Long 900 tractors info wanted

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hi folks

Kenjar sent me a picture of a Long 900 tractor from late seventies, what is actually a badge-engineered Zetor or Ursus.
I did not knew of Zetor technique sold in the US before eighties, the real exports started when American Jawa begun with the Zetor import.

I would like to know all information of these tractors for my Zetor website, www.zetorworld.com

Woodbeef, do you know anything?

Thanks, Renze

[eppie]

P.S. I just signed up for membership of AgMachinery..

..So that i wont have to type name and e-mailadress few times per visit...

Does my logo look fine, or should i do some "bit-manipulating" on it??

goed goan, Renze

[Woodbeef]

Hey Renze,

Yes Kenjar is correct they were Zetors. I think I have some brochures kicking around somewhere. I'll have a look,and get back to you.

Your logo looks good!!

[eppie]

Thanks woodbeef, but are you sure that they were no Ursus??

Ursus has built these tractors with exactly the same specs, cabs and sheets, just the sticker was different, the red color was yellow, the steering wheel had no "Zetor" on it, and the "Z" badge wasnt on the nose.

[Woodbeef]

Hey Renze,

O.K. I've done some more digging. I'm getting conflicting information as to whether they were of Ursus or Zetor build. About the only thing consistent is that the tractors had a Zetor engine. One source says Zetor,one says Poland(Ursus),and one says Zetor made in Poland. So I'd tend to agree with you and go with Ursus after further investigation,not Zetor as I first stated.

The Long models were:

900-72.88 pto hp. (1974-1977) only twd

910-72.8 pto hp. (1978-1983)  mfd and twd

1100-92 pto hp.(19775-1977) only twd

1110-92 pto hp. (1978-1979) mfd and twd

1300-105 pto hp. (1976-1977) only twd

1310-105 pto hp. (1978-1983) mfd and twd

Prior to this Long sold badge engineered Landini tractors for their higher hp needs.

[eppie]

Hey woodbeef,

All Ursus tractors have Zetor engines, and if you say Zetor made in Poland, that is also (honestly) correct.

about the -00 and -10 series: I know they later had a different bonnet, like the Ursus, but i dont think that change was made in 1977.

Thanks, Renze

[Laapa]

Nice Logo Renze (Fishgutting Hahahahaha... The Lappe strikes again).

Well Woodbeef, he finally enlisted as a meber. He'll be a Senior member and after your title as Champion of posts in no time. Zetorboy after us all!!!

As far as Long tractors I really don't have much to add.

[eppie]

Thanks Laapa.

What lappe literally means, is "piece of curtain, blanket, or sheet." When we call each other lappe, we dont mean it as bad as you think.

Do i suspect an "anti-concurrentional-sentiment" =>Renze strikes again

(we both had our strike, lets forget about digging up each other's sh*t)

[Woodbeef]

Hey Laapa,

Yes,Renze's speed of posting is most alarming!! Maybe we better contact "Sir Lee" about this,eh?

Hey Renze,
Are all of the new Zetors going to be that sharp looking metallic orange now?

Oh ya,and about that anti-concurrentional-sentiment thingie. Could you please break that down into words with a few less letters in them? Like maybe maximum of 3 or 4??

[eppie]

You mean maximum 3 or four letters less??
I'll try.

I mean, Laapa sees me as a concurrent. What he said, came out of his deeper consiousness, it expresses his fear of be walked over him.

That has to do with his nickname. Remember lappe means piece of curtain, or carpet.

When we here in the Steernbos call each other lappe, we mean to say that he is someone who lets walk over him, like you do over a carpet..


About my speed of posting; i have a sad sunday, nothing better to do than hang out on the Net while listening to

Black sabbath - Paranoid
Radiohead - Creep
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid

[Red_Painter]

Long sold Polish combines for a while in the mid 70's. I thought the  tractors were Ursus for the reason that the combines came from Poland, am not sure. Leyland, and Landini I think were also sold by them in the early 70's.

[kenjar]

The Long 5000 combine was a Polish Bizon, me thinks. It featured a Leyland 130hp. diesel engine.
Before the Zetor/Ursus models, a R9500 model was top dog. I beleive it was a rebadged Landini.

[HPP]

And, if these combines were Bizons from Poland they probably were copies of the New Holland "Clayson" model M135, me thinks. However I don´t remember seeing any of these in the US at that time. The only european combine I remember was the Ford-Claas.

[Red_Painter]

They were advertised a little and they were  mentioned with other makes in a comparison article in "Big Farmer" I think. I've heard of one in Oklahoma. I doubt there  were many sold in the US. That's interesting that they were possibly from New Holland design. I always wondered if they weren't a version of a Western  European design.