The auld farm implement thread

[herts digger]

Tractor

Cheers, ric. Yeah, that's the funny thing, as at the 'graveyard' it was all old stuff and I thought it had just been abandoned, but when I went back again, new machinery had been added to it!
There's a gorgeous old tractor there just rusting away to nothing and a horse box too!

Hey Foxy dont get any ideas,you havn't got enough room on your balcony for another tractor.

 

[Foxylady]

Y'ere tis!

 

[ricasso]

wonderful!!!!

 

[Black Shuck]

Y'ere tis!

I quite like Tractors!. nice one foxy, I will just grab my Anorak and tell you that is or was a Massey Ferguson 135 built between 1965 to 1979ish.

 

[Seahorse]

Hi seahorse,I don't suppose you noticed any names moulded onto the iron wheels or any other metal part,I thought I was pretty well up on old farm machinery,but it has got me puzzled,I spoke to ricasso this evening and we wondered if it is some sort of carding machine,its the spikes on the drum that gave us this idea,a great find,weel done.

The only names I could see is the one on the funnel type article in pic 4. Not sure if it actually had anything to do with it, but as it was leaning up against the machine, it probably was. Maybe.

 

[Labb]

Excellent pictures

O hope to be able to take some simular piuctures, but I have no idea where to look.

 

[Seahorse]

There's a gorgeous old tractor there just rusting away to nothing and a horse box too!

What make is the horse box? Is it in reasonable nick???

 

[Foxylady]

What make is the horse box? Is it in reasonable nick???

Lol. No idea, but here's a pic of it.

 

[Foxylady]

...I will just grab my Anorak and tell you that is or was a Massey Ferguson 135 built between 1965 to 1979ish.

Ah, cheers for that, Black. I couldn't remember if I'd seen the make or not...and if I had, I couldn't remember it!!!
'Ee do look like a Massey Ferguson. Got that look about 'im. I wouldn't have had a clue on the date though!

 

[ricasso]

Found this in the corner of me garden

 

[Foxylady]

Hey Foxy dont get any ideas,you havn't got enough room on your balcony for another tractor.

LOL. Only just noticed this reply!
No, tis true...I've got to find room for some free-range chucks yet!

 

[Foxylady]

That's great! What is it?

 

[Black Shuck]

O hope to be able to take some simular piuctures, but I have no idea where to look.

Why not try around Halvergate Marshes.

 

[Labb]

Why not try around Halvergate Marshes.

Thank you. It is not fare away. Just waiting for the sun (and hope that the nettles will not grow too much)

 

[Black Shuck]

I f you go to the far end of the Acle Straight just before the Roundabout. Park up in the Layby cross the Marsh and the Railway line, there is an old Claas Combine that has been sat in the field for over 20 years. Hope that helps Lab.

 

[ricasso]

That's great! What is it?

Lister CS (cold start) 5 hp diesel engine,approx 1940s, in need of a new head gasket!

 

[Seahorse]

I f you go to the far end of the Acle Straight just before the Roundabout. Park up in the Layby cross the Marsh and the Railway line, there is an old Claas Combine that has been sat in the field for over 20 years. Hope that helps Lab.

I used to live not far from the Claas factory. The trains used to pass our flat loaded up with tractors and combines. Miles and miles of flatbeds with green machinery.

 

[Black Shuck]

Yeah thats the machinery Seahorse.

 

[Black Shuck]

Ah, cheers for that, Black. I couldn't remember if I'd seen the make or not...and if I had, I couldn't remember it!!!
'Ee do look like a Massey Ferguson. Got that look about 'im. I wouldn't have had a clue on the date though!

Oi moight live ina town my gal, but I traned as a Horticulturalist at College for three years and passed my Tractor Driving test when I was 17. We had a 135 at College. OOOARR!!!

 

[Seahorse]

Yeah thats the machinery Seahorse.

And here's where it's made.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...61761,8.210886&spn=0.003365,0.009613&t=h&z=17