Gav836

very nice gav they still use one on the farm across the road for getting the beet land ready,p s put me down for one please

Thanks, I'll add it to your list

Looks horrible nice for a MF, I bet he's still mopping up all the dribble and drool from the cab and off the bodywork :D

Thats a relief then, got enough bills at the minute without that :D

Looks good James, certainly different from the last time I saw it. Hope no blood was lost on the marker discs :D

Brilliant idea Gav and I like the attitude, the oldies need a bit of looking afte too 

(All send in a fiver for Marky's nursing home fund please)

I look forward to seeing what else you come up with Gav. 

thanks Tris, there's at least 2 more ideas up my sleeve at the minute for the oldies so watch this space

Looking good Paul 

surley gav could fix a seeder on this baby, ideal for osr

You know what i believe i could, I'd fit one to anything given the chance

We used a bit of wood when we changed the blades on our Jaguar 900 but i held the wood while the other chap worked on the blades, no one is allowed to work in that area of the chopper alone, bosses orders

If your tempted by a Massey, try a 6170/6180, you can get a decent one for ?10,000-?11,000. Or if you want something totally bombproof, with very little in the way of electronics to go wrong, why not have a look at a Fiat 110-90.

I'll second that one, a real pocket rocket of a tractor with that 5 cylinder engine

good idea gav, will need a leveling board across the front maybe ?. i had many a dusty hour on a leyland 384 with cagewheels and a 4 metre cousions dutch harrow.

Thanks, a levelling board will be added, forgot to mention that bit earlier

We worked on the drag it from the stinging nettle principle, if one machine wouldn't do the job on that farm there was another one in the nettles that would :D

I used to use a 5150 Pro on a 4m power harrow, really nice tractor to use and drive and it pulled well. Looked good with the chrome exhaust it had on it. Brakes tend to be a weak point on some of them though \

You can't fault the older Renault tractors if you want something powerfull and that you can get in small spaces a 106-54 or 103-54 is good, ours spends alot of the time on the feeder wagon now

Good idea Gav ;)

I can remember many a hot dusty ride in me Dad's 6610 2WD with duals on the rear and Trelleborgs on the front getting the beet land ready : :

Cheers Paul

I've covered several acres with one of these as well and would say that they are still a better tool thaan some of the more modern machines out there and very cheap to run.

LOOKS GOOD GAV NOT SEEN A REAL ONE O THEM FOR AGES WITH ALL THE NEW FANGLED KIT THEY USE NOWADAYS

Thanks, Its the same about here, next to no one uses them about here either, they just can't cover enough acres in a day \

I've had it suggested to me about making some implements for the older tractors like the 5/7000 being brought out by Britains this year. I quite liked this idea so I've spent the last hour or so making up an old dutch or levelling harrow out of some plastruct and a couple of crumblers off a spare Lemken Gigant i had laying about, it still needs some teeth putting on the bars and a headstock made but let me know what you think of it so far

just poured the last bits of my 3000 cab,300 cab,and other bits moulds, hopefully a few test casts tommorrow

Did you get on alright with the silicone Sean

Well definately don't get a Same, the one my old boss had was a heap of trouble. As Smish says an MX would be a good tractor although they are quite basic still and not much further forward than a 5150. Don't discount an early 60 series New Holland as we had a 97 8560 that done 8000hrs with few problems and pulled like a train. One i would recommend going by experience at workis a Renault 106-54, the one where i work now has done 9000hrs and never been no trouble. It will pull a 16 ton trailer as well as the 836's we run and you could get a decent late model one for between ?7-12k with under 3000hrs on it, they have a bombproof engine and backend on them so shouldn't give any trouble

sounds like your lot are a bit heavy with the kit gav :D all those broke at once, cor

yeah go digital mart, i have one in the van and its great ,i can now get virign properly during the day, and classic gold ect no probs

My tractors been rattling and knocking on the front axle for two months but they wouldn't do anything about it, the JD was the same, a few drips of oil and they wouldn't investigate, the machines just have to be used until they fail in a big way. I had to drive the Renault with a blown head gasket back 25 miles towing a 10 ton spreader as they wouldn't send a low loader back, if i stopped at a junction too long the guage went in the red but they don't seem to care

That sounds exactly like the 3095 Gav......Just turned over blowing out plenty of reek but no firing up into life...... :'(

Even hooked it to the Navara with jumper leads and gave it a heat before trying it again but still no luck......Just as well we have the Merlo......The boss will get a shock when he gets back that I wasn't able to do much in the space of the hour......

We still had the Renault 640 and loader but we needed both tractors to go on a 50 mile round trip after silage bales as the other 2 renaults in the yard were in dry dock, one with a head gasket and mine with play in the front akle drive shafts, the JD loader was in dry dock too with a bad oil leak. Its the usual story about our place, everythings had it and is used and not repaired until it goes big style \

Certainly not by me mate......Perhaps a sign telling me to spend money...... :D

Might well do mate......Never thought of that actually...... :)

Well I got very annoyed today as I finished up at one farm where the boss was mucking out and I had came back to the main home farm to get the bales into the cattle court for the evening feed so I go to start the Massey Skid Steer......No sign of life in her even with a new battery......Just turned over......

Went to start the Massey 3095 with front loader instead......Internal computer or something is knackered so won't start either...... :'(

Must be a Massey bug going round Martin, I went to start our 3080 and loader the other day and it just kept crankink over and blowing out diesel smoke, never did find what was wrong with it, i walked down the yard and got our mechanic he gets on it turns the key and the old barsteward started first time, its done it before apparenty \

Yes Gav just sorting through this collection and just making sure really.

White, Yellow and Blue was my thoughts, not sure if the green one is rare as well though, not my make of manufacturer really 

I'm sure someone posted a couple of pics of some on here a while back that were rare. I don't think green was a particularly rare one as it also came with the log grab i think

Found it!!

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=3588.0

Red

Red/black cab

Green

White

Blue

I believe that the blue and white variants are the rare ones, i'm not too sure that there wasn't a yellow one as well \

U bought a spearhead??

twose mate twose

They are all part of the same American group ALAMO, I believe they own Spearhead, Twose, McConnel and i aren't to sure if Bomford aren't a part of them too now \

could give it a look i guess

no, thats what i was thinking, would work out cheaper than buying loads of adaptors only to be left with 50% of the sets

only the dregs mate, blimey i aint that silly,

sure theres some way you could make a brace on them save buying the siku ones anyway

I have a couple here, maybe i could try casting them in resin or would it be too brittle

oh yeah slimey then pop i belive it goes ,tempt them with beer first though

you must be joking!! I'll not be wasting my beer on them little blighters :D