Classics Earning their keep.

Happy hillbily · Dec 24, 2019

Treemover said:
No dual power?

No dual power just a standard 12x12 gearbox with a dry clutch.
Thats how the first 40 series came out badged as the SL , but customers wanted the dual power, so they engineered the SLDP, which caused them grief as you couldn't feather the clutch on the first sldp, and they got the nickname jumpomatic.
That tractor in bowland was a bit of a rareity, as it was a late model 40 series and not many of that age were built with the SL spec for the uk market.

Hawkes · Dec 24, 2019

You just can't beat raw power when you need it! re drilling a miss where we risked using some old seed up and the gamble didn't pay off. Thought we would try the light approach .
The little 35 barely leaves a footprint on duals and the spring tine came out of the brambles after a few years rest.

Mursal · Dec 24, 2019

Tight valve on the Crystal or bent pushrods? Some do the back bearing in the injector pump, leaving it down on the rear cylinder?

jf850 · Dec 24, 2019

Hawkes said:
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You just can't beat raw power when you need it! re drilling a miss where we risked using some old seed up and the gamble didn't pay off. Thought we would try the light approach .
The little 35 barely leaves a footprint on duals and the spring tine came out of the brambles after a few years rest.

Mursal said:
Tight valve on the Crystal or bent pushrods? Some do the back bearing in the injector pump, leaving it down on the rear cylinder?

I have an 8145 as well, dropped a calves 12 months previously. Mashed into a piston . All new valves , guides skim . Pistons and liners , polish crank etc . Cost a few bob..
I have it since 01 , and had got.my value out of it .

Ian j · Dec 24, 2019

patrick2850 said:
We’re in south Cumbria near jc36 and the trailers are all homemade but by other people. Good try though!
Edit: the green one could be a Mortimer trailer actually, I thought they were homemade as they have no plates or markings ?

Thought so small world I was brought up and worked in the KL area but then moved away 18 years ago ☺

classic cutter · Dec 26, 2019

old fashioned forage harvesting

Tomtrac · Dec 26, 2019

patrick2850 said:
We’re in south Cumbria near jc36 and the trailers are all homemade but by other people. Good try though!
Edit: the green one could be a Mortimer trailer actually, I thought they were homemade as they have no plates or markings [emoji106][/gone past your outfit a few times i n the last 30 years i think
Poss even done some work on farm spreading lime/muck ?? Long time ago
Opposite the knot just before the fishing pond

Tomtrac · Dec 26, 2019

classic cutter said:
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We ran 1155s on the 200 and 260 MF choppers and then on a NH 819
Ours had a very similar cab but different
White roof and sharper corners on mudguards

arr found an old picture off it shame its not from same angle
ours was an S reg (1977ish english speck)

patrick2850 · Dec 26, 2019

50 points, bang on. @Tomtrac

76masseyman · Dec 26, 2019

classic cutter said:
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That cab looks similar to the ones fitted for the South American, or Australian market.

classic cutter · Dec 26, 2019

the tractor is a 1977 model it originated in new Zealand the cab is a cheap copy of the massey cab made in parmaston new zealand no ac the floor is as used on the open model but good fun to operate

76masseyman · Dec 26, 2019

classic cutter said:
the tractor is a 1977 model it originated in new Zealand the cab is a cheap copy of the massey cab made in parmaston new zealand no ac the floor is as used on the open model but good fun to operate

Nice tractor, never mind what cab it has, it’s that V8 that matters. I like the Phoenix combine in your avatar too.

classic cutter · Dec 26, 2019

yes we have been using 865s for 30 years great combines

MF 168 · Dec 29, 2019

Got her home 2 weeks ago today. Masseys biggest offering at the time and their smallest. The dry French climate was certainly a lot kinder to the 865 then the Irish climate was to the 520.

Boohoo · Jan 2, 2020

41 years old this year and still punches well above its weight

Tomr10 · Jan 2, 2020

Nice trailer

Boohoo · Jan 2, 2020

Tomr10 said:
Nice trailer

Thank you. It's not a month old yet, that was its second load.

Thomas5060 · Jan 2, 2020

Boohoo said:
41 years old this year and still punches well above its weight
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Trailer looks the part, health to enjoy. How do you find it with the bales on the extension? I know with my kane when bales are on the extension it would take the weight off the hitch rightly

Boohoo · Jan 2, 2020

Thomas5060 said:
Trailer looks the part, health to enjoy. How do you find it with the bales on the extension? I know with my kane when bales are on the extension it would take the weight off the hitch rightly

There's very little weight on the hitch with bales on the extension, you definitely wouldn't want to lift the front bale off first. An extension will always be a compromise but I can't see us ever being able to justify a bale trailer.

Thomas5060 · Jan 2, 2020

Boohoo said:
There's very little weight on the hitch with bales on the extension, you definitely wouldn't want to lift the front bale off first. An extension will always be a compromise but I can't see us ever being able to justify a bale trailer.

Aye thought that would be the case. Your like myself, don’t do enough bale carting to justify a bale trailer but the extension is the best compromise. Had to load from the back once in summer there to stop stand sinking in, was ropey enough

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