Kit one used to see

[le bon paysan]

Mini Vans with about 10 cwt of pig or cattle feed in the back.

Bedford vans in the colours of the local tractor dealer

Swill fed pigs (should be called food recycling then it would be all the rage now)

Roadside verges being cut for hay

Pulleys on tractors (for driving a crusher or saw bench)

"Proper" boots

Fat bacon

Porridge that would simmer all night

"Doorstep" sandwiches

Hens scratching around farmyards

A gang of men hoeing turnips

The bread man who would deliver every day

Mobile shops

Used to have a mobile fish and chip wagon round us. Came every Thursday lunchtime. Think it was Taylors fish and chips.
Mr Munn was the mobile shop. Adkins and Thomas rep used to bring a tube of smarties for my younger twin sisters.

 

[Timbrown]

this is early 70s riding on our combine with my dad and cousin

 

[Lincs Lass]

Subaru pickups.

Ford P100 pickup ,,chuck some weight in the tub to get traction

 

[Lincs Lass]

Cock Pheasant tedder and the lose bale sledge ,spent many days/years following the baler round and then squeeze grab on the loader mounted on a 35 fergie ,,hell that was along time ago .
Then they modified the job to a flat eight and a leyland 252 and loader ,lost count how many thousands I stacked with that

 

[Hair Bear]

Claas Matador.

 

[JeepJeep]

Single Axle Silage Trailers drawn by something that would come out twice a year and barely hit 10mph

2wd Pick Ups..... Caddys 504s Hilux etc.... Normally fresh in years but looking knackered.

Malgar Slurry Tankers.

Top Fill Slurry ankers.

Once a year on the road early spring tractor trailer combi doing the fert run.... in blue sacks

Rota Spreaders.

 

[76masseyman]

MF 100 slurry tankers, the ones on large wheels.

 

[JeepJeep]

Slurry Guzzlers...

 

[Lincs Lass]

Hoekstra potato ridgers ,,@76masseyman ,youll know who used to hire them out

 

[Baker9]

Binders for Corn (Oats) and Barley,
Stooking sheaves from the Binder, Hateful job in the Barley
Threshing mill and all that went with it.
Neighbours coming over to give a hand with the threshing.
The smell of Ciggies and diesel after the dinner when the crack started.
Gathering spuds after a Denning Spinner
Droving cattle about three miles on a Public road to the rented ground, try that nowadays.
Bamlett finger bar mower, hateful barsteward thing
Buck racking single chop silage on the pit with a single clutch Dexta and tipping buckrake.
Spading Turf (peats) in the moss, spreading turf in the moss to dry and being eaten by midges
Working hay with forks because the Acrobat could only make ropes no wuffler here
Red star sisal twine for the binder.
Drawing the turf home with the tractor and trailer, four of us on top of the load throwing clods at any and all targets that we could see, road signs, dogs, anybody we could see within range.

 

[Lowland1]

Hoekstra potato ridgers ,,@76masseyman ,youll know who used to hire them out

I know the answer to that one too. Add to the list of things not seen anymore Orange roofed Land Rover pulling two 7 tonne Kidd spreaders or Rotaspreaders down the road probably running on red diesel.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Claas Matador.
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One year, 1964 possibly, over 1000 of those were sold in the UK. What’s the annual total combine sales now? Under 200?

 

[Lincs Lass]

I know the answer to that one too. Add to the list of things not seen anymore Orange roofed Land Rover pulling two 7 tonne Kidd spreaders or Rotaspreaders down the road probably running on red diesel.

What he didnt have ,he could find ,usually at night from somebody else's field

 

[Lowland1]

What he didnt have ,he could find ,usually at night from somebody else's field

He pitched up one tea time and Emmerdale Farm was on TV . He nearly had an aneurysm when he found out NY Estates was a fictional company. Apparently a well known farmer/ builder had been telling him he needed to deal with them because they were very progressive but wouldn't tell him how to contact them.

 

[Oliveau]

Claas Matador.
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Supplied by Curtis Padwick ???

 

[Lincs Lass]

well known farmer/ builder

I presume that was H B

 

[Hair Bear]

Supplied by Curtis Padwick ???

Sorry, no idea. Last time I saw it was 1983!

 

[Will 1594]

Claas Matador.
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Was looking at one today , and a few other rare things , a 565 massey with a shuttle box ,

 

[76masseyman]

I know the answer to that one too. Add to the list of things not seen anymore Orange roofed Land Rover pulling two 7 tonne Kidd spreaders or Rotaspreaders down the road probably running on red diesel.

No light board or number plate either, as mentioned by a young police officer one afternoon, just as Colin pulled up to buy some cigars.
”Doesn’t make ‘em spread sh1t any better” came Colin’s reply.

 

[Lowland1]

No light board or number plate either, as mentioned by a young police officer one afternoon, just as Colin pulled up to buy some cigars.
”Doesn’t make ‘em spread sh1t any better” came Colin’s reply.

I bought a Rottera from him at the time he'd bought 25 Ford 40 series tractors. The tractors came with a drivers kit of overalls, bag and TV . One of his offices was full of this stuff and my Dad was telling him to give me a TV but he was too mean so I just got a bag.