Christmas breakdown, vintage tractor to the rescue.

[@rancher4911]

Great to see the 35 back in harness it will keep her freed out

[@780special]

Massey Ferguson 35 with a three cylinder Perkins diesel has got to be in the top ten tractors ever manufactured. Great little tractor. Glad Howard & Son can help you out. Happy New year to you all.

[@Paul-vd2sp]

Spare tractors are worth their weight in gold 👍 😊

[@ipfreely10001]

Dan looks like you need new rubbers on the box scraper, slurry escaping all over, or somebody's cut them short on a replacement lol. All best for coming year!!

[@davidesmond3474]

Same thing happened to my B414. got out of trouble by finding a heavy duty washer that fitted the neck of the ball of the joint,cut it in half then welded it to the cup preventing it from dropping apart. worked a treat until I had time to get a new track rod end

[@davidrichardson7656]

Handy little tractor the 35 good to see it working, there are still plenty of them doing a similar job every day it’s not always about these big horse power tractors ! Happy New year to you and the family 👍

[@dougpeterson5257]

Things sometimes break at bad time. Had to put a clutch slave cylinder in my Mazda truck on the day we were supposed to go on vacation. The part was available and we left just a bit later than planned.

[@bobpaterson1845]

A good farmer fix baler twine 🙄💪💪😂 shame so many good old tractors end up as a scraper tractor ☹️ was the 35 not a little more agile on the scraper than the 265🤔 loved the view from the seat wonder how many memories that brought back to people nice place to be 🙂 apart from the cold wet days 🥶😂😂

[@JamieM85]

All the best for 2021!

[@harrysemmence5046]

Lovely little 35, iconic little tractor still capable of putting in a good shift, little dairy farm I worked on just after I left school in early 2000's had one as a front line tractor in fact the only tractor on the farm other than a contractor mowing and baling it did everything on the farm

[@patodwyer721]

Nice one Dan. You should teach the cows to go to the slatted area for slurry disposal and make their deposits there, problem solved😂 Jason Howard to the rescue, well done.

[@wallaceloan4169]

We use our 35 to scrap up to Dan. It has been rather cold over the last few days with the frost plus wind and rain. But she is a great wee tractor. Great video to end the year Dan. Happy New Year to you all when it comes

[@jasonhoward3394]

Hello, Howard & Sons at Manor Farm, Marston. Not far from you. Got one on the shelf. Give us a call and come and pick one up 👍🏻

[@CowfarmerDan]

Are you open tomorrow?

[@jasonhoward3394]

@@CowfarmerDan Always open 👍🏻

[@CowfarmerDan]

I'll be over in the morning 👍

[@willmoore3790]

Have had a spare scraper tractor for years they are guaranteed to break down on a Sunday or bank holiday weekend

[@randolphbutler1832]

Rosie says I don’t care which tractor you use just keep me fed.🐂😷👍

[@casto-]

🤣🤣love the bodge! I reckon that would have lasted another 2yrs! Or 2mins🤷‍♂️. Hope you all have a good new year, see you on the other side 🙂👍

[@andrewdalziel4006]

Great video Dan. Fantastic to the the old 35 doing a good bit of work.

[@charleshart6992]

Great job

[@JonDingle]

A mans best friend is a dog so they say. But when it comes to a repair on a farm, a man's best friend is baler twine! Top video young man, comedy cows taking part which is great too! All the best for 2021!

[@Serenaar]

Looks like the little 35 tractor is better than the other one for doing these jobs (if a little chilly!). Also I love the DIY feed pusher inner thingie (I know you love your technical terms Dan!) :D Why spend a fortune on fancy machines when some tires will do!

[@iancoupe20v43]

you must have noticed the play in the ball joint

[@ethanearle9457]

Take the track rod off bring it into your workshop and put a big washer down over the ball and weld it to the socket , hope you know what I mean , we have done that in the past with our ford 4000

[@spreader4]

reminds me loading round straw bales for weeks with a bunge rope holding the track rod end on ,tight fisted boss .

[@Cotlandfarmer]

Great video Dan, always pays to have a spare scraper tractor knocking about. lovely looking herd of cows you have there. Happy new year to you.

[@laytonphillips6667]

Great video dan, didn't fancy the 1200 on it then !!!!

[@CowfarmerDan]

Probably would have done it actually, it's pretty agile for a big tractor!

[@George_Ren]

If I had a pound for every hour I spent scraping out on the old MF35. There's loads of memories counting the 10 seconds for the thermometer/glowplug to heat up & getting it too late, so you had to start over, not fun in the lashing rain or snow. Hope you & your viewers have a good 2021.

[@farmingyear3972]

Hi there love the 35 we did have a 35x fully restored tractor 🚜

[@johnsheahan7914]

Great video as always I hope you had a good Christmas dan

[@williedunne6015]

Yes car tube or weld the cup edge to bild it up with out bonding the ball it keep you going till you get a new one

[@markcorr6704]

Great video Dan. Great content all year.👍

[@amandajones3422]

Haha glad to see you used quality tamma string on the 265 lol All the best for new year👍🚜

[@andreas515c2]

Hi Dan, the nice little fergy is best for sweaping and moving the silage. Isn´t it better than the 265 for these tasks? Farm on, Andreas

[@davidporter9556]

Tbe amount of times a car tyre tube was used to hold a track rod end up lol

[@philipjmcloughlin2299]

Good video Dan you can never have to many tractors around . 👍

[@johnp1388]

The piece of string... excellent (very) temporary fix, to move it away. There's always SOMETHING to fix mate, usually on a Day when shops aren't open! The 35 will ALWAYS Save the Day 👍🦽

[@antonyfarming]

Great job 👍 good old farmer fix could have use it like that for a couple of days lol 😂 all cattle looking good 👍 Happy New year and hopefully see you in 2021 All the best Antony 👍

[@graemebowyer4901]

Funny how things wait until the dealers are closed before breking down. Many years ago, I had a similar problem with a 2A L/R and got home by using the same method.

[@adrianbew9641]

That nylon bale twine has a 1001 uses if you keep some lying around or lay your hands on some. Twist some together and splice pieces together you got a tough tow rope.

[@amps8lfc]

Great video as usual Dan !!!.. are you doing the 3 bale challenge? My money is on you

[@davidwhittredge3416]

Ladies lookin good, I see you found a camera man to help out with the videos!!

[@davidwhittredge3416]

@@jennifersmith8151 Merry Christmas & Happy New year to you!! I am sorry, do I know you? I am doing well thanks.

[@davidwhittredge3416]

Jennifer, sure thing.

[@mcleanfarmsryan3897]

Just found your Chan hello from the USA

[@chrislord7146]

How are your cow collars working dan. Happy New year to you all chap

[@CowfarmerDan]

Going well, update coming in January.

[@claetuswoodroofe4164]

Scraper tractors aren’t as important on dairy farms in Ireland as they would have been a few decades ago the automatic scrapers and slatted passages done away with a lot of work and Brussels sent the money to pay for them

[@nathanu425]

Certain countries did a lot better out of the EU than others. Little French and German farms fairly cashed in.

[@alastairmccormick397]

And Lely Discovery’s starting to get plentiful in my area!! Good stuff Dan and Dan’s Dad.. All the best for ‘21

[@kylesullivan3114]

Good old 35 saves the day if it's gonna breakdown you can garante it will when no one's about or nothing is open always the same 😤🤣🤣

[@tubbyruston7130]

Baler twine fixes every thing

[@ritchieblackmore5204]

Ah the trusty old baler twine

[@davldcooksey4137]

Always keep a spare tractor, it gets you out of the s!:t , or it helps you to shift the s!:t see you next year, 👍👍👍🚜💩👌.

[@patkelly9907]

Just put it down to the driver should have known it was worn done

[@GeigerFarm]

I would think you have got your money’s worth out of the old end😂. Spare tractors 👍🏻🙂!

[@CowfarmerDan]

It could have lasted another week 🤣

[@GeigerFarm]

@@CowfarmerDan Until the store opened at least 😉😆

[@nickbeer2658]

Oh first comment! What a time for a breakdown though Dan.

[@russellpetrie119]

you always need a fall back tractor cows dont milk themselves

[@mbury8004]

No wonder i never see such a dirty unloved tractor !