Top 10 David Brown tractors
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DB 880 selectamatic
Bought by my parents 6/9/1969
It's done around 12000hrs. Proud to say I learnt to drive on her. Still going strong and makes the most sweet sound. My parents also had cropmaster, 995, and 1290 and I had a 1490. None compared to the 880.
I just bought an 880 last weekend, which needs some serious tlc and a new paint job. I really do like the white color of it (it is red and other colors at the moment) , makes it look very retro. Glad to hear they seem very reliable.
Even when marketed under J I Case the engines were still the same David Brown units. The 6 cylinder block had 2 x 3 cylinder heads
Johnny cash old house on the hill
We've got 12 DB tractors on the farm. 7 of them run and the 5 others are parts tractors.
My David brown 990 selectamatic 12 speed is still going strong after all these years.
I have 990 selectamatic livedrive 12 .year 1968 ..work 17800 hours .the best tractor
@@franckvachon7618 My David Brown has done over 20000 hours. Yours is pretty much the same as mine.
I just bought a 990 and thought it would be a little bit lighter duty for my needs. But I wouldn't trade it for a new one. Being a British tractor, when I grew up with IH, I just have to get used to the odd hydraulic system. But it seems plenty capable. Just confused about why they used selective porting instead of everything live. It's a lurnig curve but it's also a gem of a tractor. Thanks for the video.
Really good video Dave. Got a few David's back here, and its given me a good idea about some other models. Cheers mate hope you n doc are keeping safe 👌
I have a Case 995 (DB 996). Cheers!
Nice video. We had a 990 in late 80's and my father went off to get a loader for it and came back with a 1390 with a loader instead. Still at home though not used much.
What I should check if I will be buy db 990? Not to far from me is the one for sell. Thank You.
My father bought d.b casa 990 ..back in the 80s'..now is servesing my farm in the desert of israel...verry reliabel machin..3 speed ..i love it
We will all have our opinions but for me the no1 has to be the selectamatic 880, the power to weight was perfect, the selectamatic hydraulics and a super torque bomb proof engine. I use a 1967 model for ploughing match's, perfect
880s were brilliant that 3 cylinder engine😃
Love my 880 jus wish I could get the 3 point hitch to work right
Surprised that no mention is made of the Hydra-Shift box. Revolutionary in it's day on agricultural machinery. And some of those tractors featured were turbo-charged but no mention of that !
Great video. I love my 885 db.
I had a 1966, 990 David Brown i used manly in the log woods it was a very well built unit and held up very well 🚜
I have a david brown 950 implematic! And it was produced in the 60s too because my grandpa bought one new in 1961 from the factory.
Bought a 990 because I needed to get high clearance. One of few tractors where you could rotate the housings. Added spaghetti tires and bobs your uncle.
I got a 64 990. Love it!
From England the 1290 &1390 Had a David Brown Engine as did the 1490, the 1200 4WD Pictured apears to have Bray Conversion rather than the DB 4WD conversion making it a Hens Teeth tractor. We have owned a 990 and 1210 4WD, My Late uncle ran 880 990 1200 2WD & 4WD and a 2WD 1212 making it a Hydrashift tractor in the early seventies.
Had a lot of them over the years .a 990 with 3 gear shifters. Good old 885. To 780 now
Worked briefly for an agricultural contractor in the UK in 1970's and he had two 1200's. Good robust machines.. Engine noise very distinctive. I think number one is right though, the 990 's were popular in the UK
terrible hydraulics
Byed yestarday my 780 selectmatic. Histoty, work and power. white and orange. Pure
I got a 1972 DB 1210. It is still going after almost 50 years
My david brown 990 .years 1968 .17800 hours .the best tractor ...
Really nice video cheers
I had to go back and watch #4 again. Yes, I did hear you say I J Case lol!
Thank you for taking the time to put these videos together! I assume that DB has ended production? Is this correct? Wishing you all well, and one day hope that I can make a trip to Omega! Will it be a tourist trap?😎 Thanks again for all you do to entertain your subscribers!
Yes DB ended production of tractors in ‘86 I believe.
Here in england we were told the parent company that owned the DB plant near Sheffield got the opportunity to buy out the International Harvester Company , whose main tractor plant was in Doncaster , also South Yorkshire , this left one company holding a massive & unfortunately over - capacitied tractor facility , despite the most loyal support from the 2 very different facets of what had then become "Case tractors" ( original David Brown people & Loyal International Harvester people , both makes had their own unique & specialist connotations ! ) something simply had to give , which is so often the story in anything to do with agriculture , so "D.B." production was ended at Meltham first , then a few years later , "I.H." production was also stopped at Doncaster , this was all very sad , as I have been priviledged to have done factory tours of both plants while they were working , staffed by good - natured , dedicated people at both plants . I,m told that now tractors come from either Italy , or the previously Steyr owned St Valentin plant in Austria , Steyr tractors have an un- questionable quality , for a while the Steyr Company made & badge - engineered tractors for the then re - sold Marshall Tractors company , at that time from Scunthorpe , Humberside , so there were 3 still major manufacturers of tractors in the more easterly region of england , within about 60 miles at most of each other , this was a hornet,s nest waiting to explode , & it did . R.I.P. D.B. , I.H. & Leyland / Marshall .
Philip thank you for that comment thank you for breaking it down and explaining what happened to the tractor manufacturers in England
The 90 series had lots of issues. DBs were great from 995/996 downwards. Anything above that had issues, 1200, 1410 and then the 90 series. Browns ran on fresh air though! My favorite brand by far!
Our 1390 has been in hard use for almost 40 years and haven't had many problems at all
mijn vader kocht in 1963 een David Brown D25 (bj 1953) hij is nog steeds in ons bezit. we hebben ook nog een test ploeg van David Brown.
I have the 990 with front end loader 💪🏼
The p25 was a mighty work horse may not available in Canada.. ..
I'd like to see one on the history of the minniapolis moline
Good choice for number 1, I worked one for a while, tough and hardy, good grunt, horrible cab. No VAK in the list though?
Fun fact, Harry Ferguson got DB to produce the first tractors with his 3 point lift system.
The first tractors were Ferguson-Brown, then a disagreement meant Fergusson went elsewhere.
The david brown 990 880 etc were built between 1961 to 1980 . there were changes from Implematic to Selectamatic and engine changes in early 70s
Early 60's
Hola a todos, soy de Uruguay y tengo un 990,terrible maquina, irrompible, saludos
My DB990 should be retired and restored, unfortunately I need to keep it working, maybe one day I will get another tractor and be able to restore this one.
Is there a ( DAVID BROWN TRACTOR CLUB). ?? I have a 770 & a 1212. Grew up on a farm in Ireland. Dad used nothing but David Brown. 990s
& 1200. Fond Memories. Great Tractors
Forgot to say I live in Pennsylvania now.
I was not surprised by the number 1 choice. I have a 1967 990 selectamatic. Tough old beast, never knew how much I relied on it until the rear seal went, and now waiting for new seals to come. The parts guy told me they never made my tractor in 1967, I told him he had better check again.
I believe you said they made them from 61-71, but I think they ran until 1980, with a change from Implematic, to selectamatic in 1965. Also a slight change in 1971, when they dropped the selectamatic.
They are truly a champ, starting very good even in cold weather.
You're right I believe 1980 I didn't break the 990 down like I did the 890 and I probably should have
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I have my eye on a 1200, which can be bought with loader, and also comes with a 1212, with a cab. $3500, and loader is extra. But think for $4000 it could be bought.. Both run but needs TLC, one works good but looks bad, other works so-so, and looks good.. LOL Problem, it is an 8 hour drive there and another 8 back, and trailer is not heavy enough or long enough for the both so 2 loads.
Know you're paying on that thing there's been many times that I found so good deal like that that's been just too far away
Please do a deutz. I Bet thar Will be a hard one for you
I’ve got a DB 1200
1390 had the same DB engine as its predecessor and was 67hp..in the UK anyways
Hi . I also love cars
We would like to get an explanation of how and why db stopped production ... in special video please
DB 990 was the best tractor DB built
I am working on a David Brown 770 Selectomatic I cannot raise the back mower deck to move it. I don't know how to set the levers to make it work, any ideas?
It could be the selector lever or taps on the left hand side are set wrong. These give you options between hydraulics,trailer tipper pipe or external services or if that doesn’t solve it it’s more likely a stuck valve in the valve chest which means removing the hydraulic cross shat and the valve chest comes out all as a unit. Not quite as simple as it sounds but not too hard a job
Thank you for taking the time to reply, much appreciated. I have a feeling it's going to be a tear down job. Not looking forward to it, lol. Have an awesome day!
Surprised that no mention of the mighty 996 db
Good old days
What was the name of the song in your old intro?
I think it's called barbecued
What about the 770 or the 885?
Surly the 995 deserves a mention, They were a great Tractor, Bulletproof Engine👍💪
Flag in the background was a nice touch.
I have 1210 with a loader l love these tractors wouldn't trade it for anything else
I used to drive a 1210 4wd. Such a good tractor, would do anything you asked it to. I have a 1212. Brilliant tractor but having hydrashift problems at the moment
Interesting video, it would have been good to know why you selected them, revolutionary features etc...
The top 10 videos like this these tractors and the order that they rank in are all selected by the subscribers of the channel they vote on them using the community page on UA-cam
Hello 👋 👋 👋 from Brantford Ontario Canada 🇨🇦, would like to come to your shop and talk tractors 🚜 😀.
Good day from ONt. Kit=Waterloo area I daughter went to university in Brantford. Do you farm, DBrown tractors. Thanks
1210 was a great tractor
Cropmaster 47-43? think he means 47-53?
So many tractor models and brands had such short production runs and low volume production. Factory costs would have been huge trying to spread tooling expense over such limited runs. What were the tractor models that had the highest production rates and lasted more or less unchanged for the longest production year runs? At the top of that list must be Ford N-series, Ferguson TO-series, Allis-Chalmers WD, one or two of the John Deeres. Then it starts to beg the question, of the antique tractors out there, which models are the easiest to get parts for today? Must be Ford N-series and then the others that had high production rates and thus high demand for repair parts.
most of the tractors used the same parts just slight variations. but there are a lot of mistakes and incorrect info in this video. the most produced tractor was probably the 990 which sold over 54000. and david brown exported 4 out of every 5 tractors made.
I believe that one of the David Brown models was re-badged as an Oliver tractot in the US
Remember the Oliver green models going down the assembly line also the special order in Desert Sand also destined for the USA
Yes that’s correct. I think it was the 950. It had a different shaped nose cone on the bonnet and painted green
The rebadged Olivers were actually a DB 850 as an Oliver 500 and a DB 990 as an Oliver 600.
These ,tractors came to Guyana in the 80s ,,, 990 ,995, 1210, all works well, a few cut ,crankshaft ,990s,, due to 3 ,,main bearings,, probably cause ,,,over calibration of fuel pumps,,
80% of production was regularly destined for export, DBT won several Queens Awards for export
Witch-nenumber-is best?
Like the 990
Hello , anybody know what size the back tyres & wheels are on the 1490 in at 3mins 59 seconds , they,re the business on this version , answers on here please , thanks .
I think the standard tyre size was 13x38” but I’ve seen them with fatter tyres on too
I thought the No 1 tractor 990, some had cabs, this video says cab wasn't offered.
I have a white 990 and love it.
They did have cabs offered in the uk. The early red 1s had a range of after market cabs and the white 1s had a variety of cabs at first until the standard db cabs became the option in the 70s ending up with the flat deck Q cab
Me grandfather, buy David Brown 900, 1956, long time, twenty years Works in our farms in Brasil, great Tractors....
The End its diesel engine adapted in pickup chevy
escuse me engodo um dificult for me..Brasil portuguese language.
I Love David Brown,
Only DB 900 go to Brasil, import England
English
What about 996 it was Nice and a good tractor
Liking the 🇬🇧
Where is the 885 with the quiet cab & power sterring? 48 horse
30d 👍
How’s about top 10 one hit wonders like a Friday tractor?
Um trator cheio de defeitos um dos piores trstores
How was the 995/996 not on here
Spot on they were the best of them with a sekura cab
Hi there … informative but some of your information is a little incorrect. 990, 995/995, 1212 and 1412 all had the same 4 cyl engine block. The different horsepower was made up by using different injectors and timing, and with the 1412 a turbo. I believe the same block was then used in the 1290/94, 1390/94 and 1490/94. The 1590/94 and 1690/94 had a 6 cyl Cummins engine. There was a period of time where ZF AMFD’s were used and there I’m not sure who made the front axles for ‘94 series.
Now the 1210/12 and 1410/12 may have had a slightly longer stroke also. I would have to check the parts and service manual if my mother still has it. I just wish my brother didn’t trade then in as they were still in excellent nick for there age. I hope this help with your future videos. Cheers.
1490 all day
Ever watch a U-Tuber channel MARTY T. He is Australia area. Off-grider, mechanic, machinist, fabricator. He has several tractors he bought and rebuilt/Redone, including 2 David Browns,
Two things. Firstly he actually is a New Zealander. Secondly, in addition to the two DB 990s, he now has brought back a DB 25 petrol (i.e. gasoline) fuelled tractor to life. In his usual way this involved attention to long neglected lubrication and the basic defects. All on a modest budget.
990 👍👍🚜
We have 2 990s
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none of the walk behinds made the list? 😲
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wtf we have a david brown 990 with a cab that was ther from the factory and it is a 1978
996?
I think it's a 12:00
A David Brown tractor runs with a David Brown engine, not a J.I. Case
So many inaccuracies in this video and the comments about Sir David Brown.
If David Brown was built today, it would have 0 cylinder diesel engine with 0 hp
This information is very inaccurate
885 david brown you don't know?
I know it to ask but the engines on is gone on them
I know where two is at but engine is not working
A lot of this information was highly inaccurate anyone that wants to shit can David browns need to remember that other tractors of the times had their fair share of major blow ups I worked for a dealer that sold fendt MF yanmar and same and they all had something wrong with them
my father always ran DB tractors from 1945 ti late 1970`s the only one that gave trouble was a 900 model while row croping brussel spouts the crank broke i was a lad then the local
DB dealer replaced the engine free charge with in impressed my dad this would have been late 1950 s he was loyal to DB the first new tractor i drove when i joined my dad was
a 1965 DB 880 3cyl we also had DB D2 TWIN cyl air cooled diesel tool bar carrier the tool lift was air and i remember burning my lower leg on the compressor many a time
The 900 was their problem tractor. They did iron out the problems but the reputation of the 900 was shot. They brought forward the introduction of the 950 which was an immensely successful tractor and saved the day
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L rering engine is that expensive
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It looks like they copied the looks of the case tractor family.
that would be because at that point when they were building those tractors they were actually owned by the same company that owned case
And at that same time the made a lot of cases tractors
They are all David Brown designed. No case at all. Just the name case on the bonnet
The name case was on the tractor because case owned him so even if they were developed by David Brown engineers that would still make them case in the same way a lot of international stuff was developed after the they were bought out by case it makes the stuff case international it doesn't just make it international
And if you want to get technical David Brown and case were both owned by tentacle so it would actually make them tentacle engines not David Brown or case
And that tractor guy looks like a thug
Dad Angie don't make me turn the comments off
DB tractors died because Old Man Brown's son had gotten a taste for London high life and wouldn't come back to filthy sooty Huddersfield so old man had to keep on running it until he was 84 or so.
So he sold out.
In last year or two of production even Huddersfield town council would not buy them for estate work as they were so unreliable and averaged £1600 a year repairs - plus lots of down time - while MF? averaged £200.
Also the factory was old mills in the hills and getting tractors to docks for export was a major expense on each one.
THe factory was unionised and had awful quality, attendance and production attitude
Despite the previous comment the workforce was loyal and our tractors were of excellent quality, David Brown was a good employer and looked after his employees, I was there 25 years and enjoyed every minute. The story was that the new assembly line banked the Company, no-one was willing to give backing as we were in a recession, which led to Browns selling out to Tenneco then eventually JI Case took control and, contrary to promises, wound up DBT moving Case production to Doncaster which had the advantage of better road & rail access and nearer to the docks, Meltham is on the Pennine hills reached by steep, narrow roads, its local rail link to the national network being a victim of Beeching cuts thus totally dependant on road transport
@@johnholmes9837 I worked at Browns in 1985-90 and as I say many of the workforce were idle, stupid and had no sense of the competition they faced.
Even local town refused to buy DB tractors due to constant breakdowns and high costs compared to other makes!
Brown hisself could have financed the modernisation but he knew it would be money down the drain.
I saw documentary of him on his Mediterranan terrace and he said workers were useless.
I also worked for the chairman of the factory in Heckmondwike where the tank gearboxes were first made.
Old Man Brown had secretly sold most of he DBT shares to Case because he was born in 1904 and by 1969 or so should have handed over to his son but like many business men in the industrial parts of UK he had sent his son to university and the boy had gotten a taste for the good life in clean south of England and refused to come back to learn the tractor business in Huddersfield which in the 50's was a sooty, filthy, dull place with nothing like a social scene he had enjoyed in London. The old film 'Room at the Top' was shot next to Huddersfield and shows how depressing life and work in the northern towns were in those days.
Old Man Brown had a farm down south and a placein Monte Carlo and had taken a new young wife and should have gone off to a very nice retirement but had to stay on running the businesses.
As his son refused to take any interest in the factories the odl man hoped his grandson woudl step in but he was less suited to the task so old man did a secfret deal with Case and surprised us all by putting up a notice that from the follwoing Monday all the tractors would be branded with CASE name! And it said this was just a marketing exercise and not a sell-out! Then I thnk less than a year later IH tractors became available so Case bought them and owned two factories. IH were new and convenient for transport while DBT were in old cottonmills in the hills.
I last saw Old Brown around the factory as a fairly fit 84 year old in late 80s and he died in 1993.
Hardly surprising the impression you got in your 5 years as those were the final years of production and the workforce were being fed lie after lie about Melthams future, to the extent that many were being bused over to Doncaster to help develop that factory which was a strong clue we were doomed, no wonder they were despondent, 1988 it was announced the factory was to close, in the following months unwanted workers were immediately escorted off the premises and periods of redundancy were opened for the rest, during my 25 years I got to all parts of the factory as part of Maintenance and got an entirely different opinion to yours
@@johnholmes9837 I am purchasing my first tractor, a david brown 885 that is still in every day use. I am glad they had been a great company to work for in the past and the employees must have done a hell of a job to create something that is still running reliably in 2023.