BIG BLUE - ford 8970 -testing out the new bigger TURBO - Holset hx50

first action for my project tractor (big blue) - ford - newholland 8970 since fitting the big Holset hx50 turbo
we take it to a local tractor pull Ballymena festival of steam which ends up an absolute mudfest!
some great classic tractors in action on the tractorpull including a fiat 180-90 and a few old county tractors including a sought after county 1884.
stay tuned for more videos to come. I'm going to try post more regular as we come into the darker winter nights

[@glenchargualaf1141]

Happy 81st Birthday to your father I cherish each day with my 85 yr old father. My mom passed 2 decades ago. But we still think of her each day. Keep up the great videos Glen from Guam usa

[@eoinryan9515]

Your father is some man no stopping him.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Happy 81st Birthday, I love that Ford 8970 model thanks for sharing

[@rosscullen531]

Happy BIRTHDAY TO YOUR FATHER FROM Lithia, Florida USA!!! WE LOVE DIESELS, TRACTORS, TRUCKS, ETC!! Also shoutout to Ireland from me--Ross Cullen

[@allistairc123]

Thanks for support bud!

[@declanoshaughnessy7733]

Happy birthday to your dear father best wishes and best of health to him he surely loves his machinery ❤️❤️

[@allistairc123]

Thanks Declan!

[@bigwheelsblacksmoke4624]

This is the work County tractors were born to do.

[@J.F.K.O]

The 90 series fiats are what i would call the coolest looking tractors just love that design. My neighbor when i was a kid had a humble 110/90 and i was in love every time he used it :P

[@ringstinga]

Love the old machines and the sound of raw power !

[@garethmcmahon9769]

Happy Birthday to the big man. Allistar record what you can with your father and uncle. Social history and hand down of knowledge is so important man.

[@johnbewick6357]

Much respect for your dad. Hope for us all.

[@ingramj777]

Happy to your dad 👍👍

[@paulcooper2897]

Hell yeah to an interview with your Dad! I can onlymimaginenhis stories would be comparable to uncle Drew (?) the well driller ... And Happy Birthday to him from across the pond in Canada! I prefer watching the older tractors ... Dads County is pretty cool! And doubly so because he still runs it hard, not a pretty trailer queen!!! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@davidt898]

Great video Allister, Big Blue sounds great on the pull, and would pull that sled into the middle of next week ! Good to see your Dad out working the classic's. And you got to interview your Dad, some great stories for us to hear. Keep er lit !!

[@davidmelton7268]

Came for the welding a long time ago. Stayed for the tractors and all the great adventures you have! Happy birthday to your dad!

[@markrich6657]

Got a scania V8 pulling your stuff👍👍👍👍. Need a quality unit to pull a high quality load . Hope your day went well , at 81 definitely big 👍👍👍👍👍. All the very best

[@SimonPerry-cz4ke]

180-90 8.6 litres of proper old school grunt nothing could touch them ploughing our Blue Lias Clay.

[@ferguson20diesel49]

Italian weapon

[@LeapingBlackman]

Your father and the well drilling guy would be awesome to see in an interview

[@dreiback182]

I absolutly love the 180-90. They sound so good and have a lot of power. Sadly most of them are in bad condition. And happy birthday to your dad.

[@patrickomahony5700]

The 8970 is a real traction monster with the super steer axle and the weights slung out further than standard 70 series,

[@horstszibulski19]

Happy belated birthday, Senior! 🍻🥃🎂 What a mudfest, thx for showing! 👍👍👍

[@jons6125]

Massively cool too give these machines a bit of stick for fun

[@mikeroutledge6929]

love the older kit especially the countys

[@GRS1903]

Old school all day long, raw power , clutch and gear stick

[@frclintpower]

Congrats on passing the 100k, and happy birthday to your dad legend of a man

[@JohnWood-ey4gk]

First class video,just a pity it was so wet!👍

[@kevinmartin9432]

Big Blue; What a glorious noise🤩

[@nickhill3362]

Great to see your dad giving it some 🚜👍

[@kildare1773]

Brilliant. Keep the video s coming

[@simonpowell9408]

Great vid pal , blue sounds sweet looking forward to more cherry 🏁🏁🏁

[@kenwood8665]

Keep up the great work.

[@jaredrobbins5720]

I would love to here the story/history about your dad's 1884 county also keep up the great work!!

[@zvondiesel]

OMG THAT'S MY OLD HESSTON I SOLD HERE IN CANADA 6 YRS AGO TO A FELA WHO SHIPS THEM OVER THE POND

[@petrokemikal]

That thing is a weapon !!!

[@bluetractorboy68]

Definitely old school great video and happy returns to your dad

[@greggferguson4720]

Another brilliant video cheers lad loved watching it

[@bcbloc02]

Never seen a sled pull and mud run combined before! lol Looks like it could use another 50cc at least

[@Thesongstaysthesame]

New sub here! Happy late birthday, Dad! Cheers from Canada!

[@willtricks9432]

Keep the fun stuff voming

[@roberthiggins6401]

Doing bloody well for those conditions Alistair. Your 89 sounds the dangling bits. Happy belated birthday to you're dad. From Kent.

[@scania357]

Love to see the classic machines.

[@ericwilson5742]

Hi allister just found your channel and recognise you from the farm flix content but jeepers never knew you had an engineering yard to that extent or even knew we had such a massive capacity machine yard in Northern Ireland something to be proud of

[@allistairc123]

Thanks Eric , yes all my father's efforts

[@traceyrobinson7554]

Happy birthday to your Dad we love old school tractors would never buy a new one

[@aidanquinn5498]

Thanks for the video, your da did very well on the pull, big blue needs mor weight front and back.

[@VWArnold]

I really hope that gearbox can handle the extra power, those Funks transmissions are very expensive to repear.

[@stihl0903]

Good Video.

[@Chris-td4yd]

Awesome 👍 Respect to your Dad ❤

[@PhilipjPatterson]

Hard ta beta bit of blue power and we had a t6080 2011 doing 255hp was a animal

[@bobpaterson1845]

Happy Birthday to your Dad 🥳 new subscriber here an gotta be the old classics all the way tractors sounding like tractors should 💪💪💪👍

[@martincoulter6211]

Hay AlistairC123, Great video - love the old school tractors that Fiat 180-90 is a beast! Any Fiat 110-90 tractors there ? Always a good grunt off those tractors - you can hear them comin up the road at quite a distance! Could you not have put a lower links bar across and put the chain over it then connected it to the drawbar - you might got more weight transfer to the rear wheels! 😎😎🙂🙂👍👍👍👍🤔🤔 Why'd you not put set weights on the front of the 8970. Aalso

[@johngibson3837]

Loved it cool as, blue sounded great as well, would like to hear that story from ya dad thanks mate

[@user-rw2um8ro2p]

Great video i would love to see a interview with your dad I’m old school all the way have a fiat 160/90 power shift a brilliant tractor

[@willjeffery2661]

The big Fiat was having it…👍🏻

[@davidjohnson6891]

Old school classics any day

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ShainAndrews]

Talk about some slop. What pulling organization do you guys use around there?

[@kevintaggart4088]

Old school all the way

[@Jp-eo7jl]

Great to see the old man out enjoying himself ..lookin at the footage is the rear diff lock switch itself off on big blu towards the end of the pull ?

[@allistairc123]

Yeah kicks out over certain speed

[@Jp-eo7jl]

Im wondering has it got a steering angle sensor also ? I've worked on a few renaults and Massey of that age and they had a steering angle sensor either on a king pin or maybe as with yours the super steer axle ? that would kick out the rear diff lock when steered above 15 degrees . Just a thought Keep up the class videos 👍👍

[@mariusfridlund55]

nice

[@kennethhoover6195]

Give me the old classics

[@floydwilliams3321]

❤power

[@peteacher52]

Old tractors, please! Fergie 165 and that type and era.

[@DieselPumpUK]

I enjoyed that, also interesting to see that hx50 spool, what size/cc is that engine? Is it mechanical or common rail?

[@allistairc123]

I remember talking to you about it , she is the 7.5L powerstar , nice big dirty Bosch pse6120a I think is the first few numbers. 12mm maxed out here then I got injector nozzles and 13mm elements, she can party now, seeing 50psi on the gauge!👍🏻👍🏻

[@DieselPumpUK]

@@allistairc123 ah yes I’ve just watched your previous video, that twin scroll mod you did in the adapter will have really helped the low down spool ability keeping it all sealed up and properly twin scroll. 7.5 litre yes that’s plenty haha. What size inducer does the hx50 have I saw the 22cm rear housing on there. Well done keep up the hard work.

[@markwalsh5650]

Order gear any day

[@magnuslandin8027]

i like old

[@liamrobertson7265]

enjoy it whilst yr still alowed to start an ice motor? 😪🙄

[@chainsawslover1872]

Big blue needs a straight pipe

[@alilee505]

Have you any recommendations for a company to make new wheels? I fancy sticking wider tyres on the old laser

[@allistairc123]

Yes @JBtyres can sort you out anything you need search JB TYRES

[@garethmcmahon9769]

Re 8970 I'm no expert but have you looked into weight distribution?

[@pak6103]

Would a full powershift gearbox be better for tractor pulling vs a manual one with splitters?

[@allistairc123]

In farm class yes because you can start fast and keep dropping gears down as load increases. You can't change down in a manual

[@ferguson20diesel49]

@@allistairc123but in a race like a hill challenge manual all the way or manual with 3/4 splitters

[@FixItStupid]

Thank You ! HP Fun