Roger Perry has lived in the Staffordshire area all his life and is a retired local government officer. He has been collecting David Brown tractors for many years and owns several models, including a VAK1, 25D, 850, 780, 1390 and a pair of Cropmasters.
“I’ve always been a big fan of David Brown, and once I could see a pattern emerging, I wanted to collect a tractor from each decade,” he explained. “Most of the lads in my area worked on farms when they were teenagers, and the first tractor I drove was a DB 25. Even though I had a full-time job, I used to help on farms most weekends until the last outbreak of foot and mouth disease.”
David Brown
David Brown got involved with farm machinery in 1936, when the company teamed up with tractor guru Harry Ferguson to build his ground-breaking Ferguson-Brown. This was the first tractor to be built with a hydraulic lift and converging three-point linkage, a new concept that revolutionised farming practices.
The partnership was short-lived and only around 1350 tractors were built before the two men parted company. Brown started building his own machines. His first model, the VAK-1, was exhibited
