Show your tractors

[Will C]

16 minutes ago, william127 said:

Thank you for one of the most helpful posts I've ever seen ???

It's a red one, controls are all levers on the right, so certainly seems basic compared to my old Massey 3060 with everything on toggle and rotary switches! But for a bit of logging, harrowing and topping, levers should be more reliable! 

I have the engine oil and filters in stock, so I'll do that at the weekend.

I have an operator's manual coming in the post, so with that and your post I should be able to get something done with it! 

Thanks again ?

No worries, I grew up with DB tractors, give me a shout if I can help, but I have prob forgotten most of it 

[Tilio-acerion]

More winching and skidding out windblow spruce

[AngrySquirrel]

Have All sorts on Family farm.Fordson super major.International 3&4 pots Massey and David Brown and one many won't know? Massey Harris came over on lend lease in the War big beast with a 6 pot came with a bailer/threasher

[MattyF]

None of these photos are mine , first three belong to Micheal Murray who has an amazing collection of F.C machines working in keilder from over the years and where part of an exhibition he did to commemorate 100 Years of forestry at keilder I our community.
The first county I believe belonged to joe Potts of TPH who was one of my neighbours who received an MBE for his services too forestry,he’s retired now , I could listen Joe’s story’s for hours if only he had the time ! TPH is still going and carrying his legacy of quality .. the other two county’s are FC machines I believe.
Last two photos are off are social club walls , would love to share more of Micheal’s images but I’m sure he will be having a go when I see him at the club when all this lockdown is over !

[s o c]

Great to see. ?

The “ falling objects protection “ in the last two photos not too good 

[Khriss]

@Matty F  marvelous ?  Skyliner rig on the little tractor ( must be Igland winch) such days....... K

[Khriss]

5 minutes ago, s o c said:

Great to see. ?

The “ falling objects protection “ in the last two photos not too good 

Its called a 'hard hat' ... ? was in the original cable logging FC manual  ' note the hard hat in the picture'  sort of infers they were not keen on wearing em back then ( 1964)  k

[MattyF]

Think of how they had to load those lorries by hand before they started converting the roadless and county’s with cranes , many men where broken completely by the time they reached 40.

[woody paul]

Picture 4 that crane is a Cotil fitted by Ernest Does .

[s o c]

When I started cutting in 1987 , a lot of our work was line thinning on steep sites extracted in bundles of 5 or 6 foot logs with a jones high-lead set up on a 764 County.  Looks like that’s what they were doing in the last photo.

The bundle would pretty much bounce it’s way down the slope pinball style, many bundles would open, many of the side trees would have bark damage. The chocker- man was only safe uphill of the bundle and he dare not poke his head out when the cables were whipping around the place. The 2way radio were erratic at best.

The guy on the controls hadn’t it easy either, on his knees on the tractor seat while winching, climb out of tractor, climb stack, open chocker, tidy logs , down off stack and back into tractor maybe 5 times per ton.

Really makes you appreciate the remote control winches we use nowadays.