tractortim

going to look at a shed which is about to collapse which has a couple of diesel t20's in a plough a bale elevator and a couple of old hay turners if i can get them out i can have them foc so that will be most of my day sorted!

yeah it'll be gkn sankey cab in my opinion one of the better cabs most  ibelieve used these cabs

i asked if it was likely to come up for sale and he said that the other tractors would be lonely with out it them being another 590 2door 2wd with loader and i think he said 698t 2wd or 699 2wd it was one of the last made so is on a c or d plate

That 3080 is a beauty, is it a trade-in?

no otherwise it would be parked in my shed by now whilst servicing it some filings were spotted in the oil so it was investigated and a bearing in the back end was found to be a t faultso was replaced and is now back to its owner who apparently hasn't used it for 18mths!

a few tractors from work thats all really

nice little 35x not been on a yard scraper yet

mf 362 in for clutch replacment

352 in for accident repair don't let students drive until you've checked they can drive 'canyou drive a tractor yes no problem' 30 seconds later large noise and new door opening put into shed! new bonnet ,bonnet surround,grille, radiator,exhaust good as new now still waiting on the new grille the old one has straightened ok

massey telehandler

now this has to be one of my favorite tractors not even got 4500hs on it yet

whas below the rear window on th r/h side?

shame  he's had to give pottery farm up , the familly been there for years    really nice bloke tony is , i think his boy russel is working for graham farmer up over eagle cross way.

i saw tony up over at moolham a while back , i think one of the Lane brothers left him some land when he died.

could have been between clarkes village and the tun to dowlish wake theres afootpath the remains of his machines are at the bottom of the footpath if you want to go and be nosey like me!

indeed i could tim ,  many  puncture repairs on that old girl have i done ,

yeah i got a lot of stories about that old girl , like about the time i went hauling pig slurry with it , & the other time i went hauling pig slurry with it....... ohh & there was one time i went hauling , ah ........er pig slurry with it 

nah nice find mate , i take it you got it from tony brown ? last i saw it it was backed up in the gateway just before you get in the yard & was having problems with the pump, last couple of years i been thinking about seeing if he'd want to sell it , but didn't even know if he still had it !

but yes i've done a few thousand gallons with it up at cricket , of which a few of those loads you were sat up the cab with me mate ! mainly for the pigs , 2 days a week every other week if i recall but as well as the silage effluent, & washed out for clean water to soak the silage sheds out to get them scrubbed up for more silage .

first i used to haul it was that knackered 2wd 698  ! & the 3080 ,even used that old 590 with the wondering steering & wallys 290 for a few days !  good lord they never got out of low range all up past the court until the top fields  & even then that was only for a 100 yard stretch !  but the 698T was the kiddie to drag her about , i always thought the 2wd 698 & that tanker always made a great photo oppertunity, unfortunately another chance i didn't take 

thanks for that tim , made me smile that has 

yeah hink the pig slurry has taken its toll on it requires afew welds mainly round the back outlet other than that it pretty mch up to gether yes it came from tony brown hes left pottery farm now and any thing he had is out at dawlish wake don't suppose you want a mf37 cculitivator 8/9ft at a guess? its tidy

Buggered if I know Tim 

must be about time you came and picked it up isn't it?

Pictures of the MF37 as well sometime please.

I think I've got one as well... unless Marcus has sold it for scrap  :D

thought you had a mf 39?

no if you check the 2nd picture the piece thats dangling shouldn't be dangling it was reveresed into awall and as was alittle rottebn it just fell off repairable though!

my most recent purchase which will be followed my a mf37 cultivator marcus will no doubt tell me some stories of this old girl!

it will look better on wednesday evening when mjb see's what i've just bought i'm sure he'll have a few stories to tell us about it! all in all its not bad the cab is starting to get a bit shabby but mechanically its sound

Nice pictures of the ploughing match, you got a lot more pictures than me. Did you get any of the horses and the steam engines?

no but if you have any photos of the day feel free to tag them onto here!

some nice pictures there tim, shame about the fendt "rooney" slaphead tractor in there mind ,the schuco model looked bad but seeing a real one in  picture just makes me think yuk even more

inside its not too bad but it is an ugly looker one that only its mother could love!

and now for some actual ploughing shots!

now some of my favorite stuff the classic masseys

fieed with a mf262 plough

not massey but still nice to see

random of the new stuff

the fendt and new massey dealer compass tractors

new hollands

well i've been to the ploughing championships today and taken a fair few photos i think i'll start with the new

Great pictures Tim .. Your 590 really is a peach as well... I'd love to own a red cab like her.. Especially in that condition

unfortunatly it photographs better than it looks! but it will feature in an upcoming dvd series that you maybe aware of?

that challenger at dillington tim ?

see tony still hads the JD conbine but has he swapped the JD6310 in for a new holland ?

yeah the jd went  when the nh arrived its '10 plate was new 

and yes the challenger is at dillington

you will recognise something i've bought should get it home this week!

then the local farers ploughing and drilling and power harrowing

local contractor with a maserati blue ford! nice even though its not red!

and the drilling rig following behind 6m massey drill