How many tractors have you?

Mr.Success

I suppose most farmers have one tractor, but a second yard tractor can be fierce handy instead of constantly changing implements. Please feel free to name your make and model of tractor(s). I'm already sensing a load of 390s

blue5000

Just one here and it was made the same year as I was:D

john mayo 10

Have just the one tractor an 1985 case 1494 , shes a great workhorse .slurry,bales, topping, turf etc

rliston

2 tractors here; a 2004 Mccormick MTX 140 and a 1990 Case 885XL

The Case was the only tractor up to 3 years ago before it was partily retired. Its been parked up in a shed for the last few months waiting for new injector seals and a rocker cover gasket. Need to get around to sorting it out soon before the cattle come in for the winter.

The MTX is used for everything except scraping the yards as it doesn't fit into any shed bar the haybarn

whelan1

have a 00 tm125, this does the keenan feeder, slurry etc. Also have a 1990 case 885 with tanco loader , this does the slurry mixing, topping etc... have a 1998 jcb 3cx , 35 for scrapping and a 20 for putting out sawdust, up til a few years ago we also had a 390t when we did our own silage

thetangler

I have a 06 Case 1090jxu with front loader for loading diet feeder, wrapping, general work, also have a 08 Case MXU125 for Slurry, Diet feeder, Baler.

emaherx

4 in our MF fleet.

MF 390T 4WD with Trima Loader. Used for feeding silage during winter, Mowing with 9ft mower, Slurry Spreading, cleaning out the sheds that it fits into, Used most for road work drawing in bales etc. (fairly well maintained)

MF 365 4WD fitted With MF Loader, and smaller wheels. Used for cleaning out low sheds in the yard, Yard scrapping and wrapper/Haybob some times old 5'6 mower. (Just had engine rebuild, currently replacing wirring loom)

MF 698T 4WD. Used for Bailing, Agitating, Side slinnger, Topping rushy fields. (Good tractor if it wasn't for the rotton cab)

MF 135. Mows lawns with 5' finnish mower , light topping duties, hay bob, light trailer/ transport box work. (recently restored)

dar31

99 mf 4245 with loader, fert and general work.
85 deutz dx 90 feeder and topper (was boared out a few times before we got it running some where between 100 - 110 hp)
ford 4600, any konw know what year DNI was. pushes in silage, and pulls fencing trailer.
96 moffett loading shovel

most work is contracted out

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

00 MF 4245 4wd with loader. we get contractors to do the silage and slurry, the MF does everything else. stacking bales in summer, feeding in winter, topping, pulling a cattle trailer, fencing....the usual stock man jobs

MF 35 being restored at the moment. will prob just have a transport box left on fulltime when it comes back, and maybe a haybob in the summer

reilig

We have 5

1953 MF35 which has been restored and just visits a few vintage shows.

1963 Mf35x - used for putting in round bales in winter and moving calf creeps in summer.

1974 MF165 - used for putting in bales on the out farm in winter or stacking bales in the summer.

1972 MF168 - transport box on it mostly. Also works the log splitter. Stacks bales in the summer, power washing etc.

All of the above are vintage, covered by vintage tax.

2009 New Holland T5050 - it does the heavy work - agitating, slurry tanker, hedge cutting, mowing, double bale carrier, bale trailer, mole ploughing, heavy transport box work etc. Its a comfort!!

Kevin1150

165, 390 and 6320

pakalasa

1977 David Brown 995 with loader.

Still going strong. I have replaced a lot of parts on it, at this stage. Piston & rings done last year.
Spreads slurry, tops, fertiliser spreading, handles round bales, scraping yard.
Owes us nothing. Bit of a love / hate relationship at this stage.

weefarmer

Have a 35x that does anything we need, ploughing topping fertilizer spuds good side brakes are essential when moving bales though!
Very easy run too, the 5 gallon drum only gets out about 3-4 runs out in the year, and she does be doin somethin everyday!

Juniorhurler

Three knocking about here

1973 ford 4000 with a Quicke 2000 trip loader that we converted to a power loader ourselves. Best tractor ever to come into the place. Used to be the only tractor until about 8 years ago. Pulled a 1300 gallon slurry tanker, drew bales, did all the feeding, topping etc. and only used about 30 gallons of diesel for the winter. Now it is our quad. She also cleans out the sheds as the others are too high for the calf pens and carries the bales of straw and hay (3'6" tine grab never leaves this loader) about to save taking off a shear grab.

A 2001 NH TL90 with a quicke Q920 loader. This is at home and does all the feeding for the winter now as well as some slurry work at the home place. It is then the auld fellas for the summer as I am gone with the other doing a bit of contracting for a lot of the summer. I had to buy him this as he nearly had a stroke over the tractor being gone all summer every year.

A 2008 NH TS115A with an MX100 loader. I do a bit of wrapping, stacking etc. during the summer with this. I also do a bit of slurry work with this during the winter and she spends the winter on the out farm to put in silage bales into the feed passage out there. Any heavier work that we do this does it really.

Atilathehun

Zetor 7045:D Dog goes in the cab. I call that the "comfort pack";)
1989. 7k hours. Put a water pump in it and new fanbelt. Aside from that just an annual oil and filter change. Brakes not the best, but we manage ok. Need to adjust regularly, but that is a simple 5 min job.
Drawing and stacking bales, winter feeding, agitating / spreading slurry, and all the other bits of jobs.

bogman_bass

1986 ford 5610

foxylock

1987 Ford 5610 just got a new starter, goin like a clock now!!

PMurph048

Just the one for us Ford 6600 all the way ..... grand and handy for the yard work

towzer2010

2005 MF 5455
1975 MF 165
1965 MF 35

Seems I like Massey's with 5 in them.

moll3

1965 ford dexta
1990 JD 2450

JohnBoy

We have his and hers

197something ford 4600, nearly restored at this stage just needs finishing, put the old ford cab on it as the fritzmeir was red rotten. but mechanically fairly decent. has a ford power loader too.





1955/6 ferguson TEF 20, has had some work on the hydraulics, fuel system and electrics. currently waiting to be split to replace the starter ring gear. handy as hell, you get up and down off it like a bike, just swing the leg over.

Charlie Charolais

the one & only MF390, great horse

dryan

'82 MF240 - great little work horse for around the yard. Does the hay turning, turf, drawing in bales. Needs a bit of work done this year - new tyres, clutch - worth spending a few quid on.

'05 MF5445 - for the tougher jobs - mowing, loader work, moving cattle. stacking bales.

redzerologhlen

94 Fiat 100-90 we bought last march and I drove it 100 miles home:)





Would love to have a little mf 240 for small jobs with a cab like THIS one.

Dozer1

197 something MF135 used for scraping the yard and transport box, owes us nothing, got the engine re-done this year but worth every penny deserves a new cab but it'll be next year.

2007 Ursus 475, used for everything else bales, mowing, moving cattle, turf and fertiliser good workhorse plain and simple to use. put a Tanco loader on it and its stacks the bales now aswell.

corkcomp

redzerologhlen wrote: »

94 Fiat 100-90 we bought last march and I drove it 100 miles home:)





Would love to have a little mf 240 for small jobs with a cab like THIS one.

I notice its the 40K model.. 100Miles might be a bit painful otherwise:D

redzerologhlen

corkcomp wrote: »

I notice its the 40K model.. 100Miles might be a bit painful otherwise:D

Left ballymote in sligo at 6 in the morning and wasnt home till 5 in the evening. Theres a very bouncy hard shoulder on the N17

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Left ballymote in sligo at 6 in the morning and wasnt home till 5 in the evening. Theres a very bouncy hard shoulder on the N17

hope you had ear muffs! fair roar of the 90 series Fiats

warfie35

1995 landini blizzard
1984 Case
1995 o&k loader

DaNiEl1994

my mf 265

Ashill5

1976 Ford 4000. Starts first time and it does anything i need around the place:D

Mr.Success

(DaNiEl1994) Lovely 265, we have one with the lambourne cab aswel. What ya think of them, ours has no heater or radio, so id say a shankey would be more comfortable.

bbam

Two Here...

1972 David Brown 996 with power loader.. Does all yard work and topping etc when ground is dry, very easy on diesel. Needs a good tidy up at this stage but mechanically very strong. Maybe next summer she'll get the TLC she deserves..

1986 Case IH 885XL, got for the 4WD. In damp years our lower ground was too much for 2WD, They are a beast on diesel and the XL cab is a bit tight in smaller sheds.. Nice comfortable small tractor...

whelan1

amazing no one really has brand new tractors, dont think anyone said they have a 2011 tractor yet

DaNiEl1994

Mr.Success wrote: »

(DaNiEl1994) Lovely 265, we have one with the lambourne cab aswel. What ya think of them, ours has no heater or radio, so id say a shankey would be more comfortable.

thanks i LOVE it ha. no heater or radio either, notice the newly broken side window ha! i like the cab its spacious the only downside is the hyrdraulics keep turning off every now and then, lovely tractor how you like yours any pics of it pls?

caseih

94 caseih 5120 and 04 mccormick mtx 140 both with loaders..

dar31

whelan1 wrote: »

amazing no one really has brand new tractors, dont think anyone said they have a 2011 tractor yet

depends on what you consider new.

anything in the last 5 years, I'd consider new

whelan1

dar31 wrote: »

depends on what you consider new.

anything in the last 5 years, I'd consider new

ye,i suppose i would think the same but our 00 tm 125 i still consider new:)

moy83

IH 434
IH 4343 with shear grab
IH 523
CASE 956
JOHN DEERE Model M (The only one we would consider vintage )

Mr.Success

DaNiEl1994 wrote: »

thanks i LOVE it ha. no heater or radio either, notice the newly broken side window ha! i like the cab its spacious the only downside is the hyrdraulics keep turning off every now and then, lovely tractor how you like yours any pics of it pls?

bit dark now. maybe tommorow

9935452

We have a bit of a collection of working vintage tractors

1935 Fordson
1949 Ferguson 20 TVO 6 volt non runner
1950 Ferguson 20 TVO
196? MF 165 with power loader
1967 Nuffield 10/60
1969 MF 135
1976 Belarus MTZ 52
198? MF 565
1993 Belarus 862

1987 MF 50HX
1990 Case 580K
1993 MF 50HXT

topgeas

99 ts115.
what a beast with tanco loader.
1960s mf 35 yard scraper.
03 cs130 general stuff

tismesoitis

1983 MF 290 in keenan 100 diet feeder, also tops,spreads fert, rolls. and other lightish jobs.
1990 MF398 c/w loader adgitates and spreads slurry has d yard scraper behind it for most of the winter
Good thread Great to see so many older tractors. No plans of changin ours. Love the thought of the 290 being 30 yrs old in 13 months time:D PARTY in mine lads:D:D

kay 9

Mf 65 for everything from topping, link box, drawing bales, feeding and last but not least tows the ex60 too:eek:
Also have a fergie 20 for messin and cutting lawns etc(handy little yoke around the shed too.

Mr.Success

kay 9 wrote: »

Mf 65 for everything from topping, link box, drawing bales, feeding and last but not least tows the ex60 too:eek:
Also have a fergie 20 for messin and cutting lawns etc(handy little yoke around the shed too.

video of that pleeeeease:)

kay 9

Mr.Success wrote: »

video of that pleeeeease:)

haha, lol... I'll have to next time I have the low loader on it. No bother to it either if driven right in the gears, however it is slow and not suitable for it everyday but it does for me locally:) Pulls 18 round bales of hay on the loader too:D Thats another pic I must get. Ye can have yer big diesel guzzlers, there's no beating the old masseys. Bullet proof they are. Only every had to do the clutch and injectors since 1992:)
Oh and forgot to mention that's with a baler hitch slightly modified to be closer to backend. Had an extra hole drilled in it.

nilhg

Two Renaults,

98 610

04 696

blue5000

9935452 wrote: »

We have a bit of a collection of working vintage tractors

1935 Fordson
1949 Ferguson 20 TVO 6 volt non runner
1950 Ferguson 20 TVO
196? MF 165 with power loader
1967 Nuffield 10/60
1969 MF 135
1976 Belarus MTZ 52
198? MF 565
1993 Belarus 862

1987 MF 50HX
1990 Case 580K
1993 MF 50HXT

Careful now or you'll have Rory Day from classic tractor mag out with a camera:)

marknjb

just the one a 99 new holland ts 100 with a quicke loader never had a loader before could not live without it now
when we got the loader on it we thought we would take it off when not in use . took it off once had to put it back on a few days later it hasent been off since

sea12

94 MF 362 which is a great tractor and a Ferguson 20 which I keep saying I will get going again or vintage.

Donegal09

2004 Fiat/New Holland 110-90 .. treated like a princess, only used to pull the odd load on the dump trailer, plough and haul straw. 2000hours from new

1996 Fiat 88-94 with a quicke loader.. used for mixing slurry, feeding cattle, but mainly loading & stacking bales.

1955 Ferguson T20 used for scraping the yard and the haybob when we get the weather

And the latest addition to replace the TM, 2009 NH T6080 with a brand new Stoll loader. Going to be used on the bale shear and most of the heavier jobs, mowing/baling in the summer and pulling the 2500gl tanker