Help set a World Record...

Irish-trucker

Do you know of anyone with pre 1977 Tractors ?

Things that haven't ran in years and have been left in hedges? Or people who have restored tractors ?

Get them to pull them out , get them running, clean them up and Bring them To Cooley on the 5th of August 07 - To help set a new world record

http://www.cooleyvintagefestival.ie/

Every tractors counts !

Wishbone Ash

Irish-trucker wrote:

Do you know of anyone with pre 1977 Tractors ?

Things that haven't ran in years and have been left in hedges? Or people who have restored tractors ?

'Haven't ran in years', 'left in hedges' *scratches head*

Sure the country is full of pre '77 tractors still earning their keep!

*heads out to 1964 Fordson Super dexta*

Good Luck with it Irish Trucker - must try to make it up to Cooley then.

EDIT: How many did they do last time?

Irish-trucker

Oh i agree , lots of pre-1977 tractors are earning there keep .

But plenty are in corners of yards just left .
My plea is to get them out and running and bring them to Cooley.

My family had 4 tractors in the last record and it was 1832 .
This time there will be much more Hopefully .

England set there own record of 2000 odd tractors working , but there where brand new ones too :rolleyes: so they did'nt break OUR record.

Cooley will be alive on Aug 5th ... There was some atmosphere the last time round.

Cheers,
John

P.S - I've nothing to do with it , i know the organisers and i thought i'd post here to see if anyone cared

Wishbone Ash

That Cooley field was huge the last time - I'd love to know how big it was. There's a 200 acre field not far from me in Dublin but I'd say that one is bigger!

maidhc

I have only 1 pre 1977, but not sure about getting a 1968 Ford 4000 force up to Cooley! It still is used every day and would be insulted by the comment in re ditches.

I have 2 1979 tractors... so if it is Munster in 2 years time we will be out in force!

Wishbone Ash

maidhc wrote:

a 1968 Ford 4000

I didn't think the Ford 4000's were around that long. I tend to think of them as a mid '70s tractor!

jmayo

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I didn't think the Ford 4000's were around that long. I tend to think of them as a mid '70s tractor!

Ford 3000 and 5000 were around since 1965 until 1975 AFAIK.
I knew I should have held onto MF 35.

maidhc

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I didn't think the Ford 4000's were around that long. I tend to think of them as a mid '70s tractor!

The Ford 4000 came out in 1965, and got a major revision in 1968. It was replaced by the 4600 in 1975. We had a 1975 Ford 4600 too, but replaced it with a 1981 model (the final year of production for the 4600!).

Mrs. MacGyver

We have one of these at home! It's still used from 1976 ( i think). A few of the lads around display Alice Chambers at vintages. I take it this is going to be in Louth?