Hello from Cullinan, South Africa

   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #1  

Jakkels

New member
Joined
Sep 5, 2020
Messages
3
Location
Cullinan, South Africa
Tractor
Same minitauro 60
Hello all.

My son graduated from agricultural high school last year, and wanted to farm. Dad not being a rich man, we rented a 21ha farm just out side Cullinan and he started farming on a shoe string budget.

His first tractor, we borrowed from my ex-boss, a Massey Ferguson 35X. But I unfortunately got retrenched, and had to give the tractor back. We needed a tractor urgently and had no money.

So a friend of mine had a Same Falcon 50 with a broken engine. He offered it to me, still parked at the repair workshop, disassembled for R10 000 ($500US) on the never never terms. We fetched it, and in all the excitement did not tie it down properly on the trailer, so it ran forward into the back of our bakkie (pick-up). It damped the spirit a bit, but we of loaded it and started packing out the parts like lego.

After checking the engine no and bore we realised its a Mintauro 60. We realised some of the piston rings were stuck due to being fitted upside down. After a whole day of cleaning, honing and burs removal, we assembled it and it runs good! thumbnail_IMG_7345 (1).jpgthumbnail_c55a9658-645e-4868-84c8-47aa0d8e33af.jpgthumbnail_388829bf-13cc-4ae2-a48a-50bfb1f999f6.jpgthumbnail_71965df0-203a-4433-974c-2e99c5e0348e.jpgsmall.jpgthumbnail_5cd2aac2-8514-4574-b57d-023057083d53.jpg
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #2  
Howzit Mate and welcome to TBN from Aus.

Enjoy the site.
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #3  
Welcome to TBN and the forum. A good way to get into farming, from the ground up. Good job.
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #4  
Welcome to TBN Jakkels. :thumbsup:

That's a nice tractor! It will last forever.

Welcome to TBN.

Great pictures!!! Looks like the engine is water cooled. Is it a 2 stroke engine.

I would enjoy seeing any pictures you post. Thanks again.

You mean Air cooled? It's a 4 stroke Same 3 cylinder air cooled engine. Very similar to the Deutz, VM and several others of the same vintage. These old air cooled engines will run forever.
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #5  
:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #6  
Welcome and congrats on the tractor!

:welcome: :tractor:
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #7  
Agricultural high school? Rented a farm? This sounds like a very different place.

It is good to hear a story of a young person with determination and practical goals, and a father that does what he can to help his son achieve them.
 
   / Hello from Cullinan, South Africa #8  
Welcome to TBN and congrats, not only on the new tractor but on getting it up and running and ready for work!
I see you're not to far from Pretoria, was in the area many years ago and really loved the countryside.
Good luck on your farming.
 

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