Baling a few fields of hay back in early June 2023. Using a Ford 4000 and an International b47 square baler. Also the Massey raking with a Vicon single rotor rake.
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@scrambler69-xk3kv3 ай бұрын
Back in the 1960s we had a Farmall H tractor and an International 45 baler. Being poor we did not have the money to have the knotters looked at so every so often it would miss tying a bale. The baler had twine boxes on each side of the bale chamber, so I sat on one while my dad was baling. I was about ten at the time. When I saw a bale that was not tied, I would yell, and dad would stop and tie the bale while it was still in the bale chamber. He said twine was too expensive to waste.
@grahamdobson74287 ай бұрын
Great video. I drove a Ford. 4000 and a 4600 when I drove for bees nurserys chester. Great all round tractors. Done many jobs with them. Thanks for a great memory 😊 Graham
@mikeman5846 ай бұрын
Takes me back to the seventies as a young lad nice to see , used to love the Ford 4000.
@declanoshaughnessy77338 ай бұрын
Such a wonderful joy of looking at new and machinery in the field but please number 1 priority and it can absolutely save human limbs and life's the PTO shaft from Ford 4000 to hay baler needs replacement life is precious 👍👍🙏🙏
@briancannon16208 ай бұрын
Good video nice to see the Ford 4000 getting the job done.
@bustersmith55698 ай бұрын
Very nice rake .......👍👍
@colmanlong10328 ай бұрын
A very enjoyable video, love that raker
@ronancarragher4efe8 ай бұрын
@colmanlong1032 it’s a very handy rake, we’ve had it on the Ford before as well although she’s a bit light at the front when lifting it up
@brianmarshall16378 ай бұрын
Yes a proven and popular tractor of their day as beyond.
@ronancarragher4efe7 ай бұрын
@brianmarshall1637 yes we still get a lot of use out of the ford for yard jobs and some field work very easy on diesel and easy to service and maintain compared to the newer tractors
@davidperry99548 ай бұрын
That brings back some happy memories for me thank you 👍👍
@elginsparrowhawk72038 ай бұрын
Look after the 4000, some of us would like an old classic tractor!
@ronancarragher4efe7 ай бұрын
@elginsparrowhawk7203 we keep her well serviced although she could do with some cosmetic work on the mudguards and front nose cone but she’s still used regularly on the farm so it’s always hard getting the time to do those jobs. Thanks for your comment
@dellhell88428 ай бұрын
Lovely video during the early summer weather that didn't last. When I was a boy in 1970s, my late father had a B46 and then a B47 baler. The B47 broke our hearts with missed knots. Never got to the bottom why it did. Suspected it was the stationary twine knives seemed very finicky to set up. No 4K video mobile phones back then to record and playback in slo- mo what was happening in the knotter. I see a few missed bales there. What's your experience with what is a very well kept B47?
@ronancarragher4efe8 ай бұрын
@dellhell8842 thanks for the comment. It was my dad’a uncle’s baler back in its prime he baled on the country with it hay and straw and it was very well maintained. It was still used on the farm every year even when I was younger but it was in storage for about 10 years there we only pulled it out a day or 2 before we baled this although it was covered and well coated with oil so it kept it preserved and we had a quick go over it before using her. Yes one of the knotters occasionally didn’t tie correctly and she did let out a few loose bales but for the most part she went well. As we haven’t used it too much much recently and with other projects and silage during the summer we never get the chance to look into it but like a lot of other things someday we might get round to it
@davidbrennan36138 ай бұрын
Very good video
@austinmetro63176 ай бұрын
Nice hay
@ronancarragher4efe6 ай бұрын
@austinmetro6317 yeh the cows weren’t long eating it the last month. Drip feeding silage now before we take them in for the winter
@johnplatt83698 ай бұрын
Spent many a happy hour with the B47 cracking balerf it's time, we had a John Deere 2130 p reg on it. We bought a second baler a Bamford super that to good baler. Great vidio 👍👍
@hansgrehoner98478 ай бұрын
the 4000 had problems with frontendloader without powersteering in the old days.
@user-kf3pl8pu2m8 ай бұрын
How old is the tractor ford
@ronancarragher4efe8 ай бұрын
@user-kf3pl8pu2m the Ford is a 1973 model so 50 years of age