Old school these are the best vidios to watch, I used to drive a B reg 2140 with Sg2 cab four wheel drive, cracking tractor and believe it or not the old girl is still running today with 12k hours on clock. John Deere the best in my eyes 👍👍👍👍
Am old enough to remember when Howard was king especially these spreaders along with everything else they made, typically farmers who used these spreaders weren’t too good a maintenance so inevitably the chains stretched and mercilessly knocked them to destruction, however, coming from a ground driven apron spreader they were years ahead.
Nice to see you back good video very tidy tractors we used to have a muck spreader like that unfortunately it eventually rotted away we use a contractor now
Well done with the putting something back line. The Law of Return is hardly ever mentioned nowadays and you won't do it with the contents of a bag. Amazing how there's always worms in fym and never in slurry.
I prefer side spreaders. Far cheaper to buy and maintain. Far better spread pattern and you can see much better how much is being applied. Far easier to maintain and work on (no walking floor or big push ram). Far better to transport down the road to fields. Provided they are not overloaded, the start spreading quickly enough.
Great vid but please please get a guard fitted to that shaft ! You only get one chance in life so get and do it !! Also not having a go but changing the draw bar on that 1640 with the engine running sooooo risky anything could happen ! Just think about safety buddy otherwise great vid 👍
Good and interesting video, brings back great memories of being in early teens doing field work with this era of machinery. In those days my biggest priority was trying to get a radio and speakers put in the tractors somehow haha. I would be careful what you show in your videos though ie. where your cattle trailers, diesel tank etc are, there will always be someone watching looking for this kinda info??
To be fair though, your things from the 70s were built much heavier, and often have lived cleaner, easier lives if they have been doing arable for those 50 years
There is a further point which has been explained to U.K. dealers by reps from USA. The entire sales of all types of JD equipment in U.K. in any year is considerably less than sales in the smallest US state. In consequence there is no concession to any U.K. requirement. This translates to limited availability of spares of any specific type and every man being his own engineer, fabricator and machinist if he has those skills. There is little just in time ability and customs has to be paid on second hand imported parts. In such cases with limited availability of usable cash there is always a balance to be obtained on age, value repairs and downtime.
@@glynluff2595 good point on availability of parts could this be why I have seen some really beaten David Browns (being that they were built on the island) and parts are more readily accessible vs a John Deere being looked after more closely seeing as they were imports from Germany or US?
@@KlineDeere quite probably plus of course there are enthusiasts for all makes. I think the David Browns had a good reputation for transmissions but no doubt some correspondents might dispute my memory upon that but the truth remains that old does have its difficulties here with a more limited market. Here also with stock farming the field sizes are much smaller and tractor sizes keep growing and electronics makes them less reparable to the small man plus much more attractive to thieves in whole or part.
@@glynluff2595 incredible I remember a film IH released in the 70s that was called something like "your local tractor theif" at least in my area of Pennsylvania, we have very little if any thievery of equipment anymore if ever at all, we are in dairy country and my place is a 70 cow dairy farm on 63 acres we run two Massey 1135s which I am not a fan one a 74 one a 75, one Allis Chalmers 185 1970, and my personal crown jewel our IH 1066 1974. We are hoping to expand more into the IHs or early CaseIHs. This is why I live talking to people from Great Britain I've always had an affection for your country and its history I am of Scots Irish, welsh, german descent. The last person over to the isles was my grand father for the Normandy landings , if I wasn't afraid of flying I'd love to come see it for myself and compare how your small family dairies operate versus ours here. Another question I have if I'm not using up your time is that when I look at equipment online some times I look at the Ireland and UK machines, what's with the Irish kit being almost always beaten to death? Is it just a regional thing, see here in the states I've found that certain regions (ie the South, and some in the northeast/New England states) just persistently seem like the quality of their used kit is horrendous.
Nice to see a proper tractor doing its job. Good video, I enjoyed it
Old school these are the best vidios to watch, I used to drive a B reg 2140 with Sg2 cab four wheel drive, cracking tractor and believe it or not the old girl is still running today with 12k hours on clock. John Deere the best in my eyes 👍👍👍👍
Very good video, please keep uploading farming videos
Am old enough to remember when Howard was king especially these spreaders along with everything else they made, typically farmers who used these spreaders weren’t too good a maintenance so inevitably the chains stretched and mercilessly knocked them to destruction, however, coming from a ground driven apron spreader they were years ahead.
Very true, I had to have this one re-lined as some chains hit the bottom of the floor out 👍
Lovely tractor muck looks like last years and best shit spreader😂
Great video really enjoyed watching that.
That’s very kind, thank you 👍
Nice to see you back good video very tidy tractors we used to have a muck spreader like that unfortunately it eventually rotted away we use a contractor now
Thank you!
Really enjoyed the video. Nice to see the older machines still doing the job. But please get the P.T.O guard replaced 🚜🐄👍
Just came across your channel mate great video and love the old girl.
Thank you!
Well done with the putting something back line. The Law of Return is hardly ever mentioned nowadays and you won't do it with the contents of a bag. Amazing how there's always worms in fym and never in slurry.
We only grease our side discharge muck spreader once a year too!! 🤣🤣
My dad used to take me and my brother to Gloucester market when we were kids
Where you keep the muck spreader we call the big green shed .Great video proper farming 👍
Haha! I like that 😂 thank you 👍
I prefer side spreaders. Far cheaper to buy and maintain. Far better spread pattern and you can see much better how much is being applied. Far easier to maintain and work on (no walking floor or big push ram). Far better to transport down the road to fields. Provided they are not overloaded, the start spreading quickly enough.
DEERE O DEERE.
Good to see some classic kit in use rather than all new high power show pieces.
Great vid but please please get a guard fitted to that shaft ! You only get one chance in life so get and do it !!
Also not having a go but changing the draw bar on that 1640 with the engine running sooooo risky anything could happen ! Just think about safety buddy otherwise great vid 👍
I'm new to your channel you have cool kit
Muck spreading the old fashioned way was with a hand fork. PS our MF 35x used to pull a Howard rota spreader quite happily.
First time of watching u ,goes to show how long machinery will last 😂😂
Good and interesting video, brings back great memories of being in early teens doing field work with this era of machinery. In those days my biggest priority was trying to get a radio and speakers put in the tractors somehow haha. I would be careful what you show in your videos though ie. where your cattle trailers, diesel tank etc are, there will always be someone watching looking for this kinda info??
Yes agreed,I run a channel but don't show stuff like that and number plates of vechiles
Great watch
Very good video always liked a rotaspreader. But please put a guard on that PTO shaft.
My thoughts too. Yes it's only used once a year, but you only have an accident with a pto once.
Hi used a howard spreader on a m f 135 no fun on hills close 2 hurting myself when tractor took off many years ago
You cousins across the pond worry to much about your old kit here in the states we run full on businesses with things from the 70s just fine.
To be fair though, your things from the 70s were built much heavier, and often have lived cleaner, easier lives if they have been doing arable for those 50 years
There is a further point which has been explained to U.K. dealers by reps from USA. The entire sales of all types of JD equipment in U.K. in any year is considerably less than sales in the smallest US state. In consequence there is no concession to any U.K. requirement. This translates to limited availability of spares of any specific type and every man being his own engineer, fabricator and machinist if he has those skills. There is little just in time ability and customs has to be paid on second hand imported parts. In such cases with limited availability of usable cash there is always a balance to be obtained on age, value repairs and downtime.
@@glynluff2595 good point on availability of parts could this be why I have seen some really beaten David Browns (being that they were built on the island) and parts are more readily accessible vs a John Deere being looked after more closely seeing as they were imports from Germany or US?
@@KlineDeere quite probably plus of course there are enthusiasts for all makes. I think the David Browns had a good reputation for transmissions but no doubt some correspondents might dispute my memory upon that but the truth remains that old does have its difficulties here with a more limited market. Here also with stock farming the field sizes are much smaller and tractor sizes keep growing and electronics makes them less reparable to the small man plus much more attractive to thieves in whole or part.
@@glynluff2595 incredible I remember a film IH released in the 70s that was called something like "your local tractor theif" at least in my area of Pennsylvania, we have very little if any thievery of equipment anymore if ever at all, we are in dairy country and my place is a 70 cow dairy farm on 63 acres we run two Massey 1135s which I am not a fan one a 74 one a 75, one Allis Chalmers 185 1970, and my personal crown jewel our IH 1066 1974. We are hoping to expand more into the IHs or early CaseIHs. This is why I live talking to people from Great Britain I've always had an affection for your country and its history I am of Scots Irish, welsh, german descent. The last person over to the isles was my grand father for the Normandy landings , if I wasn't afraid of flying I'd love to come see it for myself and compare how your small family dairies operate versus ours here. Another question I have if I'm not using up your time is that when I look at equipment online some times I look at the Ireland and UK machines, what's with the Irish kit being almost always beaten to death? Is it just a regional thing, see here in the states I've found that certain regions (ie the South, and some in the northeast/New England states) just persistently seem like the quality of their used kit is horrendous.
good video hope health and safety not watching where was the pto guard