machines that never caught on

[JLLM]

The Croptex Roguing Glove. Instead of physically pulling out wild oats you stroked each one with a dose of Roundup or whatever with an impregnated glove as you walked through the crop. I can imagine it is all to easy to accidentally touch the crop with the glove unless you were prepared to hold your arm up in the air all the time. Does anybody still use one?

Got one here, must be 40yrs old, dont know if its ever been used though.

 

[Flat 10]

Got one here, must be 40yrs old, dont know if its ever been used though.

Think @static wanted/had one

 

[Roy_H]

Maybe its time to modify the title ( Or open another thread)" Things that caught on in a big way then suddenly went out of fashion" e.g. The Dutch Harrow.

 

[Will 1594]

Romadomes?

Those big round things to bolt on your front wheels of your two wheel drive tractor which you used for buckraking back in the 70's. Supposed to stop the front wheels sinking into your double chop.

Anyone remember? I'm sure I've got an old brochure here somewhere.

Will find you advert from power farming

 

[ollie989898]

Do you guys remember the Masseys with the 7 cylinder engine? Died a death.

 

[ollie989898]

Wouldn't be much in a helicopter. The payload is very low unless you're talking about twin turbines at mega money. Even for firefighting very few carry more than a ton.

Beast!

 

[ollie989898]

We also had an Opico square plough, used it for one season I think.

These were a 1 or 2 year wonder. Worked fine in the dry. Hopeless in the wet.

 

[steveR]

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Brilliant tool. Spud lads near us ran two. Always fancied one... but never could justify the power and cost

 

[ollie989898]

Case IH 'crossflow' combines... disappeared into oblivion!

 

[ollie989898]

The old international hydrostatic tractors, I have only ever seen 1.

 

[steveR]

Or indeed stripper headers themselves. I think they sell well in say Australia but l don't think they found much of a market here.

I can see them making a return with regenerative ag, strip the grain out, then DD the following crop into the standing straw? No slug problems from a mass of chopped straw, just let it break down over the next 10 months....

 

[neilo]

The old international hydrostatic tractors, I have only ever seen 1.

We had one as a scraper tractor for years, until it rotted out. They were absolutely superb for that job.

 

[Still Farming]

What happened to the two engine Claas sp forage Harvesters

 

[bobk]

Stripper headers , bet there's plenty in the nettles

 

[neilo]

I can see them making a return with regenerative ag, strip the grain out, then DD the following crop into the standing straw? No slug problems from a mass of chopped straw, just let it break down over the next 10 months....

Have you seen the prices on the straw auction thread?

Even the CTF zealots are sniffing the air for the smell of money.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

The old international hydrostatic tractors, I have only ever seen 1.

Way ahead of their time (a hydrostatic transmission is, after all, a major part of a Vario gearbox) but hopeless in draught jobs. Fantastic on a hedgecutter or where you need very slow speed.

 

[sahara]

My neighbour has one, still in use every day as their loader tractor, I think its a Hydro 84, on something like a W registration. I have used it a bit, its ok one you have got used to it!

 

[Deerefarmer]

The old international hydrostatic tractors, I have only ever seen 1.

Lot of IH hydros still in operation here in the states. Friend of mine uses one to power his vertical tub mixer loves it for the ability to vary ground speed seamlessly while unloading feed...says it's a poor man's cvt without the headaches of a modern tractor

 

[JWL]

I used to have a Stripper header on a TF44 on the linseed, cleanest collection of the stuff but it did wear the fingers fairish. We'd leave the stubble over winter and plough or disc in the spring where it would break up like nettle stalks. That was the early 90's

 

[daveydiesel1]

Lot of IH hydros still in operation here in the states. Friend of mine uses one to power his vertical tub mixer loves it for the ability to vary ground speed seamlessly while unloading feed...says it's a poor man's cvt without the headaches of a modern tractor

Think they were more popular over in the states though. Iirc they made a hydro in the last of the true internationals which is the same shape as a 52/5488 or mabe it was in the red and cream same era as a 1586?