Roadless Super Dexta – specifications
Built: 1960-1964 · Series: Other models
Data for the version built 1960-1964 · Data origin: Reference work (Wikipedia/Wikibooks) · sources
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Built in 1960-1964, the Roadless Super Dexta is a tractor from Roadless. The engine is a three-cylinder unit.
Gearbox: Manual + 4-wd Transfer box; drive type: 4-WD.
It runs on diesel; the engine is water-cooled. It was replaced by the Roadless Ploughmaster 46. 78 units were produced in all.
Roadless – other models: the collective page of British 4x4 conversions from Hounslow outside the named ranges, from the Fordson Dexta to the Fordson Major Half-Track, 73 to 85 kW (98 to 114 hp), Ford and Perkins engines
This page gathers the Roadless tractors the register could not assign to a named range. Roadless Traction, based in Hounslow near London, factory-fitted Fordson tractors such as the Dexta, Super Dexta and Major with four-wheel drive, and in some cases also as a half-track version (Fordson Major Half-Track) for work on soft and sloping ground; the engines came from Ford, including the 2714E and 2715E, and occasionally from Perkins with the F3.152 unit.
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The register lists here 15 versions, mostly with a diesel engine, with 73 to 85 kW, or 98 to 114 hp.
Four-wheel-drive conversions of this kind were widespread mainly in Britain and Ireland on wet, sloping grassland and in forestry, where the standard Fordson rear-wheel drive reached its limits; Roadless thereby supplied both farming businesses and military and municipal users.
Buyers of used units should check the four-wheel-drive mechanics – transfer case, drive shafts and, on the half-track versions, track undercarriage and tensioning rollers – for wear, as well as the engine and clutch as on any Fordson classic, plus rust on the bodywork and axle housings; since Roadless itself no longer exists, spares for the conversion components run mainly through Fordson specialists.
Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Roadless (weitere Modelle)
Technical data
Engine
| Engine make | Ford (engines)/Perkinscorrect |
|---|---|
| Engine model | Perkins F3.152correct |
| Fuel | dieselcorrect |
| Cylinders | 3correct |
| Naturally aspirated | naturally aspiratedcorrect |
| Cooling | water-cooledcorrect |
Drivetrain and chassis
| Drive | four-wheel drivecorrect |
|---|---|
| Gearbox | manual gearbox + 4-wd Transfer boxcorrect |
| Gearbox make | Ford/Roadlesscorrect |
| Forward gears | 8correct |
| Reverse gears | 2correct |
Origin and approval
| Plant | Hounslow (conversion), UKcorrect |
|---|---|
| Units built | 78correct |
Other data
| Linkage category | Cat Icorrect |
|---|---|
| List price when new | £ unknowncorrect |
| Successor | Roadless Ploughmaster 46correct |
Frequently asked questions
What engine does the Roadless Super Dexta have?
3 cylinders, Diesel.
When was the Roadless Super Dexta built?
Production years: 1960-1964.
What to check before buying
- Check the hour meter against the service records — a replaced instrument is the most common gap.
- Compare the data plate and chassis number with the papers.
- Shift the gearbox cold and warm — jumps only show up at temperature.
- Load the hydraulics and watch for sag.
- Ask about parts availability for this build year — the running costs hang on it.
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