nashmach Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 :D http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/massey-ferguson-780-combine-harvester_W0QQitemZ320039083184QQihZ011QQcategoryZ108848QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james f Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 There's hope for your one yet! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 SATANS combines Used to have 2 runners and 9 spere part machines First combine i ever drove and they where cr4p,slow blocked up the header if you went faster than a snail and the engines have got to be in the worst place ever invented as they used to get covered in straw and husks and that only means 1 thing FIRE. remember being a lad sitting in the top of the steps and getting a very hot butt as it went up in flames. Nothing but trouble from when they first came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 i would love to be in a position with space and time to restore one of those beautys,given there palce in farming history , such a shame to see any of the older rare stuff go rusting away like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Me too Sean... what a gem theywere are Satan's combine indeed... I think you mean the Matador Scot surely \ :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 My Dad had two of them and they used to do quite a bit of contracting about 300 acres per annum with them in their heyday and he didn't get that much trouble only the usual combine things - he wishes now he kept our one going especially after he went up to the record attempt in Girley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 scrap metal realy aint it. \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 My Dad had two of them and they used to do quite a bit of contracting about [glow=red,2,300]300 acres per annum [/glow] with them in their heyday and he didn't get that much trouble only the usual combine things - he wishes now he kept our one going especially after he went up to the record attempt in Girley But i bet it didn't crop 4.5 tonnes to the acre more like 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 But i bet it didn't crop 4.5 tonnes to the acre more like 2 I'd say would have been a good yield back then and he didn't have much pressure doing it either as he had one lad with 20 acres who didn't cut till well into September each year - he was never under much pressure as he was mainly cutting for a lot of small growers who he also did the ploughing and the harrowing for and my Grandfather did the square baling then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Now there's a proper wee resto job......Not for me though I'm afraid as I've not got the money...... Anyhow my combine of preference would have to be an older Clayson...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Now there's a proper wee resto job......Not for me though I'm afraid as I've not got the money...... Anyhow my combine of preference would have to be an older Clayson...... ;) An MF 500/400/415/515 would beat them anyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 you still see the old clayson?s going strong at harvest down here,there are a few 8080?s along one road by my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 You see lots of older 122 / 133 / 135 and 140's still at work over here and a whole multitude of 1500 series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Now there's a proper wee resto job......Not for me though I'm afraid as I've not got the money...... Anyhow my combine of preference would have to be an older Clayson...... ;) The farmer next door to ours told me a story once about a 780 they bought it brand new .Had nothing but trouble with it and traded it for a clayson. Moral of the story is he has still got the clayson and it still comes out every year to do a bit along side a newer new nolland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 My father bought one new 'when he were a lad' it was a bit unreliable to say the least. I reckon that one looks worse than it actually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 never mind the make, those 780's and all there differnet incarnations are one of the first proper combines in farm history, before clayson ect, hence the need to keep a bit of farming history,i know our farm's had 2 ,one at each of the big farms in there day,which sent one to the smaller one after they had done , and one was good one was bad according to my uncles, so it proves something i guess, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 My father bought one new 'when he were a lad' it was a bit unreliable to say the least. I reckon that one looks worse than it actually is. I'd agree with you there John as ours doesn't look that bad from that distance but is terrible up close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 My father bought one new 'when he were a lad' it was a bit unreliable to say the least. I reckon that one looks worse than it actually is. father bought a second hand one in early 60s, ran it for a year doing our own & a bit of contracting & earned enough with it to pay cash for a new CLAAS SF the following year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 father bought a second hand one in early 60s, ran it for a year doing our own & a bit of contracting & earned enough with it to pay cash for a new CLAAS SF the following year. Sensible chap your farther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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