Thanks for all the history of Fiat tractors. Your mention that a 6.2 liter engine today would produce 500 to 600 HP, but all the modern 500 HP tractors use 12.4 liters or larger engines.
At the ripe old age of 9 years old I learnt to drive a Massey 35x which I thought was the best thing that had ever happened to me , I didnt notice my dad fighting to keep his eyes open as I told him of every detail of my experience steering the little Massey in first gear. There was also an awful Zetor 7'' say no more , the 35 Massey proved to be more capable than the Zetor in the end , My favorite was the Fiat 780 with the tall white cab , if I was on occasion aloud to drive it I was in heaven and as someone pointed out the sound was amazing , something to brag about at school the next day , happy days .
Brilliant Alan. Worked with a 90-90 and 110-90 years ago. Best gripping tractor I have ever driven. Real simple tractor as well. Rust was one of the biggest issues, the 90-90 rotted away in the end.
Brilliant informative video. Lots of the 90 series around my area. Used to drive a 100-90 on my grandparents farm. As mad about them now as i was 30 years ago. The definition of reliability
Here in Pakistan we are producing Fiat 480 and 640 for 40 years now and we love them. I have a Fiat480 and a 640 from 1976 and it is still working fine
Hi Alan, loved this fiat history video, well researched really well presented as there are so many models and brands and mergers over the years. I myself own two early 1960s fiat 312R models ( similar to the 411R model) and I also have a 1980 fiat 780.
Owned and operated, 450, 550, 640, 750, 780, 880 and an 82-94 on dairy farms all were very reliable, also found Fiat engines to have lots of torque. Cool video
Well done, great video, 2 neighbors had fiat 110/90 and 80/90 i think….famous horse trainers childhood house….you always knew when there was one coming some roar out of those engines 🤣
Alan, good stuff and proper facts. Sold a few Fiats back in the day. I thought the Fiat 780 was some tractor in the day. Wonderful sounding tractor. Perhaps if they stopped competing against each other, NH, Case and Steyr, paint them orange and a Fiat badge they would be the top brand. As you said, FPT engines and components powers most of them. But Europe and the Marketing boys would not make it happen. Great videos, thank you.
@m0ogy Would you believe it's very difficult to get any real good amount of material on the series.. I'm waiting on a few people to email me back so I can get it finished off. 👍
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery That amazes me as so popular in England (built about 30 miles away from me in Doncaster) and the smaller models built in Bradford in South Yorkshire, Another one we had was a German built (1968 model) 523 Agrimatic with a Ducan cab and detachable IH loader that stood on legs most of the year. Happy Memories of my Dad 🙂
Great video Alan . The fiat tractors were unreal. Engines were just amazing some up to 15000 hours not an oil leak start first time always. The fiat Agri Heston self propelled silage harvesters were ahead of their time a lot of hydrostatic drive trains. There was a very good dealer in Cork the 7720 / 7725 / and 7735 were huge sellers in Munster and great harvesters in their day. New Holland combines the TX and 80series had a lot of fiat engines installed again great machines. The key to the success of fiat engines seems to be they run at very high speeds up to 3000 revolutions. They were absolutely unbeatable on pto as a result driving mowers and silage harvesters . Thanks
@MccSAuto3964 Thanks.. Yes, the engines were, and still are, fantastic. I've worked on a lot of NH and Case machines but have had to do very little to the engines, unlike some other brands. 👍
Believe it or not I still have my father's DB 880 that he bought new in 1969 and has done over 15000 hours and still working very well I hope to restore it to better than new asap it has been a very very faithful servant and i have nothing but praise for it
Awesome vid i just wish i could remember tractor numbers. My first time i drive Fiat was 1000 with little super spreader, the front wheels would lift off the ground, little zippy tractor. Years later my uncle brought 1950's Fiat crawler for cleaning land, at time it need love n care, to my surprise uncle said he got genuine parts out of original box very similar to my Pa Catapiller D4. My boss has Fiat L85? cab at same time NH 80 version both these i like using simple, smooth operating, easy service n you can still find them. Next door neighbour had M135 or M160 when we got our first NH TM125, alot farmers got TM in district. One harvest in southern Qld i ask two Irish fellas why did they like Fiat tractors? One of them rip out mobile phone n show me Fiat 90? with Turbo, racing up the road with nice exhaust note n turbo blow off, very NICE. I do remember seen nice clean Fiatagri combine at Neil Parts Dubbo, i never seen on before, unfortunately it went for swim over cliff into river.
I worked on a dairy farm in my teens in the 90s, had a clapped out JD 2130, in 1995 he traded it in for a Landini , but it somehow got lost on its way from Italy so the dealer offered a Fiat-New Holland 82-94 ,absolute brute for a stock tractor , one of the best looking tractors ever too. I never refused overtime I lived in that tractor .
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery I think the cab shape and slanted doors were the best looking next to a JD 50 series with the sunroof up vertical. No mobiles jus horsing through the day with your cassette or cd collection. Then you got your licence at 16 and school went out the window
"Fiat tractors have achieved a legendry status in Ireland"(southern star). And, "Have a cult like following, especially in the republic of Ireland"( Classis Tractor)👏. We ourselves have a 130/90 dt on the farm. She's some yoke to pull and sounds savage under load. Those Fiat- iveco engines are bombproof. Some of the bigger Fiats, like the180/90 with it's massive 8.1 litre engine can (if tweeked) put out HUGE, reliable hp .I think the Fiat G 190 gets good praise as a continuation of the brand, albeit with it's slightly smaller 7.5 litre Ford engine. Just wondering, would it be possible to do a video on Fiat- iveco engines and if their is any relation between them and the powerstar engine found in Ford? It can all get a bit confusing at times😅. Anyhow, thank you for an excellent video. You got a new subscriber . 👍
Thanks, Noel. Yes, legendary cult status is right. The price of a decent 110/90 would make your eyes water. I will definitely do a video of Fiat/Iveco engines at some point. Thanks for the sub 👍
Believe it or not in part of Victoria Australia that I live in we had a very hi influx of Italian families that came here to farm and they all swore black and blue that you had to have fiats but the local dealer who originally came from Italy sold David Brown's and the locals that had farmed the area for years had David Brown's and it wasn't long before all of the fiats were traded in on David Brown's
As a result of the takeover of NH and Case, Fiat had to divest of Hesston and Laverda, which were bought by AGCO/MF. Also the Case/International brands had to be sold off to create McCormick International. It was a very exciting, volatile and confusing time, the 1990’s. I run what is essentially a blue modified Fiat Winner series with Ford Powerstar engine in the form of a NH 8360 which later morphed into the hugely popular TM series of tractors.
I remember my da looking at a 880dt in mid seventies at the spring show. Imported by Bamfords at that point. Didn’t buy but would have been some machine at that time.
Fiat 90 series is still produced in China. CNH sold license and tooling for 90 series in the early 2000s to the Chinese YTO. I own 130hp YTO 7.7L naturally aspirated engine, and it is a beast. And if Chinese copy pulls like hell, I can only imagine what original 90 series are capable of.
I have contemplated buying a yto over here in Australia but I am put of at the thought of how the communist government of that country behaves internationaly anyway I am glad you are happy with your machine I would love to get my hands on a good second hand 180/90
Work own a darsy farm in NZ everyone thought I was mad I would be the 1st people the farm in the morning and alway jump into the legendary110 90 to load straw instead of the john Deere, an case with therewith all the window in tact dry seat an heaters, in the hart of winter the cab had now doors roof rotted an leaked no heater an grass growing inside the cab. The 110 90 listening to that six cylinder turbo engine roar and ll round fun tractor to drive
Thanks for all the history of Fiat tractors. Your mention that a 6.2 liter engine today would produce 500 to 600 HP, but all the modern 500 HP tractors use 12.4 liters or larger engines.
@briansmith8385 That's true, but in my head I was thinking more about engines in the automotive sense. Don't ask me why 🤣 Thanks for watching 👍
Always very interesting and enjoyable
@niallwalsh2592 Thanks Niall 😊
Great video, a lot of facts and series numbers etc , enjoyed
@@aidancasey75 Thanks 👍
At the ripe old age of 9 years old I learnt to drive a Massey 35x which I thought was the best thing that had ever happened to me , I didnt notice my dad fighting to keep his eyes open as I told him of every detail of my experience steering the little Massey in first gear.
There was also an awful Zetor 7'' say no more , the 35 Massey proved to be more capable than the Zetor in the end , My favorite was the Fiat 780 with the tall white cab , if I was on occasion aloud to drive it I was in heaven and as someone pointed out the sound was amazing , something to brag about at school the next day , happy days .
@@patbassman8251 Sounds like u had a similar childhood to me 😁 Thanks for your comment 👍
Another great video thanks. Very informative
@@philgardener7018 Thank you for watching 👍
Great video Alan, very interesting, Thank You💯👍🙏
Thanks Pat 👍
Brilliant Alan. Worked with a 90-90 and 110-90 years ago. Best gripping tractor I have ever driven. Real simple tractor as well. Rust was one of the biggest issues, the 90-90 rotted away in the end.
@FlyingFergyMan Thanks, Cathal. Like a lot of machines from that era, cab rust was an issue 👍
Brilliant informative video. Lots of the 90 series around my area. Used to drive a 100-90 on my grandparents farm. As mad about them now as i was 30 years ago. The definition of reliability
@@declankelly6545 Thanks...They were very popular in my area too. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Here in Pakistan we are producing Fiat 480 and 640 for 40 years now and we love them. I have a Fiat480 and a 640 from 1976 and it is still working fine
@@TheGondal86 Excellent. Thanks 👍
Hi Alan, loved this fiat history video, well researched really well presented as there are so many models and brands and mergers over the years. I myself own two early 1960s fiat 312R models ( similar to the 411R model) and I also have a 1980 fiat 780.
@Jsn-q1r Thanks.. The mergers sure make the research interesting 😆
Owned and operated, 450, 550, 640, 750, 780, 880 and an 82-94 on dairy farms all were very reliable, also found Fiat engines to have lots of torque. Cool video
@@craigross8777 You had a nice line up of tractors there. Thanks for watching 👍
Great info as always..Great tractors in there day drove various models but liked the f series the most.. they were ahead of their time..
@@adrianodwyer3145 They definitely were one of the best machines in the early 90's. Thanks for watching 👍
Loved those tractors the 110-90 lovely looking tractors with a unique beautiful sound.
@martymartin2894 The best of them Pat 👍
Alan, excellent stuff. Keep the videos coming. I keep meaning to comment every week, but at least I have gotten around to it this week.
@gerardhennessy3399 Thanks Gerard.. You're definitely up there as one of my top contributors 👍
Well done, great video, 2 neighbors had fiat 110/90 and 80/90 i think….famous horse trainers childhood house….you always knew when there was one coming some roar out of those engines 🤣
@BaldyBriand They were very hard to miss, alright..very distinctive sound. Thanks for watching 👍
Alan, good stuff and proper facts. Sold a few Fiats back in the day. I thought the Fiat 780 was some tractor in the day. Wonderful sounding tractor. Perhaps if they stopped competing against each other, NH, Case and Steyr, paint them orange and a Fiat badge they would be the top brand. As you said, FPT engines and components powers most of them. But Europe and the Marketing boys would not make it happen. Great videos, thank you.
@tynewydd100 Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed it. I'd love to see the Fiat brand name return myself. 👍
As always Alan, A pleasure to view your latest video on a Sunday 🙂 All the best Dave.
@m0ogy Thanks Dave. Glad you enjoyed it 👍
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery Very good, still waiting for IH World Series with bated breath🙂
@m0ogy Would you believe it's very difficult to get any real good amount of material on the series.. I'm waiting on a few people to email me back so I can get it finished off. 👍
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery That amazes me as so popular in England (built about 30 miles away from me in Doncaster) and the smaller models built in Bradford in South Yorkshire, Another one we had was a German built (1968 model) 523 Agrimatic with a Ducan cab and detachable IH loader that stood on legs most of the year. Happy Memories of my Dad 🙂
Great video Alan . The fiat tractors were unreal. Engines were just amazing some up to 15000 hours not an oil leak start first time always. The fiat Agri Heston self propelled silage harvesters were ahead of their time a lot of hydrostatic drive trains. There was a very good dealer in Cork the 7720 / 7725 / and 7735 were huge sellers in Munster and great harvesters in their day. New Holland combines the TX and 80series had a lot of fiat engines installed again great machines. The key to the success of fiat engines seems to be they run at very high speeds up to 3000 revolutions. They were absolutely unbeatable on pto as a result driving mowers and silage harvesters . Thanks
@MccSAuto3964 Thanks.. Yes, the engines were, and still are, fantastic. I've worked on a lot of NH and Case machines but have had to do very little to the engines, unlike some other brands. 👍
Believe it or not I still have my father's DB 880 that he bought new in 1969 and has done over 15000 hours and still working very well I hope to restore it to better than new asap it has been a very very faithful servant and i have nothing but praise for it
Nice one Alan, great video
The 110 90 is the star of the show
@@patodwyer721 That's Pat. Yes, a very much loved machine 👍
Awesome vid i just wish i could remember tractor numbers. My first time i drive Fiat was 1000 with little super spreader, the front wheels would lift off the ground, little zippy tractor. Years later my uncle brought 1950's Fiat crawler for cleaning land, at time it need love n care, to my surprise uncle said he got genuine parts out of original box very similar to my Pa Catapiller D4. My boss has Fiat L85? cab at same time NH 80 version both these i like using simple, smooth operating, easy service n you can still find them. Next door neighbour had M135 or M160 when we got our first NH TM125, alot farmers got TM in district.
One harvest in southern Qld i ask two Irish fellas why did they like Fiat tractors? One of them rip out mobile phone n show me Fiat 90? with Turbo, racing up the road with nice exhaust note n turbo blow off, very NICE. I do remember seen nice clean Fiatagri combine at Neil Parts Dubbo, i never seen on before, unfortunately it went for swim over cliff into river.
@JimmyShields-z2h Thanks for that super information Jimmy. 👍
Great video - FYI Kubota licensed the design for the 6030/7030/8030 here in the US - many sold especially the BT7030N in vines. Keep up the good work!
@philipingram1667 Thanks Philip. Nice bit of information there. 👍
I worked on a dairy farm in my teens in the 90s, had a clapped out JD 2130, in 1995 he traded it in for a Landini , but it somehow got lost on its way from Italy so the dealer offered a Fiat-New Holland 82-94 ,absolute brute for a stock tractor , one of the best looking tractors ever too. I never refused overtime I lived in that tractor .
@@concernedcitizen3163 Great story. Thanks for watching.. They sure were a brute 👍
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery I think the cab shape and slanted doors were the best looking next to a JD 50 series with the sunroof up vertical. No mobiles jus horsing through the day with your cassette or cd collection. Then you got your licence at 16 and school went out the window
@concernedcitizen3163 That was me in the 80's and 90's alright.. Half a dozen cassettes in the lunch bag 🤣
We started with a 780DT a 1180DT then a couple of 160-90 DT. I Would love to have the last 160-90 a 1992 model.
@@limi800 Super machine 💪 Thanks for watching 👍
Great research Alan and very enjoyable video..I spread dung with a Ruscon side flinger pulled by a FIAT 880 around 1988..
@patwatters1 Thanks Pat.. There was no shortage of them around our way 👍
"Fiat tractors have achieved a legendry status in Ireland"(southern star). And, "Have a cult like following, especially in the republic of Ireland"( Classis Tractor)👏. We ourselves have a 130/90 dt on the farm. She's some yoke to pull and sounds savage under load. Those Fiat- iveco engines are bombproof. Some of the bigger Fiats, like the180/90 with it's massive 8.1 litre engine can (if tweeked) put out HUGE, reliable hp .I think the Fiat G 190 gets good praise as a continuation of the brand, albeit with it's slightly smaller 7.5 litre Ford engine. Just wondering, would it be possible to do a video on Fiat- iveco engines and if their is any relation between them and the powerstar engine found in Ford? It can all get a bit confusing at times😅. Anyhow, thank you for an excellent video. You got a new subscriber . 👍
Thanks, Noel. Yes, legendary cult status is right. The price of a decent 110/90 would make your eyes water. I will definitely do a video of Fiat/Iveco engines at some point. Thanks for the sub 👍
Believe it or not in part of Victoria Australia that I live in we had a very hi influx of Italian families that came here to farm and they all swore black and blue that you had to have fiats but the local dealer who originally came from Italy sold David Brown's and the locals that had farmed the area for years had David Brown's and it wasn't long before all of the fiats were traded in on David Brown's
I want the FIAT back on its own.
@@karllangner1579 I would be nice 😁
As a result of the takeover of NH and Case, Fiat had to divest of Hesston and Laverda, which were bought by AGCO/MF. Also the Case/International brands had to be sold off to create McCormick International. It was a very exciting, volatile and confusing time, the 1990’s. I run what is essentially a blue modified Fiat Winner series with Ford Powerstar engine in the form of a NH 8360 which later morphed into the hugely popular TM series of tractors.
@hedydd2 Very true, there were a lot of mergers and buyouts, it's hard to get your head around it all sometimes 🤣 Thanks for watching...
I remember my da looking at a 880dt in mid seventies at the spring show. Imported by Bamfords at that point. Didn’t buy but would have been some machine at that time.
@@faFsman Yes, they were as big as they got at the time. Thanks for watching 👍
Fiat 90 series is still produced in China. CNH sold license and tooling for 90 series in the early 2000s to the Chinese YTO.
I own 130hp YTO 7.7L naturally aspirated engine, and it is a beast. And if Chinese copy pulls like hell, I can only imagine what original 90 series are capable of.
I have contemplated buying a yto over here in Australia but I am put of at the thought of how the communist government of that country behaves internationaly anyway I am glad you are happy with your machine I would love to get my hands on a good second hand 180/90
Didn't they make copies of Valtra also on licence from AGCO? Thanks 👍
Work own a darsy farm in NZ everyone thought I was mad I would be the 1st people the farm in the morning and alway jump into the legendary110 90 to load straw instead of the john Deere, an case with therewith all the window in tact dry seat an heaters, in the hart of winter the cab had now doors roof rotted an leaked no heater an grass growing inside the cab. The 110 90 listening to that six cylinder turbo engine roar and ll round fun tractor to drive
That engine sure does sound great. Thanks 👍
Great stuff, worked with Fiat tractors in the 80s great tractors pity the name and colour disappeared
@Gearoid35 Yes, it's a shame, alright.. They were very distinctive 👍
Lots of research there Alan. Never bitten by the Fiat bug. I think they are like marmite, love them or hate them. Great sounding tractor tho 👌
Thanks Eamon. Great sounding machine for sure 👍
I’ll take first then
@@78mikehayes It doesn't count unless you watch the entire video 😃
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachineryI got as far as your butchering of the Italian language…
@@78mikehayes So the first 30 seconds 👌
@@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery it was a long 30 seconds…
@78mikehayes How do you think I feel 🤪