Classics Earning their keep.

[Dave W]

started cutting today for neighbour, good cropView attachment 53386 View attachment 53387 View attachment 53388 View attachment 53389 ! New moco - to me!

Proper mower! One of the best made in their day

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

muck spreading back in marchView attachment 53410

Snap, I have a spreader the same, its not really used in anger now,but can still do the job.

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

Our 28 year old Welger RP12 baling hay this afternoon ....

 

[multi power]

Our 28 year old Welger RP12 baling hay this afternoon ....View attachment 53472

Is it any good.? We had a r p 12 s.it was a big pile of poo

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

It'll bale hay , silage & some straw (doesn't like really dry Winter barley straw) - doesn't really owe us much !

 

[Red Fred]

We've still got our old RP12 as a standby and it was always fine for hay and silage, but dry oat straw drove me potty as the bales would stop spinning no matter what advice you took to stop it. Good tough old thing though

 

[multi power]

We've still got our old RP12 as a standby and it was always fine for hay and silage, but dry oat straw drove me potty as the bales would stop spinning no matter what advice you took to stop it. Good tough old thing though

I went into a ten acre hay field at mid day once. At 4 I still had not made a bale. I painted the rollers with old paint n threw sand on them. Never stopped for the next hundred

 

[Nearly]

My neighbours make me look modern and progressive. I daren't think of the combined age of driver, tractor and acrobat, must be pushing 200 as he's 88!

 

[IH 684]

Snap, I have a spreader the same, its not really used in anger now,but can still do the job.

they chuck strawy sh*t a good distance

 

[jay]

Our crop silage 2011 (i think).

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

That Sam Kerrs outfit?

 

[jay]

That Sam Kerrs outfit?

No, James Townley, he has a header for the FR now

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Only just noticed this thread.

Some great kit there chaps.

 

[Nearly]

No, James Townley, he has a header for the FR nowView attachment 53608

What happened next.....
Mind that lump of concrete!

 

[John 1594]

found this in the archives...first year we made the move from a trailed MF 30 on a dualled up 1494, to a one pass combination on the 1594, must have been about 2009 i reckon

 

[mf298]

Proper mower! One of the best made in their day

and this one has not had to much use by the looks of it! seems to have been in the back of a shed for some time!

 

[kiwi pom]

Great thread this, love the tarrup mower there, @mf298
@John 1594 Nice load of spuds behind the old girl.
Keep em coming

 

[Dave W]

and this one has not had to much use by the looks of it! seems to have been in the back of a shed for some time!

Worst bit about them was the drive gearboxes going pop. The lowest point in the box is the output shaft to the bed to so any metal filings and crap will sit around the bottom bearings.
Later boxes had a re circulation pipe which helped.

It's only an hours job to lift the box out. Take the bottom shaft out and give it a wash out and some new bearings.
While you're at it there are 2 uj's on the shaft from the box down to the bed which never get greased and can sit in water

 

[mf298]

Worst bit about them was the drive gearboxes going pop. The lowest point in the box is the output shaft to the bed to so any metal filings and crap will sit around the bottom bearings.
Later boxes had a re circulation pipe which helped.

It's only an hours job to lift the box out. Take the bottom shaft out and give it a wash out and some new bearings.
While you're at it there are 2 uj's on the shaft from the box down to the bed which never get greased and can sit in water

This one has the recirculation pipe fitted. I will lift gearbox over winter and check UJs Thanks for advice!

 

[Spotty Dog]

My main tillage tractor. Stays hitched to the Trio August/Sept.