Paul Palmer Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 rory,im still finding it difficult to pick up the magazine,any shops that you know in devon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Have you got a WH Smiths at all they ve always got it in & even the smaller shops do up here do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 You should get it on prescription Paul!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Its the February issue I presume ye are talking about !!! Topic title says January issue!!! . Anyways I got a good read from the Old & New compared with the NH T7.210 & the Ford 4000 with the trailers. The SEM Engineering topic is also a great read. Great issue again Rory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorsday Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Paulali I'm with '590' on this one, ref CT availability. I'd say most of the local independent newsagents will stock CT, and maybe a Tesco, certainly quite a few W H Smith newsagents. Devon is a good area for us in terms of readers. Still on a mag theme, is the latest issue of Model Farmer out? I've not seen one in my newsagents for a while, hoping it might have a bit on the new JD 50 Series from Britains. Regards Rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 wh smiths guaranteed Rory,its the smaller newsagents that dont seem to carry it anymore,and ive never seen it in a tescos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Its the February issue I presume ye are talking about !!! Topic title says January issue!!! . Anyways I got a good read from the Old & New compared with the NH T7.210 & the Ford 4000 with the trailers. The SEM Engineering topic is also a great read. Great issue again Rory. Mine has just arrived back from town. One major typo on the 4000/T7.210 article though. A 4000 needed at least 8 tons behind it, not 5 tons. 5 tons was more suited to the 3600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorsday Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 SPN, I disagree. This wasn't a typo, it was based on what was/is a sensible load for a Ford 4000. I've spent countless hours on a 4600 with a Q cab and anything more than 5-6t behind it and it was tail wagging the dog time. Sure, it would take off with an 8t trailer, but not safe and certainly not capable of climbing any hills at an acceptable speed. I've never seen any Ford 4000s with tandem axle 8t trailers in these parts, not forgetting that these would have been very big trailers in the heyday of the Ford 4000, more suited to a 5000 or 7000. Just my opinion anyway. But it wasn't a typographical error...it was intended to appear as 5t. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 SPN, I disagree. This wasn't a typo, it was based on what was/is a sensible load for a Ford 4000. I've spent countless hours on a 4600 with a Q cab and anything more than 5-6t behind it and it was tail wagging the dog time. Sure, it would take off with an 8t trailer, but not safe and certainly not capable of climbing any hills at an acceptable speed. I've never seen any Ford 4000s with tandem axle 8t trailers in these parts, not forgetting that these would have been very big trailers in the heyday of the Ford 4000, more suited to a 5000 or 7000. Just my opinion anyway. But it wasn't a typographical error...it was intended to appear as 5t. RD No worries Rory. I was being tongue in cheek. (and a 4000 will walk up a hill with 8 tons of grain behind it in low 1st or low 2nd. I did it many a time ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Paul can t you get it posted to you mate from them at CT i used to get it that way when it 1 st came out , i ll even go in to me local Tesco s shop to see if they do it & i hate the shop ha ha! -Other then that you ll have to move a little up land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Jon,its in w h smiths but with work i can never seem to get there,its like i was saying i could allways pick it up at small newsagents but it doesnt seem to be stocked anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorsday Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 SPN Fair enough, but low 1st or low 2nd.....I rest my case! RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 We ran both a 4000 & 4600 Fritz cab a few years back. They would both handle 8 ton alright ,but they would struggle & serious weight would be needed up front or you would have front wheels in the air. . 5 to 6 ton was more manageable . Strangely enough we found the 4600 that wee bit more powerful than the 4000 even tough the both had a rating of 62 HP. We think .... considering the 4600 was a produced in 1982 outa Antwerp that it might have had a 4610 engine . Not sure. !! But it was probably one of the last to roll off the Antwerp production line. She could hold if not pass our contractors Dual Power Ford 5000 carting silage with the same size trailers !!! And thats fact!!!Pure little rocket back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue man Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 We ran both a 4000 & 4600 Fritz cab a few years back. They would both handle 8 ton alright ,but they would struggle & serious weight would be needed up front or you would have front wheels in the air. . 5 to 6 ton was more manageable . Strangely enough we found the 4600 that wee bit more powerful than the 4000 even tough the both had a rating of 62 HP. We think .... considering the 4600 was a produced in 1982 outa Antwerp that it might have had a 4610 engine . Not sure. !! But it was probably one of the last to roll off the Antwerp production line. She could hold if not pass our contractors Dual Power Ford 5000 carting silage with the same size trailers !!! And thats fact!!!Pure little rocket back in the day. Mind me asking what contractor Justin ? Thinking Spaceman but theres a few around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Mind me asking what contractor Justin ? Thinking Spaceman but theres a few around No no. Kilcorney based contractor, thats were we had the farm. His name was John Sullivan . He ran a Ford 7700 with a Tarupp double chop, 6600 Fritz cab & a 5000 carting. He no longer does it . Id say Spaceman was running a few 7000's & mutant 7700 back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Yep that s the trouble if the shops not selling many then they tend to stop getting them in i have same trouble with my other mag i get & i give up on the Mrs picking up the CT as she said i see way far too many tractors on here ha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Back in 1977 we had a FORD 4600 with bubble cab and we used it to take sugar beet into Ipswich factory about 10 miles from are farm the trailer was a thames -trader lorry body which we had put a drawbar on and we could get 9tons of beet in it yes front wheels come of ground a few times but we managed we used the 4600 as it had a pick-up hitch as the 6600 we had only had drawbar and the trailer only being single axle made this bend.The reason for using 4600 an trailer to take beet in was because lorry drivers were on strike. we sold this tractor a few years ago but was told its still working in NORTON in Suffolk the tractors reg was SDX103R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue man Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 No no. Kilcorney based contractor, thats were we had the farm. His name was John Sullivan . He ran a Ford 7700 with a Tarupp double chop, 6600 Fritz cab & a 5000 carting. He no longer does it . Id say Spaceman was running a few 7000's & mutant 7700 back then. That 7700s still going Tw-15 power now though ! His best was the 6ft NH Double chop on the 25 imo though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 That 7700s still going Tw-15 power now though ! His best was the 6ft NH Double chop on the 25 imo though Yeah. Early 90's when he had that outfit, until the Claas Jags came onboard. Cronins Bros Ford 8100 was another beast in the area back then. TW-25 engine under her bonnet. Its standing in retirement under cover at the moment,but Greg plans to bring the old beast back to life in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue man Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Yeah. Early 90's when he had that outfit, until the Claas Jags came onboard. Cronins Bros Ford 8100 was another beast in the area back then. TW-25 engine under her bonnet. Its standing in retirement under cover at the moment,but Greg plans to bring the old beast back to life in the near future. Cronins have some gear about themselves now ! See the Genesis on the pottinger Butterflys ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Cronins have some gear about themselves now ! See the Genesis on the pottinger Butterflys ? Yeah shes an 8770 opened up to around 220 HP. Ive also seen their new T7.260 on the butterflys the odd time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Justin and John.....sounds as though these old fleets from back in the day could be an article idea for Rory.... Interviews with contractors....."Carting down Memory Lane" What you reckon?? Years ago nearby us Coar's ran a pair of Roadless's on a pair of big engine on JF's drag filling with a fleet of Ford's and a lone 674 nash on carting duties.... in later years they went to the 1905 and 2305 and now run the 2305 and an FX450 with a fleet that's all blue ranging from a 7740 to a tm140 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue man Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Justin and John.....sounds as though these old fleets from back in the day could be an article idea for Rory.... Interviews with contractors....."Carting down Memory Lane" What you reckon?? Years ago nearby us Coar's ran a pair of Roadless's on a pair of big engine on JF's drag filling with a fleet of Ford's and a lone 674 nash on carting duties.... in later years they went to the 1905 and 2305 and now run the 2305 and an FX450 with a fleet that's all blue ranging from a 7740 to a tm140 There was certainly some very unique machineery around these parts back in the day the thing is I dont know if there are any pictures of any of it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Justin and John.....sounds as though these old fleets from back in the day could be an article idea for Rory.... Interviews with contractors....."Carting down Memory Lane" What you reckon?? Years ago nearby us Coar's ran a pair of Roadless's on a pair of big engine on JF's drag filling with a fleet of Ford's and a lone 674 nash on carting duties.... in later years they went to the 1905 and 2305 and now run the 2305 and an FX450 with a fleet that's all blue ranging from a 7740 to a tm140 The might do. Classic tractor have done many a feature on machines in my area in the past . Only thing is lots of these old machines have moved on since or been retired . But the area were myself & John come from being North West Co Cork was FORD tractor country & kinda still is to this day & Fiatagri were another big seller. But the JDs & Valtras are gaining on the NHs now in the area in terms of modern brands. But BLUE is still the most popular colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Aye It's probably the only real problem.... too many of yesterday's classics have vanished.... with only memories of those that saw them in their heyday left now. The farm near us, i think the only tractor left from the 80's fleet will be the AP cabbed 4610... came new for the summer season in about 87...... now resigned to the scraper!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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