Classics Earning their keep.

[Hooby Farmer]

50th season this year. Seen a lot of action over the years

 

[david]

Mark 1 grain drier ?

 

[Hooby Farmer]

I just know it as an angle tray drier. holds 3 ton officially, but you can fill it more. Slow going, up until 20 years ago it was drying upwards of 400 ton annually now it only drys around 30 acres of grain.

 

[david]

A neighbour not too far away from me used to dry a lot of grain with the same set-up, but this is 25-30 years ago.

If it does the job and it ain't broken, why would you change ?

 

[Roy_H]

That view takes me back to the 70s. We had a Massey Harris land drive followed by a Massey 19 pto driven - a revolution. I snapped the floorchains on the Massey once...and spent a morning digging it out...The 35 is a great little loading tractor with reverse and 4th gears in just the right places for quick shunting
Andy, whats the black cable for bottom left of the last photo?

My dear departed father used to say about our 2 MF 19 spreaders " Don't put any more than a turd and a half in them or the buggers will snap the bed chains". A shockingly awful machine!

 

[sawdust]

Mark 1 grain drier ?

Shovel

 

[sawdust]

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50th season this year. Seen a lot of action over the years

I just know it as an angle tray drier. holds 3 ton officially, but you can fill it more. Slow going, up until 20 years ago it was drying upwards of 400 ton annually now it only drys around 30 acres of grain.

I had high hopes it'd be the shovel

 

[d4c24a]

Saw these two hard at it today , probably the best D8k,s at work in the country

 

[Shovelhands]

Shovel

My money was on the sack truck, initially.....

 

[wr.]

I drove a trailer for our neighbours back in August and these are two of the old timers they still use.

 

[bovrill]

I drove a trailer for our neighbours back in August and these are two of the old timers they still use.
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I've got a Fella rake just like that. And a tractor with a tyre just like that, same side too!

 

[sawdust]

My money was on the sack truck, initially.....

I thought that at first too, but then thought too obvious

 

[wr.]

Here's some of their other kit

 

[wr.]

Here's a DB990 we keep at another place just to feed the sheep in the winter. She went around the clock years ago before the cable broke and never got replaced.

 

[Hooby Farmer]

My money was on the sack truck, initially.....

Thankfully the sack truck hasnt been used in anger for many years, dad just moves stuff he cant lift from one side of the shed to the other.....and back again.

 

[Roy_H]

Shovel

Very interesting things, shovels

 

[DeeGee]

Very interesting things, shovels

Howard Knowlson, aye ‘e ad one of best collections of shovels int village and is mam would allus ‘ave black puddins cooking on one of ‘em ont fire.

Any road I’m off to see Enid Bagg. ‘Er dad keeps racing vultures in is back yard. At least ee finds me interesting does Mr Bagg.......even though ’e sometimes calls me a boring barsteward, like every time ‘e sees me.

 

[Thomas5060]

 

[mikep]

Howard Knowlson, aye ‘e ad one of best collections of shovels int village and is mam would allus ‘ave black puddins cooking on one of ‘em ont fire.

Any road I’m off to see Enid Bagg. ‘Er dad keeps racing vultures in is back yard. At least ee finds me interesting does Mr Bagg.......even though ’e sometimes calls me a boring barsteward, like every time ‘e sees me.

Some truth in that as when I worked on a building site as a youngster there was an Irish two and one gang that come bagging time the laborer would get a good fry up going on a stoking shovel over a fire. Looked awful but smelt great.

 

[Roy_H]

Howard Knowlson, aye ‘e ad one of best collections of shovels int village and is mam would allus ‘ave black puddins cooking on one of ‘em ont fire.

Any road I’m off to see Enid Bagg. ‘Er dad keeps racing vultures in is back yard. At least ee finds me interesting does Mr Bagg.......even though ’e sometimes calls me a boring barsteward, like every time ‘e sees me.

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