Machinery Photo/Discussion Thread

davidk1394

Nearly 50 years apart and still earns its keep

Base price

And it will be still going when the electronics/sensors etc in the other one have given up

Odelay

davidk1394 wrote: »

Nearly 50 years apart and still earns its keep

Don’t ever let it go!

davidk1394

Odelay wrote: »

Don’t ever let it go!

Not mine but a friend of mine. Bought new in 1972 I think. He reckons there’s 25-30k hours on it.
Still loads all the fertilizer for the farm and does the occasional bit of feeding

Grueller

davidk1394 wrote: »

Not mine but a friend of mine. Bought new in 1972 I think. He reckons there’s 25-30k hours on it.
Still loads all the fertilizer for the farm and does the occasional bit of feeding

Have a 1973 ford 4000 here. Loads all of the fertiliser here too on the home farm. Acts as a quad. Moves all bales of hay and straw, cleans out a couple of low sheds, moves creep feeders in summer.
Clock stopped on her in 1992 at 8200 hours.

Edited to say that she is suffering a serious attack of tin worms and is absolutely black worn out down as far as the pivots on the 3 point linkage. The father wants to change her but I want to keep her for sentimental reasons as she was his tractor. How do I say to him that I want to keep her to have after he is gone? Not an easy thing to say to him.

Say my name

Grueller wrote: »

Have a 1973 ford 4000 here. Loads all of the fertiliser here too on the home farm. Acts as a quad. Moves all bales of hay and straw, cleans out a couple of low sheds, moves creep feeders in summer.
Clock stopped on her in 1992 at 8200 hours.

Edited to say that she is suffering a serious attack of tin worms and is absolutely black worn out down as far as the pivots on the 3 point linkage. The father wants to change her but I want to keep her for sentimental reasons as she was his tractor. How do I say to him that I want to keep her to have after he is gone? Not an easy thing to say to him.

Say nothing if you want.
Just go and book her in as soon as with someone for a full restoration.

I presume you want it restored at some stage?
And presuming you are the supplemental (real kind of) boss.

Base price

Grueller wrote: »

Have a 1973 ford 4000 here. Loads all of the fertiliser here too on the home farm. Acts as a quad. Moves all bales of hay and straw, cleans out a couple of low sheds, moves creep feeders in summer.
Clock stopped on her in 1992 at 8200 hours.

Edited to say that she is suffering a serious attack of tin worms and is absolutely black worn out down as far as the pivots on the 3 point linkage. The father wants to change her but I want to keep her for sentimental reasons as she was his tractor. How do I say to him that I want to keep her to have after he is gone? Not an easy thing to say to him.

Ask your Dad to give it to you or pay him the value for it. I presume that it was the first tractor that you drove.

Grueller

Say my name wrote: »

Say nothing if you want.
Just go and book her in as soon as with someone for a full restoration.

I presume you want it restored at some stage?
And presuming you are the supplemental (real kind of) boss.

Ah, I am the boss at this stage. That funny sort of relationship where you are the boss, handle all finances and are responsible for everything, yet run like a big man child to get a second opinion on all decisions of any consequence.

Grueller

Base price wrote: »

Ask your Dad to give it to you or pay him the value for it. I presume that it was the first tractor that you drove.

First tractor I ever drove. Ah to be fair to him he won't sell it unless I want to.

Grueller

Dawggone mentioned a New Holland TM at reasonable money in France on here a while back. Has she turned up on donedeal advertised in Cork? A TM130 with front linkages.

The Rabbi

Grueller wrote: »

Dawggone mentioned a New Holland TM at reasonable money in France on here a while back. Has she turned up on donedeal advertised in Cork? A TM130 with front linkages.

You might be better off getting the linkage sorted on the 4000.:)

zetecescort

davidk1394 wrote: »

Not mine but a friend of mine. Bought new in 1972 I think. He reckons there’s 25-30k hours on it.
Still loads all the fertilizer for the farm and does the occasional bit of feeding

Quicke loader still on the trip or converted to hydraulic

Muckit

God there's houses fitted with smaller stoves!!

Muckit

A present for the young lad's birthday..... and sure had to get myself a little something!

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

A present for the young lad's birthday..... and sure had to get myself a little something!

Some lad

zetecescort

Muckit wrote: »

A present for the young lad's birthday..... and sure had to get myself a little something!

have you something of similar vintage to drive the taarup?

Muckit

zetecescort wrote: »

have you something of similar vintage to drive the taarup?

I've a ford 5000 that should run it
Spout turns and it looks veey well. Bit disappointed there isn't a right trailer hitch though. Also the gear box is fused to the harvester and can't be separated. Still a very nice piece.

Muckit

The spout doesn't fold over either. So I'm fecked if it gets blocked !:D

Nekarsulm

Muckit wrote: »

The spout doesn't fold over either. So I'm fecked if it gets blocked !:D

I didn't know the spout folded on the real one either!

davidk1394

zetecescort wrote: »

Quicke loader still on the trip or converted to hydraulic

Still on the trip

The Rabbi

davidk1394 wrote: »

Still on the trip

I think that the owner could reach the fork from the seat if the rope broke.

Reggie.

New girl has finally arrived

satstheway

Pictures

freedominacup

davidk1394 wrote: »

Still on the trip

So are muckit and zetescort.

MeTheMan

Reggie. wrote: »

New girl has finally arrived

Just waiting for the perfect light?

Good luck with it!

emaherx

MeTheMan wrote: »

Just waiting for the perfect light?

Good luck with it!

He has to wash it first, God knows how much dust/grime might be on it from transport.

Reggie.

emaherx wrote: »

He has to wash it first, God knows how much dust/grime might be on it from transport.

Nah she's getting PDI'd at the min. Getting it Fri evening. Going to work on Sat

Reggie.

Her replacement

GrasstoMilk

Reggie. wrote: »

Her replacement

No flashing beacons?!
Well wear, shes a fine looking tractor. You've made great strides with your business and gear in the few short years you've been posting here

funkey_monkey

Looks good.

What make/size of boots are on it? Did you request that or are they OE?

What are you planning to be at with the front linkage?

X6.430macman

That's some nice setup, how's the stock landini loader compare with the quicke?
Are they not sending them with grill guards anymore?

Reggie.

X6.430macman wrote: »

That's some nice setup, how's the stock landini loader compare with the quicke?
Are they not sending them with grill guards anymore?

Never noticed that but im thinking the grill might not fit with the front linkage

Reggie.

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Looks good.

What make/size of boots are on it? Did you request that or are they OE?

What are you planning to be at with the front linkage?

It's the flagship of the 6 series so comes with them as standard. They are 480s on the front and 540s on the rear. Rim is big enough to take 600s I'd say if I ever need to change them

Front linkage is f9r weight block atm but it's future proofing myself really

Reggie.

X6.430macman wrote: »

That's some nice setup, how's the stock landini loader compare with the quicke?
Are they not sending them with grill guards anymore?

It'll do the job but wouldn't be as good as a quicke. Unfortunately I couldn't justify a quicke this time round as not doing a major amount of loader work on the contracting.

Reggie.

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

No flashing beacons?!
Well wear, shes a fine looking tractor. You've made great strides with your business and gear in the few short years you've been posting here

Oh the beacons will be going on her.

jaymla627

Reggie. wrote: »

It'll do the job but wouldn't be as good as a quicke. Unfortunately I couldn't justify a quicke this time round as not doing a major amount of loader work on the contracting.

Theirs is a lot better tilt back on the loader you have on the new one compared to the quicke, couldn’t fault the one here on the t6140 theirs a 5 ft foot prodig shear grab on it the past two seasons and it’s stuck it really well they might look light weight but theirs is serious steel in them, would be over 1.5 ton in a loaded grab and it’s no bother to it

Reggie.

For those who may be interested. Top photo is normal Splash plate and bottom photo is the moscha swivel

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

For those who may be interested. Top photo is normal Splash plate and bottom photo is the moscha swivel

How many photos did you take today?

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

How many photos did you take today?

Only a few. The videos werent me. A farmer took some great videos of the moscha working but send them through Snapchat and couldn't save them

visatorro

Reggie. wrote: »

For those who may be interested. Top photo is normal Splash plate and bottom photo is the moscha swivel

Your ment to open the lollipop, there's no slurry there. Don't worry you'll get the hang of it!

kevthegaff

Well wear Reggie

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

For those who may be interested. Top photo is normal Splash plate and bottom photo is the moscha swivel

Is it the exact same amount of slurry per acre out of each ?

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

Is it the exact same amount of slurry per acre out of each ?

No the swivel went on about twice as heavy

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

No the swivel went on about twice as heavy

Thats deadly

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

Thats deadly

We marked one of the runs of the moscha swivel to see the difference on the regrowth. Will report back with something in a week or do

MeTheMan

That's amazing Reggie. Makes some difference. Can only be good for the grass.

davidk1394

Moscha is a good job. Problem is it won’t work well with a light breeze and when it’s near empty it’ll blow the majority of the slurry up on the tank. That’s working with pig slurry

Reggie.

davidk1394 wrote: »

Moscha is a good job. Problem is it won’t work well with a light breeze and when it’s near empty it’ll blow the majority of the slurry up on the tank. That’s working with pig slurry

Was windy that day and no bother. Just work against the wind

davidk1394

Reggie. wrote: »

Was windy that day and no bother. Just work against the wind

Cattle slurry is a lot thicker than pig slurry

Reggie.

davidk1394 wrote: »

Cattle slurry is a lot thicker than pig slurry

Just work against the wind lad.