Kelly Bros Agricultural Contractors Old Mill

Tom Kelly
Jim White
Joe Carr
Jim Kelly
Tom McCarthy
JP O'Sullivan

[@paddymickiemickie8221]

And life was so simple back then Thanks for the post it brings a tear to the eye of an old tractor man sitting in Western Australia

[@johnposullivan1506]

Greetings from West Limerick the Kelly Bros and Double Chop have since long retired and its nearly all Bales and Precision Chop now

[@stephenross1581]

Good time even if they were hard days, I get what your saying, you cannot beat old memories

[@265justy]

Great stuff. Love looking back at old silage gear. Threw the 80s our contractor ran a Ford 7700 on a Taraaup and had a Fritzemeir cab Ford 6600 drawing in. Lee trailers were used also. We had our own Ford 4000 Fieco cab on the pit with the buckrake and on the long draw we helped out with our Fritzemeir cab 4600 drawing in from rented silage ground a few miles away. ....she was alittle dinger off a tractor in its day the 4600..

[@mhawthorn0224]

The days when if you had dual power or power steering you were sorted... and a box of Benson &Hedges... Happy days.

[@markfiges999]

Benson & Hedges, you were posh weren't you? ...........1/2 oz of Golden Virginia or 10 Players No6 (No 10 on a tight week)

[@dellhell8842]

That was charmingly old school even in 1996. Those venerable Ford Force tractors were around 25 years old then. I worked a Ford Force 5000 myself drawing to the pit in the 1980 and 1981 seasons. There was a bubble cab Ford 7600 on the forage harvester, a Zetor Crystal 8011 also on trailer duty and a Landini 8500 with rear buckrake on the pit.

[@stephenross1581]

Great video, takes me back 40 years, hard days but every one mucked in together and got on with it, many laughs had and great memories made 👍🏻

[@steviechalmers1218]

Farming back then was done at a steady pace , we also had seasons we looked forward too , now not even the dairy cows can tell what season it is , everything is rush rush now , no one has time for a blether , the great days of farming have gone , it’s all replaced by big tech and massive machinery, and these high tech tractors Not for me I like the old equipment and the older tractors ,👍

[@thelureofhistory8683]

Spot on mate. Have a read of Wendell Berry on how farming has been ruined in the States.

[@cloverfield911]

Over an hour for lunch, and all the neighbors helping on the pit. Sunny days. The rattle of sheet-iron trailers. Great times.

[@rancher4911]

Silage cutting has come along way in a few years , Nice to see all the same

[@johnbarry4562]

Ah , the barrel of concrete ...I did 2 seasons with a 7000 and the pike was wider Ty the tractor , with my right heel welded to the diff lock ...17 and 18 years old and 18 hour days ... The best of times ...'85 and '86

[@steviechalmers1218]

These fords have had a hard life ‘ the 7000 on the double chop tail end loading was a great tractor ‘ 👍

[@ballyhoulihanagrivideos397]

Lovely video. Nice tasty cutting.Machine was well setup.As the edge on the chopper blades dulled the blow would deteriorate .Not many used loaders to fill the clamp. More common was the push off buckrake on the rear linkage. Did some in late seventies with Nuffields, David Browns and even a Ford 3000.

[@the13spanner]

i love the simple trip buckrake. My father had one on the front of our 674 International fitted with a Quicke loader

[@johnsheridan7293]

Enjoyed that video! The last double chop silage my former employer done was in ‘98 or ‘99. I was drawing in a Ford 5000 from a Fiat 100-90 with a New Holland 339 double chop harvester. My 5000 was in reasonably better shape than those. Wish I had video or photos of those days!

[@mantrafiscus]

I don't think the people in the video put much priority in looking after their machinery. I would be ashamed if I let my tractor get like that.

[@johnsheridan7293]

@@mantrafiscus They weren’t the only ones guilty of that. As with a lot of full time small farmers, tractor aesthetics would be low on the list of priorities due to funds I suppose. It’s a tragedy to think all of the tractors like those which were mechanically ok but a bit tired looking that were exported leaving over priced wrecks here.

[@mantrafiscus]

@@johnsheridan7293 yes I think you're right. I always used to look after my tractor even if it meant doing it in my own time.

[@padraigsisk4057]

Pressure on end of hydraulic hose before tipping. Young fellows nowadays wouldn't know what to do.

[@MrDonalmac]

You could do 15 -20 acres a day, cutting field from right to left ,tighter turn ,easier on pto shaft,get plot size right keep turning time to minimum, in decent size regular fields with a Ford 7610 and filling 14 x 8 trailers 2 acres per was doable,Ford 6600 with Tanco loader and Kverneland pike,rear wheels on 6 foot setting on pit,could handle 2 7610s cutting with a big roomy yard by keeping pit face short and high

[@anthonykearney887]

Won't beat old school 4000 , 5000 7000 simply the best

[@ethanearle9457]

Great video mature men on good equipment

[@fnh8340]

Everything moves faster today, 1996 is not that long ago but this type of silage making is rarely seen today. Is this in Cork? The Ford Sierra reg is RIE which was from Clare. Who remembers the old reg systems?

[@Droledope]

@@fnh8340 rarely seen in 96 also.

[@265justy]

Great ol days . Remember your contractor using a 7700 on the Taarup double chop and a 6600 carting. We had a 4000 buckraking on the pit and our 4600 fell in on carting also for the long hauls..

[@jimheffernan6341]

​@@fnh8340It was in Newcastlewest in Co. Limerick. The Old Mill to be more exact. The guy driving the double chop Jim Kelly only passed away last week.

[@daneenmurf1043]

The 5000 has full aircon _ both doors taken off !

[@edwardogrady6587]

Ah Taarup double chop, if u got through 10/15 acres a day you were in business, if the poor tractor driving it didn’t blow up in the meantime

[@MOOBOOSE]

Doing a great cut

[@tcod3137]

And no Grassmen stickers to be seen, how are them tractor’s even moving!

[@ianinnes8063]

Aye its pretty rough old kit .u know ud done a days graft when u got finnished at night . U forget how far tractors have come in the years from when this was filmed . At that time i was running a 3040 4wd john deere it was a great old tractor at that time . Now its all 200 plus hp yokes . U dont need that much power im pretty sure for most jobs that they are doin .

[@ethanearle9457]

What part of Ireland were the Kelly’s from ?

[@johnposullivan1506]

Old Mill Newcastle West Co Limerick

[@johnposullivan1506]

West Limerick

[@maryblenkinsop5139]

Newcastle west Co limerick

[@martymac2650]

Why has the Ford on the pit got a cover over the front grille, it’s summertime, so surely that yoke is going to boil over with airflow restricted??

[@johnposullivan1506]

To stop the grass from blocking the radiator

[@martymac2650]

@@johnposullivan1506 thanks John, I was thinking that, but just wondered either way the airflow was still restricted.... thanks 👍

[@jamesmccabe1702]

what a stupid comment

[@greggroome2791]

👍👍👌👌🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏🙏

[@GK-fq3cy]

Better than white ground bales

[@GK-fq3cy]

Shite

[@Markkilleen.]

Nowadays ya'd want a €60.000 euro tractor for pushing the grass into the pit.

[@hughcarrigan7824]

More like 160k

[@davidmurphy1200]

Where was this video taken?

[@johnposullivan1506]

Near the Old Mill Newcastle West West Limerick

[@davidmurphy1200]

@@johnposullivan1506 are the kellys still contracting, if not d men n video whoever's after them?

[@johnposullivan1506]

No they retired from contracting around 3 or 4 years later. Sold off most of the gear. There was no one to follow. Most people either changed to precision chop or bales. The Kelly Bros were the last contractors around to do Second Chop Silage.

[@animallover19581]

Kelly bros, the stuff of legend. Started off spreading lime way back no loader big square shovels for filling the spreader. Strongest men I've ever known. Often saw them lift those trailers off the ground onto the draw bar. R.I.P Tom Kelly and Jim White.

[@seandunne5238]

JEAUS DONT FORGET THE MC GEE TRALOR @@animallover19581