Deere-est Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Here are some pics of a County logging tractor at a timber yard I was delivering too. One of the guys had to move it and he barely turned the key and she fired straight away. Sounded rough with an exhaust like that but shows testiment to the old block under all that rubbish tin work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the other green Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Those forestry tractors take some punishment eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Years of it by the looks of it. She aint giving up the ghost just yet though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 How come we see these 40 year old Fords working hard for a living, but we never see 40 year olds from other brands? Strange one that! Just goes to show how correct County, Roadless, MuirHill, Northrop, Doe and EVA were in their choice of skid unit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Alot of truth in some of that but I do know of plenty of old MF's still earning their crust. (and they didnt need modifying to keep going ;-) ) Guess with Ford and MF it just comes down to production numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 How come we see these 40 year old Fords working hard for a living, but we never see 40 year olds from other brands? Strange one that! Just goes to show how correct County, Roadless, MuirHill, Northrop, Doe and EVA were in their choice of skid unit! Cant comment there as no longer a ford in the area bar few collectors machines :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 How come we see these 40 year old Fords working hard for a living, but we never see 40 year olds from other brands? Strange one that! Just goes to show how correct County, Roadless, MuirHill, Northrop, Doe and EVA were in their choice of skid unit! Here here but not forgetting Matbro & Bray and Chaseside Stan ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archbarch Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 How come we see these 40 year old Fords working hard for a living, but we never see 40 year olds from other brands? Strange one that! Just goes to show how correct County, Roadless, MuirHill, Northrop, Doe and EVA were in their choice of skid unit! what else was around 40 years ago it wasnt until the late 70s early 80s other brands started to get a following Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 How come we see these 40 year old Fords working hard for a living, but we never see 40 year olds from other brands? Strange one that! Just goes to show how correct County, Roadless, MuirHill, Northrop, Doe and EVA were in their choice of skid unit! ah we do mate, see no one has pointed out the real reason you don't see mf's done to county style have they? its because they were just as good as the modifyed ford into county as a 2wd standard machine :D :D na the countys were years ahead in there day, ands like all older british built machine of there year very very well built with proper craftsman like finish, unlike the modern stuff, if anything they over enginered stuff in those days hence there still arround today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 1, 2006 Author Share Posted September 1, 2006 Erm. . . . Sean-e-kins my lover. . . . . . . . . . I did say MF's were good enough without being modified. Tut tut!! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other green Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 There's a lot of tatty, banged-up, leaky 40-odd year old stuff still working away out there. TOG. (d.o.b. April 1965) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 There's a lot of tatty, banged-up, leaky 40-odd year old stuff still working away out there. TOG. (d.o.b. April 1965) ;D ;D Very good!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Could be a rare enough 654 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james f Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Could be a rare enough 654 Do you think colm? With that nose I put her down as a 754 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I know when you look at the nose and cowl around the steering wheel it looks like a 754 alright but the bonnet is definetly 654 or at leasta pre force 5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 going to say wasn't the 754 a ford force 5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 going to say wasn't the 754 a ford force 5000 More or less Marcus ;) Some of the old forestry countys were mix and match bits and bobs from the 5000 I've always struggled to identify the forestry countys even with all the literature I have on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 More or less Marcus ;) Some of the old forestry countys were mix and match bits and bobs from the 5000 I've always struggled to identify the forestry countys even with all the literature I have on them Quite true hard to know what you could find at times :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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