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just a 50b digger knackered had it for 13years sits on a log splitter as torque wont drive when oil heats up a 50hx digger used regulary and a international 475 one with perkins engine this was the main tractor when i was younger tractors of the past were a MF 185 best 100 series in my eyes MF 135 with mill loader great wee beastie fordson super major another MF135 MF 590 french built one 4wd multipower international 885xl not a good tractor too light and 4wd shaft wrapped up alot in straw we almost had a case 1394 or a 1294 cant remember exactly but the steering was that worn you couldnt drive straight let alone down the road

yeah very soft brother kept trying to get a decent bit to get going but it wasnt there to find we just fitted a new traction belt and its cooked already

that's all for now may have some more tomorrow

it got outta this itself some more

Here's some photos from today of harvest at home well i still call it home our claas dominator 85 making a few tracks and it stuck a few times but no photos of that unfortunately our MF698 with home made trailer carting off this is a ex hoekstra machine i think as its got stickers or had them it also has a front linkage and had a front pto but we took this off shaft started rattling badly it also has some r&d section stickers on side of bonnet it also was part of reekie manufacturings fleet until we bought it from there a short while before they closed also theres some other pictures of our MF3080s one turbo,d with front linkage and the other with pavt wheels and the claas rolant 46 for baling also our merlo p26.6 which they tried towing out the combine with first anyway enough words here's the photos

our claas dominator 85 getting stuck and towed out twice i was towing with one of our MF3080 fitted with a turbo kit

paint reacting on 399 conversion wife buying me chocolate and eating it herself >

update so far levers in cab now panels and wheels primered and some of top coat on just cut up the linkage as its different to the normal UH one ive cut a 5480 linkage up so i can use that bonded to this one heres a few photos showing this sorry buti dont think these are not in order

holy cow that looks amazing bonnet looks like a real pain to get right cant see me doing one anytime soon

nice trailer but watch out them box pushers are great things but i know quite a few lads done by the plod for not having boxes strapped on when on road they got points and fines for it unsecured load good old tayside police at there best some will say just doing there job

very nice great pair of models remember the late ewan rugg having a 2805 for tractor pulling in the farmers class multipower pedal on the floor good old v8 rumble

nice we have a 698 at home goes quite quick too not as fast as that though wonder if the diff has been done at some point as the gearing may be messed up allowing you the faster speed is the floor ok at the doors under the mat and rear cab mountings at axle are well known rot points but you probably already know this is it a multipower or a spliter box

we usually get this happening in area just waiting on which contractor does it first Forfar/Kirriemuir flyover or Forfar/Glamis underpass roundabouts seem the favourite area around hear think the plod don't let them away too easily either up here

tidy yoke see there taking advantage of the small weather windows to get stuff done

not seeing Derek Greenhills new holland combine stuck down to the cab today boss said you could walk out of the cab and take a small step down onto the ground :D they had the diggers in and Newtyle commercials wrecker in to pull it out told him to go get photos but when he eventually went back with camera they almost had it out

looks good really liking that I've still got to finnish my MF399 a set of openers and fertbox attachment MF8280 tractor puller this is my first own tractor conversion still not finished keep changing spec chassis until I'm happy just got some alloy mesh from halfords so i need to build something else using it don't have a workbench use the computer desk at moment so everything gets put away every time its out i also have creative block at the moment (overtime) :D and find it hard to get motivated when i get home

i totaly agree some people still buy bog standard tractors though driving a old mf3080 is way more pleasant than driving any mf 6400/7400/5400 basic spec machine they just feel harsh when on the road but they are easier to get to certain parts quicker when repairing

nice pictures we've got a guy not too far from the depot that puts a 5 furrow Gregoire besson plough on a MF6499 tractor looks daft but saying that so are some of the hills he has to plough no pictures to prove though

i asked the boss today and MF 5455 basic spec just over £55000 recommended retail price minus roughly he said 20 to 25% discount will give you a rough idea this is for a no frills stockman special as you would say compared to £910000+ for a basic MF6490 seems expensive but once you work through the options and discount minus trade in theres a massive amount removed i don't understand why ???and didn't want to ask probably a long story

very tidy wish they would make some more of this size stuff but that would stop us lot hacking them up

this is basically a repaneled cerea combine as they are eventually bringing out a new model in the next few years it has the tier three engines and was restyled to carry on untill the replacement is ready the rotary isnt powerfull enough for the uk crops as we get a higher yielding crop so they said at massey it needs another 150hp so they think i havent seen one working so this is only information im passing on did speak to a guy that drove it and he knocked a trailer over with the volume of grain coming out of the spout as it puts out something like 128 litres per second of grain i think i know it has the highest discharge rate

the quality of the net varies among brands aswell this can also cause burst bales snagging and certain brands work better with certain balers

nice looking side knife attachment there good finishing touch

update so far cut the chassis more to get the cab lower for cab to bonnet alignment cut away the tank from step cut sides of chassis flush added styrene to the floorpan to level it up added the steps finished the grill added brass rod to give the correct effect and filled in light area / surround looks alot better now i think its a pain getting time at the moment with harvest on the go heres the pics of it so far