Classics Earning their keep.

[76masseyman]

Nice old iron stretching it’s legs today.

 

[hendrebc]

My son watching my dad mucking out a shed.

 

[Speedstar]

Tedder tractor a Fendt 515c

 

[William james]

How many horses? and do you direct cut it?

No idea on hp must be around the 100. Yea use it for zero grazing

 

[2wheels]

How many horses? and do you direct cut it?

90 horses? our one was better than the 7600 it replaced.

 

[jendan]

90 horses? our one was better than the 7600 it replaced.

Decent good quality 10 series are making huge money now.

 

[C.J]

90 horses? our one was better than the 7600 it replaced.

7600 4.2 litre - 6810 4.4 litre longer stroke,same bore = more torque.

 

[oakleaf]

Tedder tractor a Fendt 515c

Good auld buses but are the decals crap on them all?

 

[MF565]

Good auld buses but are the decals crap on them all?

I think so my 515s are the same and most you see are. Anyone ever put a later style bill bennet hitch on one. struggling to find a hitch to find one to fit.

 

[BigSky]

I have. It's called Bambi. Useful little tractor for topping and light work, but a sod to get into and out of. It's had an engine rebuild at 5000 hours because the wet liners gave way. Top tip, only use JD coolant.
What's it value these days?

Sorry I didn’t get back, thanks for the coolant tip. Good name.

Had plenty spent on it since the start of the year, clutch, brakes, roof respray, new fronts etc. as it’s been more or less not started and in a more or less inaccessible lean-to shed for 19 years for a variety of reasons. Now it’s home, or was. Filled up in Eastbourne on Friday and the power steering exploded on at the top of Beachy Head, blowing out the steering wheel hub top, hydraulic oil everywhere! Fire brigade and Highways out etc. Taken its toll on me a bit, but was recovered Monday AM and back to workshop. There goes the Jubilee pageant!

It’s worth more to me than I’ve spent, and it’s very tight fit getting in, but fine for my mini operations, can’t justify a newer one, and it does the basics and looking forward to a bit of ploughing. Top speed 20mph, have to get on and off fast A road for half a mile occasionally, but works.

Worth about £8,000 perhaps in open market, - 4000 hrs, but Dad and I shared it so worth more to me.

Anyone have thoughts of detachable front roof mounted name boards on tractors? Such as A & B Smith, Upper Villageton or is this not a good idea?

 

[Pilatus]

Sorry I didn’t get back, thanks for the coolant tip. Good name.

Had plenty spent on it since the start of the year, clutch, brakes, roof respray, new fronts etc. as it’s been more or less not started and in a more or less inaccessible lean-to shed for 19 years for a variety of reasons. Now it’s home, or was. Filled up in Eastbourne on Friday and the power steering exploded on at the top of Beachy Head, blowing out the steering wheel hub top, hydraulic oil everywhere! Fire brigade and Highways out etc. Taken its toll on me a bit, but was recovered Monday AM and back to workshop. There goes the Jubilee pageant!

It’s worth more to me than I’ve spent, and it’s very tight fit getting in, but fine for my mini operations, can’t justify a newer one, and it does the basics and looking forward to a bit of ploughing. Top speed 20mph, have to get on and off fast A road for half a mile occasionally, but works.

Worth about £8,000 perhaps in open market, - 4000 hrs, but Dad and I shared it so worth more to me.

Anyone have thoughts of detachable front roof mounted name boards on tractors? Such as A & B Smith, Upper Villageton or is this not a good idea?

If one’s name and village is on a name board ,I do think it gives an idea of where you live/ tractor is to thieves, what a sad world

 

[Speedstar]

I think so my 515s are the same and most you see are. Anyone ever put a later style bill bennet hitch on one. struggling to find a hitch to find one to fit.

We are going to fit one to our one

 

[Muddyroads]

On the subject of old Fendts:

 

[24/7 farming]

Ready to roll for silage 22 ( cover still needed slid back on the mower!)

Wasn't on for long... 5 laps of the 1st field and the hum changed to a growl! Can't really complain, we've had it 20+ years and never touched a bearing. Took about 3 hrs to sort

All went good after that and got all mowed, tedded and raked for the first 70 odd bales

 

[Farmer Brendan]

Picture of Ford 4600 Baling Hay.

Picture of the same Ford 4600 Raking Hay.

 

[Pilatus]

Picture of Ford 4600 Baling Hay.

Picture of the same Ford 4600 Raking Hay.

Nice pics, making hay while the sunshines( 2022?)

 

[Farmer Brendan]

Nice pics, making hay while the sunshines( 2022?)

These pictures were taken in 2010 when we bought this tractor.

 

[Nearly]

These pictures were taken in 2010 when we bought this tractor.

Just imagine the depreciation since then.

 

[Muddyroads]

These pictures were taken in 2010 when we bought this tractor.

Trying to remember when I last saw bales stacked for a Perry loader!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

We used to do tens of thousands of straw bales like that. Then all in a barn on top of the silage right up to the roof.