Talk:Ferguson TE20

Please note: The original TE20 was, in fact, petrol powered. the TVO version was the TED and the Diesel the TEF. There were also some conversions in the UK with 3 cylinder Perkins diesel engines.

My TE20 was built before 1948, it was one of the later of the petrol engined versions, it was (at one time) converted to run off TVO using 3 Head Gaskets and 2 spacers to lower the compression ratio for this purpose.

Bob (in Carlisle UK) bob@edenforge.co.uk

Indeed it was petrol, and I owned one of the early models circa 1974. The name Massey-Ferguson was not invented util 1958. The parent company was Massey-Harris during the days of the Tx-20.203.213.61.141 (talk) 03:20, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Need for better references

The article has a wealth of information, but it needs substantially more inline references, properly cited (see {{cite web}} etc for examples) imn order to allow the reader to research and understand (say) The Ferguson System, so important in tractor implement I'd also like to see reference to the patents and so much else.

Ferguson tractors have so many enthusiasts globally. Surely we have a few here who can rise to rhe references challenge!

Fiddle Faddle 23:01, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Hopefully, the addition of this link to a padf of the service manuals will provide food for references. --ProfWW (talk) 16:41, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Raimo (canada) The PDF link and text are in Finnish not Estonian. I enjoyed the link, thanks. 209.226.50.194 (talk) 18:01, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Previous farm tools (such as ploughs, etc.) had been trailed behind the tractor, often supported by their own wheels or even just dragged along the ground. This made them very limited in their use, as well as difficult to control precisely. The Ferguson link system effectively made the attached implement part of the tractor itself, allowing the driver much greater control over the task. For example, when finishing a furrow, the driver merely raised the plough, which was lifted and lowered hydraulically. This meant that finishing one furrow and then starting a new one was much faster than before, which meant that a driver could plough more in the same time. Also in the case of a plough, the digging force available to the plough was limited by the weight of the plough assembly, whereas one using the Ferguson system had the whole weight of the tractor itself behind it. This meant it could be used to plough harder soil than was possible previously. The other addition was the power take-off in which a whole range of powered implements were designed to make use of the tractor's engine as simply an external power unit. This meant that farmers could buy one tractor and then add the various implements as-needed. Previously the separate implements often had their own engines, making them much more expensive and out of the reach of the smaller farmers. The Ferguson system really did revolutionise tractor design. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.68.219 (talk) 14:07, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Variants

What is the difference between the TVO and lamp oil versions? Biscuittin (talk) 07:35, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Engine arrangement

There's a discussion over at Straight-three engine where there's a belief that these are always 120 degree cranks. I have a vague feeling that the Old Grey Fergie sometimes has a straight-three diesel with a 180 degree crank. Can anyone confirm this? It might be worth linking these together. Number774 (talk) 11:54, 14 November 2018 (UTC)