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lovely little tractor , quite an oddity with the cab as well ! whats the story behind the decals then , you say it's a 35 but decals say 35X ? strange ! as for a name , think marky summed it up already , it's wearing the mickey mouse headlights , so mickey is one to consider , but you could just call it mouse

nice pics chris , i once had a 784 awfull thing it was , at least that one has a decent cab

look forward to it nick

really ? so much for a quiet retirement

thats a nice rattle you been given there nick looks to be in fair condition , whats the plan full rebuild or just an 'up n running' project ? got to say my old 990 stood under a hedge for nearly 20 odd years & with a bit of patience & persuasion it fired ! good old DB

nice pics tim, look forward to seeing more 'just passing' pictures

bugger , i take it you're off to walford cross today then i was given friday off but couldn't get today :'( that 24 would be fine on your 590 mate , after all it wasnt designed to be burried down to the frame . as for the 240 tim , it looks odd because it has the newer style 300 series hardnose grill not the more common 500 / 200 series style. it wasn't long after these style tractors came out , MF withdrew the MASSEY FERGUSON name from the tractors & the newer decal just read 240. i dont think it has a genuine perkins in it either , but a 'built under lisence' version

it's up to the driver where he puts the cab mate but it's easier to see how the loadings going from that height , also means he can see any brace bars in the trailer when tipping the bucket without hitting them

went to get some organic hi-pro soya at Poole docks today, last time i went i was loaded by a CAT loader this time it was this ? never seen one before but looks a handy machine , conversion time sean .......... http://sennebogen.com/hp1557/305-Multihandler.htm

i supose you could always let tris drive your last years competition entry john ;D

bugger looks like i really dibbed out this year mark , looks like i'm going to have to book a private ride n drive day of me own , maybe a weekend later in the summer ! oi you get in line chappy me & tris got that gig , well sort of , every year we're ready to go at a moments notice ;D we are the hobbit team

it's a 96 on both sides colm , you're just seeing the mould filling in the gaps ;D

no not all on the same farm , only the TW15,885XL & DOM 96 were close to the sea , well 25 miles inland from the sea

thats the beauty of calves they just sort of stare to see what happens next

nice 996 then it sort of went blue \ 4000 8340 7840 TW15

decided to take the camera to work again couple of tidy masseys 5460 & 365 a still used but very tired looking dom96 workable inter's, 885xl & 484

\ thanks chap awwww get a room colm ;D i remember them as huge beasts colm but i think i dissapointed myself when i walked up to it ..................it didn't seem as big at it did in the old days

is this an actual brouchure mark ? looks like it would have been the cover of a ring bound booklet . an operators manual type of thing ?

nice bit of kit you play with phill ,looks like you're well settled in mate, enjoy it :)

quite rare to find a David Brown Case 995 with shell mudguards on as well Mike, those tractors have a lovely exhaust note :)

looks like it might be a 900

the last big farm i worked on paul we kept the ploughs although a tive drill & discs were the prefered machines not through choice but practical reasons , the ground was a mixture of chalk & stoney brash, very abrasive on wearing parts , so abrasive it was cheaper to but a new machine each year than to replace the actual disc's themselves , we had 3 ploughs, 2, 4f rev overum & 1, 5f rev kvernland, due to the tight budget the manager was set , not enough spray was used so always had re-occuring problems with black grass so the ploughs had to be used on the acres where the winter cropping would be . we had 3 ploughs so that at least two would be running while the other was in the workshop re-fitting worn tips, a good day ploughing would wear a set of reversable tips in a couple of days

very nice i used to drive a 14145 & the newer black cabbed 12145 awsome tractors , & pulling a 4 leg flatlift behind a 1500 gal tanker was comparable to the 1174 county that was doing the same job on the same hills near totnes. matter of fact i was fully weighted & even the county driver wanted to drive it when his wasnt running, just as much grip & he felt safer as the longer wheel base made it better on the hills !

sweden ? ah nice to have you here on FTF i like the displays

interesting axle configuration on the FH & a VN ? where are you from mate , as you have some serious traction going on !