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ah ? how were you planning to get it home if mavis was on a trailer

Hmmm ....... silver wheels ? silver cab ? & MF one of the worlds most prolific tractor manufacturers in the world cant find a match ? amazing i may have to drop MH HQ a line to say bigwood & partners have some cans of silver mist in stock

have you got a tow bar fitted to any of you curtainsiders mark ? transit size or 7.5T ?

well i reckon a good power wash would do it the world of good & certainly improve it's look !

so me wanting a 38 is more exciting than a possible certainty of a 39

well i think the last modern equivlent would have been a 315 but i think thats a 10ft 39 by the way i'm looking for a 738 or a 38 if you find one going cheap very cheap , free would be nice

just thought i'd post a few pictures here mark , hope you don't mind . after all there may be something that might just interest you not bad for 3222 hours on a T plate & her name's molly i expect

now this may create a curve ball , but yesterday i saw a 2wd JCB Fastrac ? any ideas ? it was hitched to a 2 wheel dump trailer working on a private housing development plot, so if you are running on the A484 from Carmarthen to Newcastle Emlyn please keep an eye out & please tell me i'm either right or wrong in what i saw \

i think the A4.236 was probably MF's / perkins most adaptable engine . was used on tractors such as the 168, 565,575, 265 675,698t etc............ the 675 was powered by the A.,236 & when the 698T came around the decision to use the 236 was because of it's better cooloing properties than that of the A4.248 A4.3182 engine's got to remember a 236 was also boosted to 1000hp on the MF works stock tractor puller , the 265 nipper

nice pics of the sugarbeet harvesting chap ,dont see many beet harvested in this area anymore apart from fodder beet & never seen it done 2 stage process at all , matter of fact all our beet used to be done while slogging around in quagmire conditions

good going fred , nice to see some of the lesser known makes being done & the cab really suits it actually ! britains 362 floorpan & cab & bonnet ? britains 595 chassis ? ROS wheels ? seen a few ursus tractors about mainly on stock farms , few based on the old zetor crystal 8011 more on the MF 200, also seen a few lightforce as well , but not in the usual orange but yellow cabless models , to equal to the MF 240/250 tractors ideal for yeard tractors

very nice ranger , now then mark what was it MF said to you ,your tractor can be anycolour you want for not much extra ? but it won't be sprayed here maybe when that UH grey & gold conversion was posted , you should have jumped on that for your 5480

welcome to the forum Ranger206, your english looks pretty good to me so far do you collect one particular brand , or a little bit of everything ? hope you enjoy your time here with us

some fantastic pics of lucy pinder in the workshop graham :P

yeah really need to be looking for a mounted implement kev & avoid anything with wheels at all unless it's a trailer last thing you need is to be trundling round the lanes with an implement on steel wheels

ah i take it you won't be falling over yourself to get one then , fancy a cuppa & watch the maddening crowd rush by ?

very nice , but am i the only person 'not getting' the whole gold thing ?

good going richo , done more detailing that i would have done , i take it that only having two gearlevers, it's a multi-power tractor

looks like fodder beet

keep looking kev , surprising how often MF/ ferguson fingerbar mowers come up on ebay

new window ? for mavis ? ......................aaawwww bless.................

i know i said the 3000 masseys but ought to add the deutz 4.70 was probably the gutiest 4cyl tractor i've driven bar none, also got to love the 6.05 & the 6.30 awsome sound & a nice drive to also loved the fendt 612 i used to drive as well

bought any more bits for it then mark , or will work slow down & wait till next spring / summer , you'll have to get it ready for next years yesdays farming

i drove a 7740 when they were first released & way before the sle was an option , mater of fact it was so early dual power wasn't even a fitment or option , awfull tractor for pulling ,the usuall working gears were not well matched to the engine , too slow to keep up with the forager , the next gear was too much for the poor engine as nearly kept stalling it , that was probably it for my 40 series experience till an encounter with a 7840 & an 8240 they seemed fairly good , but didn't spend more than a few hours on either

got to get that 698 refurbed mart , looks like your boss can afford it , c'mon man you know it makes sense