Good evening David and what a wonderful video, right from the era I remember and enjoyed the most. Also with all those Fords, it reminded me of when I was still at my apprenticeship as a Plant Engineer and the firm I worked for were from farming stock and had kept and farmed about 150 acres, which meant I still got to play at farming at the same time. At that time it was a Fordson Super Major, Ford 3000, Ford 6700 and an International 475 they had and I just loved those Fords. It looked like it was a great day for hay making and also looked a pretty heavy crop, with the Ford 4600 and the International 440 baler just chomping there way through pretty quick. I can see the bale accumulator was doing its own thing at times, which was pretty standard as they got a bit older. Not so common to see that amount of small square bales being made today, but if they have equine customers then they will go fast and for good money. Although this era of making hay was very hard work, especially before the onset of the flat 8 grab, I have to say, I really loved old haymaking and can remember making stacks out in the field before collection and everything was hand balled on to the trailers, then off and built into the hay barns all by hand (and gallons of sweat). The youngsters don't know there living today! I am sure the kind offer of an ice lolly was very welcome, but I know it was really a bribe to make the video look good. 🤣🍦🍦Thanks David. Cheers, Fraser.
@@frasermathers2287 And a very good evening to you Fraser and I’m pleased you enjoyed the video reminiscent of an era I think most of us from a certain age fondly remember. Now that sounds like it was the start of a very interesting career but the bonus was getting to work with what sounds like a great fleet of tractors. The 4600 and 440 were indeed going very well and as you say it was a very thick crop to deal with. Yes flat 8 sledges can be temperamental but are a godsend when it comes to stacking up the bales ready to be loaded onto the trailers. Like you in my teens (many moons ago) when I helped out at my uncles farm it was always done by hand, stacks of bales scattered around the field and me and my little brother stood on the trailer stacking neatly and tight together as the bales were thrown up to us and woe betide if one fell off on the way to the barn! Yes gallons of sweat but also gallons of homemade lemonade to help rehydrate us! However no gallons of sunscreen back then, just sunburned bodies! Tough and tiring work but we always enjoyed those long summers! Oh I’m easily bribed when it comes to food Fraser, as well as being partial to ice lollies I’ll never turn down an offer to sit down for Sunday lunch especially if there’s homemade trifle for pudding! Hopefully though the kind owners who ask if I’d like lunch enjoy the videos when they see them posted. As always it’s great to hear from you Fraser, enjoy your weekend my friend. Cheers, David.
@@davidwinthrop7077 Yeah the stacking of bales was the way most done it back then, and as for building in the barn, I always was put on that job which was hard work especially as you got near the roof with the excess heat. You now have my mouth watering talking of Sunday lunch and homemade trifle, and no one would blame you for taking such an offer. Cheers, Fraser.
@@jackfrench7240 Thanks Jack. Yes a lovely setting to watch a the good old classics making traditional small bales. Takes me back to my childhood at my late uncles farm in the 60s and 70s watching him make hay with his MF 135, 148, 35X and grey Fergie. Still vivid in my memory but I wish I could time travel back to those times! Thanks again Jack,cheers , David.
@@GRS1903 Many thanks Gary and I have to agree with you there. Great tractors when they were new and still great tractors today! Life definitely felt better back then too! Cheers, David.
Wonderfull to see a field of hay being baled with some very nice and tidy Fords David, not been much hay weather so far and the ground been to cold too, great filming, cheers Steve . 🎥👍😎
@@B1066agri Thanks Steve. It was lovely to film this one, seeing the old Fords baling hay took me right back to my childhood! Oh it’s been really poor weather up here not only for hay but also first cut silage for many, some of the fell farmers I know haven’t even started yet and it’s heading towards August! Cheers, David
good to see the old school still at work David even if I am not a fan of using fords when I was younger lol and very local to me it brought back some memories of when i farmed at greenodd and that was where Tanco was based at so every thing they did we seemed to have on demo lol .
@@rayireland232 Hi Ian. Yes I love watching the old school machinery still at work today, it always evokes those memories both good and not so good as you point out that you and Fords didn’t exactly get on 🤣 Yes I was looking at the loader on the 4600 and the decals said Tanco (sales) Agri, Greenodd, Ulverston and I did wonder if they were manufactured there. I bet you got lot’s of demo attachments, are there any remains of the factory left? Cheers, David.
@@davidwinthrop7077 i think the building is still there David but i don't think there is any left that would have anything to do with Tanco . i think Lakeland land rover have the building now .
@@rayireland232 That’s interesting Ray that the buildings might still be standing. I bet someone somewhere has got old photos of the Tanco factory in its heyday.
Thanks Paul. I don’t think you would want the weather we’ve had this week! Feels like autumn and have had some really persistent rain the past few days! I think this haymaking was a one off as there haven’t been many at all got any hay in, absolutely rubbish summer again! Hope it picks up for you my friend. Cheers, David.
@@davidprentice7861 Thanks David. Brought back lots of happy memories for me too, great to see some haymaking like I remember it from my childhood days. Cheers, David
Lovely video.Reminder of our younger days. Tanco are an Irish company based in Carlow. They are still involved with agricultural machinery but no longer build loaders I think they had an Uk branch
@@ballyhoulihanagrivideos397 Many thanks as always. Ah yes happy days of working on the farm all those years ago. Ah that’s interesting on the Tanco question. I remember back in the 70s/80s almost every farm here in Cumbria had a Tanco front loader and also a Tanco push off buckrake! Cheers, David.
@@roba4297 Haha Rob! Yes everyone isn’t a blue fan though I’m not biased and like all the classics! Yeh good selection of spanners is all you need for these older machines! Cheers. David.
Brilliant video David of an equally brilliant operation. Really nice to see so many Ford's still going strong, and that little international baler is becoming increasingly uncommon. Was the additive tank fitted to the original baler?
@@jacooboophotography Thank you as always Jacob. Yes it was great to see the classic Fords out in the hayfields reminiscent of haymaking years ago and was nice to see those blue skies (not so blue these last few days though!) Your right the little international balers are getting fewer and farther between, I still know of a few kicking about but many have gone now! No the additive tank was fitted by the farmer with the monitor in the cab. Modern technology in a 45 year old tractor! Thanks my friend, cheers David
bit of favouritism going on, best tractor with the biggest engine on turning, the smallest on bailing etc. yep just like home in the 80s. My Brother always got the tractor with the best cab, radio and fan - unless he wanted to sunbathe whilst working then it was the old one without the cab and everyone else sweltering in a cab all day. I was just happy the sun was out.
@@MrJTJINX Always the way JT and those were the days we weren’t blessed with air-conditioning! Sounded like your brother used to pick and choose so a bit of favouritism I think going on there! I’d be happy if the sun was out today, certainly doesn’t feel like summer in Cumbria at the moment! Great comment, cheers, David
Good evening David and what a wonderful video, right from the era I remember and enjoyed the most. Also with all those Fords, it reminded me of when I was still at my apprenticeship as a Plant Engineer and the firm I worked for were from farming stock and had kept and farmed about 150 acres, which meant I still got to play at farming at the same time. At that time it was a Fordson Super Major, Ford 3000, Ford 6700 and an International 475 they had and I just loved those Fords. It looked like it was a great day for hay making and also looked a pretty heavy crop, with the Ford 4600 and the International 440 baler just chomping there way through pretty quick. I can see the bale accumulator was doing its own thing at times, which was pretty standard as they got a bit older. Not so common to see that amount of small square bales being made today, but if they have equine customers then they will go fast and for good money. Although this era of making hay was very hard work, especially before the onset of the flat 8 grab, I have to say, I really loved old haymaking and can remember making stacks out in the field before collection and everything was hand balled on to the trailers, then off and built into the hay barns all by hand (and gallons of sweat). The youngsters don't know there living today! I am sure the kind offer of an ice lolly was very welcome, but I know it was really a bribe to make the video look good. 🤣🍦🍦Thanks David. Cheers, Fraser.
@@frasermathers2287
And a very good evening to you Fraser and I’m pleased you enjoyed the video reminiscent of an era I think most of us from a certain age fondly remember. Now that sounds like it was the start of a very interesting career but the bonus was getting to work with what sounds like a great fleet of tractors. The 4600 and 440 were indeed going very well and as you say it was a very thick crop to deal with. Yes flat 8 sledges can be temperamental but are a godsend when it comes to stacking up the bales ready to be loaded onto the trailers. Like you in my teens (many moons ago) when I helped out at my uncles farm it was always done by hand, stacks of bales scattered around the field and me and my little brother stood on the trailer stacking neatly and tight together as the bales were thrown up to us and woe betide if one fell off on the way to the barn! Yes gallons of sweat but also gallons of homemade lemonade to help rehydrate us! However no gallons of sunscreen back then, just sunburned bodies! Tough and tiring work but we always enjoyed those long summers! Oh I’m easily bribed when it comes to food Fraser, as well as being partial to ice lollies I’ll never turn down an offer to sit down for Sunday lunch especially if there’s homemade trifle for pudding! Hopefully though the kind owners who ask if I’d like lunch enjoy the videos when they see them posted. As always it’s great to hear from you Fraser, enjoy your weekend my friend. Cheers, David.
@@davidwinthrop7077 Yeah the stacking of bales was the way most done it back then, and as for building in the barn, I always was put on that job which was hard work especially as you got near the roof with the excess heat. You now have my mouth watering talking of Sunday lunch and homemade trifle, and no one would blame you for taking such an offer. Cheers, Fraser.
@@frasermathers2287
I never refuse Fraser!
As far as traditional haymaking goes you can’t get much better! Nice scenery in the background. Great video
@@jackfrench7240
Thanks Jack. Yes a lovely setting to watch a the good old classics making traditional small bales. Takes me back to my childhood at my late uncles farm in the 60s and 70s watching him make hay with his MF 135, 148, 35X and grey Fergie. Still vivid in my memory but I wish I could time travel back to those times! Thanks again Jack,cheers , David.
Perfektní! 👏👏👍👍
Thank you Frantisek, was a lovely day out in the hay fields! Cheers, David
Great video , when tractors were real tractors and a better way of life in my eyes
@@GRS1903
Many thanks Gary and I have to agree with you there. Great tractors when they were new and still great tractors today! Life definitely felt better back then too! Cheers, David.
@@davidwinthrop7077 thank you, more skilled involved then, no GPS and set up function capers😂
@@GRS1903
Definitely Gary!
Absolutely brilliant video, good to see classics fords working.
@@kenwood8665
Absolutely loved watching them Rick. Thanks as always my friend, cheers David
Wonderfull to see a field of hay being baled with some very nice and tidy Fords David, not been much hay weather so far and the ground been to cold too, great filming, cheers Steve . 🎥👍😎
@@B1066agri
Thanks Steve. It was lovely to film this one, seeing the old Fords baling hay took me right back to my childhood! Oh it’s been really poor weather up here not only for hay but also first cut silage for many, some of the fell farmers I know haven’t even started yet and it’s heading towards August! Cheers, David
good to see the old school still at work David even if I am not a fan of using fords when I was younger lol and very local to me it brought back some memories of when i farmed at greenodd and that was where Tanco was based at so every thing they did we seemed to have on demo lol .
@@rayireland232
Hi Ian. Yes I love watching the old school machinery still at work today, it always evokes those memories both good and not so good as you point out that you and Fords didn’t exactly get on 🤣 Yes I was looking at the loader on the 4600 and the decals said Tanco (sales) Agri, Greenodd, Ulverston and I did wonder if they were manufactured there. I bet you got lot’s of demo attachments, are there any remains of the factory left? Cheers, David.
@@davidwinthrop7077 i think the building is still there David but i don't think there is any left that would have anything to do with Tanco . i think Lakeland land rover have the building now .
@@rayireland232
That’s interesting Ray that the buildings might still be standing. I bet someone somewhere has got old photos of the Tanco factory in its heyday.
Brilliant video pity you couldn't send us in Ni some of the lovely weather your getting we have no hay made yet as the weather here is so unsettled
Thanks Paul. I don’t think you would want the weather we’ve had this week! Feels like autumn and have had some really persistent rain the past few days! I think this haymaking was a one off as there haven’t been many at all got any hay in, absolutely rubbish summer again! Hope it picks up for you my friend. Cheers, David.
Great video as always mate brings back good memories
@@davidprentice7861
Thanks David. Brought back lots of happy memories for me too, great to see some haymaking like I remember it from my childhood days. Cheers, David
@@davidwinthrop7077 you're welcome yep it sure does it's the only job I miss on the farmers 😢😕
Great video! Tidy machines for their age 👍
@@fred_250
Many thanks 👍 Yes love seeing the older machines that have been looked after still at work. Cheers, David.
Lovely video.Reminder of our younger days. Tanco are an Irish company based in Carlow. They are still involved with agricultural machinery but no longer build loaders I think they had an Uk branch
@@ballyhoulihanagrivideos397
Many thanks as always. Ah yes happy days of working on the farm all those years ago. Ah that’s interesting on the Tanco question. I remember back in the 70s/80s almost every farm here in Cumbria had a Tanco front loader and also a Tanco push off buckrake! Cheers, David.
Nice to see some kit that has never seen or needed a laptop to sort it out. Just the wrong colour !!!!!
@@roba4297
Haha Rob! Yes everyone isn’t a blue fan though I’m not biased and like all the classics! Yeh good selection of spanners is all you need for these older machines! Cheers. David.
Brilliant video David of an equally brilliant operation. Really nice to see so many Ford's still going strong, and that little international baler is becoming increasingly uncommon. Was the additive tank fitted to the original baler?
@@jacooboophotography
Thank you as always Jacob. Yes it was great to see the classic Fords out in the hayfields reminiscent of haymaking years ago and was nice to see those blue skies (not so blue these last few days though!) Your right the little international balers are getting fewer and farther between, I still know of a few kicking about but many have gone now! No the additive tank was fitted by the farmer with the monitor in the cab. Modern technology in a 45 year old tractor! Thanks my friend, cheers David
bit of favouritism going on, best tractor with the biggest engine on turning, the smallest on bailing etc. yep just like home in the 80s. My Brother always got the tractor with the best cab, radio and fan - unless he wanted to sunbathe whilst working then it was the old one without the cab and everyone else sweltering in a cab all day. I was just happy the sun was out.
@@MrJTJINX
Always the way JT and those were the days we weren’t blessed with air-conditioning! Sounded like your brother used to pick and choose so a bit of favouritism I think going on there! I’d be happy if the sun was out today, certainly doesn’t feel like summer in Cumbria at the moment! Great comment, cheers, David