Nibbler's Vintage Shed.

[Hillview]

This is a collection of Vintage tractors, farm machinery and horse drawn implements.

Some of the items were used by my Granda and Father on the family farm. Other items were bought in Northern Ireland or at vintage auctions in the UK.

My Granda spent alot of time cleaning and painting many of the items.

My Father has many of the items displayed in pallet racking shelving.

From the outside it looks like a normal shed. However the inside tells a different story.

This photo only shows a section of this collection.

[BC]

I for one would like to see more of your family collection...any more pictures to show us

[Lord Ferguson]

Second that... looks like an Alladins cave of stuff in there... a 'more pictures' vote from me too please 

[Hillview]

There is over one hundred items in this collection. Some are horsedrawn implements such as ploughs, reapers, potato diggers.

Quite a few of the tractor implements are Massey Ferguson or Ferguson.

A view of one of the shelving. Cultivators, Horsedrawn ploughs.

A couple of horse carts.

[Hillview]

Below is a 1949 grey Ferguson which was bought from new. It is one of the first tractors to be fitted with a cab. The neighbours laughed at it! Now every tractor has a cab!

[BC]

On the second shelf ( from top or bottom ) I spy what I think is a Howard rotovator....is that a Howard Bantam...it looks like a Howard one colour wise ;)

[Lord Ferguson]

Ooooo.... what a beauty... thanks for posting.. can we get some 'in cab' shots of the cyclops Fergie please  :P

As for the implements... you've got some seriously nice kit in that collection... do you have a Fergie Crane

[Hillview]

I don't think we have a Fergie crane. Do you have a picture of one?

[Lord Ferguson]

I'll find you one... it's a very rare thing... only a small handful made - I have a superbly accurate replica that someone made.... but real ones are 'hens teeth' 

EDIT.. here it is buddy...

[Hillview]

Here are a few of the inside of the cab.

[BC]

That does not look a Ferguson seat on that P3 tractor to me....looks like a Ransomes of Ipswich to me

[Lord Ferguson]

Phwoar... what a stunner... thanks for that. Did you do the P3 conversion on the tractor or was it bought like that

I bet the neighbours soon became dead jealous when it rained or snowed with that lovely cab. It really doesn't look too cramped either... as for the seat.... Ramsomes of Ipswich I take it ... not too far from me and right in PDC territory 

[Hillview]

It is a Ransome's seat allright. My Granda got the conversion done.

[Hillview]

A few recent additions.

[Hillview]

A robot potato planter. Can anyone give me some more information about these. Are they the same as David Brown planters? Thanks.

[BC]

Nice additions to the collection.

As for the potato planter I really don't know other than it is not a Ferguson one

[Tractorman810]

kind of looks like a ransoms planter to me, seem to remember one on the farm when i was younger or something very much like it in that blue/ orange scheme

[Lord Ferguson]

Some nice additions there.. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us... Can we see some more of that lovely looking MF35 please 

[Hillview]

It is originally Scottish. It has a 135 engine fitted. I will post more pictures again.

[Lord Ferguson]

Thanks... Looks like a well cared for machine.. Does she have a diff lock ?

[farmerfrank]

Thanks... Looks like a well cared for machine.. Does she have a diff lock ?

dosnt look like it in the pic

[Hillview]

A few photos of the MF 35. It doesn't have a diff lock.

Can anyone know anything about Farm Mechanisation Co. Ltd, Cupar and Dunfermline?

[BC]

Peter,

Have a read of this: now Reekie Group

The company’s origins started in Ladybank in 1947 when agriculture was in the beginning of a mechanised revolution. Company founder Mr Gavin R Reekie OBE formed Farm Mechanisation Ltd, affectionately known as “The Mech†to market the innovative TE20 Ferguson tractor with the revolutionary hydraulic 3-point linkage. In those early days horses were still the main power source on the farm and tractors were for “softiesâ€.

In an early letter to Mr Reekie in 1949 a farmer wrote. “I am using horses everyday and I know by experience that from years end to years end, two good men with pairs of good horses will more than hold their own with a tractor and do better work by a long bitâ€. Today’s farmer may have a different take on that point of view.

http://www.reekie.co.uk/19_reekie.php

[Hillview]

Thanks Bill.

[Lord Ferguson]

Producer and pioneer of Ferguson vineyard conversions... much to the annoyance of Mr HF himself.. still an MF dealer today I believe... they have made plenty of conversions and implements to/for MF kit over the years.. but most famous for vineyard conversions I'd say.

That 35 is a little peach as well... looks to have been restored with a great deal of care Peter... thanks for sharing the images. Interesting that she's got an 'assembly style' drawbar as well... I thought they were not fitted until the X came about.. or there abouts datewise.

Do you have the serial number handy for this lady mate