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  1. 6th September 2013, 10:03 AM #71
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    Quote Originally Posted by disco2_dan View Post
    Well not sure if this sucker has been mentioned but its a Leyland Tractor Model 245

    3 Cylinder Perkins Diesel 45 HP, 2.5 L

    I was thinking this for slashing and any bigger work

    And get a little kubota for all the smaller jobs
    TractorData.com Leyland 245 tractor information
    http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/vi...actormuseumlit

    If it is the Perkins AD3.152 like the MF135 then you can't really go wrong with that. If the gearbox etc have survived this long then they must be reasonably robust.
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    I ahven;t read the thread (not all of it).

    Is it really just for slashing?

    Twooptions:

    1. Buy a cool old Fordson and spend the $ restoring it !
    2. Buy a series 1 - they had a PTO - and get a suitable slasher. Uber cool.
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


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    Quote Originally Posted by VladTepes View Post
    2. Buy a series 1 - they had a PTO - and get a suitable slasher. Uber cool.
    If landrover had put a perkins AD3-152 into a series 1, the world would be a better place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougal View Post
    If landrover had put a perkins AD3-152 into a series 1, the world would be a better place.
    friend of mine who comes from Malta tells me most of the series Landrovers in malta have perkins engines fitted
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    Save the coins, leave the Leyland where it is, and buy a Kubota that's still compact enough to do all the smaller stuff, but gutsy enough to drive a 4' slasher....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sitec View Post
    Save the coins, leave the Leyland where it is, and buy a Kubota that's still compact enough to do all the smaller stuff, but gutsy enough to drive a 4' slasher....
    Kubotas in that size are rocking horse poo.
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    Bought a MF 165 yesterday.

    1300 hrs, probably original tyres in reasonable nick, only downside atm is a leak in the radiator.

    Came with a crude hydraulic tilt trailer, 10 inch pto post hole digger, pto dozer attachment, elaborate bedding plough and an offset Jarrett plough. All a bit crusty. Don't need a slasher with what I'm doing.

    $2k for the lot.

    cheers, DL
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    Well done.
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    Ferg 35x diesel or 135 diesel, outstanding tractors for their age, 45HP at the PTO and a two stage clutch as Baricat said earlier. Perkins AD3/152 is an exceptional motor, gutsy, reliable, starts easily, no glowing necessary, economical and spin a 5 foot slasher no problems. Alternatively a 35 or 135 petrol is a good tractor for that type of application, 135 probaly scarcer to find but both are cheaper to buy, however they will not give the economy of the Ferg diesel. I have both 135 petrol and diesel and they great tractors for hobby farm applications.

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    Almost every farmer has a nice new or near new air conditioned cabin meaning so many very good tractors with out 'a nice air conditioned cabin" are sitting waiting for you at a great price. I like Fergies but after tow starting the diesel or aerostart on the petrol one we had to get them going more than once or twice. I would get to a few clearing sales or look at ex government ones perhaps.

    grays online like International Harvester 684 4x2 Tractor & Howard Rotovator (Virginia, SA) Auction (0019-8001019) | GraysOnline Australia
    or here with starting prices at about 2k Tractors - Search New & Used Tractors For Sale - farmmachinerysales.com.au

    here is one with a slasher under your budget http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Indust...er=TP005628271
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