Valley Axe Man Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 We've been busy down in the workshop in the Valley, this time mothering an old loader on to a trusty major for those lifting and shifting jobs around the yard, Loader scratch built from plastic card and tube for the rams, with 14s electrical wire for the hydraulic hoses. the major gained a set af tin front wheels to be a bit easier to change when we get a "flat" and a set of rear wheel weights to give a bit of extra counter weight and grip in the woods Finally a bit a weathering to finish it of and blend in with the other 2 majors in the fleet some pics Hope you guys like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Oh yes Baby loving that Paul Great build and looks the dogs gangles Smashing work well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Yep I am liking this good job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordTractorCrazy Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 that does look bloody realistic. fantastic job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 tidy work paul, wish uh would get their act together and do something like that , for the fordsons and the two new mf100's ,nice horndraullics for them maybe, or a mf 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertlerik Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Super nice job you did on that loader. Erik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Thanks for the supportive comments Barry, Oliver, Wil Sean and Erik cheers! watch this space for my next project........ I didn't measure a real loader, just sort of made it up as i went along and think i could probably improve on it if i made another but i've got other ideas floating about on the to do list before i do that. Although i do have to agree that there a lot of things UH could do, a 1/16th scale loader would be one of them as there seems to be no shortage in 1/32nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Made for the job, you know what you're doing with these old Fordsons, Paul. You don;t half make a nice job of anything you have a go at. Enjoyable to see them, each and every one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cheers Tris, glad you like them though i ain't a proffessional i just try my best and see what happens :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Well whatever happens, it seems to hit the spot! Do you have a real Major of your own or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Unfortunatley Tris i not got my own full size tractor, it is on the list of things to buy, but for as long as i can remember there's always been a major or a nuffield floating around, plus an odd John deere 3130 and roadless 75, 1174 county, 10/60 bray, unimogs, a pair valmets a universal dt, and a Aec Matador timber tractor, and numerous landys, all used in my uncles and mums,joint timber extraction/ coppicing and charcoal and firewood buisness. One of the Valmets was outside the show at longridge, dressed up in it working gear of crane and winch. Heres a couple of pics of some of the beasts of the wood, I'll post up some more when i load the pics onto laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Sweet, I'd have loved to have grown up around all of that lot. Little boys and big toys.... We never grow out of it either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Or is it Big boys and Small toys now Tris? :laugh: There's plenty of childhood memories, just sometimes wish they'ed have kept hold of a tractor or 2 rather than movng them on to buy something else, since Longridge the claas coluored Valmet has found a new home down somerset and its timber trailer went to a buyer from York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That's a shame about the Valmet, I have only ever seen on or maybe two and believe it or not it was around Frome/Shepton Mallet, in Somerset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Aah well Tris ours went to somewhere around Bruton, so there could now be another around that area It had spent all its life in forestry locally before it appeared in the Valley , the reverse drive handy for forwarding logs out of the woods with a Botex crane trailer but not sure what role it will play for its new owners. Britains did a limited edition of there valmet in claas green..... I'll have to keep my eyes open and see if i can find a mint boxed version for the collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Here a couple more pics of beasts that have resided in the valley, the 1174 went to Jas P Wilson at Dalbeatie, but the 6400 valmet still roaming the woods and earning its keep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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