Ford(mainly) and J.D. tractor pics from the 70's and 80's

[opininionated]

They are 1970's version of Autotrac!! .On top of the bracket was an adjustable pointer with a white dot painted on the end.Once set at the correct angle (for either 30' or 40' bouts - 'cos that's the only 2 bout widths we needed then) if the driver kept the white spot following the last wheeling,the bout width was correct.The white dot was on the end of a pointer so the driver knew he was sitting in exactly the right(critical for the system to be accurate).If he was slightly in the wrong place in the seat he could see the blue paint of the pointer and knew to adjust. See pics below.
You didn't need a satellite and a box full of electronics to make this work .View attachment 260412

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Reminds me of the dambusters.

Good pictures by the way.

 

[yellowbelly]

Reminds me of the dambusters

All the best ideas come from Lincolnshire

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Thanks Yellowbelly, great pictures.

 

[yellowbelly]

Thanks Yellowbelly, great pictures.

My pleasure. It's so long since I've seen them, I enjoyed looking at them too All the lime was spead on sub- contract for a local quarry who ran 2 Big A's and a Terragator.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

You must have thrown a fair bit about each year with all those machines then.

 

[Kevtherev]

Excellent pictures.
Love them old fords

 

[yellowbelly]

You must have thrown a fair bit about each year with all those machines then.

If I remember right,we were doing about 3000 tons /yr with our two and that was mainly the smaller /more awkward jobs.Although to be fair,as the Terragator got older they had belt problems if they did too much at high application rates and we did most of the 3 ton/ac jobs.The Bamletts had wider belts and therefore a smaller door setting meaning less strain on the belt.

 

[yellowbelly]

Excellent pictures.
Love them old fords

Easy to repair and maintain,lots of common parts between models,reliable.Many stayed on the job past 10,000 hours Never had one porous block. Only had one major engine failure in thousands of hours work - a 6700 dropped a valve at about 8000 hours and to be fair it was doing a job that needed a bigger tractor.

 

[7610 super q]

Easy to repair and maintain,lots of common parts between models,reliable.Many stayed on the job past 10,000 hours Never had one porous block. Only had one major engine failure in thousands of hours work - a 6700 dropped a valve at about 8000 hours and to be fair it was doing a job that needed a bigger tractor.View attachment 260708

Nice to see some common sense on TFF for a change.
And great pictures.

 

[cfr1964]

@The Badger

 

[cfr1964]

@The Badger

 

[cfr1964]

Dyslexic fingers

 

[Niels]

Fantastic photographs @yellowbelly. A real joy looking at them.

 

[76masseyman]

My pleasure. It's so long since I've seen them, I enjoyed looking at them too All the lime was spead on sub- contract for a local quarry who ran 2 Big A's and a Terragator.

Singleton Birch by any chance ?

 

[yellowbelly]

Singleton Birch by any chance ?

Thats right.The Big A's worked from South Thoresby and the Terragator from Melton Ross.

 

[76masseyman]

Nice to see some common sense on TFF for a change.
And great pictures.

You've noticed the JD pic's then

 

[Vincent]

Great pics thanks for sharing.
Very impressive stuff

 

[76masseyman]

Any more pic's please @yellowbelly ?

 

[yellowbelly]

Any more pic's please @yellowbelly ?

I'm sure we will have more somewhere.I just came across that batch while sheltering in office on Sunday. I'm amazed at the amount of interest they have generated.If I can find some more I will put them on here. This is the last one in this batch -it is the view from the flail head of a Bomford Brigand hedgecutter. No photographers were harmed in the making of this picture.

 

[Vincent]

Was always fond of the 7700 's and this thread doesn't help the cravings.
One would be perfect for the wrapper or tedder I tell my self.