Bombproof old bus to pull 6 furrows.

[Clive]

7000 series JD in budget ? 7700 7800 etc ? 7810 is Probably one of the best tractors ever made

 

[ollie989898]

7000 series JD in budget ? 7700 7800 etc ? 7810 is Probably one of the best tractors ever made

Will be crazy money and rarer than hens teeth, or caned into the deck with about 10 million hours.

 

[Hereward]

7000 series JD in budget ? 7700 7800 etc ? 7810 is Probably one of the best tractors ever made

Not going to get a JD without doubling the budget, to many 'collectors' about.

Case Magnum or an MF8200 series could be got on budget and will handle 6 furrows.

 

[ollie989898]

I reckon an MF 8200 might be worth looking for, rarer and less collectionist, reasonably simple machines with not a lot of electronickos to go wrong?

 

[Farmer_Joe]

I saw a mf 7480 recently for 13.5k it had already gone By the time I rung, keep looking I’m sure you would get one for under 20k

 

[8100]

You know you want to..

Then again !

 

[J 1177]

I reckon an MF 8200 might be worth looking for, rarer and less collectionist, reasonably simple machines with not a lot of electronickos to go wrong?

That's a good shout decent tractors those. @fredf had one, sadly it ended up a bit crispy

 

[Boysground]

Skeaths?
And I bet the old boys had a beret clapped on the side of their heads, and a gaberdine mac fastened with a belt..

No tracks here but definitely the guy wearing a beret. Top bloke,

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[john432]

I reckon an MF 8200 might be worth looking for, rarer and less collectionist, reasonably simple machines with not a lot of electronickos to go wrong?

My friends tractor, been using it on the lime spreader and plough, beast of a thing ,but feels overweight, on the road it's like a man with a beer belly ,running 400 meters. 8260, with just 4200hrs, should I buy it?

 

[ollie989898]

View attachment 908477 My friends tractor, been using it on the lime spreader and plough, beast of a thing ,but feels overweight, on the road it's like a man with a beer belly ,running 400 meters. 8260, with just 4200hrs, should I buy it?

Depends on your intended workload? Anyone who has taken a 72 series Magnum will know what you mean about an old man with a beer belly running on the road!

 

[john432]

Depends on your intended workload? Anyone who has taken a 72 series Magnum will know what you mean about an old man with a beer belly running on the road!

I don't know if it would be suitable In front of a big forage wagon, got the weight to handle, but the transport side. A 6499 would be far more nippy I guess. but a lot more money.

 

[ollie989898]

I don't know if it would be suitable In front of a big forage wagon, got the weight to handle, but the transport side. A 6499 would be far more nippy I guess. but a lot more money.

That tractor looks tidy and has front links and good tyres on it, done modest hours too. If you had just field work for it, it would be ideal surely.

 

[john432]

That tractor looks tidy and has front links and good tyres on it, done modest hours too. If you had just field work for it, it would be ideal surely.

Farming has changed, units getting bigger and running back and fore on the roads seems to be the norm now. That gearbox needs a steady driver with mechanical sympathy, youngster would probably kill it in no time.

 

[R J]

This is the motor u want !!

 

[Bury the Trash]

No I wouldn't want that great lump of a tank plopping around on my soils squashing the living daylights out of them.

 

[Flat 10]

View attachment 908524
This is the motor u want !!

Yeah everyone does but I bet it’s not for sale

 

[bankrupt]

No tracks here but definitely the guy wearing a beret. Top bloke,

Back in the 50s, knew a similar guy who spent every winter on his own ploughing 1200 acres for spring barley above 800 ft on the Cotswolds with an IH T9 and a 6f Hexatrac

Boss used to call round from 20 miles away every once a month with another 1000 gallons of TVO.

 

[Flat 10]

Back in the 50s, knew a similar guy who spent every winter on his own ploughing 1200 acres for spring barley above 800 ft on the Cotswolds with an IH T9 and a 6f Hexatrac

Boss used to call round every once a month with another 1000 gallons of TVO.

Impressive. Didn’t cost much. 20ac a day? Or nearer 15? I hope he had a cap....

 

[ricdog]

View attachment 908524
This is the motor u want !!

Looks like my old one.

 

[R J]

Looks like my old one.

We brought it from ripon farm services last year