tabmodels Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 10 hours ago, mb86 said: That could end badly, wouldn't want it whipping through the back of the cab, it makes me thankfull for modern safety cabs. Yeah there have been a few close calls thankfully not on a public road or street, most memorable one being my father hitting a rusty iron bar in the hedge with the slasher blade. It sheared all six blades off and send them towards the tractor. Two blades hit the mesh guard and tore it open, thankfully they didn't go any further! The mesh guard was very heavy and doubled up and that's what stopped them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 27 minutes ago, Tractorman810 said: dont ever recal seeing one thats for sure nick. what about the moffat ones ian ? irish company or uk Yes Sean Moffetts are made in Co.Monaghan, Ireland, they also make the Moffett Mounty forklift for the backs of trucks. Hydrocut is still operating but nothing like the innovative machines from the 1970s, the identification plate on ours reads Sudbury, Suffolk. They seem to have built a lot more models of hedge cutters than I first thought, including the Mk2, 3 and 4 Super Hydrocut, The Universal, the Boadicea, the Simeon, the Giraffe and just recently discovered a compact rear mounted hedger called The Hydrocut Farmer. Extremely hard to find any images or information on them, even on the interweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 This is our now retired Hydrocut Mk4, fitted to a pre-Q cab Ford 7600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, MadMark said: Looks like they've moved to Essex now http://www.hydrocut.co.uk/ The Hydrocut farmer Spot on Mark, they are just up the road from us here at earls clone airfield.We have an old hydrocut spiral worm log splitter, still use it regularly in the winter, it came from the long time closed up case ih dealers "spot machinery " in Gt yeldham, Essex. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, chris.watson said: Spot on Mark, they are just up the road from us here at earls clone airfield.We have an old hydrocut spiral worm log splitter, still use it regularly in the winter, it came from the long time closed up case ih dealers "spot machinery " in Gt yeldham, Essex. That's exactly the Hydrocut Farmer I found being sold on ebay, and I've seen the log splitter too, I wonder what other machinery they have produced in the past 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2 hours ago, tabmodels said: Yeah there have been a few close calls thankfully not on a public road or street, most memorable one being my father hitting a rusty iron bar in the hedge with the slasher blade. It sheared all six blades off and send them towards the tractor. Two blades hit the mesh guard and tore it open, thankfully they didn't go any further! The mesh guard was very heavy and doubled up and that's what stopped them. I bet that resulted in a trip home for a change of pants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 17 minutes ago, mb86 said: I bet that resulted in a trip home for a change of pants! If he did, he must have kept that one a secret haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Great pic Mark, I think that one is on their website and an old brochure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford man Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 On 6 April 2017 at 8:13 PM, tabmodels said: Yes Sean Moffetts are made in Co.Monaghan, Ireland, they also make the Moffett Mounty forklift for the backs of trucks. Hydrocut is still operating but nothing like the innovative machines from the 1970s, the identification plate on ours reads Sudbury, Suffolk. They seem to have built a lot more models of hedge cutters than I first thought, including the Mk2, 3 and 4 Super Hydrocut, The Universal, the Boadicea, the Simeon, the Giraffe and just recently discovered a compact rear mounted hedger called The Hydrocut Farmer. Extremely hard to find any images or information on them, even on the interweb Moffetts are alright a Monaghan based engineering company but here is an insight Cecil moffett founded the company in the 1950's as an engineering business along side his farm. At first he fixed farm machinery but always wanted to make items. One of the earliest machines made was a stone mole plough for a man called pat joe prunty who in Ireland is famed for football and gaa pitches. Cecil on to manufacture concrete equipment before his death at a young age. His three children called Robert, carol and Maurice carried on the business and are famed worldwide for the moffett mounty forklift for trucks. They also at the same time made the MFT tractor before selling the company to powerscreen. Robert and Maurice are still in the engineering business, robert with combilift (a forklift that can go in every direction) and Maurice with Maurice moffett engineering. It's Maurice who makes the saw still. If there are high flyers reading this, look up moffett rally on YouTube. Both families are very much involved with car rallying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 24 minutes ago, ford man said: Moffetts are alright a Monaghan based engineering company but here is an insight Cecil moffett founded the company in the 1950's as an engineering business along side his farm. At first he fixed farm machinery but always wanted to make items. One of the earliest machines made was a stone mole plough for a man called pat joe prunty who in Ireland is famed for football and gaa pitches. Cecil on to manufacture concrete equipment before his death at a young age. His three children called Robert, carol and Maurice carried on the business and are famed worldwide for the moffett mounty forklift for trucks. They also at the same time made the MFT tractor before selling the company to powerscreen. Robert and Maurice are still in the engineering business, robert with combilift (a forklift that can go in every direction) and Maurice with Maurice moffett engineering. It's Maurice who makes the saw still. If there are high flyers reading this, look up moffett rally on YouTube. Both families are very much involved with car rallying Thanks Damian, that's very interesting, I completely forgot about the MFT tractor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Also check out Combilift, Robert Moffett is one of the directors of it. Certainly not a small company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford man Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 5 hours ago, Wayne D said: Also check out Combilift, Robert Moffett is one of the directors of it. Certainly not a small company. Your right there Wayne, the company is worldwide and the order book for forklifts keeps growing. They are in the process of building a new plant outside Monaghan town. Just to give you a the size of the plant 900 solar panels are going on it!!!! I know Robert and Maurice because I'm involved in rallying and are two lovely fellows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 7 hours ago, ford man said: Your right there Wayne, the company is worldwide and the order book for forklifts keeps growing. They are in the process of building a new plant outside Monaghan town. Just to give you a the size of the plant 900 solar panels are going on it!!!! I know Robert and Maurice because I'm involved in rallying and are two lovely fellows. Yes that's correct, the engineers I work for designed the structure for the new building. It's massive, just short of 10 acres for the building alone. ha ha! Small world, my dad would be good friends with them, as he done quite a bit of night navigation rally's with them back in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tabmodels Posted August 31, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) Here's a few pics of recent builds of the Roadless 75 using more suitable front wheels, a weight block and rebuilt rear linkage... Edited August 31, 2017 by tabmodels 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Absolute beauties again Ian!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Another Roadless 75 without cab, only this time based on the Universal Hobbies 5000... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajo Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Still not tired of these blue beautys? Look great, the UH Ford provides a nice base model for several Roadless models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Another stunner Ian. Fantastic detail on those uh 5000s to start with, this looks even better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 stunning work their ian shes a bueaty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tabmodels Posted November 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2019 Industrial Roadless 75 commission featuring Boughton winch. This one is based upon a real tractor with minor changes applied. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 very nice Ian! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Another amazing build Ian, well done mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Stunning Ian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Another cracker Ian. You are completing one or two interesting builds lately that are different to the norm. Look forward to seeing what other beauties come out of your workshop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I hate it when you do this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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