Looking at a Cockshutt. Can you still get parts for them.

[jeff9366]

It sure appears to be in good shape for its years.

 

[diesel lover]

Here is a picture of that Cockshutt I was thinking of. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=358403"/>

hello sir. We have a cockshutt 40 which is more rare. You should still be able to get parts for that tractor. Never knew 4wd cockshutts were made

 

[rdbigfarmboy]

I would like to have it how much?

 

[diesel lover]

That Cockshutt will have some type of proprietary hitch; NOT today's standard three point hitch; so contemporary implements will not work without modification.

By the way we converted our cockshutt 40 to a 3 pt implement system cat 1. It is very easy if you have the rock shafts in the tractor

 

[Industrial Toys]

That is one awesome tractor! I would put that thing against any of the modern crap they are building today, with their electronics, plastic body panels and cup holders! It's the size of tractor that I would recommend to anyone, even if you have a hundred foot driveway or a hundred acres!

You can do some serious work with that FEL, unlike a compact!

We had a Universal 445. Basically the same tractor but not quite as good on account of being EAST BLOCK. If my Dad had bought that thing with front wheel drive, which was not very popular back in 72, I am sure we would still have it! A friend has the White 1265, basically the same again.

I say, go for it! You will not regret it.

Diesel Lover. Can you please explain the proprietary hitch? I have never heard of such a thing.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I was thinking. My friends White 1265 is pretty worn out. I believe that these tractors were so good and so utilitarian that you may have trouble finding one that isn't a pile of trouble.

 

[diesel lover]

Yes industrial toys, my father easily converted our 1965 cockshutt 40 to a modern category one, 3 point system. All of our implements are cat 1 so it makes the tractor 100% worth it! The tractor does so well with a back blade or even the snow blower as my dad likes to use. I could not talk my dad into a CUT so he bought this instead. Cockshutts are ahead of there time. They are very sturdy and enjoyable to use.

 

[diesel lover]

Here is video of our cockshutt 40 gasoline http://youtu.be/j35cSrJKrqU

http://youtu.be/pr63TW2FpSo

http://youtu.be/i3KhXQCyhQQ

http://youtu.be/0VKjybwkHjw

Now this isn't the exact model but it would be very enjoyable to have an AG 4wd model as you are looking at!! Trust me I love my Massey fergusons, I love John Deere, I love modern kubotas but there is nothing like owning a cockshutt. People will ask you about it and want to see it

 

[Industrial Toys]

Still curious what the non conventional hitch was all about.

We had two brothers living next door for years. Just two good old boys. They spoke of their "Cockshutt 6", which they seemed so proud of. I heard one heck of a racket one day, and saw them in the field with this thing, obviously not running quite right.

One brother died and the other suffered a stroke a short time later and went to hospital and then a home, where he too died soon after. I went next door, poking around, and found this cockshutt in a rickety shed, with tools still strewn about on the ground and machine just as they had left them. It left me quite saddened actually.

 

[droptop]

This tractor most likely was imported from Canada at some point in its life. I don't think these were sold in the US under the Cockshutt name. I still see a few of the green Olivers around, which are the same.