Lord Ferguson Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Take a look at this lovely old brochure I picked up today... I wonder how many items were sold from this counter top brochure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lord Ferguson Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 That's it folks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Interesting wee brochure there Marky...... The wee 200 trailer bringing in the silage...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 Doesn't it look tiny as well Mart... by modern standards \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Doesn't it look tiny as well Mart... by modern standards \ Indeed Marky, I remember seeing one behind a 2wd 3065 at my local Mart and was quite shocked as to how small it looked compared to what we're used to these days...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I were also looking at that on e-bay,and now I can see what was inside with out buying it,well handy. Got any pictures of the MF self propalled foragers Marky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 I don't have Ol... I've seen the brochure quite a few times and let it slip away..... It's well and truly on my radar now mind you for next time one comes up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 So it was MF that made those Gawd Awfull silage garbs Boss on my 1st farm brought me a silage grab for our newish loader, he got me one of those, wasnt even the same width as the loader frame : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Interesting brochure there Mark - who made the MF round baler - some horror stories about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 vermeer system one and the same as Vermeer USA made the farmhand as well from memory.................. I WON`T go into our horror stories other than to say we made 9 bales one afternoon and on another unforgettable occasion rather than a memorable one, the old dog crapped in the row in front of the baler.............may be unrelated but it had worked faultlessly as far as it did, all day before that. We were baling what was almost hay in one of our best fields...as I say working perfectly,then got this "mess " in the last wee corner .After 4 hours trying,and at 9pm, we had to give up. went to it the next morning after a nights rain and it sailed through a grand total of 3 bales in all ! the dog was popular needless to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Brings back a few memories there, seeing the MF70 mower, I've still got one. Bought it in 1976 ,cost £1100 ,this was when you could buy a Fahr twin drum for £850. Mind you not many Fahr's were still going in 2002 and had never had a spanner on them apart from changing the blades. The old 70 was the best mower we every had and was only replaced with a 2.8 m Kuhn with a conditioner because we needed a bigger capacity. Reading what Jakescot says about the MF baler reminds me of the old Allis Chalmers rotabalers, the were awful things, in one field you could sail round and never have a stop, go into the next field and the crop would be jamming, wrapping aroud the belts and pulleys, and all sorts of problems. One local wag used to say, " you could never make bad hay with the Allis baler, because if it wasn't fit it wouldn't bale it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other green Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Oh, Allis8550, those Allis Chalmers Roto-balers A good friend of mine has one, just to play with. He has a Ford-New Holland 1220 tractor, you know, a little four wheel drive 14hp diesel machine and the Roto baler is just something to give him and the tractor something to do. He used to come over to one of our hay fields on his day-off with his tractor and baler and a 12-pack of beer in a cooler. Our plan was to have a beer every time the baler plugged-up. Some days, you'd nicely have your thirst quenched, other days, you'd be s**t-faced before dinner :D I'd have hated to relied on it to make all my hay. Jakescot, I laughed loud enough, Mrs TOG (at the other end of the house) wants to know what's so funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke DeWitt Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Wish i had some older lit. thanks for the pictures, I do wish the bigger companies would have scans of their old lit. It's great for learning about older equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF Joel NZ Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Does anybody know anything about the MF square balers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I have a brochure for the MF 10 and 703 - took Lord Ferguson ages to find one :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Does anybody know anything about the MF square balers? yes, the early 200 series balers were rubbish until they were replaced with the 1,2,3 & 4 balers these were better as they had new holland knotters on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 we`ve still an old MF 120...pretty much as new other than a big dent where the pto shaft fell off and dug in the ground and bashed the cover for the big flywheel.It had good days and not so good days , we had odd knotter probs from memory but nothing major .Dad was good at baling, he`d done it for many years but the guy we had working with us at the time was better and he could make her clonk on , I remember him baling 21 acres on day for us and a near neighbour from 11 am til around 7pm , good crops and using an old MF 135 !!! ours was done flat 8`s and the neighbours was just the drag sledge with 2 lads building on it, our old sledge had no top bar so you could build a good stack in it.The 135 was grunting at times when the sledge was full even tho the field was dead flat ! that would be back in 87 I think it was . those were the days ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 I have a brochure for the MF 10 and 703 - took Lord Ferguson ages to find one :D It did indeed Colm... A lucky find that one mate in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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