Good morning mate,just shows the old machinery still does the job.it was nice to watch .I watch a guy his channel on you tube is called 'just a few acres' all his machinery is vintage and he does very well .take care and thanks for another great bit of content 👍

Still catching up. great videos. xx

Nothing better than watching a funky farmer video, with a nice cold glass of pure cows milk. loving the old massey, shows the old ones are as good as the newer ones

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. cheers🥛

You take really good care of your fields Rich...it shows in the grass and minimal weed pressure.

Great video Richard nice to see old machines still working 👍👍👍👍

Top man....Patrick In Co.Meath in Ireland

Love seeing the 265. Brings good memories back, 1st tractor I drove in 1982.

Great video Richard brought back happy memories of mowing with a ford 4600 back in the eighties !

Love the video. Took me back to the 1970's using a 2 drum Fahr on a Ford 3000 with select-O-speed, did the job OK and reliable. Good days back then

Still doing a job,and no fiance payments

Great video Richard. The old tractor and mower still doing a great job.

Many a good tune played on an old fiddle,👍

Good video Richard the old Massey's are great we have 3 of them on our small farm they're like a woman's voice if they're looked after they never wear out👍

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

thats brilliant

Weirdly I have been hoping to see the mighty MF265 in mowing action a long time! Finally 😂 Enjoyed watching this with a pint of milk and some bacon! Love seeing old kit still beeing kept and worked with

I remember then tractors mate

Another great video Richard thanks for sharing Love the 265 with the squeaky seat and I see it is Somerset reg. Keep the videos coming

Great video Richard have a 265 myself great tractors 👍

God Richard a nice 6am video how great

Listening or atleast trying to listen to you in the tractor reminds me of when I was a kid helping out a few of the old fellas that would be making hay, half the time you have no idea what they are saying when the tractor is running full tilt and you just smile, nod and say yes

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

🤣i didn't realise how hard it was to hear me until i watched the video back. shows how noisy these old tractors are

@HootMaRoot

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefunkyfarmer I guess that's why many old farmers would be fairly deaf especially when most wouldn't wear ear defenders

A very good Saturday morning to you all from Wellington Somerset

Hello from Ireland great job love the 265 if you are considering a new mower give a look at newholland they youst to be PZ a neighbour of ours has one 3 years 0% as far as I know

Those old Masseys are rough and ready comfort was never an option but they would stay going forever can't beat old school equipment.

@bencarter2334

2 жыл бұрын

Sure where rough. We had a 290 it was ok that's all you could say about it.

@seamusm84

2 жыл бұрын

@@bencarter2334 My experience of a Massey was an old 185 did most of our farm work at that time and they were a good old work horse never gave abit of trouble I look at these modern tractors these days yea lovely to look at but you would need a degree in computers to drive them haha.

No matter how heavy or light is .. its still better than a snowball christmas day ..🤣.. machinery like that built what we have today .. and it gave less trouble ..

Hello from the Netherlands and thanks for the video . Sincerely Hollandduck

This older machinery will still be running when new today stuff has long gone. Can't beat simplicity.

Awesome great job 👌👍

Great video Richard, nice old set up still earning its keep, bit of a tefurb job on the tractor a winter job for the boys maybe.

An old tractor is like a good lady. Keep her happy & maintained & she’ll go on for years

Looks like the old mower did a good job .

Richard you do a great job with the farm and the boys old or new you get the job done I watch every video and they just get better .the MF will be going in 20 years time good tractor 🚜 see you on the next video CRACK ON !! PLOP MASTER

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@adamcrane1436

2 жыл бұрын

Good morning @@thefunkyfarmer

@adamcrane1436

Жыл бұрын

Hello @@thefunkyfarmer

Great video, nice job on the hay mowing, any chance of a update on the maize crop 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great to see the bomb proof Massey and deutz mower still earning no their place on the farm, you go and buy a pottinger drum mower for 6 to 8 k and that 40 year old fahr mower will still out last it. Crack on funky farmer

Those blades are used on more drummowers. They look pretty similar to the blades I have on our Pottinger Cat, and they came in a Kuhn box from our Pottinger dealer :P. Also, you are right about blades and safety, but to swap the blades on the mower I have to let the tractor run, cuz when I turn it off the lift goes down, he did that from new. So in this case it's safer to let the motor run, strangely enough..

You can get new plates 4 the bottom of the mower when they eventually need replacing

Love from aberdeen scotland

I do love the 265 it's nice to see it sometimes you realise the importance of having the old girl sitting in the corner I'd love to find one in as good a condition the McCormicks won't be going at that age

Interesting vlog. I showed my mum your KZread channel and Farmer P's.. Sorry to say this but mum thought Ian was younger than you . I suppose it's because you work harder Richard and your well weathered. Maybe you need some M&M peanuts to help you .

look up samasz Z 010/2 H they solid mower's, i had mine for over 7 years

Thats a good crop of grass!!! Mr cornock, whats your feeling on not buying a new mower and just getting the contractors to do it for you.if you was to way up the price of what you have to pay on maintenance and fuel

I’ve got a hell of a long way to go 😂

Hi, Check ebay. If you can afford it, there looks like a good Vicon second hand for around £3500 with a conditioner on. I have an older Vicon, and a great tool. Folds up hydraulically. Easy to use, I have found. That grass could have been fit for hay in 48 hours max. I have even had hay for round bales in 24 hours.

Richard, I think your expression "I've got a hell of a crop of grass!" will be just as famous as Arnold Schwarzenegger's "I'll be baaaaaack!" P.S. Hubby wears the t-shirt while mowing...

Few year Richard got a new mower and watch the video to find out

wish you still had the 690

Great to see the old kit working, From a business point of view though, does it not make more sense to get the contractor to mow aswell, i understand it means you are not waiting about for them to do it, but we found it aloud us to do other jobs that otherwise wouldnt get done, love the channel keep it up

Another great vid Rich but it was a bit Rowley Berkin from the fast show loved it all the same CRACK ON 😉👍

well atleast the old mower is going

Richard, you should NOT change the knives side to side. The angle of the blade is different for right and left blades. The little bevel at the edge can go up or down. So just flip the blade on the side. DO not switch them side to side. You want the angle of the main part of the blade to lift the crop like your lawn mower blade. If you switch them side to side your pushing the crop down. In good standing grass you can get away it. In down crop you will see the difference. P.S. In your earlier mower video I left you a comment on mower recommendations.

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

i don't think the angles on the blades are different. They look exactly the same to me

@JDseller1

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefunkyfarmer If the two drums turn in the same direction then they would be the same. I am more used to disk mowers than they have clock wise and counter-clock wise rotations. So there are left and right knives. The way to tell is the angle should lift the crop as it cuts.

@davediesel90

Жыл бұрын

@@JDseller1 rotary/ drum blades are not handed, they're designed to be swapped

It looked no bother to the 265 and mower,they8 still be going in 20 yrs time.

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35 bales

Nice looking crop Richard. Out of interest, how much longer did it take using that mower compared to the one which is waitng for repair? It would be interesting (for me) to compare the very old, with not as old, then, against the new one when you get it. Just curiosity.

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

they're practically the same so no difference in time

Should of asked Farmer P for a lone of is kuhn

Williamjweller

Nice to see a proper tractor still working for a living not computer insight 🙄.

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i had that mower cock up to when i was first mowing the farmer made fun of my for long time!! but never had it again had a pay back after!! LOL

instead of you buying a new mower would not get the contractor to cut it for u as it seems very time consuming to be doing it your self ?

Old gear still doing the job, for now lol, I think you made a mistake by not putting the desired amount of nitrogen on the grass for second cut, here's my thinking (old retired farmer), you will have less feed for winter, yes? because so many might be doing the same with nitrogen, less feed hay/silage, available for sale, prices will have skyrocketed due to input cost, fuel ect ect. So in the end and I hope I'm wrong, it will end up costing you more than you saved. Good luck, you might be delaying the mower purchase, maybe you can borrow Farmer P's mower ? lol

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

i only cut back fertiliser use by a very small amount so i think we will be fine for forage

please Richard ..never check it again ..like this ..you scare thell out of me!!! .. with the bottum disck turning stil il beg you for that!!

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