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The fleet.

 

117 years in total between them and still more than earning their keep, working most days.

 

The Ford 3000 is a 1973 and spends most of its time on the firewood processor, while the 1980 IH is the log loader tractor. It’s an industrial spec 584, I think the designation is 258 and it differs from a standard agricultural 584 in having a speedometer and a handbrake that operates on conventional drums rather than the usual IH transmission job. So, a Nash with a handbrake that actually works!

The Case IH 956 is the baby of the bunch, born in 1987. It lives on the timber trailer, hauling lengths from the stack to feed the processor.

Oh, and the Transit adds another 16 years.

 

You’ll notice I don’t do shiny!

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18 minutes ago, Bogieman said:

The fleet.

 

117 years in total between them and still more than earning their keep, working most days.

 

The Ford 3000 is a 1973 and spends most of its time on the firewood processor, while the 1980 IH is the log loader tractor. It’s an industrial spec 584, I think the designation is 258 and it differs from a standard agricultural 584 in having a speedometer and a handbrake that operates on conventional drums rather than the usual IH transmission job. So, a Nash with a handbrake that actually works!

The Case IH 956 is the baby of the bunch, born in 1987. It lives on the timber trailer, hauling lengths from the stack to feed the processor.

Oh, and the Transit adds another 16 years.

 

You’ll notice I don’t do shiny!

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The farm near me had a IH 258 that was one fast tractor. Remember carting hay one year got to field and loaded before other tractor and trailer turned up.

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Pity I did not buy a 390T, back when they were merely 2nd hand tractors, and the brother suggested I should too!

But anyway here is Mrs. 1490 in her working cloths.

The log trailer(bought off Jas P Wilson 20 odd year ago) came on the poxy wee tyre shown beside the road works sign, so I put a set of ex slurry tanker Russians on her, I had a larger set, which I returned because the axle was simply too wide, anyway the set pictured carries remarkedly well, and from experience the trailer is perfectly matched to Mrs Brown's tyres and tired  HP.

Oh! the untidy alignment of the logs on the trailer is because of a big butt, the bottom 4' of the largest tree on the trailer, that I did not want to leave behind. They were all leaners at about between 30 and 45 deg off vertical so were cut at a safe height, I got some spectacular barber chairs too, but was not prepared to get the saw nipped cutting a mouth, nor indeed put myself in any danger.

Marcus

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The weather here today is simply magnificent. 

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