Ah lads. Surely ye can’t forget about the Zetors.
They started making the Crystal range in 1968. Flat floor safety cabs, one of the quietest cabs of its time (under 85dB), enough room inside to bring the whole family for a spin, they’d pull damn near anything you could hitch onto them, came standard with 2 stage torque converters, hydraulic tractor brakes (and before anyone starts picking on this, the reason they suffered so badly for some people was largely, but not entirely, down to a lack of willingness to bleed them. I know plenty that got on great with them. They reckoned the secret was bleeding them up.), pneumatic trailer brakes, on board air compressors...... need I keep going?
And yes, I know they’d be heavier on diesel than a 135 but probably twice the power. And all the smaller ones had much the same specs bar the torque converters. All very torquey for pulling. The only reason I’m giving the crystals as an example is it’s very hard to pinpoint dates as to when the smaller ones got cabs etc.
The Massey might be classy, but the Zetor was better :fight: