The Classic Machinery Network

this was posted on the BFF forum and i thought it would be of interest here too
make sure the sound is up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3D4FN5c ... re=related
cheers graham

A vicious looking beast !!! If he tilted it up 90 degrees i'll bet he could fly off to the next job pretty quick eh ?? Did you watch the turn around wheel on the ploughing tractor ?

Gordon 2 wrote:A vicious looking beast !!! If he tilted it up 90 degrees i'll bet he could fly off to the next job pretty quick eh ?? Did you watch the turn around wheel on the ploughing tractor ?

ha ha just been back and found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66h61wbj ... re=related
what do you make of it it saves a bit of shunting
cheers graham

And I thought my old Bomford 580 Bushwacker was an animal!
The 18' reach needed 30psi in the n/s/r tyre just to keep the tractor level. It had a second 'elbow' joint to allow the far side of the hedge to be done (never seen another quite like it), and was so heavy even with a full set of nose weights, front wheel weights, extra fuel and tool boxes carried on the front, the slightest amount of frivolity with the clutch would have it sitting on it's oil tank, working at full reach on an uphill run could often leave you perched on one wheel. I ran this tractor every day for 3 years and the only 'faliures' were one clutch and a blown core plug.
Amazes me that so many modern hedging combos have 120+hp 4wd tractors with almost minimal sized trimmers on them - how did we cope 30 years ago?

yay, a Morris Marina pick-up, we had one of those....x reg in white with a 1275 mini engine in it

RichardJW~ wrote:yay, a Morris Marina pick-up, we had one of those....x reg in white with a 1275 mini engine in it

Ha ha we put an 1800 tc in my mates