Cumbrian Silage 2023. JF drag chopper team working under cloudy skies with MF 7614, 6465 & 390!
Having had rain almost every day July it was grab your chance as the clouds gathered overhead at a stock farm in Cumbria. Powering the JF FCT850 forager (on the farm from new and now in it’s 28th season) through the heavy crop was a MF 7614 while carting the Marshall 8.5 ton trailers from field to farm and back was a MF 6465 Dynashift. At the pit was the farms MF 390 with its Duncan cab removed as the shed gets very full from the one and only cut of the year. The bright side of the warm but wet weather meant it was packed to the rafters when the last trailer load went in!
Filmed in Cumbria July 2023
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Super video David, not too often we see trailers dragged behind these days, JF has obviously been very well maintained for those 28 years, plenty left in her yet.
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Yes indeed! It definitely pays to look after your machinery, pays dividends in the long run. Thanks again for watching and taking time to comment and pleased you enjoyed the video. Cheers, David
Great to hear her purring fantastic vid good outfit and great to see there is nothing like the sound of J F WORKING 😂
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Yes, got a sound of it’s own Des. Pleased you enjoyed the video, cheers, David
Great video David
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks David, pleased you enjoyed watching it. Cheers, David
We sold few these back in the Day when we was Massey Dealer's down here in Swansea and Great machines as save fuel and need less HP as the Drum flicks it straight up the shoot and we had Tarrup 602's when contracting and the Drum goes the opposite way so need more HP and stress on the machinery
@davidwinthrop7077
4 ай бұрын
Hi Andrew. Yes it’s a unique design the JF with the drum rotating in the opposite direction and as you say the conventional type of forager such as the Tarrup needs more power and as you rightly point out more stress on the machinery. I’ve seen many a 100hp tractor easily drive a JF trailed with even less (75-80hp) for the side mounted FC models that alas are not around here very much now as I would love to film one! Great comment Andrew and really interesting to hear about you being a MF dealer, bet you seen some great outfits go to your customers. Cheers, David.
Fantastic video with lovely machinery!! Takes me back to my childhood seeing the trailed harvesters, especially love this set up of filling the trailer from behind the harvester!! Excellent to see!! Best wishes
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Scally lad and the same to you. Yes I wish I could time travel back to my childhood especially to this farm as I remember them using a Massey 590 and Claas Jaguar 60 with a dual-wheeled MF 148 on the buckrake! If only! Cheers, David
Absolutely brilliant video
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Thank you once again Rick, I’m pleased you enjoyed watching it. Cheers, David.
That's going amazingly fast for a drag chopper! Well done!
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
It can certainly get a shift on Alan even in a heavy crop! Very experienced operator helps!
Smashing video. Chopper going well The pilot of the 390 is busy looking
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks. The JF was indeed going well especially considering how much grass it was having to cope with! 390 pilot was certainly busy, not easy with 80hp and a lot of grass coming at you! Cheers, David
80HP Massey 290 on a 900 jf we took out on Demo one day was a flying machine
@davidwinthrop7077
4 ай бұрын
Now I would have liked to see that Andrew! Bet it looked and sounded fabulous! Cheers, David.
Some hefty rows for that little forager
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Certainly were Will. It’s been very warm but wet up here so there’s an awful lot of grass, little JF coped admirably though I can imagine it was at its maximum capacity! Cheers, David.
Great video! Could watch that jf sing all day long
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
And it will Benjamin! Runs sweet as a nut just as it has done for the last 28 seasons! Cheers, David
@benjamincoombes6869
Жыл бұрын
@@davidwinthrop7077 is the 850 a 900 with a narrower pick up?
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
@@benjamincoombes6869 I would think so Benjamin but don’t quote me on that! This one has a 1.6 mtr pickup, think the 900 has a 1.8 and higher output but the way this one gets through the grass you wouldn’t think so!
Wonderfull video David, lovely massey, so many different models i have lost track of the power nowadays, nice bit of tractor backing there, i got first once at Kilnsey show for backing a 135 with trailor, yes those were the days, cheers .
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Steve. I know what you mean about there being so many different models, back in the day of the MF 135 or 500 series there were about 6! Easy Peasy! This one’s about 140hp so well suited to the JF. Well done, have you still got the cup?
Awesome video David, that little cabless 390 is so so cool to see, not something you really see anywhere anymore.
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks again my friend. Actually you might be surprised at how many there are kicking about! I know of at least half a dozen within 10 miles of this one. Worth a trip out to see them, you’d be more than welcome Jacob. Cheers, David.
@jacooboophotography
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I wouldn't have guessed! Not soemthing I've ever seen before, certainly worth a look at some point.
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
@@jacooboophotography Definitely Jacob
Another super vid Dave. 👌
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Kieran, pleased you enjoyed it. Cheers, Dave
That buckrake man cud teach some shovel drivers a thing or 2
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
He certainly could! Very skilled and quick!
Roll bar ???
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
Not when it’s full to the rafters Rob. Absolutely no clearance at the end of the day!
@ComradDave
Жыл бұрын
if he dies, he dies
@chrishunter1980
Жыл бұрын
You have to keep your head under the steering wheel when you get up in the rafters. 👍
@davidwinthrop7077
Жыл бұрын
@@chrishunter1980 You almost do Chris, especially this season as there’s been so much grass with it being warm and wet! Cheers, David