Bamford Mid Mounted finger mower

[RockyKildare]

We have a bamford mid mounted finger mower on a 1950 Nuffield Universal 4 TVO run. The tractor is in a bad state and needs a lot of work. Still has the extendable wheel axle on it, (most were cut off as they took off gate posts!!!!) We have the log book however as owned since late 50's, but the mower is in a good condition. Mower has 2 pullys to vary speed. Does anyone know how much this is worth? Either the mower, or the tractor, or both together? Someone local to us interested in it but neither of us know it's worth. Think the mower is quite rare as most mowers were trailed.

 

[Exfarmer]

Never saw a Bamford mid mounted mower, sure its Bamford?
Should be worth a few pence

 

[TripleSix]

Nuffields aren't worth a great deal, depends how rare the mower is, they don't seem to make much money...

 

[RockyKildare]

Definitely bamford. They bought it new back in the day. My dad can talk for hours about using it!!!! Glad never had to use it!!! will try and get a pic up here of it

 

[Tonym]

Used one in the sixties prior to rotory mower era. Took hours to bolt to tractor. underslung shaft on left of tractor took drive from pto. Connecting rod under tractor drove the knife. Bed was bolted to right hand side and lifted by a big lever (and a strong man). Ours was painted red and was also on a Nuffield. I often wondered if they were fitted to other tractors as the Nuffield chassis provided an ideal place to mount it.

 

[RockyKildare]

Exactly same as ours. The tractor also still has the axle wheel extenders on. Apparently most people gassed them off as they took out gate posts!!!!

 

[borderterribles]

Used one in the sixties prior to rotory mower era. Took hours to bolt to tractor. underslung shaft on left of tractor took drive from pto. Connecting rod under tractor drove the knife. Bed was bolted to right hand side and lifted by a big lever (and a strong man). Ours was painted red and was also on a Nuffield. I often wondered if they were fitted to other tractors as the Nuffield chassis provided an ideal place to mount it.

When I was a lad, my Dad had a mid mounted mower on a Fordson Major. I'm pretty certain that it was a Bamford too.As I remember, it seemed to stay on the tractor all the time. He just used to take the swathboard off it after haytime. Apart from the obvious difficulty of
attaching these mowers, they were a revelation compared to the trailed ones that were land wheel driven , that were their predecessors. Especially the forward facing in-work position.

 

[RockyKildare]

When I was a lad, my Dad had a mid mounted mower on a Fordson Major. I'm pretty certain that it was a Bamford too.As I remember, it seemed to stay on the tractor all the time. He just used to take the swathboard off it after haytime. Apart from the obvious difficulty of
attaching these mowers, they were a revelation compared to the trailed ones that were land wheel driven , that were their predecessors. Especially the forward facing in-work position.

Any idea of it worth???

 

[Y Fan Wen]

When I was a lad, my Dad had a mid mounted mower on a Fordson Major. I'm pretty certain that it was a Bamford too.As I remember, it seemed to stay on the tractor all the time. He just used to take the swathboard off it after haytime. Apart from the obvious difficulty of
attaching these mowers, they were a revelation compared to the trailed ones that were land wheel driven , that were their predecessors. Especially the forward facing in-work position.

Ours was on a Major as well. It went with the tractor in the end. It reduced the ground clearance something rotten.

 

[borderterribles]

Any idea of it worth???

Sorry, no.