BC Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Well yesterday afternoon coming home over the back roads from Westhill I spotted local farmer Peter Morrison out sowing with his conventional MF 500 4 meter seed drill pulled by his 6 month old NH 6050. I had to stop and have a walk up to see him as he was loading the seeder. First the S reg NH digger loading the hopper with seed and fertilizer. Next the C reg Ford 7610 pulling the Bailey trailer with seed and fertilizer Now the MF500 & NH 6050 The complete set up And the seed drill on it own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Now on to loading the seed drill with seed and fertilizer via the two part hopper And now sowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Now the final sowing ones Well that's sowing from Drumoak in the conventional old fashioned way ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 nice pic's what size drill is that looks about a 27-28 maby a 30 tyne cheers Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robl12 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Nice looking kit there Bill lots of gear working with the dry spell I would imagine. Will be a few more weeks before guys start looking at sowing up near us. Most are still ploughing/ muck spreading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 nice pic's what size drill is that looks about a 27-28 maby a 30 tyne cheers Reece All I noticed Reece was 4 meters on the side of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Nice looking kit there Bill lots of gear working with the dry spell I would imagine. Will be a few more weeks before guys start looking at sowing up near us. Most are still ploughing/ muck spreading. Well the rain is on here today Rob so that will stop the sowing for just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Tidy photographs of some tidy equipment there Bill. Bubble cabbed 7610 looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Tidy photographs of some tidy equipment there Bill. Bubble cabbed 7610 looks very nice. For it age David the 7610 looked in good order from the outside. The seat was a bit torn and the inside of the cab was a bit messy with straw and "dubs". I was kinda hoping that he may have asked me to move it along the road to the next field but no :( He did offer me a "hurl" in the new NH but did say it was rather dusty and messy inside. Not much wonder I thought with the rear window open ;) I declined the offer saying that I had to get some photographs for the chaps on FTF ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Another set of great pics Bill........I've never seen so many Massey 500 drills in my life, this one plus the 5 or so that were at Thainstone the other week........ :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 He did offer me a "hurl" in the new NH but did say it was rather dusty and messy inside. Not much wonder I thought with the rear window open ;) I declined the offer saying that I had to get some photographs for the chaps on FTF ;) On a 58 plate there shouldn't be any dust in there Nice pics though, Bill, takes me back a few years to our old 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 thanks for the pics Bc them massey seeders are hard to beat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painter Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 great pics mate,with some nice gear in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Another set of great pics Bill........I've never seen so many Massey 500 drills in my life, this one plus the 5 or so that were at Thainstone the other week........ :o Well he jokingly said that given the high price of scrap last year he though of scrapping it but he finds the one passes still a bit expensive for him Martin ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 On a 58 plate there shouldn't be any dust in there Nice pics though, Bill, takes me back a few years to our old 30. My thoughts too John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 thanks for the pics Bc them massey seeders are hard to beat Do you still use them up north Murray ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 great pics mate,with some nice gear in them Glad you enjoyed painter. Unusual to see a conventional seeder being used with a more modern tractor but that's the way he farms ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumC Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Do you still use them up north Murray ??? got one at my work but its a 3 meter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Nice to see older tackle still being used CallumC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Now this is more my style Great pictures Bill and the machines look very tidy too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robl12 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Very unusual to see older drills still being used. Most up our way have upgraded to newer drills. Several big accord rigs and Lemken gear as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Now this is more my style Great pictures Bill and the machines look very tidy too Yes they were tidy but the insides of the tractors were dusty Colm...even the new one must to my and JDC's disgust too ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yes they were tidy but the insides of the tractors were dusty Colm...even the new one must to my and JDC's disgust too ;) You wouldn't want to see our 3600 then when we are finished sowing - currently the mudguards are black with waste oil to stop the fertiliser dust sticking to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Very unusual to see older drills still being used. Most up our way have upgraded to newer drills. Several big accord rigs and Lemken gear as well. Yes it is unusual to see such older drills being used Rob. Peter must be around 50 or early 50's but still uses some older tackle including an R reg Clayson combine which I did a post on last year. He basically works the farm himself now his father has retired so as you can see from the digger to the hopper to the drill machine he has sowing as a one man show down to a fine art. I was impressed with his set up and to see the older drill hitched to a modern tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 You wouldn't want to see our 3600 then when we are finished sowing - currently the mudguards are black with waste oil to stop the fertiliser dust sticking to them Not a bad idea I suppose Colm. You need to post up photos to let us see your set up ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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