MJB1 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Nice to have aplay even if it is just a water barrel or two to move though. I want a real toy hmmm i can see you with a tidy little ford 4000 mate , & unlike yer 5000's they're still at a reasonable price what a beast marcus thanks mark looking good mate, so when do you plan to start the resto then?? summer i hope, when i have some money mate , so yes summer would be a good start, summer 2015 sounds good to me :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 not been back to greets removing removing your fingers again then bud, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 ooo she's a beaute mate... I'd love to split her in half and do her vitals * Nice to see her being used.. I often find 'linky box things' to do with Mavis... excuses, all of them... but who cares - you can't beat that feeling of tinkering with your own machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 not been back to greets removing removing your fingers again then bud, um no not lately mate cant really think of anything i need thats affordable :D would like to spend loads on it but need funds from massive hq err where's markys number ooo she's a beaute mate... I'd love to split her in half and do her vitals * Nice to see her being used.. I often find 'linky box things' to do with Mavis... excuses, all of them... but who cares - you can't beat that feeling of tinkering with your own machine just great to have something to have a play about on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 sues been talking about a move sometime strange thing is shes mentioned somewhere with room for a tractor ;D or at least somewhere to store it next to the house ,has to be a 165 for me if i do get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 sues been talking about a move sometime strange thing is shes mentioned somewhere with room for a tractor ;D or at least somewhere to store it next to the house ,has to be a 165 for me if i do get there good lad Sean... I know where there is a LOVELY 168 near me.. i reckon you could twist the blokes arm to buy it mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 good lad Sean... I know where there is a LOVELY 168 near me.. i reckon you could twist the blokes arm to buy it mate no 165 mate, with flexi cab, and dish rears not the other sorts arround Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 sues been talking about a move sometime strange thing is shes mentioned somewhere with room for a tractor ;D or at least somewhere to store it next to the house ,has to be a 165 for me if i do get there no sean what she actuallu said was , " i supose we'll have to move as seans very strange & we'll have to have room for his bl00dy toy tractors & they'll have to be outside somewhere next to the house" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 no sean what she actuallu said was , " i supose we'll have to move as seans very strange & we'll have to have room for his bl00dy toy tractors & they'll have to be outside somewhere next to the house" na shes was quiet genunine, only prob is it would mean moving into cornwall, bigger house with land, but closer to her work, thats the comprimise see, i can work from anywhere, but if she gets the promotion shes after it means being in truro 95% of the time, so we will need to be closer to there i guess but not in it,only real loss for me is i would slip right down the prom otion ladder down truro,despite my experiance and training as they have 2 other guys down there taht cover the 3 jobs i cover in plymouth when my mates are on holiday, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 had an hour or so spare yesterday so decided to free up the leveling arm on the tractor , lack of grease being the main culprit, once in the vice a bar & a few pumps from the grease gun & it was all free'd up ! second pic is of what made me the massey fan i am i supose , although the first proper tractor i drove was a 165, this little 135 was the first tractor i actually got out with to do some proper work unsupervised , albeit with a haybob turning hay. this little chap is the last MF on the farm & was bought new in 196? on a C plate , spent nearly all of it's life with a loader but for some unknown reason the loader has been sold & as far as i'm aware this remarkable little tractor has only had it's clutch replaced once ! it's now on it's second time round the clock with 3?? now showing all the main line tractors that were all MF have been replaced over the years & apart from the 135 is an all fendt fleet including two 820's a 936 & a new to come 718 which will replace a 716 times they are a changin ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Right.... two things... 1. Where did you get 'an hour or so spare' from... get me one please next time :D 2. You'd better grab that 135 then mate and keep her in preservation... I've had my mincey pies on the first tractor I ever drove (35x)... sadly the farmer passed away a year or so ago... but it went to his son-in-law who is mad keen on ploughing :'( \ One day it will be in my garage - but I may have to wait for it for a long long time :'( :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 1. on my rest day mark, & was at mads mum n dads house, after dropping the boys to school & had to wait there to pick them up again (saves traveling all the way home again) 2. if i had the money mate i'd love to , but what nowadays would you pay to replace a tractor like this ? it scrabbles about with a rear mounted bale spike or a yard scraper , or just used for spreading sawdust about in the chicken houses now. uncle C can't work out why the loader was sold either , or as he see's it as selling the family silver this little tractor was the main loader on the farm till it was helped by a 590 with 80 loader in 1978 ? the first manatou didn't appear on the farm till 86, it's done a lot of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 done too many hours again so had to have a few more days off & seeing as the weathers been good the last week Mad's dads padocks were dry enough to get on for some chain harrowing. Bill has trailed harrows not mounted & are rolled up in the shed so once they were gotten out, off i went ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 view from the err...cab..........less \ view down on to the house down in the valley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 view from the umm......................other field & thats how i spent my day ! (thats chain harrowing not hiding behind gates) was in no hurry , only 10 acres or so & had to watch out for the horses as i went from field to field ,i thouroughly enjoyed meself just messing about although the horses wern't that interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 whish i could spend my days off like that marcus, shes getting a workout every now and then which is good, shame the restos on hold mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Good way to spend a day Marcus...would've been bloomin' cold up here today though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Nice to see the old girl getting a job of work to do Marcus ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 whish i could spend my days off like that marcus, shes getting a workout every now and then which is good, shame the restos on hold mind always good to get on & go sean , even if it's just for a few miles drive out round the village Good way to spend a day Marcus...would've been bloomin' cold up here today though. wasn't exactly a heatwave down here yesterday john, all day was coat on , coat off , coat on , coat off ! Nice to see the old girl getting a job of work to do Marcus ;) just glad bill's zetor doesn't start ,as i'd have nothing to do :D nah , bill's in his 70's so is happy to let me just get on & do :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Nice to see the old girl stretching her legs Marcus...I bet you had a smile on your face as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Nice to see the old girl stretching her legs Marcus...I bet you had a smile on your face as well just seeing it all parked up makes me smile mark , but actually working with it gives great satisfaction well all the chain harrowing done so next job was rolling because of some of the slopes & the fact no hay is taken from the padocks a cambridge roller is enough , a 3T roller would be a bit much for the old girl especially on these tyres as there are a few wet patches to cover as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 as you can see not much grass here as the horses are constantly out grazing pics didn't come out too bad considering they're taken on the phone while i was rolling i felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me from doing the same thing years ago with a cabbed 165 after steaming up & down the motorway week in week out , this is such a relaxing change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It could be a lovely pastoral scene from the 60s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ford Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 You look right at home Marcus , leave some for me to roll. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 It could be a lovely pastoral scene from the 60s... yes quite traquil & slow paced isn't it You look right at home Marcus , leave some for me to roll. 8) all done mate & i'm as narked as you,got nothing to do now till dung spreading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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