mb86 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Thought these might be of interest, some old photos of the family's past machinery. the young lad in most of them is my father. Seem to be having trouble uploading some of them so it might take me a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm434 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 20 minutes ago, mb86 said: Thought these might be of interest, some old photos of the family's past machinery. the young lad in most of them is my father. Seem to be having trouble uploading some of them so it might take me a while. this will be an interesting topic martin , I really like looking at pictures from way back . excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mb86 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 5 hours ago, dm434 said: this will be an interesting topic martin , I really like looking at pictures from way back . excellent Same here David. Always interesting to see how it used to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Brilliant old photos, thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 great pictures Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 33 minutes ago, robbo said: Brilliant old photos, thanks for posting 20 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said: great pictures Martin Thanks mike and Paul. Will put more on as I get time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks for sharing a bit of your family's history on the land Martin, some good photo's and i bet plenty of memories too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Wonderful photographs, absolutely love seeing memories like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said: Thanks for sharing a bit of your family's history on the land Martin, some good photo's and i bet plenty of memories too 28 minutes ago, walterderwent said: Wonderful photographs, absolutely love seeing memories like this. Thanks lads, this batch all precede me but plenty of memories for my dad, and some grand stories too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Lovely to see your photographs Martin, I could spend hours looking at this sort of thing. My Father is 75 and he has always said farming when he was young was much more pleasurable than today. Yes, the work was harder but there were lots more people employed on farms then. He always cited threshing day as a good example, hard work but plenty of men and lots of banter, something which is sadly missing today as you can often go from one working day to the next without seeing a soul to talk to bar the family on an evening. Progress is a good thing and I doubt any of us would really want to turn the clock back to the conditions of 50 years ago but it can't be denied that some of the magic has left this profession. Remember the days when if you wanted to send some cattle to the mart on a Monday you just loaded them up and went, no worrying about passports, tags in both ears, 6 day standstills......I can't help but think that progress sometimes comes at a cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Cheers. Mine has a very similar view, only his thoughts are conveyed by letting me know how easy I have it, taking feed out to the sheep with a quad and mucking out with the loader etc etc — he says with his bad back, knackered knees and two replacement hips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hell, I think they must be related, I've heard that record most of my life too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Found a few more photos recently. First is our leyland 285 and mk4 escort along with my grandads 262 synchro. Another shot of the 285 Ome for @dm434 and @844john, a young lad looking non too impressed at being made to have his photo taken afront of his uncles Nash, don't know who that could be but I think he grew up with blue blood ;) not sure what number the tractor was but it had a hydra box. A couple of the contractors pit bashers from the 70's, leyland 384 and I think 270 and lastly the same contractors machine on the same pit (all be it extended) this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm434 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Could be 574 Nash with a quicke loader , pull four pins on the boom and you could make it longer or shorter , brilliant photos Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Thanks David, was definitely an extending loader, worked just like you described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Some good memories for you in those those photo's Martin (well maybe not the Nash one haha) i bet the 384 and 270 sounded well climbing the clamp, would sooner listen to that than the JCB of modern times.. Did you ever have clutch problems caused by the rear engine mounts on the 285?? it's a pity you didn't have her in a shed now, be a fair sound to listen to her pulling up the road from Barney, as only thing to beat the sound of a 4/98t is a 6/98.... pure music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Nice to see those photos Martin, like Paul says, lots of good memories no doubt. I think the problem with you in front of the nash must be that you've just had a good look around it, noticed the standard power steering, independent PTO, Hydro transmission, wet brakes....and then compared it to the other tractors of it's time..... That's a hell of a mounting point for the crowd ram on the loader mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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