- Location
- Near Derby
This is my 1961 IH 414 which I use every day to feed the sheep. I treated her to a pair of BKTs last year as she always starts so well.
Classics Earning their keep.
- Thread starter Tha Ulsterscot
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This is my 1961 IH 414 which I use every day to feed the sheep. I treated her to a pair of BKTs last year as she always starts so well.
- Location
- Near Derby
Since 2004 tractors are now classed as "classic" here is a photo of my 6420P which I bought new in Sept 2004. I remember getting her because there was a bird flu epidemic at the time and the chap driving her wouldn't let me get in the cab as his dad was nearly 100. How times change!
She has been a good tractor in her 4750 hours and has had a new radiator when the old one burst and took the cylinder head gasket with it. She has had a replacement set of Michelins and that is about it. She gets new JD Plus 50 11 oil regularly with JD filters. She cost £32K and I wouldn't sell her for that today.
PS I've had the wheels painted.
- Location
- Near Derby
Just thought I'd show you she does some work and looking at the barley perhaps I could do with an irrigation set up.
Forgot to mention that she is on her original 154Ah battery which I specified when I bought her. Still starts straight away, not bad for a nearly 16 year old battery.
rick_vandal
Member
- Location
- Soft South
Sweet! Do you burn the woodchip?
Tomtrac
Member
- Location
- Penrith cumbria
Love the window stutt done the same a time or three
spent many a happy hour in one off the same
rick_vandal
Member
- Location
- Soft South
Cool, or rather HOT! Being a pedant, why does text like olf, towimg, stutt and off with an f off happen? Have you all got big fingers or ignore the red underscore?
rick_vandal
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- Location
- Soft South
Harvest Gold ingots!
To give you something to write about
Not sure about that. Need a few ingots to keep them going.
- Location
- mid wales
By dam, you couldn't get another prill in that spinner, but not a spot on the floor, hats off to you. Hope it was a flat field to start on.
Yes it's a 600kg spreader so just about takes 1 bag.By dam, you couldn't get another prill in that spinner, but not a spot on the floor, hats off to you. Hope it was a flat field to start on.
Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
The kit may not be brand new and it may take a little longer to cover the ground but it will be an even application and I’ll bet the finance and depreciation charges per acre are none-existent. And the kit will still do the job for the next 10+ years.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Just needs a big Fendt on the front to bring it up to date.
- Location
- pembrokeshire
those vari spreaders are ace the way they shut off and on means you can match in the bout ends i could sow grass seed with one to the pound and the tractors are the best they made and no common rail no add blue sod all electrics whats not to like
nice paint job on the shed bytheway
- Location
- Sorn Ayrshire
A bit of hard work never did any harm an 8 ton load a week to a local dairy farm.
Very tidy rig! Have you got brakes on spool valve or does tractor have trailer brakes?
dowcow
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- Location
- Lancashire
My parents used an MF 185 for contracting carting grass and there were never any trailers with brakes back then, nor tractors with such things. Basically if you were driving it fast enough to need trailer brakes, you were going too fast for the circumstances. The 185 brakes were always good though, the independent brakes could whizz you round on the spot. To make the single spool work you had to lift both draught control levers to the top if I remember correctly. They sold that tractor maybe 10 years ago to someone who wanted to do it up, probably priced nowhere near what we should have asked for when I see the price of them now with a bit of paint. Actually miss the thing, didn't realise they were so rare.