A few toys from the past

[Rowland]

784 ploughing probably ;-) with 4 fur conventional ransom plough

674 dead or no battery bump start that day !

 

[yellowbelly]

784 ploughing probably ;-) with 4 fur conventional ransom plough
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674 dead or no battery bump start that day !

Ahhhh, a bit of good old straw burning - it was worth a couple of pints of Gramoxone and once over with a drag.

 

[fredf]

Is that Durham Cathedral in the background?

Tom

Old case 956 4 wheel drive, it had the drive shaft down the side making the lock terrible air con working well on lower pic

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[Rowland]

Is that Durham Cathedral in the background?

Tom

Certainly is !

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Do you still Farm there now @Rowland ?

My daughter is a stones throw from there.

 

[Rowland]

Not any more used to do the hay for the Highland cattle Durham School used to keep.
Is your daughter at Durham University?

 

[sixrow]

Our first round baler. Farmhand 504C. I'm guessing 1976/77
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The MF595 was a bit if a dog - 4 clutches in 1600 hrs . To be fair, MF and P&B stood all the parts and labour but it was the last Massey we ever bought.

we had mf 590 same as you say last mf here dad was scunnered.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Not any more used to do the hay for the Highland cattle Durham School used to keep.
Is your daughter at Durham University?

No. She was offered a place but turned it down.

She now lives a bit further north actually, but loves going out in Durham. It’s a very nice place for a day.

 

[Wheatonrotty]

Found a few pics from the late '90s.
First trip out for the carier drill and the plough.
The 3690 was the first Massey we had bought since a 65 and after the trouble it caused will be the last for a while! Good tractor when it was going though.

 

[Salopian_Will]

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Found a few pics from the late '90s.
First trip out for the carier drill and the plough.
The 3690 was the first Massey we had bought since a 65 and after the trouble it caused will be the last for a while! Good tractor when it was going though.

Your 3690 sounded just like ours

 

[Wheatonrotty]

Your 3690 sounded just like ours

That was the second one. The first one had a thrust washer missed out when they put the diff together and they swapped the tractor after a few months. I think I killed the second one with that plough as it takes a bit of pulling. In the end it sheared all bar one of the bolts holding the crown wheel onto the diff.

 

[Salopian_Will]

That was the second one. The first one had a thrust washer missed out when they put the diff together and they swapped the tractor after a few months. I think I killed the second one with that plough as it takes a bit of pulling. In the end it sheared all bar one of the bolts holding the crown wheel onto the diff.

We had the very same problem. A 3.5m shakerator, banks and some stiffish ground was the culprit. MF paid out the first couple of times but some interesting noises from the gearbox meant it was quickly traded. 4000hrs and worth 8k

Oh and it had a horribly twitchy clutch and bugger all brakes

 

[rob h]

We had the very same problem. A 3.5m shakerator, banks and some stiffish ground was the culprit. MF paid out the first couple of times but some interesting noises from the gearbox meant it was quickly traded. 4000hrs and worth 8k

Oh and it had a horribly twitchy clutch and bugger all brakes

Was that a wet or dry twin plate clutch. Sold our 3670 last year because my knee couldn't cope with the heavy clutch

 

[76masseyman]

4850 on 12 meter Accord Ferranti, 8430 on cultivator. Photo from early nineties.

 

[76masseyman]

8430 discing up some set a side.

 

[76masseyman]

4850 about to head to her new home after 16 years service.

 

[Johnny Deere]

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Found a few pics from the late '90s.
First trip out for the carier drill and the plough.
The 3690 was the first Massey we had bought since a 65 and after the trouble it caused will be the last for a while! Good tractor when it was going though.

Bet the 6900 didnt give much trouble

 

[Rowland]

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I reckon there was one like that local to here.

I can’t really see on my phone, is it a Forshritt or something?

The owners loved it.

 

[chaffcutter]

Is that a Fortschritt?