BigX500 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Massey Ferguson 3080. seen one Ebay or they out yet and has anybody got one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 hoping they will be at penrith ..they said november sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I've just spoken to my supplier and they are due in the country the first week of December at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Carnt wait for this to arrive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigX500 Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 will order one from our dealer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 the closest correct wheels i can think of for fitting to the 3080 are the siku mf5455 type wheels,these are very close to whats fitted on the 3080....and a can of SAPPHIRE SILVER will be required to get them the correct colour.......id rather not be changing the wheels but i dont think id display the 3080 with the standard incorrect wheels as i feel it ruins the model.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Why did uh not make the model with proper rims?them rims might be from a later model 3080? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 yes light land its a pity we have to change the wheels......the wheel type didint change from the 3080 to the 3095 and the type fitted to the model never appeared on any of the 3000/3005 range at all,such a strange looking back rim on the model,i dont think ive ever seen that type fitted to any tractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 the trouble with UH is that their production model very much depends on the actual tractor they originaly look at . remember the fiasco created when they released the 135 ? wrong wheels, wrong mudguards , etc, etc if the real 3080 was fitted with these wheels from new in france then thats what you're going to get on your model oh & stop whinging , be thankfull some one out there is catering to build the models that had been overlooked by the other bigger builders you would have expected them to come from in the first place if yer not happy change it , if you don't like it don't buy it , not rocket science is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Well said marcus , I did a quick net search last night and found 4 different hub types on 3080 tractors Inc one that looked like the uh 1200 wheels and one that looked very very similar to the uh ones they have done . I like you am just happy someones made one at last not a convo with a nasty totally wrong looking cab or something like it , I will get 2 , one for keeps the other for work like hitches front and rear but wheel unless I chop a 1200 will likely stay the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford/nh fan Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 yes it is good news we have these models from the late eighties. but why have they missed the 600 series out? did they miss out on the building rights to another toy /model manufacturer? a 698/699 would be nice to see. Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 UH are making their way through the tractors that are kept in the Heritage Centre in Beauvais. So if they have a 600 series there a model could follow. Does anyone have a list of the models kept by MF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 UH have, inded measured the 3080 at Beauvais... I visited the heritage centre earlier this year and will happily find the pictures of what's there in a few moments. I may well be off there again soon for another visit too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 This was the contents of the heritage centre on the last visit I made... and this is where I fell well and truly, hook, line and sinker in love * My local rep reckons he had that parked there just for me :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 no 600 series there then mark,i cold do with a 600 series to replace the convo i made,unless you are in bors league of convo work,and others, mpr etc,as soon as uh or any other manafacturer bring out a model what i have made,it makes my convos look crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 no 600 series there then mark,i cold do with a 600 series to replace the convo i made,unless you are in bors league of convo work,and others, mpr etc,as soon as uh or any other manafacturer bring out a model what i have made,it makes my convos look crap You are too modest Paul.... Now then.... Martyn Reeve makes a 690.. and I have a very rare 675 that's hes made as well... go on... treat yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 You are too modest Paul.... Now then.... Martyn Reeve makes a 690.. and I have a very rare 675 that's hes made as well... go on... treat yourself so is there a 600 series there then mark? would love one of martyns,but its economics,the uh would be a better price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Thanks Marky for the pics, pity no 600 series, could someone sneek one in there for UH to measure! Hard cabbed 168 would be good though, flexi cab even better but we can't have everything can we! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Thanks Marky for the pictures, pity no 600 series, could someone sneek one in there for UH to measure! Hard cabbed 168 would be good though, flexi cab even better but we can't have everything can we! flexi cab,know your talking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 No problem... I don't recall them ever having a 600 series model at Banner Lane or Beauvais...the 600 series seems to have been 'swept under the carpet' by MF for some reason... it didn't even appear in their 50th celebration videos of the decades.... they jump from the 500 series straight to the 3000 series \ Not the best cab in the world... but a formidable range of beasties all the same \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Not the best cab in the world Now I always thought that until spending a fair time in one and my opinion changed. Admittedly the construction was not fit for our maritime climate but for most of the world the atmosphere is dry enough not to pose a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 you are obviously talking about the later cab then.... the early one was 'orrible... fixed steering wheel in an almost upright position... overhead built in forehead smasher for the driver :D remote levelling box lever that came though the cab and tried to kill you ... handbrake that you had to break your back to reach :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 you are obviously talking about the later cab then.... the early one was 'orrible... fixed steering wheel in an almost upright position... overhead built in forehead smasher for the driver :D remote levelling box lever that came though the cab and tried to kill you ... handbrake that you had to break your back to reach :D learnt something else here marky,never new mf even updated the cab apart from the moving/adjustable steering wheel,that was in the last mf 600 range brochure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Nope, I'm talking of the early ones and thought an adjustable steering wheel would make it even better, I guess I was just so surprised at the improvement over the 500 series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkelfergus Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 you are obviously talking about the later cab then.... the early one was 'orrible... fixed steering wheel in an almost upright position... overhead built in forehead smasher for the driver :D remote levelling box lever that came though the cab and tried to kill you ... handbrake that you had to break your back to reach :D Sounds very similar to the "AP" cabs on the Fords Mark,...especially the "forehead smasher"............ :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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