Great work, That 265 dosnt miss a beat, keep up the good work many thanks Charlie

great yard scraper tractor for your farm we have big massey Fergusons on are farm

Your lucky to have a spare 2 wheel drive. I can remember when the farm scraper tractor went down and I had to scrape with a 4wd 7610, fine for the yard and it would just make the turn into the two narrowest cubicle passages using the independent brakes! The problem with it was the tires rubbed the sides of the cubicle passage throwing muck up onto the beds. I had to scrape the beds of after scraping the passage and was glad when things were back to normal. People throw scorn on the old scraper tractors most farms have but they are nimble and small for getting into the tight cubicles and a vital tool on the farm no matter how old or shit covered!

@jasonmushersee

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul F I made a 4 ft wide squeegee out of round baler belt for the few times the skidloader is down. It works but slower. There's a concrete grate & 10,000 gallon holding tank under the center lane of the freestall building, then it's pumped daily to the big pit. The 2 parlor holding pen exit walks by the footbaths get froze up hard here in mn even though 400 cows are milked 4 times/day so it's going to be chisel/shovel time in a few weeks. Every fall we have to pull up that grate and backhoe out the sand that didn't get agitated/pumped and i get the unpleasant job of climbing down a ladder to get anything that's been dropped down there.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul F yes we are lucky to have the 265. I was thinking we might sell it but now we've used it for this i think we will hang onto it, especially as it's not loosing any money at it's age. You are right about these old scraper tractors, worth their weight in gold for the job they do

@MrPaul1f

8 жыл бұрын

Jason, that makes sense. I don't envy you the cold weather one bit. Geographically I live fairly close Richard (funky Farrmer) it's really rare we get snow or any prolonged Cold spells as we are close to the Severn Estuary. You have to be careful going bellow the level of the grating (we call them slats) as there can be a build up of methane gases. Every year I seem to hear of a fatality on a farm from this.

@MrPaul1f

8 жыл бұрын

Richard, makes Sense that 265 has years of life left in it yet and will only gain in value

Mr funky farmer, that's a great idea of pushing the slurry up the ramp into the slurry spreader.

Thank you, Richard. Now that was a video of skillz and moooo-vie magic (couldn't help myself there!). Multiple cams, multiple angles, and even look-alike stunt doubles thrown in for extra scene footage. Random characters placed throughout to add authenticity. MOOOre please, and thanx. :-D That Massey just started right up as if it hadn't been ignored for too long. It's going to make the 135 jealous when it returns as it seems to be filling in just fine.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Ji Fi-01 (Jif) Ha Ha, thanks!

Great system. I always wondered what those ramps were for.

you have great videos richard im a farmer and i do paperwork for farmers and i love watching your videos. i think a second hand milking robot would be a great investment for yourself and your brother. You could arrange the milking area with a room overlooking the milking robot and have tours of people pay to see your farm! frank

Love it !up the Massey!!you should bring the 265 out more

i would love to drive one od your machines,i love tractors even when i was a little girl!.i played with tractors instead of barbies.lol :).

Could you do a walk around of the farmyard? Just showing the milking parlor, and whats in the different buildings?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+quadarinxxx sorry too much of a security risk

takes me back ....we had a 165 .....all slats now .....uncovered yards a big no no over here .....

How many hp and cilyndres has it?

great video! keep up the good work on the farm! quick question , when you get the 135 back will it go back on the scraper or will u keep the 265 on it?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke U i will definitely be using the 135 again as it's much more manoeuvrable

Do you shut the cubicle shed door at night or do the cattle always have access to the yard/feed?

@thefunkyfarmer

7 жыл бұрын

no they have access all day/night

do you spread the muck right after putting it into the spreader also you have a good system with putting the muck into the spreader

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Ceiran ODonnell yes we do

mf265 great tractor!

@thefunkyfarmer

4 жыл бұрын

It sure is!

how meany times can you scrap up before the spredders full rich? nice way of doing it you got there

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+paul freeman usually once

Was there any opening the clamp videos this year, or any feeding the cows? I know they may be all the same, but I'd love to see them?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Eddie Murphy i haven't filmed those this time as i felt i was repeating myself.I might do it again another time though

brilliant video richard, Love the farming videos on your channel more than anything. i see on your farm you have about 5+ tractors which is useful, we have 4 on ours 2 2wd and 2 4wd

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Paddy Costello thanks Paddy. we have quite a few tractors but only 4 that are really used regularly. we could probably do without a couple but preffer to keep them

@rezcostello1936

8 жыл бұрын

yeah same over here we keep the 2wd's because they were our grandad's so we keep them as memory but also for scraping it

hey funkyfarmer do u spread the manure streat away after u scraping it or do u store it somehwere

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+skippy dunne yes we do

Now that you have had a go on the 265 scraping which would u rather use

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+fiat9590 still the 135 as its more maneouverable

What was that shed for that you were scraping out of. And how many tractors do you have and what size and brand are they

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Rhys Farrelly thats the cubicle shed where the cows stay in winter. We have 6 tractors but only 4 that are reguarly used- Masseys and McCormicks

great vid richard, well put togethr. where do u put your heifers when your scraping???

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Browne thanks Matthew. These yards are used by the dairy cows so we clean them out while they are in the collecting yard waiting to be milked

@matthewbrowne6677

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer is that Bill Cornok is your name cornock I think I know the elderly man scraping with the hand scraper. I know him.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Browne yes that's my dad. How do you know him?

Bet its a bugger to push up that ramp when its dry weather..........do you ever put the scraper on the 4 wd........bet you've considered it

good dirty job for fergy!

Have you used your last 10 straws of morcourt hilton?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+William Mellor yes i think so. Can't remember the name of the new bull we are using though

Does that water trough ever freeze over? an I saw I think Tom putting in new straw could you do a video on that one day?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Glen Koopman yes but not often. i might do a video of that at some point

@glenkoopman7347

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer oh ok cool

Nice tractor

@callumcurrie1651

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah we've got a 390

Have you recently flipped the rubber or baught a new one as it is doing a great job of getring that last skim of slurry up??

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+T. Farmer rubbers about a year old. They tend to scrape better once the rubber gets a bot worn

@t.farmer7777

8 жыл бұрын

Yes it does, because the rubber sharpens on the concrete. How is things at the moment? All the cows doing good?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+T. Farmer cows are fine. just wish it would stop raining

@t.farmer7777

8 жыл бұрын

Ah good, we have had 3 positive TB cows all milkers. We had a lot of rain last night. We are on marsh. So we just flood, espcially on the road and in the feilds.

Do you do much damage to your land when spreading the slurry? It's a nice simple system you have. We had similar years ago but the Nitrates was the death knell of it for us. How are you guys coping with the current depressed milk prices? It does feel gloomy but we have to stay upbeat I guess.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+einn32 Its not ideal but we side unload in a heap when its too wet to go on the land. Ideally we would put in a store but the way things are at the moment it's too risky for us to spend any money.We are putting a read bed dirty water system in at some point this spring though (grant funded). Things are pretty gloomy at the moment, i just hope we can hold on till things improve (whenever that is?!)

@einn32

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer I forgot that...I've seen it in another video! I used to clean the cow yard with a 135 also. Wet weather made it a nightmare as slurry flows everywhere. Twice a day cleaning probably makes easier handling. I wish I knew when milk price would turn positive!

@arthurdewith7608

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefunkyfarmer in canada we have dairy and chicken marketing boards only ones making a profit american trying their damdest to dump their products on us american dairy farms in a mess especially with covid 19 maybe be America will see the wisdom in our cNads ways hehe fat chance we will see who lasts longer

good ol 265 .

I noticed at 8.05 to change gear you didn't use the clutch. How does that work?

@Masseyman-nv2kl

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Browne it's called skill and timing

@elaineskehan8007

5 жыл бұрын

That’s because that is just high and low u don’t need to press clutch

@arankilgarriff1724

5 жыл бұрын

He did use the clutch they're near the back that's just a foot rest at the front

@arthurdewith7608

4 жыл бұрын

MF made a top notch transmission

+thefunkyfarmer very good tractor 265, we have one with a MF 80 loader on it

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+William Beck yes it's a great tractor. We have a loader for this one as well, i took it off to make the scraping easier

@williambeck7473

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer yes i suppose it would make it easier 👍🏻

@nickbuter3415

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer do a video on how you put on and take off the loader on the 265

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+nick buter not a bad idea

oh right, good idea

Good tractor for scraping the yards. Power steering. sealed brakes, cab. I would have thought you would have chopped the straw as you seem to have a lot of waste. Silage looks good. Have you thought about a lagoon maximize the nutritional value of the slurry.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Graham Roberts we don't really waste that much straw, i hand scrape the cubicles before i use the tractor, any straw with muck on it gets pulled off. I would like a logoon but we don't have the money to build one at the moment and the way the milk price is now i'm scared to spend anything

Do you have to yard scrape while the cows are been milked

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Rhys Farrelly yes we do

Can you do a video on the TE-20

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+LawnTractorBoy one day

What cameras did you use for the multi shots

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+LawnTractorBoy just the one i always use.It was a sony digital video camera

@atahservices2840

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer I thought you used more than one camera.

Why did you not use the grey Ferguson

@thefunkyfarmer

6 жыл бұрын

Because this has a cab

Dat is sum yard for drifting a quad

Where does all This muck come from? Of course the cows in the barn but how can they shit outside their shed?

@fiatmad-kp9hk

5 жыл бұрын

They are left outside they eat from the pit/clamp

If you clean twice a day I am surprised you do not have a skid steer. Way more maneuverable than a tractor. All that shifting would drive me nuts. Then have a second bucket for feeding so you dont have to use the McCormick. Are skid steers not popular in the uk?

@jamesfrance1993

8 жыл бұрын

Yea skid steer are popular around here he could just weld some skid steer brackets to the scraper and a grab and bucket for it would be brilliant for Richard around that farm

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+james france i haven't seen anyone use skid steers here

hi looks like you are on a self feed system apart from maize and grass do you feed any other supplements ie. rape meal or similer

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Daniels yes Joe, we put rape meal with the maize and feed cake in the parlour

Have u a continuation video since u showed urself getting up into the 4345

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+liam hennessy no i stopped there. But heres a vid i made a while back kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWhxdV9qbSXm5c.html

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+liam hennessy yes we had the 265 as our main tractor loader for quite a while.Before that we had a 35 with a loader on it but we sold that when we bought the McCormick. Wish we had kept it now. We don't really use the 265 or its loader much but i can't bring myself to sell.I remember the excitement as a boy when it turned up brand new at the farm in 1979!

@liamhennessy31

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer we've a 35 at the back of the shed. I must pull it out. There an easy tractor to work on. Don't sell the tractor but what about the loader off it? great u have those memories. had the 35 a cab?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+liam hennessy i think i will keep the loader with it as i doubt it's worth a lot.More use to me with the tractor. The 35 used to have a cab but i never saw it on it, dad took it off when i was a small kid and it ended up being scrapped

@liamhennessy31

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer i see. I must make a visit some time! I must say I really enjoy your videos nd Ye're setup

hi richard what sort of money do the mf 265 go for now nice vid

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Kai Burch no idea

@56scaniaboy

8 жыл бұрын

im guessing around £7000-£10000

@matthewbrowne6677

8 жыл бұрын

+56scaniaboy dought that much about 6000-5000

Talk about somebody who needs a Bobcat....

@edwardball790

6 жыл бұрын

No scraper tractor r faster and this is slurry so easier for a tractor than a bobcat

@thebackyardpyromaniac6040

5 жыл бұрын

@@edwardball790 you can get a scraper for the front of a bobcat / skidsteer you know

@edwardball790

5 жыл бұрын

@@thebackyardpyromaniac6040 but the tractors cheaper and faster and wont rot for 100 years

can you do a video of spreading the manuare

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+steer196 cattle here you go kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWhxdV9qbSXm5c.html

Sounds like our 590 massey furguson

@jackfrench7240

Жыл бұрын

265 is very similar to a smaller 500 series Massey, I think the only real difference is the cab? Not 100% sure

You have two of the same tractors as my aunt and uncle have

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Marcum which country are you from? Never seen a 265 without a cab in the UK

@lolartlolartson6355

8 жыл бұрын

Jim Marcum The only tractor without cab we have is the old 135

Can we see a scene of what happens to the much one it is tip over the.........slope thing (no idea what it is called but I presume it has some clever name.)

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+rootbrag here you go kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWhxdV9qbSXm5c.html

Ever thought about using saw dust for the cubicles instead of straw?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+David Wilson no but only because i have no experience of it. Any good?

@rossbailey2677

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer yes, sawdust is good, it keeps the mats nice and clean and you can put it in an ag dispenser (just a glorified wheelbarrow)and it spreads it in for you its alot quicker than straw bales!😉

@EnTeric_

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer yes very handy indeed, easily cleaned and spread! Definitely give it a thought.

300th like

Will the 135 be back soon

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Jamie_7530 yes

Have you thought about deep beded sand in the cubicals?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Bouwman no not really. You can't really see in the video but the cows are actually on cow mats under the straw

@paulbouwman229

8 жыл бұрын

i knew you had mats under the straw. We have mats yet to but are thinking of switching to sand cause it the most comfortable for the cows.

what was that u put the manure in to just woundering

@rezcostello1936

8 жыл бұрын

+Darragh Coughlan manure spreader

@darraghcoughlan2650

8 жыл бұрын

No the one when he went up the ramp

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Darragh Coughlan it was a muck spreader kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWhxdV9qbSXm5c.html

do ya ever clean your tractors

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+David Carney sometimes

You should use sawdust in stead of straw

Remember never let it run to warm up before using it

@alfiespreadbury4942

2 жыл бұрын

Why

When my 135 needed an engine rebuild we had to put the scraper on to the MF 390T (4 wd ), nowhere near as handy for the job. 135s are the Queens of scraper tractors, I'm 46 and the 135 is 2 years older than me, I get she'll still be working when I'm long gone!

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+John White you are right there John, 135's are great scraper tractors. I'm 48 and (i think) this tractor is the same age as me. Like you said they will be around long after we have gone

@johnwhite9760

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer we used to have a 35x years ago but she was a 4 cylinder and very hard to start. Our 135 is a 3 cylinder and starts first time every time. During the very cold winter a few years ago it went down to -15 here ( north coast Northern Ireland ) and our modern tractors all died, but the old girl kept going! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your great videos, not to mention replying to viewers!

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+John White yes the 135 certainly starts well in the cold. Its a great tractor. cheers

hows jack and harry doing ?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Alison Bowyer great, they will be in a video soon

how come you guys in Europe dont use skid steer loaders? on my families dairy in Wisconsin we use 2 skid steers and we cant imagine life without out them

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Beau R do you mean bobcats?

@refriedrindog

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer yes

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Beau R ah. There are bobcats about but i haven't seen people use them for yard scraping

@refriedrindog

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer thats all we use ours for some folks use old earth mover tires on the front. bobcats where originally invented for cleaning barn yards in the 60's

What do u do with the slurry in the spreader during the slurry ban? I'm from Northern Ireland and I have never seen that System being used we just use dung hills

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher McCracken we don't have a slurry ban here. But we do side unload it into a heap when we can't get on the ground

@christophermccracken3274

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer the slurry ban is not to bad over here the grounds alway to wet during the ban. We have an old type 290 with that same lay out but see would not take the same abuse as the 148/135 the Flexy cab on your 135 will not rust as quick as the 265 will as 290 cab as bad rust problems

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher McCracken i'm glad to get the 135 back, i didn't like using the 265 in the muck as it had been kept clean for a long time. There is a bit of rust in the cab but not too bad

@christophermccracken3274

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer are 290 has a fork lift on the back and we adapted a shear grab to block cut the silage out of the clamp she has good power for that but on the scrapper she's just to big and sluggish. I know what u mean about 135 is just off the line no prob and is light enough to side brake.

can you get the old grey Ferguson one day

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Haines will do but it's not easy to use with the saw bench on

@benhaines3022

8 жыл бұрын

ok

350 like

I am sure I saw you in the 265 and doing some bedding at the same time at the 2:31

@CM-tf4so

8 жыл бұрын

I think that is his brother but I'm not sure

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+lorieneater yes that was me (sneaky edit)

@lorieneater

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer oh ok haha I spotted you

Hii

Do more burning videos

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Craig Carroll burning what?

who was driving tractor.

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Holgate me 90% of the video

U need a jcb robot 190 to do that job

Hello who'd u be willing to sell this tractor I would like to restore it

i can see why the cluch went on the 135 your very aggressive on the clutch not being mean just take it easy i know your trying to get the job done fast but easy on the clutch lol grate vidio

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+The Seangan Crofter i know what you mean but the last clutch lasted 20 years with it being driven like this

Why not use sawdust

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Niall Hutton just used to to straw

@niallhutton241

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer awrite

Keep that tractor on the scraper

👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪👏👏🙏🙏

You would never be stuck anyway u can just put it on the McCormick

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+james france yes but that might be a bit big for the cubicles

@jamesfrance1993

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer would the McCormick get in the cubicle buildings?

Richard I enjoy watching your videos and like the way you farm but why are all your tractors and machinery in such a filthy codition surely it's nicer to sit a nice clean cab and use clean machinery please don't take these comets the wrong way and keep gthe vids coming

farms are so different to United States

@alexmorack4460

7 жыл бұрын

Jorge Yanez I live in the US but I have to say that farming on the other side of the world (England) looks much more appealing to me .

man, don't tell me that all that is a sht, lol

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Molb0rg it sure is

@Molb0rg

8 жыл бұрын

+thefunkyfarmer nice nice have you videos about what you do with it? Growing fly larva on it, feed chickens with that larva as example or opposite thing how you prevent that fly larva to happen

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Molb0rg here you go kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWhxdV9qbSXm5c.html

Man, you're giving her the gas aren't you mate! Don't mean to criticize or anything, just pointing that out. Sure looks like you get the job done quick, but doesn't that cause a lot of wear on the machines?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+TheodorEriksson yes i don't hang about. seems to be ok doing it like this though. The old clutch lasted 20 years

look like u need new rubber on that scapper it work better

@thefunkyfarmer

7 жыл бұрын

Its funny but it actually scrapes better when tge rubber is worn

the cows shit is right next to the feed would you eat your dinner from your toilet i dont think so so why do you let your cows do it

@darraghmcdonagh7457

4 жыл бұрын

If the cows dident want to they wouldent look at any place where they feed cows the eat an shit in the space of 10 ft

@darraghmcdonagh7457

4 жыл бұрын

If the cows dident want to they wouldent look at any place where they feed cows the eat an shit in the space of 10 ft

@arthurdewith7608

4 жыл бұрын

ive seen manu a cow eat the grass up close to a pole of fresh shit !!! my grandpappy used to say there is two things i got lots of cow shit and bank loans

How often do you do a scrape?

@thefunkyfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+R MacK twice a day