Harvesting corn like it’s 1970. With a newholland combine harvester.

[@frasermathers2287]

Now this has just made my day. The first combine I ever operated was the Clayson M135, the slightly bigger brother to the M122. Loved my time on it except when the wind was blowing the dust off the header into my face. Great video and loved the old NH 68 baler too. I have liked and subscribed and off to see you other videos. Thanks from Scotland.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Thanks for watching and welcome you never know what you’ll find me getting upto with my old machinery 😀

[@olan6600]

Excellent video. 💪🏻

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Appreciate it!

[@robertedwards2724]

The baler is amazing to me. It has stood the test of time and the principal of the modern baler is identical... And ever bale out of her looked uniform.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

We did the sums on this baler a few moths ago. It’s 65 years old and we reckon it has done over 500,000 bales in its lifetime.

[@robertedwards2724]

I wonder is my baler fit for 500,000 lol ​@@TheClassicFarmer

[@paulthompson8467]

Brilliant video everything seemed to go well am sure you are glad of the better weather to get the harvest finished i know we were🙂

[@TheClassicFarmer]

@@paulthompson8467 only for that weather we would have been in trouble. We had a few hiccups but that’s for another video 😂

[@JohnDavies-u9z]

I drove one into the 2000's, Good machine.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

The Claysons were a cracking combine

[@robertedwards2724]

Okay thats it. .am going planting corn next year. I have all part from combine

[@TheClassicFarmer]

I’ll combine it for you 😉

[@robertedwards2724]

@@TheClassicFarmer that's what a hoped you'd say lol

[@kevinflood8212]

Great video, you're content is really good. Brings me back to the days of stacking straw in the fields. I used to hate the sound of the baler and the slay leaving piles of best for stacking. You have the NewHolland running well. Keep the videos coming.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

@@kevinflood8212 thanks for watching 😀. I love my little 68 got it fixed up after it had a temper tantrum with the heavy hay crop.

[@lesleystanier3393]

great video love your combine and bailer as a kid i use to stack them in 8 for a perry loader the top two always seem so high ,50 years later still picking up little bales but now we have a flat 8 sledge , ah progress! still love doing it tho

[@TheClassicFarmer]

A flat 8 will be on my cards somewhere in the future. I always find the straw easy to sell straight out of the baler rows so I let the customers do the hard work

[@Gearoid35]

Great content lovely old kit

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Thank you 😀

[@jamespeach9801]

Great old machine 👍 how often can you grow oats on the same land before you have issues ?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

I wouldn’t go anymore than 2 years. A good crop rotation is key

[@julianhawker7672]

You so need a bale sledge! your making it much harder work without. I remember when flat eight first came along (1980 ish to us) , "manor from heaven" and so much easier even than the basic sledge we used up until then. (flat 8 sledge,flat grab, 48? bale squeeze trailer) Even a basic sledge and perry loader (upright) bale grab would make the work easier. Keep an eye on the sales and auctions. 👍

[@TheClassicFarmer]

We have a sledge but find it more hassle than it’s worth going long distances to small fields for 200 odd bales. We get around the lifting of them by selling from the row in the field when possible. The customers think they are getting it cheaper but in reality they just save us hassle and work.

[@TadhgFox]

Brilliant video was the oats under sown with grass seed seemed to be a lot of grass in the crop

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Yes most of our oat crops are under sown with grass

[@bobpaterson1845]

Old school harvesting 💪👍 only thing I don't agree with is not using a bale sledge of some kind make bale handling a whole lot easier 🤔👌

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Funnily enough I actually have a sledge there but it’s more hassle than it’s worth for a couple of hundred bales at a time 🙈. I get out of the manual work with the straw 😂 by selling the bales as they fall in the field

[@rickykane1493]

Wot part off the country are u in

[@TheClassicFarmer]

North west of Ireland

[@myfarmingjourney1]

Why you call oats corn? I dont understand😅😬

[@TheClassicFarmer]

In Ireland what you call corn we call maize. Here oats are corn

[@myfarmingjourney1]

@@TheClassicFarmer ouu thanks for explanation 😃 other wise its confusing