mr. Ferguson was a prolific inventor. He was the first to adapt four wheel drive to the common road car, as well as face cars. His 3 point hitch system was used by Ford after their agreement had lapsed. This ended up to be the largest out of court settlement at the time. Ferguson was a fascinating man.
my grandpa on my father's side used to tell me that when he was in Canada farming one day, Mr. Fergusen came by his farm and made sure his tractor was operating good, and he took a look at my grandfathers land it must have been pretty cool.
I love the Ferguson tractors. I own a 1950 Tea 20 built to last, as well we have a Ferguson 2 furrow plough. We still run it almost daily. It is still 6 volt system but now has electronic ignition.
I have a Massey Ferguson model 240 built in 1990. Except for the way it you start it, it operates the same as how the tractor in the film does. Good technology stands the test of time.
I remember how amazed I was at how maneuverable the grey Ferguson was compared with the Fordson Standard I grew up with. What is sad is that only with the advent of the internet, have these fantastic films have become accessible to millions of viewers.
@@51WCDodge Not exactly as you describe, but the only thing that comes to mind is if you search UA-cam for "The Ferguson TEA 20 - BBC Perpetual Motion - Complete film ". I think you can see a snippet of the film you are thinking of around the 14 minute mark.
Some comments. My Grandmother's Grandad was an Englishman. He farmed in Texas wearing what we would call a suit and tie. Just look at some old photos of workplaces. I learned to drive, driving Ford 8n and 9n tractors in the hayfields of East Texas in the mid 1950s. My Uncle worked at a Ford Tractor dealership at that time. When I worked in the shop, I was immersed in Ford tractor literature and talk. My Uncle was so Ford be-sotted that when I bought a GMC truck in 1987 he was mad for weeks. Of course as time went on, I finally learned of the partnership of Ford and Ferguson. As near as I can tell, Ford just stole Ferguson's patents and ideas. Ford was good at that. A boyhood friend said that even when they were doing things, Henry always seemed to be directing instead of doing. Engineers were aware of the forces at play. I have an old textbook for use in Agricultural and Mechanical colleges, published about 1903. It describes the settings, adjustments, and implement choices for farm horse drawn equipment. It shows the forces involved and how to adjust for them.
I wouldn't say Henry Ford "stole" Fergusons patents, they had the famous "handshake agreement" in which Ferguson was responsible for further development, distribution and sales, Ford was responsible for manufacturing and a sales organization in the US (possibly all NA- not real clear on that). That was all fine and good for 10 yrs or so- till Henry Ford died When his grandson took over the company- his accountants and executives convinced him to break that agreement - and went on using Ferguson's design....
As a kid, I spent many an hour every year on a Ferguson 30 in the 60s pulling a 3-disk "one way" plow mounted on the power lift. I wish I still had that tractor and plow.
Very interesting video, I actually own a 1955 Ferguson TO-35 that i use often. I use it mostly for log skidding and blowing snow so am using my 3 point hitch all the time.
When I was a little boy of 3-4 years in the mid 50's, every summer was spent on my grandmother and grandfather's farm in Hvedstrup, near Roskilde, Denmark. My grandfather had got a tractor, an amazing machine that could do anything. It was simply the best tractor in the world. At least I was quite sure of that. It was a Ferguson. And now I have found this old movie which documents my claim. All other tractors were subsequently licensed on the Ferguson system, so they could be (almost) just as good. But they did not become a real Ferguson.
@@mwilliamshs Just curious. please give me links to modern agricultural tractors that are used for field work and which are not equipped with a three-point hitch as standard. Here in Denmark I have never seen any.
@@MrHansenDenmark so we've gone from "all other tractors" to "farming tractors" and now to "modern agricultural tractors that are used for field work" but you're still defending the claim? I'm no expert on agriculture but Case used something called the Eagle Claw hitch and Allis Chalmers developed their Snap Coupler single-point hitch, just for 2 quick examples. Lots of ag tractors have a drawbar hitch, some only have it, especially those that use drag implements with their own lift cylinders. The uber-famous Big Bud 747s are one extremely well-known example model of these. The Allis Chalmers G is a toolcarrier tractor with no 3 point that was so successful in vegetable fields that it's been copied into modem versions like the Oggun, Kult, Tilmor, and others. I could go on but I don't need to because even a single valid example would've been sufficient to disprove your claim of "all other tractors."
Most people don't have it in them to be tough enough to be a farmer and self sufficient. Most people just want hand outs. Let's focus on how fortunate we are to have seen this video. Thank you for uploading. I wish these kids today would stop talking and put down the guns and committing violence to another. We could all be eating good and get rid of being hangry.
Watching a video promising stuff like this today leaves you doubtful, and rightfully so. My first small tractor (an old 67 model) has these things implemented and works like a charm with a multitude of tools. It's baffling, cold starting and flawlessly working hydraulics on a half a century old vehicle when your brand new car didn't even manage to get you to work because of unexpected weather.
First vehicle I learned to drive was a Ferguson, back in the 1970's in Scotland about 8 years old. I pulled a trailer up and down the fields whilst others collected the stones and threw them on the trailer. It was the oldest tractor and the simplest to drive so just about everyone I knew learnt on them back then. Great machines, still practical for smallholdings today. Charlie 🇬🇧
This video tells me I've been hooking up a 3-point the wrong way. Instead of wrestling, fighting and cussing I need to wear my best Sunday suit with a tie and this awful job becomes "simplicity itself". Thanks Massey.
Thank you for posting this interesting and educational video. For most of my life I have heard about the "three point hitch" but could never find a good explanation for what it was. Now I know everything. Um ... well ... maybe not everything, but more than I did yesterday. Thanks again.
As a kid I liked the Fordson E27N TVOS better only because they were bigger. But the genius of the Fergusson was exactly as shown: power without weight and the E27N used Fergi concepts but with greater weight. The little Ferguson was pure engineering genius.
The tractors that built America! Miss my ol Massey Ferguson, probably out in a farm somewhere, I know it’s being well used still. The guy I sold it to wanted it for his farm in Mexico, things ran like new
Not only just implemented system over all brands, but the original one still runs good ! They dont build stuffs as good as they used to. Now they rather crap out qualities and overload with totally unnecessary limited access softwares. You can have my old Ferguson when you pry it from my cold dead hands :D
I really like how detailed and illustrative videos of this era was. No flashy marketing, but marketing based on proving facts and innovation. Plus you gotta love the working suit and tie of course 😊 Btw. I wonder the voice over guy. He seemed to have done huge amount of voice overs in old videos. Am I right?
My father had one he didn’t have a suit but he always wore a sports jacket and somewhere I’ve got a photograph of him on his TA Ferguson sports jacket at all
Glad to see I was dressing properly for farm work. Shirt and tie, sport jacket and dress pants. It was hard to keep a shine on the shoes when mucking out the barn though.
i have one of those Ferguson 2 bottom plows I saved it from a scrap yard, couldnt believe someone would scrap something like that, Still has the Monel or whatever Data plate on it both coulters too.
A farmer with a dry cleaned suit. Edit, seriously, a nice calm relaxing video, great explanation, i worked for a blueberry farmer for a year, he had a 3 cylinder diesel 1972 or so, i spent some time on that machine, but im no tractor operator hahaha
The TEA 20 coventry, the first tractor of the farm in France , arrived in 1946 before I was born (1950). For children of 10-12 years, the steering wheel was easy to handle, and even with short legs one could press on the pedals with all the weight of the body. For the Farmall M arrived 5 years later, it was necessary to push forward the pedal and it was hard, the release sometimes brutal!.On the other hand, the braking system (drums getting wet) was not very good. The IH was strapped on the reducers: one could block one of the wheels and turn like a top. The fergie never braked despite a tribe of specialists who came to analyze the defect, nobody solved it. 12 years later my father with a very mechanic employee put the tractor on blocks, disassembled the mechanism, to discover that it had simply the cams of disposals in reverse !!!! the vice was discovered. Hats off to the engineers....
I've admired my neighbours TE-20 since i moved here 12 years ago. Just today he told me he's getting transferred for work and selling everything. Offered me the Fergie for $1000.! New tires, blade, rear carry box and a small 3 furrow plow. I am absolutely thrilled about it. I've been tilling 2 acres of land with a 1966 Allis Chalmers, it's time to give it a little rest and open up a few more acres with the Fergie. Cheers from Canada.
Had a Ferguson To-30 growing up, I didn't realize until now that apparently they were the ones that invented the 3 point hitch? Either way I absolutely hated that thing. Transmission gearing was stupid, either too slow, or too fast and not enough torque. Most of the time it ran (sorta) on 3 cylinders, dunno if it had a bad valve or what. I put a lot of hours mowing on that thing and plowing snow in the winter. The other thing that drove me nuts were the individual wheel brakes. One lever on each side... sounds simple enough until you realize that both the clutch and left brake are on the left, and you only have one left foot! I discovered that the brake still kinda worked if you pulled UP on the lever since it was a cam system. Also fun was that you had to be in neutral with the clutch engaged to make the hydraulics work... Not a lot of fun if you're mowing and need to raise the cutter and it's stuck on something... you end up having to disconnect the PTO to get unstuck. Also, also extra bonus, if you're using any kind of PTO implement with any decent inertia to it, you need an overrunning clutch... because if you push in the clutch to stop, and don't have one, that rotating blade will act like a motor and push you into stuff even with the clutch pushed in until you pop it into neutral. Replaced that TO-30 with a Ford 841... so much more and better tractor! Live hydraulics, power steering, and a 4+3 speed transmission, and almost twice the HP! Granted it was a newer machine being a 1950, but My God what a difference... all the brake pedals were on the same side!
@@kleetus92 I stand corrected , you probably need a lot of nous to drive one - practical experience , intelligence and common sense . Makes them interesting to drive unlike today’s monsters .
@@paulveenings6861 Never mind, you think you need to be a philosopher like Aristotle to operate a tractor... No point in arguing with a professional idiot, you'll just drag me down and beat me with years of experience.
Just saw this video. I like Valkman like the simplicity of them and how things were explained. This invention must be what is now called the three point hitch.
Ferguson also developed the The Ferguson Formula for 4 wheel drive sports cars. The ultimate is the Jensen FF (Ferguson Formula) In 1961 the Ferguson P99 Climax scored a notable first and last. In the hands of Stirling Moss it became the first four-wheel drive car - and last front-engined car - to win a Formula 1 race.
Eddie. I had to drop you a line mate - you'll fully understand why immediately of course. Just about to retire / move house, and we have 2 acres to look after, so guess what I was (starting to) look for....... Me and my Son Matt have fallen in love a week ago with the Fergie TE20, and we are now in "Research" mode, and seeing your name was just the cherry on the cake for us both. Subscribing brother 😁😘👍. What a CRACKING vid Eddie
That farmer is wearing a suit and tie! Remarkable! I do believe the narrator is the same one that did The Klangers I'm surprised that ,in the 1940's, they could speak of The Suck without facing the wrath of the censor. We won't mention "Penetration without weight."
Could you imagine the things we could come up with today’s technology applied, all that we have learned over the last 100 years if our engineers that design things we use today were also working class people that actually experienced the problems they were attempting to solve like those guys back then did. Not that all of them dont. But the big shots they answer to wont allow them to innovate to their fullest potential for one reason or another, cost,time, greed. I personally own one of these systems and just so happen to be an engineer. My 9n ford tractor with this ferguson system has been putting in an honest days work now for 82 years, and there are hundreds of thousands of them out there that do the same every day. How much of anything built today do you think will still be functional 80 years from now. We have the ability, but some how even tho we could manufacture a better machine for less money, we somehow end up with a less robust machine that cost more money and is designed to live just past the warranty. It is a shame. We could do so much better. I hope to someday see the working class in this country applied once again to the best of our abilities. Until then ill continue to use the old overbuilt stuff.
Thank you for your detailed comments. It certainly is greed. Greed in how quickly and cheaply something can be produced. Take the first video recorders. They were built like tanks and when you picked one up you knew you couldn't carry it down the street very far, especially if you had just stolen it from somebody's house. Then the manufacturers begin to cut corners. Mechanical parts become electronic integrated circuits instead of a physical lever or solenoid. The cost of this part now drops significantly because, instead of being machined, lined up, fitted and greased . . . it is stamped out by a robot and now measures 2 x 1 cm. But what happens when it goes wrong? The average bloke in the street can't fix it but hey, it doesn't matter because a whole new unit is now so cheap we might as well buy another. This is what is wrong with today's society. And because of this, we have less and less people who are even remotely interested in fixing things or keeping them running for as long as you have done. Well done!
years ago my father had Ferguson plough with one unique feature ,the third furrow board ploughed to the left , it was for making ''Ridges'' , mainly for Potatoes
Love the fact how these types of films present the product from engineering perspective with arrows indicating forces and resistance. Today's product videos are all flashy and dandy without any pedagogical aspect at all. I'm sure there are a bunch of farmers who have no idea how the ferguson system really works.
Old advertising before the 1970s told you what the product would do for you.
Advertising since the 1970s tells you how good the product will make you feel.
That's cause it works. People mostly don't make rational decisions.
@@lwilton very true sir
@@lwilton you hit it right
@@chris-2496 qås
We had a MF 135 (made in India) in our farm and was used extensively. Great little tractor. Great hydraulic system. Now after 40 years or more I am trying to understand the mechanism and physics behind something I used every day! It is never too late to learn.
Thanks for sharing
This was fascinating. Things that we take for granted in 2022, were revolutionary at one time. I enjoy the simple but straightforward production of this film. It reminds me of the old educational films we had in school. Of course who doesn't like seeing the operator wearing a suit and tie doing field work? Reminds me of Green Acres in the 1960s.
When life was much more simple?
almost like this IS an old educational film, really strange that.
la veste costume-cravate du démonstrateur de ces époques me fait sourire ; c'est le gentleman-farmer sur un tracteur maniable ,insalissable et sans cambouis ! En France pendant ce temps on ne fabriquait que des VIERZONs où le chauffeur ressemblait plus au cheminot de locomotive avec des gros bras,les mains noires ne serait-ce que pour le démarrage, et faire les manoeuvres, sans parler de sa colonne vertébrale qui ressemblait à des silen-blocks !!
le TE20 date de 1946, mais bien avant guerre le F 9N sortait en grande série avec le ""System 3 points'' numéro 9 pour année de sortie 1939, la couleur grise comme la Navy remplace le noir qui reprend le Black-Brown précédent. Des aller et venues entre Ford et( David Brown qui lui n'avait pas compris l'enjeu du tout porté arriere (ferguson A) d'un petit garagiste au génie, mais qui ne voulait pas se faire manger à la soupe Ford petit-fils et devenir indépendant après le 2N , le divorce conduit Ford à perdre le procès en justice, et Harry Ferguson obligé de trouver un partenaire financier s'associer avec un ancien fabricant de bombardiers(de Havilland), pour devenir la Standart Motor Company de Coventry, Angleterre.
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this is a proper advert. informative, calm, fun just the way i like it. makes me want to buy another old Ferguson😅
I miss the ole Ferguson tractor. Grandma had one on her farm. We lived next to the farm on a small plot of land. That tractor did it all, from cleaning the barns & loading it into the manure spreader, to baling the hay for the cattle.
When Grandma passed that tractor went to my uncle, who restored it fully. I got to drive it occasionally, on his Christmas tree farm. One day I hope to find one similar to that one to acquire.
@@pnwRC. Denmark would be a good place to look for one.
We have 5 Ferguson te20s on our farm, I've just bought my first one. A tef20, can't wait to pick it up.
Update
I have now bought my own Ferguson TEF20 to restore and have almost got it ready to start wire brushing.
@@linojakobsen7737 are they quite common in Denmark?
@@CultivatingCountryLife At least they used to be. That was the tractor anybody had so there will probably still be quite a few either completely restored, just sitting around or even in use as a last resort extra.
The Ferguson 35, 35x and later 135 were the workhorses of farms in the Irish midlands when I was growing up. My late father would have loved to see this video.
Great historical video. I have a 1952 Ford NAA that my father bought in1956. I was 6 years old. We were Farmers in Phoenix Arizona. The Ford was what I learned to drive. I still own it and plan to restore it. Until I saw this video I didn't realize that the technology for the lift system came from the Ferguson tractors. Thanks for posting it.
Ferguson contracted Ford to build tractors for the American market, IIRC.
The story between Ford and Ferguson is slightly ugly but suffice it to say that the iconic Ford N series tractors are substantially based on Ferguson ideas. They would not be the archetype of tractors without Ferguson.
Oh yes Henry Ford stole that system from Fergusonor screwed him out of it all modern tractors owe the system to Ferguson
@@tomrobards7753 Ford and Ferguson had the famous "handshake deal." Ford did not "steal" the system from Ferguson. Ferguson had the exclusive rights to sell tractors in England which Ford manufactured. The fact that Ferguson was too stupid to negotiate a better deal is not Henry Ford's fault. Ultimately, Ferguson was such a PITA, Henry Ford II paid him $9 million dollars to go away.
@@buckhorncortez that's what I've heard all my life and I've also read Ford stole it from Ferguson let's just say they weren't the best of friends when they parted company
The first tractor and system I learnt to operate in the early seventies . I've used Ferguson's since and I think the boss was influenced by adverts such as these, demonstrative with no hype and blether . Great offering 👍🇬🇧
Only tractors I ever liked to farm with up until the middle of the 80’s.
I would love to own one of these
My 1953 Fergie is the best deal I ever made. The tractor, 2 bottom plow, 6ft boom, 4ft roller, 4ft grader blade, 60 in woods finish mower, 60 in bushing for $3500. It's been a hard working unit and I've gotten my money's worth a 100 times over.
Damn what a steal
we still ave it, and it works perfectly for more than 40 years ! greetings from Budapest
I got a 1950"s I believe it is a 1955 MF 50. Fantastic tractor. Dose not take to much fuel, very little oil. Still plows ground and snow. Pulls and rides like the day it came off the assembly line. Detroit Diesel Engine was built to last. Back when farming relied on actual tractors that worked. Not equipment/techniques with just a computer and chemicals for everything.
You have a Perkins diesel engine.
@@boblinsenbach1014 I always thought it was a Detroit Diesel Engine. Those engines are built to outlast the people who buy them.
"the ferguson system" so good that it hasnt been bettered to this day
Thanks to the Marshall Aid provided to Europe following end of hostilities the lovely grey Fergsons were seen everywhere in the Danish landscape throughout the 50's and 60's. My family moved from Copenhagen to rural Stevns when I was 8 and at 9.5 I nearly stunned my dear mother when she saw me driving the neighbour's T20 - easily handled by a big boy. I never really realized the clever Ferguson-principle, though, so thanks for that.
You're welcome and thank you for such a nice story.
Very interesting, Ferguson was a brilliant man.
First tractor I ever drove. Fond memories of my aunt's old Ferguson.
Harry Ferguson did far more than develop the tractor. He was the first man to build and fly his own airplane in Ire34land, and developed the first all-wheel drive Formula One Grand Prix racing car, the P99.
I thought slaves built everything that made America great
Great video, very informative and interesting. Harry Ferguson was a very intelligent man. Its a shame so many people in the comments only noticed how the operator was dressed, seems the missed the whole point of the story.
I was wondering if this might be Ferguson himself. A guy dressed like that might be one of the engineers.
@@linojakobsen7737 Brits had factory and foundry workers convinced to dress "properly" like that back then, and to this day any tradie who owns a -wrench- spanner calls himself an "engineer".
Grew up on a multitude of “Fergies” in New Zealand,165,188,295,1200 and 2680. Harry Ferguson and his draft control was absolute genius,also “Multi-power” which was one of the first power-shift type arrangements,fantastic memories of amazing machines.
me too but most of my plowing was in UK, Nothing touched MF in hydraulics, had a multi 178 in NZ
The multi power were lethal things, I think a number of people were killed by them on hills.
Hey guys, you need to visit Germany! I show you Ferguson
@@stuarth43it still in india…..we still have these MF tractors in india in a hp range 35 to 55 and no one beats mf in hydraulics sensing. I also own one of them and served me well 24 years and counting, purchase made by my father. I loves mf for a reason.
The man legit invented the three point hitch. What a legend.
He's a star
Very true! Harry Ferguson was a brilliant Engineer. No Tractor Manufacturer has bested the three point hitch yet
and They all use it.
Fergieman
I grew up in South Devon, England with my father's Ferguson T20, and several MF 35s, and when I ran my own business, and bought some land, I bought 2 MF diggers, which had a fore-end loader, and detachable backhoe, with a MF 135 front, and MF 165 rear - with a steel-encased radiator - all built like a tank. ...... Great tractors, and fun to drive.
Wow. To think that I worked with a Massey Ferguson tractor in Canada in the 80's. With the same basic design. Now I appreciate what a fantastic step forward in tractor engineering it was....
Mr Ferguson was my grandmothers 2nd cousin on my fathers side. He ha a fantastic mechanical mind.....
Now we have one tracror since 1996...
ı salute you teamfab
Mr. Ferguson was a prolific inventor. He was the first to adapt four wheel drive to the common road car, as well as face cars. His 3 point hitch system was used by Ford after their agreement had lapsed. This ended up to be the largest out of court settlement at the time. Ferguson was a fascinating man.
Great stuff.. the MF 35 and 135 are greatest tractors ever made.
my grandpa on my father's side used to tell me that when he was in Canada farming one day, Mr. Fergusen came by his farm and made sure his tractor was operating good, and he took a look at my grandfathers land it must have been pretty cool.
I love the Ferguson tractors. I own a 1950 Tea 20 built to last, as well we have a Ferguson 2 furrow plough. We still run it almost daily. It is still 6 volt system but now has electronic ignition.
My 1944 6 volt Dodge ambulance has an electronic ignition now. Though I still keep the old points and condenser plate, just in case :-)
I used a I'm thinking was a toa 20 and it was diesel with I could find one like it today
I have a Massey Ferguson model 240 built in 1990. Except for the way it you start it, it operates the same as how the tractor in the film does. Good technology stands the test of time.
I remember how amazed I was at how maneuverable the grey Ferguson was compared with the Fordson Standard I grew up with. What is sad is that only with the advent of the internet, have these fantastic films have become accessible to millions of viewers.
The claim was, and I'd love to find the film of it , plough a nine yard square with nine furrows. I know a film exists, it trying to find it.
@@51WCDodge
Not exactly as you describe, but the only thing that comes to mind is if you search UA-cam for "The Ferguson TEA 20 - BBC Perpetual Motion - Complete film
". I think you can see a snippet of the film you are thinking of around the 14 minute mark.
@@b_mb4948 Yes thats the one. I found it the other day by accident.
my late father had a tractor just like this and my brother still have it right now in Julis village Israel
Some comments. My Grandmother's Grandad was an Englishman. He farmed in Texas wearing what we would call a suit and tie.
Just look at some old photos of workplaces.
I learned to drive, driving Ford 8n and 9n tractors in the hayfields of East Texas in the mid 1950s. My Uncle worked at a Ford Tractor dealership at that time. When I worked in the shop, I was immersed in Ford tractor literature and talk. My Uncle was so Ford be-sotted that when I bought a GMC truck in 1987 he was mad for weeks.
Of course as time went on, I finally learned of the partnership of Ford and Ferguson. As near as I can tell, Ford just stole Ferguson's patents and ideas. Ford was good at that. A boyhood friend said that even when they were doing things, Henry always seemed to be directing instead of doing.
Engineers were aware of the forces at play. I have an old textbook for use in Agricultural and Mechanical colleges, published about 1903. It describes the settings, adjustments, and implement choices for farm horse drawn equipment. It shows the forces involved and how to adjust for them.
I wouldn't say Henry Ford "stole" Fergusons patents, they had the famous "handshake agreement" in which Ferguson was responsible for further development, distribution and sales, Ford was responsible for manufacturing and a sales organization in the US (possibly all NA- not real clear on that).
That was all fine and good for 10 yrs or so- till Henry Ford died
When his grandson took over the company- his accountants and executives convinced him to break that agreement - and went on using Ferguson's design....
Thank you, we farmed over 100 acres with 2 Ford 8N...garden I did with David Bradley 2wheel ....☆☆☆☆☆...great movie thank you
You're very welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
As a kid, I spent many an hour every year on a Ferguson 30 in the 60s pulling a 3-disk "one way" plow mounted on the power lift. I wish I still had that tractor and plow.
Fantastic video, that brings back a LOT of good memories. THnaks for sharing!
Very interesting video, I actually own a 1955 Ferguson TO-35 that i use often. I use it mostly for log skidding and blowing snow so am using my 3 point hitch all the time.
Thanks for sharing that.
When I was a little boy of 3-4 years in the mid 50's, every summer was spent on my grandmother and grandfather's farm in Hvedstrup, near Roskilde, Denmark.
My grandfather had got a tractor, an amazing machine that could do anything. It was simply the best tractor in the world. At least I was quite sure of that. It was a Ferguson. And now I have found this old movie which documents my claim.
All other tractors were subsequently licensed on the Ferguson system, so they could be (almost) just as good. But they did not become a real Ferguson.
Not all other tractors ever used the Ferguson system. Not even close to all
@@mwilliamshs Farming tractors have the three point hitch wich was inventedby Ferguson. www.tractordata.com/articles/technical/threepoint.html
@@MrHansenDenmark yeah, some farming tractors do. Some don't. You said all tractors, which isn't accurate.
@@mwilliamshs Just curious. please give me links to modern agricultural tractors that are used for field work and which are not equipped with a three-point hitch as standard. Here in Denmark I have never seen any.
@@MrHansenDenmark so we've gone from "all other tractors" to "farming tractors" and now to "modern agricultural tractors that are used for field work" but you're still defending the claim?
I'm no expert on agriculture but Case used something called the Eagle Claw hitch and Allis Chalmers developed their Snap Coupler single-point hitch, just for 2 quick examples. Lots of ag tractors have a drawbar hitch, some only have it, especially those that use drag implements with their own lift cylinders. The uber-famous Big Bud 747s are one extremely well-known example model of these. The Allis Chalmers G is a toolcarrier tractor with no 3 point that was so successful in vegetable fields that it's been copied into modem versions like the Oggun, Kult, Tilmor, and others. I could go on but I don't need to because even a single valid example would've been sufficient to disprove your claim of "all other tractors."
Most people don't have it in them to be tough enough to be a farmer and self sufficient. Most people just want hand outs. Let's focus on how fortunate we are to have seen this video. Thank you for uploading. I wish these kids today would stop talking and put down the guns and committing violence to another. We could all be eating good and get rid of being hangry.
I am not a farmer, but I love that little Fergie. Most of what I have been eating during my childhood was probably a result of work with that tractor.
Watching a video promising stuff like this today leaves you doubtful, and rightfully so. My first small tractor (an old 67 model) has these things implemented and works like a charm with a multitude of tools. It's baffling, cold starting and flawlessly working hydraulics on a half a century old vehicle when your brand new car didn't even manage to get you to work because of unexpected weather.
I have one of these and it has aged amazingly well.
First vehicle I learned to drive was a Ferguson, back in the 1970's in Scotland about 8 years old.
I pulled a trailer up and down the fields whilst others collected the stones and threw them on the trailer.
It was the oldest tractor and the simplest to drive so just about everyone I knew learnt on them back then.
Great machines, still practical for smallholdings today.
Charlie 🇬🇧
A comparable age to me. My father had a TEA 20, my pride and joy into my teens.
I drove my first tractor on farmland when I was 12, only to buy a house on the exact same spot that I drove it 18 years later.
Posedujem jedan takav iz 1958g. u voznom stanju, pozdrav iz Srbije
I own one of these from 1958. in driving condition, greetings from Serbia
Great video, very informative and interesting. The man was surely a genius.
60 years ago the grey fergy was the first vehicle I learned to drive
Another mispent youth then? Fighting at the age of about ten to be allowed to harrow the feild or spread muck :-)
@@51WCDodge The Old Days.... ah, the memories....
My father was one of the sports jacket and I forgot to say the Fergie was the first vehicle I learnt to drive to you brought back memories
Me to, back in 1971 at Bulahdelah NSW Australia
Me too. Cumbria UK 1962.
This video tells me I've been hooking up a 3-point the wrong way. Instead of wrestling, fighting and cussing I need to wear my best Sunday suit with a tie and this awful job becomes "simplicity itself". Thanks Massey.
And, have you tried it with a tie lol?
I always wear a suit when I'm driving my tractor 🤣🤣🤣
@Daver G Top hat of course 🤣
@Daver G Your bigger thumbnail just got me with the fly . I tried to swipe it 🤣🤣🤣
But why are you wearing suit
people wore suits when farming back then
"Gentleman farmer"
All northern Irish are very proud of Mr Harry Ferguson and rightly so .
Thank you for posting this interesting and educational video. For most of my life I have heard about the "three point hitch" but could never find a good explanation for what it was. Now I know everything. Um ... well ... maybe not everything, but more than I did yesterday. Thanks again.
I've always liked the slow but explanatory way these videos were made
Great video. The drawings and arrows really helps a lot.
This is precious.
Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
Many thanks
I've got a 1952 Harry Ferguson To-30 best tractor made in my opinion
As a kid I liked the Fordson E27N TVOS better only because they were bigger. But the genius of the Fergusson was exactly as shown: power without weight and the E27N used Fergi concepts but with greater weight.
The little Ferguson was pure engineering genius.
Learned more from this video then 10 other modern production videos.
Massey Ferguson çok başarılı bir marka ve uzun ömürlü ürünler üreten bir firma
The tractors that built America! Miss my ol Massey Ferguson, probably out in a farm somewhere, I know it’s being well used still. The guy I sold it to wanted it for his farm in Mexico, things ran like new
So no one is talking about how savage is that dude? Farming in a suite and tie
back in days people wore only one clothe for all occations.
i came to write this..
A suite is a room in a hotel
A suit of clothes is a set of garments
@@mwilliamshs I have a suite tooth.
Staying in a pretty suite suit at the holiday inn tonight
I love the ferguson te 20 lovely tractor and been my favourite since my childhood 😁
Outstanding informative video 😇😇👌👌👍👍🍻🍻
Thank you! Cheers!
the single biggest step forward in farming since the hoarse
Not only just implemented system over all brands, but the original one still runs good !
They dont build stuffs as good as they used to. Now they rather crap out qualities and overload with totally unnecessary limited access softwares. You can have my old Ferguson when you pry it from my cold dead hands :D
Even today most modern tractors still use this system, it may be computerised but the same principles, Harry Ferguson was a genius
Of the old school
Loved our old 35 growing up.. brilliant little tractor
First thing I ever drove was a little grey ferguson. Still love them
I really like how detailed and illustrative videos of this era was. No flashy marketing, but marketing based on proving facts and innovation. Plus you gotta love the working suit and tie of course 😊
Btw. I wonder the voice over guy. He seemed to have done huge amount of voice overs in old videos. Am I right?
My father had one he didn’t have a suit but he always wore a sports jacket and somewhere I’ve got a photograph of him on his TA Ferguson sports jacket at all
Neat video. We just got a Ferguson TO-20 and posted a video about it. They are such handy machines and fun to drive.
I just bought my first tractor, a 1952 TO30 with a brush hog!
Glad to see I was dressing properly for farm work. Shirt and tie, sport jacket and dress pants. It was hard to keep a shine on the shoes when mucking out the barn though.
You've got to laugh haven't you!
i have one of those Ferguson 2 bottom plows I saved it from a scrap yard, couldnt believe someone would scrap something like that, Still has the Monel or whatever Data plate on it
both coulters too.
Great great great piece of work
Ferguson tractor h ji aapke pass
The best tractor in the world! ❤
Najbolji Traktor na Svetu.
Love my old FE35. Can't say I've ever ploughed in a suit and tie though.
Where is your sense of adventure? You've lived a very dull life if you ain't ploughed wearing a tailor made suit.😂😂
@@howardosborne8647 🤣
this is incredibly detailed for its time someone had to hand draw every single frame of this there was no computer animating this
Got to love the demonstrator wearing a jacket and tie!
You can't beat style :-)
Remember the day, when our first MF tractor, my dear old MF 165, came to our farm. What a simple and precise plowing from that day on!
How long did she last?
A farmer with a dry cleaned suit.
Edit, seriously, a nice calm relaxing video, great explanation, i worked for a blueberry farmer for a year, he had a 3 cylinder diesel 1972 or so, i spent some time on that machine, but im no tractor operator hahaha
Harry Ferguson was a mechanical genius who also invented the 4 wheel drive system for Range Rover
That system was also used in the Jensen Interceptor FF .
I learnt to drive on one when I was 7 . 50 + years later it still gets used occasionally . Great little tractor 🥰
Nice Ferguson 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The TEA 20 coventry, the first tractor of the farm in France , arrived in 1946 before I was born (1950). For children of 10-12 years, the steering wheel was easy to handle, and even with short legs one could press on the pedals with all the weight of the body. For the Farmall M arrived 5 years later, it was necessary to push forward the pedal and it was hard, the release sometimes brutal!.On the other hand, the braking system (drums getting wet) was not very good. The IH was strapped on the reducers: one could block one of the wheels and turn like a top.
The fergie never braked despite a tribe of specialists who came to analyze the defect, nobody solved it. 12 years later my father with a very mechanic employee put the tractor on blocks, disassembled the mechanism, to discover that it had simply the cams of disposals in reverse !!!! the vice was discovered. Hats off to the engineers....
Bellissimo video 👍 🌈 💚
Glad you liked it.
TE 20 was a brilliant tractor to drive and operate
I've admired my neighbours TE-20 since i moved here 12 years ago. Just today he told me he's getting transferred for work and selling everything. Offered me the Fergie for $1000.! New tires, blade, rear carry box and a small 3 furrow plow. I am absolutely thrilled about it.
I've been tilling 2 acres of land with a 1966 Allis Chalmers, it's time to give it a little rest and open up a few more acres with the Fergie. Cheers from Canada.
I Thought Green Acres was the first time a man a suit operated a tractor.
It's where I'd rather be.
4:36 Good goof.
Very Nice information
Check out the demonstrator in a suit. LOL Great vid, Thanks.
Diggin the suit and tie
best wheel tractor then and now
Revolutionary for sure. On another note, I was planning on doing some bush hogging today but my field sport jacket and tie were still in the wash.
lol, not to mention your Sunday shoes
Had a Ferguson To-30 growing up, I didn't realize until now that apparently they were the ones that invented the 3 point hitch? Either way I absolutely hated that thing. Transmission gearing was stupid, either too slow, or too fast and not enough torque. Most of the time it ran (sorta) on 3 cylinders, dunno if it had a bad valve or what. I put a lot of hours mowing on that thing and plowing snow in the winter. The other thing that drove me nuts were the individual wheel brakes. One lever on each side... sounds simple enough until you realize that both the clutch and left brake are on the left, and you only have one left foot! I discovered that the brake still kinda worked if you pulled UP on the lever since it was a cam system. Also fun was that you had to be in neutral with the clutch engaged to make the hydraulics work... Not a lot of fun if you're mowing and need to raise the cutter and it's stuck on something... you end up having to disconnect the PTO to get unstuck. Also, also extra bonus, if you're using any kind of PTO implement with any decent inertia to it, you need an overrunning clutch... because if you push in the clutch to stop, and don't have one, that rotating blade will act like a motor and push you into stuff even with the clutch pushed in until you pop it into neutral.
Replaced that TO-30 with a Ford 841... so much more and better tractor! Live hydraulics, power steering, and a 4+3 speed transmission, and almost twice the HP! Granted it was a newer machine being a 1950, but My God what a difference... all the brake pedals were on the same side!
Yes you did need a bit of nous to drive one .
@@paulveenings6861 Bit of what??
@@kleetus92 I stand corrected , you probably need a lot of nous to drive one - practical experience , intelligence and common sense . Makes them interesting to drive unlike today’s monsters .
@@paulveenings6861 OK, I'll type this one more time slowly so you can understand: What is NOUS?
@@paulveenings6861 Never mind, you think you need to be a philosopher like Aristotle to operate a tractor... No point in arguing with a professional idiot, you'll just drag me down and beat me with years of experience.
Just saw this video. I like Valkman like the simplicity of them and how things were explained. This invention must be what is now called the three point hitch.
Ferguson also developed the The Ferguson Formula for 4 wheel drive sports cars. The ultimate is the Jensen FF (Ferguson Formula) In 1961 the Ferguson P99 Climax scored a notable first and last. In the hands of Stirling Moss it became the first four-wheel drive car - and last front-engined car - to win a Formula 1 race.
I just found a 135 that I am going to buy. Can't wait!
The "one spanner" philosophy needs to make a comeback
You know you’re a baller when you plough in a suit and tie 😂.
Just the right clothes for farm work
it's "Drive your tractor to church day"
he’s trying to smash all the sexy farm girls...them fancy duds will help
He showing respect to the customer.not ass like novadays
Top link is the BEST ever!
Eddie. I had to drop you a line mate - you'll fully understand why immediately of course. Just about to retire / move house, and we have 2 acres to look after, so guess what I was (starting to) look for....... Me and my Son Matt have fallen in love a week ago with the Fergie TE20, and we are now in "Research" mode, and seeing your name was just the cherry on the cake for us both. Subscribing brother 😁😘👍. What a CRACKING vid Eddie
I like my Ferguson. Just did some brush hogging. Its a 1952 TO30
That farmer is wearing a suit and tie!
Remarkable!
I do believe the narrator is the same one that did The Klangers
I'm surprised that ,in the 1940's, they could speak of The Suck without facing the wrath of the censor.
We won't mention "Penetration without weight."
I think that might be a bit of over thinking there
We have owned a September 1951 TEA20 since 1980. It is a month older than me.
1986: objects in mirror are closer than they appear
2022: don't drink the battery acid
1949: Just get on with it, you'll be fine
Whatever you paid for your fergie - it's worth more now !!
Look how shiny that old tractor is
Beautiful isn't it!
Could you imagine the things we could come up with today’s technology applied, all that we have learned over the last 100 years if our engineers that design things we use today were also working class people that actually experienced the problems they were attempting to solve like those guys back then did. Not that all of them dont. But the big shots they answer to wont allow them to innovate to their fullest potential for one reason or another, cost,time, greed. I personally own one of these systems and just so happen to be an engineer. My 9n ford tractor with this ferguson system has been putting in an honest days work now for 82 years, and there are hundreds of thousands of them out there that do the same every day. How much of anything built today do you think will still be functional 80 years from now. We have the ability, but some how even tho we could manufacture a better machine for less money, we somehow end up with a less robust machine that cost more money and is designed to live just past the warranty. It is a shame. We could do so much better. I hope to someday see the working class in this country applied once again to the best of our abilities. Until then ill continue to use the old overbuilt stuff.
Thank you for your detailed comments. It certainly is greed. Greed in how quickly and cheaply something can be produced. Take the first video recorders. They were built like tanks and when you picked one up you knew you couldn't carry it down the street very far, especially if you had just stolen it from somebody's house. Then the manufacturers begin to cut corners. Mechanical parts become electronic integrated circuits instead of a physical lever or solenoid. The cost of this part now drops significantly because, instead of being machined, lined up, fitted and greased . . . it is stamped out by a robot and now measures 2 x 1 cm. But what happens when it goes wrong? The average bloke in the street can't fix it but hey, it doesn't matter because a whole new unit is now so cheap we might as well buy another. This is what is wrong with today's society. And because of this, we have less and less people who are even remotely interested in fixing things or keeping them running for as long as you have done. Well done!
years ago my father had Ferguson plough with one unique feature ,the third furrow board ploughed to the left , it was for making ''Ridges'' , mainly for Potatoes
This was in my recomended
Good loves you