Old beater edition
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>>1970907I sometimes see huge tractors driving down the road in the urban area, miles from any farms.
>>1970939farms can get pretty spread out, sometimes u have to travel.
>>1970907Where at in UK?>>1970929cor, pic related
>>1971133>Where at in UK?Northern France actually
>>1970939Tractors are used fairly regularly in construction these days, as a way to get around driving hour limits for trucks.
>>1971272You near Brest?
>>1971597Guise, sorry mon ami
>>1970929SOVLThe steam tractor doesn't fear the Oil Capitalist
>>1971677
Shamelessly bumping my thread
>>1974147it seems like no one had interest so i was going to let it die.
>>1974472Fair enough, I'll let it die too if it doesnt gain traction now.Here's my CAT, its on the smaller side but it does what I need it to
>>1974511i don't own any tractors yet, just work on them
can you build a business around owning one of these and/or a loader yeah i'm near a rural area very mountainous though
>>1974788I use two John Deere 4450s on my ranch. I'm lucky enough to not have had to split one yet. I did help split an old 5020 JD once.
VERY rare tractor
>>1974870not sure which one ur replying too. certainly people around here use backhoes and skid steers for dirt work and landscaping. sometimes just for brush clearing. now if ur meaning actual farm tractors, there are people who do custom hay work. they have no acreage on their own, but do hay for other farmers. decent living if u do enough>>1974873those r good. helped my godfather on his farm all through high school and college
bump. i love these tractor threads, even though i neither know anything about tractors nor have any particular connection with them. i just wish they were nerdier. i'd like to hear tractor enthusiasts hold forth on the minutiae of tractors and tractor ownership. teach me about tractors!
>>1974901D series scrapers fucking suck!
>>1974870Im assuming that was meant for me >>1974511?You can, but it depends a lot on your area, I cant speak for the USA but in Europe lots of gardeners have them, there are also people that specialise in small scale earthworks who have a whole park of miniature machinery, excevators, front end loaders, skidsteers and telehandlers, all under 2 tons (metric), so there's definitely a market for that kind of work.>>1974901Try finding some actual forums for that, they're usually more active too
>>1974870You’re talking about a plant hire company. Google “<town or region> plant hire” to check out the competition.
1971 Ursus C-330 during renovation I did with my father last summer.Some of things we did:>new coat of paint >new radiator with a four bladed fan (it actually holds coolant now)>old thermostat was empty inside, replaced with a working one>new seat cushion>head gasket seal (bonus for engine head torqued up to spec)>replaced oil in engine and transmission (oil inside transmission was nasty)>added mirrors>replaced window seals>new hand fuel pump>reintroduced doors>new front fenders>added wiper>new battery with rebuild mounting plate>new power take-off sealing>many old hoses and rusted bolts replaced
>>1975026This is how it looks right now.Please, disregard the small oil leak. I promise to fix it after the winter is over.
>>1975029nicely done man. it's cool to see restoration projects like that. had someone do a restoration on an old Farmall B. turned out pretty good
>>1970907i live in farmerland in the middle of nowhere in the uki love seeing the small cute tractors and the baeuetifal vintage machinesseen some cool ancient ones even steam powered onesi love all the interesting ways the farmers do their logistics like using a small tractor to tow a land train with like 3 trailers and one of them has a dune buggy thinggie on it lollthe big ones are cool too but so scary on the backroadsall the corners are blind youre just betweeon 2 hedges 1.5 cars wideand then suddenly a giant machine that takes up the entire with a huge metal spikey bladed contraption hanging off the front or back with tyres taller than the roof of my car comes round the cornerits always either a 17yo drivingor an 80yo who cant see shiti could be going like 30 to 70mph (70 is the speed limit lolll)and those things can go like 40 i thinki have seen death im telling younot that other car drivers havnt almost killed me more or anythingits actually not so bad on my bikei mean im going about 40 tops but i can also outbrake and outmaneuver any car so its actually way less scary when a big tractor comes round the corneralso its nice when im riding by one of the small tractors and i can say hi to the driver as i go by lol>>1970939tracktors on the fuckign motorwaybased honestly but holy shit dude someones gonna dieput it on a flatbed if you arent even towing anything cmon ur a big slow object on a road full of cars and lorries going at least 50 up to 100+someeone gonna die>>1970929love these dudesive seen these out on the road loli found a steamy like this but smaller in the woodslooked like it hadnt moved in a good decade at leastbet she still werks tho :)>>1970976based but deadly>>1971833QUEEEEN
>>1976385oh shit that was long sorryi shouldnt get high right before posting
>>1975029cab door panel should be rednot sure why you'd paint the exhaust, that's gonna stink like a motherfucker
>>1976387Surely it’s VHT paint
It’s REAL
what about smol massey ferguson?
>>1978983they're ok
>>1978995are those schwalbe marathons on the front?
>>1979154no idea
>>1971461How does this work?Are you saying a driver can only legally drive a truck for X hours a day so they get him to drive a tractor, where possible, so that he can work for longer?
>>1971461 (me)>>1981188 Yep, driving times for trucks are very regulated here, max 9 hours a day (twice a week can be upped to ten) or 56 hours per week, or 90 hours per 2 weeks.>https://mobilit-belgium-be.translate.goog/nl/weg/transport/rij-en-rusttijden/rijtijden?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp>https://mobilit-belgium-be.translate.goog/nl/weg/transport/rij-en-rusttijden/rusttijden?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=nl&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wappThese regulations dont apply for tractors, but you still need the same license to drive them (CE, truck and trailer) Because of that, every truck driver in construction is also allowed to drive a tractor with a trailer.One disadvantage however is that they are limited to 40km/hAnd depending on the usecase they may or may not be allowed to drive on red diesel, forestry for instance.>https://www-politie-be.translate.goog/5352/vragen/verkeersregels/transport-met-tractors-met-aanhangwagen?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp
giving a bump in case someone was still interested
Hello farmer people, I'm currently in the process in rebuilding this deutz F1M 414. Would you intrested in some progress pics? I've never been in this thread should I spam them or make a mega folder?
>>1984737selectractor,,,bestshot.
>>1984748you got a model L. nice. that's what dad used growing up
Can anyone give me a ballpark figure of how much weight a Fergie TEF-20 can tow?Assuming the surface is cement/asphalt.
>>1986442Bouut 350
>>1986442rule of thumb that Ive heard is ~1 metric ton per 10 horseso by that logic, you should be able to get about 2.5 to 3 tons out of it
>>1984737>Would you intrested in some progress pics?yes>should I spam them or make a mega folderIm good with either
>>1986539Cheers for being helpful.
too many bicycles on this board and not enough tractors
>>1974873>50 seriesnever selling
Feel the same way with the old 20 series
i am on the lookout for an old power king lawn tractor with a pto to restore at the moment
>>1994809that thing is pretty dope. hope you find a nice one
>>1971461In germany I dont even need a proper license and can legally haul the same tonnage behind a tractor as a semi may. Just not at the same speed and on the highway.Not a very sustainable incentive.
>>1974880>639di think they only built about 300 of these and most went to australia. commiefornia emissions have probably scattered the last few here in the stateswabco made the best elevating can and i've seen pictures of some 653/9 machines built by an aussie with a wabco elevatort. hates scrapers
>dad owns a small farm>farming economy sucks ass>old ass tractors and equipment, everything is jury rig and terrible>Case IH 5130 and John deere 3000 something>case has fancy electrical shifting that occasionally fails>gears won't engage>case has electrical clutch and it has no no feel to it>reversing and putting on equipment is awful>john deere is old ass mechanical beast>nothing electrical except lights and they don't even work>cabin is old and noisy>breathe in dust and oil fumes>speed and rpm meters don't work>a relative got himself a +100k tractor that drives itselfI hate my life.
>>1994999gonna argue that one. case 5130 maxxum has hydraulic clutches that are engaged by solenoids and spools. if ur shifting is failing, it can be the diode on the back right rear of the cab, or the shuttle switch are most common. the hydraulic clutch will also last 3 to 4 times longer than a dry mechanical clutch, though i do agree the feel is different.picture of a hydraulic fwd/rev clutch
>>1994999check'd digitsnothing you described can't be fixed. a factory service manual is worth spending the money on and much cheaper than paying somebody to come out even once. it's silly to piss and moan when a few hours wrenching will remedy the issue
>>1970907>300hp v12>powerquad>converts to large loader>giant cab with a bench for your babuskacommies got it right occasionally
in keeping with the thread theme;field beater on a small farmheavy work gets done with the telehandler + backhoe so the JD is semi retired, just pulls stuff around the 10 acres
heres my shops landlords janky ass loader built semi commercially by his uncle. 345 intertrashional married to a twin disc 2 spd powershift. 4 wheel steer pettibone axles geared low enough to shear the wheel studs if you deadhead it. this is 1 of 4 remaining. maybe 20 total were built in the 60s and 70s
horsepower doesn't have to be expensive
>>1970907Maybe wrong place to ask but what kind of machine like this can I move huge boulders with? Would I fuck a tractor if I redneck hitched a boulder to the back and just dragged? A skid or small dozer aren't big enough and a full size excavator isnt really an option. Any suggestions appreciated,rebuke me if necessary
>>2000765Get a hammer drill and some wedges and feathers, split it into two or more pieces and then move those.
>>2000765>huge boulders>skid or small dozer aren't big enoughwhat size boulders and what size skid/ dozer?also, how far do you need to pull them and whats the terrain like? anywhere you can use pulleys?also this >>2000771
>>2000771>>2000778It's for a sea wall, so bigger is better and there are many different sized ones so I'll definitely be looking into that hammer drill and wedges/feathers. They need to move 200-400 feet on mostly unpaved but solid enough, even terrain. Looking at skids carry capacity it seems enough and they seem to have attachments for picking up large objects. Would be useful for excavating the rocks too.
>>2000789just a suggestion, but maybe a small articulated loader could be more what you want/ needin my experience they can carry more for a give machine weight, and they can pull a good amount too when necessarypicrel is the model my dad has and it can lift about 1000 kg (so roughly 2000 lbs) at the end of its reach without any extra counterweight at the back, brochure says it can lift up to a max of 1700kg (~3700 lbs) with counterweights installed
>>2000804That seems exactly like what I'm after, thank you very much!
>>1996410its so uglyI love it>>1996417neato, whats the make/ model (if it has one)I wanna try and read up on it if possible
was going to upload some flail mower ki/n/o today but my mower shit the bed after ~5 minutes so I didnt get around to filming it (drive belts are fuarked)>sageing because this isnt worth a bump
>>1974880I think I saw that one in this book.
>>2010802mowers indeed
>>2009294In the future you should have your mower poop before bedtime
>>1995070based information sharer.>Does anyone have any footage of a narrow front tractor driving around on two wheels? Apparently my great grandfather used to do it whit a farmall M to entertain kids. I never saw it, and I can't find anything on youtube.
>>2014063ur welcome. i work on this stuff so i share work pictures from time to time
>>1971272>>1970907>>1974147Wow IH, are those common in france?
>>2014164they're no uncommon in my local area, probably on account of the fact that the largest dealer around here distributes Casehttps://www-groupedavid-fr.translate.goog/%20/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp700 and 900 series are the most "common" (most farmers here have comparatively modern tractors, so the older gals dont come out very often)but I know one local farmer has a 1056XL, since Ive seen him more than once on the road into town
>>1994895oh boy you got something mixed up here
>>1975127I was 9 years old started on an A with a belly mower doing water ways. At 15 ran an M hauling grain wagons to the elevator. Left Navy in 77. Went to farmer for work. The A was still running but it sounded like a bill collector knocking at ur door. The M was sitting in the spot it broke down in. It's still setting the there. Tires rotted off and a heap of rust.
>>1994653Now that's a BIG ASS shit scooper.
I want one just to remind the yuppie scum around here this is a rural area.
