The most rubbish machine ever used

[Ley253]

Teagle jetcut.

 

[TJB]

We had ours on a ford 4000 and never had enough hydraulic power to swing it over the top
Nick..

I used to use one on a 4000, no cab. Just on old potato riddle grid tied across the role bar for a bit of protection..
I can still smell the burning rubber of the them belts now... Happy days [emoji41]

 

[TJB]

Talking of hay tedders...

We used to have a fahr centipede, 6 rotor jobby, lovey in the field, but like a way would supermarket trolley on the road if you went more than 5mph

 

[Roy_H]

I've a question for all the baler experts.
How come if you lined up all the late 80's balers in a sale, the jd 550 would make by far the most money??

Edit. Sorry a welder rp12 would make similar money but apparently they're shire too

In their day The JD 550 was THE round baler to have. I know things have come a long way since then but The 550 could make the best and probably the densest bale at that time.

 

[Roy_H]

Talking of hay tedders...

We used to have a fahr centipede, 6 rotor jobby, lovey in the field, but like a way would supermarket trolley on the road if you went more than 5mph

Supermarket trolley....That sounds just like The Ransomes/Johnson potato digger! Oh those stupid little caster wheels ( And unless you were on concrete or tarmac you could forget reversing the damn thing).

 

[JWL]

Talking of shopping trolleys on the road.......... Lister bale elevator. And when you'd got it to the stack without it falling over there was the half hour battle to fire up the Briggs and Scrappem and watch for when it caught fire!

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Talking of shopping trolleys on the road.......... Lister bale elevator. And when you'd got it to the stack without it falling over there was the half hour battle to fire up the Briggs and Scrappem and watch for when it caught fire!

Brings back memories of moving our old one between farms, through town, behind the land rover .

As for the engine - if that's the best small engine the USA could produce then thank God for Honda.

The "Lister AnyLevel Elevator" (to quote it's full name) did save hours of sweaty bale pitching though. We still have ours if anyone fancies a trip down memory lane

 

[Roy_H]

Talking of shopping trolleys on the road.......... Lister bale elevator. And when you'd got it to the stack without it falling over there was the half hour battle to fire up the Briggs and Scrappem and watch for when it caught fire!

We replaced the wheels on ours with car wheels which made it ( Marginally) better. We heard so many stories about the wretched things setting fire to hay/straw stacks that we always wedged a sheet of corrugated iron between the front of the elevator and the stack. Ours had the Villiers engine which either started first pull or not at all! Posters on this thread have mentioned (and indeed cursed) The Howard Bigbaler but Oh boy at least it enabled us to retire that damn elevator!

 

[Clever Dic]

Blue Tanco square bale wrapped about 20 years ago now. It has a turntable and a belt was meant to turn the bale over as it rotated. I spent hours stood just outside the radius of the turntable so I could suddenly lean over in a game of agricultural death defying rollerball to give it a helping shove.
Also the little gears all used to break and they came of a bloody bicycle

 

[Coldbrook]

Wasn't there a Zetor with a hitch that was controlled by a lever which would lift if it was right up and right down. My uncle lost his big toe to this and from the rumours he wasn't the only one.

 

[Spud]

We replaced the wheels on ours with car wheels which made it ( Marginally) better. We heard so many stories about the wretched things setting fire to hay/straw stacks that we always wedged a sheet of corrugated iron between the front of the elevator and the stack. Ours had the Villiers engine which either started first pull or not at all! Posters on this thread have mentioned (and indeed cursed) The Howard Bigbaler but Oh boy at least it enabled us to retire that damn elevator!

That reminds me of our old beet cleaner - if it didn't start first pull (no recoil, just wrap the starting rope round the end) - then it was quicker to unbolt the thing, chuck it in the 135 loaders basket, and stand it by the rayburn for half an hour - it always started then! (mother used to play merry hell with us over the mucky stinky thing...and footprints across the kitchen

 

[Wellytrack]

Worst thing I've used is a David Thomas post knocker, the one that worked off the arms of a tractor and you held the post with a big bubble maker. Bonkers machine.

See those things for sale all the time. Seem cheap in an assisted suicide kind of way..

 

[Lawnseed]

Did anyone mention the jf hay flash..
It should have came with shear bolts for the baler and a couple of forks to shake out the lumps and not forgetting a knife to cut the hay wrapped up in the drive shaft and chains

 

[Martin Holden]

Bloody sucker blower.
Spawn of the devil
Slow,choking dust,pipes come undone, slow,block up with barley awns, noisy (especially with peas/beans), oh did I mention its slow

Agreed. Moved many a tonne of rape and wheat with them and it was a lousy job

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Agreed. Moved many a tonne of rape and wheat with them and it was a lousy job

Got half our tonnage this year to load with our loader and toe tip bucket .
Little steps, little bit more every year.

 

[Martin Holden]

Did anyone mention the jf hay flash..
It should have came with shear bolts for the baler and a couple of forks to shake out the lumps and not forgetting a knife to cut the hay wrapped up in the drive shaft and chains

Blimey! You must be old to remember that! We actually sell a modern equivalent here;

Belt rakes FAVORIT ALP - SIP

Belt rakes/tedders are an excellent choice for farmers who are looking for a small but versatile rake/tedder for tedding, spreading, or raking dry or fresh forage. Because the spring tines never touch the ground the forage stays airy, which allows it to dry faster.

www.sip.si

 

[Martin Holden]

Got half our tonnage this year to load with our loader and toe tip bucket .
Little steps, little bit more every year.

We rejoiced when a new Ford 5000 with quicke loader arrived with a good bucket. Could load a 40’ artic in around 30 mins without all the dust and messing around at the suction head

 

[Martin Holden]

Blue Tanco square bale wrapped about 20 years ago now. It has a turntable and a belt was meant to turn the bale over as it rotated. I spent hours stood just outside the radius of the turntable so I could suddenly lean over in a game of agricultural death defying rollerball to give it a helping shove.
Also the little gears all used to break and they came of a bloody bicycle

I’m amazed you still have your arms! Russian roulette by the sounds of this!

 

[Ley253]

teagle jet cut hedge trimmer. Not used by myself, (too young ) !

 

[TripleSix]

Talking to a chap at harvest who was talking about early square balers and how the wooden sliders would be worn out after one or 2 seasons.

They got an Allis Rotobaler
Claimed it was slow going on a dead drive PTO tractor.
When it was time to tie the bale you had to stop and out of gear, restart PTO, tie the bale, clutch down again, into gear and restart PTO and carry on.
Bales a nightmare to handle and stack.

Used far too much string too, until they found different sized pulleys/sprockets for the twine feed which made it much better.