Tractors over the decades.

Greythundercloudys

Member

• Jun 13, 2018

• #1

Iv still got my dad's first tractor he fought new in 1963, a 35x, it's sat in an old shed for twenty years. We then had a 135 with a loader, 4 cylinder that was sat on a hill and pumped with autostart, then we had 4 fists in the eights and nintys, 90/90 and 680. Now have a landini and Mf. Fiats not fists. Wonder if l will ever get another or will the landini and Fergie have to do me, in the 80,s when l was still at school dad was alway changing those fiats, there was a great dealer Willie burns on the go and a goog bank manager.

 

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celtis man

Member

• Jun 13, 2018

• #2

You buy a tractor now and work it to near death :-*

 

Kidds

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Horticulture

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Near Beeston Castle

• Jun 13, 2018

• #3

Greythundercloudys said:

Iv still got my dad's first tractor he fought new in 1963, a 35x

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Same here and still very much in use.
I am going to have to buy a new tractor in the near future and know it won't last as long, then again nor will I.

 

Greythundercloudys

Member

• Jun 14, 2018

• #4

Can remember going with dad, l was 12 in 1986, to look at tractors at burns yard at lanark, it was a great afternoon. We got a fiat 580 fwd with quickie loader, that was the first 4wd on the farm. Fists had good engines but rusted to bits.

 

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celtis man

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• Jun 15, 2018

• #5

Greythundercloudys said:

Can remember going with dad, l was 12 in 1986, to look at tractors at burns yard at lanark, it was a great afternoon. We got a fiat 580 fwd with quickie loader, that was the first 4wd on the farm. Fists had good engines but rusted to bits.

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We had two fiats a 780 and a 540 special

 

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7610 super q

Never Forgotten

Honorary Member

• Jun 15, 2018

• #6

Yeah well, 7 ton of spuds used to pay for a new tractor. Try that now.

Some clueless oik will be here shortly to use the word " progress ".

 

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celtis man

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• Jun 15, 2018

• #7

7610 super q said:

Yeah well, 7 ton of spuds used to pay for a new tractor. Try that now.

Some clueless oik will be here shortly to use the word " progress ".

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That's called deflation

 

Greythundercloudys

Member

• Jun 15, 2018

• #8

We had a540, a 580 , 680h,5804wd and a 90/90 , it was brand new in 93..