long slow drive

cormywormy · Oct 7, 2015

Chatting to a lad who did 150 miles one day hauling cattle in a ford 5610 with the fitzmyrer cab haha

yorkie · Oct 7, 2015

Bloke I worked with drove a combine when he went to another job,they had 2,at start of season they took them both down to Essex,cut every thing there,then drove them up to either Stockton or Darlington where next farm was cutt all that then drove them back up to finish off at last farm at Berwick,used to close Tyne tunnel in middle of night,that would be about 22 years ago

reb1952 · Oct 7, 2015

In 1975 father-in-law drove a 12' cut Ransome Cavalier from Cambridge machinery sale to Worcester. 120 miles, no by-passes, so straight through the middle of Bedford, Northampton, Daventry, Leamington, Warwick and Stratford..................with the table on !!! I did the same in the '80s with a Claas Senator, JD 950 and JD 985. They'd done the A14 by then and we'd seen the light and took the tables off. 9 hours for the JD's and 2 days for the Claas (bloody slow). Under 6 hours tho' in a Leyland 272 Synchro. ( one of the nicest tractors we ever bought from Cambridge).

Jimbo · Oct 7, 2015

Drove a johndeer cts combine 240 miles in one long day in Australia between farms back in the late 90 s had a 13 ft canola pick up on the front and 30 ft header on the back ! Did a total of about 1000 miles on the road that harvest . Great pace to see a bit of the country .

kill · Oct 7, 2015

And how many miles in a long day would a 50 kph Tractor do in road miles hauling grass or straw or maize or muck/ slurry?

YorkshireAndrew · Oct 7, 2015

Chatted to someone tonight who was driving North on the M1 who said he saw two sp forage harvesters towing trailers going South with an associated tailback going back several miles .

Grassman · Oct 7, 2015

YorkshireAndrew said:
Chatted to someone tonight who was driving North on the M1 who said he saw two sp forage harvesters towing trailers going South with an associated tailback going back several miles .

A1?

essexpete · Oct 7, 2015

solo said:
1976 father took mf 135 on duals with 24' scammel trailer with steel ramps from just south of Birmingham to Bury St Edmunds to collect 3 vintage John Deere tractors and a mounted finger bar mower. I wouldn't be that keen with a draughty cab but I bet it didn't use that much fuel. Unloading at this end one of the rusty ramps gave way with father on a three wheeler. Luckily it only flopped over on its side. If it had been the four wheeler it would of rolled and crushed him. Scary moment as a young lad watching. Must have been over two hundred mile round trip.

Where the JDs bought from S W Cross and son Ixworth?

essexpete · Oct 7, 2015

Met a man at Cambs Machinery Sales about 18 years ago, he had just bought an amazone spreader and mounted it on the back of an also purchased 895 Case IH. 'Far to go'? 'Plymouth' was the reply.

YorkshireAndrew · Oct 7, 2015

Grassman said:
A1?

Yes I think it was .

Tractordave · Oct 8, 2015

We have a fleet of jds running curtainsider trailers, each doing approx 8000 miles per year. Between 750-1000 engine hours.
Surprisingly reliable with this usage (touch wood

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Flat 10 · Oct 8, 2015

Tractordave said:
We have a fleet of jds running curtainsider trailers, each doing approx 8000 miles per year. Between 750-1000 engine hours.
Surprisingly reliable with this usage (touch wood)

moving what? Veg?

holywell farmer · Oct 8, 2015

brynseiri said:
Went from Betws Yn Rhos, Abergele to Madeley near Stoke on Trent to lift Maize years ago, the boss took the forager on the low loader, we went in convoy with the trailers, all to lift 70 ac of maize.

just 1 off job ?

holywell farmer · Oct 8, 2015

RobFZS said:
my dad did a 140 mile round trip once to pickup a topper, still got the topper 10/ 12 years later

our contractor goes for miles, one time they were doing silage at ours and then were going to do another 100 odd acre 60 mile away, but their base is inbetween

must get home late when chopping is done for the day !

IH 684 · Oct 8, 2015

yorkie said:
Bloke I worked with drove a combine when he went to another job,they had 2,at start of season they took them both down to Essex,cut every thing there,then drove them up to either Stockton or Darlington where next farm was cutt all that then drove them back up to finish off at last farm at Berwick,used to close Tyne tunnel in middle of night,that would be about 22 years ago

Tony Allen??

renewablejohn · Oct 8, 2015

I always enjoy a long trip in the MB Trac often compare it to cycling but without the effort.

brynseiri · Oct 8, 2015

holywell farmer said:
just 1 off job ?

Was a regular job the boss man used to do. The farmer held the world record for pipeline layed in a day, the bloke was a pipeline contractor in days gone by.

Chae1 · Oct 8, 2015

Farm I worked on had land in Billericay and up by Felixstowe did a few trips in 7840s up a12. Not sure of distance. One day took a 30k 4955 home to Chelmsford that was a fair trip!

holywell farmer · Oct 8, 2015

brynseiri said:
Was a regular job the boss man used to do. The farmer held the world record for pipeline layed in a day, the bloke was a pipeline contractor in days gone by.

bet used some fuel getting there from Conwy !

Grassman · Oct 8, 2015

renewablejohn said:
I always enjoy a long trip in the MB Trac often compare it to cycling but without the effort.

Why? Do you wear lycra and get a sore backside?

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