Leyland 285 synchro ploughing

[@johnhannay6130]

What a great bit of ploughing and the leyland is ticking along lovely

[@bradleamon4466]

Out here in australia the area in which i lived once was a very large vegetable growing area and i can assure you the paddocks were covered with nothing but leylands and david browns they were very well liked for their ploughing ability

[@dwynepen7626]

That's the same plow the Ford 7000 was pulling .. Leyland sounds great and good strong pull

[@johndonohue4153]

That punched well above its weight great tractor

[@theforester3474]

Got to say that ploughing is tidy it looks like the plough is well set.

[@phillipcleaver7063]

At Charnley,s , the excellent storeman , Mike , who is now dead , once told me they had developed a much tougher clutch assembly to replace the original fitment clutch in the middleweights with , due to blokes like me ripping the middle straight out of the original ones doing hard work , ( the engine , gearbox & hydraulics stood it all , for 41 years ! , but I trashed many a clutch , big baling ). I have never seen one , but anybody needing to replace a Leyland or perhaps early Marshall clutch should talk to the new storeman or one of the engineers at Charnley,s , for me , this is the weak point on a Leyland ....... R.I.P. Mike , I never met him face to face , but a most knowledgeable chap & always polite , on the phone .

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Wow, never thought a Leyland could pull so good - sounds just right as well!

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Trevor Jarvis leylands were always a great gripping and pulling tractor very underestimated

[@bradleamon4466]

Most 285 Leyland's in Australia have have 23.1_26 rear wheels with cast centers

[@LordMuck]

The grip those Leyland’s put down defied all logic.

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Lord Muck yeah Kurt the leyland was unreal for grip

[@phillipcleaver7063]

A guy on the then Leyland Tractors stand at the English " Royal Show " ( now shut down for a railway ! ) once told me that they used a de-tuned lorry engine for these " Heavyweights " , being 85 or 100 H.P. then , the same engine was used , although tuned up a bit & turbo,d where neccessary , in the last of the big Gainsborough built Marshalls , 100 & 125 , I was once offered a slightly famous 125 - 4wd , I wish I,d bought it , it had been James Nickerson,s on his Lincolnshire farm . As a footnote , a lifelong mate told me the Leyland straight 6,s could have been got built as 4W.D. , by the Bathgate factory loading the ordered consignment up , & transporting them to County Commercial Cars , Fleet , Aldershot , Hants , who then converted them to work with their style of transmission being driven constantly from each back 1/2 shaft , unstoppable ploughing , but terrible transmission wind - up on the road , but , what an engine ! & the guy below,s right , tremendous pulling power from uniquely balanced hydraulics . Happy Spanners !

[@alexanderheath6662]

2 WD doing the job of a modern-day 4WD and with out all the gizmos to. No on board computers needed for that job.

[@nielsdybro9759]

Nice tractor and very nice plowing job. Looks like it was done by a professional plow man.

[@s1914]

Oooh I'm liking that a lot, she sounds very well 👍

[@richardfoster916]

old school best real horses under the bonnet

[@theforester3474]

Does the Leyland 285 have a six cylinder engine.?

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Yes the Leyland 285 & 2100 where 6cyl

[@theforester3474]

The down swept exhaust looks more like belonging to a Leyland 1200.?

[@MASSYMADMAN]

285/2100 are much and such the same tractor only a little horsepower of difference.

[@dand732]

Are you doing any more videos on servicing the Leyland

[@MBSnapper]

nice article about this in classic tractor this month.

[@milesfrancombe7657]

Hi there rob, I have bought a 285 last week and it needs a few things doing to it. It needs a new slave cylinder for the brakes, any idea where to find one? Also the steering is vague and wanders all over the road. I also need some more cab glass for the back, where should I look for that? Lastly I wanted to know if the transmission wineing was common as my one is deafening in top gear even at slow speeds. Would be great if u could point me in the right direction I'm 16 and want a tidy tractor for road runs so just need to fix my one up,Cheers Miles

[@MASSYMADMAN]

miles francombe I use www.tractorspareparts.co.uk for all my leyland parts

[@milesfrancombe7657]

Thank you

[@phillipcleaver7063]

John Charnley & Sons , Marsh Lane , Brindle , Chorley , Preston , Lancashire , PR6 8NY , 01254 854103/852122 , this company has bought the rights to make the Nuffield , Leyland & Marshall tractor bits , it,s where I used to get mine from , good straight people .

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Yes your spot on Phillip I’ve used Charnleys as well very good to deal with 👍🏻

[@MBSnapper]

Sounds sweet. How did it compare with the 7000.

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Leyland has the edge over the 7000 the 7000 pulled it but was working very hard

[@spacechair_9493]

What was the speed difference, the leyland seems to be a snails pace to the ford

[@Mackeson3]

@@MASSYMADMAN The Ford 7000 was overrated really. A chap I know had both a 7000 and a Zetor Crystal 8011 (!) and he said the Zetor was the better puller

[@antonyfarming]

Great vid looks great pulling tractor

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Antony farming thanks

[@2xxx2xxx21]

Doing what leyland do best love it

[@MASSYMADMAN]

Tom Reel yeah Tom doing what they were built for

[@davidrushworth3218]

Ey up, is this from the article in this month's classic tractor magazine?

[@MASSYMADMAN]

David Rushworth yes it’s in the Classic Tractor

[@dand732]

I'm looking at a Leyland 344 what hp would it be

[@wwalsi]

55 hp

[@dand732]

Thanks I went and looked the PTO clutch pedal and lever are seized and grind if you put in running you have to turn it off to put it in . Would it be a big job to fix

[@mphelan1234]

Oh yes 😍

[@MASSYMADMAN]

mphelan1234 how many boxes of tissues have you used 😂

[@theforester3474]

Seems little effort to that Leyland engine for such a pull.

[@MASSYMADMAN]

All Leylands where great gripping tractors for there time.