Fordson County Crawler Chat

walk around of a county crawler fitted with a ford 590E six cylinder engine.

[@Jolly56Roger]

I had a 4 clylinder one years ago very good condition EX forestry commition £ 650 ,wish I had kept it .

[@ericchapman399]

Many years ago using a four cylinder Fordson County Crawler with a 6 foot wide trailer rotary hoe on the foothills of the Pennines clearing win bushes and scrub. The extra two cylinders would have been a vast improvement from running in 2nd gear with a motor governor full open most of the time and stream of smoke that would make steam engine jealous.

[@simonworman7898]

If you want to get a better lift/clearance on the 3 point linkage fit the lift arms off a e27n as the as the standard tractor one from the new major are too long and there4 too low when raised Grear to have that trader 6 but the machine does tend to get it's snout dirty and some times stuck working on moorland for instance!

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

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[@theforester3474]

Is that a Thames Trader six cylinder engine.?

[@CarlHargreavesRustyRelicsUK]

Hi Leslie, yes it's a ford 590e the same as the Thames Trader Thanks

[@matthewbray5536]

@@CarlHargreavesRustyRelicsUK This crawler wouldn’t be for sale I suppose? Regards.