Robert in NY

Do you or anyone have some better pictures of them? I don't know why but they caught my interest

What are those Claas wagons behind the chopper? I do not recall seeing them before and they are nothing like what we use over here.

I understand why they put their name on it. But a smaller font, put on the writing on the wheel or somewhere on the tractor that doesn't block most of the tractor. What good is having the scoop on the picture if no one can see much of the picture?

Is this picture like that on the tractorconnection site? If so why do they put the words so big over the image. You can't even see part of the tractor and the word is so big it is distracting. I would rather they use a smaller font and placed better so you would know where the pic came from but it wouldn't ruin the pic

I do like those better then the red versions

The RC2 spring flyers came out for Case-IH and NH here in the US. You can find them on ToyTractorTimes.com The only 1/32 item on the NH flyer was what looks like a chrome skid steer. The Case-IH flyer had the Case yellow skid steer.

John Deere also had a hay cuber on the market. The problem with them is they have a very limited area where they can be used efficiently. I think this was designed for the commercial hay and alfalfa cube market where they package them in 5, 10, 25 and 50 pound bags for people with rabbits, chinchillas and other little household pets. I don't recall ever seeing a Massey Ferguson version so I thank you for posting this. I see the MF version was designed with the farmer in mind which is surprising since this machine uses a lot of energy to put up this type of hay and would require the farmer to modify his farm to handle these cubes. A square bale can be tossed out of the mow rather easily. These would need to be shoveled or stored in a new building. It just seems like a lot more work.

That is a great job. I always enjoy seeing blue tractors

Beautiful building and blue tractors. Those tractors deserve a great home You did an amazing job.

If it is basically the same rig then you don't have to unless you want to. I know there is an amazing difference in vineyard equipment between the east coast and west coast over here in the US. That is what made me wonder just what type of equipment you guys have over there. Here are some pics I have of my friends Korvan harvester.

Yes, the Berthoud sprayer is hooked up behind the John Deere.

Thanks Marky Orchard equipment over here finds double duty in our commercial vineyards which is why the New Holland TN-F (fruit tractors) sell so well here. The TN-V (vineyard) is used in some of the double curtain vineyards but not too many of the growers run double curtains anymore. Those Masseys sure look different all shrunk up like they are. I am still surprised that John Deere doesn't sell that tractor over here. They have a N series but no F. The F and N look similar but the tires are larger on the N series. I do have a Berthoud sprayer but my pump blew up. Do you happen to know anyone that has a Gamma 3 piston pump for the Berthoud sprayers? Maybe someone whos sprayer is worn out but pump is still good. To buy a new pump here was going to cost me around $2k last year

I apoligize for going off thread title

Thanks guys.

Does anyone know of some good sites with pics of the various tractors, harvesters and equipment used in European vineyards? Thanks.

It appears your hay is growing faster then you can bale it. Do you irrigate your fields I am curious though, you guys said this rake is the R/C rake. What R/C functions does the rake have?

There was a Same Buffalo (I think that was the model) up here somewhere a while back. I can't even remember where I saw it. A lot of these the tractors you mentioned are unique and are hard to come by over here (as I am sure you know). If it isn't green or red it gets parked in a fence row :'(

That is an amazing model. I thought it was real at first when I saw your pics. The videos are great also. So when is the harvester going to be built

That is a beautiful tractor and it is great to see other brands of tractors being restored. I would be scared to restore a tractor over here that wasn't mainstream America. Heck, it is hard to get parts for a lot of tractors that are not part of CNH, Agco or JD over here unless they are active production models. If they are 10 years old you will be lucky to find a dealer for them that knows anything I know I would enjoy having that tractor over here as if you take it to a show it will get a lot of peoples attention

I agree with you. John Deere had Ertl make a Sugar Cane harvester out of resin a couple years ago but for some reason they had it made in 1/50 scale.

Britains can make as good an implement as Siku and UH if they wanted to. But these companies have different sales strategies and UH builds these for limited runs to collectors. Britains builds for large runs for play and collecting. If you look at the detail Ertl puts into their precision models you know they have the means to make as good if not better then UH but the model wouldn't fit their sales plan

Who needs implements For your implement desires you are going to have to look toward UH or Siku (unless you have one built special). Ertl doesn't make implements unless they can rebadge or recolor and sell as 20 different models to keep it profitable. I doubt we will ever see a high detailed implement from Ertl because it would cost too much to sell and they won't make any money compared to a simple disc or cultivator that only has a few pieces and is more generic for different colors.

It is a neat machine but I know Ertl has been reluctant to do specialized machines like cotton equipment as it has a limited market. The 1/64 collectors have been begging for cotton equipment for years. They got a 1/64 John Deere and Case-IH harvester. The John Deere has been updated but what good are cotton pickers when you can't buy module builders or cotton buggys. It would be a nice setup and should allow Ertl to make this one as well as a regular harvester but how well would a 1/32 cotton harvester sell in Europe as not very many people seem to buy 1/32 over here unless the machine means something to them.

So buy a David Brown There are not very many DB's here in the US and I know why. The 990 I got to use was a nice strong tractor but was different. Most tractors made for the US market are similar but the 990 just seemed unusual and required a slight learning curve similar to some of the early Fiats.