Massey drill

[T7170]

Hi everyone just wondering is there anyone on here with a 3, 4 or 6m Massey drill that they might have in a barn and might want to sell? Pretty sure I seen a 6m Massey for sale on TFF few months ago but have googled them since and can't find any, must have been very few made, thanks in advance! [emoji106]

 

[Cowabunga]

Hi everyone just wondering is there anyone on here with a 3, 4 or 6m Massey drill that they might have in a barn and might want to sell? Pretty sure I seen a 6m Massey for sale on TFF few months ago but have googled them since and can't find any, must have been very few made, thanks in advance! [emoji106]

Which model or models do you have in mind? There were the rigid MF 30 ones and later air drills, not that I know much of anything about them.

 

[T7170]

The old type rigid drill
Is the type I'm lookin
For, [emoji106] cheap to run!

 

[Cowabunga]

The old type rigid drill
Is the type I'm lookin
For, [emoji106] cheap to run!

That'll be the once dominant MF30 then. I do remember a 4m version with optional end wheel kit for transport and seem to remember seeing a picture of a great big wide one somewhere, possibly in Power Farming magazine a very long time ago.

 

[wasted years]

I have a 6m one that I got from Les Carter in Lincolnshire about 3 years ago, he had another the same in his stockpile.
There was one advertised in the machinery locator (?) about 3 months ago, when I was looking for onr I spoke to a guy who said be careful nt to buy one like a banana s some folk transport them with too much seed in and crease them.
Mine seems straight..

 

[David.]

I've got an old MF30 tine drill, only fit for spares if anyone wants it.

 

[Wombat]

As the owner of a 30 I would only get the disc version.

As said above don't tow with seed in. Other than that they are great things

 

[T7170]

Thanks for the input, the 6m must be an animal to get over acreage! Must have been very few made! Never even heard about one until recently! Low horsepower required too id imagine!

 

[T7170]

Has les carter a website?

 

[yellowbelly]

Has les carter a website?

I would very much doubt it.
From the amount of stuff he buys at sales, I would expect he has a pretty comprehensive stock of almost anything.

http://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/opinion-customer-care-shock-wows-matthew-naylor.htm

 

[John]

Got a 6m bettison here for sale. Not a Massey but similar if your interested

 

[wasted years]

07889004024 is Les Carters number, quite a character!

 

[wasted years]

Thanks for the input, the 6m must be an animal to get over acreage! Must have been very few made! Never even heard about one until recently! Low horsepower required too id imagine!

I bought one because the disc set up on them works well in our sandy soil and also because I wanted to pull rollers behind the drill which of course only a rigid drill will do.
I do 35 acres a day easily but that is between livestock jobs either end of day.

 

[Stevethemeat]

I have a 4 Mtr end tow with seed and fert
Suffolk counters would take a reasonable amount due her as she tidy on paintwork and a few spare tubes

 

[Hooby Farmer]

I bought one because the disc set up on them works well in our sandy soil and also because I wanted to pull rollers behind the drill which of course only a rigid drill will do.
I do 35 acres a day easily but that is between livestock jobs either end of day.

i never thought of pulling a roller behind mine, what a good idea.

 

[T7170]

Ya the roller behind is very clever, [emoji106][emoji106] just a rigid ring roller is it??

 

[robot Jerseys]

Has anyone got a calibration chart for a mf 29 drill. We have 3 here in the nettle store and toying with a few ideas of bringing them out again! Mixture of sizes with the biggest and 3.5m.
I pulled the Cambridge roles behind the drill this spring does a great job minimum moisture loss and another job done and less wheelings

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Thanks for the input, the 6m must be an animal to get over acreage! Must have been very few made! Never even heard about one until recently! Low horsepower required too id imagine!

@two-cylinder knew someone who used to drill a tidy acreage with one I think.

 

[JWL]

I did my fair share on a 4m MF30 back in Warwickshire during the 80's and 90's, easily around 1000 acres per year. We had a contractor neighbour to the south of the county who had at least a couple of 6m ones, probably more.

 

[wasted years]

Ya the roller behind is very clever, [emoji106][emoji106] just a rigid ring roller is it??

Just a set of fold up cambridge rollers , at 6m everything fits, we spray at 24 metres so for pre em just straddle the line between rows 2 and 3.