ford country 6 4wd?

chris sweetland · Feb 9, 2009

ok so i found this tractor for sale real close to me the asking price is good but i cant find any info on it the owner says its a ford country-6 this is the only pic he has of it i will be going to look soon and will take a few more pics if this doesnt help

Anonymous-0 · Feb 9, 2009

Sourced in England and relatively popular in that area. Might be difficult to get the parts that are unique in the US. If it runs and all the important parts are there and OK, I would suggest buying it. Quite a powerful, pulling tractor in a small package.

oj · Feb 9, 2009

Looks like an 1124 model to me, but can"t be certain, anyway most county tractors were based on Ford skid units, most of them on either Major or 5000 tractors, often with 6 cylinder ford engines fitted to increase horse power. Drive to the front wheels comes via drive shafts down each side of the tractor from the final drives of the rear axle, so locking the rear diff locks all four wheels together. Their only downside is a relatively poor turning circle, you do need a bit of room to turn around in, but they will pull far more than most people will think possible for a tractor of that size. County 6"s were around 100 hp. Biggest tractor they made was 1884, based on a TW35 at 180hp.

BLinWMI · Feb 9, 2009

There is one of those just 5 miles from me, I saw it out raking hay this past summer. I had no idea what it was till I asked here. It looked to me like a mini IH 2+2 painted blue and grey.

495man · Feb 10, 2009

http://www.external_link/farm-tractors/000/2/2/222-county-super-6.html

They are "rare" outside of the UK and as others mentioned, made in the UK off Ford skid units of common Ford models.

The above link has the other models listed as well.

Gettin started · Feb 10, 2009

My wife's cousin has three or four of those county fords. He grows celery in muk ground. He really likes them. They do real well in wet ground.

Ken Macfarlane · Feb 10, 2009

I've seen quite a few of them up here set up for logging.

TimV · Feb 10, 2009

Chris: a few of them around here in northern NY--popular back in the 70's when not many people were making "big" 4wd tractors--they were some of the only rigs that were capable of getting through the huge snowfalls we get to do chores in winter. They were an absolute beast in their day, but that day was 30 years ago. From owning a Fordson Super Major, I can tell you that parts for the English-built Fords can be expensive and a bit difficult to find.

730virgil · Feb 10, 2009

i remember seeing sale literature in rck of products when working for a ford dealer in mid 70s.
as i remember they had a super 4 and a super 6
i wondered why someone would buy one as a 8600 or 9600 had more horsepower.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 10, 2009

Probably should have mentioned that they are rare in the Mid-West. Similar to when I stated that JD 40 combines were rare and was told that they are prevalent in Missouri.

RodinNS · Feb 10, 2009

It's hard to tell for certain, but it looks like a Ford 5000 based model with a 2700 series Dorset engine.
Ford parts won't be hard to find. Anything that County changed or modified probably will be hard to find, including the Dorset engine parts... but those can probably be found through scrounging. Mermaid claims to supply parts for those engines which they converted to marine use.
Keep in mind that County went bankrupt about 20 years ago, so there's not goig to be any help there...

Rod

Anonymous-0 · Feb 10, 2009

looks like an early protype for thr try-directional???

ford country 6 4wd?

chris sweetland

Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

oj

Member

BLinWMI

Member

495man

Well-known Member

Gettin started

Member

Ken Macfarlane

Well-known Member

TimV

Well-known Member

730virgil

Well-known Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

RodinNS

Well-known Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

Similar threads