NEW HOLLAND TF78 ELEKTRA AND FORD 7810 III AND GRIFFITHS TRAILER

New Holland TF78 Elektra harvesting in Norfolk with our very own Ford 7810 III carting the crop away and blowing out a few cobwebs at the same time!
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[@jayrobert5917]

Absolutely beautiful tractor!

[@duncanmardell6688]

great video they was a great combine/ still are !!!!!

[@tomstandish6704]

A great crop but hard work saving the lodged parts

[@Rickwardful]

Brilliant Combine apart from the Electra fibre optic system that stopped being supported by NH. Very high capacity and very reliable mechanically. All it ever needed was a vari-feed header to make it perfection and increase the capacity even more.

[@henrymichaelwilson8107]

Hello there. It looks like yous were doing a good job. I'm not used to that type of machinery coming from a livestock background. The nearest machinery like that, would be 30 miles away on or near the coast. We are in the Ribble valley, North East Lancashire.

[@martinhambleton5076]

I had a tf 78 back in 2003. It was a very good machine. I blocked it up once trying to finish a field off with about half an acre left to do and it had started to rain. They were absolute buggers to unblock due to very limited access. It took Farther and myself two and a half days to unblock it. Lesson learned. If the crop became damp it was time to park up after that.

[@Rickwardful]

It always needed the flap and horn blockage indicator fitted as shown in Richard Ward’s Farmers Weekly article about how the get the best out of a TF. Blockages were never a problem after that.

[@martinhambleton5076]

@@Rickwardful I don't know where you would put it Richard. With the straw passing through rotary beaters? It is continually compressing the straw. On a conventional combine, doesn't happen after it's been passed through thrashing and on to the walkers. When I blocked the TF, it was blocked from the main drum all the way back to the throwout beaters. Absolutely solid. When we bought it, the fellow at New Holland said to me, " If you block it up you will only do it once". He had warned me about pushing the boundaries when it was damp, telling me, "The moment you see damp on the tyres. Stop". After my own experience, I would say that this was very good advice.

[@olivierfulcrand6841]

FORD IS GOLD 💪👌👍 SIMPLY THE BEST 💪👍❤️

[@sggibson62]

still see plenty of tfs about but I have never seen one of these for real , we’re they a rarity in their day ? . I think we can agree it’s dry 😆👍

[@tractorbarnproductions2009]

They were only really on the larger farms, but we had quite a few around here!!

[@dalemarsh357]

The estate that my late father worked changed to NH from many moons ago. Initially a pair of 36's and then I think 68's? I wonder if the 68 had the same capacity as the rotary 78?

[@martinhambleton5076]

A TF 78 on song would cut five, to seven acres a day more than a TX 68.

[@Rickwardful]

No, the TF78 had a 20% capacity advantage over a TF68.

[@philipjohnston5997]

If it ain't blue it won't do

[@Rickwardful]

A problem with the earlier Elektra NON-Plus versions was that the top of intercooler would split,reducing the engine power dramatically. It was solved in the Plus version by making that top ‘cylindrical’ rather than square. Bracing the square versions or drilling and welding in 3 aluminium rods equally spaced along the square section would solve the problem on the earlier combines.

[@martinhambleton5076]

The last of the TFs were fitted with the Curser engine so there were quite a few little differences. Obviously more power being the main difference which was great, the problem that caused was. You would be lucky to get through the season with one drum belt. Because the edges of the belt took all of the drive, and wear. you ended up with no adjustment and loss of drum speed. The last drum belt we put on was a Carbon Fibre variant, which did improve things slightly. I would say that New Holland came across this problem before.

[@glennlingard7851]

Platts/Harris 🙂

[@cidertom5140]

Clag monster

[@martingardener90]

Despite being an International fan I think the 7810 was one of the best tractors ever made. A bit of black smoke under load is normal for a Ford but I think that one needs a bit of work done on it! Great video.

[@tractorbarnproductions2009]

Cheers, yes she had been doing nothing but a bit of hedge cutting very occasionally for years so she got a bit glazed up!

[@Dawid-hd9iv]

Witam jestem pod wrażeniem że te maszyny pomimo swojego wieku pięknie pracują.

[@davidbrennan3613]

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