The Tractor and machinery thread

[PeteXXX]

Behind Smiths farm shop.. 🚜

 

[FrothNinja]

Open green fields....

 

[YMFB]

 

[tyred]

Nice original early DB 990 spotted today. DIY toolbox and new starter motor, but I don't like seeing wire holding the oil cap on. That is not a good sign!

 

[PeteXXX]

Used to roll the cricket pitch in Lower Slaughter, nr Bourton on the Water. Spotted on on yesterday's hike.

 

[tyred]

I seen this restored Zetor 4718 in town.

Nice to see one being restored as I don't think there is enough love for Zetors. Very underrated machines.

 

[PeteXXX]

I less well loved Zetor, sadly beyond any chance of seeing the light of day again.. ☹️

 

[FrothNinja]

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I less well loved Zetor, sadly beyond any chance of seeing the light of day again.. ☹️

Looks like our back yard

 

[PeteXXX]

Looks like our back yard

Your roof neds a bit of work! 😋

 

[FrothNinja]

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Your roof neds a bit of work! 😋

Eco roof

 

[tyred]

 

[FrothNinja]

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A tractor fest?

 

[tyred]

A tractor fest?

You can never have enough tractors in your life!

 

[FrothNinja]

You can never have enough tractors in your life!

You wouldn't say that round here, especially in contractor season.
Only mini & classic tractors should be allowed on the lanes 🚜

 

[tyred]

You wouldn't say that round here, especially in contractor season.
Only mini & classic tractors should be allowed on the lanes 🚜

Modern tractors can be driven too quickly imo. I suppose it is the cost of efficiency. It is amazing what can be done nowadays with modern farm machinery.

If you still needed 20 or 30 people to dig a field of potatoes, as was still commonplace when I was growing up, I suspect your food would cost a lot more in the shops, and how many teenagers today would be better able to tear themselves away from a screen for long enough to gather potatoes from the ground into baskets with your hands in agony from all the damp soil getting pushed under your nails? Or walking around with hundredweight bags on your back and loading the lorry by hand?

I love to mess around with old tractors and machinery but when you remove the rose tinted specs, all the modern machinery makes life a lot easier.