Cumbrian Harvest 2024. Could it be 1985? 40-yr-old MF 825 and Ford 4610 harvest winter barley.

[@elladailylife]

I love how connected you are to nature

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@elladailylife Thank you Ella. I certainly do love nature, from the birds to the bees, the changing seasons and just being out in the open, breathing in the fresh air while watching the machinery harvesting the crops. It’s the one thing in life I’ll never take for granted and appreciate every day I visit the countryside surrounding me. Many thanks for your lovely comment, kind regards David. I’ve just taken a look at your channel Ella and your videos look fantastic, I will enjoy watching them with autumn and winter fast approaching in the uk.

[@MONKIPANTS]

It's Sunday morning and I'm watching your brilliant video of poetry in motion, lovely machinery. I'm not a farmer like yourself but I love everything you farmers do out in the field. You're appreciated immensely for what you provide the nation with. I used to drive an old MF tractor with a brush on the front and I called it Basil 😁 Thanks for sharing this insight into your world.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@MONKIPANTS Good morning Monkipants and what a wonderful comment from you my friend. I’m so pleased you enjoyed watching the video and describing the machinery working as poetry in motion is definitely a great observation from you. I’m pleased you mention that not being a farmer yourself but realise how important the agricultural sector is to the economics of the world. So good to hear about Basil the MF, I wonder if he’s still around? Thank you for making my Sunday morning with your beautiful comment, so good to hear from you this morning and best wishes from Cumbria. Take care my friend, cheers David.

[@MONKIPANTS]

Good evening David, thankyou for your lovely reply and I would like to think Basil is still around brushing his way to infinity and beyond! 🚜 😂 I cannot believe this wonderful day, after watching your brilliant video I visited my father-in-law and he told me that a combine was working in the next field and he could see the dust ball rising above the hedge, so, I had to see and off I went and leaning on an old fence post I watched these hard working chaps doing exactly what you were doing, I couldn't see what type of machines they were using as all the dust masked them well but I bet you would know just by the sound. Yellow is all I can tell you about the combine. All the best to you sir, from Warwickshire.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@MONKIPANTS Ah now I can tell just by you mentioning the colour yellow that it would be a New Holland combine you were watching through the dust leaning against that fence post and also that it would have been a wonderful sight so thank your father-in-law for spotting that cloud of dust telling you about the activities going on! I would like to think Basil is still going strong too, being a MF I can well imagine he is! I often wonder whatever happened to the little Massey 35X that my uncle owned and I learned to drive on many moons ago (about 50 years ago now), I’ve such fond memories of it and can picture myself sitting on that old tin seat with a cushion made from a bag stuffed with straw as the only comfort, hopefully it’s still going strong somewhere? It’s been so good to hear from you today and I’m pleased my video got you off to a good start to your Sunday. I usually post a video at least once a week (though less frequently through the winter months) and while I can’t promise you a classic MF combine every week I can guarantee some lovely machinery working in the fields of Cumbria and some even lovelier views of the beautiful Cumbrian scenery. Take care my friend and once again thank you for your wonderful comments. Cheers, David.

[@donnellykieranj]

What a great wee 4610. Such a capable little tractor. IMO one of best 60hp tractors ever built.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@donnellykieranj Definitely agree with you there Kieran! 3-cylinder Ford engine one of the best of its kind, 60hp perfect for this kind of job and many more. Cheers, David.

[@donnellykieranj]

@@davidwinthrop7077 they're just brilliant. Little pocket rockets. Every farm should have one 😁

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@donnellykieranj Definitely!

[@morrietk]

What a great vid! No music to ruin the sounds! Perfect!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@morrietk You must be like me and enjoy listening to the machinery just as it sounds in the field! Pleased you enjoyed the video, cheers David.

[@davidprentice7861]

Bloody hell used drive one like that when I worked with my uncle 4610

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@davidprentice7861 Likewise David as I fondly remember driving a 4610 back in the late 80s/ early 90s pulling a Fraser 6.5t silage trailer!

[@delidan1]

Thats a beauty homemade grain trailer!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@delidan1 And built to last! 😀

[@balmesh]

Great catch! Good for you to be out and snapping!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@balmesh Thanks Alan. Yes I’m making the most of the weather while I’ve got a couple of days off. Hope you are too. Cheers, David

[@shirleydrury5565]

Nice to see old school gear still at work😊thank you much enjoyed regards😊😊👍👍

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@shirleydrury5565 Oh can’t beat it Shirley, the classics still as good as any modern machines and much more exciting to watch. Pleased you enjoyed the video, cheers David. 😀👍

[@MBSnapper]

Lovely to see (and hear), doing a fine job.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@MBSnapper Yes an excellent outfit, was really pleased I had the chance to film it in action. Cheers, David.

[@andrewstephenson4905]

Lovely To Watch.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@andrewstephenson4905 Thank you Andrew, it was lovely to film too! Cheers, David.

[@philipwhite5933]

Nice looking combine think my neighbours have one the same

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@philipwhite5933 Ah so there’s another about Phillip? Can’t be too many more in the country! Cheers, David.

[@philipwhite5933]

Aye its an 825 as well, they're having some problems with it trying to get their barley combined.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@philipwhite5933 Always the way (well nearly) when it comes to harvest time! Hopefully it’s nothing major and it’s soon sorted.

[@derekdee9592]

Solid old school kit doing a good job 👍🚜

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@derekdee9592 It certainly is Derek and at a fraction of the cost of new machinery! Cheers, David.

[@kenwood8665]

Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@kenwood8665 I’m really pleased to hear that Rick and thank you my friend. Cheers, David.

[@brianmarshall1637]

A lovely sight to behold,we in East Lan vs only grow grass so it is lovely to see combined working so far north of Lancashire,I hope you have a good crop.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@brianmarshall1637 Hi Brian. Now that’s interesting to hear as I didn’t know that East Lancashire was mostly down to grass and I know there’s a lot of grass harvested up here and although not half as much is down to cereals it’s still a delight to watch the crop getting harvested especially with classic machinery. It was a good crop and hopefully the spring barley will be too. Cheers, David.

[@TechnoMoffat]

Lovely outfit and video, great stuff David!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@TechnoMoffat Thanks Tim, was great to see the classics bringing the harvest home.

[@petergardner2334]

theres some Think ABOUT THESE COMBINES THEY LOOK SO GOOD HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THIS COMBINE

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@petergardner2334 So do I Peter! A very stylish combine even today, never mind 40 years ago when it was new. Cheers, David.

[@paulthompson8467]

Brilliant video 2 very tidy machines my dad bought a ford 3910 in 1986 for buckraking and powering our Keenan feeder i always thought they punched well above their weight in power🙂

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@paulthompson8467 Many thanks Paul, pleased you enjoyed the video. Now a 3910, that’s one of my favourite Ford models and sadly I haven’t seen one in a while (though there was a 3610 for sale at the local Claas dealer a few years ago) and I bet yours was a great little workhorse especially for working around the yard. Great tractors the series 10s, I’ve got a real soft spot for them. Cheers, David.

[@paulthompson8467]

@@davidwinthrop7077 ours was unusual as it had no cab just a rollbar and it was 4wd and had an under swept exhaust as far as I recall she cost £8000 new

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@paulthompson8467 That’s definitely an unusual and interesting spec Paul. You must have put a special order in for that build?

[@paulthompson8467]

@@davidwinthrop7077 no Burke's had it in stock as they sell alot of orchard spec tractors round co Armagh

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@paulthompson8467 Ah interesting!

[@B1066agri]

What a lovely combine and tractor David, yes it could be the 80s and no dought no computors ither to go wrong and mess up your day, very nice video , cheers Steve . 🎥👍

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@B1066agri Thanks Steve. Yes all mechanical, no computers and if owt did go wrong it could be fixed with a box of spanners! Cheers, David

[@B1066agri]

@@davidwinthrop7077 👍

[@frasermathers2287]

Good evening David and hope you and your partner enjoyed your break. What a cracking video and at first I had to check that you had not acquired The Tardis! Those opening shots and the sound of the Ford 4610 just ticking over was like being right back in 1985 and really gave the video the correct atmosphere. It's really great to see equipment of that era still doing the job it was intended for and I can say for certain, that there was no outstanding finance on any of that kit. They were maybe not the biggest combine and tractor, but they sure were built at a time when they were built to last, and no damned computers in them. At one point in my life I lived in Kilmarnock just up the road from the Massey Ferguson Combine & Tractor factory, but they stopped building combines in 1980. Hope your well and having the same weather as us today, as its been 25 degrees, just perfect for painting the fence haha. Thanks David. Cheers, Fraser.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@frasermathers2287 And good evening to you Fraser and we have had a lovely time spending time and enjoying a break together. Now I wish I could time travel as I if I did own a tardis there would be no stopping me going back to the fields 20,30,40 and so on to film the machinery I remember so vividly but unfortunately only have a few blurry photos to remind me of. I was pleased the way that little idea came out myself but the best part was seeing the classic machinery still doing a fine job and as you say not a penny owing on finance. Yes many of these smaller machines are ideal for harvesting smaller acreages, built to last and can be fettled with a box of spanners! Yes I well remember the Kilmarnock manufactured MF combines (this 825 I believe is Canadian manufactured)and they were very popular round here though sadly they’re aren’t any about now. I’m very well and it’s been very warm which means the last few days I’ve been visiting quite a few farms filming lots of haymaking especially so plenty of videos to come in the next few weeks once I get them edited together! I bet that paint dried on the fence in no time! Great to hear from you Fraser, take care my friend and speak to you soon. Cheers, David.

[@frasermathers2287]

@@davidwinthrop7077 Oh the mischief we could have with a tardis David 😂. Yeah it sure was drying quick and will do the 2nd coat tomorrow. Glad your well and been filming lots. Cheers Fraser.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@frasermathers2287 Now who would be in control of the destination Fraser? If it were me I would set the year to 1975, back to my uncles farm and the delivery of his brand new MF 148! Yes lots of editing to do but hopefully the end results will be good! Good luck with the 2nd coat!

[@frasermathers2287]

@@davidwinthrop7077 I would need to relinquish control David to you, as it was your video showing 1985 that gave me the thought of time travel, plus seeing 1975 and even older again has a great appeal.

[@OldSchoolNI]

Lovely set up there - always nice to see an old combine. Oldest I've seen is a MF788 (video still to come) which I reckon was 1960s model. Great job.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@OldSchoolNI Many thanks and I agree always nice to see an old combine still doing a great job. Yes definitely a 1960s machine a Massey 788, my uncle (sadly passed) owned one years ago, pity both still weren’t around to film. Cheers, David.

[@frantisekleiterman2082]

Perfektní! 👍👍

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@frantisekleiterman2082 Many thanks Frantisek, pleased you enjoyed my first harvest video of this season. Cheers, David.

[@frantisekleiterman2082]

@@davidwinthrop7077 👍👍👍👍

[@jacooboophotography]

That’s not a piece of equipment you see much anymore! Very nicely caught David, I’m yet to see much old kit this harvest, been in Yorkshire looking and some big shiny stuff!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@jacooboophotography Certainly a lot rarer these days Jacob so I jumped at the opportunity to film it. Now that sounds interesting, look forward to seeing the results of your ventures my friend! Cheers, David.

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

God I miss the 80s.. 83 my first year on combine J.D 1065. A reg. 50 J.D SERIES tractors 10 FORD SERIES tractors..oh happy days...

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@djsimonrossprice9400 Definitely Simon, so many great machines in that decade! Cheers, David.

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

@davidwinthrop7077 Absolutely agree funnily I got a m8 who farms about 400 acres arable his kit is as follows.. Matboro teleram J.D 3650 JD 3350 JD 3050 JD 2850. Tx 68 combine 5f rev keverneland Massey 4m 30 drill.. He earns a very nice profit too. Plenty of T.L.C and high maintainance too... Funny he doesn't need a 100k drill...Lol. Probably why he makes a good living on 400 a..

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@djsimonrossprice9400 That sounds a great fleet Simon! Four JD 50 series, a TX combine and a Matbro, would love to film that one! My mate has 8 tractors on his farm, not a tractor under 25 years old, all minters, serviced every 250 hours and instead of depreciating the value of them has gone up! He buys his implements like round balers, rakes, muck spreaders new but wouldn’t buy a new tractor as he says it’s just like chucking money away. Few videos of his machines on my channel (you can probably guess them by the condition) if you fancy a look? Cheers, David.

[@robertallen3441]

Thats a rare one. As a retired agricultural engineer who worked for a MF dealership between 1974 and 2002, I can honestly say there are not many 825 models about. I only ever recall seeing one before. It was a last gasp model from MF before they bought out the Danish Dronningborg range of 24, 27, 29 and 31 combines in 1985.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@robertallen3441 I totally agree with you Robert and with you being in the trade all those years you certainly will know a rare machine. I also know of an 855 round here which I have filmed before but never thought I would get the chance to capture an 825. There are still a couple of the Dronningborg machines in the area, a 27 and 31XP so again few and far between but as you say not as rare as a Canadian 825. Great comment Robert, thanks for sharing your experiences. Cheers, David.

[@robertallen3441]

@@davidwinthrop7077 Are you sure its Canadian built?, I would have thought it was French built at Marquet. Certainly the 845 hydrostatic was built in France. Probably built in 1984, as the Danish machines were introduced in 1985, although MF had a Dronningborg (overpainted red) as a trial machine in our area in 1984. The Canadian (Brantford) 855 and 865 were a totally different machine, built to a lot stronger standard. As a little extra snippet, in the trade, the XP after the 31 stood for 'extra problems'!!!!!!!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@robertallen3441 Ah nice one Robert, not heard that one about the XP before. You could be right on the 825 being built in France, I just assumed with the 855/865 being Canadian and similar styling being manufactured over there too but I’m quite happy for you to correct me if I’m wrong. Cheers, David.

[@JonDingle]

Great to see. Pity the world has moved on so fast in the last forty years.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@JonDingle Thanks Jon. Yes everything supposedly because it’s bigger is assumed with being better these days but older outfits like this one still do just as good a job for a fraction of the cost! Cheers, David.

[@hstwodrainage.1410]

As soon as I saw the pylons and railway line, I knew where it was, Gretna to Longtown road.

[@Pete68T]

The 4610 is a Great Small Tractor I Drove one 40 Years ago at 13 and Thought it Had Plenty of Power Pulling a 6 Ton Corn Trailer,Just think if All Farms Had Kept There Tractors From This Long ago and Just Kept Rebuilding Them They Would be a Lot Better off than they are Today. The Fields Are the Same Size So why Do Farms Spend Hundreds of Thousands on Big Tractors and Combines ?The Dealers Have Got them Under there Control !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@Pete68T Lots of great points there Pete. For a start off the 4610 is a great tractor and like you I was brought up driving 45-60hp tractors in my teens. Yes looking after them, regular maintenance and storing them undercover makes a hell of a difference. The fields in my area certainly haven’t got any bigger but as you say the tractors & combines certainly have as have the purchase prices, fuel consumption and depreciation costs too when it’s not really necessary. I know dealers have to make a profit and we’d be lost without them but when I buy a car I know what I want and won’t be persuaded to buy anything bigger than I need! Great comment Pete, cheers David.

[@265justy]

That's a nice original 4610...But the trailer! 😂 How do even tip it?

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@265justy Now there’s ways and means and if I’d got round to filming it I would have shown you! 😀 Cheers, David

[@DeeQ-cy8xt]

Reminds me of the Britains farm Massey combine I got for Christmas in the 70’s 😍

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@DeeQ-cy8xt Likewise!

[@265justy]

@@DeeQ-cy8xt Have one of them. 😊

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

Nice, but turning the camera away after every shot gets old quickly.

[@davidwinthrop7077]

@@mikeymcmikeface5599 Thanks Mikey and pleased you enjoyed the video. I see your point on turning the camera away after each shot, I do this to allow a smoother transition when editing into the next section rather than a sharp cutoff but I’ve noted what you suggested and will look at that in the future. Thanks for watching and your comment. Cheers, David