New wheelbarrow

JohnBoy

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After 13 years of loyal service I sold my Ferguson 20, a recently acquired woodchipper was just a bit too much for it so I went studying tractor specs to see what the smallest thing with a 1000pto on it so I could run it at half revs as the chipper doesn't need massive power. Asked on here and came upon this David Brown 880. It's a 1963 which has done duty as a loader but was very well maintained. Aside from the front axle needing a bit of love and some wiring if you wanted lights going it needs little only a service.

It's not especially original, but it's very genuine. The wings and cab are off a 990, it has an alternator, roll bar etc but none of that stuff bothers me, they were mods done at the time to keep it usable and I'm sure I'll add some bits myself over time too
 

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After 13 years of loyal service I sold my Ferguson 20, a recently acquired woodchipper was just a bit too much for it so I went studying tractor specs to see what the smallest thing with a 1000pto on it so I could run it at half revs as the chipper doesn't need massive power. Asked on here and came upon this David Brown 880. It's a 1963 which has done duty as a loader but was very well maintained. Aside from the front axle needing a bit of love and some wiring if you wanted lights going it needs little only a service.

It's not especially original, but it's very genuine. The wings and cab are off a 990, it has an alternator, roll bar etc but none of that stuff bothers me, they were mods done at the time to keep it usable and I'm sure I'll add some bits myself over time too
Well wear, is it 3 or 4 cylinder? The 3 cylinders were excellent and very well regarded, don’t know anything about the 4 cylinders.
 
After 13 years of loyal service I sold my Ferguson 20, a recently acquired woodchipper was just a bit too much for it so I went studying tractor specs to see what the smallest thing with a 1000pto on it so I could run it at half revs as the chipper doesn't need massive power. Asked on here and came upon this David Brown 880. It's a 1963 which has done duty as a loader but was very well maintained. Aside from the front axle needing a bit of love and some wiring if you wanted lights going it needs little only a service.

It's not especially original, but it's very genuine. The wings and cab are off a 990, it has an alternator, roll bar etc but none of that stuff bothers me, they were mods done at the time to keep it usable and I'm sure I'll add some bits myself over time too

Best of luck with that . Good tyres . If you could get a nose cone , it would transform it to a lovely looking tractor . Though I presume it's Function before Fashion , you want .
 
Well wear, is it 3 or 4 cylinder? The 3 cylinders were excellent and very well regarded, don’t know anything about the 4 cylinders.
4 cylinder. From what I've read there's not a lot wrong with them either.

This one starts on the second or third turn and runs very clean. There's black soot stains on the roof of the shed from starting the 20. Would always start but by the time it would get going there would be loads of diesel in there and a fine black plume for a few seconds
 
Best of luck with that . Good tyres . If you could get a nose cone , it would transform it to a lovely looking tractor . Though I presume it's Function before Fashion , you want .

I did wash it on the way home and I might experiment with some sort of rust treatment but yeah it's unlikely to be getting too much decorating done to it
 
4 cylinder. From what I've read there's not a lot wrong with them either.

This one starts on the second or third turn and runs very clean. There's black soot stains on the roof of the shed from starting the 20. Would always start but by the time it would get going there would be loads of diesel in there and a fine black plume for a few seconds
If it has a circular hydraulic oil pan underneath the tractor it has (or might have) a paper oil filter. With time this breaks up and can find its way through the system blocking it. Might be no harm to change it.
 
Unusual top link arrangement on it, the later 3 cylinders has it mounted on top of the PTO unit which structurally wasn’t the strongest but it was rare to find one broken. Wonder what other differences the 4 cylinders had, I’m very familiar with the 3 cyls but never saw a 4 cyl in the flesh.
 
Has a round filter housing but not the paper type, just a metal screen in there. Will be getting a full service all round
 
Best off luck with it.
These lads specialise in DB for a life time.
Make their own fiberglass body parts too.
Might be handy to know them.

 
Best of luck. It was an 880 or 770 I did a lot of teenage driving on. Some bus. It had 'selectamatic' on the gearbox
 
a 1969 880 selectamatic came here in 1983 it had the fuel pump done up in the early 90s and the hydraulics would play up now and again but otherwise very reliable,I sold it my brother about 10 years ago so it hasn’t moved far.

Well wear @JohnBoy 👍
 
After 13 years of loyal service I sold my Ferguson 20, a recently acquired woodchipper was just a bit too much for it so I went studying tractor specs to see what the smallest thing with a 1000pto on it so I could run it at half revs as the chipper doesn't need massive power. Asked on here and came upon this David Brown 880. It's a 1963 which has done duty as a loader but was very well maintained. Aside from the front axle needing a bit of love and some wiring if you wanted lights going it needs little only a service.

It's not especially original, but it's very genuine. The wings and cab are off a 990, it has an alternator, roll bar etc but none of that stuff bothers me, they were mods done at the time to keep it usable and I'm sure I'll add some bits myself over time too
Lovely. We had an 880 one time just like that with a trip loader too.
 
Best off luck with it.
These lads specialise in DB for a life time.
Make their own fiberglass body parts too.
Might be handy to know them.

Gregans in Wexford could be worth a shout too if looking for bits, I believe they’ve a massive collection of db down there from all sorts of ages including a few rarer beasties
 
Yup as the man says just clutch and engage your chosen speed. In 1000 gear PTO speed is half of engine speed. So at around 12-1300rpm will give 6-650 at the PTO which is supposed to be the ideal speed for it.

Started a few service jobs for it, gave the air filters a good wash out and made the coolant a little greener. Need to overhaul the wiring loom, trying to decide if I'll replace most of the wires or buy an off the shelf loom that I'll end up probably chopping about in some way or other anyway.

Water pump is noisy and a little wobbly, but not losing a drop. I need to confirm but It looks like the one water pump was used in a number of generations. If that's the case I'll get a later version with a dual pulley in case I ever wanted to add power steering to it.
 
David brown were well ahead of the game so.
There's some very clever touches in em alright.

My favourite is a super simple thing. The loader uprights are joined by a large bar that runs across above the bell housing, keeps them very solid.

No big deal at first glance until you realise it's not just a bolt, it's a hydraulic pipe. Has three ports, one input and two outputs near the rams giving nice short tidy hydraulic hoses. Simple but very clever thing
 
Yup as the man says just clutch and engage your chosen speed. In 1000 gear PTO speed is half of engine speed. So at around 12-1300rpm will give 6-650 at the PTO which is supposed to be the ideal speed for it.
Started a few service jobs for it, gave the air filters a good wash out and made the coolant a little greener. Need to overhaul the wiring loom, trying to decide if I'll replace most of the wires or buy an off the shelf loom that I'll end up probably chopping about in some way or other anyway.

Water pump is noisy and a little wobbly, but not losing a drop. I need to confirm but It looks like the one water pump was used in a number of generations. If that's the case I'll get a later version with a dual pulley in case I ever wanted to add power steering to it.
Water pump can be fitted with a bearing and seal kit but we only ever got a few years out of a kit on the 780, the 880 pump was stronger and has a grease nipple but yours is gone past it. A two blade fan was standard on 3cyls, the short rubber bypass hose will need replacing too and should come in a pump kit. I’d change it sooner rather than later because a wobbly pump will do its best to throw the fan blades rather successfully through the radiator with a bigger bill following.
An off the shelf wiring loom will only cater for a dynamo and regulator set up, if you want to fit an alternator for better charging then a loom can be easily made up if you don’t want other complicated things fitted too.
 
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