I still use my 1975, 995 as my sole tractor. I bought it in 1988 for £1000. The fuel liftpump arm metal fatigued, a front wheel broke down and had to be replaced. The seat was replaced, exhaust, hand brake, lights, cab fell to pieces,steering joints, revcounter. There is a lot of wear on the 3 point linkage. It has been fitted with an alternator and a high speed starter. Inspite of being kept inside always the paint is almost turned to rust. Except on th very frostiest spell of weather it will always start, smokes a lot. Original injectors. So far no hydraulic problems. Dangerously slow for road work. Awkward to get on and off. Tiring to drive. I am going to chance new back tyres.
The video states that David Brown were the first tractor manufacturer to produce a tractor that utlised the wieght of the implement to gain additional traction. That is most definitely not the case - it was Harry Ferguson who developed the principle of weight transfer. The David Brown Company produced Fergusons' model A or Ferguson Brown tractor between 1936 and 1939, but the concept at work was purely Fergusons' brain child, not David Brown.
We have come a very long way since then with the new tractors, every control at the tip of your finger, fully airconditioned cab with surround sound speaker system for excellent music experience and an engine so quiet you would not tell the tractor was working from a mile away. Compare that to the gruelling machine work of the past in which cabs were optional extras most farmers could not afford, the engines barely came with mufflers and you could hear them working 10 miles away, In some cases big tractors would shake windows if close enough. And there were no air suspension seats or any suspension at all apart from the air in your tires, bumpy ride sure these things could do 30 kph but most cases you rather stick to 15 kph or your back would hate you for it. Implements were smaller, working hours were longer, and many faults and issues would occur after a few years, yes there were surely less electronics fault after all tractors did not start getting electronics as standards until the early 90s! And before tractors, back breaking work with ox or horse that took 20 times longer to do then one machine. Plowing with four oxen would only yield you four plows at most, but only the richest farmers could afford THAT, most would do one or two plow with one or two horses. Hard work back then, very hard. And soon, tractors will drive themselves out to the fields and plow them while the farmer goes from a hard worker, to an accountant.
Marmite tractors clearly. The hydrashift was problematic but ahead of its time. On the whole DB did not seem to compete with Ford, Massey or possibly IH in the UK.
Implematic and selectamatic was probably the worst system out there, and the noise of the transmission was horrible. But the engines (except 1200 & 1412) were indestructible
Absolutely not 😂 Clearly you're very uneducated then because the fact remains that you still see them very often still doing work and are very reliable and pretty strong. You must be a John Deere fan to say that 😂
actually they are pretty good and reliable, my grandfather always had DBs, except his last one in the 90's was a Case, he never had a problem with them, the oldest is still working perfectly after 70 years
@@alittledown8239 I was a tractor driver back in the 70s and 80s and I drove all the popular makes of the time plus a few less popular ones. Given the choice I would always take out one of the David Browns, usually the 1210. Other than the pick up chains slipping on the clamping mechanism I don't recall having any trouble during the time we had them. They were looked after though.
i love to see more david brown tractor videos like this one
Wish they still made David Brown's.
I still use my 1975, 995 as my sole tractor. I bought it in 1988 for £1000. The fuel liftpump arm metal fatigued, a front wheel broke down and had to be replaced. The seat was replaced, exhaust, hand brake, lights, cab fell to pieces,steering joints, revcounter. There is a lot of wear on the 3 point linkage. It has been fitted with an alternator and a high speed starter. Inspite of being kept inside always the paint is almost turned to rust. Except on th very frostiest spell of weather it will always start, smokes a lot. Original injectors. So far no hydraulic problems. Dangerously slow for road work. Awkward to get on and off. Tiring to drive. I am going to chance new back tyres.
Wow, it seems like you're unlucky or something? That's a lot of problems for David Brown they're usually very reliable
Nice One Thanks
I have a 880 I find the film very helpful .......
i wish you could buy a new david brown tractor
The video states that David Brown were the first tractor manufacturer to produce a tractor that utlised the wieght of the implement to gain additional traction. That is most definitely not the case - it was Harry Ferguson who developed the principle of weight transfer. The David Brown Company produced Fergusons' model A or Ferguson Brown tractor between 1936 and 1939, but the concept at work was purely Fergusons' brain child, not David Brown.
Thank you for sharing
Look at germany even italy then britain theres nothing left over
That thing had so many knobs and levers, its looked like someone was manning a submarine. I'll keep my simple BELARUS 😊 30yrs old and still kicking
Can't beat inhaling a bit of DDT.
It did have a lovely smell
If only they had mounted the valve chest on the outside so as to make it easy to service!
We have come a very long way since then with the new tractors, every control at the tip of your finger, fully airconditioned cab with surround sound speaker system for excellent music experience and an engine so quiet you would not tell the tractor was working from a mile away.
Compare that to the gruelling machine work of the past in which cabs were optional extras most farmers could not afford, the engines barely came with mufflers and you could hear them working 10 miles away,
In some cases big tractors would shake windows if close enough.
And there were no air suspension seats or any suspension at all apart from the air in your tires, bumpy ride sure these things could do 30 kph but most cases you rather stick to 15 kph or your back would hate you for it.
Implements were smaller, working hours were longer, and many faults and issues would occur after a few years, yes there were surely less electronics fault after all tractors did not start getting electronics as standards until the early 90s!
And before tractors, back breaking work with ox or horse that took 20 times longer to do then one machine.
Plowing with four oxen would only yield you four plows at most, but only the richest farmers could afford THAT, most would do one or two plow with one or two horses. Hard work back then, very hard.
And soon, tractors will drive themselves out to the fields and plow them while the farmer goes from a hard worker, to an accountant.
I harrowed and rollered with a rusty and rattling DB990 3 hours every evening for a week in 1988. It just worked
Nice video, not much health and safety then
lets not forget Aston martin dBs i will say no more
I have An Aston Martin promo on here too
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Marmite tractors clearly. The hydrashift was problematic but ahead of its time. On the whole DB did not seem to compete with Ford, Massey or possibly IH in the UK.
Implematic and selectamatic was probably the worst system out there, and the noise of the transmission was horrible.
But the engines (except 1200 & 1412) were indestructible
Thanks for sharing
You're very wrong about that, Sir. Implematic and Selectamatic were very good, and I've seen no one complain about them until now with you.
I have a 780 and absolutely love it , drove a 990 in my youth and loved it. That's your opinion and I have mine
Don't forget how hot the transmission gets as well .
As one of my old bosses used to say they never broke down whilst stood in the shed.
They are junk always have been
Absolutely not 😂 Clearly you're very uneducated then because the fact remains that you still see them very often still doing work and are very reliable and pretty strong. You must be a John Deere fan to say that 😂
There's still plenty of old fords and fergusons and international out there. If you have never had any problems with dbs your lucky. @scorm3088
actually they are pretty good and reliable, my grandfather always had DBs, except his last one in the 90's was a Case, he never had a problem with them, the oldest is still working perfectly after 70 years
@@alittledown8239 I was a tractor driver back in the 70s and 80s and I drove all the popular makes of the time plus a few less popular ones. Given the choice I would always take out one of the David Browns, usually the 1210. Other than the pick up chains slipping on the clamping mechanism I don't recall having any trouble during the time we had them. They were looked after though.
Good.range.no.doubt.🧲