Lord Ferguson Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Thanks Pudding... can you get the 5445 here before mid April... if so I'll take it :D Fanny is too slow on the road... and cabless of course \ Mark... Nice convo... change that to a 5445 and put that baler on.... WOW :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Thanks Pudding... can you get the 5445 here before mid April... if so I'll take it :D Fanny is too slow on the road... and cabless of course \ Mark... Nice convo... change that to a 5445 and put that baler on.... WOW :o What speed is she Marky? 30kish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Fanny is 22mph flat out... which is quite respectable... but the wind don't 'arf sting ya boatrace :'( :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 And then theres the added danger of an out of control - low flying acrobatic fly, which could hit you square on. Not nice \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 marky i didn't read the other 9 pages of this post, just the first one so i don't know what was said..........but buy a hyd porta pack, comes with tank, honda motor, filter remotes etc, build it onto a tandem axle bogie with brakes, and pull it behind fanny ........ well i red the other 9 pages ha ha!.........good effort marky we have a 5445 here in stock if you want one you need a front forklift for the front of the tractor now....... Loader wuld be a very usefull tool to have on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 I've been thinking about that one Ricky... I'm going to talk to them tomorrow... can't be doing with the droop snoot mind you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I've been thinking about that one Ricky... I'm going to talk to them tomorrow... can't be doing with the droop snoot mind you Well it does make her a multi tasker then and could go to the extent of baler loaded onto trailer, taken to job site, lifted off used then back onto trailer, baled waste onto trailer also, tractor pulls the lot away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james f Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I've just had a juvenile moment Well............I'd love to see and hear this in action, and I bet you will want to try this one out................how about...................squashing bubble wrap. Just imagine the noise..... :D Aaaaaand.....you are doing the environment a favour by recycling all the air trapped in the bubble wrap. Mind you, it might be that a sheet of bubble wrap could become a collectors item in years to come. Imagine it...........the year......2100........and you have a sheet of pure pre-CO2 air from 2008. Forget the bottles of Champagne and 200 year old bottles of wine, we're talking of a piece of historical, irreplaceable air. By then people may pay hundreds of pounds for you to burst a bubble so they can "Snort" some 92 year old air. Cor yeah. Oh yeah, Marky.........would it work as a wine or cider press, or even do tatties so you could make some potato "Wine" which our Irish friends should have a recipe for. Good stuff it is too. I am 55 honestly, its just that sometimes I have these flashbacks and juvenile moments. As you would say,.................I'll get my coat...............Bye! It's called Poteen ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Well.... last Friday I took delivery of this nasty horrid 'thing' ... for making some more bales - I wanted to get some before, during and after pics for my website... Now I am concious that I'm no oficionado on tractor makes - and my experience could never be described as vast - but having done around 20 miles on the road today in this tractor.. I can safely say that it's only endorsed my love of all things Massey Ferguson My main complaints from such limited usage are.. 1. The spools don't 'lock in' for constant pumping (thus allowing an open circuit for machines such as my baler... or a log splitter perhaps) - I had to tie it open with baler twine 2. Flat battery this morning... not strictly the tractors fault... I grant you - but a pain none-the-less 3. On the road - it's like a big wobbly jelly... even without 2.5 tonnes of baler on the back - it's like riding a rocking horse 4. The Cr@ppy gearbox - the change is very 'jolty' - Not the smooth change of the MF's 5. The shuttle shifter - it's a switch.. not a clutch - on of off 6. The seat - it moves up and down... and for some strange reason... backwards and forwards (by design !) - adds to the wobbly jelly feeling a treat really.. 7. Now this one could be me... but pulling away and shifting up the box - it SOMETIMES would not let me shift up over gear 12... you had to go down to 11... then back up through to 18 8. Egronomics... the shifter/throttle lever are too far away - a little more thought and it could have been closer to the arm rest - makes you arm ache having to lean over for it all the time.. 9. Poor hydraulic flow - so much less than a smaller MF I would say - makes the baler run much slower - even at 1100rpm plus.. Anyway... shut up Marky and show us the pics please... here's 'the thing' next to my car for scale - it's a big'ol lump for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 And you might like to know... I turned this... And thats allready compacted by my two current compacting machines... Into this... All in all... around a 2:1 reduction from conventionally compacted waste :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke p Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 cool :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 thats a hell of a difference aint it mate, pity about the tractor mind, did it really take longer to do that with the mf you had for the trial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 It did seem to be slower mate.... I think the MF had a higher displacement pump - and my new tractor will have the same - we specified that on the order... thankfully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 It did seem to be slower mate.... I think the MF had a higher displacement pump - and my new tractor will have the same - we specified that on the order... thankfully worth it then, every min svaed is another job in the long run as they tot up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 A good work man never blames his tools and as for the locking out spools massey haven't had them for that long ;) : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerepower Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 that compactor looks better on a Case Marky :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 that compactor looks better on a Case Marky :D > > - I do hope your brake pipes are ok on your new van Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerepower Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 > > - I do hope your brake pipes are ok on your new van Mark dont worry about that Marky the vechile in front will stop me ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I think your a classic example of a moaning old codger who doesn't know quality until it hits him square on in the hooter. :D The Case can't be that bad surely Your just nit picking And no not mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Do you not think it's more down to the actual fact that you can't actually drive a tractor marky \ \ \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM190 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Do you not think it's more down to the actual fact that you can't actually drive a tractor marky \ \ \ Now that made me laugh :D :D :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Thanks Blake I'm here all week :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I think its the same excuse as his ploughing. Operator error :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Come on Luke you know that was the ploughs fault all rusted up and bent and bowed nothing to do with the fact that fanny couldn't pull the skin of a rice pudding let alone 3 furrows : :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Marky that tractor is bound to have locking spools like on the deeres the "switch" to do this is outside ontop of the spool sockets Did u order loader for the mf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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