3611cc's of pure magic! Those old Ford 4D engine's are just brilliant, I have one in an old D Series lorry, it always starts at the first turn of the key, no matter how cold or how long its been standing!
These old machines are indestructible. I bought a farm with an abandoned 1943 Farmal A that had been sitting outside in Maryland weather for at least 40 years. I cranked it by hand and it started the second turn. The oil filter was a solid block of hard tar, never changed. I replaced the oil and filter, a rear wheel that was rusted away, and used it for years to pull up trees, drag a bush hog, and other jobs. Old tractors are Incredibly tough machines. They can look very dead, and still live.
Learnt to drive on one of those JCB4s 60 years ago. The power major engines were excellent starters in all weathers and had tons more low down torque than today's tractors of the same size.
LIKE THIS OLD SONG I USED TO SING IN MY HEAD...........THANK GOOOOOD FOR THE DIGGER ....a deisel motor can sit for a real long period of time and pop off just like that without a doubt ....that thing pops off with SUPER COMPRESSION...thats what gets the job done great video i love it!!!
That's cool. Good job in bringing it back to life. Just need to paint it and back to work. Nice job. Always a great feeling seeing an old vehicle being brought back to life and moving once again.
old major engines do start like that. went with a mate 20 years ago , to a fordson major tractor at an estate in clackmannan , laid up more than 5 years . good battery , checked oil and filled with water , couple gallons fresh diesel , primed the lift pump , and pulled back engine cut off , and started just like the video. drain them off , and their ok. takes me back that video.
We had a forson uper major with bigger back hoe and front end loader about 40 years ago. These are great machines. i like how the ferns grew so well there too.
Wow, the 2nd stage of the excavator has one hell of a throw. The hydraulics have to be so long. Lol. Really neat piece of equipment! Thanks for sharing.
Would love to have this beauty in my booshes xD My dad got a old JCB backhoe too, its a JCB 3D MK3 from the 70s. Its in great shape and we also still use it if we got some digging work.
a friend of my dad has a 1960 Buick that has been sitting in the same spot for so long plants started to grow in and out of the radiator and the trunk, then troublemakers bounced off the rear and broke the bumper off
It's Yorkshire/Wiltshire language. It means it's a solid machine that was built to last. Also Bamford is short for J.C. Bamford, also known as JCB, the digger/excavator he was trying to start. :)
Cool machine, we have a 1961 JCB 3 that is based on a Fordson major tractor, it looks a bit like this one only ours stil has the cab on it. It still works for a liveing now and again.
@david880brown yeah she's based on a Fordson Major...... it's amazing that some machines will start after being left for a long time,and you can get other machines that are bad starters and don't want to know after being left for a week.
very cool vid. my dad and i have the same model only from "58" but without the backdigger. it was used at a cement factory b4 the wheelloader shoveling sand and gravel into silo's after that it move to technical support hoisting cranes until the fuelpump broke down. we bought it fitted another fuelpump and a battery and its still hauling logs and treetrunks aorund:) gotta ask is this one also fitted with a 60 hp industrial ford engine instead of the 40 of the standard major ?
It looks like your a little behind on the servicing with grease and oil. Miraculous is what this is. Nothing to stop rain from falling in the exhaust, didn't even bother cleaning off the battery connections or bleed the injectors. Starts up like it ran the day before. What went on in the cut away @1:23 ? Congrads.
Oh, the old thing would still dig like the champ it is. JCB builds fine machines.I'm running an old trackhoe that needs a lot of TLC But it still does the job. Wish it was mine.
No oil change before start up and she ran all right,she was fired up a couple of months ago and the tyres were still up,all bar one front which was a bit low
Hydra-Digga eh? Very nice indeed, surely can't be many left of those still kicking around - least of all in working condition. Thanks very much for sharing.
I liked the warning to tighten the nuts weekly. That was why most of Britains tanks failed before WW 2. Nobody forgot to tell the nuts between the wheels that they have to warrant tightening.
YAY! Nice video! Good to see an old machine up and running again! I couldn't even see the backhoe until it got lifted up. Fabulous! Congrats on getting it going! :)
Just goes to show, even when kit is 50 years old - British is still best. Try and start some of this Eastern European stuff or the china rammel after a year or two! No chance. Hope this old girl is now in use somewhere.
Actually, you'd be surprised how old most of Eastern Europe's farm equipment is. The most plentiful ones include the MTZ-80 and 82, and the DT-75. While JCBs and lots of older British tractors are known for their high quality, I think it has more to do with the fact that more people cared about what they were making.
Yeah, I don't even lift a trash can lid without looking for a wasp nest and getting ready to sprint across the yard! Good old digger. Seems it could use some attention at the bucket pivot bushings/pins. Should have greased it every day as it sat there, I guess.
they dont make anything "like that" anymore, to artefficialy increase the consumption, because new products dont last long. And they teach ppl to think, old things are "not cool". So everyone has his new cool piece of s**t. But what about the planet? Producing loads of low quality products only polutes the planet with worthless waste and functional things that used to be cool the day before and now are worthless poluting junk. So we can achieve the ilusional neverending economic growth... but the cost is great and its far from neverending
What a yard, look at all those toys!!!!!
Amazing! 50yrs old and yet the tires look brand new. They really made them to last in those bygone days!
3611cc's of pure magic! Those old Ford 4D engine's are just brilliant, I have one in an old D Series lorry, it always starts at the first turn of the key, no matter how cold or how long its been standing!
These old machines are indestructible. I bought a farm with an abandoned 1943 Farmal A that had been sitting outside in Maryland weather for at least 40 years. I cranked it by hand and it started the second turn. The oil filter was a solid block of hard tar, never changed. I replaced the oil and filter, a rear wheel that was rusted away, and used it for years to pull up trees, drag a bush hog, and other jobs. Old tractors are Incredibly tough machines. They can look very dead, and still live.
Learnt to drive on one of those JCB4s 60 years ago.
The power major engines were excellent starters in all weathers and had tons more low down torque than today's tractors of the same size.
That is cool to bring that old tractor back to life. Good job bud.
i have the exact same machine it has all the paint and it was sitting in the shed for 11 years and it started first turn best machine ever
The ole girl started up easily. Thank you for sharing. God Bless from Phoenix.
LIKE THIS OLD SONG I USED TO SING IN MY HEAD...........THANK GOOOOOD FOR THE DIGGER ....a deisel motor can sit for a real long period of time and pop off just like that without a doubt ....that thing pops off with SUPER COMPRESSION...thats what gets the job done great video i love it!!!
Appreciate this no nonsense approach , thank you
JCB made great equipment.I think this proves my point.
I appreciate people who know what they are doing
Great British engineering needs more of it in my opinion.
Metal ID Plate reads "grease all joints daily"...pfff...grease em decadely. Thanks for sharing.....love these old machines!
now that is what i call a good build quality
Oh- how much I love that kind of video!
That's cool. Good job in bringing it back to life. Just need to paint it and back to work. Nice job. Always a great feeling seeing an old vehicle being brought back to life and moving once again.
Well done, great video, JCB - one of great British engineering success stories
Dammm I really like the style an beastiness of this thing
It’s nice to see it out of the brush and into the light again
It's a "Hydra JCB Digga" I don't know why that just cracks me up lol ... Nice video..!
old major engines do start like that. went with a mate 20 years ago , to a fordson major tractor at an estate in clackmannan , laid up more than 5 years . good battery , checked oil and filled with water , couple gallons fresh diesel , primed the lift pump , and pulled back engine cut off , and started just like the video. drain them off , and their ok. takes me back that video.
Great Video !! They keep running good machines !
We had a forson uper major with bigger back hoe and front end loader about 40 years ago. These are great machines. i like how the ferns grew so well there too.
This video is so satisfying.
Wow, the 2nd stage of the excavator has one hell of a throw. The hydraulics have to be so long. Lol. Really neat piece of equipment! Thanks for sharing.
Grizzly great video.... brit iron for sure...
Would love to have this beauty in my booshes xD My dad got a old JCB backhoe too, its a JCB 3D MK3 from the 70s. Its in great shape and we also still use it if we got some digging work.
Absolutely enthralling! Joseph would be proud of you. . . Alan
Old is gold. Nice jcb
Read the description it has been two year sense last started
wow absolutely fab, what a lovely bit of kit
a friend of my dad has a 1960 Buick that has been sitting in the same spot for so long plants started to grow in and out of the radiator and the trunk, then troublemakers bounced off the rear and broke the bumper off
You are lucky she wasn't locked up solid, she sounds well for her age, good un.
love the back actor held on with twine :D
love this video keep up the good work.
can't believe it started good job
the old old JCB Digger is still got it
JCB: Human, why'd you leave me there all these years? XD
Old Buddies never die!
looks like a good restoration project.
A quick sand-blast and respray wouldn't go amiss!
That is the best thing about old maniacal stuff, it always works! I love how it just starts right up! :D
if only modern machines could be as reliable
Thanks.....are you going to get some footage of her up on You Tube?
It's Yorkshire/Wiltshire language. It means it's a solid machine that was built to last. Also Bamford is short for J.C. Bamford, also known as JCB, the digger/excavator he was trying to start. :)
Cool machine, we have a 1961 JCB 3 that is based on a Fordson major tractor, it looks a bit like this one only ours stil has the cab on it. It still works for a liveing now and again.
That is seriously strong engineering :-o Cant believe it still runs
JCB is what it is... just great quality.
great old solid gear!
Old tractors are way better than those new things that break after one season, Old tractors were made to last, were strong and powerfull
A fresh coat of paint and back again !!.
Id love to restore it
What a super-interesting place!!
@david880brown yeah she's based on a Fordson Major...... it's amazing that some machines will start after being left for a long time,and you can get other machines that are bad starters and don't want to know after being left for a week.
Old but gold...💯💯💯
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What for a beautiful , useful old maschine :)
The skid from a power Major Fordson? Few still exists like that model. And on top of that in that configuration.
very cool vid. my dad and i have the same model only from "58" but without the backdigger. it was used at a cement factory b4 the wheelloader shoveling sand and gravel into silo's after that it move to technical support hoisting cranes until the fuelpump broke down. we bought it fitted another fuelpump and a battery and its still hauling logs and treetrunks aorund:)
gotta ask is this one also fitted with a 60 hp industrial ford engine instead of the 40 of the standard major ?
Makes us proud......excellent vid !
Absolutely great!
Smart fellow storing it with the backhoe fully extended, preserving the hydraulic arms and seals.
It looks like your a little behind on the servicing with grease and oil.
Miraculous is what this is. Nothing to stop rain from falling in the exhaust,
didn't even bother cleaning off the battery connections or bleed the injectors.
Starts up like it ran the day before.
What went on in the cut away @1:23 ?
Congrads.
After 50 years, the tires had to be almost dust or have the sign of the weight of the tractor.
read the description
+walek kook Yeah read the description....where does it say the tyres are 50 years old
He knows what he's doing!
That is one nice digger you got there.
awsome i have a fordson major 4 cyl sounds the same as that did good job
That did go real quick🚜
@PovertyPointCustoms thanks...she's not in use at the moment....it would be nice to get her restored one day
what a lovely "beast" :-) I like it !
+Le Mecano Du Dimanche 2nd that!
+Lewie McNeel
+Lewie McNeely 6r
Oh, the old thing would still dig like the champ it is. JCB builds fine machines.I'm running an old trackhoe that needs a lot of TLC But it still does the job. Wish it was mine.
Rapaz isso ainda fuciona?
She run well
amazing !! just runs great :D
No oil change before start up and she ran all right,she was fired up a couple of months ago and the tyres were still up,all bar one front which was a bit low
Yeah they built them strong back in them days.
wow that was cool thanks for the post.
nice job there brother
Hydra-Digga eh? Very nice indeed, surely can't be many left of those still kicking around - least of all in working condition. Thanks very much for sharing.
Thats cracking good!
I see the front clip of some car in those bushes. Anyone know what car it is?
this machine is built to forever
she fired right up
James Renigar
KL
The dinosaur still lives!!
beautiful machine
great machinesound
Very Neat.
Sign on gate reads: "don't worry about the dog, BEWARE of the man who carries 12v lead acid batteries with one hand!"
wait there are people who dont?
Cool video!
All that was done was in the vid,no previous tinkering.
That is awesome!
We have a very similar JCB 4 based upon a Fordson Major parked on our farm
I liked the warning to tighten the nuts weekly. That was why most of Britains tanks failed before WW 2. Nobody forgot to tell the nuts between the wheels that they have to warrant tightening.
YAY! Nice video! Good to see an old machine up and running again! I couldn't even see the backhoe until it got lifted up. Fabulous! Congrats on getting it going! :)
yep.. it still works
Just goes to show, even when kit is 50 years old - British is still best. Try and start some of this Eastern European stuff or the china rammel after a year or two! No chance. Hope this old girl is now in use somewhere.
belarus eos bagger start after 9 years still in 3 sec !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, you'd be surprised how old most of Eastern Europe's farm equipment is. The most plentiful ones include the MTZ-80 and 82, and the DT-75. While JCBs and lots of older British tractors are known for their high quality, I think it has more to do with the fact that more people cared about what they were making.
English-Ash my 1955 usa ford started all the time .... just saying
Of course! Machine was based on a Massey Ferguson = Brit-Kit, can't beat um.
English-Ash This JCB is based on a Fordson Major skid unit.....still British built though.
Yeah, I don't even lift a trash can lid without looking for a wasp nest and getting ready to sprint across the yard!
Good old digger. Seems it could use some attention at the bucket pivot bushings/pins. Should have greased it every day as it sat there, I guess.
Nice one grizzly
I'd love to see this thing restored. Great video. They don't make them like that anymore.
they dont make anything "like that" anymore, to artefficialy increase the consumption, because new products dont last long. And they teach ppl to think, old things are "not cool". So everyone has his new cool piece of s**t. But what about the planet? Producing loads of low quality products only polutes the planet with worthless waste and functional things that used to be cool the day before and now are worthless poluting junk. So we can achieve the ilusional neverending economic growth... but the cost is great and its far from neverending
HybOj This is still a neat old machine to be running 50 years later. I love old stuff.
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me to :) My comment was not clear at all, I edited it a bit and removed profanity lol
HybOj That's ok. I didn't quite know what you meant.
She's based on a Fordson Major,it doesn't have a pto,the hydraulics are driven at the front straight from the engine crank
still the engine sounds great.
awesome machine