Old school horsepower lifting silage Muir hill and county tractors

Some great classic action and a couple of slipups!

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Fantastic collection of old Ford, Country, Muir Hill and New Holland gear, thanks for sharing

[@neilrafferty2097]

A freshly mown field is a thing of beauty .

[@kenwood8665]

Its good to see the old classic action.

[@plane15]

These are proper tractors.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Smashing video great to see the classics at work and that’s from a reds fan. 👍👍👍

[@edgopath]

reminiscing my childhood days, good old days cheers

[@nickcooke7691]

Making the ole gal Bark, fantastic. 😎

[@gkvfr24]

That brings back some memorys for me allister. I used to work for finley mc veigh from creagarusky near killinchy. He told me about going to cooke bros place and having to park the lorry on the chain so the guard dogs couldnt get at him. He told me that ken cooke wass a mechanical genuis that designed the first forage harsester in ireland and had had a tractor tyre fall on him filled with water and had weights round the hub and an apprentess actually managed to lift it of him. He also told me ken started work at miskellys quarry in ballygown where he got the job by rebuilding a quarry lorrys gearbox out of parts in a box. Lol.

[@declandorrian9181]

still remember the blue MH on the harvester , kane trailers - also sometime in late 80's the self engineered self propelled harvester inhaling 30' swards

[@allistairc123]

Do you know of any old folks that would have photos tucked away in a drawer somewhere? Pay money to see them

[@captainswing5408]

very good videos love them

[@pjoneill5314]

Great to see the old style in action. When the 7i7,719 or819 were in their heyday, there was nothing there to drive them. Maybe a 7000 or 7600 which didn't have half enough horsepower.

[@johnearle6667]

I worked with a contractor who had a 719 which he drove with a leyland 2100

[@peterholliday6229]

Brill vid the joker in the background saved another trailer dragging grass up

[@andyd2801]

Took the right man behind the wheel

[@MickHodgson-q1k]

Got some in the trailer !😄

[@ballyhoulihanagrivideos397]

Lovely to see so many classics at work. The Muir Hill and chopper appear to have some serious out put. I assume it's the only one with a seperate blower.

[@johnholness1470]

massey did one with a seperate blower

[@ballyhoulihanagrivideos397]

@@johnholness1470 Havn't seen one. maybe they didn't come to Ireland. If they did they would have been un common. New Holland ,Claas,Taarup JF, John Deere, Pottinger and Mengle would have had most of the market

[@steviechalmers1218]

Should take the shoes off the trailer so they don’t catch the swaths’ brilliant video 👍

[@paulthompson8467]

Carted silage for mcroberts with a MH 121 in the 90s great oul bus

[@mightyostrich5649]

Where were they based? I know fellas with that name running nhs

[@paulthompson8467]

@@mightyostrich5649 black skull dromore co down think they still have a Muir hill

[@cushte4996]

Wish I was there! I never seen a harvester with the spout on the left like the 1 on the muirhill? Looks like a high capacity harvester?

[@petereast3316]

We had horizontal and vertical extensions on the 717 spout so that you could load the other side. Easier for the driver to have the trailer the same side as the pickup

[@7891ph]

Seeing the engine driven 550 was a treat. What make of engine, and was it gas or diesel??

[@allistairc123]

Deutz air cooled diesel!

[@7891ph]

@@allistairc123 I thought it looked air cooled!!! Deutz is another brand that didn't have a large presence in my area, but I've talked with a few farmers who had them, and they got good reviews. Thanks!!!

[@garethmcmahon9769]

Which were the better place to spend a day? Muirhill or County?

[@allistairc123]

If u have a trailer ... Muir hill, 8f you are. On rough ground county