Classics Earning their keep.

[msheep66]

Very tidy tractor, a real credit to you.

Well Its not used a lot as it has the Foster digger on most of the time. We rebuilt the tractor about 10 years ago as it was fire damaged.

 

[Mursal]

You'd need an alternative to the seating on those back actors .................

 

[Weasel]

Yes fai.1986. Brown engineering used to import them. Think they used to import moxy trucks aswell. The last hymac 180 diggers were fai bagded hymacs

I've got a komatsu 266D which is related to fai

 

[Renaultman]

I have a MF 50 HXs turbo
it a bit old and worn like me but not a bad old bus

Loved our old 50HX unfortunately loaded to much salt and the rust mites ate her Light nimble machine that did a hell of alot of work for us. Now replaced by an almost classic NH 85. Better digger but not as good on the front end.

 

[jf850]

I've got a komatsu 266D which is related to fai

That's the one I have seen.
Regd 1988 , import from N Ireland in 1987 , for £6 plus vat.

 

[Weasel]

That's the one I have seen.
Regd 1988 , import from N Ireland in 1987 , for £6 plus vat.

Mines registered in 1994

 

[jf850]

Mines registered in 1994

Sorry my mistake Imported in 1998,regd 1988

 

[diggerjones]

I've got a komatsu 266D which is related to fai

Any pictures. Mine is c reg 1986

 

[CrevisbigX]

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

muck spreading back in marchView attachment 53410

With a different make of tractor you don't need so much power for that spreader.
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[JLTate]

 

[JLTate]

 

[Thomas5060]

Very nice tractors there @JLTate are they everyday working tractors? Really like the 4000 with loader, reminds me of one we used to own. Does it have the Full Deluxe cab?

 

[Thomas5060]

Few pics of the 3000

 

[JLTate]

Very nice tractors there @JLTate are they everyday working tractors? Really like the 4000 with loader, reminds me of one we used to own. Does it have the Full Deluxe cab?

The 4000 with the loader / 5000 & Universal are working tractors. All have been bought from new / nearly new. 4000 beds up the cattle / feeds up every day. Just standard cab. We bought the rear glass / frame around 20 years ago for it as the rain drives through the back when feeding up some of the sheds. still have the roll down sheet for the cab. 5000 has a delux cab. Got 9000 hours on now the 4000. The other two are semi retirement. We have a few others kicking around

 

[timff]

That takes me right back to carefree times of the 70's! Let's see the others!

 

[Thomas5060]

The 4000 with the loader / 5000 & Universal are working tractors. All have been bought from new / nearly new. 4000 beds up the cattle / feeds up every day. Just standard cab. We bought the rear glass / frame around 20 years ago for it as the rain drives through the back when feeding up some of the sheds. still have the roll down sheet for the cab. 5000 has a delux cab. Got 9000 hours on now the 4000. The other two are semi retirement. We have a few others kicking around

Great to see them still being used, especially because you've JD them from new/near new

 

[JLTate]

We're only small time farmers - have Hereford cattle. Our main income is joinery manufacturers.

We have a 2 year old Nissan forklift that does most of the lifting round the yard / workshops and just bought a JCB 520s to save knees rather than using the 4000 for mucking our etc.

Our main jobs are leading straw / silage, mucking out, spreading muck and grass harrowing / slitting and occasionally reseeding the odd field now and then.

We don't need expensive tractors to do that. We have a 8 ton and 10 ton pettit trailers and two Krone muckspreaders and our tractors handle them fine.

Would prefer money to go elsewhere.

 

[Thomas5060]

Well if they do your job why pay a lot of money for a new one, that will only do the same job.

 

[simmy_bull]

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Must be well looked after all those not many 600's about without rotten doors