6 cylinder major

[560Dennis]

I saw a 6 cylinder major at pioneer Steam and gas society pull in July . I cant find it on the tractor data yet .
Please fill me in ? Very interesting to me !
Like Id like to know the
years made ?
Is it a ford diesel ? Or a what is the Diesel engine ?
Wheel rear size ?
Production numbers ?
Everything else !
Just like them
 

[Majorman]

There was no such tractor as a six-cylinder Major factory built, they are all modifications mainly using the 590E truck engine, extending the side rails and turning the support round. I made a couple, and my Aussie friends have a number over there. Some later modifications use the later Ford Cargo engine.

There is a Major still around that has a Rolls Royce Merlin 1300 hp connected to a standard Major back end and used for a pulling tractor.



 

[560Dennis]

Interesting, no wonder I can t find it in tractor data
 

[cdmn]

If you're talking about the 1945-52 models, they could be
ordered from Ford with Perkins Diesels. Aftermarket kits
were also sold. The base tractor was sold as the E27N Major

 

[560Dennis]

Never seen that brute !
 

[Dieseltech]

Looks like the Perkins P-6 diesel.
 

[centash]

A Fordson friend of mine has one like that...he turboed it, must be turning out close to 100 hp.

Ben
 

[Leroy]

I remember the Fordson County 4 and County 6 vergind made with the 4 equal size driving tires. And I understood the the county 6 was a 4 cylinder Major converted to a 6 cylinder. Neighbor about 15-20 mile away used to have one, don't know if a 4 or 6. Think they pulled a forage harvestor with it but too many years since I saw it to remember. Just would see it setting either in barnyard or field of corn stalks. First 4 wheel drive I ever saw.
 

[Leroy]

Never saw a E27N
 

[560Dennis]

https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/002/7/7/2775-fordson-major.html