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can't afford to cut another up sean , i got none spare anyway , if this had gone wrong , i'd of had to ask my mate to send on another 362 axle with the 2wd i hope he's going to send when i was a lad , finding seeing a 4wd tractor was a rareity , see nothing but now, i learned how to pough with a 2wd tractor & was taught how to use the 'ferguson pressure control' properly , no need for a 4wd back then , i used to plough with a 575 or a 590 2wd with a ransomes tsr 300 3 furrow, reverseable , ,no hydraulic turn over then , just a lever to pull out the back window , & when the trip mechenism stoped working you'd have to pull the lever ,the get out of the cab & swing on the rear furrows to get it to turn over \ bloody thing & at night because of the trip lever , i ploughed with the back window open , & with the two spot lamps bazing away the cab used to fill up with moths & miges :( oh yeah & there wasn't any radio 1 FM ,it was all 275-285 medium wave , crackle & hiss that used to go off at midnight :D

here's a size comparison for a 590 & a 550 , ignore the 14 year old oik in the middle . the 4wd didn't make it any taller than the 590 2wd we had at the time

i dont see why not sean , here's all the nasty stiff underneath it all in the end i used nails ,as i didn't want to cut an axle bar, so thes will stay on here permanent but i can of course swap the axle on another 300 series if i want . i also turned the axle to face the other way & gained 3 - 4 mm to get a shorter wheelbase

hey ,unlike some , the wheels still go round & it steers , which is more than can be said for the norscot class forager which costs HOW MUCH!! :D

strange though it may seem rob the 500 series cabs were modular , so they were all the same size , the only difference was the floor of the cab, the 550 had a geartunnell & as the range went up to the 590 you more or less had a flat floor , not completely but as good as damit

trouble was the straight axle bar gets cought up with the main holding pin so it had to be cut in the middle & glued to keep the axle bar from coming off

couln't find a 2wd axle for this one so cut the wheel stubs off , drilled holes right through then put some wheels on been wanting to have one of these for a while now

i imaging they'd be pretty good size wise , not exact but the rear wheel size is there just need a 2wd front axle , going to be a fair bit of wangling to get the floorpan & cab right though , but i don't see why it wouldn't work

hold everything there sean, me & marky were discussing this earlier, i recon you might well be better off & try & use a 135 chassis or a 362 chassis & graft a 500 series bonnet , cab & floorpan to it .It's going to take some doing, but judging by the work you put into things , it'll be nothing short of spectacular if you can get it right your call

whippet ? i thought he bought it :D :D

AH ! a job for McMad / NewHollandDriver / McOldmacdonaldhadafarmeieio or what ever we call him nowadays

look on the main index & scroll down to the 'farm toys pictures' board & they're under 'your 'collection' http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php#9

[move]ONE GREEN BIB FOR OL PLEASE[/move]

i like black & white pics if it's a good pic it can make the subject almost timeless

best get some ordered soon then dan as the silage comp ends on the 30th of this month mate

recon that permastore would be better off back near the dairy mark would look a treat next to the cow yars , jus have to cut some slats & fence it off in the yard , as a means to fill the store

i can see it now , all you irish lads with yer lucky charms round yer necks & F-P sat in the middle of you all with a black pudding behind his ear wearing a flat cap with you lot asking him 'ar yous al royght' with the reply 'aye as appen thee no's' :D

what yellow bonnet mike , thats a spray tank & after you destroyed the weeble , sprayers arn't really for you to comment on :D :D

OOOOH get her ! :D yeah got to get some decent wheels for mine too

just for me ? & when can i expect to get it sean :D BTW; whats happened to the server , i'm using the babalon style but i just logged back on & it's all gone faint & blurry ?

hardest part of this convo ben was getting to the box in the attic :D yeah , just cut the back off i think it suits the 6180 a treat

can't or won't :D pair of crackers you got anyway mate but i think it's a poor show after you slated that 590 from robs working tractors 06 pics in how they did it up :D

thats a fair shout marky but in reality the britains dimentions are more in keeping with the 590 as to the much larger 595 in real life

sorry sean but thats MF chassis brown , the 185 & the 500 series should be ferguson grey at least http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h216/ihatepoundland/2006%20Tractor%20Challenge/MF/175.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h216/ihatepoundland/2006%20Tractor%20Challenge/MF/590/mini-DSCF5363.jpg the brown colour that you've used wasn't around till the 2005 series & the 600 series tractors

but the chassis still needs to be painted grey sean, on both of them