Retro Tractors still earning their keep.

The Li'l Grey Fergie (TED20) earning it's keep bashing bracken & thistles. On the way to t'top field I went through town and aficionados came out of pubs and shops to watch. Funniest thing was the womenfolk dragging their menfolk along the pavement saying 'You're not having one!' and the men looking like sulky children (which we are if we can't have a tractor )

My old Nuffield 460 (1961). Use it for moving dirt etc around the farm, grading my dirt tracks, has a large slasher and also a PTO mounted auger which works well for drilling fences in and also for drilling large 800mm holes (large auger) for planting trees.. no mudguards at present as they are receiving rust repairs, well rotted out. Needs power steering, bastward heavy at slow speeds!

Here is ours, a mid 70s Leyland 154 with the BMC 1500 disesel engine


Here its just turned the hay


Turned the hay with an old Vicon Acrobat, great tool with very little to go wrong


Then bailed the hay with this old IH440 baler, a bit big for the Leyland but it manages


520 bales of organic hay later, stuffed into storage!

Here you go, its really pretty straightforward

Sometimes I think you just have too many toys!