- Location
- Larne, Northern Ireland
2008 New Holland T5060
First New Tractor
- Thread starter bluebell
- Start date
- Location
- Hampshire
First tractor I bought new was a Marshall 604, long gone now.
Gordy1
Member
- Location
- Essex/suffolk border
My sons are just restoring a 784 i will put some pics. up when I can, there is a couple on the workshop forum of it.One of these with a perkins in, 1977, had a 784 in 1980, not on the farm any more, shame really.
Suffolk Serf
Member
- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Case IH 4230, two of, with greenhouse cabs and cheap RIKO loaders, in about 1996.
I had almost managed to erase them from my memory until this thread started.
I had almost managed to erase them from my memory until this thread started.
icanshootwell
Member
- Location
- Ross-on-wye
They did,t cost as much as a house back in the 70s, 80,s
- Location
- Wiltshire
1st tractor I did the deal on myself was a MF390 4wd and a loader. Bought it in 1991. Only sold it a few years ago as it was no longer doing much.
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dowcow
Member
- Location
- Lancashire
Apparently in the early 60's my great grandfather went and bought 2 brand new 35x Masseys at once. That was off 600 pigs, 50 cows and a few thousand hens I believe. It was a lot of pigs for the time.
pdagriservices
Member
And the little yellow plastic pipe do the PTO shaft!! Worth a fortune now boxed!
Boohoo
Member
- Location
- Newtownabbey
The TW35 was good but the really big farms had a County 1884. I had one of these 30 something years ago
Rowland
Member
- Location
- Northeast England
You could get a cottage around here for 5k in the 70’s local land agent wanted Dad and his mate to buy a street off coal board for a 3k each they now go for 150-200 .
- Location
- West Suffolk
My great grandad bought it, my Grandad told me he ploughed a 12 acre field with it and a single furrow plough in a day when he was 12 years old. Grandad hated horses couldn’t wait to see the back of them.
It’s in our main shed so I pretty much see it every day. I couldn’t see a reason to sell it.
There’s a lot of history about here, it’s our centenary year being at this farm. But We’ve been involved in farming since the 1600’s (as far as records go back) so quite a challenge to keep up the tradition.
- Location
- West Suffolk
I’ve never seen one of those? What year was that? I had the TW when it came out.
Dave W
Member
- Location
- chesterfield
Think the battery's leaked in mine and ate itself and ended up binned
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
You should write a book or booklet to celebrate your Centenary. Get photos and memories down to paper before they get lost and you forget. A 100 years on a West Suffolk farm encompassing two wars, the 20's depression and accession to the EEC / CAP would have seen a good few changes. My employer's wife's family were Scottish and farmers that came down in the depression to farm untended farms - same in my old family town in NW Essex
Weasel
Member
- Location
- in the hills
- Location
- Darlington
My Dad bought a new Fordson Major in 1945, steel wheels,only a handbrake.belt pulley and tin pan drawbar.I have still got the seat and its spring. His next new tractor was a DB 1190 in 1982. The next new tractor was 1996.
2wheels
Member
- Location
- aberdeenshire
a ford 7600 with dual power and load monitor in 1976. the load monitor was good as long as the tractor was well ballasted.
a valmet 805 in 1985 from david toppin. great engine, some other bits so so but a well liked tractor.
all other tractors 2nd hand or ex demo.
a valmet 805 in 1985 from david toppin. great engine, some other bits so so but a well liked tractor.
all other tractors 2nd hand or ex demo.