The Tractor and machinery thread

[PeteXXX]

As there seems to be a lot of interest in tractors etc. here could be the place to post pics and discuss various farm based pics of machinery. With, or without, a bike!

Let me start off with an old photo of me c1976 harvesting dates in the Jordan Valley with a 194? Massey Ferguson tractor in the background.

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[PeteXXX]

And me aloft a dodgy old Cherry Picker..

 

[Randomnerd]

My old Gnasher, doing winter work. Only 2WD, but pretty nimble with a Norse four tonne winch on the back. And I can pull her out of any bog with her wire rope. She is called Gnasher, but she is definitely a “she”. Dont ask me why. I can almost hear @mudsticks galloping along to complain about gendering tractors, but I bet hers is a bloke!
There is a thesis to be had here. Much like the one I have been mulling over about ”haircut style and type of bicycle” that I am currently doing active research for in various roadsides and backroads.

 

[mudsticks]

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My old Gnasher, doing winter work. Only 2WD, but pretty nimble with a Norse four tonne winch on the back. And I can pull her out of any bog with her wire rope. She is called Gnasher, but she is definitely a “she”. Dont ask me why. I can almost hear @mudsticks galloping along to complain about gendering tractors, but I bet hers is a bloke!
There is a thesis to be had here. Much like the one I have been mulling over about ”haircut style and type of bicycle” that I am currently doing active research for in various roadsides and backroads.

Ahem, I never gallop..

I canter at a controllable pace.

I've ended up in enough ditches to know better than that.

Currently experiencing some real-world hydraulic issues.

Back with the tedious details later..

Maybe.

Meanwhile.

Phwooarrr.. Look at the discs on that..

Edit.. Course she's not a boy..
She's a reliable, and uncomplaining workhorse..

 

[biggs682]

This thread could be interesting as there are enough rusting relics on some of the ride's I use to do back in the day .

 

[mudsticks]

Here's one, reintegration itself into the landscape..

Torridon.

 

[mudsticks]

Or here even..

 

[MontyVeda]

There's not many 14 year olds who can say they got a 1959 Massey Ferguson for Xmas... but this one can.

 

[anothersam]

Feed me hay yum.

 

[PeteXXX]

Lucky girl!! I see they've progressed to a padded seat by 1959, or is that an add on?
The one I drove had a metal seat that, believe me, got quite warm once it'd been sitting in the sunshine when the temp was about 40c 😂

 

[mudsticks]

Lucky girl!! I see they've progressed to a padded seat by 1959, or is that an add on?
The one I drove had a metal seat that, believe me, got quite warm once it'd been sitting in the sunshine when the temp was about 40c 😂

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This is why I have one of these..

A hand loomed, fleece seat pad..
La di da..

No cold / damp/ overheated derriere for me


The original seat, actually disintegrated, this is an old plastic village hall chair. rachet strapped to the original fixings.

 

[mudsticks]

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And me aloft a dodgy old Cherry Picker..

Excellent, I've got one of me somewhere with a young boy kitten 'helping' me on the telehandler.

Lifting turf / soil onto the barn roof.

It's analogue (the photo) but I should scan it..

 

[anothersam]

 

[PeteXXX]

Excellent, I've got one of me somewhere with a young boy kitten 'helping' me on the telehandler.

Lifting turf / soil onto the barn roof.

It's analogue (the photo) but I should scan it..

I just take a photo of my old pics. Easier than scanning, for me.

 

[mudsticks]

Good plan .. Now to find them