An Interested Spectator

Cheers guys, sounds like one to go on the back of my MF 3645 convo.

Having mentioned front mounted rakes, heres the other option

Having had 30 years in the 'the job' i have driven plenty of 'panda' cars that would be a lot slower than the JD ! 1970's 1100 Ford Escort anyone ? Adie

Just noticed the above tedder being advertised on the farmmodels web site. What size of tractor would you need for this size of (real) tedder ? It appears to be a six rotor machine. Is this a "big" machine for this type of tedder ? I don't work with (real) farm kit so judging such things are not always easy. The main model manufactures always seem to go for the biggest in any item, which does not always fit with those of us interested in machinery used on smaller farms. Cheers in advance Adie

Classic Tractor never lets me down. Always a cracking magazine every month. I always judge how good an issue is by how often I will go back and reread articles in it. This October issue will come under the heading of most often thumbed. Cracking MF 3000 fleet, small balers, MF 8100 series case study, Oldest Zetors, Yellow Giants etc. One of the best Rory has done. Two minor points. Found a couple of typos which i have never noticed before, outside the small ads section, and in the small baler article the writer says Lely are only manufacture selling new small balers into the UK. The MF web site is showing the 1800 series as still being available. But I stress I am being very picky over a very good issue.

On Youtube are a few clips of hay rakes mounted on front linkages with, usually, round balers and or baler/wrappers, and in one case a trailed forager behind. Does anyone have any experience of this. Was wondering what the pros/cons were beyond the obvious doing two tasks in one pass ? Cheers Adie.

Richard, Was driving past your place about 10 days ago. I was expecting this thread to start up again. Spent more of my childhood than I care to remember fishing off the beaches at South Milton and Bantham. Some of the best Bass i have ever had. Always remember looking foward to seeing the big wheeler County's in the area (late 1960's & 1970's) as we never saw such beasts in Somerset. Glad your keeping the local assocation alive.

Another one. Great looking video this one.

More US MF's I suspect 'Red & Rolling' might have to become the new forum name for yours truly.

Unusual (to European eyes) US MF's making hay

Nice job as usual. Vaguely (very vaguely) reminiscent of a Thomas 95-100. 2 wheel drive, long square cut bonnet and square'ish cab.

Guys, A thousand thankyou's for your time and trouble in posting the pics. Let the work commence ! Cheers Adie

I want to use the old Britains 2 drum mower as the base for an MF drum mower from the '70's - '80's. Can anyone help me with any pictures of MF branded drum mowers from this era. Any picture would help and the more the merrier. Cheers as ever. Adie

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Just a bit of fun this one. No intention of producing anything found in the 'real' world, just a a little run of the imagination. Got a Britians Shawnee Poole trailer from Shepton Mallet Toy and Train Fair for a couple of quid. One of the hitch arms was broken off and it was in serious need of a wash and disinfect !! Went for a straight draw bar and painted it in the 'house colours'. The big wheels are just a bit of fun, I have a set of Britains JD 4020 rear wheels that also go on it. As an aside, I thought I had done the draw bar far too short. However, by pure chance, I passed a yellow very similar trailer behind an old Ford 7000 on the road, and that was very close coupled to the tractor, so i am using that as my excuse for leaving it as it is !

Mark, Well done that man. You are an excellent advocate for the brand. My only surprise is that you found a journalist who could actually accurately record what you said. My experience is that they are genetically incapable of get anything right. Well done again Adie

Sunday 13th June 2010 Bath and West showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset 1030hrs-1500hrs.

(Adopts Churchill Insurance dog's voice) Oh yes.................

It's around 100hp. I didn't know exactly so did an internet search, power is quoted as anything from 90 to 112hp. depends who you beleive.

It's around 100hp. I was not sure of the exact HP so I did a quick internet search and quoted HP varies from 90 to 112, so take your pick ?

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............whilst i find myself a new accountant here's the pics

Seem to remember someone was producing copies of the MF specific orange beacons, anyone know who ? Cheers Adie.

Blue Man, I was justing pointing out i had a set of the white flat top Ford fenders knocking about should you need such given what you were planning. Sorry if I have misunderstood. Adie

Tractorman810, Thanks for that. I keep coming across these trailers with broken hitches for sale for a couple of quid. I was thinking about cutting the goose neck of at its base and grafting on a normal draw bar. This will be a lot easier if the chassis is hollow. cheers, adie.